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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22

Dayton, O., March l5,-Fire last
night at Miamisburg, O., few miles
south of this city, destroyed the big
Rothschild tobacco warehouse and
damaged other adjacent buildings.
Loss estimated at Sl50,0O0.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22

Buenos Ayres, March l5.--The out
break of bubonic plague here has been
semi-oflicially recognized as of a mild
type There have been 90 deaths
within two months.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22

Davenport, la, March l5.-rhe plant
of the Davenport Canning company
was totally DESTROYED by fire late last
night. The plant began the manu-
facture of tin cans the first of the
year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22

This Sanitarium Is Z quiet Hospital M0
6fty rooms for the accommodation Of pstientA
and Is supplied with all the latest remedial
means known to science, and instruments ~
quired In modern surgery.
Rupture, Piles, FlstuIa Stricture snd vari.
tocele are radically and permanently cured By
our surgical operation In from five to nfteel
days No medicine or local application will
ever cure these troubles We annually cure
hundreds OF this class Of patients, leaving then
In vigorous, healthy condition. Organic
Weakness, Nervous Debility, Premature Declinl
Of Manly Powers, involuntary vital Losses, In,
paired Memory, olental anxiety, Absence d
VIII Power, Melancholy, Weak Back. and hin,
dred affections, are speedily, thoroughly and
permanently cured. II you are afflicted with
any disease requiring either Medical or Surgical
skill, and cannot VISIT us, write description o.
your case and we will cheerfuly answer, eivins
our opinion, together with probable cost OF I
cure, and such other information as YOU maj
desire. Address all communications TO
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
incorporation of Armour Interests.

Chicago, March 1j.-The final steps
were taken yesterday for the incorpo-
ration of the Armour packing inter-
ests with a capitalization of S20,0O0,-
900. The incorporation will not
change the management in any sense.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
Monday, March 2e, A. D. 1900,
First published in the Abilene Weekly Re-
fiecter, February s, 1901
Notice Tor Publication.
Land Office at Topeka, Kansas.

Lanu Omce az IOpeka, hanSaS.
February 8, 1900,
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his inten-
tion to make final proof. in support Of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Clerk OF the District Court at Abb
lene, Kansas, on March Goth, 1850, viz: Oscar
+. Scarf on Timber Culture Entry No. 44le
for the Wlthwesrqqarter Is. W. VI OF north
west quarter In. W. W and west half Nv. NJ
of southwest quarter Is. W. ~, section four
teen ~, township thirteen 10 south, range
one ~ east OF sixth Principal Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cuItiva-
ton Of said land, viz:
Jacob Tullis, OF solomon, Kansas.
Q. E. Millham, OF Solomon, Kansas.
James Casteter, OF Solomon, Kansas,
James Glover, of Solomon Kansas,
GEO. W. FISHER,
1916 Register.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
First published In the Abilene Weekly RI
aector March, 10, 1901
ShERlfF'S SALE.
case NO. 1850.

OHSb INU. Oc0U,
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company, plaintiff,
vs.,
Benjamin l., Brubaker and Elizabeth Bru-
baker, his wife; E. M. Franks and Alice
Franks, his wife; The Abilene National
Bank, corporation; and the Singer
Manufacturing company, corporation,
defendants.
Under and by virtue OF an order Of sale is
sued by the clerk of the district court Of the
sth judicial district, within and for Dickin-
son county, state of Kansas, In the above en-
titled case, and to me directed and delivered,
will on
Monday, April l6, A. D. 1900,
at 10 o'clock a. nj, of said day at the front
door of the court house In the city of Abb
lene, Dickinson county state Of Kansas,
without appraisement, sell to the highest
bidder for cash In hand the following real
estate to-wt
The south ffty-three and one-third t53lS)
feet of the east one hundred and ninety 1850
feet Of lot three (3) in block fourteen "a In
Kinney and Hodges addition to the city OF
Abilene, in Dickinson county, state of Kan
tsas. i
The said real estate will be sold pursuant
to the Judgment Of the court In said cause
recited In said order OF sale,
Witness my hand this 10th day OF March
1900.
J, W. BAKER
sheriff OF Dickinson County, Kansas,
| BY HERB BROWN, Under sheriff.
HuRD 4 HuRD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
Local Option Defeated in ohio.

Columbus, O., March 1j.-The Clark
local option bill was defeated in the
senate, 1915. The bill provided for
ward and city local option.
J. s. PETER, printer, the son OF
the ex-senator for Kansas, committed
suicide at Kansas City, Mo, yester-
day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
Order issued for War board.

Washington, March 17-Secretary
Long yesterday issued the order con-
shutting a general board "to insure
efficient preparation of the fleet in
case of war and for the naval defense
of the coast" The order designates
the admiral of the navy, the chief of
the bureau of navigation, the chief
Intelligence officer and his principal
assistant, the president of the Naval
War college and his principal assist
ant, and three other officers not yet
named, as the board which is to meet
once a month in this city.
Hoods Report IN His Campaign.
Washington, March 17,--The war de-
partment has made public the report
of Col. Charles c. Hood, commanding
the Sixteenth infantry, upon the cam
paign conducted by him near San
Ildefonso and the Maasin river. in the
island of Luzon, during the early part
of December last. The campaign was
a complete success and Col. Hood
mentions certain officers for brevet
"for conspicuous valor in battle"
recommending that the commission be
one grade in advance of that held by
them at the present time.
California. Big Tree Groves,
Washington, March 1.-THE COM
missioner of the general land Office
has recommended to the secretary of
the interior that the Mammoth tree
grove and the South Park grove of
big trees in CaIaveras and Tuolumne
counties, CAL, be set aside as gov
eminent domain, to preserve these
trees from injury and destruction. He
expresses the opinion that the case
appears to be one in which the gev-
eminent would doubtless be justified
in having recourse to the exercise OF
its right of eminent domain.
A Persian Minister for Washington.
Washington, March 1.-THE state
department has been notified that the
Persian government is about to send
a minister to Washington. For ten
years this post has been vacant, the
incumbent leaving in dudgeon, owing
to the merciless ridicule heaped upon
him by the American Photographer on
account of his queer name, Hadji Has
san COOL Khan. with half dozen adj
ditional syllables. The department
has not been notified in advance Of
the name of the new minister.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22

Dickinson County, iss'
In the matter of the estate of John Taylor,
deceased, late of Dickinson county, Kan
Sas.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9Th day
Of March, A. D. 1900, the undersigned were
by the probate court Of Dickinson county,
Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as
executors Of the last will and testament OF
John Taylor, deceased, .late Of Dickinson
county, Kansas. All parties interested In
said estate will take notice and govern
themselves accordingly,
j. Ii, TAYLOR,
RLs n %S1r Taylor Executors
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
First published In the Abilene Weekly Re.
fiector Feb. q, A. D, 1901
SHERItF'S SALE.
Case No. 3S42
Mary E. Fitch. plaintiff
Mary E. Fitch, plaintiff

w.
Mary G. Birch, William A. Birch Thomas
Kirby and P. II. Haleck as receiver of
the Thomas Kirby Bank, defendants.
Under and by virtue Of an order Of sale is.
sued by the clerk OF the district court OF the
9Th Judicial district within and for Dickin.
son County, State Of Kansas, In the above
entitled case, and to me directed and deiv-
cred, wilton
Monday, March 26, A. D. 1900,
at 10 O'Clock a. M, OF said day, at the front
door Of the court house in the city OF Abilene
Dickinson county state OF Kansas, without
apprasement, sell to the highest bidder fOi
cash in hand the following described real
estate to-wlt:
The northeast quarter (nel4) Of section one
d), In township thirteen (l3 south, OF range
two (2) east OF the 9Th principal meridian In
Dickinson county, state OF Kansas.
The said real estate will be sold pursuant
to the judgment OF the court In said cause
recited In said order OF sale.
Witness my hand this 10Th day Of Febru-
AIRY, 1900. J. W. BAKER
Sheriff Of Dickinson county, Kansas.
By HERB BROWN,
Under Sheriff
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22

VI. j. i. Uoombs has resigned as
superintendent Of the state lunatic
asylum at Fulton, No.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
DENVER, Colo, Jan. 10, 1900.


B. H. D'Huy, Dcnuer, Colo.:
Dear Sir:-After an experience Of
over twenty years in the care aid
handling of live stock, ! feel justified
10 recommending your Balmoline as
the BEST preparation for uses for
which it is intended that has been
put on the market. Horsemen and
others cannot make any mistake in
It's use. Yours truly,
GEO. l.. GOULDING.
Price Is and SOC. For sale In Dickinson
county Kas., by all druggists in Abilene;
scrafOrd & Flack, Enterprise; j. G, Mcln-
tyre, Herngton; II. ?. Applebaugh, solomon
b, =. Seaman, Chapman, j, $. Robbins
Woodbinc; Ketchersd x Donmyer Hope; W
Y. Hammond h Co.. Manchester; II, b. Jones,
Industry; ]. Schmitter, Gypsum city. Send
Scents for sample to y. II. nelluy, NIT, p.
0. Box A 312, Sta. A, Denver, Colo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
FUNDING OLD BONDS.
The Passage Of the Financial Bill
Causes Much Work for officials.
RULING ON The VAR REVENUE ACT.
Order I,sued for War BOnds-Col. Hood
Report Oh His Campaign--California'
big Tree GrOves--A Persian MInis-
ter for Washington.

Washington, March 1.-THE officials
OF the treasury department are over
run with work as "A result of the pas
sage of the new financial bill which
involves the funding of the old long
term bonds into new gold bonds
bearing two per cent. interest. The
applications for the exchange of old
bonds for the new, up to the date OF
closing the department yesterday,
amounted to about scr 100000, all but
about $3OO00O0 coming from national
banks. The clerical force in the Office
of the comptroller of the currency
is busy examining applications for
authority to establish national banks
under the new law. Very many of
these come from small towns which
hitherto were debarred from national
bank privileges by the national bank
act. About 200 of these applications
have been received and yesterday IA
vorabIe action was taken on num-
Der of them.
Ruling on the War Revenue Act.
Washington, March IA decision
was recently rendered by judge
Adams, of the United States district
court of st. Louis, to the effect that
the government can not require bonds,
given by party making application
for license as saloonkeeper, to be
stamped under the war revenue act.
This decision is directly contrary to
the decision Of Judge Seaman, Of the
United States district court for the
northern district Of Illinois. In view
of this clashing of decisions, Internal
Revenue Commissioner Wilson will
hold that such bonds are taxable until
higher court passes on the ques-
ton. The commissioner has decided
that ten cent stamp must be affixed
to bills Of lading issued for foreign
countries other than Mexico and Can
ada, leaving the question of the con-
stitutionality of the provision of the
law to be decided by the supreme
court of the United States. The con-
tention in the case was that congress
could not lay duties on exports, and
that a tax on bill of lading given
for export was a tax on the export
itself.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
Tine PhllppIno s,tu.t,ou s,r,o,,,.

The Philippine question is rapidly as
Stunning q new form. Heretofore the ques-
ton has been whether the American peo-
pie thought It best to restore order there
and to assume governmental responsibilities
before the nations of the world. Now the
question that will soon come to the front
is whether the United States desires to do
this at the cost of seemingly permanent
hostilities. Since election there has been
less concealment, beginning with Mac
Arthur's celebrated report of the real
situation in the Philippine Islands. Even
President Mckinley and his cabinet are
gradually coming to regard the outlook,
from military point of view, as serious.
Nothing more is heard in any quarter of
the solemn announcement that the Fillpinos
would stop fighting when they heard that
Bryan was defeated. In fact, II the
records Of the last two years be searched,
II will probably be found that there have
been fewer announcements Of the formal
collapse of the Filipino insurrection since
the 9th of November than in any other
five weeks since the outbreak of hostilities
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14

about 1000. The gain in membership the
past year was from 800 TO 400. The larg-
est Grange in the state is Protective
Grange of Brattleboro, which has a mem
bership Of 37S. The second largest is
West Randolph Grange at Randolph, with
a membership Of POS, and the third largest
Is Springfield Grange with . membership
of $50. West Randolph Grange made the
largest percentage of gain, increasing its
membership by 80. The Grange at Lud-
low made the largest gain in the shortest
time. 1t was organized with SO members
last February. On Sept. 80 it had 50
members and 1t now has 100 members.
The treasurer reported a gain of 500
over last years receipts and a gain of $500
over the receipts two years ago. There Is
no deficit. The treasurer stated that the
Grange had not been in so good q finan-
cial condition since he took the Office. The
reports of the delegates from the Pomona
and subordinate Oranges showed that good
work is being done throughout the state.
At the afternoon session Thursday
communication from the National Grange
was read calling attention to the passage
of the Grout oleomsrgariDe bill by the
national House of Representatives, and
suggesting that the State Grange, by reso-
buttons and personal letters, urge favora-
BILE action upon the bill by the members Of
the Senate from this state. The reading
of the communication was received with
great applause.
The social feature of the session was the
annual banquet, served to 800 at the
Brooks House Wednesday evening at 8. 80.
After the excellent repast had been disposed
OF Worthy Master c. Bell called the gath
eflng to order, and the flow Of post pran-
dial oratosy began. Below is given list
OF the toasts responded to, and the names
of the respective speakers. Leitsinger's
orchestra furnished music throughout the
evening.
The National Grange,
Our Green Mountain State, Col H. K. Taylor
The Vermont State Grange,
Music, Orchestra
Our Sisters of the order.
Our Boys and Girls,
Mrs r. B. Galusha, Jericho
Selection, O. Scarf. Burlington
Cultivation, H. o; Hadley, Temple, N H.
Music. Orchestra
Social Correspo ndence,
Hon. Alpha Messer, Rochester
Our Legislature, John E. Gale, Gnilford
Selection, @. f. PcArff
The Treasury, F. B. Pier, Rawsonvilie
R B. Galusha, Jericho
The Banner Grange of New England,
Carl g. Hopkins
Music, Orchestra
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
VERMONT STATE GRANGE.
Goth Annual Session the Most Notable
in the History Of the Order.

Annual Address OF worthy Master G. J..
BelI---ICncouraEing Growth --- Elsc-
ton of Omoers-. -3OO at Bsnquet---
MIR. HOpkins's Toast on Banner
Grange.
In points of attendance and enthusiasm
and interest, as well as evidences Of pro-
erosion in work and of prosperity in the
Pomona and subordinate bodies through
out the state, the Goth annual session Of
the Vermont State Grange, which opened
at Grange hall Wednesday and ended to-
day at noon, has been the most notable
in the history of the order In the state.
The session Wednesday morning at IL
o'clock opened on the fourth degree, and
the business until noon was devoted to call
ing the roll and the appointment of a COM
mittee on credentials. Nearly all of the
Oranges of the state responded TO the roll,
and it was announced that the attendance,
between 200 and 800, was the largest ever
recorded on first day of a state meeting.
Thursday afternoon Worthy Master Q.
j. Bell Of East Hardwick delivered his an
nual address. The salient points are con.
tanned in the following abstract:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
BRATTLEBoRo FRIDAY DECEMBER
Earth,s Dosps,, Holes.

Near Pittsburg. we'll has been dug $500
feet deep-that is, 252 feet more than a
mile. Near Wheeling, w. Va. they are
sinking a well which Is now within a few
hundred feet of mile deep. At last
report they had reached the 1920 foot
level. At Sperenberg, near Berlin Ger
many, they are driving a hole in gypsum
beds which is already 1853 feet deep and
It is getting deeper every day. At
Schladabach, near Leipsic, they are taxi
ing salt from q well that is even deeper
than the Pittsburg well. This hole Is
6265 feet deep. The Red Jacket shaft of
the Calumet ind Hecla Mine in the Lake
Superior copper district is a mile deep
and men work in the shaft Near by the
'Tamarack Mine has a shaft nearly as
deep as the Red Jacket. But at Paru-
schowitZ in Eastern Silesia, there is a
well which IS now 6100 feet deep, or eX-
actly 100 feet more than a mile and a
quarter. They are still boring and It is
the intention to go down $500 feet, or one
and two-third miles, when some inter-
esting scientific experiments will be made.
Unquestionably this Is now the deepest
artificial hole in the world.-tNew York
Sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14

Jacksonville; secretary, A. A. Priest of
Randolph; gatekeeper, A. r. Lawrence of
81 JohnsOury; Ceres, Mrs. Z. J. Bell of
East Hardwick; Pomona, Mrs. G. +.
smith OF Morrisville; Flora, Mrs. r. B.
GalushA of Jericho; lady assistant stew
ard, Mrs. NJ. b. Roberts Of Rupert; men,
6ers OF the executive committee, w. l..
Park Of Lyndon aud +. II. Spaulding of
West Brattleboro.
The session yesterday afternoon was de-
voted largely TO routine business. Ala 80
the sixth degree WAS conferred, and at the
meeting in the evening the first and second
degrees were exempliied by Springfield
Grange, No. ia; and the third and fourth
degrees by Protective Grange, No. %, of
Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
The Resolutions.

The committe on resolutions were
late in reaching the hall this morning
and the following, introduced from
the floor, was adopted:
We, the members of the Yer
mont State Grange, in the 29th
annual meeting assembled in
Brattleboro, VT, on his 14th
day of December, 1900, adopt
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the bill now
pending in the United States
Senate, known as the Grout oleo-
margarine bill, receives our
hearty approval and endorse
ment, and we hereby urge the
seniors of this state to use all hon
orable means in their power to
procure the passage of said bill.
And resolved, That the Score
tary be instructed to send a COPY
or this resolution to each of the
senator's OF the state of Vermont.
rms resolution, under the seal OF
the Grange, and signed by the proper
omcers, was forwarded at once to the
vermont senators in Washington.
Later, the resolutions prepared by
the committee, expressing apprecia.
tlon FOR courtesies extended by Pro.
tective Grange, the hotels, railroads.
etc, were adopted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
Mortsaeed Real Estate.

1t is somewhat singular that,
though the state went to the trouble
and expense of making a special in.
vestigation of he problem of double
taxation, and though the committee
made exhaustive inquiry and careful
study of the matter and issued a re.
port covering the subject and includ.
ing recommendations outlining a diff.
ferent system of taxation, which
might prove more equable, in spite Of
all this, we are still without the very
data that we should have before we
can, with safety and confidence, make
any changes from existing law. In
short, we do not know yet how much
double taxation OF mortgaged real es-
tate there is, how 1t is located or con-
ditioned.-Randolph Herald.
1t is impossible to ascertain the
sum total of mortgaged real estate in
Vermont, or even in any town in Yer
mont.
The only basis from which stats
tics could be compiled is that furnish.
ed by the town clerks records; and
these are valueless for the purpose,
because, in the first place, they do
not show the payments on the mort
gage notes, and in the second place,
it frequently happens that when a
mortgage is paid the formal dis
charge is not put on the records for
years after, and sometimes never.
But the exact figures are not needed
The testimony of real estate men
from all parts of the state is that
from one-half to three-fourths of all
the farm property in Vermont is I'M
der mortgage and this is enough to
know. But for that matter, if the
proportion were much less, it would
not affect in the least the argument
against the double taxation of mort
gagged real estate. Why is it neces-
sary to know the exact amount OF
which man has been robbed. in or
der to pronounce it robbery?
The double taxation of mOrtgaged
real estate is disastrous to Vermont
1t is one of the reasons-one of the
principal reasons-why our farming
population is constantly decreasing
why our farms are in process Of grad
ual fundamentally the third part
of our state is less populous than II
was so years ago.
We cannot hope for prosperity UNI
til this enormous wrong is righted'-
burlington News.