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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
SALINAS DAMAGE LIGHT.
Not More Than seo,oco y the Cisy
ID the Estimate.

Salina, June 1.-THE journal sayi
that the damage to crops in Central
Kansas is not serious. Some IL
dividuals has lost heavily, but the
vast majority have suffered little and
while the lowlaud crops are m're or
less damaged, the upland wheat crops
have been benefited. Western Kan
sas will probably have one OF the best
crops 1t ever had, il not the very best
All careful, considerate business men
are beginning to plan for GOOD year
in the commercial world again. They
ore now prepared to properly ossin Ate ,
the conditions ss the danger passes
away.
A careful estimate has been made
by some Of the leading business men
Of the town and county and they pro-
nounce the prospects good for a
wheat crop and put the loss BY HOOD
a 10 per cent Of the whole. A Leading
farmer Of Sslins in talking With the
journal yesterday said that the
damage to the town would NOS exceed
$50, 900 and that 80 per cent Of the
wheat crop not damaged by bail 10
now in good conditiol. The build
ings that have fallen down will oil be
replaced soon by better ones.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
PROTECTION FROM FLOODS.
Some WI to Be Devised tor Relic
i From High Water.

!, Topeka, June 1S.-The people
slong the Kansas valley are looking
to some method Of protection from
high water and many are advocating
the building of strong dykes extend
ing from Manhattan to Kansas City.
Itis possible that definite action may
be taken to have congress appropriate
an amount Of money sufficient for the
purpose. Not less than $4,000, 900
vill be needed at once for this work,
On account Of the damage done by
The high waters, amounting to hun.
dFeds Of thousands Of dollars yearly
and this year Running that up into
the millions, the farmers and property
owners are planning for protection to
the future.
Postmaster John Guthrie said TO-.
day: II am going to advocate the
p oposition Of getting congress 10
make appropriations sufficient for the
building Of dykes aiong the Kaw river
from Manhattan to Kansas City for
the protection Of the farmers in Its
rich valley. I think that this should
be done regardless Of cost. The state
suffers more or less every year from
the damage to crops and steps should
be taken for some protection. l am
going to advocate the proposition ci
dvking the river with the utmost en-
thusiasm."
From Lecompton to Kansas City, q
distance Of fifty miles, the valley Is
low.lying and the soil is loose and
sandy. Wherever the flood broke out,
and that means wherever there is q
valley. the torrents tore and ripped
and ploughed the lands, and II the
current was strong the waters carried
away the soil down as far as the plow
had loosened it. Some OF the small
potato farms near Lawrence that
we're worth $l0O to 5000 an acre are
Totally ruined, the potato soil"
having all been washed away.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
BUSINESS NOT AFFECTED.
Commercial Report Iavors increased
Activity Among BusiueEs amen.

New York, June 1S-Bradstreet's
says today: Weather. crop and labor
conditions oil show Improvement this
week and the feeling has grown that
damage from flood and drouth sources
has been over-estimated. Wholesale
business generally is still seaaonahly
quiet, but already an Improvement
| in tone 10 noticeable as the result Of
the better outlook agriculturally.
Production is at the highest point
ever recorded, but the late weakness
in quotations has given way to .
frmer tone, though advance buying
is still the exception.
EFFECT IN KANSAS.
Topeka, June Is According to the
letters which are coming In to 7. B.
Gerow, director Of the state employ
ment bureau, the only noticeable
effect Of the large rainfall this spiing
has been to make the harvest begin 8
week or SO later than usual. But few
Of the important wheat couLties were
in the flooded districts and so the loss
Of the crop from this source will be
practically nothing. II anything,
these losses will be more than made
up for by the increase over the state
from plenty Of moisture On the grow
ing crop
So iar the only county which
lowered its estimate Of the number OF
harvest hands needed has been Saline,
which will need 100 instead Of 200 as
originally reported. Pawnee and
Ellis raised their estimate 500 each,
the first wanting $500 instead OF
1000, and Ellis 1000 instead OF 1900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
Wheat Belt Railway.

Topeka, June IA charter was
issued to the Kansas, Galatia d Smoky
Valley Railway company with caPi'
tslization Of $500, 900. This is one OF
the "wheat belt" railways and runs
from Lorraine in Ellsworth county
to Ellis in Ellis county q distance OF
rs miles. 1t will pass through the
western part Of Ellsworth, Barton
Rush and Ellis counties and tap q
rich and fertile country. The heSd-
qus-tsrs Of the company will be at
Galatia.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18

Industry, June 1.-THE damage to
MIR. Steinfort's mill is immense
Three thousand bushels OF wheat we're
under water. A large portion oil the
yard is gone. The water took a new
channel and cut through BY the mill
and the structure was in great danger
Of being undermined. 1t is q great
loss to Mr.. Steintort. The town is
recovering rapidly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
"
CHANCE FOR
CROPS YET.
Advice on What May be
Raised.
FORAGE TO Be SOWN'
Agricultural College 's''s
Best Crops.
MANHATTAN'S DAMAGES
vs!Iev Badly Hurt by Long,
sol. Isn~ Mafor
MANHATTAN'S DAMAGES.
Valley Badly Hurt by Long
Standing Water

-
Manhattan. June 12.-over week
has passed since the most serious con-
ditiou Of the flood reached this Viclh'
i.,. Saturday the water OF sne '"o
,ivers here had fallen to within q few
,aat Of normal. The extent Of des'
truction to property along the low low
lands is Just being revealed Many
farms valued at from $4,000 to slo'-
900, are nearly ruined. Besides being
cut and furrowed with many I'' bitches
several feet Of sand and gravel cover '
hundreds Of acres of the best lana
a large number Of fine orchards az and
fields OF growing crops have been
entirely swept away along the Kansas
river. On the Blue bottoms, where +
farms were covered with baekwater'
. deposit Of silt afoot deep has en-
riched the land. Alfk 70, the Priut,
pal hay orsp Of Kansas, is damaged
badly. The farm experiment station
,atthe agricultural college is giving
upt information regarding late crops
and recommends the following:
Corn planted in June, with good
growing conditions, will mature in 9
shorter period than corn planted IN
the early part Of May, end the fol-
lowing 100 day corn is recommended
Leaning, Kansas sunhowsr' Ear.y
Msstodon, Silver Mine and Champion
White Pearl. Plenty Of kafiir corn
should be planted. Sorghum should
be ,sowed broadcast for fodder
Millet may be sOwn for forage late in
July and rsre may be sOwn for pas
ture as late as August l. The SOIL is
full Of moisture. Every means should
he used to drain of the surface water
at once. Kansas 10. noted more for
her drouths than for her Hoods
Practice the best methods OF tillsge
and cultivation 90 as not to waste the
water how stored in the soil By
careful cultivation, corn should pre-
vail in the latter part Of the season"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
IT Is Lively Contest.
looks Place In D,maud BY the At
tOrueyS.


Topeka. June l6.-The contest for
Judge Hooks place on the United
States district court bench 10 now on
crossing the attention Of the poll
ticians. Senator Chester l. Long will
arrive here todav to consult his
friends about the matter and Senator
J. R. Burton will come to Topeka on
Tuesday for the same purpose. It is
not at all improbable that the two
will have conference regarding the
matter, as II Is the undei standing
that President Roosevelt will ask that
they agree upon q suitable man for
the place. Iithey do agree upon .
suitable man II 10 believed he will be
appointed whether he is endorsed BY
the rest Of the congressional delega-
tion or not, although 1t 10 known the
president would like to have the dele
CATION make an unanimous endorse
msnt.
There is no lack OF candidates for
the place. Chief Justice W. A. John
ston and Justice J. @. Pollock Of the
supreme court. Charles Blood Smith
and ]. G. slonecker are svowed candi-
dates, while n. H. LOomis. ex-Sena-
tor Lucien Baker, Pension Commits
sioner E. F. Ware and Ex-Governor
Stanley are in the receptive list.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
WHY MOTHERS
WORRY

Did you ever hear a mother
worry over a plump child 7
There is no better bank OF
health for a child to draw
from than a good supply OF
healthy flesh.
SCOTS Emulsion not only
gives a child weight and
plumpness, but it feeds the
brain, bones and nerves with
strength and active power. .
Fewer mothers would
worry if they knew more
about SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is substi.
tuted by cheap emulsions and
so-called wines, cordials and
extracts of cod-liver oil.
They can do you no good
and are dear at any price.
Why buy themi SCOTS
Emulsion has been the one
reliable preparation Of cod
liver oil for nearly thirty years.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
rina Whsat il Oklahoma.

Blackwell, o. T., June 12-The
wheat pros pscss in Northern Okla
homa we're never better han they
are now. This is especially true OF
Nay county. There win also be "
splendid crop of oats. and corn is do
ing we'll except that the rains have
made it little late. Altogether, the
outlook in this part of Oklahoma is
as good as the most sanguins could
expect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
il he Drowned

Harry Garten Of Manchester says
his l6 year old nephew. W;ll H. Gar
ten, has been missing since the flood
The boy was at Harry's house during
the week Of the food and left on Fri
day to come to Abilene. He has moi
been seen nor heard Of since. The
family fears be was drowned while
trying to cross some Of the swollen
streams.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
Topeka,, Rsal Loss.

Topeka, June ls-The Herald esti-
mates the food loss to. ths city thus;
Household goods ssOO,OOO, damage
to residences ss5O.OOO. damage to
store buildings ssSO.eOO, merchants
stocks, machinery, etc. t22S,OOO'
sidewalks and psvsmsnts $4,000,
total $50. 900. Z
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
Is,Ii. Nerrison IN Prison.

LsAyenwortb, June li.-Jsssis
Morrison arrived at the Kansas psni-
tsnsiary early this morning for the
third time. Miss Morrison vas very
weak ani nervous but did not break
down. she Vas taken 20 the WOusns
wsrd ssd turned over % he nstrOu.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
May Delay Worlds n. +.

St. Louis, June 1l-A strike
September l Of all the building trades
artisans on the Worlds fair site is
threatened unless the management
accedes to . general request for an
advance Of 81 day In wages.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
Bsighlsy at Junction City.

Junction City. June ILL. D.
Bslghlsy, formerly Of Abilene, is in
jail here in default Of bail for his pre-
liminsry July 6. He is accused Of
cOuntsrisiHDg. ft
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18

are busy tearing apart the water
soaked instruments. saving some Of
the hsrdwear, and sending the pol
ished wood to the kindling heaps.
The loss 10 5000, 900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF
The Abilene National Bank,
At the close Of business June 9, 1908.
nrs1GNArEp pEposITARY OF THE UNITED STATES.

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. $20O,s6S SS
Citv school bonds -. 1900 90
Furniture and fixtures :. 1000 90
q. s. bonds. .$7S, $4,000
Cash and sight
exchange. .$ss, ss6.S7-ls2.676 81
Total, al,..............sSSe'S4oS ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-06-18

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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Days, Ending Wednesday, Dec. 9th.

ain event guarantee
Mill Agent w. T. EMORY.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
At Q a. n. and Lasts Ten Day.

1t is only to mention EMORYS Mill Remnant Sale
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
EIGHTEENTH DAY OF THE TROLLEY STRIKE
modate the teachers in the Bank, Por- ter and Barnard schools.

modate the teachers in the Bank, Por- ter and Barnard schools.
 According to report, the companys S latest dodgeNto break the strike is to distribute free car tickets through the this is true the foremen. have not shown themselves to be very generous with these free tickets. But some workmen have been fortunate enough to be favorites with the foremen, but they did not use the. tickets they were given. This report reached. the strik- CTS and a. committee was put to work on it and they could not make any thing definite out of it. They said, however, they would not be surprised if the report were true, and that the distribution of free tickets may be one of the means by which the company say they intend to spend $10O,00O to break the strike.
 Colonel Burpee stated this morning, ill response to questions, that the com pany has notified the city that they will hold it accountable for all damage to their property that may arise from insufficient police protection. So far, however, he sadG, there was no occa- sion for very much additional protec- tion. He considered it a very orderly strike. He told story of one of the non-union men who had been through the Brooklyn trolley strike some five years ago. This man, 1t appears, went out with car one morning with a platoon of soldiers in front and another platoon in the rear of the car, while a number of police were on the platform beside him. He returned with nothing left of the car only the trucks and the front platform. Another of the non union men did duty in trolley strike in Scranton, Pa, and he returned from trip all tattered and torn and his car almost demolished
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
THRAsHER ON THE 200 FOOT LAW.
Sickness Kept Him From Legislative Hearing-Prepared Nase ment. However which lie Gives to the Pubc-Judclary
 Committee Acted the 200 Foot Law To-day.

s'2. The second reason is that tile constitution, the law and custom, have made way by which the will of tho people may express itself in the form of statutes. That way consists or recognized steps, the introduction of q bill, it's. reference to a committee, the appointment of a day when Its advO- cates and opponents may be heard {; the report of the committee, the privilege of debate upon the bill in both houses of the general assembly. and finally Its adoption or rejection by the vote of the representatives of the people. But here we find radical change affecting the property rights of citizens, of a sort net contemplated by the law ere ating the committed on revision. A change made without an opportunitv on the part of those whose interests ore affected by 1t to he heard. X change not intended hy the committee itself. as am told. change which perhaps not single member of the general as~ semblv was aware of when by voting to accept the entire revision he helped to make it n law. Such a change. so produced, is mistake and should be rectified.
 ssAt the same time I think that the POO feet provision might well apply to new places, excepting hotels which the county commissioners may decide are to be of the first class and beneficial to the community. An amendment of this sort. applying to new places. and made law n'the regular way, would work no injustice. but would probably achieve that benefit which the authors of the original POO feet idea had in mind. I give notice that such an amendment will be introduced"
 Hartford, Jan 2S. The Judiciary com. mittee of the general assembly decided to-day that the bill passed in the gen. eral assembly two years ago proht ing the existence of licensed saloons within 200 feet of school house, church edifice or public building, be re- scinded So as to allow the law previ- ously in existence to become operative again. It is proposed that after this action is taken to make some revision of the old law as may seem advisable- The decision was rendered after a hearing to-day, when saloon keepers. representatives of the Law and Order league and other interested people were present.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28

New Haven, Jan 2S.-Secretary $. +. Thrasher of the State Law and Order league, was prevented by sickness from attending the hearing before the Ju- dietary committee of the general as- sembly in Hartford to-day on the bill amending the statute relative to the IT. censing of saloons within POO feet Of any school house, church, postoffice or public library. A statement prepared by Secretary Thrasher was, however, given to his assistant, Walter F. Prince, to be read to the committee. The statement was as follows:
 Since what I am saying will disap- point some excellent persons, wish to be understood at the outset. am no friend of the saloon. I believe 1t to be an evil and only an evil. But an evil should be fairly fought.
 Tt is my firm conviction that if the saloon interest should by whatever ov- ersight or clerical error obtain such an advantage as the other side has, for the time being, obtained by this arbitrary change in the law, it would never sur render that advantage without a wig orous and costly fight.
 nevertheless, believe that the POO feet law, so far as it concerns existing saloons and hotels which have hitherto been granted licenses within the pre- scribed distance of churches, school houses, postoffices, libraries and ceme- teries, ought to be put back where it was before the revision of 1902.
 My reasons are twofold:
 !. To grant a license to reputable hotel, for example, situated within 200 feet of a postoffice or a cemetery. to re- new this license year after year. to allow the owners in good faith to build up n large business. investing much capital, and then after fifteen or twenty years to strike these owners q blow for which they are unprepared not blow against the liquor traffic, but an arbitrary blow against these particular men. injuring their business and depreciatiDg the value of their property. as if they were to blame for what had hitherto been legal, namely, the situation of the hotel. seems un- just. If the owners could by some magic remove the hotel or saloon 10 some place out of range of grave-yards and postoffices, the unexpected passage of such law as this might work no injustice. but as the law stands 1t is manifestly unfair
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
AFTER TIE ASSESSORS.
Senator Tracy Presented Bill In
 The Senate To-Day.

He Would Have Man Named As As
 sessor Give All His Time to Posi-
 tion-C Connecticut Western Railroad
 Before Legislature Once More With 2 Petitions.
 Hartford, Jan 2S.-The sensation of the present session thus far came this morning when MT ,Scovfll of Sails bury presented petition in. the house which the Connecticut Western rail road requests the general assembly to grant it authority to complete the Springfield branch of it's railroad, across land now or formerly owned by Fred c. Wagner of East Granby.
 On the complaint of residents of East Lyme and Mantle that the state militia last year destroyed private property, Mir Warren of that town pre- scented bill to the house providing that hereafter the state militia may en- camp on no other grounds than those owned by the state.
 Tn the senate to-day a bill was pre- sented by Senator Tracy of Waterbury which provides that after the first Monday in March, 1903, the assessors of the city of Waterbury shall not engage in any other business than that connected with their office. 1t was re- ferred to the committee on cities and boroughs.
 After the business session Senator Woodruff presented the following res olution: "That the senate learns with deep regret of the death of ex-Governor Charles R. IngersoIl and that in re- spect to his memory and in recogni- state. the senate do now adjourn The senate then adjourned until 11:30 tomorrow.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
DIGGING IN HE DEBRIS
Twenty One Bodies Taken From
 the Railroad Wreck.

Engineer Says He Is Responsible foy
 the Accident-He Disregarded the SignalsExpected to See Danger
 Signal Change, But Waited Till Twas Too Late.
 New York, Jan 2S-Up to noon to- day the total loss of life from last nights train wreck on the Central railroad of New Jersey at Graceland, N. J., was believed to be B. Of this number thirteen bodies have been iden- tified and ten were held at Plainfield for Identification. Twenty-one bod fes were taken from the wreckage and Thomas Mccarthy, fireman of the same train, died in hospital to-day. More than 50 persons were injured, some of them very severely. The hos pital reports to-day, however, were that with perhaps one or two excep- tions all would recover
 The blame for the dreadful occur renee is placed by the officials of the Jersey Central on w. E. Davis, ensi- neer of the Philadelphia & Reading express According to policeman who took Davis from the smashed up cab of his engine, Davis admitted that he had taken chances. disregarding the danger signals displayesl He ex- pected, he said, to see the red and green lights change to white as he neared them. They did no. change, but it was too late to stop, and in an instant almost the crash came carry ing death to more than a score of hu- man beings. The scenes following the wreck were unusually horrible, be- cause the cars were splintered almost to kindling wood by the force of the collision and hot coals from the engine fire box poured out and set fire to the wood which was soon burning fierce ly. What hope there had been of rescuing the wounded in the last cars of the local express had to be given up. for the flames spread and undoubtedly some of the wounded, imprisoned by the piled up debris, were burned to death. An east bound train ran into the wreckage of the other two and added to the loss of life.
 Most of the passengers on the local express, on which n1l of those Killed were travelling. were well to do resi- dents of Plainfield, N. J., and neigh boring towns, who were returning to their homes from their places of busi- ness in New York. Of the identified dead. seven lived in Plainfield, and in the long list of injured Plainfield is given as the home of q majority. Near ly every block in the town seemed to have one or more wounded in it to- day but the city's facilities for caring for it's stricken people were ample.
 The Jersey Central tracks ahad been cleared before daylight and the only signs left today are three black patch es on the snow, where the wreck burned.