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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
Death IN WRECK,
SANTA Fl FIREMAN KILLED IN
HIS ENGINE.
Steer on Track Causes Serious Smash
Up Near Enterprise Race to the
Hospital Was Vain.

A herd Of cattle crossing the San a
Fe track in front Of q northbou d
extra freight two miles south Of En-
terprise Sunday afternoon caused the
death Of Fireman Emery Swisber Of
Manchester and serious injury Of the
engineer.
The engineer saw the cattle on the
track and thought all were getting
off but one steer remained and the
engine grinding it under the wheels
went over into the ditch. Seven cars
were also wrecked. The fireman was
badly crushed and the engineer
scalded.
Charles Tomlinson, a brakeman,
was also hurt, being on the tender
when it overturned. His injuries are
not dangerous.
DR.. Felty, the company's physician,
was sent for and he asked for a spe-
cial engine and coach to take the in
jured men to the hospital at. Topeka.
The special was sent from Strong
City and by the time it arrived the
wives OF engineer and fireman Fad
come from Manchester and accom-.
panied their husbands. At Strong
City the special was given right Of
way and made mile minute time
but the race with death was lost for
the fireman died when about 10 miles
out Of Emporia. The body was taken
off there and the engineer taken to
his home. He will recover.
The track was cleared 80 that the
regular service was resumed today.
On Saturday afternoon a freight
was wrecked on the same road south
Of Hope, half dozen cars in the
center Of the train going off the track
because Of broken coupling.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
Child KILLS PLAYMATE.
FIvE-YEAR.oLDs PLAYED WITH
A SHOTGUN.
Harry Simpler Of Holland Township
Z Killed by the Explosion-Littls
Known Of tho Accident.

Special to the Reflector
ELMO, Oct. 24.-Harry Shupler' the
fve-year.old son Of }. A. shupler'
living one-half mile south OF here
was accidentally shot by q playmate
while visiting at the homo Of John
Baer about 4:sO Sunday. The little
fellow was SO badly wounded that he
died twenty minutes later.
The Shupler and Baer children
we're playing at the barn when the
accident happened and they were SO
excited that 1t was impossible to learn
the exact particulars further than
that the gun, twelve guage shot
gun, had been snapped before and did
not 20 off.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
THIS MEANS BUSINESS.
No Preaching Allowed in One School
House.

0VubV'
The following notice from school
board Of Hayes township evidently
means business:
"As we understand, someone has
announced preaching here and some
minister from Abilene is ITO do the
talking. So far we have not been
able to find out the name, or who Or
dered the house to be opened. There
has been 80 much dissatisfaction about
holding preaching there, that we' as
q school board, have closed the house
against preaching. Whoever ordered
the house to be opened for preaching
we, as q school board, hold him re-
sponsible for opening the house, and
demand Of the minister to report to
the school board who gave him leave
to open the house before sermon iS de-
livered. We have a union Sunday
school in the house, which we sup
port. That 10 all we do allow. We
are not disbelievers, and mean to do
. straight business.
"IskAC PAGE"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
New Land Sales

Beegbly & BriDey report farm sales;
Julian Wilson's 100 acres miles
north Of Abilene to Emery and Bur
detts Stone Of Harvard City, Neb I,
for $500.
3. B Watkins 80 acres 2 miles
northwest Of Able > 10 C. A. Burlin
Of suth unity foI $500
s. V. Adams 100 acres 2 miles west
Of Talmsge to Z. A. Burlin Of Smith
county Tor $500.
Julian Wilson's west quarter $50
acres 2 miles north Of Abilene 70 c.
A. Burlln Of Smith county for $500.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
niversary social complimentary to
the D. OF H. Thursday evening.

the u. oil II. thursday evening"
Geo. Acker, living east Of Chap
man sold wheat for tl.O5 this week at
junction. 1t was top Of the market.
Miss Anna Hogan entertained
very p easantly 8 small party Of
friends at her home on West Third
Thursday evening.
David Chase has come to spend
the winter with his grandmother,
Mrs. N. Purvis, and will attend the
Business college.
Harry Lifts ssI pound pumpkin
lost out at the Worlds Fair. Colo
RADIO pranced up with one weighing
Us pounds raised on irrigated land.
Rev. W. NJ Cleveland Of the
Presbyterian church, Hrr"gton, bsS
resigned to 20 to ToPeka - Pa''or .
the Third Pre- by trrisD CT - Of nat
city.
Marriage licenses: J-mr- Nun
sell and Kate LsPbam. Of Hrrisg IN;
Robert Andersen, Enu'inise, s"d
Bilus strsudberg Of ,isorgetoWu,
Colo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
CLAY Center Times; It has been

CLAY Center Times; 1t has been
agreed upon that Timothy Hersey,
founded Abilene in 1857, but there is,
a difference Of opinion as to who
laid 1t out"
All flower lovers will find an in
teresting and curious plant in one Of
the Seeleye Office windows. 1t is.
known as the japanese Fern Ball. 1t
is worth seeing.
The Brown telephone building
repairs are progressing rapidly and 1t
will be ready for occupancy by Jan.
st. s. II. Hafia and john Stewart
will reside on the Sd floor.
The complimentary entertain
meDt to be given THURSDAY night by
the A o. U. W. iS free to members
And their lady friends This applies
also tn the Degree OF Honor.
"A q. Koontz wril.- from Cham
oersburg. Pa. to 81, returned
home safely and sTpr~.-es himself
much pleased with bis visit here. he
vent To Canada on The wy home.
he 'sys be saw S. s. Wslck the other
day Aod be seemed TO be happy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
NARROWLY Escaped Death

Fred Merri6eld, while working on
the Brown Telephone building, came
near being killed Monday morning. He
was standing under the scaffolds when
. heavy slsdge hammer fell 10 feet
and struck his head. Luckily he was
bending over and did not get q direct
blow. A severe scalp wound resulted
but no broken bones. He will recover.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-27
SHOWS FOR NEXT WEEK.
Parker Will Have Attractions in Abb
lenN.

c. W. Parker returned from Texas
where he has been looking after his
successful carnival companies. He
gees to St. Louis tomorrow to buy q
bunch Of Shetland ponies which will
be brought here for training. They
like him In Texas. At Gainesville the
mayor met him with brass band at
midnight and made speech Of well
come.
Mr.. Parker will have his Carry.us.
all, Ferris wheel, Aerial Swing, Elec'
trio Theater and How old is AnnP
shows here for the Product show.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
PARK BOARD RESCINDS
IT'S FORMER ACTION
WithdraWs Award of Coal Contract
and Will Advertise for Bids.

At a Specialn meeting of the board
Of park commissioners yesterday aft
ernoon, at which three commissioners
We're present it was decided to re-
scind the former action, letting the
contract for 500 tons of Youghiogheny
coal at $40 to the Pioneer Fuel COM
pany and the Northwestern Fuel com
pany.
Commissioner Aberle insisted that
the board had made a mistake in Civ
ing the contract tosthese firms without
advertising and said that if the con-
tract that was let was carried out the
coal would cost the board much more
than it could be bought for on the
open market. aiS
President Wheelock thought the
board should abide by its agreement,
but when Commissioned Topping sided
with Aberle the president agreed to
vote with the majority, with the result
that the order was cancelled and the
secretary of the board authorized to
advertise for bids for 500 tons of coal,
one offer to be on board cars near
Como. and also a bid to deliver the
coal at the Como park plant.
The first contract was let without
advertising for bids, and it was claim
ed by coal men who had not been ask
ed for figures that if the contract was
carried out the city would pay up
wards of $500 mere than they would
sell the same coal for. The DIRECTORS
Will be given an opportunity to demon
Stratp
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
SOAP MAKING PAYS
1t Accounts for Big Receipts
From Rochester Asylum.

soap making may not be the most
agreeable task in the world, but it is
found to pay at the Rochester hos
pital for the insane if the volume of
the receipts for April of that institution
indicate anything.
The report of the miscellaneous re-
ceipts for state institutions for April,
filed yesterday with the state treas
urer by the board of control, shows
the total receipts of the Rochester
hospital were $1,091.63, and the large
hgure is due to the fact that the
Rochester hospital inmates are en-
gagged IN some numbers in the manu-
facture of soap, which is sold to the
other state institutions, and as April
is by custom, if not law, houseclean-
ing time. the states wards did thirty
ing business.
Other institutions reported miscel-
laneOus receipts for the month as fol-
lows: Anoka asylum, $3.50; Hastings
asylum, $211.02; Fergus Falls hospital.
$333.68; st. Peter hospital, $107.41;
school for deaf, $4,000; school for
Predetermined $947.42; state public
school, $32::re state training school,
$31742; reformatory, S777.23; state
prison, $7,I42.66; Duluth normal school,
$103.9O; Mankato normal $215.22:
Moorhead normal, $20.10; st. Cloud
normal, $158.45; Winona normal.
$173.30.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
POLICE GET RID OF
POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE
Bottle of Alleged NitrogIycerin Is
Handled Gingeriy.

William Kelly, who says that he is
an engraver working in Minneapolis,
awoke from drunken sleep last night
in the central police station and told
the officers that when he was brought
to the station he carried in his pocket
a bottle of nitroglycerin.
And if that stuff is not uncorked by
midnight it will explode and blow the
station to pieces" said the prisoner,
pretending to be frightened.
The revelation was considered OF
enough Importance to make a search
for the bottle, which was found to con-
tain quicksilver, mixed with some fluid
Although Sergeant Pat Murnaiie ex-
pressed the belief that there was no
nitroglycerin in the bottle, he car
ried it very carefully out the rear door.
while the other officers made for the
front door.
When informed that the nitrogIyc-
erin had been disposed of Kelly in
sisted that he had told the truth, stat
ing that he used the explosive in his
trade. He refused to admit that he
had caused scare without reason.
Kelly was picked up on the streets
drunk about noon yesterday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
COTTAGE WILL BE ADDED
TO THE ANOKA ASYLUM
Contract Awarded for $4,000 Building
for Female Patients.

The award by the board of control
yesterday of a contract to r. Mcmillan
& Co. for the erection of a womans
cottage at the Anoka state asylum is
the first step in a plan evolved by the
board of control to remove from the
larger crowded hospitals for the in
sane numbers of the so-called "custo-
dian" inmates and to place them at the
smaller asylums.
The new cottage at Anoka will cost
completed and furnished about $40,-
600 and will be ready for occupancy
Oct. L. 1t will be built of solid brick,
with stone trimmings, and will have
modern sanitation and be heated by a
central heating plant.
1t Will have accommodations for be-
tween forty and fifty women, who will
be brought from Fergus Falls and 9TH
er hospitals to remain permanently at
Anoka. There are no female patients
at either the Anoka or Hastings asy-
lums at present There they can be
maintained more cheaply for light en-
ployment Will be given them, and there
are no stats of physicians at the two
aSylums. The crowded condition at the
three big institutions will be in a
measure relieved when the cottage
plans are carried out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
ARRESTS CHAUFFEUR
Crusade Aaainst Automobile
SDeeders Begins.

Archibald G. Clark. living at 4sS
Laurel avenue, IS the first victim of the
crusade ordered by Chief of Police
OConnor against the speeding of auto
Clark was taken into custody yes
terday by Patrolman Ben Morse, at
whose instance the information was
MED, and at the Central station was
released on $25 cash bail Clark will
be arraigned before Judge Hine in the
police court TODAY.
Inc o11ense is alleged to have been
committed yesterday forenoon. while
CiarK~Was on his way down town. Pa
lfolnlan Morse says that the auto was
running at least sixteen miles an hour
gown ramsey and Seventh streets to
seven corners. The officer asserts
that he will be able to make a good
case as one of the. witnesses who will
De summoned to appear in the police
court against Clark narrowly escaDed
being run down.
For the last two days the attention
OF the police officers has been called to
the order Of the chief that the drivers
OF All automobiles running faster than
eiSht miles an hour should be arrest
Cd 70 give additional protection sew
efai ofIcers have been put in citizens
clothes and detailed to watch for reck-
less speeding, with instructions to ar.
rest all offenders.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
MONDAY ART CLUB
DISPLAYS ITS WORK
a. i-lsi-.s- -5I-s I-s1f
Coiored Women Show Pretty ColIec-
ton at, Annual Exhibition.


The FIRST exhibition of the Monday
Art club was =held t4eVenfng at the
residence of Mrs. J. H. Hickman, 4O5
Western avenues The exhibit included
a pretty collection of pen and ink
sketches; photo graphy, burnt wood
work, Mexican, drawn : work, hand
painted china, laces and fancy work.
and was thevresult1 of the first years
work of The Monday Art club
1T is "a distinctive feature of wort;
by our people" said Mrs. Hickman.
one of the i1fTicers of the club. 'Our
club has a. membership of thirty col
ored women. and in addition to art
subjects We have classes. in millinery
and demonstrations in domestic sci
ence. One meeting each month is
made a social feature. and members
bring their husbands and the even
ing is spent in The cultivation of the
social side of life. During the entire
winter.l.no, matter. what the weather,
We have never missed meeting
The hours yesterday sAseresfrom 4 to
10 z. m. Refreshments were served
and music provided. Many men were
included among the hundred or. more
guests who admired the work shown
by the club. The receipts are to go
to r --N~-'-s- work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
MERRIAM SAID TO BE
SLATED FOR CABINET
Former Governor Will Visit St. Paul
in a Few Days.

1t was announced last night in polit-
zeal circles that William r. Merriam
former governor of Minnesota, late di-
rector of the census and now president
or the Mercantile Exchange. New
York, would make a visit to st. Paul
IN a few days, and rumor connected
MS proposed visit to Minnesota with
the report that he is candidate for a
place in President RooseVeIt's cabinet.
Gov Merriam was in Washington
recently, and the prospect that Secre-
tary Cortelyou, of the department of
commerce, will retire to become the
head Of the national Republican or
ganization has had the effect of re-
vlVing the report that the former
Minnesotan is candidate for the place
in the presidents cabinet to be made
vacant by Cortelyous transfer to the
head of the national committee SEN
ator Nelson is credited with an ambi-
ton to place Merriam in the cabinet,
and Merriam is said not to be averse
to accepting the honor.
Minnesota politicians in close touch
with the situation at Washington are
not very firm believers in the truth of
the report, and Merriam's visit to
Minnesota may be for an entirely diff
ferent purpose than the one suggested.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
RECEIVES SAD NEWS
Federal Judge w. c. Hook
Learns of Mothers Death.

Judge William G. Hook. of the Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals, now
in session in st. Paul, received a tele-
gram yesterday afternoon announcing
the sudden death of his aged mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth d. Hook at Leaven-
worth, Kan.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was handed
to Judge Hook while he was on the
bench, hearing the arguments in a case
appealed from Arkansas, and upon it's
contents being made known to the
other sitting judges, court was i'm
med;ately adjourned. Judge Hook left
last night for Leavenworth
Mrs. Hook was seventy years of age,
but had always enjoyed good health,
and her sudden demise was a severe
shock TO the son. Her death is the
first in Judge Hooks family, his father
being still alive and active, although
almost eighty years old.
Judge Hook departed for Leaven-
worth over the Great Western at $3.50
o'clock last night, arrangements hav-
ing been made for the continuance of
court during his absence. Mrs. Hook
death was caused by bronchial pneu-
monia.r
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
WOMAN MAY TALK
New Evidence xpectedln Lane
Disbarment Proceedings.

me supreme court yesterday gave
permission to Eli Southworth, chair
man of the state board of law exam
liners, to amend his complaint in the
dlsbarment proceedings pending before
the court and against Freeman P. Lane,
the Minneapolis attorney, and it is
probable that the attorney for the state
has located Ada Hubbell, the woman
IN the case, and that she will tell what
she knows regarding Lanes alleged
connection with her sensational escape
from the Washington county jail in
1901 and her subsequent actions and
Lanes knowledge of her whereabouts.
The petition upon which the supreme
court yesterday took action recites that
at the Washington county term of the
district court in May, 1901, Edwin Lee
land was indicted. charged with the
bribery of two guards at the Still
water penitentiary, John Roberts and
Patrick Cunningham, to effect his es-
cape. Ada Hubbell, who was popularity
supposed to have engineered the con-
spiracy which invoIved the prison
guards in the sensational~case, was ar
rested and held as witness to testify
before the Washington grand jury and
subsequently at the trial of the men
indicted.
On her evidence the indictments were
found but while she was in jail in de-
fault OF bail bond for her appearance
at the trial, it is alleged that Lane, as
attorney for Leland, visited her and in
duced her to escpe. Her escape was
made May 81, the night before the date
Of Leland's trial.
The complaint recites that from the
time of the Woman's escape to Deem
Der u, 1902, when Roberts was con-
victed, Ada Hubbell remained in con-
cealment. She took the name of Mrs.
II. M. Nelson, the complaint says, and
about June /, 1901, Lane furnished her
with $50 to assist her in maintaining
her concealment, and while the action
against her friend was pending mailed
her $50 in two installments of SIS each.
The complaint further says that Lane
represented to Leland that he could
secure his release for $780,
Lelands term at the Saltwater insti-
tuition will not expire until 1906. 1t is
understood that the attorney for the
state has located Ada Hubbell and that
the amended complaint is to permit her
to testify in the disbarment proceed
ings.
Some testimony has already been
taken by the referee, w. o. Braggans,
but the Ada Hubbell development is a
new factor in the case.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
INVERSION SENDS BILLS
TO THE LUMBERMEN
State Auditor Begins Collecting Pay
for Pine Land Sales.

The state auditors office is busy
making drafts on Duluth Minneapolis
ana saltwater rlu1nbermen for pine cut
during the pasts winter from i state
scnooI lands. Drafts aggregating
$4,000 were mailed Yesterday. and on
Thursday the state auditors office
drew on lumbermen for a total of
9An rT,, .9g "a
The logs the 1ulnberrnen are now
ca!led upon. to- pays for are those sold
at various state pine land sales by the
state auditors Office, and were for the
most part cut from land in the Duluth
district.
simon Clark, surveyor general of
logs and lumber for the Duluth district,
last week filed his, scale bills for the
seasons cut with the state auditor, and
drafts are being sent out as rapidly as
the amounts are apportioned by the
land department of the state auditors
Office. -Four drafts sent to Duluth last
night We're for total of SIP, 600.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
SHE MISSES ANDREW
JOHNSON AND HER $50
Mrs. Emma johnson Has Him Arrest
ed on Charge of Stealing It.

Mrs. Emma Johnson, 131 West Col
lege avenue, lost $50, and Andrew
Johnson is under arrest, accused of
having taken the money
7 Mrs. Johnson's story of the case is
that Johnson called on her. and she
thoughtlessly told him that she kept
her money hidden under the carpet,
pointing out where the floor covering
had been looseneds for. the. purpose.
Shortly afterwards r. Johnson. was
missing, and Mrs. johnson searched
the hiding place for the money She
discovered that it was also missing.
She complained to the police. and
Johnson was later arrested at Sixth
and Sibley streets by officer Haggerty.
ION his person was found $65 thatWa
claimed by Mrs. Johnson, and it was
later discovered that he had left 81
additional with a saloonkeeper. john
son, the prisoner, although somewhat
intoxicated, denied that he took the
money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
CITY'S TITLE IS BAD
Court Holds 1t Doesn't Own
Certain Land on Levee.

In decision handed down by judge
Bum. in the district court. vesterd 1a12y
the c1tys title to certain Ievee pronerfv
on the West side is held to be de-
IectlVe and Charles l.. COveT who
canned title to the property on
Which a part of the American Hoist
ana Derrick company's buildings are
situated, is sustained and given 4 right
TO take possession of the propertv AT
once. y CT
Covell brought suit to oust tba
american Hoist and Derrick comDanv
from a part of lot he claimed to own
contend1ng that he held the title To
the property. and that the city. which
leased the land to the company. had
no authority to do SO. The PLAINTIFF
asked for possession of the land and
damages amounting to $500. Both the
CITY and the American Hoist and Der
rick company were made defendants
to the suit
The city, in it's answer, claimed abb
solute ownership of the property. and
the American Hoist and Derrick com
pany contended that it had entered
INTO contract with the city, believing
the city to be the owner of the prop
erty, Tor q twenty-five year lease. and
relying upon this lease had made i'm
pIoVements upon the property to the
value of $4,000.
While the decision Of Judge Bum
will involve other levee property than
that described in the Covel suit, it
viii not have a general application to
the West side levee property, much of
which has been leased by the city, and
no serious complications are expected
TO result from the deciSciOn.
1t was stated yesterday that the
American Hoist and Derrick company
would make a suitable settlement with
Mr.. COYell. and that none of their
buildings will be disturbed by reason
of Mr.. CoveI being declared the right
full owner of the property.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-21
VIII Give Steamboat Excursion.

The Taylor's Memorial Aid associa-
ton will give a steamboat excursion
up the Minnesota river this afternoon
on the steamboat Saturn and barge
Venus, which will leave the foot of
Jackson street at 1870. This associa-
ton was formed as a benefit for sick
teachers, and although regular dues
are charged, the funds secured by this
method are not sufficient to carry on
the work of the association, so the di-
rectors decided to give this excursion
to raise more money. A, band will be
taken along and refreshments served
without extra cost, the boat returning
at about 1890 p. m.