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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-19
At TENTION!.

Would you take $l.OO or $3.50 II
offered to your
Well, you can easily get 1t II you
attend the Blue Front Clearance Sale
OF Oxfords. Not one pair reserved.
We are going to clean them out at
prices that will make you shoe hungry,
2.46 will buy any Ladies' or Gents
Oxford In stock worth 500, $50,
400 and 4.50. Positively your pick,
none reserved.
1885 will buy any Misses Oxfords In
any style, worth l.76, 2 90 and 200
CSC for all Oxfords worth 1.5O.
SOC for Ladies' and Misses white Ok
fords, worth up to 1.tO.
Now are you Shoe hungry II you
are not, you ought to be, or someone
else will take best choice. II this Is
not convincing, come in and let us
prove It.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-19
QuARTETTE OF LIONS.
C. W. Parker Bought Them Of
'BuffaIO" Jones.

CT buffalo" Jones Of Kansas,
Arizona and other states sold four
mountain lions yesterday to the e. W.
Pa ker Amusement company of Abb
lene, Kas.. for 40.
buffalo" Jones has contracted to
capture for MIR, Parker several bears
and wild sheep. These, with four OF
five ..oattalo" are to be delivered 10
Abilene as soon as possible.
j. H. Edwards, manager for the
Parker Amusement company, who
bought the lions, is a son Of the late
John N. Edwards, once an editorial
writer ON the old Kansas City Times
TX. q. Star.
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with Mrs. Engle's relatives.

s. II. Lenhart and D. W. Klein
went to Texas on the MurPhy-McCor-
mick Land Co.'S excursion.
F. W. Parks is up from Cottonwood
Falls. Jack Just can't stay away
from Abilene long at time.
David Matteson went to Delevan'
Wisconsin, to attend a reunion OF his
old regiment, the Tenth Wisconsin
Harry To6ey Of Hope who has been
visiting his cousin, Will Etherington'
left for Manhattan to attend college,
Misses Maude and Myra Rogers left
Sunday for Lake Forest, His to re-
sumo their school work at Ferry Hail.
win Wstzel, formerly OF Abilene
now OF Philadelphia, was visiting his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. W. W.
Herr.
J. l.. Berkey and J. G. Lyons OF
Manhattan we're in the city on their
way from western Kansas with two
touring cars.
Jesse T. Perry, the merchant at
Buckeye, was in the city. he con-
templates spending the winter on the
Pacific coast for his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Kubach re-
turned from Colorado. Gus says he
started with AZ feet Of money and
came back with just IS inches and
was lucky to have that.
Miss Gertrude Rumble came home
from Abilene last Saturday afternoon
to spend Sunday with her people
here. Miss Rumble is one OF the
teachers in the city schools at that
place, She returned last evening"
~. G. Union.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-19
RtotAq ,tFLEOTlONS
"A covey Of quail was Ia town yes
Cnra sign OF fall

"A coyey Of quail was "a town yes
tsrdAy, Sure sign Of ialll
Reports from y y cryeeh VIII
is in the hospital at Rochestsr' MINI
say be is able to walk.
The morning U. 2. fier eas. bou"'
was l hours late because Of q freight
wreck in western Kansas.
Some new watermains whlcn
sonthside has been demanding ioi
several gears ars being laid,
dispatcher Krommes q the Rock
IsIaed AZ Herington died az Kansas
CitySunday, The body was taken 70
Herington last night.
Cards have been received a.
nouncing the wedding on the lo'n o.
Mr.. l. John Ransom 20 Miss Minnie
Kollschmiit Of Golden, Ontario.
Emmett Hoffman came up from
Enterprise in his new touring car
last evening. 1t is four cylinder
Dragon an 4 carries seven passengers
y. R. Roche writes from Kansas
CITY in renewing his subscription;
"I,am Away, glad to read the news
from the old home. Please keep
sending"
H. w. Jacobs has taken position
as representative Of the Hall Lltho-
graphing Co., and will make his head
quarters here. Herbert will SNAKE
good" in his new place
Fifteen members Of Co. D., Of
the second regiment of Kansas Ma
tional Guards. passed through on
their way from Newton to Fl, Riley
The rest will come tomorrow.
Albert Taylor, son OF Clarence
Taylor living fifteen miles southeast
came in Saturday evening and bought
800 Ford runabout Of Q. L. Brown
s. Co., running it home that evening
: Mrs, Emma Wescott, formerly Of
Toneka. Kas.. has been elected hrst
reader Of the Christian Science So
ciety Of this city. She succeeds MRS
Nieper, whose term expired last june
Bert Lamb passed through here
yesterday on his way to Salina' ber'
has been playing third base all season
foa Muskogee in the Q. A. K. League
and is classed as one Of the best THIRD
basemen in the league.
Roy Shadinger, who is here fr"u
California, was recently at GoldheId
New. He says the MacMas,er Brother
are mining there and doing well
Bert Coulson, formerly OF Abilene II
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ABOUT People.


| Mrs. H. j. Hodge left for Excelsior
Springs.
Mrs. G. NJ, Troup, is home from
Concordia,
Rev. A. S. Bright.of Manhattan was
in the city.
John Goodwin and family Of Hayes
were in the city.
win Wetzel left for Philadelphia
after visit here.
Postmaster G. H. .Biegart Of Wood
bine wasin town.
Chester Maring and family were
down from Talmage.
Arthur Rock. manager OF the Hope
Stucco mill, was in town,
[ Miss Helen Sterl left for Lake Forest
to resume her school work.
Miss McGofin, Of Carthage, Mo-, is
visiting Mrs. Roy Weyant.
j. W. Weishaar was up from Dillon
and called on the REFLECTOR.
mir. and Mrs. Jerry Engle are home
from a trip to Pennsylvania points
Ralph Townsend went to Kansas
City to attend the veterinary college,
Mr.. and Mrs. Covert Burroughs left
for Michigan to join the No. Parker
show.
| J.R. Van Worst is up from Kansas
City looking after property interests
here.
John Denham, and wife returned
home from 10 days visit at Lincoln,
Neb.
Mrs. E. C. Tolbert and son Oscar
are here from Lucerne, Colo, visiting
friends.
Walter Eva whose parents live
south Of town has returned from San
Francisco.
Adam Shearer Of jennings, Kas.,
was here visiting his brother, M. T.
and s. Shearer.
Miss Pearl Hinkle of Illinois is here
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
I'M. P. Shearer.
Grant Schopp is home from Atlanta
where he has been playing in the
southern league.
Harry Makins has returned from
Wyoming and Nebraska where he
spent the summer.
| Mrs. j. F. Janicke OF Hinton, Okla.
is here to stay short time with heI
brother, F. E Nottorf.
Mrs. ]. H. Engle and son Paul
left for Canada for a months visit
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-19
Library Rurnmage Sale.

The Abilene Public Library will
hold It's annual Rummage sale In A.
0. U. W. hall Saturday, Sept. 21st.
A large amount Of good material will
be sold. t&c
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Ladies Take.Notice.

Ihave reopened the Abilene Quilt.
ing Factory at the old place and am
ready to do all kinds Of quilting.
Bring your work in early.
90.6t&cMo F. G. Adams.
First door north Of Reflector Office
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-19

For sale, one team Of driving horses
and pony buggy. Inquire Of M. W.
Cough, West First street. lS-2tSc
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-19
Advertised Letters.

The following is tbs list Of un-
claimed letters remaining in the abb
lene postofice for the week ending
Sept. IA, 1907. Have your mail adj
dressed TO your street number and it
will be promptly delivered:
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oEETLEMEN's LIST
Rarlow OhAs e Butler, q a
FrlnsteAd, J H .nliigan, KasricK
pat,ersoo. EGG Rossman, W T
SchnmrfeIt. d Schultz, II A
stew Art lack Whitley, X M ~
Wright, 5 B
LADIES
Dillbart. MissJ Veil, Mrs Ledger
CARDS
Sample.
One cent will be charged for all adj
vertised letters.
Persons calling for the above will
please say advertised" giving date
RICHARD WARrNG, P. M.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
EX-JUSTICE O'BRIEN RESIGNS.
He Refuses to Serve on the Thaw
Lunacy Commission-His Success
sor Is Appointed.

New York. = After the jury
which has been trying Harry K.
Thaw was excused Wednesday until
next Monday, and the members of the
lunacy commission named Tuesday by
Justice Fitzgerald to inquire into
Thaw's present state of mind had
been sworn in, there came the sudden
announcement late in the afternoon
that ex-Supreme Court Justice Nor
gan j. O'Brien, the chairman of the
commission, had resigned. In a let
ter to Justice Fitzgerald, Judge
O'Brien stated that upon reflection he
was forced, because of the condition
of his health and professional engage
ments previously entered into, to de-
cline to serve as member of the
commission
Justice Fitzgerald Immediately ap-
pointed David Mcclure, a we'll known
attorney of this city and member of
ex-Police Commissioner McAdoo's ad-
visory committee of citizens, to fill the
vacancy. Mr. Mcclure met the other
members of the commission in the af-
ternoon and was selected as chair
man. Later he announced that the
first session of the commission will be
held this afternoon at o'clock in the
court room where the trial has been
in progress. The commissions in
quiry in general will be an open one.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
ONE = LIED; TEN INJURED.
Explosion in a Fireworks Factory was
Very Disastrous.

New York. = A spark caused
by blow from hammer
ignted a quantity of set pieces in the
finishing room of the Consolidated
Fireworks Co. at Graniteville, S. l.,
Wednesday and in the explosion that
followed one man was torn to pieces,
a boy and two girls were probably ia
tally injured and seven other persons
were burned.
Henry Paul, boy, was mailing the
wooden bottom on "geyser" piece
when a spark from his hammer start
ed fire that almost instantly filled
the room with shooting stars and blaz-
ing magnesia balls. There was a
rush for the door and six of the en-
ployes had reached the outside when
a terrific explosion rent the building
and enveloped it in flames.
Arnold Ruff, aged 30 years, was
killed instantly. His head was torn
from the body. Paul was burned from
head to foot as were Helen Decker,
aged II years, and Margaret Koski, 19
years old. These three, it is thought,
cannot recover. Hazel Decker, twin
sister of Helen, was the most serious
ly burned of the others.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04

barbering, blacksmithing or the serv.
ing of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive, but such lines of trade can
not sustain a decent town" The
cause of this widespread loss of busi-
ness is The aggressive and destructive
competition of the catalogue houses
in the big cities. 1t has been possible
FOR 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities, If one felt that
the merchants of his town were eX-
acting too much profit. but this effort
of the mail order houses to cut the
retailer altogether is a new thing, the
growth Of the past few years. Start
ing with a few lines of trade, this
form of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
a country town and it is even asserted
that a savings bank department is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over $200,000,000 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount of $29, ,00O.-
coo in the past six months and is now
'incubating a new plan to increase its
enormous business by selling shares
OF stock to thousands of people in the
hope of making them regular GUS
toners.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
tures of articles in a hundred lines of
trade, are very aliuring to buyers,
most of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some of the
articles below the usual prices are of
an inferior quality, while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer. As was
shown last winter in speech in con-
gress, articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of the mail order people with delib-
crate intent to deceive. One of the
tjnstances given by this congressman
was of some thousands of finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
were in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue. or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles till they
come and is ofren disappointed in the
quality of the most of them, but there
is no redress as there would be If he
bought at home. He does not like to
own that he is disappointed, so he
makes the best of it and tries to PEI
suade himself that he has saved
money. In many instances he is not
,Tcll enough informed in values to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
Fund Raised to Prosecute
FrisCO's GrafterS.
FEW WILL ESCAPE.
Every Branch of City Government to
be PrObed Attempt to Rescue
RuefWouid be FataltO Him.

San Francisco, Cal-Rudilph Spree
kels, financial sponsor of tho
investigation of municipal corruption
now in progress, told the press Friday
that he would guarantee the expenses
Of the inquisition to any amount
Contributions from citizens to the
fund of 100000 guaranteed by me
before the commencement of the bri-
berry graft investigation are coming
in steadily" said Spreckes They
are in amounts ranging from $40 to
$1,000.
In the event that the total sub
scriptions fall short of the 100000
guarantee / will make the deficit good,
and if it costs more than 100000 to
complete this prosecution that will
make no difference Those engaged
in its furtherance will never be ham
pered by lack of funds, no matter
what the bill may be-
"The work of investigating will not
be suspended until every bit of rot
tenness has been fully exposed. We
fully expect to land behind the bars
of the penitentiary every giver of
biibN' anu LIIN Hl5lNi ip lllt VI
fender, the more vigorous will be his
pursuit.
We do not. however, expect to
send every hribe taker to prison.
Some of the men who sold themselves
to the corporations should be granted
immunity for their testimony, which
is worth a great deal more TO us as to
the guilt of high corporation officials
than their own incarceration would be.
Every department of the city gov
ernment will be thoroughly examined
into before the investigation is COM
pleted, the police department along
with the rest. No one will be neglect
ed; no set of officials will be over
looked"
Since the arrest of Abraham Ruef a
month ago rumors have been rife that
an attempt would be made to rescue
him by force from Elisor Biggy, either
during a session of court or while
Ruef was going to court.
An officer prominent in the bribery
investigation said Friday: Every
man openly identified with the prose-
cution of the bribery charges is
armed and some of the more promi-
nent are employing bodyguards."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
BUSINESS BULLETIN.
Easter Retail Trade Surpasses Expec
tations-lron and Steel Industry
in Fine Shaoe.

New York; G. Dun G. Co. S
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Easter retail trade surpasses expec-
tations, favorable weather bringing
out very large volume of business
during the last week, while activity
was not confined to specialties. but
extended to all seasonable lines of
staple merchandise. Wholesale and
jobbing houses received many supple
mentary orders, especially for dry
goods and millinery, and further inn
provement in collections was re-
ported.
Announcement by some railways
that retrenchment must curtail plans
for extensions has had no perceptible
influence on the iron and steel indus
try, owing to the scarcity of stocks in
all positions.
Prices were held within reason dur
ing the season of greatest pressure
when big premiums might have been
charged, and the conservatism of the
leading interests is now bearing fruit.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE.
Ten Stores and % Dwellings De-
stroyed at Newberry, S. c.
Loss $5oo,ooo.

Laurens. S. C. - Driven by a
stiff wind, fire on Friday swept
both the business and residential sec
tions of Newberry, town of 5000
population 80 miles southeast of here
and caused a loss that may reach
100000. Twenty-Five dwellings, two
churches and ten stores in the heart of
the town are in ruins.
The conflagration started in the
rear of the Newberry hotel. A gale
was blowing and the flames spread
with great rapidity. Appeals for as
sistance We're telegraphed to Column
bia and to this city, but engines could
not be sent into Newberry on account
of the destruction of the railroad
tracks. The Newberry fire depart
ment exerted every effort to check
the flames, but the fire was beyond
control. Two hours after the fire
broke out the entire city water sup
ply was exhausted and the town was
left practically at the mercy of the
flames
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
A CRISIS AT HAND.
FORTY-FiVE THOUSAND TRAIN.
MEN ON WESTERN ROADS
READY TO STRIKE.
DETERMINED TO ENFORCE DE-
MAND FOR MORE WAGES AND
SHORTER WORkDAY.

Chicago, Ill. = The $4,000 train
men of the western railroads
seemed nearer strike last night
than at any time since the negotia-
tions were begun two months ago for
an increase of II per cent. in wages
and a workday of 8 hours. The con-
ference Wednesday between the rep
resentatives of the men and the rail
road officials lasted for hours, but was
failure in bringing about a solution
of the trouble. The railroads offered
the men increases of 7 per cent to
passenger conductors and 10 per cent.
to brakemen, firemen, baggagemen
and allied workers. When the railroad
officers declared their offer was the
best that could be made the confer
ence came to an end, as the men by
referendum vote had decided not to
accept anything less than their origi-
nal demands.
Immediately after the joint con-
ference broke up the representatives
OF the trainmen met to consider the
advisability OF calling a strike in or
der to bring the railroads to terms.
Just what decision was reached is not
known, as the union men declined to
discuss what had taken place at the
meeting.
They were unit, however, in de.
claring that a peaceable settlement OF
the controversy could be reached only
by the general managers offering con
cessions. Another meeting of the
union men has been scheduled for to-
day and the outlook is that a strike
will be called within the next 4S
hours unless the railroads request an
other conference.
p H. Morrissey, chief of the Train
mems organization, said: 1--WE have
been instructed by the men we repre-
sent to call a strike, unless the offer
of the roads was satisfactory to u.s.
The vote by which this attitude was
reached carried the strike proposition
by tremendous majority. We are
not satisfied and the men are not sat-
isfied. We are not going to ask for
any more conferences with the gen.
eral managers. 1t is up to them to
prevent the men quitting work and
the only way they can do this is to
accede to our demands"
A. B. Garretson, chief of the con-
ductors. also declared that no further
conferences would be held with the
general managers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04

know that he could have bought as
cheaply and selected much more sat
isfactorily at home. On a rural route
with which ] am familiar and over
which most of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders, lives a friend CT mine who
bought a watch from the catalogue at
what he considered rare bargain.
The watch came, to be sure, but it did
not go, that is at the right speed,
and, although money enough was
spent on it to bring the price up to
good figure, it was no better as
timekeeper than that famous watch
of Capt. Cuttle's, Another friend
bought buggy at s34 and was elated
over his purchase until it came and
he saw that the top was a very ordin-
ary article of oil cloth, instead of
leather, and he was so ashamed of it
that he sold it at loss to his hired
man and bought better one in a
neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said it was
because of ill-fitting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects of buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur-
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what will be the effect
of this formidable diversion of trade.
If carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses of the
smaller towns will become bankrupt,
the value of town property will de-
cline, churches and schools will re-
ceive feeble support and the towns,
instead of being centers of business
and social activity, will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations, by
getting their supplies in the cities.
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreary,
unpainted little places Of half dozen
ramshackie houses. The evil effects
of this loss of trade and destruction
Of the value of town property will re-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
DO NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL ORDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Use
1t and Sold 1t to His Hired
Man-lt Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright. by Alfred c. Clarke
The East End of London is an ex-
ample of what the city does for hui
manity in creating poverty, misery,
disease, drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is it any wonder that lovers
of their kind are horror-stricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist is the bodies and souls of
men?
But there is another movement con.
nected with this current setting city
ward which, like it, is full of grave
menace to the welfare of humanity.
This is the dry rot now invading thou
sands of villages and towns. 1t Is not
lack of capital or business energy in
The towns, or discrimination in
freights or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that is bring
ing about this change but a new and
dangerous form of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
'or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
"a continued shrinkage in trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
10 the writer: Il believe the day of
the village and town is over The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tile fish. A few small lines of business
r-hat cannot be done by mail, such as
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
Didn't Suit Him,

People who patronize the cars run.
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says a writer in the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon of election day in
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
&C ner of the car.
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll of the r, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild"
Yer liar! It's John b. Moran!"
shouted the sleepy one, waking up
suddenly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-04-04
Died from a Broken Heart.

Pittsburg, Pa.-John Brislin, 70
years old, blind and we'll known
inventor, died here Wednesday from a
broken heart alleged to have been
brought on by reverses sustained by
litigation brought by him to control
his patents.