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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-15

Grant Sweet left an electric iror
attached to the wires on the table
at his suitatorium yesterday. When
the current was turned on in the
evening 1t heated the iron and hole
was burned in the table, a close call
from a fire.
1t was reported that Mrs. Eyth,
mother of Mrs. ]. A. Flack, was ser
iously. Ill at Enterprise. A phone
to the Reflector Gays there
is nothing in it-she is in her usual
health, though feeble she is not SER
lously III.
The basement under the Abilene
National bank is being fitted up for
he occupancy of c. w. Hollis bar
Der shop. Steel ceilings are being
tut on, bath room connections made
md 1t will be ONE of the incest shops
n town. The move will be made
bout Oct. 8.
Buy hay rack irons at Hodge
Bros.
Manhattan Nationalist: Jno. E.
Iessin and daughters, Misses Louise
nd Irene, are planning to leave Man
attain in December for tour of
Europe and Northern Africa. They
Epect to spe1d much OF tluir time
/ Egypt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-15

heskcsce ADOPTS Commission.
Muskogee. Ok, Sept Is.-By a vote
q 1854 for ana lss against Musk1ses
adopted he oommiE1ion fsrnn & eop
arnnsnl
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RECENT REFLECTIONS

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. W. E.
BIye, Sept. 9Th, a girl.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-15

Buy hay rack irons at Hodge
3ros.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-15

shoveling boards at Hodge Bros
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
DEAN WORCESTER
WALKS INTO TRAP
LIFE OF FORMER ANN ARsoR PRO.
FESSoR SAVED BY HIS
6oDYcUARD.
THREE OF HIS AssAILANTS ARE
SHOT DEAD ON PALAWAN ISL
LAND, PHILIPPINES.
foo,221 Persons in Prisons Of the
United states--2,s1s In MichI-
gan institutions.
Set Upon BY BrIsands.

Dean G. Worcester, American secre.
tary of interior for the Philippines,
was set upon by renegade Moros on
the Island Of Palawan, and escaped
assassination only through the alert
ness OF his bodyguard, who shot down
the outlaws. Three were killed out
right
Mr.. Worcester was touring the ISL
ami, the most westerly of the larger
OF the Philippine group bounding the
Sulu sea on the west. and was present
at the installation OF the new gov
ernor In anticipation of his coming
a baEd of Moros planned his death.
Armed with carefully concealed bolos
they laid trap. The secretary found
himself the object of a savage rush.
Capt. Moynihan. of the scouts, was
the first to recognize the hostile move
ment AID just in the nick Of time OF
dered the scouts TO fire. At the fusil-
lafe the three leading Moros dropped
i'll their tracks. Several others doubled
up Will more or less severe wounds.
The others took TO their heels.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Excess Baggage Rateo Are Cut.

Lansing-Through the efforts OF the
state railroad commission. the upper
peninsula is to secure relief from the
excess baggage evil which has -four
ished there in the past. for under the
ruling which has been handed down.
all roads are given 20 days In which
to file new schedules complying with
the rate made by the commission. The
commission fixes new schedule
which all railroads, whether they op-
crate under two or three-cent fare,
must observe. This provides for a
minimum rate OF % cents. The mini
mum rate is from one to ten miles at
eight cents per 100. while the maxi
mum rate quoted Is from S91 to 400
miles when the charge may be placed
at s1.30 per 100 pounds.
The commission also rules that
every road must check excess bag
gage through TO the point Of destina-
tion for which ticket Is purchased
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
U. S. Prisons Contain 1oo,221 per.Ons.

Invitations have been received by
Lansing officers connected with the
Michigan prisons to attend the inter
national prison congress at Washing
ton, d. c., Oct. to s. Representa-
tives c; foreign countries and nearly
all the states in this country will be
in attendance.
According TO figures compiled by
the secretary of the congress. as per
cent of the total criminal population
OF the United States is confined in
the IS prisons of the country. or a to-
tai OF 1859 prisoners. There are con-
fined in the "a warehouses; and houses
of correction. 1924 persons. In 1913
reformatories and industrial schools
3S,33S are confined. In the 1919 insti-
tutions for criminals in the United
States an aggregate Of 1O0,221 are con-
fined
According to the figures OF the Sec
rotary the population of Michigan
prisons is divided as follows: Jack
son, 724; lonia. 531; Marquette. 500;
Detroit house OF correction, 36S; in
dustrial school for boys. Lansing, 500;
state sc..oel for girls at Adrian, 4SG;
total, 2,91S.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
STATE DOING LAND
OFFICE BUSINESS
s4s,s5s ACRES DISPOSED OF FROM
JANUARY, 1904, UP TO
PRESENT TIME.
VALUES ARE INCREASING
During the Six Months Which Have
Passed This Year, the State Has
Sold 6o,3so.44 Acres at Net
Price Of S159,oss.s4.

Lansing.-Figures which have been
issued following the trip which the
public domain commission made a
short time ago give an interesting
sidelight on the business which Mich
igan has done in the selling OF public
lands during the last six and one-half
years.
All In all the figures show that from
January /, 1904, to the present time,
the state had disposed of s49, 655 acres
OF land amounting in value to 81 $685.
663.9S. OF this amount $227,377.07 was
received from the sale OF lots in
cities, towns and villages.
BY far the largest sale of public
lands was made in 1907 when the
state disposed of 235,133.74 acres at
a net price of 224,539.91. The price,
however, was extremely low as is
shown by the figures, being less than
one dollar an acre.
Since then the value of public lands
appears to have gone up and it is said
that this is especially true in the up
per peninsula where land which was
once considered worthless, in as much
as it had been cleared of its timber
is now bringing a good price from
farmers.
During the six months which have
passed this year, the state has sold
60,3S0.44 acres at net price of
$159.099.S4. A comparison Of the
amount OF land sold and the price re-
ceived in the two instances referred
to, shows that the land is bringing
more than twice as much as 1t did in
1907, and the department claims that
the demand is heavier than ever.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Apple Crop Will Total SGT ,ooo, 900.

Buyers for commission houses in
New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadel-
phia and other large cities which are
distributing centers. travelling in the
northwestern states. estimate that 49,
900 cars OF from 100000 to 100000
boxes of apples suitable for eastern
markets will be shipped from CONNER
cial orchards in Washington. Califor-
MIA, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho. Mon
tana and Utah this season. 1t is also
estimated that between 5000 and 1000
cars will be required to supply the
local and European trade. The market
value OF the crop in the several states
is placed at from $27,000,000 to $780,
900, 900 at present prices.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Wheat Up to New High Mark.

A new high price record for wheat,
the third within a week. for this sea-
sons crop was established Monday.
Unbrcken drought and heat in the
northwest, excited buying on the part
Of shorts in Liverpool. worlds ship
meLts surprisingly light and damage
by rains in France. all were influential
on the bill side.
In addition to the crop losses in
this country and Canada. the French
yield, I vas predicted, would be so
TO S5 million bushels short. The open
ing was LA 3-S to 2 Is up. Septem-
Der started, at $1.0S Ia to $1.0S I-2, a
rise OF 1-4@3-S to SIS Fluctuating
widely, the price went on advancing
to S1.0S 81.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Rural Ministers Hear Lectures.

The conference for country min.
listers was opened at the Mich.
igan Agriculture college by an ad.
dress by President Kenyon l.. Butter.
field of the Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural college, on the subject OF The
Problem of Rural Progress" This
meeting OF rural ministers is unique
inasmuch as II is the first of the kind
to be held in this part OF the country.
AS a direct result, however. of the
agitation in furtherance of this move
ment, the University OF Wisconsin, in
conjunction with a ministerial associa-
ton of that state, expects TO conduct
a conference OF somewhat similar
character.
This lecture was the first OF a
series of four by President Butter
field.
Following President Butterfields
lecture. Rev. Charles o. Bemis OF
McClellandtown, Pa, spoke on "The
Rural Minister and His Community"
Prof. ]. A. Jeffery OF the college
faculty. presented in an interesting
manner the subject OF The Soil as
Modified by Human Action"
There were two lectures, with
demonstrations, on horticulture and
poultry raising. There was a woman's
session at which Miss Bessie Bemis
of Pennsylvania state college, lee
tured on Relative Food Values"
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Hold up increase In Freight Rates.

On Tuesday there was a confer
ence between the traffic managers Of
the railroads of Michigan and the
state railroad commission in this city
relative to the increase in freight
rates, which has been ordered to take
effect August /.
At a meeting held in indianapolis
representatives Of the commissions of
Michigan, Ohio and Illinois decided to
ask the interstate commerce commits
sion to use It's influence with the rail
roads to hold up the increase until
conditions had been investigated.
Chairman c. l.. Glasgow of the
Michigan commission says that unless
the traffic managers take some ac-
ton along this line and declare their
intentions at the conference the COM
mission may exercise it's powers
granted by law to suspend the in
crease in freight rates for As days
after they are put in operation.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Penniless because of their long
strike. many miners in the coal dis
tricts OF Oklahoma are said TO be in
destitute circumstances.
One man was killed and many were
injured In a Canadian Northern train
wreck. near Quebec. Six cars con-
tanning 800 English emigrants were
shattered and then took fire.
The United States army transport
Sheridan arrived 2. San Francisco
from the Philippines, bringing a num-
Der OF officers and civilian passengers,
but no regular organization of troops
The Roman Catholic church and St.
Anne's convent, at Nanaimo, b. c.,
were completely destroyed by fire.
Forty orphans in the convent were
rescued, but all belongings were de-
stroyed The loss is placed at $780,
900.
Demanding an increase In wages
from 30 to $3.50 day and a reduction
OF working hours from to hours
day, about 1876 molders employed in
IL iron foundries at Hartford, CT,
went on strike. The men are mem
bers OF the holders union.
The largest days shipment Of fruit
ever sent from the Sacramento Valley
was dispatched when rs cars of pears
and plums left for points in Canada
and the eastern parts of the United
States. There was nearly 2,O0O,000
pounds OF fruit in the cars.
William +. Corey president OF the
United States Steel Corporation, has
returned home from Europe, conserva-
lively optimistic on the business stu
alton. Steel and other lines OF bust
ness, Mr.. Corey said. were all fairly
good in all parts OF the world.
The American Institute of Homeo-
PATTY in session at Pasadena, Cal,
elected DIR. G. j. Jones, OF Cleveland.
president; Dr.. Walter Il. Nichols, of
Pasadena, vice-president, and DR..
James X. Ward, of San Francisco, DR..
+. J. Man, of st. Paul, and DR.. J. p.
Sutherland, Of Boston. trustees.
The Southern Pacific Co. has paid
into the United States district court a
fine of $4,000 recently imposed by
Judge Van Fleet at San Francisco,
after the corporation pleaded guilty
10 granting of rebates. On the pay
ment of the fine indictments embrac-
ing $50 counts were ordered dismissed.
A big megaDhone has been pur-
chased by the band of Chicago suf-
fragettes who are touring northern
Illinois in an automobile, and here
after a crier who will be employed
at each stopping place will announce
the time and place of each meeting.
When the next automobile loaded with
suflragettes leaves Chicago in a few
days for a tour of the states. it will be
equipped with singers and cornet
players.
William Durand, who claims the
heavyweight pugilistic championship
of the United States navy, was con-
victed. at Hampton, Va, by jury in
the circuit court of prize fighting. He
was sentenced to one year in the pen
itentiary. Durand was Knocked out
several weeks ago at Buck Roe beach
by negro named scarborough in the
first round OF what was to have been
10-round mill. Durand formerly
lived in Pennsylvania.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Boosts Traverse City &c Per Cent.

With a boost in valuation which
amounts to more than sc per cent,
the state tax commission brings
Traverse City up to what it considers
full valuation, and adds an additional
s3,100.32S to the tax rolls OF that city.
The figures of the supervisors and
board of review placed the valuation
Of the city at $4,677.3 but the fig-
ures compiled by the tax commission
boost this to s7.777.55S.
Secretary Lord stated that he in
tended to visit Detour in Chippewa
county this week and from there go to
the township of St James in Charlie
voix county.
A communication has also been re-
ceived from the Upper Peninsula Land
company of Chicago. The concern al
leges that its taxes are higher in pro-
portion than those OF resident land
owners and asks the department to
look the matter up.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22

Floyd Lyman. Milton Lyman, Lang
ford Diamond and Ray Harrington. all
under l6, are under arrest and have
confessed TO placing barrels full OF
stones OH the Michigan Central tracks
at Geddes. A wreck was narrowly
averted.
The board of public works of Eaton
Rapids has voted 10 increase the sal
aries OF the superintendent, engineer
and electrician at the municipal water
and lightning plant s. per month each,
with the addition OF free lights and
water and coal for fuel at their homes.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Pr0hIss, Choice for Governor.

fronipS Cnotcc Tor Governor.
The upper peninsula is pretty sure
TO furnish one OF the nominees for
governor this year.
Richard Quayle, Prohibitionist, is
the gentleman who is practically as
sured of nomination. The Prohibl-
ton state central committee, at a
meeting in Lansing. considered sew
eral names. and finally agreed to rec
ommend Mr.. Quayle to the Prohibition
voters at the September primaries for
governor. Members of the committee
say that 1t is not likely that any other
Prohibitionist will be proposed for the
governors nomination.
= Mr.. Quayle's residence Is at Ishpem.
ing, but his place of business is at
Gwin, in the same county. where he
conducts general store. Gwin is a
new town. having been started by the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron company. One
OF the committeeman said at the meet
ing that Mr.. Quayle is rated by Brad
streets at from $4,000 to 100000.
Members who proposed him at the
meeting said there is no question but
he will accept, IL nominated. He is
said TO be a relative of Bishop Quayle
of the Methodist church.
Reports that came before the meet
ing showed that in 1909, when no
state election was on, there was
raised and spent 70: Prohibition party
work in Michigan s7.400.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22

The British Columbia government
has placed orders I'm Pittsburg for
complete apparatus for three mine
rescue stations to be Installed in the
principal coal mining areas OF British
Columbia. One viii be established in
Crowsnest Pass and two on Vancou-
yer island.
More than half million cubic yards
of concrete have been laid at the
Panama canal locks at Gatun. which
is one-fourth OF the concrete required
to complete the works there, and one
ninth Of all the concrete necessary
for completing the locks.
The call of the fatherland" has
come TO Herman Gade, Norwegian CON
sui at Chicago He will renounce citi-
zenship to the United States and re-
turn TO Norway to become adviser TO
King Haakon, & is announced. Mr.
Gade came to America Is years ago
and for ten years has practiced law
in Chicago He was graduated from
Harvard.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
--LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIzED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Cordensed Into a Few Lines for the
Perussl OF the Busy Man
Latest Personal infor-
nation.
PERSONAL

Miss Dorothy Miller of East Thirty
eighth street, Chicago, was married
Mt Omaha, Neb., to Matsuzo Shofu, a
Japanese travelling salesman from
New York city.
Mrs. Mary Baker G.. Eddy, head OF
the Christian Science church, observed
her eighty-ninth birthday quietly In
her Brookline home. Mrs. Eddy was
In perfect health.
Mrs. Florence Mastick, New York
fiat dweller. by mistake sent $500
worth of jewelry TO her iceman and
later had him arrested because he neg
lected to notify her.
Joseph Sheffield Van Buren,. former
ly of New York, died aboard the steam
er Prinz Eitel Friedrich, bound for Ma
pies from Egypt. Mr.. Van Buren, had
lived in Hongkong for the last thirty
years.
August ("Garry") Hermann OF
Cincinnati was elected grand exalted
ruler Of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Eiks by reclamation at the
first session of the grand lodge held
at Detroit.
Philander c. Knox. Jr, and his
eighteen-year-old bride, former de-
partment store saleswoman, have gone
TO live at his fathers country home
near Philadelphia Parental forgive
ness has been obtained.
Princess Agatha of Ratibor, who
was married to tie kaiser's cousin,
Prince Frederick William, at Potsdam,
June s. has been accommodated by
the Roman Catholic church for be-
coming the wife of a Protestant.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
GENERAL NEWS

Confined in a filthy cell, six by Eve
feet, underfed, save by charitable
strangers, William Pittman, an Ameri-
can captured by the Madriz govern
ment forces near Blueffelds, was found
In an overcrowded local prison at
Managua. Nicaragua, by Consul OIL
wares. The consul telegraphed to the
state department that he had forced
DIR. Madriz TO furnish the adventurous
American better prison accommoda-
tions.
The interstate commerce commits
sion made formal announcement OF It's
decision to suspend freight rate ad-
vances recently made by the railroads.
These are advances held up by agree
ments between President Taft and the
railroads until the new railroad law
went into effect giving the commission
power to suspend rates.
An early morning fire on the edge OF
the business section of Portland, Ore,
resulted In the loss Of one life, the In
jury of several persons, the burning of
$50 horses and a financial damage of
about 100000 The burned district
covers ten acres.
. Clifford Pinchot and Speaker Joseph
q. Cannon engaged in an extemporane-
GUS debate upon the subject Of con-
servation before the Knife and Fork
club at Kansas City. While each
gave expression of the highest person
al regard for the other and both
agreed that conservation Of the
natural resources should be encour-
aged, they differed on the question who
was the father Of conservation.
Under instructions from Judge Land
Is deputy United States marshals
called prominent Chicago packers to
appear before the federal grand jury
at Chicago to answer to the charges
which have been made against the Ma
tiofial Packing company.
All the intricate machinery Of Scot.
land Yard, has been set in motion to
effect the capture of DR.. Hawley II.
Crippen, the battered body of whose
wife, noted music hall singer known
under the name of Belle Elmore. was
found buried deep in the clay in the
cellar Of their home, North London.
Crippen has been missing since Satur-
day last Requests have been sent out
broadcast that all incoming steam
ships be watched.
TO Ferdinand of Bulgaria belongs
the distinction of being the first king
90 go up in an aeroplane. At Harselle,
near Liege. he enjoyed the experience
of flying twice around the Kiewit
aerodrome on machine piloted by
Chevalier de Laminne.
Clara Ward, formerly Princess
Chimay, has brought divorce proceed
ings in Paris against her husband
Peppino RiccIardi. The court made
the customary efforts to effect recon
citation. but without success.
The coronation OF King George has
been fixed for June p, 1911.
The business affairs of Col. James
M. Guffey, Democratic leader of Penn
sylvania, and one OF the best known
oil and coal men Of the entire country.
were placed in the hands of receiver
The assets of Colonel Guffey are esti-
mated at $4,000, 900, his liabilities at
less than 100000.
CHARLES W. Rigdon, reputed to be
a millionaire real estate dealer, sixty
FIVE years old, shot and instantly killed
himself at Chicago following a quarrel
with two women. Before taking his
life. he fred repeatedly at both wom-
en-. fatally injuring one OF them.
Emma Dubex.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Aoricul,uraI COLLEGE Gets $4,000.

The state treasurer received a
check for $4,000 from the treasury de-
partment at Washington to be given
the Michigan Agricultural college for
its support during the ensuing year.
by an act Of congress about five
years ago. the federal government APP
propriates certain amount annually
for the support of agricultural colleges
throughout the United States. This
years donation to the Michigan col
lege is $1,000 greater than last years,
and brings the total amount ny TO
1902, 800.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
EIks, Home Stays In Virginia.

In a tumultuous session of the grand
lodge Il. o. r. T., which lasted until
a late hour Wednesday night, and in
which the feeling of sectionalism rose
dangerously close to the surface on
several occasions, the proposition TO
abandon the Elks' National home at
Bedford City, Va. or move 1t to some
other city, was defeated.
Instead the board OF trustees was
instructed to prepare plans and speci-
fications for the remodeling of the
home and identifying of the grounds,
to be presented to the next session of
the grand lodge at Atlantic City. In
addition the sum OF $500 was voted
the board to be used in making such
temporary repairs and improvements
as are deemed necessary during the
year.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
New MIehIaan corporatIons.

The following companies have filed
articles of incorporation with the sec
rotary of state: Standard Die Cut
ting company, Detroit. $4,000. stock
holders, Charles r. Springman and e.
l.. j. Manner; Chesaning Milling COM
pany, Chesaning. $4,000; Blackwood
Plumbing Supply company, Detroit.
$4,000, principal stakeholder, William
Blackwood.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Uniform Rate for Excess. Baggage.

The state railroad commission is
sued an order which will become oper-
alive in twenty days. making a uni
form rate on all roads In Michigan for
handling excess baggage. The rate on
100 pounds excess baggage from one
to ten miles inclusive will be eight
cents. On 100 pounds excess from 391
to 400 will be $3.50 No charge shall
be less than % cents.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22

The state board OF auditors decided
that travelling employees shall journey
by the shortest route and shall not
take lake trips at the expense OF the
state.
IL Is said that during the past few
weeks certain employees have travelled
by boat when il would have been less
expensive TO cover their territory by
rail. thereby adding to their expense
accounts Several accounts we're cut
down considerably and the men in
structed TO economic.
The Yale expositor., 1910-07-22
Michigan Pensions.

The following pensions have been
granted to Michigan: Albert b. Cof-
fin, $l2; Samuel ]. Denning, $17: Neil
A. Dewar, IS; William ii. II. Drake,
SIS; Edward Fry, ST.; James A. Cor
don. s17; Samuel p. Hoyt, $40; Henry
Huffman. $12; John S. Johnson. SIS;
Celista b. Pierce. $12; Louis C. Rasin.
ST.; Jessie Shillinger, $12; Isaiah
Skiver. SIS; Caroline Vanhorn. SIP;
Adelaide Aull, $12; Orril w. Avery.
$50; John Belcher, $40; Henry NJ.
Burns. s17; Henry F. Christian. $12;
James w. Davidson, s15; William
Freestone. SIS; John Grangel, SIS;
George w. Holcomb, $50; Mary Il.
Holman, $12; William s. Pierson. IS;
Robert Shideler, $50; George II.
Stout, SIS; John Vashaw, 10.