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L.L L IS SIGNED uiLENE TO GET 970,000 BUILDING. . FOB WILL BE PLENTY OF NOISE. Fourth of loir Already Started Firework Now om Display. !".,fi Make Public Building Bill a Law and the Structure to As- lured Money to b Ap proprfated u Needed. - The merchant bare unpacked their Fourth ot July goods and hare taken those left over from last rear out of the iterate room and hare them now on display. The flock ot good thlf rear ' to practically the tame ai In previous year.' However, a few new klndi of nolle makeri hare been prune. There will not oe any ccie- Washlngton, June 25. Preildent bratton here the Fourth but leare It Taft thii afternoon ilgned the public to the "kids" -they will get rid of bulldingt bill, which authorises the the fireworks. expenditure of 122,000,000, but does rhe merchants bare already made not actually appropriate the money. ntlet to the youthful buyers and the .The appropriation will be left to the c-ack and bang has begun. There Is next congress. an ordinance which deprives the The aboye press dispatch tells the youngsters of this privilege and City exact status of the law which orders policeman Engle will be kept busy public building for Abilene at a I from now until the Fourth keeping cost of $70,000. The law does not the noise muffled. appropriate the money needed for About the only new thing turned all the buildings ordered, but leaves out this year Is a repeating cap pis the appropriation to be made as need-jtol. The pistol shoots fifty times d. The next congress which ad-1 without reloading. The caps come In Journs-Mwcb 4, 1911, will appro-1 boxes of fire fillings to the box. Each proprlate ibe money and thnt will be fining contains fifty caps and until In time Ir the actual construction I the fifty cans are shot oft it is not nyhow, as It requires about ' two I necessary to reload the gun. It tars from the passage of a public said that these pistols are a great sliding bill before work begins. j deal safer than any other thing erer But it Is now certain that Abilene invented In the toy gun line. Ill get the building. The Panama The good old sky rockets roman thai was ordered when, no money! candles, etc., are on the market this was appropriated tor its completion, mar and they are lust the same but It Is being provided as needed erer. They are favorites with the nd the same process is followed in youths. One dealer says that the publlo building affairs. new tangled fire works turned out The Record-Herald's Washington each year do not sell well. The old correspondence explains the bill's tried out and "sure go" stuff Is In status: "The appropriation ot the demand. Although the wholesale various amolnts was purposely avoid-1 price ot fireworks Is a little higher this year the retail price Is the same. mm::w m Tbs court has set the case for July 5 and has ordered the attorneys to present their arguments, briefs and proofs at that time. It Is expected that a decision will be ' rendered promptly on the merits of the case. , Belolt June 24. After three con secutive defeats. Abilene came back resulting In Belolt being defeated res-1 If the first election waa void, of terday 1 to 1. It was pitcher's course the second one was also Ule- battlethroughout and was filled with gal; if the first was legal the council sensational plays, Schopp held Be-l mn,t canvas the rote and declare loit down to two hits and allowed on-1 the commissioners elected. . ' ly one full transportation to first! The council has been anxious 'to base. . .- I have the case settled on Its merits, down beside still waters. Score by Innings: . Belolt. ....0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 01 Abilene . . .1 0 000O01 tW Sallna S Manhattan 2. " Ballna, June 24. Sallna and Man hattan played nine Innings to a draw, I to 2, yesterday, the game being called on account ot darkness. as has every dtisen with the good of the town at heart The mayor and his friends hare seemed unwilling to do this but how It appears that there Is to be a definite end to the muddle. It could bare been done months ago bad the mayor been will log and the town's interests certainty demand It. The Village Deacon. There Is always too much."encour- Concordia; Junctions.' VinAArrila . .TnnA .' 24 . CoOCOrdta .. - ' ... . ... I anement" ln everr campaign won the first game ot me series wun i - - - - .- Junction City yesterday. . ; , d at this time. It Is the Intention nt ttiA frlAnri. nt th law in AnAftf ft law next December, making appro- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ED? prlatlon to corer the rarlous Items, I Saline, Journal Bays Spanish Vets Are Sore. War Sallna Journal: . Only two from ' "The understanding prevails that )i public building law will effectlre- , I commit Congress to the appropria- ' fin of the amounts carried In each 'im and that therefore no delay or I Sallna attended the meeting ot the irfliMilfrv nf niiv klnil will ha ArnAf- Spanish War veterans at Kansas iimui hr thA ATannHva rtnnrtmont City. Dr. Cockey returned last The supervising archltectwlll proceed night He Is not very enthusiastic In with the work Imposed upon him by his views of the reception giren the the bill as rapidly as his force and risltors, and says that on the whole facilities will permit HI bureau is the reunion was not a success. greatly behind in Its work and dur- He reports that Col. Ed C. Little, lna- the five months which will Inter- who has been department comman- rene before congress 1 again In ees-Jdor the past two years, did not ap sion' could accomplish nothing more Pr t all the first day of the en- bad the money been appropriated campment and says the meeting was . . . , . . a . . Km ma maana aa .NAMtaflll ThA AflA man can ee accompusnea uuuer me i av.... - law in Its present form. held at Sallna a year ago. nut.. n .1.. I If m Ce.1. T.lttla who scored the I 1IH 1B11UIO III (ifiuyi 1AIO Vila I -- ' - . money will not affect the west aide Sallna boys when he was here Iat DUiiuing at unicago. oieps win ue vn- "i ... vn .nnn nnutbia to select a reelection as commander, tie enn- Clay Center 8i Ellsworth 1. ' Ellsworth, June 24. The Central Kansas League champions gave a poor exhibition game here yesterday, losing to Clay Cante-r-1 to 8. Belolt, June 25. In another excit ing game of baseball Abilene detest ed Belolt 8 to 1. Lahey pitched for the risltors. His pitching was the feature of the game, not a hit being combed out of his collection ot pus-slers. Belolt June 27. Saturday's exhi bition of baseball between Abi lene and Belolt was first class until the ninth Inning when some on cut the ropes and Belolt took a balloon ascension and let Abilene dent the I country th. . Some men have worked so long and faithfully at saving the country that they ought to be granted a good pen sion. ' ',,.. '.-",, " l bare often wondered why It is that nine out of tea men will' step right orer a spittoon and walk clear across the room and waste several minutes trying to open a store Just to spit in it. " . Jl Jl '- Two or three . members of our church who bare been using their religion as a cloak may not know It, but the holes in the back of the cloak are so big that even the kids are making remarks about it , These are the stirring days when one good healthy harvest hand does I bar heard one mail talk so much about a millionaire uncle back la Indiana that I grew suspicious. The other day I found out that this mil lionaire nncle to worth about four thousand dollars. ' If there was any money In arguing pontes three or four of the most noted failures In our neighborhood would now be millionaire with an Income larger than Rockefeller's. I am willing to admit , that for a man who has as little influence with the brethren as I hare, I talk a whole lot about my church. . Old BIU Shiftless was talking poll tics in a crowd on the street the other day. Old Bill finally declared him self by saying, "Gentlemen, I hare stuck to my party lor a good many rears, but after (hi I shall rote for the man. Sam, give me a chew of your tobacco." Bert Walker in Os borne Frontier. . ; - KOllECfE!! But it is the Last Expiring Gasp nf Pugilism. PUBLIC GAMBLING GOES ALSO Never In the Bonanza Days of ths Comstock tods Was There a Greater Carnival of ... . Lawlessness. . UiOR 1JII0IS HOT EXEMPT AT REQUEST OP PRESIDENT TAFT . HOUSE REFUSED TO ACT. With Parmer's Organizations They till Com Under the Provisions of the Shermsn Law. ... Reno, Nov., June 27. Not since the bonansa days of the Comstooks lode SO rears ago has Reno had such Saturday nlgbt the smart little town which squats where the desert rises to meet the eastern foot ot the Sierras took the tlS bromo of the pulpit with its diszy headache-, and the dose was received with a naughty wink, for Reno is frankly proud of Its devilish- Bess.,..-'' '. ...... ' The Big time was on about 6 o'clock when the last roulette wheel was In stalled in the Palace saloon, down acres the street from the depot It will continue from now until the day after the light between Jeffries and Johnson. It will get bigger and bigger as the trains from the West and East dump more and more people out on the station platform. Wickedness, as the pulpit construes the word, is going - rubber for 10 scores which gare the th. f,h.f.. ,.. risltors me game xa at o. . Score by Innings: - ' BeloiLj .000 002 00i S Abilene 200 000 01 10 1J Saturday's Games. Sallna 3, Manhattan 3. Junction City 4, Concordia 0. Ellsworth 5,-Clay Center 8. form. .' - V . Young lady, I notice that you hare dropped your hook Into the matri monial pond and are getting nervous already. Don't - do It Keep your head and study out the bites. Tou don't want to pull the second the 'cord bol58a little. Just, keep your bead clear and your hand steady and wait until the cork goes clear un der and begins to sail away into deep site and the treasury department will ' be guided In the matter In all parti- I culars just as though the money was available. The appropriation for the West Side site will be available long before It Is needed. In the matter of other sites and contracts for buildings in Illinois and elsewhere, no Injur ious effect will follow the failure of the law to appropriate the money .provided for In each Item." . ii She Sues For Divorce. Mr. VllnnlA M Tt h.a Mori anlt in the district court tor a divorce from her husband, James W. Tate. She charges gross neglect ot duty and abandonment WILL SEE THE BIO FIGHT. ilrney Parker Will Represent the Reflector at Conteet Barney Parker left for Reno, Ner., j see the big fight July 4th. He will be the special correspondent of the Reflector and will occpy a seat right next to the ropes at the ring side. . He will be the only Dickinson county spectator at th contest cised the treatment giren the risltors by the Sallna people and h In person Inrited the boys to hold this year's meeting at Kansas City, premising that he would show what good treat ment really means, but he allowed the Kansas City meeting to fall flat. All that was donefor the risltors at Kansas City was done by others than Col. Little, acordlng to those who were there. The boys showed their non-appreciation ot the colonel's ac tions by declining to reelect blm to th high office he held last rear. "SEEING CHICAGO" BV THE ABILENE PAVING EXPERTS. Mm. Susan Edwards' Death. Mrs. Susan Edwards, ' aged 71 years, died at her home in Manches ter Monday afternoon at t o'clock after a lingering Illness ot cancer. Besides her husband William' Ed wards, she leave three children. Fu neral Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from th Presbyterian church at Manchester. Rer. Geo. McKay will officiate. Burial In the Pralrle- fiale cemetery. - ,tri:T TERRIBLE DEATH " IN ELEVATOR MACHINERY Orvllle Dllliaghaa Waa Killed is Solomon Elevator. Eulomon, June 28. Orvllle DU- ,-rham, a young maa employed In . i Farmers' elevator, was killed last t while slone on the second floor I d elevator. He bad gone to r- - 8 belt and ca'igbt his coat slt bl'ing. lie was dragged to ' i n and strangled before he i ! . m himtelf. Hit dead ui) i f " M-n B)!nuti later. He ;. t i fc.s a Mowed mother aad i -' b Kotflf!soi Is Mi Chicago, June 28. (Special by wireless) One of the features of life In a great city today was the pa rade of eight citizens from Sunflow er land who came up to inspect the paving. They arrived on the morn ing trains part. direct from Kansas City and the others from Muskogee. G. C. Sterl had been here several days and had the streets well located so be did not need any Instructions. Mayor Rice led the procession up Wabash avenue to the city hall. He suggested holding a council meeting but Nick Robson objected. He said they couldn't do anything without E. E. Coulson present H, A. Andreton wanted the policeman in front of the Auditorium to declare the com mission form ot government in op eration, but "de cop" looked blank and said "more on, you ain't got no case anyhow.". Jake Kugler was with difficulty pulled past a new ten story skyscraper being erected. He allowed it was not a good a Job as the Abilene Masonic temple. J. K. Foraey Inspected the waterworks system and suggested that Chicago ught to hare SanJ Springs water. "Dour use wtc- to drink here ' said the supenntcm i nt, "so what's the difference." J. B. Case and Isaac Shoikty were muh Inlerested In Itw sidewalks and they and O. C. Sterl measured the walk on every cor ner. They found thai the fourteen toot walk is quit popular but Sterl declared it a grea". mistake to have ao hitching posts for the farmer. He said it would not do at all In Abilene. The committee will go to show tonight They want to see Eire Wakk in "The Oay Huuar, It Is a pretty warm show for a warm aitht but they caa atand It Tues dsy mornlcg tby will taks drtn, i!e-'fT! ?,, drt!rr.".e arid acid. Sunday's Games. Ellsworth 5, alina 8. Belolt. June 27. In a slow, drag- a... fitiifiiiAv nAinit rtofniitBfl Ab- water. - That means that there is a ilene 8 to 7. Abilene practically b at the other end of the line gave the game to Belolt by not trrlng handling. Too many girls to hit the ball. This game does not maze me saa mutate oi puuing ue count In the standing ot the teams. rst time tne cork oods a uttie, ana they land a rawllsh. Ot course. rrrom Tuesday's Dani.l . some ol them come back to fish a It was a great exhibition of base- second time, "but even the the expo- ball yesterday when Abilene defeat- rience fails to do lots of them any ed the Insurgents 8 to 2. The horse (good. They toss out the hook and; hair broke in the ninth letting the the very second Jhe cork bobs a lit- sword drop, slicing off two -errors! tie they hare landed another craw- from Sauna's errorless game ana fish. Most anybody can land one with a donation of a wild pitch br of those things. Also, most anybody Taylor, Abilene was able to make Its can land a good fish it they bar the winning score. This victory puts patience. Then there is another tm Abllene In first place by on point portent Tfilng about this fishing in Score by Innings: R H E the matrimonial pond that a whole Sallna . . , .002 000 0002 8 .. I lot ot people overlook. There is Ha- Abtlene . . .010 000 1013 8 X I ble to be a crawfish at either end of the line. I T Jl Ji Lota of people would save them selves any amount ot energy It they could Just get It into their beads that the; Lord-hKirever fooled when it oomes to passing Judgment on the prayers of the righteous and the un righteous. , . N . :'.;j - ji ;,. Z : I may be a. trifle pessimistic on t th subject, but all the same I don't Washington. June 84. On the vigor-1 to bI P n ut Is" bar In us Insistence of President Taft th Ro. One last chance, one grand house voted to defeat th demand at time. organised labor that labor unions aad Her the Why and wherefore of It, tamers association- be exempted and you cannot understand Just why prosecution under tfae Sherman anil- Reno and all her divorcees are tn for trust law as conspiracies In restraint tn big fling at licensed Joy, un- of trade. In the Wake of th defeat h and even - proud in olrlo the president meaVmibHtf and marked I ughtlnes. unless you know on or offlclsl" (hat there might te no mis- lwo ln nrK P'w. w w unda-atandllia Mi rattlv . tn- w a. battle between two men trained to Carter, president of the Broaerhoodtt19 highest excellence In crushing and of Locomotive Firemen and Bnaineers. onppiing wm oe toe last great ngm in nrffln a Ihfll Ma mmmuImi ha anaaa ! AmOriCa. '' a -- witvnwm u. ucaHB , ..... . - to labor.- It was a frank, blunt state- Nevada is the only state left wntck meat ; that the president was opposed countenances prize lights of unlimited., to the preposition host no part of the lenrta nd " ' Ucm understood that 8100.000 aenroDriatAd In- ib 'ttmAn fter this affair of July 4 the leglsla- clvll bill for prosecutions under teal lur" somg uj nwwe nevaus a ewen smermaa law whaU bo used againsMnd good Dy passing th same labor unions aad farmera aunrlmilAnA I restrictions on boxing contests that for the reason that such exemption 111 ot M r T o would constitute olaas lazlalatlon statute books. There will be a law The president informed Mr. Carter P sy of strict interpretation a that the sunreme court of the tmwad on wnicn uor. uiuett oi uamor- Btates has declared that labor unions ' brushed off and set in th roadway ar Included in the reiMetlona nf taa oi toe promoters tnere. Sherman .law . and therefore "an- at- ' Then 0D September 80, a law pro- UmDt to modlfr Us enforcement an aa hlblting gambling of any kind, which to render immune anv nartlcnlar elan arreaay nas pas sea me legislature, will of cltltens, rich or poor, employers oi operative. .. Nerada Is the tost state emolores. Is lmnroner legislation and l pronmii puDiie gamoung. neraue. la my Judgment ought to be opposed I1' determined to be good, eren 1f the by yeur brotherhood." y . : i iai remnani w iu wia iu wuicn "Tie Unortna- man and tba trade. I ua urooziyn ana wesicneeier ecnooi anlonsls. If I understand hlm aays l0 tetion writers and rich color, has to tne president ask only eoiiellty before i the law. Class legislation and unequal prlvllegec, though expressly in his fa vor, win la the end work ne benefit tc him or th society." V Yesterday's Games. ' Junction City 4, Ellsworth 0. Manhattan 6, Concordia 8. Clar Center 6, Belolt 4. . WILL HE THROW THE BALL? Gov, Stubbe Is to Speak, at the Ball .... Park. , . . Governor Stubbs Is to speak the ball park Just before the game believe the country erer win be sar- Saturday afternoon. He may throw ed.'.. the first ball and It he doe It win - js jt be a hot one. The ball team expect : VDeacon," said a man to me the Bryan to do the same stunt when he other day, "you are always talking NOMINATIONS PAPERS FILED Three Men Whe Circulated Petitions for Stat Offices Failed to File -y .. Them. . Topeka." June 24. Only three ea (tdates for stats offices failed to file their nomination papers ; when - the books wer elosed br the seohetary ol state. Frank L. Travis of tola campaigning two rears ago for ths Republican nomination for insurance commissioner and his petitions th nomination were circulated but they failed to Show op her. No rea son has bees assigned for his quitting th raee.r-."- -,- -- yi O. S. Holsteia of Fort Scott ctrou- petltlons for the Republican nomination for state auditor aad came to Topeka to die them. He found some of his petitions were defective and de cided at the last minute not t stay In the race. W. 0. Qlenn of Tribune clr- comes here ln July. about your church, but isn't it a fact nlated petitions for th Republican that you hare been sore at every Two Fourths la Dickinsoa. I preacher for the past sis years be- Two celebrations will be held in cause you imagined they gare you a this county on July Fourth. At Solo-1 shot or two from the pulpltf mon will be races, speeches and I .. ' j jt - an old fashioned time with fire- Occasionally some agent will at works ln the evening. At Dillon will low somebody to get the best of him be a "sane" Fourth with music by a in a deal Just for advertising pur- chorus of Sunday school children poses. ' - . nomination for lieutenant (overs or but withdrew because ha is already a sen ator from this district tor two mora years, go. So prise fighting Is 4o be squelch- - ed, and the roulette wheel, the dice box and the Crap board with It. , HOMEOPATHS Af-KANSAS CITY Annual Meeting of Internatlon Asss - elation Brought Visitor From . all Over United Btatga, Kansas City, June 27. The annual meeting of the International Hahne mannlan association opened at tba Hotel Baltimore at 10 - o'clock this morning. Nearly 100 homeopahtlo physicians from all orer (he United States were present Meetings will be - held morning, afternoon and night for ' three days. . Dr. Gurney P. Waring ot Alhambra, Cal., la president of the association and Dr. J. B, 8. King of Chicago is secretary.. Dr. T. H. Hudson of Kan sas City made the welcoming address this morning. The meetings will be taken up with papers and discussions' on homeopathy. This ' is the . first meeting of the association; that has been held Weet of Chicago. and absolute prohibition ot erplo-l sires on the grounds. ' COMMISSION ELECTION MAY NOW BE SETTLED FINALLY. Jl JI Th other day I heard one man say to another,' "Well, yon can say what Iron want to about him, but he al ways stands by hit friends."- That meant something. Th man who Supreme Court to Hear Argument on stands by his friends mar find some JulyOto. The commission election cast seems to be in a fair way to be settled on Its merits. A. W. Rice and L. H. Kump tea days ago bought a manda mus suit in supreme court And the ooert ordered the councilman to canvas the vote or show reason why they should not. They have made answer through their attor neys ln which they give as the rea son why they did not do so that ths commission election was void and there were ao such officers as com missioners to be voted for. They show that the statute prortiioa was not followed la calling the election, bene the election was not legal. In coneeq.unee tbey did not canvass the vote. rough pieces of road to go orer, but occasionally he runs across a smooth stretch and makes up a whole lot ot time. The maa la politic who trades an old friend for a new one Is a chump. The man in business who passe up aa old friend for a new one because the new one has a glib tongue and a smooth handshake Is getting out on a candbar. The old friend who has pulled you through before is generally able to repeat. Hundreds at men fail ln politics end business because they forget their old tritnds. The story ot the man who staads by bis friends Is an old one. He may lose out sometimes when the votes ar counted, and his bs.nk ac count may get a crack occasion!'.?, bat tn th long mm he finds Sis ps:h ted!8 through t-eea pnstore and J HARVESTERS KILLED IN WRECK Near Haverhill, KaA, a Car en Which IS Were Riding Turned - - '- Over. - ;- . - Wichita, - Kan., June 84. la Ue Wreck of an extra St. Louis A Ban Francisco freight train Just east ol Haverhill, a email station 80 miles east of here, three harvest hand who wer steallag rid on a ear of lumber were killed aad tea other Injured, two ot them probably fatally. Th wrecy happened on a slight fill aad was caused by broken fiange a wheel of a coal ear. Thirteen har vest hands were steallag rides oa the top of a carload of heavy brMg Um ber Just back ot the oar that caused Ue wreck. Talt ear tamed complete ly over and? it seemed a miracle that ear ot Ue asea escasea auva. m scales ot thos killed aad the severe ly Injured were taken to Augusta. ; Majority Want Reeaevert New York. Jane U The Worlds work been snaking a poll of Its subscribers on the question as to rhetier they wanted Theodore Roose velt to become president asain. Out of JTS answers reared. 11, coming frein evenr rut la t' e Union, eijreae ed a b tit Kr. R v-welt shoe's ran arJa for ft prosMenry. NEW YORKERS LOOK TO HUGHES Following a Conference Witit Col Roosevelt He May Decide to Again Run for Governor. - - Oyster Bay, Juno 87. That Mr. Roosevelt fully realise thsc Ue Re publican party's hope of salratloa la the coming contest is Gov. Hughes and ke la expected to exert all his in- ' lueno to persuade Hughes to relln luieh Ue supreme bench for the pre- ' nt aad run again for governor next tall This question win be threshed out rhea Hughes visits Sagamore Hill this week. , Republican polltleau of Ue sate feel that only two men la New fork can lead Uem to victory. Roose velt Is one and Hughe It th other. Roosevelt la eliminated - aad to HughtM thy look for aid. Out ot the eosaiag conference be- . tweea Co!. Roosevelt and Gov. Hughe 111 Issue aa articulated policy. For One Crept S02S an Acre. Lawrence, Kan., June It A. B. Pickett-a Douglas county farmer, found raising strawberries to be A profitable occupation this spring. From one and one-fifth acree he gathered J57 crates of berries wblch yielded a!aH79. Taft Appointed a Classmate. ' Washington, Juste J. George R. Walker of Ardmore, Ok., a classmate of President Taft at Yaie ta 1878 was appointed United Slates attorney fat tte t-Mri dlrlaios of tie FWerai eosrft oi AiMka. - - tVj- at 4 lock at tie ptrlBg.