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THEY ASK FOB NEW TRAIN.
Traveling' Men Want New Line Be
tween Salliui ana Wichita.
If the traveling men and the citi
zens of Abilene, Salina and Wichita
have their way about it, the Rock
bland will establish a new passen
ger train aenrtce on the Rock Island
between Salina and Wichita at an
early date. .
Fetitiona have already" been clr,
culated in Wichita and intermediate
towns along the Rock Island line.
More than 250 traveling men have
signed the petitions in Wichita.
Rock Island officials of Wichita,
Herington and- Salina admit that
suk-h a service Is needed but there is
nothing definite in the matter. How
ever after the petitions' have been
presented to the proper officials it is
said there Is little likelihood that they
will be turned down. Of course the
petitions must be. presented to offi
cials of. the Rock Island other than
those at Herington, Salina and Wich
ita. If the train is put on it will be es
tablished before October 13, the of
ficials of the road say.
' HE USED MEN FOR TARGETS. J
Crazy Man Then Shot Things Up in
q General on Train.
Because a crazy man had , no
guardian and could not sleep last
' night on the Union Pacific east
bound train No. 110 two men were
shot and the windows and looking
glasses in the Pullman were also
used as targets. This shooting me
lee took place west of Ellis.
An inmate of an asylum in Den
ver was turned Ioobo and he boarded
the limited .at Denver for hia home at
St. . Louis. In the night he com
plained that he could not sleep and
after the majority of the berths had
beeftlmade up in the morning he be
came'lrazed. Jerked out 4' pictol and
opened fire on everyone and every
thing. He first spied Porter Young
whom h punctured with a bullet and
who has good chance of recovery.
Dr. Templln, of Kansas City, who
was sitting across the aisle, was the
next victim and he received a bullet
In his stomach. He was taken off
at Ellsworth where he was placed
In a hospital. It is thought that
the shot may prove fatal. Then the
maniac started to shoot things up in
general when he was rapped over,
the head with a club by the flag-
, man. He was finally quieted and
was put off at Ellis.
,. OUT CAME THE OVERCOATS.
Cold Wave Hit Abilene at 11 O'clock
Last Night.
"Guess that Weatherman ' isn't
such a big liar as I thought he was,"
grumbled Ezra Ironwork as he
trudged down the street this morn
ing, with his hands pushed to the
extreme corners of his trouser pock
ets and his shoulders shoved up over
his chin. "I 'lows as how I'll have
to get my overcoat but of the moth
ball den this noon." ,
Over 1,000 other persons have
substantiated that statement during
the fay. Overcoats and sweater
Jacket are proper during the cold
wave and many were In evidence to
day. '
The temperature dropped from 84
decree to 60 degrees last night at
1 1 o'clock this morning the ther-t
: mometer registered B5 degrees. The
weather report for tomorrow says
we are to have still cooler weather.
To Ft. Ru7 la an Aato.
E. H. Forney and family, Mrs.
Olive Nutt and A. H. Forney went to
Ft. Riley today In A. H. Forney's
Buick automobile to take in the man
euvers.
The Best Hour of Ufa
! Is when yon do worn great deed or
I d scorer some wonderful nl This
I hour came to J. R. Pitt ry Mt
J N. C. when he wa suffering ir-oee-1
ly. as be says, "from ta. la
J t ever had, I then pro.fl my
great satisfaction, was: "'jrful
OiJ sad Cough cor Dr. K.ug's New
' t ovry la. For, aftr uklng one
L Mile, I was enttrW cored. Too
wn't li' vetoing to9 nod of a med-
k it Y'- " I " the sorest and
! ! t wwe d'seased rsurt.
' H- rat l.efrippe. Asthma.
Hs, ji.,rBT Throat Of Long
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CHEMISTS' REPORT IN THE
. BEXIG.MS CASE IS REAM'.
Will Send it to Coroner Tonight, But
Contents Are Unknown.
From Thursdays Dally.;
Lawrence, Aug. 25. 4 p. m. Prof.
Bushong completed hs analysis of a
part of the material sent him in the
Benlgnus case this afternoon and will
send it tonight to Coroner Entz. He
gives no Intimation of what It con
tans, but from the fact that bis ex
amination took less time than anti
cipated it is probable that the Indi
cations are very clear and positive.
DETECI'IVE ON THE JOH
He May Wear Disguise When You
See Him.
From Thursday'! Dilly.
Hist! There's a real Inspector Dew
on the murder Job. He la from To
peka and commenced work today. It
is reported that four others will be
here Inside of a week. The first ar
rived Is tall and today he wore light
clothes. Tomorrow he may wear
overalls and whiskers you can't
tell about these detectives. But 3e
has not found out the mystery yet.
Is Looking For Chloroform
Lawrence, Aug. 25. Although
Prof. Bushong has spent two days in
his laboratory analylzing the xiscera
of Bertha Benlgnus, the Abilene girl
whose mysterious death is so puz
zling of solution, not one whisper of
his finding has leaked out from be
hind the closed doors. Prof. Bush
ong, when questioned only smiles. It
is known, however, that besides the
stomach and liver, a portion ot tlie
nack and blisters on the dead gir' s
cheek worj cut out and included In
the glats Jar oi viscera. These, espe
cially the latter, will be caritully
tested for indications of chloroform.
Chloroform Is a very difficult poi
son to distinguish unless present In
considerable quantities, and it fre
quently does not reach tha stomach.
Dr. Bushong will spend the remain
der of this week in testing for this
poison and if satisfactory results are
not obtained, he will begin a syste
matic search for'all the other more
common poisons.
It is believed the beat evidence of
poison will be secured from those
burned portions of the face, which
the undertaker noticed shortly fol
lowing her death. If these were
caused by drops of chloroform' or
some corrosive poison, in indicatory
reaction can probably be obtained.
PARTIAL ANALYSIS ONLY
HAS COME FROM CHEMIST.
May Take Three Weeks to Complete
Full Examination.
IFrom Friday Dully, i
A sealed package containing the
first report of the analysis in the
Benlgnus case was received here tnis
morning. It was addressed to Cor
oner Entz in care of County Attor
ney Rueh and will not bfl opened
until the arrival ot Dr. Entz tomor
row morning for the inquest.
Report is Partial.
.Lawrence, Aug. 26. The report
jf the finding in the prss'iiinury ex
amination of the viscera and stom
ach of B?rtha Benignus wa mailed
to Coroner Entz at Abilene lat-t ev
ening by frof. Bushong of tin Uni
versity n! ivtnsi s. who- is conduct
ing the examined! n. Conne- Entz
spoke with Prcf. Eushong yesterday
over the long distance telephone and
requested that a report be made to
him ot tha findings, the report to be
used at the next meeting ot tho cor
oner's Jury which will report piob-
ably next Saturday.
Prof. Bushong requested that a
quantity of the embalming fluid nsed
be sent him In order that be might
know what chemicals had been used
In this manner to tell what effect
they would have on any poison that
mlEht have been in the viscera. Cor
oner Entz stated that the fluid will
be sent at once to Lawrence.
In sneaking of the examination to
day,. Prof. Bushong said, "The ex
amination may take the greater part
of three weeks, as the. work for
some time must of necessity be pre
liminary. Small parts must be
tested from various poisons. It Is
not as If we knew that tha girl had
been poisoned by arsenic or some
other poison. Then wa could make
our testa for- that one cause alone.
As It Is we must be on the lookout
for various poisons."
(Praa guards Daily 1
When the coroner's Jury met this
morning to consider again the
strange death of Bertha Benlgnus,
Coroner Entx read tha following re
port from F. W. Bushong, chemUtJ
of tha State University; i
"After considering tfa ease and
specially tha Urge amount of air iw i
the Jar containing the stomach aad
the warm weather, I decided la ord-r
to do nothing that woald Interfere
with sry future inief!f a!ocs that;
might be called for, to first test the
air In the Jar. I constructed an' ap
paratus similar to the kind general
ly used to est for chloroform In
lung tissues, and connected It with
the Jar containing the stomach, to
which no reagent whatever was ad
ded. Air from the Jar was drawn
through the hot soda solution,
thence through a red hot tube and
thence Into a cooler into vessels, one
containing blue litmus paper and an
other containing potassium lodldo
charged paper. . In passing through
the hot tube .chloroform was decom
posed, forming hydrochlorie acid
and chlorine gas. The litmus paper
first changed from blue to red due
to the hydrochloric acid, and later
was bleached until, entirely white by
the chlorine.
"The starch of the second test pa
per was also Btrongly colored by the
iodine liberated from the pottaBSlum
iodide by the chlorine. On remov
ing these vessels at the close ot the
experlmont the oJt- "f t.i rhlerine
was strong and distinctly irritated
the noitrlls. ' The drops of liquid on
the walls of the tube also gave a die
tinct curdy precipitate with silver
nitrate solution. The quantity 1 of
air drawn from the Jar which con
tained the stomach which whs de
livered to me, said to be that of
Bertha Benlgnus, was about 200 to
250 cubic centimeters and this
amount gave distinct reaction indi
cating the presence of chloroform as
follows:
"l8t Characteristic test with lit
mus paper.
"2d Characteristic test with pot
assium iodide starch paper.
"3d. Distinct odor and Irritating
action of chlorine.
"4th. Formation of silver chlor
ide from a sliver nitrate solution.
"Up to the present I have not hfd
time to test all the material nsed,
but there is no probability that the
chloroform found was contained In
,any of. them. I have samples of ev
erything used, and will make these
tests later.
"As the stomach has nut been
ODened or dismrbed in the . least,
A I la nrall npoaorCCll AVlflantlV
i CL11U aa Ik ,o V
I T ...ill
by the cnioroiorm u cuummu, i
await" further orders from you be
fore beginning another test but am
going ahead meanwhile getting puri
fied reagents and apparatus ready
to test for-the poisons.
F. W. BUSHONG."
J
Hattle Benlgnus1, younger sister
of Betta, was recalled this morning
and put through a searching q'llz.
She was the last prison known to
have seen her alive. Afte? Betta
went to her room sue called Hattle
and asked her to no downstairs with
Jier. They went find Hattle remain
ed in the kitchen lor 8 time wmie
Betta went back upstairs. When she
went to her room Betta was there
and later Betta went across the hall
to her own room. Further than that
there was nothing in her evidence.
She Inslsed that the sister was feel-
!ing well and in good spirits whs.i
iho rotirort tr. Rov Shearer, sister
and Roy Shearer were recalled and
told tbelr sto-ics without adding
anything to Cut 3 already kuo'-n..
Airs. Tom Brown, .1 nelghbo. told
of seeing foitp":uU on the porch
roof; Reuben Fair retold h!s s'ciy
of seeing a utrongcr in the siCui't
neai the hnuro at n-.'anight. S Cas
sat was qnestkmod he knew noth
ing of the nffair. .
The afternoon session had testi-
mony from Miss Amelia Buettal,
Earl Livingston and H. K. Eicholtz.
Miss Beuttal retold her story Withou.
variation from the first recital. Mr.
Livingston testified regarding some
letters written to Betta ana Mr.
Eicholtz related the story of the
Sunday when'the bo2? was found. It
did not vary from bis previous testi
mony. The Jury was unwilling to
consider the case ended and adjourn
ed to meet again September 17. It
Was ordered that Prof. Bushong con
tinue his testa and make a complete
report. ;
Earl Livldgrtoi. fiance of tha dcoo
girl, who la yet nere and says he
will remain as long as there Is a
possibility of finding the real solu
tion of tha mystery. 'I still be
lieve that some rejected suitor was
the man who committed the deed,"
said he. "All other theories are less
reasonable than this." It li prob
able that outside detective assists
aace will be secured for next week,
though it la not clear Jnst what the
officers will be able to add to the
malarial already secured. Th fam
ily wb.fh was first .' possettlna of
all the fact concerning tha mystery
has as yet found nothing mora than
was shown at tha first day's search.
Charles Benlgnus said thlt morning:
"I have studied over the matter la
every way but have found no defia
it, thing that we did aot have at the
beglnaiDg. We have found nothing
la the house that la any way threw a
aew light on my daughter's death.
Not a scrap of pPr or a letter has J
given us a better idea than the first
we obtained. We have turned the
house inside out to the officers and
have searched on our own account
and have found nothing."
J'
An Abilene physician discussing
the'ehemic's report today said:
"The report Indicates that chloro
form was In the stomach and to my
mind points to suicide. Had it been
inhalation only it would not have
found Its way there but would have
been In the lungs. On a full stom
ach chloroform swallowed would
not overcome one for several min
utes. If It were poured down the
throat with violence it would show
burns on the mouth and throat. The
entire absence of motive for sui
cide, however, makes the case yet
more puzzling."
YES, SHE CAUGHT A MOUSE.
Captured it Alive and Now Has Cot
ton Lined Cage for Mr. Mousy.
The animal most dreaded by a
woman besides a man Is a mouse.
Every time a mouse appears at a
sewing bee there Is a wild scramble
for perches on top of the piano, book
case or seats ot chairs. Surely- is a
woman found who is brave enough to
put an end to Mr. Mouse's life. But
there are exceptions and Abilene la
bestowed with one of these rare per
sons. Miss Helen Keel is the hero
ine. 1 - "
A mouse was seen at the Keel
residence west of Abilene yesterday
and Miss Helen, who Is seven years
old, espied the ir-inute beast and
then the mouso was given a merry
chase. Finally Hnlen captured the
terror of womankind and chained It
to a chair leg. Then she went In
quest for a dwelling for her captive.
Soon she returned, with a small box
lined with cotton and punched full
of air holes. Without much trouble
Mr. Mouse was lodged In his new
home. Mis? Helen expects to teach
the mouse clever tricks and then do
nate it to the zoo which will soon be
added to Ahllene's beautiful city
park.
KEEL AND COLE TO ASSIST.
Worley-Anderson Contest to Begin on
September 10th.
Probate Judae Anderson has ap-
nointed N. Cole and J. E. Keel to as
sort him,, as associates, in renorinting
the ballots in the contest sun oi j.
L. . Worley against Mrs. O. C. An
derson. The count will be made
September 15.
Plentiful Year for Fruit. .
Peaches, grapes and apples are
abundant thiB year. The peaches are
growing to large size and though not
the overwhelming quantities of past
years are as fine aB any ever grown
here.
' Gunzelman Brothers are raising
some of the finest grapes on their
farm west of the city ever seen here.
They are large and luscious and are
prize winners. The homewlves are
putting up frirt is fr.s-. ps.ptssible
these days.
HAPPY WOMEN. ,
'lenty of Them in Al'il.'ni1, ami Good
Reason For It.
Wouldn't any woman be hnny,
After years of backache suffering
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
She finds relief and cure?
No reason why any A'lilms read
er
Should suffer In the face of evi
dence like this:
Mrs. Nancy Purves, 810 E. N. Slxtu
Street, Abilene, Ksn., says: "I was
badly afflicted with kidney complaint
for many years and often on arising
in the morning I bad so severe an
attack of backache and lameness
acro my loins that I could hardly
move. I lost my ambition, was ner.
vous and suffered from dizzy spells.
Nothing brought me more than tem
porary relief until I began Uklng
Doan'a Kidney Pills, procured from
C. E. Northcraft Co. 'a Drug Store.
They corrected every symptom of my
trouble and my experience convinced
me of thelr curative powers. One of
my relaiives also thinks highly of
Doan'a Kidney Pills, having nsed
them and been cared of a bad case of
kidney complaint." Statement given
in February 10.-
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When Mrs. Purves was interviewed
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la the highet terms. Yoa may con
tinue to publisk my former endorse
ment ot them, for 1 know that tht'.r
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I 310 and 312 Broadway, Abilene, Kansas
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PROGRAM IS A GOOD ONE.
Automobile Program a Feature of
Old Settlers Day.
The program the the eleventh an
nual reunion of the Old Settlers of
Dickinson county at Enterprise
September 1 has been arranged and
it is a good one one. It Is:
10:30 Band concert.
11:00 Callto order.
Invocation Rev Chris'man
Music.
11:30 Address Judge O.L. Moore
Music.
12:00 Business meeting.
Dinner.
1:00 Band conceit.
Music.
1.30 Addre-s Hon. G. T. Hel
vering. Music. ,
3:00 Campflre talks by promin
ent Old Settlers.
3:45 Band concert.
Old Settlers automobile ride.
Ball game at 4:30, Hope vs. En
terprise. Refreshments will be served on
the grourld and all automobile own
ers are asked to help carry the Old
Settlers. The trip will be to Abilene
and back as last year. v
SEASON OPENS SEL'TEMBER 1.
Sportsmen May Then Shoot Wild
Duck ticcsci and Brandt.
The open season on wild duck,
geese and brandt opens on Septem
ber 1, Just one week from Tliurs
and many hunters are getting ready
to eo out Immediately on the open
ing of the season. These birds may
be slist at any time up to April 15.
Tfce open season on doves and
plover Is now on, and will lost until
September 15.
Fifty hunting licenses liave been
Issued and by the end of the month
County Clerk King suys 100 more
vlll be purchased
Calves wanted, from one to three
weeks old. T. A. Rogers, phone
1174. w3
STUBIIS1 AUTO WAS HERE.
Famed Through on Ita Way Bark to
Topeka.
The Stubbs automobile wss In Abi
lene yesterday afternoon. The ma
chine Is a big Oldsmbile Limited
snd H bound fr Lawrence after tak
ing the governor and his family to
Colorado. Mr. Crummer, who drove
the car to Colorado is taking It back
to Lawrence. There were two wom
en in the car when It reached Abi
lene. One bore a strong resemblance
to Miss Stubbs, who was in the
machine two weeks ago when It was
in Abilene. The governor and Mrs.
Stubbs returned born by .train.
CHILDREN'S HAIR.
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If you want your children to grow
up with strong, sturdy and vigorous
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Parisan Sage is guaranteed by J.
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stop falling hair In two weeks. I:
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where :he hair U "thinning out."
It is positively he most delightful
Invigorating balr dressing on the
market. It Is not stick or greasy
and will make tb coarsest hslr soft,
luttroas and luxuriant. Get a 5c
bottle from J. M. Olelssaer and watch
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BURNED OUT EVERGREENS.
Union Pacific Settles Cluipiuan Ccm
etry Claim for $100.
Chapman, Aug. 26. Dr. R. Mc
Shea, the president of the Indian
Hill Cemetery Association, today re
ceived a voucher from the Union
Pacific railway company for $100 iu
settlement of the claim against the
company because of a fire, set by
thein that burned over part of this
cemetery and destroyed many ot the
evergreens and foliage plants. , Tha
fire occurred on March 23, a very
windy day, and had swept the cemetery-before
It could be controlled, It
was set by a passing freight en
gine. '
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WAS OUT FOR A KILLING. i
Mexican Caused Excitement A -Plenty
at Solomon.
Solomon, Aug. 27. One of the
Mexicans who had been employed as
a section hand on the Union Pacific
the paBt summer got ' on a big
drunk Thursday afternoon and
started to "get" omebody.
Over In the northwest part of
town he frightened a number of peo
ple by drawing a knife and threaten
ing to kill them. The Metlcan was
having things about his own way
when the marshal appeared upon tha
scene, and the sight of the officer
only added to his thirst for blood.
He drew back bis knife, and patted
himself on the breast, and with a
string of oaths started for the mar
shal. The marshal told the greater
to "drop that knife" and to "stop"
but he kept on coming until stopped
by a blow from the officer's club. A
second blow laid blm on the ground
unconscious with a long gash In hia
head. He was then loaded into a
back and taken to the city Jail.
Perlll Family Had Reunion.
The annual reunion of the Perrill
family was being held Thursday at
Oakdale park, Salina, and every
member ot the family, with tha ex
ception of Fred Perrill, who is a
missionary to India, was In attend
ance. G. W. Perrill ot Bridgeport, is
at the head of the faml'y. and hh
children and grandchild ten snd
great grandchildren art all celebrat
ing with him. Among those there
were Mr. and Mrs. George Perrill
and Rat. and Mrs. J. N. Bnapp'and
Miss Louisa Perrill ot Chapman, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Perrill ot Bridge
port; Rev. and Mrs. Templln ot
Dodge City, and many othtra.
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