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AB1XEMC WEEKLY REFLECTOR, ABILENE, KANSAS, NOVEKBLrt 24, IS10. CEASED BEATING Tbo Great Russiau Died In Hut at , Astapova. HIS FAMILY WAS Wlfrl HIM Ha Had Fled From Honie 8eeklno Selltuda and Wat Stricken . While on tha f ' Journey. Aetapova, Russia, Nov. 21. Count Tolstoy died peacefully here after a tanrd fight of aeveral daya. ur. msko watalu and tie other attending pbysl- cUaa and Countess Tolatoy were at Ma1 alda when the end came. It wa moqgnlied long before that bla cate aa bopeleaa, and at e o cioc m mo anornlng, after tbe counteaa bad been aiummoned and other member of the aaally bad gathered In an adjoining Mam. tha Dbyalclana laauea a nuiieuu, tfuuounclng that tbe activity of the r eart bad almost ceaied and that Taiatov's condition waa extremely auujgerous. Several of the physicians were greatly overcome by the approaching a-nth of Hum aa great wmer, i Tolatoy. accompanied only by Dr. , JIakovetsky, left his borne at Yaanaya ' Allans aeveral. daya ago with tbe urpose of ending bia daya In solitude Ao which be more and more Inclined ta bla latter yeara. Hla pilgrimage led hint to the monastery at Bharaar aUna In tbe Province of Kaluga, where he remained aa tbe gueat of bit ltr varle. who la a nun In the ciolater. Waa Seeking Solitude. Learning that hi retreat had been i.uamri h in atod uDon nroceea inr on bia Journey to tbe Caucasus, where he hoped to epend bia laat dayi -close to tbe Tolatolan colony on me ' shores of the Black aea. But on tbe railroad Journey be wae overcome with exhaustion and the oM, and Dr. Makovetaky waa com- . i. - J i L.u. him ...anafttrrAll in th JHCIKB IU UTC Uiiu 1 jug atatlon at Aatapova, where he was made aa comfortable ai poialble 4a the rude wooden building. 1 for five daya he bad lata tbere suf fering flrit from bronchitia and later from inflammation of the lunga. Spe cialists were called from Moscow and atber placei, but, notwithstanding ttelr utmoat efforta, the heart of the 1 crest Rueelan responded but feebly to the restoratives and stimulants ad-nlniatered. TB attacaa or eeari lauuit m creaaed alarmingly and many boura rlor to the end tbe physicians bad 4-lT-n up all hope. Countess Tolatoy waa admitted to tbe sick room for the rat time, but ber buaband failed to reoognlze ber, 8ha had hastened to be beside him when she learned aeveral daya ago that bla illness waa aerloua, but the fkyalclana had deemed It advisable 4Mt abe be kept away from the count, fearing that her presence might cauae ae patient emotion. No One Excluded. No one waa excluded from the death chamber of Count Leo Tolatoy and all day long a steady st ream of peaaanta ,-aaused through tbe room where bia ;Wv lav some of them slopping to kneel beside the ,bler, Tbeyence was oroaen at times ny-ino onnoaoi -chants of the mourners. The funeral will be held Tueeday. "Tolatoy left a written wiah that be be twirled without pomp under "poverty Mk," where be played aa a child and , -where the peasants were accustomed te congregate. .Numerous telegrams of sympathy .fcave come from organizations and. In sUvlduals. One of them waa from ind Duke Nicholas Mlcaelovlti ' araUch read: "My whole aould la with you and ferar family at thla aad moment." friends of the dead writer have started a movement for tbe acqulsl "Jctam of the house where be died aa a national memorial.1 J3IU,S.QNE KILLED AT DENVER Avlater'a Machine trek at height of Sim Feet and Dropped Z ? "-to the Ground. 'Overland Park, Denver, Nov. II. ataljtb Johnstone, one of the Wright fell la bla machine from a altl- of about 800 feet and waa in- .-aatsattly killed. Johnstone waa making eome fancy aveuMuvera wbea hie machine turned atarUe aad dished do a Into the .aaremd of spectators. .After 17 alnutea of light, Joha- i decided to come down. He waa a fancy descent, known to jetators a tha aerial spin. Wbea at am nuance of about t0 feet from tbe his machine waa noticed to aeveral tlasee. Suddenly It avensrved, tbe right aria oa arhick mm entire weight bad bee tbrowa auassplad. The part give way ee- mumj aav uit a aaaa aire enpojo ay .-aa saut, It dropped la tbe ground. Huntington Paid S4M0Q Duty. Hew York, Nor. 11 Mrs, Collie P PsBBgioa' returning bom troti 3 jirot.e aa the George Waaklagtoa 1 ber os a retard for duty pay .ana-a wbea see declared goeda naee x lU paid . Mna. Heat if .d iJm b rtif si prerioua rat a t la trt'2. abe paid tae gov t ftf.ttt eo g.as brwjriit ti PBEPABinS SUOAB IBOST CASE ILL IN BQUITY FOR ITS DIS SOLUTION NEARLY READY, Attorney General Wlekeraham and His Assistants Are Using oreai war. ' In Ita Preparation. , Washlniton. Nov, 21. District At torney Wise of New York who has been here centering with Attorney General Wlekeraham on tbe bill In equity for the dissolution of tbe sugar trust will remain here till the proof of tbe bill baa been read corrected for filing. The bill la now In tbe print- er'a hands and the conference be tween Mr. Wise and the attorney eenaral were continued. Officials of the department aay we bill will follow tbe formal pleading In ulta under the Sherman anti-trusi law. Under these pleadings me com bination will be attached aa a mo nopoly and aa an agency In restraint of trade. It la understood that both tne criminal and civil features of the act will be invoked In the present bin which la soon to be fiWii In New York. The department Itself in a formal statement alven out while thla bill, waa being prepared, declared ap parently for tbe application of tbe criminal feature! of the Sherman law In trust prosecutions. Tbere la no case before tbe depart ment for wblcb tbere have been so much preparation and so many revelations before trial, so tbat it will be a surprising event If convic tion la not secured. Tbt Interest of tbe administration In tha bill to die solve tbat trust la evidenced by the present peraonal efforta of the attor ney general. Tbe bill will go forth with the Imprimatur of tbe legal bead of tbe government and not only tbat but the text of the document la now being acruntlnlzed aa a guarantee against the assaults of demurrers and other trlcka of the attorney general's trade. HE CHAMPION GUNNER KILLED Lieut. Caffee and Gun Crew "Victims of Premature Explosion at Proving Grounds. Washington, Nov. 21. The prema ture exploaion of a five-Inch gun at the Indian Head proving grounda of the navy killed four men, one of them being Ueut. Arthur O. Caffee of Carth age, Mo. me otner aeaa are j. u. Brown, battery foreman; Nelson Jack ton, a negro battery attendant, and J. Leary, ordnance man. Tbe wife of the dead officer was nearby at the time of the exploaion. Tbe explosion probably waa due to. bent or fouled firing pin, which pro jected beyond tbe face of the breech pint ' Carthage, Mo., Nor. 21. Lieut.. Arthur 0. Caffee waa chamlon gunner of tbe navy. Thla la bla boyhood home, and bla parenta. Col. and Mrs, W. K. Caffee, are among tbe best known realdenta of the state. Lieut. Caffee waa stationed at Indian Head In charge of the testing of explosives and ordnance pieces, and honor con ferred on blm because of tbe acora made by his gun crew on the Boston with an eight-inch gun, for which he waa given a trophy. Tbe acora has never been duplicated by beavy guaa of any calibre. CHICAGO BUTCHERS ARE ANGRY They Declare the Paokera Are Not Sincere In Ther Changed Position On Meat Prlcea. Chicago, Nov. 18. "All thla talk of reduced prlcea for meata baa no foundation. In tact, the big packers, alarmed by Impending federal prose cutions, are trying to curry favor wltb the public and to make the retailer the 'goat' In tbe whole affair." Thla la the explanation here of the United Maater Butchers of Chicago of tbe tntervlewa recently gives out by 1. Ogden Armour and other "beef barons" In wblcb asaertlon waa made tbat heat prlcea were on tne tobog gan and that the consumer would soon find It cheaper te eat oorter- bouee ateak tbaa to go hungry. . . "If we can be assured by tbe pack- era,- aaia tne master butcher aa aembled IB' regular meeting, "not In aewapaper Interviews, but by alined contracts that they will reduce the price of meats to a certain amount and keep them reduced for, aay, thiee montba we will be glad to make corre aponding reductlona to our custo mers." Tba butchers are unanimous In say ing tbat meat prlcea are appreciably lower tbaa they were at thla time laat year, but object to the paokera giv ing out the Idea tbat heavy price cuta are to be expected either at oact or la tbe sear future. STATION BONDS SOLD PROMPTLY British Inverters Teek r.SOO.OOO Kanaaa City Securities la One - Day and Wanted Mere. Loadoe, Nov. it. The promptness with wbkh British ! restore absorbed tbe teeue of )7.M0.tM of Kaaaaa City Tenataal railway beade Mddrag aa which baa cleaed. indicated tbe nerfl aeaa of the lavaetlag logUsh public to take American securities. 1'a.e Uat waa open ealy U hour, van the, umum waa oversubscribed. Tae Coe tlaeit aptled for a portloa of the la see, which waa fueled at per eew presstKss. . THE REVOLUTION STARTS IN I They Are Reported to Have Captured Santa Cruz. MAY HAVE ATTACKED GUERRERO Mexicans From Texaa Are Crossing the Rio Grande by Thoueanda , Presumably to Take Part In Struggle. ' Mexico City, Nov. 21. Tbe rerdiu tlonltta In Santa Crui bave taken poaaeaslon of that place, according to a diapatcn to me Mexican neraia from Pueblo. No details are given. Laredo, Tex.,' Nov. 21. Gen. Villar commander of tbe Mexican army beadquartera at Nuevo Laredo, Mex ico, opposite here received a telegram from the town of Guerrero, on tbe Mexican aide of tbe Rio Grande, say ing that several hundred revolution ists were aaaembled In Capata county, Texaa, opposite Guerrero, intending to cross tbe river and attack that town. Villar telegraphed Gen. Vas- ques at Mler, about 50 miles from Guerrero to go Immediately to the defense of the town. Wires were cut soon afterward and no further com munication was had. Vaaquea expected to reach tbe acene at 5 o'clock and it la believed that a battle baa taken place. Madero la Not There. Villar baa Information that Madero not with tbe band at Zapata, but la up tbe river from here. Tbe Guer rero demonatratlon la probably In tended to attract the attention of the Mexican government while Madero wltb a large following attacks tbe Im portant towns left with depleted guards. Galveston, Tex., Nov. 21. Mexican farm hands and railroad laborers in the western counties of tbe atate quite tbelr jobs by the hundreda and began returning to Mexico. In fact some ol the railroad contractors complained having their construction forcea badly crippled by tbe Mexican labor- era quitting without notice and In this section 95 per cent of tbe laborers are Mexicans. , Crossing the Rio Grand. It la estimated tbat about 2,000 Mexicans crossed the border and tbat perbapa aeveral hundred more joined tbe movement which Is credited tbe revolutionists, for 'hundreda them stole across the Rio Grande in tbe night believing they would be held up by the immigration and custom officers It caught. Othera croseed unT der cover of tbe night becauae tney bore arms and It la estimated tbat many hundreds of rifles and thou- aanda of rounds of ammunition were amuggled into Mexico within the last St hours. i Wltb both sides of tbe river lit- erally alive wltb soldiers, detectives, rangers, inspectors and other officers of both governments, there are still many fordable places along the Rio Grande where persons can cross in tbe dark without detection except by accident. Tbe Mexicans know these placea and used them to advantage. A PLOT TO SMUGGLE WOOLENS The Frauda Being Discovered May Amount to More Than the Steal. Inge of Sugar Trust. i New Tork, Nov. 21. Tbat the amug- gllng frauda perpetrated by the wool merchants will outrival by many mil lions the sugar trust speculations, waa the assertion made by Assistant United States District Attorney Wise, wbo had charge of the government's caae. He said tbat tbe arrest of ten or more prominent New Tork merchants waa pending and tbat developments wouM uncover a glgantlo plot te smuggle woolens Into this country from France and England. LIVE STOCK SOLD IN MISSOURI Far the Year 1MM It Amounted te UISO,ooo Which Waa an In crease ef 2J,73O,0O0. Jelferaoa City, Nov. 21. live stock sold la Missouri la 19M waa valued at I13S.250.O0O, aa Increase of I23.TW.. 000 over tb figures for 1M8, accord ing to tbe statistics -compiled by J. C. A. Hitler of tbe atata bureau of labor for tbe Missouri Red Book, soon to be laaued. The surplus poultry and eggs mar keted were worth Bear (4,000,0O0, aa Increase at nearly 11,000,000 ever that of mi. Nodaway couaty waa Irst la the Value of lire stock sold. Clay second and Jackson third. . - la tba poultry kualaeaa Bueaaaaa waa I ret, Pettis secoad. at. Louis third. fe.nd Petaeh In Austria. New Tork, Nov. IL A new eleanant baa eea Introduced let tha eolre veray bet wae a thla country and Ger many over tbe letter'e highhanded treauseat ef American ferUHeer manufacturers waa ase about 1M.000 tecs of Gerasaa petuh a year, by tie tltcovary at large aaA valuable da cults of aeraak la Aaatria, according ta tee:e advloas neeeived la Wall treat. ; 60VERXI E T SEIZED CD AN ENGLISH WOOLEN FIRn CHARGED WITH FRAUD, The Entire Stock of Joseph B. Brook A Co. of New York Taken aa ' Payment. New York,' Nov. 17. The entir. stock of Joseph U. Brooke & Co. English woolen firm which haa main tained a branch bouse in New Yorl city for 25 years, was sel?ed by th government in an action to recove 1200,000 damages, "in consequence fraud and other Wrongful acta," Al leged evaalon of custom duties dls closed by a former employe of tbe Urn Is tbe baaia for tbe action, With the seizure it became knowi tbat the government recently bad in atltuted auit agalnat the firm, but be Ing unable to serve the summons cause members of the firm are no in Huddersfleld, England. District At torney Wise obtained a writ of attach meat. Tha writ was served by Unitet States Marshal Henkel upon Robert Harron, tha manager. Tha stock valued at tbe amount of damage claim ed by tbe government , Peter Redllng, until recently a clan) in tbe firm's employ, gave the informa tlon on wblcb tb government acted Special agents wera assigned to In vestlgat bis story and according tc Mr. ' Wis their examination verifiec bla charges tbat tba company had foi yeara cheated the government by un devaluation of goods and false In voices. i Nicholas C. Brooke, a special agent wbo worked on the caae aubmltted an affidavit to Judge Hazel In tbe United States district court and tbe attach ment was Issued. ' The, parent bouse is at Bradford England. The membera of tbe firm re side abroad. - NO WORLD'S FAIR FOR NEW YORK Committee Decldea That It Would Produce Condltlona That Would Be Detrimental. New York. Nov. 17. After careful investigation concerning the advisa bility of holding a world'a fair in New York in 1913, tbe committee' of 10C has expressed to Mayor Gaynor ita op position to tbe project. Tbe report of tbe committee, through Its chairman John Claflin, givea aeveral reasons foi not favoring the proposed world's fair One is tbe lack of accommodation In tbe hotels for large crowds. Tbe tran sit. facilities also are considered far from adequate in proportion to tbe temporary increase in Greater New York s population. The committee Is of the opinion that any attempta to provide accommodations to counteract these drawbacka "will lead to tern porary inflation and a subsequent financial reaction of a serious nature. . ) 1 ; , CANADIAN PARLIAMENT OPENS The Session la Expected to Be Long and Marked by Bitter ,' Debatea. , '"' - Ottawa, Out, Nov. 17. The third sesBlon of the eleventh parliament of Canada will be opened here this after noon by Earl Gray, tbe governor gen eral. In view or the approaching elec tion It ia expected tbat tbe aession will be long and marked by bitter de dates. Tba opposition, which bas been considerably disorganised for tbe laat two yeara, will endeavor to strengthen itself by reconciling con Diction elements. - THE FARMERS ARE ORGANIZING The Society of Equity Takea Stepa far Amalgamation ef all Farmers' Organizatione. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 17. The Society of Equity, the farmers' organi sation which la meeting in this city took steps for an amalgamation of all tbe farmers organisations of tha coua try and appointed a committee to eoa- fer wltb similar committees to be ap pointed by tbem. Tha National Orange ia now In aession at Atlaatio City and It waa asked by wire to appoint conference committee Tbe National Grange la aa old organization and has a membership of thousands of fanners In all parts of tba United . States. Many of Ita members arc la favor of the proposed merger. , Joint comnlttcea from tbe farmers educational aad co-operative union and tba American Society of Equity met laat May and reached a plan for coa aolldating tbe organisation. 'The 1st ter society baa not yet taken formal actloa oa this plan which Is sot be ing discussed. CHECKS FOR APACHE PRISONERS At Pert Sill the tS4 Indiana Each Cat a Srtara at Lawtoa, Ok,. Nov. 17. At Fort 8111 tba 154 Apache Indiana, prtaoaan of war, war paid by tha gaverameat tba racdpta for tbelr cattle, bay aad grata that vera sold thla rail. Each mem ber ef tbe tribe received a cheek as bla share ef tbe reclpts Much of this money was derived front tae sale of I SOS bead of rattle wblcb are aa tbe Fert 8111 Raasi satlaa. Thla pay neat meuated tc about !S.eo and was the last official act of Ueut (Jearge A. Pnrtngtoa, the retiring tBIev Is ebarge ef the Apeckea. ' Children Cry i The Kind You Have Always . In use for over 80 years, All Counterfeits, Imitations and "JnBt-Bl-good,, are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the beuitb or .. Infants and Children Experience againat Experiment. . What is CASTORIA Casterla b a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Xitrootio ubatance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feveriehneas. It cures DlarrlMea and Wind - Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation, and Flatulency. It aaitiraUates the Food, regulates the s Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's FanaceaThe Mother's Friend. , GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS SI Bears the The Kind Yon Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years . TK ctnr.ue cmwiw. tt wuer cvesat. MW roes city. L SESSION TO LOCATE CAPITAL Gov. Haskell Thinks Public Welfare Demands Action. TO MEET IN OLKAHOMA CITY November 28 Is the Date Guthrie. Shawnee and Other Cities Pro pose to Combine Their ' Interests. 1 Guthrie, Ok., Nov. 21. Gov. Hsskell came here by motor car and remained lust long enough to Issue a proclama tion convening the legislature to meet- in extraordinary session at Oklahoma City at noon, November 28, to locate permanently the capital of the state. The purpose ot tbe session la to affirm oy legislative enactment tbe capital removal, which the state suprems ourt recently declared was void, t In his proclamation Gov. Hasken ald: By reason of the necessity to per manently determine and settle the lo atlon of the state capital, and to carry out the expressed will of the people declared in said election, an ex traordinary occasion exists within the meaning of the constitution requiring that the legislature be convoked in special and extraordinary session. In my opinion the public welfare re quires that said extraordinary and special session shall be convoked at Oklahoma City." - - Based en Constitution. in not calling the special session to meet at Guthrie, which tha state su preme court says la the seat of atate government. Gov. Haskell acts under provision of the state constitution which says that ha may convoke the legislature at or adjourn It to another place, when la bis opinion tbe public safety or welfare, or tbe safety or health of the asembers require It The condition Is Imposed, however, that "such change or adjournment shall be concurred in by a two-tbirds vote of alt the members elected to each branch of the legislature.". It . Is believed that Gov. Haskell contemplates the enactment of emergency law Which would become effective Immediately opoa Ita passage sad approval. This would prevent a referendum vote by the people. Wltb- oift tha emergency elauaa aa act f the legislature does not become effec tive until daya after Its passage. Such aa act would give time for the circulation of petitions fer a referea- dum vote. . Opinion ef ReeuK Differ. What the special sessioa will da Is matter ot wlis coajectara la the state. There aaa taea remeastraaee ay both Dratocratlo aad Republican aawspeaere agsiwt a special aesaiaa. tbalr ealBioM being that Uer la ao Med of forcing the state t tbe ex pense ef S special sesstoa, taasasacfe the leglslsture will meet regulsrly next January. , - v ' Muskogee. Ok. Nov. Jl. Passing reaolutioss aed pledging Itself to get tbe Ight at oace Muskogee. Umii Its foaimereial clue, kss far- mtlf entered the ataie capital caa- last aad wUI forets with OWkrM. war ed vtW et"- t 'et ib C'. r . Hie news was for Fletcher's Bought, and which lias been bas borne tlic signature of and bas been made nnucr ihh per? Bona aupervUion since Its infancy. ' Allow no one to deceive you in this. , Signature of F received here that 'the governor bad called the legislature to locate tha capital Muskogee had already begun to organize, and bad mapped out a tentative plan. It will combine the eastern Oklahoma Democratic forces in the legislature with the Republican forces of the western part of the state and work for an adjournment of the special session until the Srst Monday In January, when Lee Cruce, governor-elect, will have been Inaugurated. LABOR PRESS BOYCOTTS LABOR Gompers as Head of American Fed- - eratlon Has Offended the : Aesociatlon. St. Louis, Nov. 21. The Interna tional Labor Press association has de clared a boycott upon the American Federation of Labor. The cause for this drastlo action Is that the adver tising representative of tbe Federa tionlst, of which President Gompers is editor informs advertisers that ther is no cause to recognize tha labor press ot tbe Unite! 3tates oc Canada. . . ; William Naupln, aaaocli editor or Bryan's Commoner, is the author of the motion. He also edits the Lincoln wage aaiuar, one l iuu respunaime laoor papers oi ids couiry. u wsei decided that no space would be grant ed to communications from the Amer ican Federation of Labor on Interna tional La Dor organisations. The as sociation has officially decided that more consideration Is due the labor press than mere brief mention In the annual reports of the higher officials. ' MURRAY tO BE MAJOR GENERAL The Missouri Man Haa Seen teleeted by Secretary of War fer Promotion. 'Washington, Nor. 21. Brig. Gen, Arthur Murray, chief of the coast Artillery, who entered the army from Pike oounty, Missouri, ka baea se lected by J. M. Dickinson, secretary ot war, for promotion to major tea aral to fill tha vacancy In that grade to be created by tha retirement ot Ma. Oen. William P. Duvalt ot Mary land, January II. . The selection will be laid before President Taft Imme diately upon his return from Panama thla week aad la expected te be promptly approved. ' - - LIVE STOCK PRICES ARE D0NW Sheep Down Fifty Cents a Hundred ' Pounds Cattle and Hags Twenty-Five Cents. . Kansas City, Nov. 1?. Declines ot Kansas City, Nov. It Declines at 50 ceats a hundred pounds la prices of sbeep, li to !i ceats ia suotatiena for hogs, sad 15 to li ttuts la the eatUa market occurred at tbe stock yarda. owing to moderately larta reoetpta gad ' general eoafldene that cheap coral will result la largely lacirased,. snpplfee Fer tha Firet Tans Site His Retire. : ment From h Freeldaaey Ha '- Will Vlelt Capital. - , Washington, Nov. 11 Cot Root. veil la to talk here to-alght B Mil make tw speeches a set speech be fore tb Xaooaal Geographic society gad a apaech ta Newspaperese!. Tb -la! ter apech assy In tt resting. This win be kla first visit to WaaaiagtM siac ka departed two tours after re tiring from ta White hen oa Mm 4, IMil. lie mm be et at Ue I'iwa gt!ioa by a eotiaiit fr.-ss ts Sa