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.... .AC1" ... .v, -V- OFFICIAL PAPER OP DICKINSON COUNTY TWELVE PAGES , ABILENE, KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2,1911 NO. 20 TJ 4 Sheriff, Young Just Escaped a Holdup ' Sheriff J. R. Young, who returned yesterday from Colorado, bringing with him A. P. Strange, charged with forging a check on the Pint National bank of Herlngton, had rather an exciting experience last Friday night which brought him Into pretty close contact with crime of a more spec tacular nature than that charged agalnat Mi prisoner. jott three minutes after AV Buck ler ton bt. bad liel aoothbound Texaa ft mall on the Colorado and Southern at Bener, a way atatlon In the ouUklrU of Pue blo, only to to captured aa he wa making bto escape, Sh.ritt Young' train pulled up on the aiding at Be- semer. They had caught the robber by that time, but intense excitement 'prevaired among the passengers. More than fifty ahota were exchanged, Mr Young waa informed, Before - Buckley aurrendered to the offlcera. He atatea that It waa common talk at Pueblo that the robber aecured a much larger amount of booty than dlanatches, waa repur . .. ! vnt aa much aome ciauums .i.-. as 1500. All money and valuables taken were reswreu w The prisoner, Strange, whom Mr. Flack's Bondsmen Sued John A. Flack and his bondsmen, the United States Fidelity and Guar anty Co., are made the defendants In two suits Wed in the district court this morning by S. B. Smith, attor ney 'forlUe McDonald, (ae Mtca k.,,.kl ..d for w. C. -Grigs, guard- UMWBM ' lan of Harvey Luckenbaugh, a mi nor, Each of the plaintiffs asks for rv In tne sum of S0O. The petitions recite that on Febru nrv , 1906, John A, Kmc p pointed by the probate court of Dick inson county the guardian of, the Herington Man Gone; Herlngton, Jan. 31. Has Verne Hood, switchman, met with foul play, or has he simply deserted his family? This la Jth qtrestlon tbevelty offi cial have been asked to answer.. Ja the absence of any evldenoe to the contrary the officiate believe It U a case of flesertVtrn, Hood's disappearance was reported by his wife and mother. The last aeea of him was week ago Monday ' night. According to the story told Mayor Mnrry and Marshal Ketcham by the wife and mother. Hood came home early In the evening and went te sleep on the couch. About twelve Clock he was beard In the kltchert. i The family thought he was getting something to eat and gave no further attention to the matter. The next morning he was gone and his where abouts are as yet unknown. The day previous to his disappear ance. Hood cashed a check for 160, 1 BUTTEB A1TO BGG8 SLUMP. Big Drew ws at Chicago Where Cold Storage feckd Prtoe. , The big slump In storage butter a egg has hai some effect on Cis price of these products with the ImJ dealers as la vWeaoed by the , feet that eggs now are selling from T to I nta leas by the dosen than at tfcla time test year and batter Is re tafflng at front I to 1 cents less ov tfce poand. ' .. Several day ago, Chicago markets offered gga bought at II cents aad stored since tat April, for 14 ,.t. wbclaaale. which gives some Idea of the rap which has-been given the owners of storage eggs, jeaoarj 1 st, this year, thsee were stored there ici ob nutM of ecss. But the wea- t,J. Woe MMDttonalty fine ev erywhere and freah eggs have beea rowing in at a rate waica "' t,...x.nra,lfd tilt n-t't "V hart Wi ninrs etn at II c-i. a all wewk," a loeii Young brought back U now safely lodged in the county Jan, wnere u will await trial at the next term of district court. Sheriff J. R. Young left Thursday . rninro. and rumor ha It that when he returns he will not be un accompanied. Mr. Young' destina tion Is bejieved to be Trinidad. A. F. Strange, formerly an em ploye of the city of Herlngton is tinder arrest at Trinidad, on the charge of forgery. loiters receive by P. B. Munsell of the First Na h.nir of Herlngton indicate V 11 una : v - thai the Trinidad officers believe Strange a wholesale rorger. Strange left Herlngton about sir week ago. Before he went B. k Dreese cashed a check for him, given by a Mr. Potter of Shawnee, Ok'a., and drawn on a Bhawnee bank. .iieit for about $28.76 UB v. lie and passed through the First Na tional there.' It later came un marked "forgery." Mr. Dreese ask- -j n IttnrnBV Rugh tO lSSUO til duuui; - a warrant for Strange and have him brought back here for trial, and it Is understood the warrant has been itsued. for Shortage estate of OUie and Harvey Lucken baugh, who are brother and sister, it i. alleged that during hia guard- i...h)n wi.pk receiver for the estate' sums aggregating $!02S.iO. half of which, 11000, is saiJto, be due and ..M Flack save bead in the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co for $1,900 Feb: Si, 1909. He .nnHmm4 aa cuardlah of Harvey nok.nhtih until Sent. 15, 1910 rh.n w fl. GriKK waa appointed In his place. The plaintiff Hvo In Na- He May Be Dead heir nt vhlrh he cave to his wife and then went up town presumably to pay kin. One nartv nas Deen ioona hn id Hood told him Monday that he had been paying his bills and had but (S cents left About one o'clock Tuesday morning, a man answering the description was seen in a resuur . ti.. Marshal Kwtcham has been unable to find out whether or not Hood left on any of the WgW trains. From the information he has the marshal is not Inclined to believe that uxi mat with foul nlay. Hood Is a small man and is about a wn of an. He ha lived here four or five years, coming to Herlng ton from Abilene. He was once u m employ of the city. Mrs. Hood says that there was no family trouble and she cannot readily reconcile Herself h halief that her nusoano .h..rioni1 her and bts two child ren. . merchant said yesterday, "and butter i is Mnta. That la country butter. This Is much cheaper than what we bought them at last year at tils time, hn hscauae of the unusually gooa weather the farmers have been bring ing ii nf their nrodnce to town ana we have always haa rresa gooos ob haad." -, 1 ih en at est to the saM with butter. There I too mock of it dtora and the farmers tn Tin a it v have dontlnaed to aaake enoagh almost to supply the local aurhet . a mim for the alow sale of but ..- .t,L-k tu baaa advanced Is that many famlllee used oleomargarine and bi tterlne last year when tvt- Ur sold from tl to 4 cents per pound sad have aever change eacs J. W. Yoaaf Better. J. W. Young, who has beea dowa with la grippe Is much better. Hte father. Charles Young. Is very low and K Is feared he recover NEW PROBLEGll of defense "H --w ia Ji-J "A ii .... iif. -- . w -ir-. Will They Fortify the Panama Carbolic Acid Aids A man about fifty years of age. well dressed In a grey suit, and with a hat'twugbt , in. Denver, 0olo fuond dead aoout ii:sv mil Bors tal under a cattle chute at the stock yards west of town. By his side, was a twoouaoe bot tle marked carbolic acid, bearing the label of the Palace Drug store. The bottle was nearly empty- The own, who is a total stranger here. bought the acid between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon. saying be wanted It toe a wash, to be used for horse with a sore shoulder,.. The man was discovered by Dick Sedberry and Bus tow, who claim Clifton, .ens, aa their home. They first auttloed a man lying under the cattle chute about I o'clock this morning and passed by thinking hs might be asieep. Later they saw hint In the same position, flat on his stomach, with his arms crossed C W. Holland, who has a penchant for preserving Interesting old keep- ma, oxhlbftad to the Reflector a tetter written by his uncle, Samuel Swortwood, formerly of Manchester Keeps Pen Smiling The consciousness of a bank accouut that affords opportunity for judicious investment and c com petency for old age, keeps mea smiling, even in. the face of calamity. Don't aay you can't have a bank account because your salary is small, but bring a dollar to this bank today, open a savings account and add to it each week, a stated portion of your salary and you will be surprised what youll have in a year from now. At!!2H2 rational Bnn! Abilene, Real Estate Mortgafas, Boods If Real Estate Mortgages or Bonds yon information. r .. firsts rtttvn.. Cnsl from Asroplane Attaoksf Stranger to Die kinder his face. They then called let as. and Floyd Buchanan who were ,trbv. The undershirt and county pnyucaan were aummoaea ana mo body removed to the GicholU under taking rooma. Dr Chaffee, the coroner, was sum moned, from Talmage, and on In quest was being held at the hour of going to press. Every Indication poit to suicide. There ts no clue to the man's 'identity. He waa about 5 feet 4 inches tall nd weighed about 150 pounds, had sandy hair and mus tache, otherwise smooth shaven. He won button bearing She nams of tha American Accident Insurance Co. of Lincoln. Neb. He bad lost Ms tint Cmger oT Us TestiTiand. On bis person were found cheap watch, and about fit In money. r ' a taternm has been sent to TJn- I'qaha tn the hops of learning the man's Identity. and now residing la Longford, to his father. Charles Holland, dated March 25, 1661. The letter Is an Interest ing witness to the great changes that ban taken place In fifty years Kansas you desire 0 eie ttvestmont l are Invited to eaD and Obtain fall - Legislative Mill Continues to Work The railroads are centering their fight upon the administration pub lic utilities bill. Introduced In the house by the speaker, O. H. Buck- man, and In the senate by Senator Fred H. Quancy. The bill Is now In the hands of the house Judiciary committee and the senate commit tee on railroads. - It and the other utility bills Introduced are being considered by the committees, and It may be a week or mora before any report Is sent back. In the mean- tint, the tfenresentatlve Of ( one railroads are doing all In their power to defeat the administration bill. Three renresentatfre of the rail roads, Paul Walks', of the Rock Is land; W. K. Smith, ot the Santa Fe, M j.'fi. Sloanecker. uoon Invita tion appeared before the senate rail road committee, and expressed toeir sentiments as to the different meas ures under consideration by the committee, Kansas Democrats have taken a hand In the New York senatorial fight. Democratto members of the onutA teleeranhed a request to Gov. John A. Dlx, of New York, that be ubo his Influence In the interests oi decency In the Senatorial contest now In progress In New Yorx, ana Ar. what he can to bring about the election of a progressive Democrat. The message of the Kansas uemo- cratlo senators wa a slap at wm. F. Bheehan, the leading candidate in the New York senatorial race at the present time, who ts an avowed can didate of the Interests and of. Tam many ball. jl -j The Judiciary committee of the bouse held an important, session to MinaidAis the various public utility legislation wanted. ...,'AJter ngthy mi in aoms Instances a heated con ference, the committee agreed to recommend the administration bill for passage. . But one amendment is m.da f tv the bill, and that Is the "home rule for home utilities" Idea. tn Urn senate It Is understood that th&ilminlatratlon bill has been swat- tod Into subjection, and that a pub- ii ..nm hllf drawn Ov some mem- w t that hod will V reported. What effect this cross action will have on the ultimate passage ot a utilltv bill of nay description, is purely a matter ot conjecture. ' vr ot Montgomery county has a bill in the house that Is directed against the child labor la aa ap mii m thwatres. He believes that aap that bars a child of talent front the stage whoa properly aafo- GOOD SHOWING MADE. BAMUsoom County Building aad Loan Josealrtliai Trosperooa. (Onr-aeml-aannal statement appears in this Issue of the Reflector. We . lattu mom than five years old. and fat tthat time have grown from a small optout to a thrllty young upline. We have matured and paid promptly to the persistent holders, . at our earliest certificates. whtleh Droves tbst onr plan to sound. Wo hove made seventy-two loans, which means that that number of peo ple hows bean helped to secure hnmar or other nronertr of their own, oad our demand for loans nas lhrui tmm tar in excess oi our sources of oupply. AoOeno is Just now entering upon near em of growth and develop ment; wa or ambitious to keep step wfth tho Drocesston. and w want every person la this community, nd especially tho wage earners ana par- anu orttk tildrea to educate, wno ran spars ooa no more than a dol lar month to curt savings ae- eooat wtU no. We pay Pr cent Miereat. Beml-esnsaUr, on certifi cates of deposit ot say amount, aad oar insUlimeat certificates, if ear rwd to maturity, yield aa Increase based spea rate of I per cent eonv tonnded. Of flos ovsr Farmers Na tional Baak. The Dickinson County Building A Loan Association. GO TO WORK OB GO TO JAIL! Coort Says Allen Most Support His Family. One Allea, Initials "N. G guarded Is an Injustice. In his bill he would prohibit the employment nr trainln of children for any line.. . of work that Is hazardous, and he names acrobatic feats and contor tionist stunts, and wrestling and ' trick bicycle riding. He would alto do away with the custom of allowing children to beg on the streets or pick rags. But he wants It understood that then to nothing in hia Mil that . nrnhlhlta children from taking part tn any musical concert or theatre that ha the sanction of the city or fMaia. Kerr, by the way. runs sev eral moving picture shows In South ern Kama and the state law will not let him hire talented children to sing In bts shows, even though their parents come to tha theatre to look after them, i Jl Jl The committee on Judiciary baa reported the bill by Davis of Kiowa providing for four year terms for state officers favorably to the house. It will likely be passed by the house. , There has been a lot of discussion Over the etate lately In favor of the four year term and limiting officers to one term. Mr. Davis was aneao oi the time when he introduced thl measure two years ago and only got It out of commute by a minority re port. This session sentiment has changed to his idea of the question. Jl J J. B. House: So far, no man can foresee what Is going to happen In the way of legislation. The house has run away from Btunos, ann me Democrats and standpatters are In control. Btubbs Is a wonderful rabble-rouser, but he probably Is the poorest tactician who ever sought to lead a political party. When th Bouse convened two years ago be had 110 votes In that body; " .When the i.. hu followers were In the minority. He had a bare majority when the present session convemw, and has already scattered it to the., four winds. Lamberton, of Brownv. Who I aecredited to a wuare d constituency, and wiho wa made, speaker protem, with the approval! of th administration forces, already la off th reservation, and is as-, anting tho standpatters wd DemK crats In their manipulation ox v- , n.. inmrcent senator, die. couraged 'with the outlook for th administration measures, carneu tho wtandpetter a proposition , pas the aesessary appropriation measures and go home. Veatch, oT Washington, mads IT floor of tho, house TbursW, , which ho suggested th Sam thing. according to evidence placed before the probate court this morning, entirely- worthy ot tbem, Is in a dilem ma. He must sltber go to work and contribute to the support of his family, or else go to Jail and pay a fine of 1200. Allen waa brought before Judge Anderson this morning charged with failure to support his family. Tho evidence showed that AUen was in the bablt of spending long Intervals swuy from home, and that he sent his wife no money. When short of feuds be would return to Abilene to the bosom of his family, and, al thaugh able-bodied, would do no work, depending on bis wife for his living. Mrs. Allsn, It wss stated, was obliged to tsks In washing to Maintain the family. Allen did not deny the charges, but pleaded that he had money and would do better, He was flaed JC0 and fei te.tced to sxfy days la lull. sentence and fine being suspended on condition that hs pay 111 U bis wlfr on the first ot each avmtt a- arr. . This to the first case of tt kind that has some ap xa tho prooaie ecnrt ot Dkkluosa rowaty. I wish to aaaoaaeo to the fsbHe that I have res) so my positioa with Hodge Bros, with th lauatiea of opening aa exclusive plumhlng aad heating establishment oa West Third street about Feb. 10th. The business wfll be eondortea aider the firm nam of Abilene Plumhlsg and Heatlag Co. Farther announcements later. 41t - A. L. EBHELMA.V. Kaaafer.