Abilene Daily Chronicle from Abilene, Kansas • Page 1

Abilene Daily iroeacie VOL. V. NO. 47. ABILENE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, AVltlL 2 10 CENTS A WEEK.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. BURGLARY AND ARSON. AFTER HIS MILLIONS. INDUSTRY. was broken while he was a 6ailor.

While there he promised the hospital $00,000 which again brought him into prominence, much to his distaste. It seems that his grandfather put aside all the income of his large property. This he would not touch, allowing the interest to compound. At his death his will provided that the heirs should not dispose of this property, nor spend tho income therefrom, but allow it to compound as he had done, until the month of May, 11)00, when the whole property is to be divided among the then living heirs. This personal property now amounts to $180,000,000 and Rev.

James is one of nine heirs among which this will be divided. In addition to this as the oldest male heir, he will come into ownership of all the real property, consisting mainly of valuable property in the city of Liverpool, the rentals of which are very valuable. His prospective wealth does not now, nor will it, give him the "big head." lie expects to keep on preaching as a minister of the M. E. church.

He valuos money, not for the money itself, but for the good use to which he can put it in this world. Uoeent vcnl 'tnle transfers roported by W. T. ltivilHn, John Iteiff and wife to A Greene, Its 2 10 8 10 12, Fifth street; $025. John Murrison et al, to Cau-lan, 1, part of blk 12, Chapman; Leslio Curd and wife to Mnn-sell, Its 14, lti, blk 33, llering-ton $1000.

Thos Fisk to Jas II Xorman, ne and n.J soj, 11-12-1; $3,000. Jacobs, county clerk, to Kimmerly, tax deed, Its 31, 33, Fifth street, Solomon; $1.07. 11 Jacobs, county clerk, to Schad, tax deed, Its II, 15, blk 10, Fail view add Bell and wife to Creech, lots II, P.I, 18 20 22, 21 blk 115; Creech add $350. Schmidt and wife to Gug-ler, 3 andnj ncj 4-14-4; $3500. Conrad Kohlor and wifo to II Gugler, lots 2, 8, blk 24 Enterprise; $250.

COMING EVENTS. May 10 Populist national convention, Sioux Falls. May 10 Republican stato convention, Topeka. May 23 Democratic stato convention to elect national delegates AVichita. Juno 0 Industry Republican Sen atorial convention of Dickinson and Clay counties.

June 7 Stato llankors'n Association, Abilene. Juno Republican national convention, Philadelphia. July 4 Silver Republican national convention, Kansas City. July 23 Democratic national convention, Kansas City. July 23 Democratic stato nominating convention.

Your Winter's Coal: is an important tiling and to buy jrood coal is to save money. Rex coal is the best on the market for the money. No soot nor clinkers and but little ashes. Price per ton at bin, 85.50. W.

S. Anderson. 'or the lirst (Initio of Life Size Crayons, Pastels or Water Colors Go to RIESEN, the Photographer. .) DR. 0.

L. BOUCHER Magnetic Healer. Ollice over Pitsle's hardware (store- J. It, llurlon. T.

K. Dewey. I Burton Dewey Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. r. FAVORITE RESUMPTION FCin WEAK WOMEN.

Indi stuy, April 21, Ted Price has gone to Oklahoma to play base ball. Mrs. Joyce mado a business trip to Abilene Saturday. Howard Price has gono to Clay Center to run a restaurant. Adam Elsasser mado a business trip to Wakefield Thursday.

Mr. Landes from Abilene, mado a business trip to our town Friday. Miss Madge Ruhl is visiting with Mrs. Dr. Schenberger this week.

Km i 1 P.ergren went to Junction City to work in a blacksmith shop. Jacob Gibbs is regular attendant at Sunday school and church thoso days. Mrs. Brown, from Longford, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.

Johnson. Tho county commissioners from Clay were hero Tuesday on bridge business. Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Doughman went to Clay Center to take in tho Bryan speech.

A. E. Buffenmyro has moved to the country on a farm. He will keep bachelors hall for the summer. Prof.

F. O. Losoy has just returned from Salina, where ho has secured a paying position and will begin work at once. Miss Inez Moore has finished her school in district 15 and has gone back to Randolph, to spend her vacation. There will be a concert at tho church in ho near future, superintended by a vocalist from Concordia.

Everybody invited. All the Populists from this soction attended tho convention at Clay Center Wednesday and heard Hon. W. J. Bryan's speech.

II. D. Ingraham has just returned from Marquette. Ho reports business all O. K.

there and will leave here if ho can sell out. Miss Moore and Miss Hamilton conducted the county examination hero on Friday, IJuite a number of pupils took the examination. Mrs. Tippin from Oak Hill will organize a ladios Christian Temperance Union horo May 3 at 8 p. in.

Everybody come, especially temperance workers. WILLOWD ALE Solomon, April 21, 11)00 John Davis was in Abilono ro-cently. W. G. Lewis wont to Minneapolis on business today.

Mr. Lowo is having a now roof put on his houso this week. Mrs. Henry Dilling has a nephew visiting with hor from Oklahoma. Mrs.

W. G. Lowis is improving after a very hard sick spell in health. Mrs. Henry Brown and Sarah Chase wore shopping in Abilono last week.

Mary Eisline came out from Solomon Sunday to spend tho day with her mother. There will bo no Sunday School or preaching next Sunday at tho M. E. church. Sadie llertzog graduated at Tal-mago last night.

Her declamation was (me and it took the entire house by storm. Lottie llobbs, Pationco Hall and Jay McCoy all successfully passed tho county high school examination, but took no part in the exercises last night. A fair sizod crowd listened to Kov. Iloattv's lirstsermon hero last Sunday evening, with which was tho good old fashioned hand-shake and getting acquainted. The Sunday School of tho M.

E. church gave their Easter program last Sunday afternoon and was enjoyed by all present and will bo remembered by all as a credit to those taking part in the exorcises. There will bo a Sunday School convention at tho United Brethren church next Sunday April with morning and afternoon sessions. Rev. C.

C. Wingerd, R. M. White, Rev. Beatty and other good talkers will be present.

Every one invited. To Cure a Cold In One Day, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablots. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. AV Grove' signature is on each box 25 cents.

J. I. GIsh's Meat Market Set Fire to and Robbed. About 12:30 o'clock last night the town was aroused by the ringing of the tire bell. The fire was located in tho J.

I. Ciish meat market, on Buckeye, and was discovered by Frank Adams, night clerk at the Central hotel. He called the attention of E. L. Perring, who was passing by, to the (ire.

Perring ran to tho city hall and sounded the alarm while Adams rushed to the meat market and forced in the door1. A lot of paper was found burning and also one of the wooden partitions. Tho waste water from the refrigorater was close at hand and this was dashed on tho flames and they were subdued before any damage was done, or the arrival of the fire department. An investigation showod that a can of coal oil had been brought from the back part of the room and the oil poured over the paper and on the iloor. This clearly proved that the fire was of incendiary origin.

Upon the arrival of Mr. (iish it was found that a tin box containing between $25 and $30 was gone, thus showing that a burglary had been committed and that the fire had probably been started to cover the burglar's tracks. Above the meat market lives a family and it was fortunate that the firo was discovered as soon as it was, It is pretty near time that the business men should unite and agree upon some plan whereby the parties who have been systematically robbing various business placos for some time past, and place thorn where there is no danger ot their continuing their work for the next few years to come. DAYTON. Dayton, April 23, 1000.

Burt Schrader was seen in those parts last week. Jack Perkins and Silas Sheridan were Banner callers Sunday after noon. Misses Katie Lederer and Estolla Hills called on Mrs. Manny Rhoades last week. Another fine spring shower visited these parts Friday and still another Sunday morning.

Farmers are hustling to got in their corn, but tho great amount of mois ture has hindered them somewhat. Wheat prospects are fine. Most of the early fruit in this vicinity is thought to be killed on account of the late frost. Several new members were initiat od into the mysteries of the M. W.

A. Saturday night at Banner and were told to "step high." Arch Sterling has torn down the house on the farm ho has lately pur chased and is preparing a good fouiv dation for another houso which he will move on it. Leonard Lockard has rented A Sterling's property and is putting in his crops. He will move his family on the farm as soon as tho house is finished. (uite a number of our residents attended the temperance convention at Carlton last Saturday.

After fully discussing the temperance question from all points, a company of the workers went to the joint and requested tho proprietor to soil no more intoxicants. We hope it will have tho desired effect. BUCKEYE Abilene, April 21, WOO Mosos Zeigler lost a valuable cow last week. Maggie Stewart is visiting friends in Abilene. James Norman boaght the Tom Fisk farm of alfalfa.

Ed Hooper went to Manchester Monday to attend tho circus. W. P. Hooper returned to Kansas City with a car load of horses. Mr.

and Mrs. Downing visited friends south of the river Friday. McDonald's circus passed through Buckeye last Sunday on its way to Manchester. The Donor of $100,000 to a Salina College, Leaves For Europe. Rev.

James, a Methodist minister of Western Kansas, who a short time ago agreed to give the Kansas "Wesley an University at Salina.if upon certain conditions, has gone to England for his millions. The Salina Union gives the following story of his life In the month of September, 1851 there was born in the city of Liverpool, England, an English boy, who like many another son of the British Isles, was a sturdy youngstor, full of life and vigor, and who developed a desire for adventure and a roving life. In other words he wanted to "see the world." When this venturesome boy was a little less than ten years of age he ran away from home and shipped on the bark Tiger as cabin boy bound for Mobile, Alabama. On his return to England his anxious parents tried to dissuade him from further attempts in the direction of a sea-faring life, his mother offering him $10,000 if he would stay at home. But he had tasted the fruits of adventure and the spirit of unrest was upon him, and his parents seeing that remon strance was useless, reluctantly gave their consent to his adopting the life of a sailor.

Then began a series of trips and voyages that have put into the life of Thomas II. James more adventure and events of various kinds than fall to the lot of the average man to experience. He made one more trip in the Tiger, and then shipped in the Latonia as a sailor. From that time until he temporarily abandoned the sea his voyages took him fo all parts of the world, seeing many things, and being a keen observer, filling his mind with knowledge that is of incalculabe benefit to him now. In the course of these voyages he was ship-wrecked several times, and of one of them he was the only survivor.

At the age of nineteen young James was converted, at twenty he was married to a Liverpool girl concluding to settle down he engaged in the coal business in the city. But he had not succeeded in shaking off the fascinations of a sailor's life; the habits of the years gone by were strong upon him, and he again went to sea. While away from home the dread spotted typhus fever broke out In Liverpool and his entire family wife and live children became victims of the scourge. The wife and girl, aged eight, and a boy aged five years, were buried on the same day. When Mr.

James returned homo and learned of the affliction that had come upon him he became as one without hope. Selling everything he had, he left England with a determination that he would never live there again. His first trip was to India, thence to New York. In 188!) he started for San Francisco, intending to ship for Melbourne, Australia, to establish himself and quit roving. He got as far as Kansas, like many another, and the charms of this commonwealth held him.

In 181)3 he entered the min-istery and has ever since been a minister of the M. E. church in western Kansas. Early last spring it was announced that a Methodist minister had given $100,000 to the Kansas Wesleyan university at Salina, and it later developed that the donor was Rev. Thomas II.

James, the English lad who ran away to sea before he was ten years old. This was the first knowledge that many people bad of the fact that he was to inherit large property. Lately Rev. James has been at Bethany hospital, Kansas City, having an operation performed straightening his nose, which He has a wife and two bright girls. A POULTRY TRUST.

Armour Packing Co. Says One Ex Ists In Kansas. The Armours claim that their company has been made the victim of a poultry trust existing in Kansas. They assert that the large buyers and shippers of poultry in the state are in a combine, and are parties to an agreement not to enter each other's territory and bid for trade. The Armours say that this combine has tried to "freefco out" tho company and that they in self-protection will establish produce depots in all parts of the state and buy direct from tho producers.

Depots have already been established at Newton, Clay Center, Ottawa, Boloit, Marion and other points. Killed In An Elevator. Special to tlie Chronicle, Salina, April 23 Jerry Harrison, a 6ixtoen-year-old boy, was killed in the Saliua mill and elevator by falling into a hopper and being covered up with wheat. When taken out he was under 100 bushels of wheat. New 'Phones.

The following new 'phonos have just been added to the Independent exchange in this city. 100 Parker, residence. 102 John Hill' Son Plumbers. 118 Smith, residence. 119 Smith, residence.

120 Abilene Carriage works, II A Lott. 121 Hargor, rosidonco. 122 Budger, residence. 123 llassler Smith, meat market Good Roads Convention. A convention of road overseers and township officers will be held at the court house in Abilene on Saturday, May 5, for the purpose of discussing "Road Taxes," "Uniform Width of Grading," "Hedge and Weed Law," etc.

This will be an important meetity and all persons interested in good roads are urged to attend. Wm. Ramsey, Pres. Fiiank Sullivan, Secy. For Sale at a Bargain.

Three room house, good cellar, barn, well close to house. Good stock of second-hand and new furniture, stoves, etc. Four room house to move from lot. Also stable large enough for four horees. Inquire at this office.

Weather Report. Partly cloudy with showers tonight and in east portion Thursday..