The Abilene Weekly Chronicle from Abilene, Kansas • 8

BIG CROWD IS THERE But Judge King's Making It Hard For Them in Seybold Case. At 2 o'clock Tuesday the district court began the hearing of the notorious Seybold divorce case. Mrs. Tressa Seybold is suing Thomas Seybold for a complete separation, the custody of the six minor children and permanent alimony. Seybold's cross petition prays to set aside the plea of his wife and grant him the decree and the children.

Sensational accusatons, reflecting upon the character of both principals are written in the court instruments. A monstrous audience was present when the hearing began. Attorney Crawford represented Mrs. Seybold, C. E.

Rugh counsel for her husband and Judge King got their heads toether preceding the testimony and ruled out the audience. The attorneys, principals and the stenographer moved their chairs and desks close to the witness chair and much of the vile evidence that followed could not be heard by the spectators. Occasionally they got a snatch of some scandalous remark and greeted it with laughter and guffaws. Judge King became peeved finally and severely reprimanded the audience and warned them that further levity would cause him to clear the court room, Mrs. Seybold was given a severe cross examination by Attorney Rugh but she made a good witness and he could not break her stories.

Belleville witnesses told of the principals' numerous fights and family troubles when they were residents of that town. Many witnesses are to testify and the case will last several hours. MAKE WORK EASIER. Abilene People Are Pleased to Learn How It Has Been Done. It's pretty hard to attend to duties With a constantly aching back; With annoying urinary disorders.

Doan's Kidney Pills make work easier for many a sufferer. They're for bad backs. For weak kidneys. Here is convincing proof of merit. J.

C. Price, 257 N. Second Salina, says: "Whenever my back aches or becomes lame I take a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills and they relieve me. Another of my family who suffered from backache took Doan'e Kidney Pills with the most satisfactory results. I have told many of my fellow workmen about this remedy and in every instance where it has been taken, benefit has been had." Price 50c, at all dealers Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills- -the same that Mr.

Price had. Foster-Milburn Buffalo, N. Y. CORRECTED LIST. Missionary Aid Committee As It Really Stands.

Owing to a mistake in the recent report of the names of ladies serving on the missionary aid committee, I wish to submit the list again so that those desiring aid may appeal to the ladies serving at present on the committee: Brethren in Christ- -Mrs. C. O. Musser, Mrs. Lydia Brewer.

Methodist Episcopal- -Mrs. J. A. Wayts, Mrs, Frank Geoffrey, Lutheran B. Binder, Mrs.

J. E. Keel. United Brethren-1 Mrs. Edith Daily, Mrs.

Walter Lightner. Evangelical-Mrs. P. E. Summers, Mrs.

B. Hays. Episcopal Mrs. H. J.

Hodge, Mrs. Cal Snyder. Baptist--Mrs. S. C.

Cartner, Mrs. Bert Wolfe. Grace Reform- J. L. Kruger, Mrs.

J. Schiveley. Christian-Mrs. S. Paul, Mrs.

Walter Nichols. Presbyterian-Mrs. John Rohrer. Mrs C. M.

Troup. MRS. W. D. Seey.

Obituary--William Campbell. William Campbell was born in Morgan county, near Lynnville, May 2, 1835. He came of good family stock, Scotland being the ancestral home. Of this family three brothers and three sisters survive him: J. H.

Campbell and J. B. Campbell of Illinois, L. B. Campbell of Abilene, Mrs E.

A. Dickinson of Oregon, Mrs. S. J. Mitchell and Mrs.

E. E. McKinley of Illinois. He married Martha A. Isom in 1857 She died in Abilene a little over two years ago.

There are four children ing: J. G. Campbell of Texas, S. W. Campbell of Abilene, Emma J.

Fry of California and Ellen Phillips of Abi- lene He was a member of the local post of the G. A. R. and an honorary member of the W. R.

C. He enlisted in Company 124th Illinois infantry, serving until the close of the war. In the spring of 1872 he came to Dickinson county, taking a homestead south of Abilene where he has since made his home. He was a public school teacher for more than years and as such is widely known over the county. He became a Christian at the age of sixteen and was a faithful worker until the end of his life.

His mind was keen up to the day of his death and he took an active interest in the af. fairs of the church. His figure was a familiar one at the various conventions of the church both state and national. A lingering cold developed into I pneumonia last week and owing to his advanced age proved fatal. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs Ellen Phillips Jan.

(13. The funeral was held at the Christian church Friday afternoon. G. A. R.

RESOLUTIONS. They Respect Veteran Who Lived a Noble Life. Fifty-two years ago last July President Lincoln issued a call for three hundred thousand volunteers to serve in the Union Army. Among the number who heard and responded was a young school teacher in Morgan county, Illinois, named W. M.

Campbell. At that time he was a mature man with wife and children dependent upon him. Leaving but not forsaking his loved ones he enlisted in the 124th Illinois Infantry, and for three years faithfully performed a soldier's duty in all the campaigns in which his regiment had a part. When the war was over and his work as a soldier done he returned to his loved ones and became one of the great host who has proven to the world that volunteers not only make good soldiers but valuable citizens. Early in 1872 he came with his family to this county and settled on a homestead in section 24 in Garfield township where at 7:30 a.

m. on Jan. 13th he answered the last roll call and went to his final home to meet the loved wife who had preceded him by two years. Soon after returning from the army he again became a district school teacher and continued the same in Kansas until he had reached the alloted age of man full three score and ten years. Making except for the intermission caused by his army service full fifty years as a district school teacher.

A record seldom if ever equalled. He was for many years an esteemed member of Abilene Post and a life long member of the Christian church. And we, his surviving comrades of the Post wish to say "well done" of the record made by this honored soldier and faithful Christian. Therefore be it resolved by the members of Abilene Post No. 63, Department of Kansas G.

A. R. that we tender to the bereaved children and other relatives of our deceased comrade our sincere sympathy, and command them to the savior who was the solace of the departed through a long and earnest life. Resolved that a copy of this memorial be spread upon the records of the Post. W.

T. DAVIDSON, F. S. ALLMAN, W. S.

ANDERSON, Committee. DIED IN CALIFORNIA. Mrs. Grace Bonebrake Johnson, a Former Abilene Woman. Mrs.

Grace Bonebrake Johnson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bonebrake, formerly of this city, died at her home at Boulder Creek, Jan.

3. Besides her father and mother she leaves a husband and three daughters. SUSAN BRICKER DEAD. After Years of Suffering Abilene Lady Passes Away. Mrs.

Susan Bricker, aged 73 years, died at the home on East Fourth street Friday morning. She was the ow of Samuel Bricker, who died about two years ago. Seven children survive. Mrs. Bricker has been an invalid for the past twenty years.

War news for breakfast. Subscribe for the Topeka Capital and Kansas "THE RUSSIAN" WINS Junction City Hound Takes First Money in Coursing Meet. The coursing meet at the fair grounds Thursday furnished a lot of sport to dog racing fans. There was a good crowd in attendance including Junction City, Chapman, Enterprise, Herington, Solomon and Salina men. All the events went through in good shape.

Some of them were quite exciting. The Russian, owned by Dan Baker of Junetion City won first, money, winning his four starts. Blue Blazes was the next best hound, losing the final to the Russian 6-4. One Abilene dog, John Hancock's Abilene Girl went out of the running by losing the first round to the Russian and Priem's Lady Blue and Jack Dobkin's Jack Ringling were beaten in their second rounds. F.

E. MeCullough acted as judge. Score: First Round -The Russian 2, Sweet Marie 0, Midnight Girl 7, Lady Tango 15, Anna Goodrich 9, Foolem All 6, Sunpower Kate 2, Jack Ringling 4, Lady Blue 8, Lady Revall 5, Blue Blazes 5, Abilene Girl 4. Second Round--The Russian 3, Lady Tango 0, Anna Goodrich 3, Jack Ringling 0, Blue Blazes 5, Lady Blue 4. Third Round- -The Russian 3, Anna Goodrich 1, Blue Blazes, By Final- -The Russian 6, Blue Blazes 4.

ANOTHER DIVORCE FILED. Chapman Man Is Deserted By Young Wife. Wm. Gibbs, through his counsel H. Ewald Tuesday afternoon filed suit for separation from Ollie Gibbs, charging abandonment.

Gibbs lives at Chapman and his wife is some where in Illinois. They are the parents of a small boy. THINGS WORTH WHILE Abilene Developments And Her Chances To Keep Developing. "Think backward a few years and remember what Abilene looked like. Practically no street lights and no paving.

Now we have twelve and one-half miles of paved streets with lights on every corner in the town besides the White Way in the business section; a splendid gas, plant, the largest Natatorium with the purest water in the state; a beautiful electric fountain and government building. All these things have been added in the last few years through the efforts of the Commercial -An extract from Secy. H. A. Poe's address to the club at its annual meeting.

Now let us not be satisfied with our present status. Our opportunities are bigger than ever and we must put our shoulders to the wheel. Be a booster all year. Start right by boosting the play grounds proposition and the Catholie Orphanage. AGAINST THE COUNTY UNIT.

Dickinson County Citizens Send Two Petitions to Lower House Two petitions from Dickinson coun ty citizens asking the legislature to vote down any county unit legislation were presented in the lower house -Topeka Capital. Double header basket ball game, Solomon H. S. vs. A.

H. S. at Redman hall Friday evening, Jan. 22, beginning at 7:30 and Enterprise H. S.

vs. A. H. S. Two games for regular price of 25 cents.

Two stoves have been added to the hall, making four in all, two near each bleacher. Advertised Mail. Advertised letters for the week ending Jan. 18, 1915: S. S.

Dodds, Ellwood Forney, Mrs. Catherine Horner, Mrs. Hjillin, B. H. Nuckols, John K.

Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Roberts, Jerris Simpson, Walter Taylor. W. A.

MATTESON, P. M. DIPHTHERIA AND MUMPS. Abilene Has Cases of These Diseases At Present Time Diphtheria and mumps are with ug again, causing considerable concern among the timid. One of Mr and Mrs.

Lease Duckwall's children is suffering from diphtheria. Mrs. Bert Issitt and daughter Josephine of East Seventh street have bad cases of mumps. FARMERS PROGRAM Institute Meeting Here Feb. 5 and 6, To Be Big Affair.

The program for the Dickinson County Farmers' Institute meeting to be held here February 5 and 6 has been arranged by President H. G. Kyle and Secretary A. B. Wilcox.

It is probably the best arranged affair that they have ever planned. P. E. Crabtree, the farm expert from the Kansas State Agricultural College, Miss Addie Root, also of the Kansas State Agricultural College faculty and many other expert agricultural men will be here for the meeting. Below is given the complete program: Friday a.

m. President's Address. H. G. Kyle Principles of Feeding Live Stock E.

Crabtree, K. S. A. C. Recess Friday Judging P.

E. Crabtree Music, Male Quartette Preparation of Ground for Spring Crops Arthur Merrill Conservation of Soil E. Crabtree The Farmers' Institute as a School Mrs. C. Hoffman, Enterprise The Attractive Addie Root, K.

S. A. C. Saturday How Can I Make My Farm W. Taylor What Should Be Done by the Individual Farmer to Prevent Hog Cholera J.

Rumold Stopping Farm Leaks. E. Crabtree Business Meeting. Recess Saturday Rope Tying and Halter Making Demonstration P. E.

Crabtree Music Quartet Home Reading for Mrs. E. Hoyt The Balanced Farm. P. E.

Crabtree What I Learned at Manhattan, Corn Contest Winners: Charles Roop, Foster Van Dyke, Ray Van Dyke, Albert Rumbarger, Carl Hern, Samuel and Cyrus Lenhert, Harry Van Dyke, Herbert Ehrsam Canning and Addie Root The Helpfulness of Social Life in the Country. Dr. F. S. Blayney Card of Thanks.

To all the kind friends and neighbors who assisted us during the illness and after the death of our father and brother, William Campbell, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks. Also for the many beautiful floral Mr. and Mrs. F. A.

Phillips and family, Mr. and Mrs, S. W. Campbell and family, Mr. and Mrs.

L. B. Campbell and family. oLD SETTLER GONE. Ray Reeves' Mother Died Early Monday.

Mrs. Amine Reeves aged 77, years died very suddenly at the home eight mles south of here Monday morning. She leaves one son and one daughter. The deceased had lived in this community forty-five years. Mr.

Reeves, husband of the departed, died three years ago. MRS. SUSAN BRICKER. The Deceased Came From Pennsylvania to Kansas. Susan Line was born at Mechanicsburg, July 8, 1842, and died at Abilene, Kansas, Friday morning at 12:10 a.

aged 72 years, 6 months and 7 days. The deceased was married November 18, 1858 to Samuel Bricker at Harrisburg, Pa. They removed to Kansas in March of 1880 where they have since resided. Thirteen children were born to this union, of whom seven are living, as follows: Harry, of Abilene, Mrs. Ida Ward of Marshalltown, Iowa; John of Cherryvale, Samuel of Abilene, Mrs.

Kate Shaw of Chanute, Robert of Russel and Mrs. Ed Gardner of Gypsum, Kas. All of the children were present at the funeral service, several coming from a distance to pay this last tribute of respect to the mother who was so sorely afflicted for so many years. In Pennsylvania Mrs. Bricker was a member of the Presbyterian church but the family came to be friends with Rev Haitheox and she united with the Lutheran church under his pastorate.

In the earlier days in Pennsylvania she was superintendent of a Sunday School of the Presbyterian church. For thirty-five years she has suffered and sought help in vain. For twenty-five years she has not walked and for the last fourteen years she has kept her bed. Many times she has lapsed into unconsciousness and friends thought the end was at hand but she would rally and recover. In this last illness she was sick only a week and on Monday the 11th she felt much relieved and thought she would soon be well but a heavy cold settled on her lungs and she grew weaker until the end came.

Her patience under affliction, her kindly interest in all good works and her solicitude for a sick neighbor, endeared her to all who came to know her. She found consolation in the word of God, always asked the prayers of her pastor and Christian friends and was looking forward to the Holy Communion which she had planned to receive on the day of her death. She hath done what she could. She looks forward to the better day when the lame shall leap as a hart, and when she could rest safe in the arms of Jesus Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church Sunday afternoon at 2:30.

She was buried in the Abilene cemetery. HOWE ON COMMITTEES Ablene Senator Draws AssignmentsHis New Bill. Senator J. W. Howe, who was one of the administration leaders two years ago, is one of the leaders with his Democratic colleagues again this year.

He was secretary of the Democratic caucus and temporary secretary of of the senate when it was organized. In the committee assignments he drew some of the big ones. He is chairman of the committee on charitable institutions, the ranking member on the ways and means committee, a member of the committee on cities of the third class, educational institutions, elections, fees, salaries and mileage, mines and mining, printing and supervision of the journal, The resolution providing for the creating of a legislative assembly instead of the house and senate, was introduced by Senator J. W. Howe the early part of the session.

The bill is in keeping with the recommendation made by Governor Hodges two years ago and it would make sweeping changes in the methods of enacting our laws. It provides for an assembly of sixteen members in place of the house and senate. These assemblymen would be elected by the people from the congressional districts. The bill is creating much comment and will be thoroughly discussed in the senate. A CHANCE TO FAVOR Abilene Working Men Are Idle That You Might Possibly Help.

Many Abilene people could perform appreciable charitable acts at this time of the year that would carry 8 certain class of working men through the winter in good shape, without any financial sacrifices to Painters, plasterers, paper hangers, carpenters and other job workers are laying idle these days and for many of them conditions are serious. When spring opens up, all these men will have all the work they can dosome even more than they can handle. Everybody who has work of this kind invariably waits until spring to have it done. Now why wouldn't it be practically as convenient to have the work done now? You could in all probability get better results at this time, because your workmen would not be rushed and could do justice to the job. The arrangements would be easy for you and it would help many job workers survive the winter without great financial embarrassment.

There has been occasions when good workmen had to call on the city for aid during the winter simply because the work was all held up until spring. Those who have repair work to be done think this question over and deeide whether you could not accommodate the working man by giving him the job now. FIGHTING THE Exams On At A. S. -Tough Week For The Students, This week is examination week at the Abilene high school.

The half term closes on Friday and examinations covering the first four and a half months are being given in all work. Incidentally you'll not see much of the high school students before Saturday they're all busy, CONSIDER ELECTION Commissioners May Call Bond Election Without Petitions. A committee composed of W. H. Broughton, H.

A. Andreson, W. M. Sterl, W. E.

Blye, H. L. Humphrey, Roy Baker and H. A. Poe called on city commissioners Monday morning for the purpose of securing the calling of the fair ground bond election.

It was the committee appointed by the Commercial Club for this work last week. The board has been under the impression that they did not possess the authority to call a bond election without first securing petition signers representing at least ten per cent of the people of the town. The committee, with the aid of an attorney, investigated the matter and found that it was possible for the city board to call a bond election without petitions, were they reasonably assured that the issue was important enough. The men from the club at first begged the commissioners to issue a notification of the election right away but they answered in the negative. They desired to further consider the matter and promised to give a final decision next Monday.

If the commission board decide not to call the election it will be up to the Commercial Club to secure enough petition signers to authorize them doing so. If the board calls the election of their own accord they will save considerable trouble and expense to the club. It would seem reasonable for them to do this as there is no doubt that the issue is important enough to permit the call. If the election is held it is desired to hold it at the same time the spring. city election oceurs.

M'GRAW AND MACK. Gossip from Winter Quarters of Baseball Forces. McGraw of the Giants arrayed a powerful pennant machine of 1905. In 1906 it crumpled around him and he needed six years to build another. 1911 the Giant leader.

finally started another winning legion under way for a three year run. Mack, too, had a pennant winner in 1905. In 1906 he also watched his machine buckle up and five years were needed to build a new and victorious battalion. There were strong signs this last, season that both the Giants and the Athletics were skidding again, ready for another dismemberment. The first were beaten in their pennant fightthe others were overthrown in their world championship stand.

So both Mack and McGraw are planning to infuse new blood into their casts for next April's start. Both will have the strongest sort of competition, as Boston alone can furnish two powerful machines, and there are two other rivals on the way again. The two veteran leaders have both shown they could meet defeat and rebuild, but six years is a long time to wait after one has subsisted for many seasons on the succulent diet of Fame. It will be more than interesting to see what the two Macs can do in their second start from the CULLINS NOT TO BLAME. Judge King Rules For Defendant in Damage Case The damage case of Strobel VS.

Cullins, Herington parties, was contested from 9 o'clock a. m. Tuesday until 2 o'clock in the afternoon before a decision was reached. Cullins, a contractor, built a cement wall for Strobel which a heavy rain caused to collapse. Strobel sued the contractor for damages.

Judge King ruled in favor of the defendant. The Herington attorneys, Bischoff and Green, handled the case. YOUNG WIFE TAKEN. Former Abilene Woman Dies In Montana. A telegram received Monday morning by relatives here tells of the death of Mrs.

Robt. McIntosh, formerly Miss Nelle Purvis, at the home at Kalispell, Montana. Her two sisters, Cora and Mae of this city were at the bedside when death, came. She was aged about thirty years. Pneumonia was the cause of death.

The body will be brought here for burial. Impure blood runs you downmakes you an easy victim for disease. For pure blood and sound digestionBurdock Blood Bitters. At all drag stores. Price $1.00..