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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
THE LATEST.

A ST. PAUL (Minn.) special says: The
skeletons of twenty-three persons and
about the same number of horses were dis
covered in the northern part of Dickey
County, Dakota, near the head of the
Moose River, by party of explorers few
days ago. Among the skeletons were four
brass cavalry buttons, spurs and other
effects of mounted men. 1t is supposed to
be the remains of some party travelling
with a cavalry escort, but there is no
record of any such missing expedition.
THE excess of value of exports over i'm
ports of merchandise for October, 1888, was
S15, ,0Sl, $50; for the twelve months ended
October 81, $122, ,410,944.
THE other day a fire broke out in the
Farwell block, the largest business building
in Chicago. The three lower floors were
occupied by Metzler Bros, notion dealers,
and the upper floors by Beak & Bucher,
furriers. The latter firm employed nearly
two hundred girls, all but about seventy
five of whom had gone home when the fire
was discovered. Those remaining in the
building became panic-stricken, and their
terror increased by discovering that
the main doorway leading to the
lower floors was locked and barred.
Two young women, Kitty Hilger and
Francis Fairweather, made their way to
the fire escape, but through terror at the
view of the flames bursting from the build
ing Immediately below, dropped to the
stone sidewalk and both were instantly
killed. The others were saved. Loss about
100000. While all the engines in the city
were at this fire, another fire broke out in
the Journal Office building, which was de-
stroyed, together with the printing house
of ]. B. Jeffrey. The Journal loss was
$4,000; fully insured. Jeffrey's loss, $50,
coo; insurance, $4,000.
THE Congressional Democratic caucus
held at Washington on the 1st, nominated
John G.. Carlisle for Speaker on the first
ballot. The Republican caucus nominated
ex-Speaker Kiefer.
O'DoNNELL, the slayer of Carey, was con-
victed of deliberate murder and sentenced
to be hanged.
PUBLIC debt statement for November:
Cash in Treasury, 1854, ,766, 6,513; debt, less
cash in the Treasury, S1,5O9, 7S5, ,O6O; de-
crease during November, S1,121, ,676; de-
crease since June so, 1888, 81, 800, ,146.
SINCE the Inauguration of the window
glass strike at Pittsburgh, Pa, over 100000
boxes of glass have been imported to that
city. Five years ago the annual foreign
importation was reduced from 1000, 600 to
SOC, 900 boxes, but the late strikes revived
the importations, and it is asserted it will
again reach !, ,000,0
CONGRESSMAN HASKELL, of Kansas, was
reported to be so seriously i'll at Washing
ton that none but most intimate friends
were permitted to see him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY.
An Express Train on the Southern Pacifit
Railway Wrecked and Robbed by
Party of Masked NIen-The Engineer T.
C.. Webster Killed.

0
C.. Webster Killed.
Ell PAsO TEX, Nov. 25.
At 80 p. m. yesterday, as the east-bound
mail train on the Southern Pacific Railway
from San Francisco neared Gage Station
Southern New Mexico, it was thrown from
the track owing to the rails having beer
displaced. At the same moment a body OF
five men commenced firing into the trair
without even demanding of the engineer
conductor or express agent that they should
hold uptheir hands. Engineer 7. C.. Webster
was instantly killed by the shots and A. n
Swan, the mail agent, barely saved himselI
by retreating to the rear of the mail car.
The passengers were all either unarmed OF
perfectly demoralized, and made no at.
tempt to return the fire. Three shots were
fired through the mail car, which was en-
tered, but the mail was not touched. From
the express car the robbers took 1890, and
from the conductor, G.. Vail, thev took
gold watch and $3.50, and from A Gaskell.
of the United States Publishing house, in
Chicago, they took ffty-five dollars. All
of the robbers were masked except one, and
after having robbed the train they went off
toward the road to Old Mexico the road
leading toward Ascension, in that republic.
Gage Station is desOlate, wayside station,
about fourteen miles west of Deming, but
two and half miles south of it is situated
the large mining Camp of Victoria. The
distance from Gage to the Mexican frontier
is forty miles. Although officers started
out from Deming Immediately on receipt of
the news, it is believed that the robbers
have made good their escape into Old
Mexico.
The railroad officials have telegraphed
from San Francisco offering $1,000 reward
for the capture of each or either of the
robbers and $4,000 for the whole party.
A large posse has taken their trail. Engi.
neer Webster leaves a wife and family.
The reward offered for the arrest of the
robbers is equally divided between the
Central Pacific Railroad Company and
Wells-Fargo Express Company.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
An UnpIovoked Murder.

NEW YORK, Nov. "A.
Owen F. Plunkett, a cigar make, em'
ployed in his brothers. factory, at No. q
Bowery, was shot dead to-day by disso
Lutte fellow named John Scullen. Scullen
worked at the bench near the murdered
man on the top floor of the building. Be
tween the two was another workman.
Without any known cause Scullen drew
revolver and fired at the other workman.
The ball missed its mark, when Scullen
recocked the weapon and fired at Plunkett.
who fell dead. ScuIlen was arrested. The
murderer is aged fifty-eight and half-wit
ted. He isa widower. The murdered man
was foreman in the factory. Scullen says
he bought the revolver to shoot himself.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
A Car Containing Sixty-five Persons Hurled
Over an Embankment-An of them In
jured, but None KiIled-Fears that Some
May Die, However.
WORCESTER, MASS, Nov. 2S.

May Die, However.
WORCESTER, MASS, Nov. %.
The rear car of crowded passenger
train on the Boston, Barre and Gardner
Railroad was thrown from the track just as
the train was drawing away from North
Worcester Station, at 2:15 this afternoon,
and hurled with terrific force down a steep
embankment, fully twenty-five feet high.
They were sixty-five passengers in the car,
and not one of them escaped injury. The
car turned wholly over once and then half
over again in its descent, aud finally rested
ON its side at an angle of forty-five degrees.
It was badly broken up in the fall. The
seats were all wrenched from their places
and thrown in a heap, and the passengers
were mixed up with the broken iron and
timber in almost ineXtricable confusion.
The woodwork of the car caught fire from
the stove i'll the forward part, and the bor-
ror of being burned to death confronted the
wounded passengers. But assistance was
prompt, and the flames were speedily eX-
tinguished.
Some few of the passengers extricated
themselves from the wreck, and with the
occupants of the other two cars, which re-
manned on the track, set to work
and helped their suffering companions.
The anguished cries of bruised and bleed
ing men, women and children made the
scene terrible one. Tenderly and care
fully the injured ones were taken out and
laid on the grass by the side of the track.
Twas found that by a miracle none were
killed, but several were apparently dying.
Physicians were summoned from WOrces-
cester, and Doctors Bates. Marble, Davis,
r. Woodward, jacques, Wood, Swart ward,
Adams and Warren were soon on the spot.
From then IL dark all worked unremit-
tingly in care for the wounded. Some
were removed to neigh oring houses, and
others were brought to Worcester in hacks
and the police ambulances. The most Seri-
Ously injured were taken to the City Hos
pital. OF the sixty-fye persons in the car
all.were more or less bruised; thirty were
seriously injured and six were so badly
hurt that they are not expected to live.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
GENERA AL.

THE Dutch bark Juedith was lost off the
coast of Norway recently. There were fif-
teen persons on board. The Captain was
the onlyy survivor.
A ROYAL decree has been issued pardon
ing all of the fugitive corporals of the
Spanish army implicated in the recent
military revolt at Badajos. Upon their
presenting themselves within two months
to the Spanish Consuls abroad they will be
allowed to retain their ranks.
THREE young ladies attached to the court
have been arrested at 81. Petersburg,
charged with being connected with the
Nihilist conspiracy.
A RUMoE prevailed in Paris that the
French forces at Tonquin had been defeated
by the Chinese, and the people of the
French Capital were intensely excited.
AFTER six months idleness, the cigar
operatives strike at Montreal has ended.
OF the six hundred gems d'armes who
left Cairo Egypt for Suakim the other
day, to fight the False Prophet, twenty-six
deserted on the railroad journey to Suez.
THE French decree abolishing the prohi-
bition of the importation of American pork
states that if the pork is carefully salted
there is no danger of trichinoisis. The
municipal authorities will seize any bacon
imperfectly salted.
EIGHT blocks of stone were recently
placed upon the railway track near VOL
verhampton, (Eng) it was surmised for
the purpose of wrecking the train in which
Gladstone was expected to travel.
WITHIN two weeks over thirty persons
were arrested in ireland charged with a
conspiracy to blow up the residence Of
County Mayo landlord and with belonging
to the Fenian Brotherhood.
THE Lower House of the Hungarian Diet
has passed a bill permitting civil marriage
between Jew and Christian, and legalizing
civil marriages contracted broad.
THE business failures for the seven DAYS
ended November 30, in the United States
and Canada were 234, against 247 the pre-
yiouS week.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansa. Railroad Bonds.

The following table shows the amount OF
aid issued in bonds and cash by the various
counties of the State to railroad companies
in Kansas, as shown by the records IN the
Auditors Office, and will appear in the re-
port of the Railroad Commissioners:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE
COMPANIES:
-D;sraeli asserts that the WORD

-Disraeli asserts that the word
'.fudge" comes from the name of one
Captain Fudge, commander Of mer-
chantman, the Black Eagle, OF the
time of Charles H., who, upon MS re-
turn from a voyage. how in-frauSht
soever his ship was, always brought
home good crop of lies, so much that
long after aboard ship the sailors, when
they heard a great lie told, would cry
out: ''You fudge it. y
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
A WEEKS NEWS.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE friends of General Fremont, in
Washington, are said to be considering the
propriety of doing something to place him
above the necessity in his old age of toiling
for his daily bread. Precisely what they
will be able to do does not yet appear, but
an attempt will probably be made to re-
instate him in the army as Major General
and put him on the retired list.
A FEW weeks since the Commissioner of
Pensions suggested to Secretary Teller to
formulate rules 20 prevent any but reputa-
BILE members of the legal profession prac-
ticing before the Interior Department as
claim agents. The Secretary recently re-
piled declining to take any action in the
direction proposed for the reason that he
considers the present rules of the depart
ment sufficiently explicit concerning the
exclusion of "disreputable" persons, and
the law does not compel claim agent to
be practicing attorney.
BIGELow, President Of the National Col
lege of Pharmacy, at q Washington, and
thirty-eight students left the institution
recently, in consequence of the admission
of a colored man.
In late case reported to the General
Land Office from Washington Territory
where squatter was charged with tres
pass for cutting timber from claim he had
taken, Secretary Teller decided that ''the
accused, although a squatter, is rightfully
on the land if he intends to make his home
on it and take it under the settlement laws
when the land is surveyed, and he is allowed
to do so. Whether he is or is not tres
passer does not depend on how many trees
he cuts, but on the bona ide character of
the settlement. If be has taken land in
good faith, he is owner thereof to all prac-
tical purposes, although the title may re-
main in the Government"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06

Of Leadville, were made i'll by eating food
which had been poisoned, and placed OF
the supper table. Mrs. Jacobs, Miss Stoll
and Mrs. Nathan were not out of danger
The others were improving. The servants
were under suspicion.
! JUDGE GEORGE DENNY, who assisted in
the prosecution of Congressman Phil.
Thompson, of Kentucky, recently shot and
killed James H. Anderson, at Lancaster,
KY.
A RECENT fire burned the better portion
of the town of Ocala, Fla, including new
brick hotel, the office of the Bdnnef Ind
several stores and residences. Loss over
| 100000; insurance, $4,000.
AFTER a quarrel Frank Williams, OF
Varney, Ark, blew his wife's brains out by
firing both barrels of a shot gun. He es.
| capped. A large crowd went in pursuit.
Mrs. MARY A. GREEN, a wealthy and
eccentric aged lady, living alone in Louis.
vile, KY, was burned to death the other
night. Her clothing was ignited by a candle,
it was supposed. When found she was
seated in chair, the room disclosing evi-
dences of a severe struggle against her ter
rible fate.
REV. HENRY CLAY DAVID, who lived nine
miles north of Columbus, Ga, recently
committed suicide by cutting his throat.
He lef. his home in the morning for walk
in the woods, and being absent longer than
usual, search was made. The cause of the
act was attributed to temporary fits of in
sanity. His mother put an end to her life
by jumping into a well when he was child.
AT Baltimore, Nd, the other morning,
Laura Riall, wife of John r. Rail, killed
her two girls, aged two and five years, and
cut her own throat. She killed the chill
dren by opening the arteries in their arms
and letting them bleed to death.
THE other day, John B. Lowell, James
Houston, Joseph Sapp and Percy Shafer,
prominent citizens of Baltimore, Nd,
started down the river on a cunning expe-
dition. When about seven miles from the
city, a flock of ducks crossed the stern of
the boat, when Shafer, who was in the
bow, rose and fired. At the same time
Houston, who was amidship, also arose,
and the contents of Shafer's gun struck
him in the head, carrying off the whole
of the crown and causing death in
stantly. Houston was forty years of age
and leaves a family. Houston and Shafer
were brothers-in-law.
EDWARD D. EAsToN, once cashier of the
Texas Pacific Railroad Office at Dallas,
Tex, and for the past several months en-
ployed by the same company at Sherman,
recently disappeared, defaulter for $12,-
600. 1t is said he had no bondsmen, but
the Canadian Insurance Company stood
for his honesty.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06

Never fail to say kind and encour-
aging word to those you Eleet IN dis
treSS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
THE SOUTH.

THE labor organizations of New Orleans
recently had their annual street parade.
Ten thousand men were in line. The pro-
cession made a fine show of able-bodied
men, and was conducted with entire good
order and decorum, white and black men
in many instances marching together in
the same organization.
THE Louisville (Ky.) Board of Trade re-
Gently resolved not to send a delegate to
the convention in Washington to consider
the matter of a national bankrupt law, but
to memorable Congress on the subject.
Four stores burned at Hillsboro, Tex,
recently. Loss, $4,000.
A RECENT fire in Baltimore destroyed
several warehouses containing about fifteen
hundred bales of cotton, seventy-iv hogs
heads of tobacco and three hundred sacks
of coffee.
AT Louisville. KY, recently, L. Jacobs,
wife and two children, Miss Amelia SAM
uels, Miss Teresa Stoll, l,snd Mrs. Ed. Nathan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06

L New Hampshire Family Murdered and
Chopped to Pieces and Their Dwelling
Fired to Hide the Crime-The Butcher
Arrested-PrOspect of n Lynehing in the
Granite State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-02
City Hall.

The committee on public buildings are do
ing capital work at City Hall. The renov&-
ton is in excellent taste and the Aldermen's
room with its new carpet, fresh paint in aes-
thetic designs and colors, new handsome clock,
and other improvements, is credit to the
city. There are two suggestions in regard o
City Hall that many citizens who patronize
entertainments at the hall wish to make. Ono
is that the stage be cut down. AS it is now
more than half Of the best seats are among the
poorest on account Of the strain on the neck
owing to the hight OF the stage. The other
is that the settees be remembered and only
five people be placed on settee. With six,
as at present, ticket holder does not get the
seat he pays for. The settees canntt hold six
ordinary sized people Whom more than usual
size one ticket holder is deprived OF The seat he
pays for or crowds the others so that the
pressure Is unbearable
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-02
Personal.


Mr. John M. Eden has arrived home from
San Domingo, where he has been serving as
chief engineer upon the largest sugar estate
upon the island Mr.. Eden has been absent
some two years.
Mr. Edward P. Haines. the veteran jeweller,
IN Market Square, was buried yesterday. He
joined Maine Lodge OF Odd Fellows in 1913,
and was a member Of the Masonic relief. He
was also > member Of the Maine Charitable
Mechanic Association. Delegations from the
above societies attended his funeral, and all
the jewellers closed their stores.
Mr.. Lincoln w. Foster, who has been at the
Maine General Hospital for some time past, re-
covering from the effects Of being run over by
two trucks Of freight car, In the yard Of the
Boston & Maine railroad, in this city, Is out
and has arrived at his home at the Cape, This
is an unusual case, to have two trucks Of q
heavy freight car pass over mans legs and
not take them off
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-02
The Accident at stratford.

Upon investigation after the morning reports
it was found that the bridge was not broken, as
reported, but that the accident was caused by
a car which had been loft on the side track and
which the wind, as is supposed, had moved SO
nsar tho main line as to cause a collision with
No. y freight on It's approach, throwing the
train from the track, and 80 near the river as
to preeipitate the engine and thirteen cars over
the embankment and into the stream on either
side of the bridge, but not iniurlng ii SO much
but that the trains were able to cross again in
few hours The bodies Of Kayanagh and Fow-
Ter have been removed to Island Pond, and
hearing Is being held at the place OF the acct
dent, the purport and result Of which is not
now known.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-02
Brier lettings.


Warm, beautiful day yesterday. Mercury
SOC at s a. M, TAG at noon, TOP At sunset; wind
west.
It is reported the taxes viii 10 brought down
to two per cent. for the ensuing year.
The southern nackerel trip thus far is a
failure for the fishermen.
The Eastern railroad has reduced its help at
the repair shop. Turner'S Island, By diseharg-
ing elk or eight hands.
Owing to the continued illness OF Dir. Blan-
chard, the memorial sermon before BosTorth
Post, arranged for tomorrow evening, at the
First Uniyersalist church, has been ind fl.
nitely postponed.
The largest cargo OF mclasses ever brought
to this port arrived yesterday by barkentine
John Beazley, consigned to George S. Hunt &
Co. 1t comprised 1880 bhds. and 100 tierces.
The exhibition OF American engraved por-
traits, at the Society of Art rooms, will re-
main open through today from to P. m,
and members can obtain tickets for them
selves and friends at W. S. Lowell's, No. 513
Congress street.
At Lang & Sargent's, yesterday. could lie
seen fish from Lake Erie, Of the pike spe-
cies, called the muscalonge, four feet long,
and weighing thirty-fye r. nds.
Rev. J. NJ. Williams will conclude his re-
marks upon the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow even
ing in Pine Street Church.
The regular monthly business meeting of
the Diet Mission will be held at the fraternity
Rooms, No. Free street block, this afternoon
at o'clock. AS this is the last meeting for
the year full attendance is earnestly solio-
ited
The Saccarappa Reform Club will hold
meetings tomorrow at their hall at 1870 q. m,
and .. 80 p. m.
The Reform Club will hold gospel temper
ance meeting tomorrow evening at their hall,
corner Of Temple and Congress streets, COM
menciDg at 7.30 O'Clock. All are invited to
attend,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-02

Sunday, tomorrow, will he observed as
Chlldren's Sunday.
As Mr.. Button OF Gorham with his team at
tempted to pass Mr., A. c. Hanson's carriage,
at Cumberland Mills. Mr.. HIS carriage was
strnck in such manner as to completely de-
malish 1t. Mrs. Hanson narrowly escaped be-
ing trampled to death by the horses. Mrs. II.
escaped with slight scratches. Mr.. Button or
dered the buggy rebuilt
At a special town meeting held last week
1t was voted TO authorize the selectmen to
purchase the Kicker house and lot adjoining
schoo-house lot, on Nam street, for an adioin-
ing school-house lot, at sum not exceeding
$1,000; also to sell the buildings, &C., now on
the lot for such price as they deemed satisfac
tory. To authorize selectmen and treasurer to
raise $500 by loan for above purpose. Also 10
accept and extend certain streets; to
build sewer on Mechanic street, and raise
the money by loan; and TO expend 5000 to
grade and fence the scboo-house lot on Bridge
street, aud lay out a street there.
The Cumberland Conference Of Congrega
tional churches will meet June 18th with
Warren Church, Cumberland Mills. Sermon
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-02
SHOT BY MISTAKE.
The Misfortune Of Being paldheaded.

A very singular accident occurred at Long
Creek, Cape Elizabeth, Tuesday night, which
may result in the loss Of an eye to tho victim.
freeman Crockett is single man, aged As
years, who resides with his fathers family near
Long Creek. A Leighbor was going along the
road near his house about l1.S0 P. m. when he
Saw white object lying close by the roadside
and at the same time heard what sounded like
low growing. Frightened to death, the
neighbor, whose name is given as Alpheus
PhinneY, rushed to Mr.. Rnndlett's house, close
at hand, and induced young Fred Rundlett,
who he awoke out Of sound sleep. TO take his
double-barrel shot gun and go out with him to
the spot. Upon approach the young man called
out, 'saian, devil or bear answer, or / fiIe.p
As no response was made to the defiant appeal
young Rund lett fired, when, to his and Phin-
ney's horror, the cries of man showed they
had shot their neighbor, Freeman Crockett
and the supposed bear growls were nothing but
face-if any bears have white faces-was the
glistening bald head Of Crockett. Luckily
Crockett had on a very thick oveTcoat and
bran new suit OF clothes under his left arm.
These clothes received the most OF the shot,
while few entered his body The physicians
consider Crockett seriously bat not dangerous
" wounded, although he may lose the sight Of
one eye. Crockett is in the employ Of d. W.
CLARK & Co. Mr.. Crockett was ON his way
home from the city at the time ne was shet,
and lay down to rest.