The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


day, killed Frank Covey at Baxter Springs,
was captured the following night few
miles from that city, on Spring River. The
posse took the prisoner back to Baxter, and
for time excitement ran high, as II was
feared he would be lynched.
Two warrants have recently been issued
by the Governor for parties wanted IN
other states; one upon requsition from
the Governor OF Illinois for Richard S. and
Joseph Z. AldrIch, who are wanted III
Madison County, H., on a charge OF lar
ceny and receiving money under false pre-
lenses, and one from the Governor of In
diana for James E. Elliott, whose presence
is needed in Vigo County, that State, to
answer to the charge of seduction
In reply to inquiries of the Assistant
Freight Agent of the Union Pacific Railroad
as to whether the law provides that railroad
companies must give notice of changes III
rates in such manner as the Commissioners
may determine, and if required to give the
sixty days notice before changing any
special rates, as special rates are often
necessity, and without them great deal OF
freight can not be moved; and, too, these
| special rates, even between the same points
have to frequently be changed when the
| circumstances change" the Commissioners
replied the law provides that neither said
Board of Railroad Commissioners nor any
railroad company shall raise the charge fol
| the transportation of freight on any rail-
road without first giving sixty days pubic
notice of such change in such manner as
| the Commissioners may determine. The
| word charge is used in generic sense and
embraces all rates, both general and special.
| and any other charge for a transportation
service not embraced in any given rate.
! We are therefore of the opinion that
| special rate cannot be withdrawn and
| higher rate substituted without giving the
required Eotice," and notice should be given
| by posting copy of the rates or charges
which it is proposed to substitute in con
! spicuous place in that part of the station
house of the company accessible TO the pub
| lie, together with notification stating tie
| time when such rates will go into effect" a
| supplemental letter was sent to the agent
| to the effect that 1.-The rate requiring sixty
| days notice would not be required in case
! of a special given for special Shipment
| or for the transportation of any one cargo
whether shipped at one or at different times,
Oe in cases where a special is given for
| limited time which is specified"
LEONARD FURBECK, ''fine-looking old
gentleman, fOrty-five years of age, and
| known about town as the Old Judge" was
| lately arrested at Topeka for forgery, the
amount aggregating $1,000. He forged the
name of ID. |. Furbeck. well-known rail-
road conductor, to whom it was thought he
was near relative.
| JOHN WARD, well-known character
| about Atchson, and said to be one hundred
| years old was found frozen to death IN
ravine in that city the other day. He had
| apparently wandered away from home and
fallen into the ravine, from which he was
unable to eXtricate himself. He had lived
in Atchson about thirty years.
ARCHIE CURRIGAN, the young cashier OF
George FOwler's packing establishment,
who embeZzled several thousand dollars OF
his employers money, recently entered
| plea of guilty and was sentenced at Nyan-
dOtte to eighteen months in the Peniten-
| tiary. His extreme youth saved him from
| a heavier sentence.
Hon. S. j. CRAWFORD, State Agent of
Kansas at Washington, is preparing a
report of his work in behalf of the
| State from the time of his ap
pointment in 1877, to the present
time. Under the four classes of claims
| which Governor Crawford was originally
employed to prosecute, lie has secured to
! the State of lands, 276.71S.11 acres. and OF
money, $7S9, ,O22.60. distributed as follows:
Patented and to be patented to the State,
| 2T6. 1882 acres; five per cent. fund paid
and to be paid to the State, S40S, 1923; mill
tary fund paid and allowed, 1859, 739. IS {;
| direct tax fifteen per cent paid to the State,
| S1O.7615O. The lands mentioned above are
exclusive of the 90O,O0 acres of Santa Fe
reserved indemnity lands which Governor
| Crawford secured to the State in pursuance
of his commission under the law OF 1885,!
empowering him to investigate and report
! upon the various railroad grants.
THE Haynesville Town Company, OF
Haynesville, Prat: County, is the title of a
corporation which filed its charter recently.
! The capita! stock is one hundred thousand
dollars, and the incOrporators are Jacob
| Haynes, William YeO, Joseph c. Bean, +.
! NJ. Barngrover, n. Humphreys. Phillip
Haines and E. S. Bixby.
! TOPEKA Capital: Bound files of the New
| York Tribune from the year 1853 to 1863
seventeen years-have been received at the
! State Historical rooms, Mr.. Adams having
! purchased them from n secondhand book
! dealer in the East These volumes cover
| the years of Kansas early history, and the
| Tribune recorded more of the Territorial
| history than any other journal. The His
| torical Society now has the files of the Trt
b,unc complete from 1876 to 1860, and lack
about eight years between 1916 and the
present time. This is a valuable addition
| to the States library, and contains interest
ing historical facts.
! A STRANGER lately stopped at hotel il!
| EmpOria who was reported to be crazy. lie
had papers which indicated that he formerly
! lived near Bloomington. Ill, and that he
owns valuable farm there. He talked on
religious matters, preached prayed for his
wife. cursed his mother-in-aw, and other
wise acted so as to make people believe he
was demented.
| THE charter of the East and West Wich-
| ita Horse Car Company was flied recently
i'm the Office of the Secretary of State. The
| directors are J. w. HartZell, NJ. r Diver,
Frank Williams, A. c. Brokaw. II. l.. Jack
son. James j. Robinson, p. E. Lawrence,
all of Wichita. The capital stock of the
company is placed at S25, 900. divided into
$50 shares of 500 each. The estimated
length of the railway to be built will be five
| miles.
AMAN who gave his name as Tom King
was recently found near the stock yards, in
Wyandotte County, with long CASH in his
head which he said had been given him by
a highwayman, who after striking him had
taken his pocketbook containing small
sum of money.
THE statement of the AtchisOn, Topeka
& Santa Fe Company for the year ended
June 3Oth, 1884, shows the net earnings &c
be S7,221 ,257.
Coon weather to keep cool.
Two young men left Wichita for New
| Orleans the other day in a small flat-bOat
Their course was 10 be down the Arkansas
to the Mississippi. They had guns, lines,
cigars stove and fuel, and everything tC
! ,,,nI-s, tll.. vnra.rs. as nleaSant as I.nSSille