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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Charlie McCOm2s.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Inforlna:ion ha:
been received at the headquarters Of ths
army from the United States Consul Genera
at MatamOras concerning the Apaches il
northern Mexico. which tends to strengthen
the belief that little Charley McCOmas was
killed by his captors. From talks wifi
Apache sIuaws at chihuahua, recently cap
tured by Mexicans, there can be but little
doubt of it. Ju, it is said, is still alive, and
with about twenty bucks is not over one
hundred miles north of Chihuahua. 1t is re
ported in that country that if General Crook
had supplies enough in his Mexican cam
paign to have remained in the mountains Z
fortnight longer, Jul and every Apache in
those mountains would haze come in. Gen
eral Crook was compelled to move too sOon
on account of the large number of squaws
and children.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE special committee investigating Ely.
Speaker Keifer'S charges against General
Boynton, found that the charges were not
sustained.
GENERAL GRANT visited the House of
Representatives ol the 2nd and recess of
fifteen minutes was taken in his honor. He
held an informal reception during the
recess.
THE President has made a proclamation
restoring to the public domain all the
Turtle Mountain Indian reservation in Da-
kota, with the exception of the townships
162 and 16S north, range II west, which
are reserved for the benefit of the Indians.
j. E. BIGLow, of Washington, and G. N.
Chandler, of Harris City, Butler County,
Pa. have been disbarred from practice be-
fore the Interior Department as pension
agents.
JUDGE FIELD writes from Washington to
q friend in San Francisco that he is not
and does not wish to be considered a Pres
idential candidate.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Cincinnati-All Quiet.

CINCINNATI, April 4.-Matters continue
quiet everywhere in the city. A portion OF
the barbados on Sycamore street near the
Jail remain as rallying points in case of any
further attacks. The lower part of the court
house is soon to be protected by boards to
keen out the crowds The militia are on
duty, The Seventeenth regiment patrol the
sidewalks all around the court house and
Jail and keep everybody from approaching
nearer than the curbStOne Though almost
every building in the vicinity is marked
by bullet holes, which occasionally
would draw crowds, the sightseerS are
comparatively few. No change in
the situation about the court house
and jail, except that the crowd OF sight
seers became greater during the after
noon, and a much more friendly feeling Is
manifested toward the military guard still
surrounding those buildings. Soldiers have
been very careful not TO venture upon the
streets in uniform, and in some quarters
their preseuce would be likely to cause bad
feelings. But the great mass of citizens
condemn hostility to the militia aS class
because of theIniStakeS made by few. The
death of Leo VCgelsang at Columbus makes
fifty dead from tie riot Further details aScer-
tanned about the death of Captain Desmond
tend to show that there was no deliberate
murder in the case, but that he met his
death from shot fired at the troops with
out being aimed directly at any one. 1t was
dark where hiG troops were at the time,
and his death WAS not known for some time
to his command. Alfred Hopkins. another
victim of THE riots, died last night. This
brings the death list up to fifty-One. He
was an old captain and pilot on the river,
aged fifty-threN
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

whi.e Treasurer of st. Clair County, H.,
from which place he disappeared some
time ago, leaving his wife. IL is said he
has also a wife in Houston, having married
there siuee he left Illinois.
GENERAL ]. B. GORDON, formerly United
States Senator from Georgia, states en-
phatically that Samuel ]. Tilden will not
be a candidate for the Presidency under
any circumstances.
LYNCH O'CoNNoR, one of the policemen
implicated in the murder of James Camp
bell in Fields bar room, Lexington, KY,
a few weeks ago, was dangerously and
perhaps fatally stabbed recently by his
mistress, Kate Graves. The girl was jeal-
GUS of him. t
The City of Lexington the other evening
rendered reception and banquet to the
members of the Kentucky Legislature.
The steamer Rebecca Everingham took
fire on the Chattahoochie River, forty
miles below Columbus, Ga, early in the
morning of the Sd. The vessel was loaded
with cotton and burned with amazing rap
idity. Seven or eight persons were burned
to death. Many of those who escaped
were in their night clothes. The fire was
caused by a spark from the electric lamp.
FIVE prisoners escaped from the jail at
Lexington, Ga, by knocking the jailer
down when he was giving them their
breakfast.
PERRY CARILL, convicted of the murder
of A. Bracknell at Bryan, Tex, has been
sentenced to be'hanged May 9th.
THE body of woman was found floating
in the river at Memphis recently. The re-
mains were entirely nude except a red
handkerchief bound around her head and
were in a very advanced state of decompo.
sition. A small rope was tied around he1
waist, indicating foul play, as weight
may have possibly been attached to the
rope.
TIE body found in the woods near At
lanta, Ca, the other day, turned out to be
the remains of DR.. Hugh Folland, of Cliff
ton, S. c. He was hard drinker, and il
was supposed he had shot himself.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
THE EAST.

TIE Grand Jury at Philadelphia found a
true bill against Major A. 81. Nickerson,
charging him with perjury. This is the
outcome of the divorce suit in which the
Major figured year ago when he secured
q divorce from his wife
The keystone newspaper Office burned
recently at Connellsville, Pa. Loss,
$1,000; insurance, $500.
WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN, aged twenty
eight, was shot and killed in West Phila-
delphia day or two ago.
SEVEN Austro-Polanders, looking for
work, were struck by backing engine at
Scranton, Pa, recently. Five were killed,
one lost his arm and one was unhurt. Dis
membered heads and limbs were scattered
over the road for many rods arosnd.
TIE New York Daily Commercial Bulle-
TIA OF April 4, gives the details Of fires in
March, showing an aggregate of $,250, 900
destroyed during the month. OF this
amount SS,025,OO0 was burned up IN ten
fires. The january, February and March
fire record shows ST, $50, 900, being $780,
40 more than in the first three months of
1883, and at the rate of S109, 600 900 for the
year.
THE New Hampshire Greenback State
Convention will be held at Manchester Sep
ten.ter /.
TIE suit brought at Boston by Mrs. Bar.
Jmore to restrain Modjeska FROM per-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
THE SOUTH.

FRANK ELLIOTT, colored, committed an
assault on young woman in York County,
N. c., recently, and in the evening he was
hung by mob.
A FIRE at Sherman, Tex, the other morn
ing destroyed six frame dwellings and
damaged the Methodist and Cumberland
Presbyterian Churches.
TIE United States officers at Key West,
Fla, know nothing of any flibustering ex-
petition against Cuba and say none could
be fitted ont secretly.
EDWIN McCULLoCH, colored. was lynched
recently at Dallas, N. c.. for the murder of
his employer, Thomas Wilson.
A CUBAN alibustering expedition left
Key West, Fla, recently, and United
States cruisers went in pursuit.
G. WINNERS, of Houston, Tex, has been
arrested, charged with smbexxlias $4,000
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
THE LATEST.

A DIFFICULTY the other night at Vicks-
burg, Miss, between David Martin, a
Waterman, and Walter Owens, colored
constable, resulted in the killing of the
former and wounding of the latter.
"JEM" WARD, an old pugilist, died re-
Gently in the Licensed Victualers' Asylum,
London.
The murder of Mrs. Swears at Story
Creek, Warren County, n. Y, is still a
mystery. Miles Murray, son-in-law of the
murdered woman, has been released. Mrs.
Swears was not known to have an enemy.
In the Senate, on the 5th, the House bill
making it a felony for any person tc
fraudulently represent himself as an officer
of the United States was passed. The
Education bill was further discussed, with
an understanding that a vote would be
reached at the next meeting. The Speaker
laid before the House a communication
from the Attorney General directed to N.
Randall, submitting the estimated defcien-
ces in approp riations as follows: Fees Of
United States Attorney, $4,000; clerks of
United States courts, $4,000; jurors, $780,
900; witnesses, 1000; miscellaneous ex.
penses, $4,000, and fees of marshals,
S55, 00J.
ABOUT sixteen colored tie leaders were
injured and one was killed on the Kansas
City, Memphis and Springfield Railroad,
near Spring City. recently.
W. H. TEMPS, stone mason, late of
Baltimore, was killed at New Albany,
Ind, by drunken roughs who struck him
with brass knuckles.
THE west-bound Texas Pacific passenger
was derailed four miles west of Baird,
Tex, on the 9TH. The baggage car and
three coaches ran down fourteen foot
embankment, making fearful wreck.
Twenty-Five persons were injured.
EMANUEL GEIBEL, the celebrated Ger
man poet, is dead; aged sixty-eight.
A TERRIBLE explosion ofpowder occurred
the other morning at William Buery &
Co.'s powder mill, Shamokin, Pa. The
report was heard within a radius of two
miles. The smoke and ashes shot up high
enough to be seen fifteen miles. Houses
within mile and half were shaken and
windows broken. William Yocum.
Superintendent, was burned beyond
recognition, but was still alive; the other
people escaped. Damage, $1,000.
The steamer Newcastle City sailed from
Halifax, N. s., for Boston, recently. Dur.
lug thick fog she struck a shoal and
knocked several holes in her bottom. The
captain attempted to return to Halifax,
but the water poured into the steamer sc
fast that it became necessary to beach her
in order to save the lives of the passengers.
The inquiry into the loss of the Jean
nette has been reopened at Washington.
A SPECIAL from st. Joseph, La, says the
Government relief is entirely inadequate.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Strikes.

CoNNELLsvILLE, PA, April 3.-The
stone cutters in the Fayette County quarries
struck yesterday for an increase of twenty
per cent. wages. They have notified theiI
fellow craftsmen TO accept no employment
in quarries until the dispute is settled.
SHARPsvIILE, Pa, April 3.-Iron
workers at Douglas furna.e, Price, Kelly &
Co.'S, at SpearInan Iron Co. and Mabel
furnace, ParkiDs d Co., have all struck he
cause of a reduction of ten to fifteen cents
on labOrers, iron carriers and filters.
The ironmakers are firm and allege that the
condition of the iron market forced reduc-
ton. The workers at Middlesex have &C
cepted the reduction.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
A Town IN Ashes

DASvILLE- ILL, April l.
TIE town of Perryville, Ind,
fourteen miles from here, was
swept by fire yesterday, almost
the entire business portion of the place
being destroyed. Word was received
here about two O'Clock that great con-
fiagration was raging, and asking that
the Danville fire-fghters be sent there
The request was complied with as
promptly as possible, but the FIRE had
gained such Roadway that the conflict
between flames and firemen was an un-
equal one. The following business firms
were burned out:
Hicks & Sons, dry goods.
Crompton Lowe, hardware.
American Express office.
VIM. Bensell, grocer.
S. S. & j. 5. Smith, general stor,.
Smith Brothers, grocers.
DIR. Spottswood's office.
Howard & Collins, boots and shoes.
J. S. Johnson's residence.
The loss is placed at $4,000; abou
twO-thirds insured.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Crop Prospects.
EFFISGHAN, ILL.,, Mi

EFFISGHAN. ILL.,, March 81.
The prospect for the wheat crop through
out this portion of the State is very fat
tering. Fears were entertained for some
time By farmers that the severity of the
winter had seriously damaged the wheat,
but the recent rains and pleasant weather
started it to growing, and at present the
outlook for an abundant harvest is much
more favorable than it was last spring.
The weather has been remarkably pleas
ant for week, and farmers are preparing
to sow oats and begin the general cam
palgn of spring work.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

forming the play called Nadjezda has been
settled by the defendants waving all
rights to produce the play
LYMAN & CURTIss, wholesale toy mer-
chants of New York, have assigned. Liza
bilities, $172, 900; actual assets, $95, 900.
REV. G. S. VAEDERwATER, of Brooklyn.
Judge J. B. Foraker, of Cincinnati, and f.
w. Halsey, of New York, have been nomi-
mated as Alumni Trustees of Cornell Uni
versity.
A SETTLEMENT of the estate of Jersey,
Whittier & Wyman, insolvent leather
dealers of Boston, has been effected. Isaiah
Virgins purchased the property, paying
therefor S3O6,S6S.
HENRY s. CHURCH, the defaulting City
Chamberlain of Troy, N. Y, now in
custody, has returned TO the authorities
$3.50 of the money stolen by him from
the Municipal Treasury. From whence the
money came is mystery, as when arrested
Church had only S34 in his possession. 1t
was reported that some person who profited
by Church's speculations returned the
amount, fearing exposure.
THEODORE A. PERRY, train robber, was
arrested in Boston and sent to Chicago.
THERE was talk at Mahoning, Pa, of
passing an ordinance prohibiting any Hum
garian from finding lodging there. A
dozen Hungarians, including woman,
took quarters near the East Franklin col
liery and were willing to,work at any price.
The miners notified the boss to give them
notice to leave the place. One evening re-
Gently, a lot of laborers and miners made a
raid on the place with shot guns and re-
volvers. The Hungarians quickly buckled
on their cooking utensils and ran down the
mountain side and disappeared.
MISS JOHNSON, aged sixteen, living near
Forrest Park, N. Y, was murdered by her
demented mother.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
A BURNING STEAMER,
rhe Rebecca Everingham Loaded with
Cotton Burns and Seven or Eight Persons

rhe Rebecca Everingham Loaded with
Perish.
COLUMBUS, GA, April 4.-The steamer
Rebecca Everingham, Captain George
Whiteside, burned yesterday morning to the
waters edge at Fitzgerald landing, Chatta-
hoochee River, forty miles below this city.
The fire originated in the stern of the steamer
aud, it is thought, from electric lamp sparks.
The passengers saved escaped in their
night clothes. The following is list of
the lost: Mrs. Aven, of Cuthbert, Ga; Miss
Simpson, of Fort Gains, Ga; Julia Ander
son, chambermaid; Richard Coleman, pam
Stephens and Randolph Singer, deck hands;
Bob Griffith, stevedore. Three hundred and
seven bales of cotton and small miscellan-
eOus freight were burned. The boat was
valued at S24, 200, and is a total loss; no in
surance There were sixteen cabin and
nine deck passengers on board. The steamer
belonged to the Central line, and piled the
ChattahOchee River between this city and
ApalachOIa Bay. The passengers who
escaped have reached this city, some of them
severely burned. Among the missing are a
cOlOred woman and child, names unknown
two white men, unknown; ID. ID. Williams,
Lagrange, and Captain George II. White
side, commander, painfully burned. All
the officers did their duty. The con-
duct of Pilot George P. Lapham and
son, lad of fourteen years, is especially
commended. They remained ON board and
materially assisted in landing the-pasSen-
gers. Part of the crew of the steamer Re
becca Everingham reached Columbus last
night They state strong gale was blow
ing when the cotton on deck ignited sup
posed by a spark from the electric lamp,
and the flames spread so rapidly
| it was impossible to control them and in a
moment they extended through the cabin.
An order was given to Immediately land her
on the Georgia side, witch was done in two
minutes. The passengers jumping from the
cabin, deck and roof to the land. The
cabin was filled so quickly with smoke and
flames that the passengers had to escape to
the roof in their night clothes. The pas
sengers were all aroused on the first alarm
by the officers. All escaped but two ladies
| in the cabin, who were supposed to have
been suffocated by the smoke. The boats
books and papers were lost with the passen-
gers baggage.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
A Real Crank.

TORONTO, ONT, April 3.-Valerie Nc
Kin1ey, an inmate of a lunatic asylum. mur-
dered' another inmate, Rachel Stephens. It
appears that Mckinley for some time has
been in a melancholy state through being
attacked with fits, and was placed in the
refractory ward. Stephens, an Old woman,
was put in with her to prevent chance Of
In the morning one of the attendants heard
screams proceeding from the refractory
ward, and on bursting open the door found
Stephens lying dead on the floor with her
head battered to pieces. The instrument
used was the night bucket. Mckinley said
she wanted Stephens to kill her, and, As she
refused, she killed her lStepheEs).
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
The Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April /.
The reduction of the debt for March will
be over fourteen millions, thus making a
reduction of over eighty-two millions for
three-quarters of the current fiscal year.
TIE reduction for the entire year win &c
considerably beyond one hundred mil
lions. 1t is interesting and important to
note that when the LIST of May call for
three per cent. bonds natures, the out
standing threes WEI be reduced to two
hundred and forty-fiye millions. A cal
for ten millions to mature in June viii be
made to-day. The prospect is that the
fiscal year viii close with only two
hundred and twenty-five millions of the
outstanding threes uncalled.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
The Man Who Kidnapped so Many Small
Bows Gets Life Sentence.


ATLANTA, GA, April 4.-Ogletree, the
man who created widespread sensation
last spring by kidnapping small boys at a
wholesale rate, has been sentenced to the
Mississippi lslltentiary for life. Ogletree
first obtained notoriety by kidnapping Charles
Tilden, a small newsbOy, whose home is in
Atlanta. One evening last July, Ogletree
was in Atlanta. where he met Charlie, who
is a bright little fellow, whom he induced
to go to West End with him to drive a COW
back to the cisy. After Ogletree had passed
the city limit; Charlie refused to go any
further. whereupon Ogletree compelled him.
The child was taken to Ogletree's home,
which was near Dallas. where he remained
closely guarded for several days. He
shaved the hair Off the boys head, cut a
mole from his body, and put earrings in his
ears. One day Charlie escaped, and when
his story became known in Dallas the
country became too warm for Ogietree and
he skipped. His first case of kidnapping III
fatuated Ogletrec, and i'll the course of two
months he stole fully u dozen boys In
September he stole a small boy named White
in Alabama. The boys father followed
Ogletree until he left the State for Mis-
sissippi. During the early part of the win
ter Ogletree turned up III Neshoba County,
Mississippi. where he outraged an eight
year-Old white child. This time he was
captured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-15
THE EDUCATORS.

Closing Session of the Educational Conven-
tiOn-Delegates Received by the President
WASHINGTON, Feb. l4.-The final session of
the educational convention opened this morn
ing. After the discussion of several papers the
association took recess to call upon the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Interior. At the
White House a special reception accorded
the members by the President. General Eaton,
Commissioner of the Bureau of Education, in
troduced Hon. B. L. Butcher, who in turn, in
troduced the delegates to the President. Gen
erai Eaton then spoke of these delegates as
representing six millions of children, and of the
Presidents experience teacher The Presi-
dent responded saying that among the
pleasantest recOllections of his life were the re.
membranes connected with the time of his
chool-teachng He felt that the greatest help
to the administrative functions of the govern
ment came from the educators of the people;
that the permanence of institutions de-
pended upon the education of the youth OF the
nation.
AT the close of the address the convention re-
turned to the church and resumed its session.
Colonel Rogers, of New Orleans, addressed
the association on the educational department
of that city.
number of papers were read and discussed
and the convention adjourned.
An informal gathering of superintendent and
their friends took place in the rooms of the Blu
reau of Education, this evening
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-15

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Harland Richardson,
of Marion county, has petitioned Congress,
through Mr.. Peelle, for pay as second lieutenant
during portion of the time he served in the
late war.
Senator Harrison has introduced petition of
Covington Post, G. A. R.. praying for equaliza-
ton of bounties.
State Auditor Rice went to New York tonight
Isaac N. Cavens was to-day commissioned
postmaster at McCutchansville, Ind, and Mary
A. Beal at Ormas.
On the star mail route from Mount Zion, Wells
county, to Boehmer, Huntington county, the fol-
lowing time schedule has been adopted Leav-
ing Mount Zion on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, at l P. NJ, and arrive at BEGINNER by
2:20 P. NJ; leave BEGINNER on Tuesdays, Thurs
days, and Saturdays, at 2:40 p. NJ, and arrive at
Mount Zion by P. NJ
Senator Harrison has prepared an adverse re
port on the bill to give paymasters in the army
an additional $1,000 annual salary. He says he
cannot see why paymasters should be paid such
an inadequate salary compared to that received
by priyates.
An influential delegation of manufacturers
appeared before the committee on ways and
means to-day, opposing any change in the tariff
on wooden goods
Senator Logan introduced in the Senate to-
day, bill providing that persons honorably dis
charged from military or naval service of the
United States shall be preferredfor appointment
to civil Offices providing they possess the neces-
sary business qualifications.
Senator Beck introduced in the Senate BILL
to-day, to provide for the organization of Supreme
Courts in Territories.
Samuel j. Keller was confirmed to-day as post
master at Button, Ind.