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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
THE LATRST

| The Mormon press and church are jubi
liant over a special dispatch sent from
| Washington by Elder Caine, Mormon Dele
gate from Utah, announcing the discovery
of charges against Governor Murray.
Every effort is being made by the Mormons
TO get the Governor out of the way. The
Governor telegraphed to Washington that
he was ready to meet and refute all
charges.
EARLY on the morning of January % a
fire broke out in the State Prison at Still
water, Mimi, and in spite of all efforts the
buildings were destroyed. All the prison
ers, including the notorious Younger
brothers, were taken out and placed under
a strong guard in the yard. The loss was
probably 100000.
IT was recently reported that orders had
been sent out from New York to reduce ex-
penses on all Gould railroads in Texas fifty
per cent. The train and track men had not
been disturbed, but large number of sta
ton and yard men were discharged.
THE other night while John Massey and
William Jones were walking on the rail-
road track near Coal Valley, w. Va,
Massey, who was drunk, called to a negro
woman to stop. She refused and Jones
fired at her, the ball striking the heel of
her shoe. Four negroes emerged from a
cabin, near by, fired on Massey and Jones
and fatally wounded Massey, who died the
next morning.
TYSON, who it was reported was asked to
resign as stenographer of the House on the
last day of the last session by Speaker
Keifer, in order to make room for Keifer's
nephew, was before the House committee
again the other day, and reasserted his
former testimony to the effect that he was
compelled to resign by the ex-Speaker.
He supported his testimony by letters al
legged to have been written by Keifer.
A MAN who gave his name as II. F. Lay
ton, of Iowa, recently shot himself on the
train from st. Louis to Pittsburgh. From
his actions and expressions the passengers
were convinced that he was insane and was
probably the murderer of the Bodiker fam
lily, who were found slaughtered in farm
house near st. Louis few days previous.
The Senate was not in session the 10th.
The House was in Committee of the Whole
debating the Fitz John Porter bill, but
reached no final action.
SINCE the Senate adopted resolution
giving each Senator not Chairman of a
committee clerk, disposition
is manifested by members of the House to
enjoy the same privilege.
II is understood in Washington that the
Office of Assistant Surgeon General of the
army will be abolished. The Secretary of
War, in speaking on the subject recently,
stated that while he did not know who
the bill to that effect, still such
met his entire appreciation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
A Legal Fight for Half a Million.

INDEPENDENCE, MO-, Jan. q.
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, resident of
st. Louis during the war, died in New Or
leans last spring, willing her property.
amounting to nearly half million, to the
Catholic Church, Of which she was a de-
vout member, and benevolent societies.
Larry Flaven. of this city, nephew. viii
contest the will on the behalf of his broth
ers, Robert and James, of st. Louis. I,oris-
Of Los Angeles, Cal, Charles, OF kansas
City, and his sister Mary, of Sedalia. The
popularity and philanthropy of Mrs. Ken
nedy have caused the citizens of New Or
leans to commence a monument in one
of the most fashionable portions of the citv
to her memory.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31

National Colored Convention, held at Louis
vile, were present and urged that the col
ored people should be aided by an appro-
priation for educational purposes.
In his statement to the House Committee
on Commerce lately, prominent Eastern
railroad official took the broad ground that
no power of Congress could regulate rail-
road Interstate commerce in the sense pro-
posed by the bills before the committee. He
asserted there was no such thing as COM
merce between the States by rail in the
constitutional sense of the words. He ar
gued that the roads are chartered by the
States, are under State control, have rates
regulated by States, and it is only through
agreements between railroad companies
terminating at State lines that Interstate
commerce is now carried on.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
A state of Siege.

CHEYENNE, Wy. T.. Jan. "A.
On South Sloppy Greek, near Atwood
Eeb., fifty-five miles southeast from Berkle-
man, eight cattle men had dispute about
the occupancy of range with sheep man
named Reilly. Eight of these fellows went
to Reilly's place, one calling him out, pre-
tending to be Reilly's friend, while the bal
ence were hiding behind stable. As soon
as Reilly came out with his pretended
friend. one of the men behind the stable
shot Reilly between the eyes, killing hin
instantly. The murderers escaped to al
old dug out, where the Sheriff OF Thomas
County and his posse found them, when .
regular siege began, which had not been
raised at last accounts
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
GENERAL.

A LATE storm at Compton, Canada
wrecked sixty buildings.
DURING Sabbath School recently, the
Erskine Presbyterian Church at Toronto,
Can, took fire and was burned. The chill
dren were gotten out safely. Loss, $40,0 600;
insurance, 10000.
A CAIRO Egypt dispatch stated that
seven hundred black recruits for the
Egyptian army had to be driven ny the
cavalry to a train waiting to transport
them to Suez.
REPORTS from Jamaica were that the
coffee crop is expected to be small, being
almost an entire failure in some parishes.
MASTER ship builders at Aberdeen, Scot
land, have notified their men that wages
would be reduced ten per cent.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
WASHINGTON NOTES.

SENATOR HALE lately introduced into the
Senate bill providing that all appoint
ments to the medical service under the
Government shall be made from graduates
of legally chartered medical institutions
without discrimination in favor of or
against any school or theory of medical
practice.
ISSUE of silver dollars for the week ended
January IS, 9S,977; corresponding period
last year, 40, 900.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
has agreed to favorably report on the We'll
born bill, granting right of way through
the Indian Territory to the Gulf, Colorado
g. Santa Fe Railroad.
THE proposition of Representative Pot
ter, of New York, to substitute two-per-
cent twenty-five-year bonds for the bonds
now in existence, was discussed by the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency recently. The committee decided to
await the action of the Senate Finance
Committee before deciding on q bill to re-
port to the House.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
has decided to recommend the repeal of the
Timber Culture act
SENATOR HoAR has introduced a bill
In the Senate to prevent the circulation in
the mails of this country of lottery adver-
tisements coming from foreign countries.
: TIE bill prepared by the late Cattle
Breeders Convention, for the extirpation
Of diseases among domestic animals, was
recently favorably reported to the House,
the appropriation being S25O, 900.
SENIOR ROMEO, Mexican Minister, when
recently asked what he had to say in regard
to General Grants letter concerning the
Mexican treaty. said: 81 know General
Grant has not had any personal interest in
Mexico that might be served vita the Mex
Fan Reciprocity Treaty. General Grant
has always been q warm, sincere. disinter-
ested friend OF Mexico, and, with view to
serve that country, and nOtwith any object
Of personal gain. consented to organize a
company OF competent gentlemen Of this
country for the pzrpose of building a road
from the City Of Mexico to the Mexican
frontier.n
a BILL has been introduced In the House
af Representatives providing for a national
series of textbooks TO be printed at the
Government Printing Ofice for use in the
Territories. which, if It becomes q law, tie
author thinks, will result In G saving of over
nfSy per cent. to the purchasers of books to
the country governed thereby, and probably
result in the general adoption of such
series throughout the States.
TIE House Committee on Post-ofaces and
Sost-roads recently agreed to report favor
snly Mr.. Moneys bill fixing the rate of
Postage on second class publications de-
posted at letter-carrier offices at two cents
. pound.
AT late meeting of the House Commit |
bee on Education committee from the
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
A Nav Mexico LYnchinR.

SoCoRRo, ". NJ, Jan ..
About one O'Clock this morning 1j1 men
silently surrounded the Jail and, overpow-
ering the guard, quickly and quietly took
out the notorious murderer, Joel A. Fow-
Ter. Taking him to tree just west Of the
Jail, they hung him and then dispersed.
Fowler's crime was the murder OF JAS. Z.
Cole last November, and was one of the
most brutal and cCwardly murders ever
Ierpetrated. Fowler, with a number Of
drunken companions, TOOK possession Of
the town and marched through the streets,
firing into the windows and making the
sitizens dance and sing at the mouth OF
their reyolvers. Cole interfered TO pre-
vent bloodshed, and was stabbed TO death
by Fowler.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
The Zura Burns Case.

DECATUR, ILL.,, Jan. n
Mrs. Rebecca j. Carpenter, the Decatur
witness in the Zura Burns case, win leave
for Lincoln tomorrow, as will the boy Crv-
mer, to testify before the Grand Jury. Mr..
Burns and his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Dukes.
are now in Lincoln. W. II. Darlington. Of
Decatur, who thought he saw q man re-
sembling Carpenter at the depot in Lincoln
that Saturday night before the muir Ter in
company with young woman looking like
Zura Burns, lately visited Lincoln in COM
pany with Decatur friend OF the accused.
and took a look at Carpenter, whom he had
never seen before. Darlington at once ad-
mitted that Carpenter is not the man whom
he saw walk away with the girl at the de.
pot.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
The Legal Status of Telegraph Messages.

The Legal Status of telegraph Messages.
CHICAGO, Jan. q.
During the trial of James II. Melville fer
alleged embezzlement in the Criminal
Court before Judge Howes yesterday, the
prosecution desired to prove that part of
the money was sent to Melville through
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
The money order clerk of the telegraph
company declined to produce the original
message on the ground that a message
could not be made public property. The
court ruled that telegraph communications
could not be considered more confidential
thar any others and that no cOmmunica-
lion could be excluded when the cause of
justice renders its production necessary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31

James Driscoll.
James Coughlin.
Henry stew art.
Il. Hebron.
l.. z. Hebron.
w. l.. Jones.
John DOnnelly.
Carl hOdeawHld.
Chas. Sterling. o.
ThOs. Roberts.
Jim McCOurt.
Fred Becht.
lber King.
Joseph w eisCnberg.
H. Donegan.
Joseph hraust.
James +. Stewart, Jr.
William Meath.
Morgan Meath
Thomas Clancy.
John Rutherford.
VIM. McCOwitt.
A. NJ. Godfred.
Dan Mcdonald.
VIM. Aubrey.
Ben Jetfries.
Thomas Stewart.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31

Henry Anderson.
John Williams.
w. I. Stewart.
John Martin.
Thomas Rogers.
James O'Neill.
Jacob Lane.
Jno. Anderson.
James Walsh.
Peter Baker.
William Day d on,
Richard James.
David Hughes.
=. McManIs
w. 4. King,
JnO. Creeiman,
John Hular.
Thos. Williams.
John Shune.
Patrick Barrett.
John McGregOr.
JOHN Myers.
+. w. Smith.
g. Is. McHalson.
VIM. Maroney.
Nick Probst-
Thomas Latfey.
John Prince.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Bonded.

We are informed by parties who ar
rived from Barker Tuesday that Mr..
B. G. Kingsbury has succeeded in Sc
curing a bond of the Queen of the Hills,
Homestake and O'Brien leads, in the
Montana district, having secured the
signatures of the interested parties at
Neihart. Messrs. Kingsbury and Will
ton were met at Joyce's yesterday by
incoming coach, and the above informa-
ton was impaired to one Of the passen-
gers by Mr. Wilton.
This is good news. Mr.. Kingsbury
represents one of strongest mining COM
panies in America, and the bonding OF
this property is about equivalent to its
sale. Steps will be taken at. nee to de-
yelop the property on an extensive scale,
ard it will not be long until large and
suitable works are erected to treat the
ore. 1t means the beginning of a sub
stantial boom for the Montana district.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
~
Broke Jail.

A Missoula special of the 18th to the
Miner says: The prisoners in the coun-
ty Jail made a successful escape yester-
day afternoon. Martin Fitschen and
John Beck, the Butte highwaymen,
who robbed Hamilton's store on Mon
tana street. and were captured after rob-
bling a store at Stevensville, were with
the escapes. Ralph Artingstall and JAS
Bailey. two Missoula teughs, are also
with them. The escape was effected by
digging through the stone wall with
the stove poker. Officers are out in all
directions, but no clue has yet been OBJ
tanned to their whereabouts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
As to Immigration.

The Northern Pacific predicts the
largest emigration to Montana ever
known. 1t is constantly increasing its
rolling stock to meet the expected rush.
Southern Minnesota and Dakota are
also favored locations, and the Milwau-
kee and st. Paul expects to have a good
crowd migrate there. The Omaha ana
st. Paul d Duluth have also completed
their preparations. Emigration from
the eastern Canadian provinces to Man
itoba has been quite large during he
past few days, but the low rate offered
by the Canadian Pacific o is likely
TO keep many from moving until navl-
cation opens. Another drawback has
been the prolonged winter. h is also
what will delay the opening of the sea-
son proper Foreign emigration VIII
not be quite as large as usual, owing TO
an unexpected falling off in the Scandl-
navian arrivals. Other portions Of Eu-
rope. however, will send the usual
numbers. Great Britain and Germany
will send more than last year, but it is
expected the greater portion Of them
will 90 to the southwest, as the a
traversing that section of the country
have made an especial bid for this class
of emigrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
The Printing Law to be Tested.

The county commissioners Of Lewis
and Clarke county made an order that
the report of receipts and expenditures
should be published in both the Herald
and Independent, as it was desirable
that all citizens of the county should see
it. 1t was provided, however, that one
paper should receive the full rates allow
ed by the printing law, and the other
half rates-the Independent to receive
the full rates if the printing law was
finally adjudged valid. In order that
the legality of the printing law might
be passed upon, it was stipulated before
the board that an agreed case should be
made, involving the legality of the
printing law, to which the Independent
publishers should be parties
dent
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
rbe Same is True of Fort Benton.

ur ,aver more than half realized the
,,ortance of the Missouri river to Bis
l.oL until my recent tIip east" said
.Iox Mckenzie to a Tribune represen-
4,+iya Yesterday. Continuing, he added:
aAs a factor in our commercial supre-
.,ocv the Missouri river is of incalcula-
IL va.ue. It makes it possible for Bis
.,orck to compete as a wholesale point
with any of the great cities. 1t is worth
,o.ot o Bismarck than dozen railroads
Guild he to any interior town." Get
+ino enthusiastic, MI. Mckenzie brought
lie f.t down on the desk and concluded
With the following emphatic express
:oas. "Talk water transportation to
4ho railroads and it will bring them to
time very quick. While investigating
tho numD and water main subject Mr..
Mellon and myself inquired about
t,o;oht rates and found that had Bis
,,orck been An interior city the freight,
GOV from Philadelphia, on pumps and
water mains would have been nearly
500 600. AS soon as we talked river
transportation to Bismarck or lake trans
nor+ation to Duluth, they sung a differ
ont tune. You can get good, straight
contracts on freight from Buffalo to Du-
luth for 81 a ton. See? Coal is laid
down i'm Duluth at a cost for Transports
tion of 50 and even less per ton. Bis
marck don't half appreciate the impor-
lance of her harbor, and levee and
steamboat traffic. 1t is worth millions"
bismarck Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
The Flood at Bismarck.

MINNEAPOLIS, April 1.-The Jour
NAILS Bismarck special says: Ice is
forming below again, but the water is
falling above. The steamers Rosebud
and Josephine, forced ashore, are now
hard held. There is an immense field
about Fort Yates, and a big gorge may
form at any time. The danger is not
yet passed. Mails and passengers are
still being transferred at Mandan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
dent.
The Grand Jury.

The following is the list of s'good men
and true'' who have been selected to
serve on the grand jury:
Jos. Allen, O. g. Cooper, JOS. A. Ba-
ker, II. Il. Collins, A. G. Johnson, M. G.
Travers, Jos. Hirshberg, Il. J. Todd, J.
j. Kennedy, James Gillett, Sam Burd
John Spencer, Jos. Sullivan, A. B.
Keller, Robt. Vaughn, D. G. Browne,
G.. p. Downing, Ed. Lewis, |. n. Haz-
lett.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Restored to the Public Domain

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The presi-
dent has made a proclamation restoring
to the public domain all of the Turtle
mountain Indian reservation, in Dakota,
with the exception of townships 1852 and
1853 north Of range 81 west, which is re-
served for the benefit of the Indians.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Change of Time.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The date for
the national wool growers convention
in Chicago has been changed from May
18th to May 10Th, in order that the dele
gates may be present and participate in
the proceedings OF the national indus
trial congress, which will be held in
Chicago on May 18th.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

Lynched.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., April Frank
Elicit, colored, who committed a gross
assault upon a young woman in York
county, was brought to Rock Hill this
evening for trial. The people, however.
oyerpoWered the sheriff's posse and
took the prisoner just outside the town
limits. and hanged him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Suicide.

SHREVEPORT, April 3.-Mayor G. G.
Thurman, a prominent member Of the
cotton exchang and a well known cot
ton operator, committed suicide last
night by shooting himself through the
head
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Reimbursement of Salaries.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The annual
readjustment of salaries of postmasters
for the next fiscal year has begun at the
post office department. The salaries of
2,4O5 presidential postmasters are to be
adjusted on the returns for the quarter
which ended March 31st, the ad justment
to take effect July LIST.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
For Governor.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 2.-The fol-
lowing is the vote for governor, one
district lacking: Bourne, republican,
1921 Legare, democrat, 9,545; scatter
ing, Is. The legislature will stand !:
senate, q republicans and 8 democrats {;
house, 81 republicans and Is democrats /;
the republicans gain four in the house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
In Pursuit.

SAVANNAH, Ga, April "A special
from Key West states that it is reported
that the schooner Sholers left last night
with General Aguro on board and 20
men we'll armed, for Cuba. The rev.
anue cutter Dix left this morning in
pursuit. The Spanish consul is aboard
the Dix. The news has caused great
excitement here.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
A Cold-Blooded Murder.

HoPKINsvILLE, KY, April AT
Fairview John w. Gibson, a young
rough, walked into a groggery and fired
two pistol balls into the heart of John
Mccoy, killing him instantly. Gibson
escaped, but a party of citizens are in
pursuit and will lynch him if he is
oauUht
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Hung for Murder.

PITTsBURG, Pa, April b George,
alias "Babe'' Jones, the colored boy
murderer, convicted of killing John
Foster, also colored, was hanged in the
county Jail yard this morning in the
p~refence of several hundred spectators.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Railroad Accident.

CHATTANOOGA, April "A passenger
train on the Alabama & Great Southern
railroad was " rocked thirty miles from
this city last night. The fireman was
killed. The engine and three cars were
demOliShed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The senate
to-day confirmed the nomination of Col
onei David Stanley, OF the 23d infantry,
to be brigadier general.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Tr1chin@ Victims.

LATRoBE, Pa, April 3.-Mrs. Gale
and daughter, two victims of trichine
at Susquehanna, Pa, died this morning,
and the father and another daughter are
not expected to live.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Not Improved.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Senator Ma
homes condition is not improved and
his friends are very anxious.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
Defaulted.

New YORK, April 3.-The Utah Cen
trail railroad has defaulted on its April
quarterly dividends.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-17
THE COMING MAN
A Careful Estimate of the
Character of President
elect Cleveland.
Several Kindly Disposed Persons
Form Him a Cabinet
Free Of Charge.
Dorman B. Eaton and Judge Thoman,
of the Civil Service Reform Com
mission, Express Themselves
in CleveIand's Favor.
The Defeated Candidate, in Lengthy Inter-
view, Says Pointedly that He Would
Have Been Elected if it
Hadn't Rained.
Prominent Republicans Spending Their
Spar Time IN ExpIaininz How Their
Man Didn't Get Votes Enough.
Roscoe Conkltn0 Likely to be Returned TO
Prominent Republicans Spending Their
Spar Time IN EXpIaininz How Their
Man Didn't Get Votes Enough.

Roscoe COnkIinO Likely to be Returned 10
tic Se'iGfe-The Bro ,ieEynffes Want
Cabinet Position.