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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, the railroad
magnate and millionaire, fell dead snd-
denly from paralysis or bursting a blood
vessel, at New York, on the afternoon of
the Sth He had Just returned from effect
ing some business arrangements on Staten
Island.
THE health return of the death of Vice
President Hendricks, recently fled at In
dianapolis, shows paralysis, with duration
of disease perhaps about eighteen months -
Mr.. F. A. CLAIMING, Liberal, VINO mas
been elected to the British Parliament from
NOrthamptonshire, was born in America
and is grandnephew of Rev. Dr. William
Ellery Charming.
W. F. FORSTER, formerly Secretary of
Ireland, was reported seriously i'll.
kISG THEBAw will be sent into exile at
Arcot, near Madras.
JOHN E. OWENS, the comedian, was re-
ported i'll at his country seat near Towson,
Nd. He was stricken down with typhoid
pneumonia.
A DISPATCH from Berlin of the 10th stated
that Emperor William was again seriously
sick.
A COPY of the will of General Barrios.
late President of Guatemala. was filed in
New York the other day.
THE remains of William H. Vanderbilt
were laid in temporary vault at the Dow
Drop Cemetery, Staten Island, on the 11th
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

HoN. B. GRATz BRowN, Ex-Governor OF
Missouri. died at his residence Kirkvood,
near st. Louis, on the 18th, aged fifty-nine
years.
THE Louisiana Board of Pardons has
again refused to commute the death SEN
tence of Ford and Murphy, the New Or
leans nurderers
MAJOR PETER c. Fox, the well known
turfman, died at Danville, KY, of inflam-
nation of the kidneys Oh the 18th.
MEETING OF the creditors of the late
Archbishop Purcell was held on the 18th at
Cincinnati. Tie meeting was very excit-
ing at times and threats of violence to the
defauitinG assignee were freely INDUCED in
by many of the creditors. The meeting
then adjourned for week
THE House of Representatives met on the
18th. a large number of departmental re-
ports were received. Very little business
was done. The Senate was not in session.
A COURIER arrived at Silver City on the
night of the 10Th with information that
Captain Fountain of troop C of the Eighth
cavalry and his scouts had surprised the
hostiles December 9 at Lilies cabin. three
miles southwest of Papinoes. Several hos
tiles were wounded and two were thought
to be killed. The Indians Immediately dis
persed.
THE clearing house returns for week
ended December Il showed an average
increase of 30.5 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New York
the increase was 36.4.
FIFTEEN persons lost their lives in a sail
ors' boarding house at Plymouth, Eng. by
fire on the night of the 18th.
A SON of Meissonier, the celebrated
painter, was terribly bitten recently by
rabid mastiff in his fathers garden at
Paris. The victim was Immediately sent
10 PaSteur for treatment. The latter de-
clared that the patients recovery was Ger
tain
THE Vanderbilt viii has been made pub
lie. Ten million dollars goes to each of the
children. The widow gets an annuity of
S2,SoO,C0O After other extensive bequests
and charities the remainder of the estate
goes TO the two eldest sons. Provision was
made to keep the property intact and pre-
vent its being used in speculation.
PINKERToN detectives have been detailed
to guard the remains of Vanderbilt
A DISPATCH from Constantinople, of the
18th, stated that Turkey would invade Ser
via if Austrian troops entered that coun-
try. Turkey would act in concert with Bull
garia.
Two colored children were burned to
death in dwelling at Chadborn, near
Ashville, S. c., recently. The mother was
away at prayer meeting at the time
ANNIE, aged nine, the daughter of Enoch
Leach, of Hampden, O., was recently play
ing before an open CRATE and her clothing
caught fire. fatally burning her.
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EXPLOSIONS.

! The Kansas City Gas Works Totally
Wrecked-Gas Explosion in Pennsylvania
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, December 1O.-At
! 1:10 o'clock yesterday morning terrible
| explosion occurred at the works of the Kan.
! sas City Gas Light and Coke Company,
! corner of First and Campbell streets, on
! the East levee. The shock was plainly
] felt in all parts of the city. Windows were
/ broken and doors wrenched from theiI
hinges blocks away from the scene of the
disaster. The explosion occurred i'm the
purifying house and was heard for miles
around, houses fifteen or twenty blocks
away being rocked as by an earthquake
The shock and terrible report created the
greatest excitement in the city. Although
the hour was late and the night very dark
and stormy, people turned out hurriedIy
in all sorts of costumes. Many thought
| that an earthquake had occurred. while
Others declared that dynamite explosion
of the most daring and gigantic character
had taken place. As soon as the alarm
sounded all the uptown fire companies
rushed to the scene of the disaster, and in
very few moments large force of fire.
men, policemen, gas house employees and
others were aC work on the piles
of broken brick and splintered tim
her to get at the wounded
if any had been engulfed i'm the ruins. A
large crowd had already gathered about the
works, and both the night shift a: the
works and those of the day shift who lived
near and who had turned out in all sorts of
hurriedly dOnned costumes, we're already at
work like heroes. Several streams of water
were turned on the blazing ruins. The
wOrkmen were called together aud
counted and it was found that all of the
night force could be accounted for except the
engineer. Julius w. SlOssOn. Soon greans
were heard issuing frem pile of brick and
lumber where the boiler room had formerly
stood, and the engineer was dug out He
was found to be badly injured, but
hopes are entertained OF his recOv-
cry. The works are a total wreck
and the loss is variously estimated at
from 100000 to S150.0OO. The officers of
the Gas Company feel positive that it was
not a gas explosion, but the result of dyna-
mite. This theory is only based OIL the
fact that the Company have for sew
eral weeks past had trouble with and dis
charged several employees.
CANONsBURG, PA, December 10.-Yes-
terday morning at four o'clock an explosion
Of natural gas occurred at the residence of
Wesley Greer. on Main street, wrecking the
entire building and hurting the occupants
from their beds into the lot surrounding the
house. thirty feet away. The force of the
cOncussiOH was so terrific that the roof was
lifted from the house and carried a hun
dred yards. The sides of the building
bulged out and then fell. Immediately
after fragments of the structure caught
fire, and i'll less than an hour
the whole was in ashes. MT.
Greer, his wife and two children, a babe
and boy four years old, were sleeping
sOandIy at the time. They were lifted with
the flying debris, bed and all, and landed
in the yard, but none were fatally injured. !
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Farm Notes.

A Butler County farmer has solved the
greatest problem that ever vexed the souls
and pocketboOks of Nebraska farmers. He
has produced a variety of corn, the result
Of fifteen years of experiments, which is
distinguished by long ears and short stalks.
This grade, be thinks, will revolutionize
the labor OF the farmer aud dispense with
step-ladders in plu g the golden ears
Nebra&G E1ehGNgc.
visitor from the western part of the
State reports SO far the fall wheat is very
promising and looks better than IN the
more eastern sections Wichita (Kan.
Eagle.
Every farmer should be an expert
butcher. In many small towns and VII;
lagos. especially in the West and South.
good meat is a rarity, because those few
farmers who do rear some stock do not
know how TO slaughter and dress it. A
farmer could often take home with nlm $50
in cash, after an occasional visit to the
village with lot Of good, well butchered
meat, when he would otherwise sell the
living animal at half the price-Anaeriean
5grieWlfardlist.
Judge Smith recently adjourned court
one week at Mattoon, Ill, on the petition
of farmers summoned as witnesses, who
wanted to make use Of tbe fine weather tn
gather corn
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17
THE MORMON QUESTION.

Senator Edmunds Reintroduces His Anti
Mormon BiIi-The Mormon Church to be
! Outlawed.
! WASHINGTON, December 1O.-SenatOr
Edmunds has re-intrOduced his old anti
/ Mormon bill, with some changes. 1t pro-
vides:
| First-That the husband and wife shall
/ be competent witnesses in the prosecution
! for pOlygamy.
Second-That the attendance of witnesses
can be secured by an attachment; that
prosecution can be had five years after the
Offense; that every contract of marriage
performed in one of the Territories of
the United States shall be certified to by
| the priest, or other official, performing
the ceremony, in the presence of two wit
neSSeS, and that such certificate shall be
/ filed within thirty days in the Office of the
clerk of the court, and auy person failing
to file such certificate shall be fined 81 900
and be imprisoned for two years. The
record shall be open to the public and shall
be evidence in court
Section repealS woman suffrage in
Utah.
Section provides that the law which now
requires ballots in Utah to be numbered
shall be repealed.
Section 10 provides that illegitimate
children shall not have any share in the eS-
tate of their fathers i'll Utah.
Section II repeats the article incOrporat-
ing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, and provides that the Presi-
dent of the United States shall appoint
fourteen trustees for said corporation, who
shall act under the authority of the Secre-
tary of the Interior and shall dissolve said
corporation, pay its debts and dispose OF its
property and assets according tn law. The
balance remaining shall be devoted and ill.,
vested for the benefit of the public schools
nf Utah. The bill further provides that
whoever commits adultery in Utah shall be
imprisoned in the Penitentiary not exceed
ing three years
A new system of district schools is es-
tabished in the place of the Mormon School
now held and the bill prohibits tile use in
any school of any book of se:larian char
actfr. No Mormon. and no person who be-
lieves i'll rOiygdmy shall be employed as
teachers. The bill also provides the
very strongest measures of the disposition
of property of deceased persons in Utah.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

ADJgTANT GENERAL KING, of Texas,
has received letter from w. H. Titus,
residing in ElPaso County, stating that
on December about twenty-five Mex
lean soldiers crossed into Texas and
deliberately stole herd of twenty-five
cattle belonging to Americans. When
the soldiers put in an appearance the
cow boys asked them their authority
for crossing into Texas and driving off
cattle. The leader told them they had
better 90 back to camp. Titus asked
The Adjutant General for State Rangers
to protect the frontier General King
replied that whatever aid they could
render would be freely given, but such
an invasion by foreign soldiers was
fully within the scope of the authority
of the United States army, and the
matter would be brought to the notice
of the President.
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MINING RIOTS.
Fight Among Miners at Pine Run, Pa
More Trouble Feared.

A Fight Among Miners at Pine Run, Pa.
More Trouble Feared.
PITTsBURGH, Pa, December 1I.-Pine
Run was the scene of another riot yester-
day morning between striking coal miners
and men working at reduced wages. About
$3.50. when twenty-five miners were on their
way to work, squad of 200 masked men
met them and demanded that they return
home. This they refused to do, and the
mob made an attack upon them with clubs.
sticks and stones. The riot lasted two hours.
Ten men were injured. One Newton Camp
bell was beaten insensible and his injuries
are believed to be fatal. Richard Hall and
Samuel Myford were also .eriOusly injured.
The others got away with slight cuts and
bruises after standing their ground for
nearly two hours.
The nOn-unionists were finally driven OF
and fled to places of safety. The strikers
stayed in the vicinity until after daybreak,
waiting for more miners to come To work,
but none made their appearance.
The mob then wedged the switch of the
private coal road running to the mine and
disappeared over the hills. A train COM
ing along short time after was thrown
from the track and the engine upturned,
but no one was hurt. Sheriff Gray, with a
posse, has gone to the SCENE. There
was no further trouble at Pine River dur
ing the day, but another outbreak is
looked for. Sheriff Gray returned to this
city yesterday afternoon and reported every
thing quiet He is holding himself in
readiness, however, and will start for the
miners If there is any indication of another
assault The strikers are camped in
the woods some distance from the
mines, but will not allow any one
to approach them. The people living
in the vicinity are greatly alarmed, and an
ticipate general raid along the river. Su-
perintendent O'Neil. of the Pine River
mines, says he believes the mob will attack
the mines again, and that an effort will
be made to burn the tipples and engine
house.
The movement seems to to have been a
thoroughly organized one, as secret meet
ingS of the strikers have been held daily for
over a week. 1t is believed that the Allie
quippa mines will be the next point of
attack, as suspicious looking men have
been hanging around there all day. Last
evening fifty repeating rifles were
shipped to the Alequippa mines to be dis
trbuted among the nOn-uniOn men.
They will be supplied with fifty rounds of
ammunition and bloodshed is quite prOba-
bic if the strikers attempt TO disturb them
on their way TO and from the mines. 1t
was learned last night that the rioters paid
a visit to WalUn'S mines, near Elizabeth,
during the absence of the workmen aud
destroyed their tools. They also broke off
the end gates of coal wagons which were
standing Oh the tipple loaded and then
dumped the coal out
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17
STOCK ITEMS.

Another cattle company has been organ
lied in Omaha, Neb., styled the Rush
Greek Land and Livestock Company -
Capital, S2jO,OO0.
Whipping kicking, roughhess, harshness,
loud scolding or harshness always decreases
the milk at every milking. Cattle like
their salt and sugar mixed, and when given
by kind and gentle hand they acquire the
atfectionate habit of gentleness. A strange
COW or heifer will soon feel at home if in
troduced to q lump of sugar and salt.-.TeI'-
seq Bulletin.
Alb. Tucker has purchased Belle X, the
running mare which made such phenOme-
nal record at the fairs in this State this
fall giving 800 for her 1t is a great bar
gain and will realize handsome profit.
Her owner certainly must have been ignO-
rant of the value of the animal, for she is
really worth as many thousands as she has
brought hundreds of dollars.-Genepa (Ne6. }
Hec0rd.
LOnny Horn has just sold the 6,OOO two,
three and four-year-Old steers which he
wintercd on the HuerfanO. Consideration,
Si50,G00 cash. Mr.. Horn purchased the
same lot of steers as one. two and three
year-Olds last year, receiving them in Octo-
Der and paying S7S,OOO for them delivered,
thus making an advance Of $1,000 on a
$4,000 investment in the short space Of
eight months Trinidad (Co'. Advertiser.
1t is good plan to milk cows regularly
in the same order, taking the same one
first and winding up with the same one
every time. Regularity of hour in COM
mencing the milking of the herd is an adj
vantage in securing the best results, since
animals as well as men, are greatly the
creatures of habit, and when the time
comes around, the COW will desire to be
MIXED, and all the functions OF the sys-
tenn will concur in this desire-I I,,diGHG
Farmer.
For Cow Itch: Keep animals out in
cool, clear air, and in well ventilated
buildings in bad weather. Give nourish-
ing food and avoid crowding; oil the whole
surface of the body with raw linseed oil,
and a few n"'irS later wash clean, breaking
all the sour. scales. Then take eight
pounds of tobacco, boil thoroughly, strain
it and set aside; take one pint of oil of tar,
one-half pound of pure carbolic acid, two
pounds Of soft soap and dissolve in boiling
water, add this to the tobacco decoction
and add water to make a mixture of .
gallons. If this is too much for number Of
COWS make half the quantity; apply with
brush. 1t might be well to give from one
half to one pound Of EPSON salts to each
PGq'ein, in Kansas City Ledi-
cdtOr
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

In the case of Carnegie Bros, of
Pittsburgh, Pa, against the Cleveland,
Youngstown & Pittsburgh Railway,
Judge Baxter, in the United States
Court, at Columbus, o., lately rendered
an important decision. The claim of
the company and others, including the
contractor of New York City, amounted
to total of about three hundred thou
sand dollars, and the Central Trust
Company came in with cross
bill asking for the foreclosure
and payment of the first mort
gage bonds, amounting to a
million and a half. The Judge held
that the claims for material and labor
were prior under the law of 1888, not
withstanding the mortgage may have
been placed on the property prior to
that time. Judge Baxter, in rendering
the decision, created somewhat of
sensation by remarking that all such
schemes were hatched in fraud. and it
would do some good if the e'principals
who make a business of swindling
laborers and contractors could be
placed in the Penitentiary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

The Treasury Department was in re-
ceipt of a letter from G. G. Whitlock
in which he says that he has reliable
information that twenty officers at
tached to the United States steamship
Juniata, which recently returned to
New York from cruise in Chinese wa
ters, had concealed on the vessel a
large quantity of valuable goods which
they intended to smuggle into the
United States. The Collector was in
structed to send an inspector to the
vessel and institute thorough search.
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Fatal Quarrel.

Blossom PRAIRIE, TEX, December TO-
4 Smith & Wesson was in the hands of E.
W. Pagan, when the fatal shot was fred
hat killed r 7. Brantley ct two o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Both were citizens of
his place. The testimony of witnesses is
hat Brantley had Pagan down, beating
liln, when FagaR shot BrantIey, and the
after then got up and walked into the store
u II. L. ByrDe. Tenar%ing that he was
tillef and expired in a few minutes. Pagan
surrendered and is now in thp hands OF
officers of the law. Tile causes leading To
ne trouble have not BEEN fully developed,
,Ut it is said there had been fgaf ever Il
iebt
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

THE Supreme Court of Ohio has de-
cided the case of Scofield, Schurner
& League against the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad, in favor
of the plaintiffs. They are independ-
ent oil refiners of Cleveland, and
sought to enjoin the railroad company
from granting the Standard Oil Com
pany lower rates for carrying oil from
Cleveland west than it granted them.
They claimed that lower rates were
given the Standard Oil Company by
giving them a rebate on the regular
tariff. The case was decided by Judge
Blandin of the Cuyohaga Common
Pleas, and the question raised. was re-
served in the District Court, and the
case brought direct to the Supreme
Court, where it was argued a few
weeks ago and has just been decided
in favor of the firm.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

LAwRENCEvLLE, GA, December IL
Samuel Holmes, one of the most prominent
citizens of the little town of SnellyflIe. has
just been arrested, charged with most hor-
rl0ie assault upon little negro boy, aged
six years. Holmes came home dunk and
went to the room wnere the bay was asleep
and beat him almost to jelly with shovel
Screaming with pain and bleeding, The boy
crawled from his bed, when Holmes seizeI
him, naked. and threw him into a fireplace
where hot fire was burning. The child
would have been roasted alive had not
assistance arrived. Holmes has been ar
rested for assault with intent to Kill. He
viii plead intoxicatioli as defence.
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Storm at the Pen.

CHESTER, Ill, December 1O.-A violent
wind and rain storm passed over this section
Tuesday afternoon. The damage done at
the Penitentiary will reach into the thou
lands. The chapel part OF the cell house,
shoe shop and all smaller buildings in the
yard we're uDroOfed. Ths wall of the new
State shop in process of construction was
blown down. The guard boxes were blown
from the fence, and large portion of the
:ence was leyeled. Colonel Bob Weston's
louSe, oil the prison grounds, was unroofed.
CAPTAIN 4. J. Nichols, OH duty cn the fence
was blown from his post and badly though
not dangerously injured.
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A Texas ShootinD

WICHITA FALLS, Ten, December H.
There was killing at Seymour Yesterday.
Bob Dixon and Bob Webb had had a diff
Guilty before, but separated without fighting.
Yesterday they met in a saloon and re.
newed the difficulty and commenced sI,oo:-
ing. 1t could not be learned who fred first.
Bob Dixon had only two or three loads i'm
his six shooter, and after emptying it turned
and ran out of the saloon. He fell as ne
was turning the corner. and his brother.
Joe Dixon, the barkeeper and another
brother Jim. supposing Bob was killed
opened on Webb. and after few shots
Webb fell mOrtaiIy wounded.
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The Patriarchal Circle of Odd Fellows I'M
able to Make Headway.

CHICAGO, December 11.-In;erviews to-
day with leading members of the Patri-
archial Circle indicate that in spite of the
recent decision of the Supreme Body to re-.
main in the field the Circle will 20 to pieces
Tie Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows uf the
jurisdiction of Wisconsin has by formal
resolution instructed the subordinate lodges
TO expel from the order all members who
decline to sever their connection with the
Circle. and it is noteworthy that prominent
officers of tie body in contempt were among
those who voted for the resolution. In III
inois the members of the Circle are fast be-
coming connected with the Order of Chew
alters or Patriarchs Militant, abOdy legal
lied at the recent Grand Lodge meeting i'm
Baltimore. This grade is expected to meet
the desires of those who want military
order and to present basis upon which all
can agIee and become united in one har-
nOniOCs body. 1t is believed that all tile
members "f the Circle in the country will
affiliate with the new BODY
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A RECENT cablegram stated that
forty Servians had been shot for mutt
lating themselves by blowing their
trigger finger off or otherwise injur-
ing themselves to escape military
service, and that King Milan ordered
their execution.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

AN old lady, Mary B. Brown, re-
Gently died at Salina City, Ind, aged
ninety-three years, who was an eye
witness to the launching of Fulton's
first steamboat on the Hudson, at
which time she was sixteen years old
She had distinct and intelligent recol-
lections of that important event and its
PRINCIPAL actors.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17

TWENTY-FIVE injunction suits against
saloons, commenced in the Circuit
Court of Des Moines, Iowa, recently,
were dismissed by the prosecution at
the defendants cost. These suits were
brought by the Polk County Temper
ance Alliance, but there being no funds
to prosecute the cases they were dis
miSsad
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GENERAL LEW WALLACE, ex-minis-
ter to Turkey, was among the passen-
gers on the steamer Aurania, which
arrived at New York from Liverpool
On the 9Th