The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-07

that De Long was in active service al tn,
time OF his death, he having been detailec
by the Government for special duty.
THE British steamer Norseman, which
left Liverpool April p for Boston, returned
to port. She experienced stormy weather
the third officer being drowned. The cap.
tain had his ribs injured. She also lost hel
main and mizzen masts and had her deck:
! swept
THE strike inagurated at the South Chi.
cago rolling mills by seventy furnace men
pitmen and ladle liners caused both the
| steel and rail mills to shut down in conse.
! quence, and some 200 men were thrown
out of employment.
THE Postmaster General has forbidden
! the delivery of registered letters and
money ordees to F. Ridd & Co., of Dubuque,
Iowa, on evidence that they were con-
mails.
THE entire force in the construction de-
partment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard was
discharged recently because of the lack of
money.
AT Panama, recently, Thomas Brennan,
a fireman on the Alliance was drunk and
violent, and assaulted Private Murray of
the Second American battalion with a knife.
Murray seized rife and shot him so that
he died. On the same night Private David
Irvine of Captain Cochran's company
was shot by Sentinel James McCauley
while trying to run the lines.
A STRIKE of workmen on the Grand
Trunk Railroad took place recently at
Montreal.
AN agreement has been concluded be-
tween the English and Turkish Govern
ments by which the latter will allow YES
sells of the former to pass the Dardanelles
in the event of war with Russia.
A LARGE number of moulders stopped
work at Rochester, n Y, on account of a
12H per cent. reduction. Four foundries
were idle.
BILL has been passed by the Illinois
House to regulate the charges of the Chi
cago stock yards for yardage, freight,
grain, hay and other articles furnished,
and to prevent extortion and unjust dis
elimination.
FAILURES for the week ended April 30
numbered for the United States, 1S9; Can
ada, 10; total, 20S; compared with total
of 240 the week previous. There was a
decrease in every section of the country
except in the South and New York City.
SECRETARY MANNING has ordered the re-
moval Of Special Agent S. f. Chamberlain.
One of the reasons alleged for his removal
is that he was born in Vermont, was ap-
pointed from Virginia and voted in Mary
land.
A PASSENGER train on the Denver g. Rio
Grande was wrecked near Marshall Pass,
Col, the other night. Three emigrants
were injured and two brakemen badly
hurt.
A PASSENGER train on the Reading &,
Columbia Railway was thrown from the
track recently near Columbia, Pa, by a
defective frog, and John Houck, fireman,
was crushed to death. Another employee
was fatally injured.
SIXTY barrels of liquor were seized in
Muscatine, Iowa, recently under the search
and seizure clause OF the prohibitory law.
IT was reported in Washington that the
resignation of Judge Axtell of the Supreme
Court of New Mexico had been requested
by the Attorney General with the under
standing that if should he not resign he
would be removed.
THE Ohio Legislature has passed bill
prohibiting the dealing in margins outside
of Boards of Trade and Chambers of Com
merce.
THE debt statement for April showed the
decrease of the public debt during the
month to be S5,464, ,596.3S; the decrease of
the debt since June 30, 1884, so, ,015, ,229.9S.
THE body of man was found in a trunk
at the depot in Pittsburgh, Pa, recently,
with hempen cord around the neck. On
the body was an international money order
payable to Felippo Caruse, at Chicago.
Nothing further was known regarding the
matter.
ITALIAN financial centers were greatly
agitated in consequence of the commission
of the many serious frauds which had been.
brought to light. The authors of the
frauds sbsconded.
THE Secretary Of the Treasury has re-
ceired from a Western bank two 81 900
notes of 1865, which were believed by the
department to be counterfeits.
a DISPATCH was received on the 1st at
the Navy Department from Commander
McColla at Panama, stating that every
thing continued quiet and the people gen.
orally were we'll satisfied. The health of
the forces remained good.