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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
A BIG BLAZE.
Spontaneous Combustion Results in the
Destruction OF a Valuable Mill at Leaven-


Spontaneous Combustion Results in the
Destruction OF a Valuable Mill at L eayen-
worth.
LEAvENwORTH, KAN, September 10
Another disastrous fire occurred here yeSter-
day which completely destroyed the large
-four mill of Rush & Sprague. The fire
was discovered in the cellar under the Office
about five O'Clock, and by 7:30 the entire
structure was destroyed. 1t is thought that
it was caused by spontaneous combustion.
The fire department, after putting out the
flames to all appearance where it hrst
started, stopped throwing water, and sever
al of them started into the cellar TO aScer-
tain the damages, when the flames sudden
ly broke out in another portion OF the cellar
and in thirty minutes thereafter the build
ing was doomed. The flames spread
as if fed by powder, and, although
there were five streams of water pour
ing into the building, the first and second
floors soon gave away and shortly there
after the third and fourth floors with the
roof and Il portion of the north wall went
crashing to the ground. At half past seven
the interior of the entire building had been
consumed, and there was nothing to be done
but keep the adjoining property from ignit-
ing. This was the largest Touring mill in
the State, having capacity of 500 barrels
daily, and it had but a short time ago been
remodeled and the roller process introduced.
The loss is placed at 100000 Ii is impOs-
sible to get the amount of insurance, neither
of the prOprietOrs being able to tell the
exact amount but it is Dlaced at from $50,
600 to 100000. The mill will be rebuilt
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

An insurrection broke out recently in
Roumelia against the Turkish Government,
the insurgents demanding annexation to
Bulgaria. 1t was alleged the instruction
was melted by Russia and was part of the
programme agreed to at the Kremsier in
terview between the Car and the Emperor
of Austria. Prince Alexander, of Bulga
ria, has issued proclamation accepting
the sovereignty of Roumelia. The Turkish
garrisons were disarned and the Turkish
Governor, Gabriel Pasha, taken prisoner.
DIR. a. w. POWERS, of Hollister, Cal,
aged seventy. was recently found hanging
by the roadside, having beenlynched by his
neighbors. who suspected him of poisoning
live stock ana incendiarism.
TIE clearing house returns for week
ended September 10 showed an average in
crease of o. compared with the corre-
spending week of last year. In New York
the decrease was IL.
On the steamship Ehuria, of the Cunard
line, which arrived at New York on the
Goth, the following were passengers: Hon.
Roscoe ConklinG, the Rev. DIR. John Hall
and Hon. Abram S. Hewitt.
A VERY malignant form of so-called hog
cholera was reported making its appear
ance in several localities in Taylor County,
Iowa.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY w.
c. PERRY, of Kansas, has received instruc-
tions to make personal investigation of the
cases now pending against the Oklahoma
boomers" and if in his Judgment he
found that the ''boomers" had left the In
dian Territory, to dismiss all OF the indict-
ments-
THE committee having in charge the ex-
animation of the wheat in the Union ele-
vator, ST. Louis, reported 10 bins in good
condition and eleven bins weevily. The
reports of weevils in st. Louis had depre-
ciated the wheat market considerably.
The report Of the committee restored con-
fidence-
JUDGE GRESHAM, in a recent case in the
United States Circuit Court at Chicago,
held that the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad was subject to State legis-
lative control
THE rise in American railroad securities
was general on the London Exchange dur
ing the week ended September 10.
REV. JEREMIAH O,SULLIvAN, of St
Peters Church, Washington, was conse-
Grated Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile
at Washington on the Goth.
n. ALLAN LARGE, French Minister OF
the Interior. has instructed all public OH
Gals, candidates for election to the Cham
Der of Deputies, to resign their posts.
+ UNITED STATES MINISTER HALL tele-
graphs to the State Department from
Guatemala announcing a revolution there
and stating thai a state of siege has been
declared.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Company. which purchased the Mojave
division of the Southern Pacific Rail
road, recently, made application to the
United States Land Office at San Fran
cisco for al indemnity grant of odd
sections of land along its proposed
line through California. The grant
was asked for through the Congress
sional act approved -July %. 1866, en-
titled IAN act granting lands to aid in
the construction of a railroad and tele-
graph line from the States of Missouri
and Arkansas to the Pacific Coast. :"
The application was denied on the
ground that il was not In conformity
to departmental regulations, and that
the road had not been built within the
prescribed time
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

UNDER the Postal Union Treaty of
1874 the United States and Mexico are
bound to receive and transport across
their territory free of charge closed
mails sent from one country through
the other. Heavy mails are sent from
points in Mexico to other points in the
same country via the United States.
Some of the Star Route contractors
are complaining vigorously that this
mail loads down their coaches and is
a great burden to them. They have
made claim for extra compensation
on the ground that they are bound by
their contracts to carry only the United
States mail and did not agree to trans
port Mexican mails.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
SmaIl-pox at Montreal,

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, September 49,
Smallpox cases are increasing so rapidly
that the health officers ere withholding in
formation from the press. The Board of
Health are compelled to build fourth
wing TO the smallpox hospital, and by fur
nishing the best hospital accommodation,
to prevail upon the victims TO iso-
late themselves. Compulsory isOla-
ton will not be enforced for eight
or ten days, at the end of which
time it will be rOsorted to. . The utmost an
tipathy exists against isolation. A French
Canadian member of the Board of Health
intimated yesterday that il this were at
tempted a riot would ensue
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
Fatal Explosion.

GRAND CHAIN, ILL, September 1s.-A
terrible explosion occurred at the saw mill
owned by Captain James Bartleson, of this
place, yesterday morning, killing two men
and wOunding four Others, including one
colOred man, who, it is thought, will not
recover Mr.. Robert Mcintyre. engineer.
and Sias A. Dreamer, labOrer, were killed
outright McIntyre's body was blown
distance of two hundred yards from the
mill over the tree tops, and was traced by
pieces of clothing and entrails clinging to
the limbs. He leaves a wife and two chill
dren in comfortable circumstances. Dreamer
was blown about one hundred yards against
large tree and his back broken. He was
young man. about twenty-eight years old,
lately married, and leaves a wife in desti-
tute circumstances.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
NEGOTIATING for storrr,s Palace.

CHICAGO, Ill, September 16.-Strong.
efforts are being made in Catholic circles
in this city and vicinity to raise funds.
which will enable the Archbishop to pur-
chase the unfinished palace which the
ate Wfbur F. Storey had inteded to use
as residence. The building is to be;
converted into convent and young girls
academy. The movement is said to meet.
with liberal responses and it is stated
that the preliminaries of the trade have
already been arranged between the adj
ministrators of the Storey estate and the
representative of the Archbishop.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
The GenIEta Wins.

New YORK. September 19.-The English
cutter Genesta retrieved herself by winning
the regatta given under the auspices OF the
New York Yacht Club near Sandy Hook
yesterday. 1t was the annual race OF the
club, and the prizes consisted of two cups,
one given by Commodore James Gordon
Bennett for schOoners and the other by
Vice Commodore William p. Douglas for
cutters and sIOops. There were eleven
entries in the races. The schOOners were
the Fortuna, Graylng and Dauntless; the
cutters. Gencsia, lleen, Stranger, Clara and
Isis; and the centerboard slOOps, Grace,
Athlone and Daphne. The English yacht
came in six minutes ahead, winning the race
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
ambPrlain'H Views.

LONDON, September 17.-Mr. Chamber
lain spoke at Glasgow yesterday. In the
course of his speech he took the ground
that il was u matter of National Importance
that the coming Parliamentary elections
should result in seating majority numeri-
caliv strong enough to put down Psmell.
On the subject of Church disestablishment
Chamberlain said that he was opposed to
Sta,s interference with or aid To re-
Iigion. He was in favor of freeing the
Church in England. Scotland and Wales
from state control Referring to the Irish
question. the speaker said that he had al
WAYS favored union of English and Irish
people which would protect all against
class oppression.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
CHARLES A. BUDDESs1cK, the builder

CHARLES A. BUDDENsICK, the builder
of New York, who was convicted of
manslaughter in the second degree in
erecting unsafe houses, whereby row
fell and killed one of his employees, and
who was sentenced to the State Prison
for ten years, has secured from Judge
Van Brunt a certificate that, in his
opinion, there is a reasonable doubt
that the Judgment against Budden-
sick should stand, because of certain
errors upon the trial.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
Apv1cEs from British Columbia state

ADvICES from British Columbia state
that short time since, while two tele-
graph repairers were carrying on their
work in the Selkirk Mountains, one OF
them named Johnston was attacked by
a grizzly bear, who caught him by the
calf of the leg. The bear endeavered
to draw him into his cave. but John
ston placed his arm around a tree and
beloved for his companion, who came
close to the bear and emptied seven
Winchester balls into him. He then
fired his friends seven bullets into the
bears head and had fired the last shot
when the bear rolled over. Johnston
leg was horribly lacerated, and it will
be necessary to have the limb ampu-
tated.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
The Marquis DE Morea.

BISMARCK, d. T. September 1.-THE
prosecution in the Marquis de Mores muir
der trial rested its case this morning, ow-
ing to the absence of several witnesses
McClung, the first witness for the defence
on the stand, testified as to the general law
lessness of O'DonneIl, Finnegan and Lutf-
sey; how they rode about Little Missouri,
shooting at the knot holes of houses at the
holes in tents, etc; that no matter who
killed Lufsey, it was only question of
who was killed first 1t looks now as IL
tbs jury would agree on verdict without
having their seats.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
MIR. CHARLES NJ. N1EHAus. the Gil

Mr.. CHARLES NJ. NIEHAUS. the Gin
cinnati sculptor, spent day recently
in Washington, putting the finishing
touches to his statue of Garfield. After
the work was placed in Statuary Hall
and the artist had an opportunity to
see it in the light and surroundings
which will be permanent, some slight
alterations in the features and in the
drapery suggested themselves to him.
These he has made. and he says there
is nothing more to be done
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
CrcIona At Astoria.

PORTLAND, OREGON, September 49,
Wednesday, near Astoria, furious whiri-
Wind struck large new dwelling house on
The building collapsed in a few minutes,
aud fell shapeless mass OF ruins All the
carpenters except one, John Holgrew, for
tunately escaped without injury. HOlgrew
was caught under the falling timbers and
was fatally crushed. Such furious blows
in that section are not infrequent The air
was still Immediately before AMI after the
miniature cyclone, and nothing else in the
vicinity was disturbed except some trees
growing near the house, which were torn
up BY the roots.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
Chamberlain speaks at Glasgow.

GLASGOW, September 16.-Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain spoke here last night to
very large audience. He held that 1t was
of National importance that the Parlia-
mentary elections should result in a ma.
jority sufficient TO squelch Parnell
completely In Scotland, he said,
the question of the day is the
disestablishment of the church.
He opposed state interference with or
aid TO religion; he was a liberal tonist.
This declaration elected tremendous
cheering. He would free the ,hurch IN
England, Scotland and Wales from stata
control, and still adhered to the idea Of
National Council in Dublin.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

A BAND of Mormon missionaries
labored for a whole week in Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, without making single
convert, and came to the conclusion
that the place was the hardest they had
yet struck for the PRONUNCIATION Of
their peculiar ideas.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

THE London papers contained
column obituaries lamenting the death
of Jumbo. The Telegraph, over its re-
port of the death and history of the
famous elephant, displayed large head
lines, reading, "Sad ERd of Jumbo,
KILLED by a Collision with a Railroad
Tro-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

II the case of the hazing of Cadet
Driggart at the Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy, Secretary Whitney has issued an
order for the punishment of Cadet Wiley
in accordance with the finding of the
court-martial, which recommended his
dismissal from the service.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

The Board of Managers of the Ma
tional Temperance Society decided to
forward to the New York State Demo
crate and Republican Conventions a
resolution asking them to insert a pro-
hibition plank in their platform,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24

The hog cholera has again broken
out in SangamOu County, Ill John
b. Jones. wealthy farmer, lost over
one hundred head of good hogs in
one week.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

1t was recently reported in Quebec
that a commission would be appointed
to examine Riel for the purpose OF de-
termining as to his sanity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08
TRuE TO PRINCIPLE.

New Hampshire has one partisan who is
true to principle. He has such correct
appreciation of the eternal fitness Of things
his example is to be commended to the Re-
publican officials who are so tenaciously
holding onto the spoils in heard. This
partisan, who is not so offensive after all,
is MI. A. F. HOWARD, collector of customs
at Portsmouth. In letter rendering his
resignation to the treasury department he
says he has held the Office since December,
1878, during which time he has endeavored
to faithfully discharge its duties. He then
adds:
81 rhave also during that time been a zeal
Gus member of the Republican party, and in
every way possible contributed to its success.
Consequently, my offensive partisanship can
beestablished by many witnesses. For twenty
years have also been firm believer in the
old Jacksonian doctrine, To the victor be-
longs the spoils.' Consistency, therefore,
compes me firmly to adhere to these princi-
Piles and convictions in defeat as well as in
victory. The Republicans having been de-
feated at the polls in November, and Demo-
cratic administration being now firmly estab-
lshed, the Offices and patronage of right be-
long to those who have waited for nearly
three months for the political waters, which
thus far do not seem to move. In my judg-
ment, the hungry and thirsty Ito use COM
mon phrase) should no longer be deprived of
the fruits of their victory. I therefore quit
and deliver up the Office which l have held for
nearly twelve years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08

is human nature whether it be
in a preacher or q lawyer The
only difference is that the man
who has put on the holy garb of the priestly
office is supposed to have to be regenerate
man and by the aid of divine grace better
fortified to resist the ordinary temptations
OF life. Thus it is the minister has better
opportunities to play the villain if he is dis
posed to do so, because he is more trusted
than other men. The main trouble is that
the churches are not always cautious
enough in admitting candidates into
the ministry. Where one falls, i'll
nine cases out of ten the cause
can be traced to the fact that
at no time in his life was the man
ever fit to be in the ministry. An individ-
ual may be gentleman and yet not be
Christian, but no man, whether he be called
a Greek, a Romanist OF a Protestant, can be
a true Christian without being gentleman.
In view of this fact we fail to see why
preacher whose charge is composed entirely
of females should be subjected to more
temptation than one whose flock consists
exclusively of males. ''To the pure all
things are pure"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08
MINISTERIAL PURITY.

The Rev. SAM JONES, the noted South
ern revivalist, whose picturesque language
is attracting good deal of attention just
now, recently said: ''SOme preachers are
so elegant they always refer to hell as the
burnt district This sort of dignity is the
starch of the shroud." There doesn't SEEM
however, to be much of the shrOud starch
in the sermon of Dr.. FISHER, preached at
the First Methodist church last even
ing, OH the subject of Ministerial EX-
ample. Mr.. FISHER puts some blunt truths
in homely language, and he strikes from
the shoulder at the sins which beset his
brethren in the ministry. The example
of purity is looked for in the Christian min
istry above all other places, from the fact
that they occupy higher profession than
any other class OF people. The fact that a
Christian minister now and then falls from
grace is the best evidence that there is a
grace to fall from, and consequently is, in
that respect, an argument in favor
of Christianity. The fact that a
fallen minister falls farther and
harder than other people is because
he has higher eminence to fall from. We
fail, however, to catch the force of DR..
FISHERS argument in explanation of the
reason why clergymen who fall yield to
the vice most common in accomplishing
their ruin. If it be true as asserted, and
we grant that it is true, that the larger pro-
portion of their fiocks are females, we do
not see why preachers are more subjected
to the temptation of incOntinency than the
members of other professions. A gentle
man is gentleman whether he is
a preacher or doctor or a lawyer. The in
stincts Of gentleman will assert themselves
under any and all circumstances. A gentle
man will not take liberties with female
nor will he indulge improper familiarities
from one, whether he stands in the pulpit
OF at the bar, or at the bedside of the sick.
If he is gentleman his instincts will pre-
vail whether he is in the presence of one
woman or of thousand. Human nature
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08

Special to the Globe.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, June THE
restitution among the people of Jackson
county has reached point which threatens
most serious results unless prompt relief is
afforded by the outside world. From time
to time the lack of food and consequent SUI
fering has been somewhat relieved
by people outside Of the county who
have become acquainted with the facts.
but these statements Of facts have been
persistently denied by those who should
have been foremost in extending aid. Now
the truth is reluctantly admitted by all, and
the country press this week publish edi-
torially appeals for aid, while the columns
of the papers are filled with touching
incidents of the famine. At the
meeting of citizens held at the village
of White Pine, presided over by Rev.. j. b.
Topper and others, held at New Kentuck
and at Short school house, at which the
best citizens of the county were gathered,
speeches were made by over fifty persons
relating the uniform tale of lack Of food
and threatened starvation. AT the New
Kentuck meeting, John Smith, the assessor,
is quoted in the Jackson Herald as saying
that unless help came 500 fam
lilies in Washington district would
starve. Editorially the Herald says:
zone large family subsisted for five days on
lettuce, the father being ill and confined to
bed, and had not prompt aid been rendered
all would have starved. We are informed
by those in position to know that hundreds
of families are no better off than this.
Something must be done. Talk will not
save the people. Let all who have flour or
meal do something for their dying citizens"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08
Albert Lea.

The wheat market was crowded with
teams Saturday. Price from 70 to so cents
per bushel. The growing wheat crop looks
to be 25 per cent. short of last year at this
time. Oats are looking well and there is
the finest stand of corn ever seen in this
county for years. .Hedenstadt's jewelry
store is closed, waiting for the insurance
adiusters. The strike of the street labor
ers ended by their going to work at the old
price, $1.25 for men and $3.50 for teams.
Since then the council have raised their
wages to $3.50 and So. The census Of
this city will show population of over
1850. The operations of Postmaster
Hibbs, of Lewiston. Idaho, reached this
city in the shape of six orders on our post
master of 500 each, sent to the Freedom
coun ty bank for collection, signed by j. G.
Wills on. The orders were paid to the
cashier, Mr.. Cady. Then followed letter
from Wilson to the bank requesting the
money be sent to him at Pierre City, Idaho,
in registered letter, which letter contained
a statement that the writer sent $500 In
orders from Lewiston last week, signed l..
W. Hibbs, postmaster. The similarity of
the handwriting of the letter from Wilson
and Endorsed by HibbS caused Cashier
Cady to suspect something wrong and make
further inquiries. While taking time to
investigate the Hibbs explosion took
place, and leaves 5000 in the bank here for
the government.