Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-28
Greenwood County, Kan, in a
Terrible Scare-A Farmer and
TWO Children
Die of the Dread Malady-Many Other
Persons Bitten-Six Girls Drowned
at Newark.
Double Drowning at Chicago and Boston
Fatal Railroad Accidental Choctaw
Killed BY Lightning.

sioners of Greenwood County, this State,
who arrived here yesterday. stated that
about month ago a rabid dog bit several
dogs, cattle and horses near Eureka. The
dogs attacked bit other dogs and over
forty soon showed violent symptoms of the
dread mslady. Most Of them were killed,
but some that were not known to have
been, affected were not, and these have
bitten nine persons About fifteen days
ago one Of these dogs rushed into the yard
of William Jones, prominent farmer liv-
ing about a mile south OF Eureka, the
county seat of Greenwood County, and,
before any one was aware Of his
presence, bit Jones and two OF his chill
dren. The wounds seemed 10 have healed,
but last Wednesday one OF the children
died in terrible agony. The father next
died q terri BILE death, and yesterday the
other child followed. The other six per-
sons bitten arc doing we'll, as a man named
COgswell, who was among the first at
lacked, sent to lola, seventy-five miles dis
tant, for a maidstone. He ami others in his
neighborhood used il in turn as rapidly
possible and are from present indications
in fair way to recover. 1t is not expecte !
that any more will die, as the others were
all bitten before the members Of the Jones
family aud by different animal. There
is great excitement il the county. which
will probably result in almost the entire
extinction of the canine family.
MAN AND WOMAN DROWNED.
CHICAGO, June ga small sail boat cap
sized off the north pier yesterday afternoon,
and Edward Egloff and Mrs. Charles San
ders, its occupants, were d. owned. Hun
dreds OF people on the pier saw Eglof make
heroic attempt to save the woman and
saw them sink together. Egloff was an
expert sailor, but the ballast of the boat
consisted OF three or four stones which
rolled about in the bottom. Egloff and
Mrs. Sanders leaned over to hail the occu-
pant of passing boat when the ballast
rclled down TO that side and the boat cap
sized. Eglcff was twenty-six years old
and unmarried. Mrs. Sanders was twenty
one years old and left a husband anu one
child.
SIX GIRLS DROWNED.
NEWARK, n. j., June Pa party of six
teen ladies' and gentlemen hired the steam
yacht Olivette and left this city Saturday.
At the mouth of the bay the yacht ran OIL a
rock and some Of the passengers in at
tempting to Jump on shore upset the boat
which slid off in the deep water and six
girls were drowned. Early yesterday
morning a crowd OF people including
relatives and friends of the drowned left
the city to aid in the search for the bodies
Of the victims Only one body was re-
covered, that OF Annie Fricke, which was
found by the father of Minnie Burger,
another victim.
DISASTROUS RAILROAD WRECK.
HoRNELLsvILLE, n. ", June 25.-Erie
tram No. ), the st. Louis and Chicago / m
tied express, due here at 9:51 4. H., was
wrecked at White House. a small station
fifty-four miles west of here. at S:15 Satur-
day morning. The train left the track and
the engine les bottom side up in the ditch.
Engineer Henry Trask, of this city, was
killed. The fireman, named Sweet, also OF
this place, was seriously if not fatally in-
jured, and Il lady passenger, thought to
be Mrs. Hale of Buffalo, was seriously in-
jured.
WOMAN AND CHILD DROWNED.
BosroN, June 25.-During Saturday
nights storm small yacht was capsiZed,
in the cabin of which were John Z. Cal M.
Mrs. Catherine TIipp, aged sixty-five. and
her niece. Calm was taken out alive and
Mrs. Trlpp's dead body was found near the
yacht aud the body Of the little girl is sup
posed to be yet IN the cabin.
INTENSE HEAT IL NEW YORK.
New YORK, June 25.--For three days tho
heat has been almost insufferable. The
highest thermoletrical POINT reached yes
terday was Einety-sevel degrees. There
were four deaths reported from heat and
thirteen prostrations in this city ard i'll
teen prostrat ons in Brooklyn.
YOUNG MAN DROWNED.
CAMERON, No., June % Several Cam
eron young men went swimming III the
large pond west of the city Saturday night,
when Joseph Foy, about twenty-one years
of age, was drowned. 1t is supposed he
was seized with cramps. He was one of
Cameron's prominent young men and well
liked.
STRUCK DEAD BY LIGHTNING.
MUsKoGEE, l. T., June 25.-. enry Thomp-
son, well-known and Influential Choctaw,
was instantly killed near KIowa FRIDAY
night by being struck by lightning. He
had left Kiowa TO return to his home in the
country, and the two horses he was driving
were also killed.
TWO YOUNG MEN DROWNED.
New YORK, June 25.-N Nicholas Gerkin,
of Hoboken. was seized with cramps while
bathing off the GreenvIlle shore yesterday.
j. B. Clam, of Brooklyn, went to his as
sistance and both were drowned.
Another Scaflold Accident.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 24-AnOther