Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-26
CHARLES LABEL. the principal witness

safely mo SdudQt.
FOREST fires are doing much damage
about Coral and Howard City, Mich, and
the towns are in danger.
TWENTY lives were lost by. the wreck of
the Star of Greece near Adelaide, South
Australia, recently.
By an explosion of petroleum on the
Spanish steamer Asturiano at Rouen re-
Gently eight sailors lost their lives.
THE lone highwayman no robbed the
stage near Miles City, Mont, some few
days ago has been captured.
A TERRIBLE storm visited Wheeling, "
Va, on the evening of the 18th. Will.
watching the rushing waters bridge gave
way and many persons were drowned.
Reports from the vicinity also indicated q
disastrous loss of life.
THOMAS w. HALL, a heavy dealer in wool,
Chicago, has assigned with S150, 900 liabili-
ties and S13O, 200 assets.
BROTHERHOOD engineers declare that the
dynamite conspiracy is a concoction of
Burlington detectives and that most of the
men arrested are in the employ of Pinker-
ton.
o. B. Ii. HART, the boycotted employe
discharged by Gardiner & Estee, shoe
manufacturers of New York, has received
quite substantial recognition of sympa-
thy. His cause was espoused by Mayor
Hewitt.
THE old officers of the National Prison
Association were reelected. The next
meeting will be held in Nashville, Tenn,
in October, 1889.
THE Charleston, the first United States
war vessel ever built on the Pacific coast,
was launched at San Francisco on the 18th.
THE tercentenary Of the destruction of
the Spanish armada was observed at
Plymouth, England, on the 18th.
THE shooting contest for the Elcho shield
at Wimbledon resulted in favor of the
Irish team. The score was as follows
Ireland, 1862 points; England, 1,642; Scot
land, 1853.
FIRE ut Kentland, Ind, recently de-
stroyed two grain elevators. the railroad
depot and eighteen freight cars.
IT is reported that all the members of the
Holy Synod of Servia except two opposed
the granting of King Milan's petition for
divorce from Queen Natalie.
THE Senate has passed the House bill
fixing the age for consent Of all females in
the Territories at sixteen. The offense
under that age is termed rape, punishable
with five years in the penitentiary.
THE Carson New appeal says it hears
from reliable authority that John Mackay
has disposed of his cable to Jay Gould for
$11 ,00O,O 900. Negotiations have been pend
ing for some time. Mackay originally
asked $4,000, 900 but Gould refused the
cable at these figures and finally offered
S11 ,000, 900, which was accepted.
FIFTEEN workmen were mangled to death
on the Mexican National railroad at Front
recently.
The ship Farragut, from Calcutta to New
York, has been long overdue. She had
twenty-five Boston seamen on board.
JACK ALLEN was hanged in the court
house at Monticello, N. Y, recently for the
murder of Ursula Ulrich at Jeffersonville
last October.
THREE more elopements were reported
at st. Louis on the 10Th.
GOVERNOR GUY, of the Chickasaw Ma
ton, was reported marching on Ardmore
with large body of men and proposes to
run the nom n-citizens who have been intim-
idating the militia in that vicinity out of
the country.
YELLOW fever has made its appearance
at Tampa and Manatee, Fla.
BONANZA MAcKEY denies positively that
he has sold his cable property to Jay
Gould or any one else.
The Commission appointed TO negotiate
with the Indians for the opening of part
of the Sioux reservation in Dakota began
work on the Goth. The opposition was re-
ported growing.
THE steam-pipe of the tug-bcat Convoy
exploded near Louisville, KY, recently.
Seven men were scalded to death.
DIR. JAMES RIDLEY, the medical officer
in attendance at Tullamore Jail during
Mandeville's incarceration there, and who
was subp9naed to appear at the inquest
at Mitchellstown into Mandeville's death,
has committed suicide.
IT is reported that the Shinwanis have
killed sixty men sent with an envoy from
the Afghan commander in chief.
E. H. AND S. w. JACOBS, president and
cashier of the Madison National Bank, Da-
Eota, have been arrested, charged with
perjury and other crookedness in connec-
tion with their bank, which is now in the
hands of a receiver.
BUSINESS failures Oun's report) for the
seven days ended July 10 numbered for
the United States, pa; Canada, IA; total
22S, as compared with 240 the previous
week and 1T2 the corresponding week of
last year.