Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| very strong flow OF natural gas at dept
| of 49J feet.
SOME time ago the twelve-year. old son G
Fred Heron, OF Leavenworth, swaliowe
a large pin, and for two weeks sufere
great agony. Local physicians failed |
extract 1t and the little sufferer was take
to New York, where the best surgical ski
was TO be employed.
THE fourteen-year-old son of John WeiSe
man, OF Leavenworth, was fata ~ injure.
the other day while trying TO climb on
moving freight train.
COLONEL y. S. Goss. of Topeka, was re
Gently Ill Washington on business in con
nectlon with MS scieu ifc researches. II
is now cirec;iaG special attention 10 III
Mexican aad Central American birds, an
Is adding largely To the information of tn
scientists concerning the natural history o
| those regions.
! FIVE OF the Bialoc!i gang had been con
/ vlc;ed OF burg airy and robbery at Column
| bus up TO the 31td AMI more were 10 fol
| low.
AT the late annual meeting Of the State
! Dental Association q: Ton ,t.a tue follow
ing officers were elected: Pre- ,ideu., L. E
NIckles. Sallna; first vice-president, II
| w. Parsons. Wamego; second vice-pres'
dent, s. P. Huntington. Eureka; secretary
Z. b. Gum, Leaveuworth; treasurer, +. o
Hettrick, Ottawa.
The Republican convention of the Fiji
district recently met 1T Junction City and
re-noninated Hon John 4. Anderson for
Congress by reclamation.
AT the Repu blican convention of the
Seventh Congressional district, held a,
Garden City Mag l, Hon. ). r Peters was
unanIm Dusly nominated Tor reelection &c
Congress.
OK the night of April - Deputy Sheriff:
G.. II. Campbell ami +. H. Homen bach
killed John P Reardou at the Round Prai
RE school house, about thirteen miles north
OF Olathe, While attempting his arrest
Reardon was stranger, was dressed a. 4
cowboy. heavily armed, and had been stay.
ing in the school house OF nights for about
week. The officers had Il warrant for the
arrest OF man nameI Rodgers, and it was
supposed that Reardon was the man wanted
When they went to the school house and
ordered him to surrender he showed re-
sistance and was shot dead.
TIE Farmers Trust Convention recently
in session at Topeka finally adopted "A sub
sttute for the original resolutions offered
III effect that In view of the great impor-
lance of the matters for which the cOnveI-
ton WAS called to consider It is wise to
give them careful consideration; that far
Their consideration OF the pending rules be
postponed to an adjourned NEE ing to be
held at Topeka on Wednesday OF the third
week in November. when the Farmers
National Convention viii be in session. and
only farmers ami those working with them
be admitted to such meeting.
THE monthly report of the Secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture estimates
the condition of winter wheat ut gj per
cent: acreage of spring wheat, as COM
pared with last year, 90 per cent; condi-
ton. 60 pr cent. Acreage of corn 10 per
cent condition, 100 per cent: Oats, acre
age lU5 per cent; condition, % per cent
Condition Of tame grass, 100 per cent. Dur
ing the month of April, with but few ex-
ceptions, rains have been abundant IN the
Eastern half of the State, also in the
Southwestern portion. In West Central
inj North Central Kansas and 90 morally
throughout the Northwest. the ram fall
was light and crops have suffered some
what
TEE State Central Committee of the
United Labor party met at Topeka on
May and resolved to send delegates 10
the Cincinnati convention and that the
chairman be empowered to appoint such
delegates and that said delegates be in
structed to oppose the nomination of
Presidential candidate. Chairman Gaskill
appointed the following delegates: T.. r.
Gaskill, Topeka; F. NJ. P. DUnnelly, Kan
sas City: {. A. Henrie. Topeka; William
Mcmillan, Usage City; W. NJ. Goodner.
Larned; c. D. Alien, Atchison; E. T.
Butcher, Solomon City: j. NJ. Z,mm, Hutch
lnson. Each delegate was authorized to
exercise the rrerogativc of furnishing a
substitute with the proper credentials to
admit him to a seat In said conference in
case the appointee is unable to attend ia
person.
THE other day William Herman. a we'll
known LeavenWorth miiliman, returned to
his home, after having attended the
funeral of a member OF his family. and
while removing the harness from one of
his team of mules, the animal suddenly
turned and planted both feet with terrific
force III Herlnan's stomach. After getting
in the house he began to suffer terrible
pains and died IN few hours
Rev. A. KUHLs celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of his priesthood az wv
andOtte on May :. He received Il large
number of presents. Father Kuhls took
charge of the Catholic Church at Wyan-
dotte in 1863
WILLIAM HoTL, a stonemason of Win
field, IN tit o. dependency, blew his
brains out the other day with Il revolver.
he was widower and quite Old
THE Sixth district Rspu blican conven
ton at Russell renomnated Congressman
Turner for rc-electiO
JONATHAN and William Blaloch were per-
mItted TO plead guilty of murder in the
second degree at Columbus when arraigned
+ the murder OF Constable Gordon. Mrs.
BIalOck was found guilty of receiving
stolen property. The trial of the Frys and
the pretty, young school teacher will
round up the BlalOck-Fry gang.
As AN outgrowth of the Farmers Trust
movement articles of incorporation were
recently fled with the Secretary OF State
Of the Farmers Federation of the MIS-
'issippi Valley" and the incorporators are
citizens of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Michigan,
" iscOnsiu. Minnesota, Nebraska. Colorado !
Arkansas. Texas Tennessee, Kentucky,
WestVIrgiuia, NewMexico, Wyom- |
ng and Dakota-fourteen States and three |
Territories. The places of business are !
to be ests blished at Topeka, Kan; Kansas /
City, Mo-; Chicago, ILL.,; ST. Paul, Mimi:
Omaha, Neb.; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mil /
vaukee, Wis; St Louis, No.; Louisville, |
KY. Cincinnati, O.. and such other places /
is may be deemed advisable, as the bust I
ness grows The officers are: President |
and general manager. Waller " Allen;
P. y. Gich; treasurer, ]. T. /
secretary, j. Z. Limcberner
FIEE rains of late.
PATENTS issued to Kansas inventors for |
he week ended April -: Vehicle axle, !
John F. Dixon. of Clay Center; sad iron,
William II. Null, of Lawrence; provision !
'afe. Harriet Randall, OF Petersburg: