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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
SINGULAR EXPLOSION.
Terrific Gas Explosion at Chicsgo-Seventy
Men Blown Up But None Killed.

OhiCA2O-ScbenIY
Men Blown Up But None Killed.
CHICAGO, April 27.-An explosion that
pitched seventy people into the air, throw
ing one man fifty feet, wrecked seventeen
large plate glass windows, ruined S35 900
worth of clothing, damaged a building SIS
0J0 and caused u stampede of hundreds of
people from the upper stories of tall build
ings, occurred in the basement on State
and jackson streets last evening. Queer
enough, no one was killed, although two
or three may be fatally injured. Two
workmen were drilling a hole across the
street from the basement to make con-
duit for electric light wires and accident
ally punctured q gas main. They lit d
candle to see what was the matter with
the drill, and the next instant they and
seventy odd clerks and customers, in the
clothing store overhead, the massive plate
glass front and great piles of ready made
clothing were mixed up in an almost mex
tricable mass with broken timbers and
falling plaster, while people for blocks
around thought an earthquake had &C.
Cured, and rushed to the scene. The fire
was quickly extinguished by the depart
ment. The workmen in the basement
were found TO be very badly injured and
three or four clerks in the store above
were injured internally. One Of them,
George Dunlop when the explosion oc-
CURED, was standing on hot air register
and was thrown fully fifty feet, landing
on pile of goods. His back Is badly in
iuret
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
ADDITIONAL. DISPATCHES.

THERE was wreck on the Pennsylvania
& New York, near Olean, N. Y, recently,
resulting in the serious injury of about
twenty passengers.
CLEARING house returns for week end ed
April IS, show d an avera G decrease of
e compared with the corresponding week
Of last year. In New York the decrease
was 49,
THREE women and a man were drowned
by the upsettinG of a canoe in the Stillagna
marsh, Washington Territory.
THREE men, names unknown, were upset
in boat at Detroit, Mich, recently and
drowned.
THE floor of building at Rushylvania,
o., gave way during school exhibition re-
censy and 400 persons were precipitated to
the basement Two persons were killed
and ten seriously injured.
THE South Eud Bank at Colum bus, O.,
has suspended, supposed temporarily.
A PETITION to Governor Oglesby, asking
for the pardon of Anarchists Fielden,
Schwab and Neebe, now imprisoned in the
Joliet pcnitentary, is to be circulated by
certain labor organizations of Chicago.
THE Senate was not in session on the
2Sth. The House confined the discussion
on the Tariff bill.
THE steamship Yorktown ana a dyna-
mite cruiser We're launched at Cramps
ship yard, Philadelphia, on the 2S.h.
TIE ship Smyrna was sunk in collision
with the steamer Motto in the English
channel off the Isle of Wight on the 18th.
Thirteen persons were drowned.
The London money market was quiet
and prices firm during the week ended
April 2Sth. The German bourses were
prices steady.
ARE occurred on the 29th in the build
ing 403 and 4C5 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn.
Edward Smith, owner Of the building, lost
$40, COO; Mr.. Stovers, dry goods, $40, 600
Other losses amounted to So, ZOO.
HEAVY rains of the 2Sth caused serious
overfiows in North Texas and the Indian
Territory.
MEXICAN troops have had two more en-
gagements with YaGui Indians. In the
TeiIbampo mountains twenty-one Indians
were killed, and near Aqua Calientc seven
were killed and fourteen taken prisoners
IT is stated that the action of the Propa-
ganda Of the Holy See regarding Ireland
was taken spontaneously and not at all at
the suggestion Of any representative of the
English Government. The Pope approved
the Congregations action without in any
way entering into the pending political
questions between England and Ireland.
The Weser Zeitu,tg reports that Kuntz
and Tappenbeck's expedition to the interior
Of the Cameroons (Africa) was recently at
tackled by natives and that two officers
were severely wounded
EDGAR SLADE, aged seventy-five years,
and William Mcclellan, his grandson,
aged three years, were recently found
burned to death. They lived on a farm
about three miles from Chatham, Ont, and
It was supposed they were out burning
brush.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee
q st. Paul Railway Company have elected
General Manager Roswell Miller president
to succeed the late Alexander Mitchell
F. b. BLAKE & Co., coal commission mer-
chants of New York. have made an assign
ment. Liabilities, 100000 to $50, 900, OF
which considerable portion is said to be
due to banks which hold the firms paper.
THE high school building and the Unitar-
ian Church at Concord, n. H, were en-
trely destroyed by fire recently. All the
children escaped in safety. The loss was
$4,000.
JOHN THoRNwALD, prosperous farmer
living near Bismarck, Oak, claims to have
found very rich ore near the surface at a
point within twenty miles of Bismarck,
Oak.
THE Manitoban Government is negotiat-
ing for a loan OF $500, 900 to complete the
Red River Valley road and cover the
deficit.
By q fire in a boarding house on Twenty.
eighth street, New York, the other morn
ing four servants were badly hurt.
THE machine and pattern shop of the
Delamater iron works in New York were
burned recently; loss 100000.
SERIOUS prairie fires are reported at sew.
eral places in Manitoba
IN quarrel at Dickinson, OAK, the
other day over game Of poker, Jasper
Holtz was shot and killed by Frank Chase.
Two deputy sheriffs of Socorro County.
n. NJ, who had been on the trail of Joe
Atkins and Frank Porter for two days,
came up with them near San Jose On the
24th, when a regular pitched battle en-
sued, in which Porter was killed and At
kins captured.
A TORNADO, the second one this year,
struck Pratt, Kan, on the evening Of the
10Th. Mrs. William Fisher was killed and
many others seriously hurt.
NILE. DECO Miss Annie WILSON, had a
terrible fall from slack wire at Steuben-
vile, O., recently, during performance,
the apparatus giving way. She was fatally
injured.
BENJAMIN S. ROBBINS, the assistant
United States district attorney at Denver,
Col, recently attempted suicide by jabbing
knife in his neck. He was in a hit OF de-
lirium at the time. He was from Kentucky,
where he had been State Senator.
CLARKE, Radcliffe & Co., dry goods COM
mission merchants, of New York, have
failed with liabilities estimated at $500 COZ
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
THE BLAlOCK GANG.
Commencement of the Trials at Colum bus,
kan.-Jonathan Blalock's Evidence.

Commencement of the Trials at Colum bus,
Kan.-Jonathan Blaiock's Evidence.
COLUMBUS, Kan, April 21.-Dan Fry and
Grant Alley, members of the Fry Blalock-
Alley gang, were placed on trial yester-
day. when their counsel entered plea Of
burglary in the second degree and they
were remanded for sentence.
Fred Fry and Alexander Fry, upon being
brought before the court entered plea OF
not guilty, and jury was impaneled for
the trial of Fred Fry, the case of Alex
ander Fry being continued 10 another day
of the term.
The cases of Jonathan and William Bla-
lock, for the murder Of David Gordon, will
be the Iastreached, as their testimony will
be necessary to establish the guilt Of Fred
and Alexander Fry and their father and
mother, and Andy and Helen Fry.
When Jonathan Blalock was introduced
on the part OF the State in the case OF Fred
Fry the most eager interest was manifest
by the crowd anxious to see the famous
leader Of the gang also to hear if he would
confirm his confession made at the coroner's
inquest He stated on the night of the
robbery at Crestline the gang, including
Fred Fry, met on the railroad without any
fixed purpose Of where they were going:
that their purpose was to so to Smithfield
and rob the post-office and store, but, for
some cause concluded to stop at Crestline.
They broke hand car loose at the Column
bus section house aud rode over to Crest
line on it attempted to break into
the store, but were fired upon, then
broke into the depot and got box
Of garden seeds and some apples. He said
their intention before starting was to make
c haul of some kind. That Fred Fry did
not often go with the gang. He thinks
this was the only time he ever went with
them Fred did not break into the depot,
but stood on guard. The seeds were loaded
on the hand car and taken to Columbus,
and given to the Fry boys, who took them
home
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
Murdered His Family.

O'FALLoN, Mo-, April 2S.-Ernest Klees-
chute yesterday morning murdered his
wife, shot his two children, one of them
fatally, and then committed suicide at his
w1fe's home, six miles north OF here. Klees-
chulte, now of st. Louis, some seven or
eight years ago was married to Miss Mary
Shuttle, of st. Charles County, Mo. They
had two sons in their union, now aged six
and eight years. Two years ago they sep
arated for some reason unknown. Mrs
Kleeschulte has lived for about three
mouths in a small house on what is known
as the Henry Beck farm, an isolated place
about one mile from the Missouri river,
with her two boys. One OF her brothers
lived near by.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
FATAL WRECK.
A Fatal Wreck on the Burlington Road In
Nebraska.

Nebraska.
OMAHA, Neb., April 2S.-Thcre was quite
serious wreck on the Burlington & Mis-
souri, River two miles from Alma, Neb.,
about six o'clock yesterday morning. The
smoker, day car and Kansas City Pullman
were precipltsted into Rope creek, which
had been swollen by rains that had weak
ened the bridge. The engine, baggage aud
express cars passed over safely. The en-
CINE broke loose from the others. The ex-
press car turned over and caught fire and
burned. The baggage was all burned.
The mail was soaked. and tho smoker
and day car, telescoped and broken IN
pieces, are now lying IN the bed of the
creek. Twelve persons in the day car and
smoker were badly burned. The dead are:
s. A. Towns and wife, Grand Rapids, Mich;
Mrs. Towns was taken out of the creek
alive, but died at Alma; c. F. Eaton, Lin
coin, a travelling man from Kansas City, is
not expected to live. Conductor Odell was
severely cut on the head and internally
injured; brakeman was cut on the
head; Edward Defenbaugh, of Adelphi,
o., was seriously injured; NJ. c. Kirby. OF
Montreal, was cut on the head. The
wounded are all at Alma, and all doing
well, except Eaton. An inquest will be
held to-day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
VExED BY VOORHEES,.
An Alleged Scheme to Defeat the Springs
Oklahoma Bill.

An Alleged Scheme to Defeat the Springer
Oklahoma Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 2T.-The House Pub
lie Lands Committee at their meeting yes
terday morning ameded Senate bill 1859 by
attaching the Public Land Strip known as
No-Man's-Land to New Mexico, instead Of
Kansas and for land Office to be estab-
lished in the strip and the appointment OF
a register and receiver. This is the VOor-
hees town site scheme and the parties back
of it think they are throwing the public of
the track by this amendment. Their pur-
pose is to pass it through the House as
amended and thus get it before an accom-
modating conference committee, where It
will be juggled into its original form as it
passed the Senate, which attaches the
Public Land Strip to Kansas. or course
the Interior object Of this conspiracy is to
defeat the passage Of the Oklahoma bill,
but Mr.. Springer and the other friends OF
this latter measure are fully advised Of the
facts and prepared to thwart this scheme,
which is being engineered By Senator
Voorhees, and other Senators.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mall
CONGRESSIONAL

IL the Senate on the 23d the House bill tc
prohibit the making Of books or pools on trot
ting or running races. foot racing OF base
ball in the District OF Columbia was
passed; also the House bill for the sale Of
certain New York Indian lands in Kansas. The
International Copyright bill was then discussed
until adjournment The House passed
the bill giving a pension Of SIS per month to the
widow Of General Ricketts,. Under the call OF
States bills and resolutions were introduced
The balance Of the day was given 10 the coz
sideration Of the River and Harbor bill in Com
mittee OF the Whole.
AFTER clearing away some unimportant
business on the Path the Senate resumed con-
sideration OF the International Copyright bill,
which, after debate, was laid over. After the
passage of several bills of private and local
nature and an executive session the Senate adj
journed In the House the Committee on
Elections reported on the Frank Glover contest
from ST. Louis in favor of Mr. Glover. The
House then. in Committee OF the Whole, re-
sumed consideration OF the Tariff bill. Mr..
McMillin, OF Tennessee. spoke in favor and Mr..
Burrows, Of Michigan, against the bill When
the cenmittee rose the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th resolution
was adopted calling for copies Of the reports OF
Special Agents Beecher and Tingle as to the
alleged smuggling Of opium from British Column
message was then taksn up and Mr.. Voor-
hees addressed the Senate at length. At
the close OF his address the conference
report on the joint resolution for conference
of the American nations was non-concurred in
and new conference ordered. -. As soon as the
House met it went into Committee OF the
Whole on the Tariff bill, and was addressed by
Messrs. Bynum. OF Indiana, and Dockery, Of
Missouri, in support Of the measure. A night
session was held and the debate on the bill con-
tinucd.
AT the conclusion Of the morning hour in
the Senate on the 26th Mr. ingalls, took the floor
and gave notice that on Tuesdry he would reply
to some remarks of Senator voorhees, in his
speech OF the day before. The conference re-
port on the Joint resolution to take part in the
international exposition at Paris in 1889 was
agreed to. The Senate then resumed consider
alton OF the Railroad Land Forfeiture bill
which was finally laid aside, and
bills passed granting the right Of way to
the Kansas City & Pacific railroad through the
Indian Territory; appropriating 100000 addi-
tional to the public building al Wichita. Kan,
and granting the Kansas Valley railroad the
right Of way through the Fort Riley reservation.
Adjourned until Monday 80. In the House the
Senate bill passed for the relief of the Omaha
tribe of Indians in Nebraska and to extend the
time of payment to purchasers Of lands from
the Indians. The remainder of the day was
given to debate on the Tariff bill.
THE Senate was not in session on the 9th
Soon after the House met debate on the
Tariff bill was resumed and continued into
the evening session, at which seventeen pension
hills passed
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
Died From a Blow.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April ga tie
rafter, named SOmmers, died at Usage
City, eight miles below here, this morning.
under peculiar circumstances. He was on
a tie raft with two other parties, and, ac-
cording to the story OF his companion, a
sparring match was arranged Sunday, aud
Sommers received blow on the side OF the
head from which he did not recover. He
was left at Usage City last night, and his
companions proceeded on down without
any further explanation. Captain c. S.
Robey, an old river man, found Sommers
in a dying condition, and te.egraphed to
this city for DR.. n. De WyL who went
down on the night train, but Sommers was
fast diving. He never recovered.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
CAPITAL Removal.


The Capital Removal convention was
held at Abilene on the Gath, according to
announcement DR.. Hodge called the con-
vention to order and Hon. Harrison Kelley
was chosen as chairman. Resolutions were
adopted, the pream BILE TO which recited that
when the State was admitted the sixth
principal meridian was supposed to be and
would continue the western boundary;
that the boundary has since been moved
westward to Colorado; that this portion OF
the State now contains population four
times greater than the State contained
when Topeka was made the capital; and
believing that the people who located pub
lie institutions TWENTY-FIVE years ago and
shaped the Institutions of the State, had
but an imperfect knowledge OF the posi-
bllltles of the future and what Kansas
would be to-day; that the mistakes OF
few early settlers should now be remodeied;
therefore it was resolved by the convention
10 oppose any future appropriations by the
Legislature for erecting public. institu-
tons, including work on the State
house, and while fayoring the main
tenance OF the institutions where
at present located, yet the adoption
OF new policy was recommended "com-
mensureate with our new growth, present
and future Importance, and that on this
line we ask all of Central and Western
Kansas to unite with US in the work of
duplicating every one of the present State
institutions, locating the new buildings
most advantageously to the interests of the
State among the several towns Of Central
and Western Kansas, and the State capital
at some suitable central point to be deter
mined by the ballots Of The people Of the
State" The resolutions, after rehearsing
the wonderful development Of the State,
declared that "if we build city on Kansas
soil for Kansas business, we must get
from beneath the shadow of the great
commercial center on Missouri soil into
which the wealth of Kansas has been
poured for quarter Of a century," and
that centers should be chosen for the great
lines of roads at which to build up great
city and capital worthy of a great State,
and further calling upon the people of
Central and Western Kansas to unite in
this work, and finally recommending that
a convention be held ut an early date after
the November election of all members and
Senators elect to the Legislature in SYM
pathy with the resolutions, the time and
place Of meeting to BE- named by an execu-
tive committee appointed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
GRANTS BIRTHDAY.
| General Sherman and Others Celebrate H
| by Banquet at Delmonico's.

General sherman and Others Celebrate II
by Banquet at Delmonico's.
NEW YORK. Al ril 2S.-In commentator
Of the anniversary Of the birthday OF Gen
eral Grant an elaborate banquet was gwen
at Delmonico's last night The arrange
ments had been made by General w. I.
Sherman and about $50 persons were
present, all parties and all ranks being
represented.
General ". T. Sherman presided over
the first table. On his right sat Chauncey
NJ. Depew, the orator of the evening, and
on his left Mayor Abram S. Hewitt. The
others at the table were General William
Malone, General W. q. Seward, son Of
Lincoln's Secretary Of State; Hon. George
". Childs, Cyrus W. Field. Rev. John r
Paxton,o Edwards Pierrepont, General
c. B. Comstock, W. c. Andrews,
Samuel Sloan, Captain W. W. Pax
ton and Albert Bierstadt. Among
others present were: General Fitz
John Porter, Colonel A. Louden Suowden
Of Philadelphia, d. o. Mills. General
Stewart L. Woodford, General Wager
Swayne, Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, Elliot
F. Shepard, Hon. Elinu Root and Herman
c. Armour.
Letters Of regret were read from General
Joseph E. Johnston, Colonel John I. Aosby,
General James Longstreet and General
Fitzhugh Lee.
General Sherman, after an appropriate
address, introduced Mr.. Depew, who de-
ivered O brilliant grafton. He compared
and contrasted President Lincoln and Gen.
eral Grant and said that each was neces-
sary to the success of the other and both
10 the restoration Of the Union. No other
soldier was so fitted for the work to be
done in the field and no other man than
President Lincoln would have had the
masterful stamina to withstand the de-
mands Of the country for Grants with
drawal The speaker touched upon the
generous recognition of General Sher-
mans great abilities evinced by Gen.
eral Grant and of Grants interposi-
ton when President johnson wanted to
punish those who had been in rebellion. In
view of the association Of his name with
the Republican Presidential nomination,
the following sentence from his speech
seemed significant: 1T Is notable fact
that though we are the only purely indus
trial nation in the world, we have never
selected our rulers from among the great
business men Of the country. And the
conditions and prejudice of success present
insuperable obstacles to such choice"
Other speeches were made by General
Malone, Colonel r. G. Ingersoll, Judge
Pierrepont General Noble, Of Missouri,
and others.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
Double Suicide.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2Z-Ernest Eich-
field, tailor, aged sixty years, and his wife,
aged fifty-five, a chiIdless couple, lived IN
a small house in the rear Of 1131 North
Second street-three stories high, but so
small that there was only one room on each
floor. They were neat, quiet, inoffensive
and apparently affectionate couple To-day
their bodies were found hanging by pieces
of clothes line, one from the transom of
the door on the second floor and the other
from that on the third floor. They had ev-
IDENTIFY committed suicide. The only theory
advanced in the case is that the couple had
become tired Of life and mutually agreed
to end their existence
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
FREDERICK MUCH BETTER.
Favorable Signs Present Themse1ves-HiEh
Compliment to DIR. Mackenzie.

BERLIN, April ga bulletin issued yes
terday morning says: THE Emperor slept
well last night. His fever is very slight
and his general condition begins to I'M
prove" At noon his appetite was improv-
ing and his general condition was salts
factory. During the day the Emperor was
out of bed four hours and his temperature
was almost normal His sense OF taste,
which he lost during the critical period, has
returned, and this is regarded as an ex-
ceptionally favorable sign. He seems bet
ter IN every respect. The physicians are
of the opinion that the crisis has passed.
The Emperor discussed affairs Of State
with Generals Won SchellendOrff and Won
Albedyll. Profs. Bergman and Leyden
signed the bulletins. Prof. Lsyden, on
talking of DR.. Mackenzie to a friend, said
that no doctor could have treated the En-
peror in a more humane or skillful manner.
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ANOTHER CYCLONE.
Pratt, Kan, Has Another Visitation From
the storm King.

EEAttS mall, Hhde AhOIhcE
the storm King.
PRATT, Kan, April 27.-The severest
hail. RAIN and thunder storm, accompanied
by lightning, ever known in this section.
visited this unfortunate little city yester-
day afternoon. Bolts Of lightning re-
sembling pillars of fire swept from sky to
earth, emitting deafening roars OF thunder.
One flash struck the blacksmith shop of P.
Edigo, tearing off the roof and completely
demolishing the building. At five o'clock
a cyclone came from the south, and was
viewed by the terrified people as it swayed
and tossed its black columns. Women be-
came panic stricken, and ran through the
streets with children in their arms wild
with fright and shrieking for help. The
cyclone spared the eastern edge of the
town, a portion thinly populated, and
passed in n northerly direction, demolish-
ing several houses and barns. William
Fishers residence was torn to splinters
and scattered for half milo. His wife
was picked out Of the ruins and fatally in
jured. A number Of others, including
William Breer, Dave Small. Mrs. Howell
and others were injured by flying timbers
and debris. This is the second cyclone
that has visited this unfortunate town this
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