Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-09-06
THU NEST.

900; insurance, 81, 800.
The Northwestern limited passenger
train going west ran off the track four
miles from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, recently,
demolishing the locomotive, derailing the
baggage car and coach and Injuring En-
gineer George Arnold and Fireman John
HoSsock seriously, though not fatally.
The passengers escaped unhurt. A broken
switch was the cause of the accident.
THB adverse decision of the Washington
Territory Supreme Court in the woman
suffrage case has been appealed to the
United States Supreme Court.
FREEMAN G. CAREY, founder of Farmers
College, where General Harrison began
his literary studies, died in Cincinnati on
the 9th.
THE strike Of the engineers, firemen,
switchmen and brakemen on the Mackey
system has been temporarily settled at
Evansville, Ind, and the men have an re-
turned to work. What concessions were
made by tho company was not known.
LAWRENCE HUTCHINs, little boy, was
kidnapped recently from Evanston, Ind.
but was rescued at Chicago. His captors
escaped.
4 DISASTROUS wreck was caused at ihe
crossing of thu Toledo, Kansas City & st.
Louis and the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mack
inaw roads at Enterprise, ten miles west
of Delphos, O., by the Cloverleaf train be-
ing broken in two and both ends running
together, knocking the engine into the
Mackinaw engine, which was standing on
the crossing.
A WEST bound freight, extra, on the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, col
lided with the rear end Of a construction
train at Rock Greek, nine miles west of
Fairfield, Iowa, on the 27tt- g. A. Rose,
of Burlington, road master, Patrick Ready
and Patrick Griffin, section men, were
killed, and John Kelly and Timothy Muir
ply injured.
CONGRESSMAN MILLS, Of Texas, Wilson,
Of West Virginia, and Lawler, Of Illinois,
visited the Union Stock Yards at Chicago
on the 27th and were given dinner at the
Transit House. They went to the Ex-
change building. where 900 people listened
to brief addresses on the tariff.
KLEIN & SoS's stocking factory at Gin.
cinnati was burned out recently. Loss,
$780, ,O00; insured.
By a collision between freight train
and special containing military COM
pany at Lima, o., the other morning, both
engines and two cars were wrecked and
four persons slightly hurt.
II. j. BENJAMIN and F. a. Bates, bank
rupt Milwaukee stock brokers, have been
arrested on the charge of conspiracy in
defrauding Mrs. Helen Warner of $4,000
in mining deal.
THE railroads leading East from Chicago
regretted their action in cutting grain rates
to interior points, and at a meeting of the
freight committee Of the Central Traffic
Association on the 2Sth the question of re-
storing these rates was discussed. No
action was taken, but it was decided to
meet again for the purpose of further con-
sidering the matter.
THE State conference of farmers and
labor organizations in session at st: Paul,
Mimi, recently nominated Ignatius Don
nelly for Governor.
IT is reported that cholera is raging
in the upper PresGue Isle country, Mich,
and people are dying like sheep with no
doctors in the immediate vicinity. Nine
persons have died in one day. While the
reports may be exaggerated, it is known
that short time ago people were suffering
with bowel trouble.
The Papal brief appointing Rev. John
S. Foley Roman Catholic Bishop of Detroit
has been received by Cardinal Gibbons,
but conservation will not take place before
November.
THn Deep Water convention met at
Denver, Col, on the 2Sth. Governor
Evans was made temporary chairman.
The Ninth Indiana district Congression-
el convention has nominated Hon. James
McCabe, Of Warren County.
CONGRESSMAN J. C. BURROWS has been
renominated by the Republicans of the
Fourth Michigan district.
The report from Ashland, Wis, that
work on the Duluth. South Shore & At
lantic railway had been stopped because
of the Presidents retaliatory message is
positively denied by officials.
AN epidemic of malarial or typhoid fever
with over twenty five deaths and seventy
five sick persons is raging at Caldwell, o.
NEBRASKA Democrats have nominated
Hon. John 4. McShane for Governor.
THE Union Labor party of Kansas
has nominated p. 2. Elder, OF Ottawa, for
Governor.
TROUBLE is brewing on the Shoshone
reservation, Frement County, Wyo. T.
The Sioux visitors Of the Arapahoss are at
the bottom of the trouble. Two white
men were found dead near the Rattle
snake mountains on the reservation, where
they were doubtless murdered by the
Sioux, who donnsd war paint after being
ordered OF ths Shoshone reservation.
FIRB at Lancaster, Wis, recently de-
stroyed eight business houses and their
contents. causing $40. 900 loss.
A. J. ThoCKNoRToN, nephew Of ex-Gov-
erRor Thockmorton. of Texas, committed
suicide in = cheop lodging house in Denver
recently. Cause, liquor and lack Of money.
A sEoRTAeE Of $3.50 has been found in
the accounts Of the late City Treasurer
McGeochen, Of Lafsyett Ind, who died
recently.
c. J. CosGRovE and c. W. Gerard have
been nominated for Congress by the Dem.
ocrats of the First and Second Ohio dis
trictS respect1yely