Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


farmer buried to the armpits in quick
sand in the RspIb blican river near Benkel'
man Neb. He Was rescued with difficulty.
There was on his person s., ,0OO N currency,
but his mind was enIi-eiy gone Us a result
OF his terrible experience.
JOSEPH BEckMAH, IL tailor forty five years
old, sulcided at Horton recently BY hang
ing himself. He had been on IA spree and
and wanted TO die.
The Kansas City, Wyandotte & North
western road gave the dele ates 10 the
International Typographical Union an ex-
cursiOn to Leavelworth and the Soldiers
Home during the recent annual session at
Kansas City.
THE body of a woman named Stewart
was recently founi in the river at l. aven-
worth. She hal been missing aopu a
week. She was not q resid n of thai citv,
but was SAID to have been looking for her
husband who is Or was a soldier.
AT the recent NEE ing of the State Sun
day School Association at bilene Tue fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, j. W. Love, Wichita
general secretary, j. A. Bright, Alb l-ne;
treasurer, c. II. Lebold, Alb lene; rec ,rd-
ing cretary, Prof. Frank kezer. Downs ;
executive committee, J. w. r. dden, j. q.
H. skell, T. E. Dewey, h. c. Rash, T. W..
Cunningham, J. w. Camp, ell. l.. b.
Sweet, w. Rymer, b. F. Watson. A peli-
tion WAS adopted To be sent to Congress TO
enact law prohlbitinI Sunday WORK in the
mail service and other departments of the
Government. and also petition 10 the Re-
publican National conven ion To insert IN
their platform a plank againsi Sunday
work for workingmeu and a clear IndoSe
ment of prohibition McPher on Was de-
cided upon as the plac; for the next con-
vention.
The Supreme Court has confirmed the
sentence IN the case of j. H. YarbOrough,
who was convicted OF the murd Of l. D.
Collier, son of DR.. Robert l. rd Collier,
formerly of Kansas City. at EmporIa on
November y, 1876.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas in
ventors: Thill coupling, F. W. Al Ell.
Chanute; machine for eXcavatIng, Charles
5. Jones, Yates Center: II Ined wi Z
tightener and staple driver anu extractor,
Flangus G. McHenry and II. Martin,
Bloomington; foding step. Alexander b.
Nichols, Bronson; harness rack Emory
Philips and A. n. Edwards, Wichita !;
hame attachment, Robert F. Russell, ABB
lene; hamestring, Robert F. Russell A o-
lene; grapple, William H. Wiley, Stock
ton; clawbar, Archibald Il. Wygle, King
man.
SCOTT CITY has been selected as the place
in which to huild the ta NJ ie cuilrSe of the
Episc' pal Chur ch for " estern Kansas, ann
q bui!dIn Will be er Acted this SUNNI AZ and
arrangements made for opening Lhe scho j
in the fail.
THE Attorney-General has begun MN
damus proceedings against the county
commissioners of Stevens County to COM
pei them to canvass the vote cast t The
recent railroad bond election iu tna CO. n
ty. Chiel Justice Horton. of the Supreme
Court, granted an altern tive writ ordering
the commissioners to meet and canvass
the voe On June q, or show cause why
they should not do so July ).
THE second tri i OF z. E. Weldon for
kill ng Harrison Tut, an old colored man,
IN Wyandotte, November ], 1881. wa con-
cluded in the Wyandotie district court re-
Gently, the jury finding q ver,Ict Of muir
der i'll the second Cegree. The loves
penalty for the crime Is ten years in the
penitentiary.
SHEIBY's circus and menagerie was re-
Gently wrecked by wind storm at Oiell
during the performance. The tent was
blown down and fifteen person injured,
the most serious being Arthur Deyo, skul.
fractured, and girl named Hokc, hip
broken.
The Governor has issued proclamation
organizing Grant County, with ULYSSES as
the county seat.
OK the 14th Marsh Durbin, employed bv
the Missouri Pacific TO; d as wiper, was
killed al Wyando te by being Il rown from
train, which ran over him. o. the same
day Austn Mobiles, colorei y, was
killed on the Wyandotte & Northwestern
road by jumping from high tt, ste to es-
Cape an app lroaching tram.
AT Argentine the other night an un-
known man fell from a Santa Fe train and
DO his legs were cut off below the kne T.
He was carried TO house, where he died
next day.
The executive com mlttee of the Servce
Pension Association of Kansas recently
mel a. Emporla for the purpose of advauc
ing the interests of the association. A
resolution was adopted admi ting all citi-
Znns, N lie and female, to honorary mem
bership on payment of membership fee.
THE annual convention OF the State Tenn
re auce Union. lately in session at Topeka,
ad, pied a resolution denounciag 1.-The state
ment that Prohibitory law ca not ne en-
forced, whether it Comes from the liquor
dealers or their agents. or from the great
metropolitan daily newspapers of the
county, as either ignorantly or maIlciou s.
ly tai e, and if made henceforth it must be
made wi hout justification or excuse"
After iong debate resolution was also
adopted asking that the National Repu bill
can convention adopt an anti-saloon plank
Tire fo low ng officers were elected: Presl-
dent, n. {. Mcfarland, Topeka; vice-presi-
dent, John A. Murry, Topeka: secretary,
A. II. Limerick, WIntield; treasurer h.
w. Lewis, Wichita. Executive committee,
W. b. Slosson, Leavenworth; A sa Thomp-
son, Howard; Rev. j. d. Hewitt, Wic ita !;
I. F. Tuffts, y C i-oi; S. B. Bradf ,rd,
Carbondale; Martin Mohler, Downs; Rev.
a. s. Embr1e, Manhattan; s. o. Thacher,
Lawrence.
A LATE fire at Baxter Springs destroyed
fifteen buildings, all occupied as business
houses. Mostly covered by insurance
CHARTER was recently filed with the
Secretary of State for the Pratt, Salt P, ans
& Rio Grande Rair a Company. Route,
fr m Pratt to Ell Paso, Tex, through Pratt,
B rber, Ccmanche, Clark, Meade and
Seward Counties; estimated length 60O
miles; capital, SG,001.0C0.
The other morning Frank Loveland.
eighteen years of age. was found dead in
his bed at Granville. He worked hard all
day on The day before and complained of
pain in his heart before going to bed.
MARVIN is to have a hank
EDWARD DOoTZ recently attempted to
board freighi train at Roscdale for the
urpose Of stealing a ride when he fell
under the wheels and had both his leg,
crushed, causing his death two days later