Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-07
Miscellaneous.


Miscellaneous.
THE other evening H erman Roadiger, Of
Manhattan, who had been helping parties
haul wood, went to a brush pile where he
had left his shotgun and pulled it out with
the muzzle pointing toward him The
trigger caught in a twig and discharged
the gun, the entire load entering his heart
He did not utter a word after being shot
but dropped instantly. He had lived in
Manhattan only two months He was
twenty-six years old and his father re-.
sides in Germany.
THE Senate has passed the bill and it is
now law, giving insurance companies
the right to appeal to the courts from the
rulings of the Insurance Department.
On the 2Sth Mr.. Legate introduced in
the House a resolution which passed
unanimously that ''we send greeting to
Charles Stewart Parnell at his complete
vindication and the consequent downfall
Of the aristocracy of England and the ap.
proach of home rule for Ireland"
On the 9th the Senate confirmed the
nomination of George H. Case as warden
of the penitentiary and Hon. 7. NJ. Car
roll to be Major General.
JOHN BUCK, one of Eudora's oldest and
most respected citizens, dropped dead the
other evening while carrying bucket of
coal. He was a member of the q. A. r.,
and seventy-fCur years old.
A RECENT fire at Pratt destroyed T. E.
Simpsons elevator and large quantity of
wheat. The loss was estimated at nearly
$4,000. There was no insurance.
A. BRoMMELsICK, a well-to-do farmer Of
Douglas County, recently committad
suicide. No cause known. He left wife
and four children.
The bill to prohibit trusts, pools and
combinations has become law. 1t pro-
vides that all arrangements, agreements,
trusts or combinations between persons or
corporations made with view or which
tend to prevent full and free competition
in the Importation or transportation Of
articles imported into the State, or in the
product, manufacture and sale of domestic
raw materials, or for the use of money, or
to fix attorney fees, and all arrangements,
trusts or combinations between persons or
combinations designed or which tend TO
advance the cost to the consumer of any
such articles, or which tend to advance or
control the rate of interest for the loan or
use of money to the borrower, are against
public policy, unlawful and void. The
bill provides a penalty of imprisonment
and fine not to exceed 81 900 for viola
tion.
JOHN NELSON, who is said to have de-
frauded merchants OF Topeka Lawrence,
Atchison and other places with bogus
checks, was recently captured at Omaha,
Neb., and when closely pressed broke
down and confessed.
CONGRESSMAN PETERS has secured the
passage of the bill authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Interior to sell to the S;ate.of
Kansas the Fort Dodge military reserFa-
tion for State soldiers home.
BURGLARS blew open the safe of the
Riverside Coal Company at Leavenworth
the other night but only secured SIG for
their trouble.
KID Stafford, tough who recently es-
capped from the Jail at Hutchinson, was
later arrested at the home of his mistress
where he was concealed in her trunk.
The large Touring mill of Kelley & Lyle,
at Leavenw orth, was destroyed by fire
about one O'Clock the other morning. Over
10, 600 barrels of -four were consumed. The
total loss was estimated at $500, 900 with
$50. 900 insurance.
OK the 26th Governor Humphrey sent
to the Senate the nomination of George H.
Case, of Jewell County. as warden of the
penitentiary, to succeed Warden Smith.
w. H. Mcbride, of Osborn, and D. E. Cor
nell, of Kansas City. were nominated as
directors to succeed Richter and Nc
Dowell, terms expired, and William Mar
tindale, of Emporia, to succeed Hiatt re-
signed.
A CARBON of acid exploded at the glu-
cose works in Leavenw orth the other
morning, the contents fying over a work.
man named Rosenthal, who was fearfully
burned about the face and hands and his
clothing destroyed.
The Superintendent of Insurance has re-
voked the authority OF the Kansas Home
Insurance Company and the Topeka In
surance Company for noncompliance with
the laws of Kansas. and those companies
have raised quite breeze at the capitaE
s. W. CASE, delegate in the Legislature
from Scott County, died at Topeka on the
23d.
In the United States Senate on the 25th
Senator Plumb offered an amendment to
the Deficiency bill to pay the State of Kan
sas S43. 100, on account of the five per cent.
dIlSlDR lTOU tHt Sdlc VI puOiiN
o. G. HIGGELUND president of the Sec
ond National Bank of Mcpherson and
prominently connected with several other
business en- e:prises, was instantly killed
the other day by the accidental discharge
of pistol which he was handling in his
bank. He was fifty-fve years of age and
carried life insurances to the amount OF
49, 900.
70 xEIf q
negro lover, committed suicide at Wichita
the other night by taking morphine
ANOTHER fire at Topeka on the night OF
the 22d destroyed the bui ding occupied by
Phelps Bros. wholesale dealers in produce.
Loss above insurance about Sll 600.
JOHN HoGLAN recently fell between the
cars at Robinson and was killed.
a TRAMP entered the house of Joseph
Lewis in the suburbs of Wichita the other
day and demanded something to eat.
When refused he used most abusive Ian
guage to Mrs. Lewis, and when her hus-
band, who was lying upon the bed sick,
attempted to interfere, the tramp fell upon
and beat him He then killed pet dog.
knocked down Mrs. Lewis and her child
and made his escape.
THE other morning Mrs. Emma Thurs
ton, widow. was found dead in bed at
her residence six miles west of Parsons.
She retired the evening before in her usual
health and when called to breakfast next
she was found to have been dead |
for several hours. Heart disease supposed
to be the cause.