Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
Miscellaneous.

Martin T. H. Seward, General Harrison
Kelly, Colonel Ira Collins and others.
Miscellaneous.
ANDREW BACH, who some time ago dar-
ingIy escaped from the Fort Leavenworth
military prison, was recently located in
Chicago, but again made his escape. Bach
was dishonorably discharged from the
army and sent to the Fort Leavenworth
prison. He broke out of the institution
by Drawing the bullets of the guards and
dashing through the gates. Information
was sent to the United States marshal at
Chicago, and finding his man in barber
shop the officer commenced reading the
warrant to Bach, but before he finished
the prisoner dashed through the back door
and escaped.
The eighth department encampment g..
A. r. commenced it's session at Emporia
on the 18th, as did also the department
conventions of the Woman's Relief Corps
and Sons of Veterans. Reports of officers
and appointments of committees was
about the only work accomplished the first
day. The reports showed about $4,000
members in good standing in the State.
with the financial condition excellent.
ARTICLES of incorporation were recently
filed with the Secretary of State of the
Association of Kansas Retail Implement
Dealers. The institution is friendly and
cooperative in its aims, and has no capital
stock. The directors are from various
parts of the State; also of the Blue Rapids
Plaster Company, of Blue Rapids, capital
stock, $50, 900; the Parsons Mining and
Smelling Company, of Parsons, capital
stock, $1,000; the Wichita Steam Heating
Company, of Sedgwick County, capital
stock, 500, 1000; the Axtell Butter and
Cheese Association, Of Marshall County,
capital stock, $S,000; the Nickerson Park
Association of Reno County, capital stock,
$4,000; the Wilson Lead and Zinc Mining
Company, of Kansas City, Kan, and Kan
sas City, Mo-, capital stock, $4,000; the
Fort Dodge & Riverside Park Street Rail-
way Company, of Dodge City, capital
stock, $50, 200.
JOHN FoRAN. the keeper of a small
restaurant at Leavenworth and an ex-
fireman, was recently shot and fatally
wounded by Policeman Bedwell. The
officer was shadowing Foran and another
man when Foran fired several times at
Bedwell, but missed. The officer returned
the fire with more precision.
THERE are 455 posts of the G. A. R. in the
State, loss of four during the past year,
but there had been gain in membership
up to December 81 of 1.425, n aking the
total membership Is S27, and the Adjutant-
General thinks the acquisitions since De-
cember will bring the total membership
up to 19, 500. There has been over $4,000
expended in charity during the past year.
TWO years ago Alexander McClardy, a
E., IL. l.,
derstandng with Allen Huff, since which
time the two had not met until the other
NOR ming, when Huff appeared at McClar-
dy's house and at once opened fire upon the
unarmed farmer with a revolver. The
latter fell dead at the first shot After
ward the murderer attempted to destroy
all traces of his crime by burning his vic
TINS body, but was frustrated by the
neighbors, who Immediately placed b i'm
in custody.
On the afternoon of the 18th seven
prisoners escaped from the Wyandotte
County Jail. They were Samuel Thomas,
colored, held for wife murder; Red Quinn,
under sentence for burglary; Henry
Hardy, colored, horse stealing; Andy
Rafferty,, colored, grand larceny; Mike
McCann. Fred Dawson and William Baum.
professional burglars. Their escape was
effected by cutting a hole through the
wall with hatchet supposed to have been
given to them by crazy woman.
THE other evening Marco Hellman, a
young man connected with California
wine house, gave a champagne supper at
the Copeland Hotel in Topeka to seventeen
young men, whose acquaintance he had
formed during short stay in the city.
Thirty-six bottles of champagne were
disposed of, as we'll as numerous bottles OF
California wines. Hellman went to Kansas
City soon after the banquet, but the mat
ter was brought to the attention of the
grand jury and as a result a number of
the young men were taken before the
grand jury and requisition papers issued
for Hellman.
w. II. SMITH, a negro porter in livery
stable at Salina, was recently married to
Emma Young, white woman.
A CONTRACT for the construction of the
Omaha, Dodge City & Southern railroad
from Dodge City to Superior, Neb., a dis
tance of 203 miles, has been awarded to j.
W. Summers, a prominent railroad con-
tractor of Keokuk. Iowa The road is to
be completed by December L.
IT is estimated that it costs the people
of Kansas annually 100000 for school
books.
THE officials of the grass station at Gar
den City are very sanguine that good re-
suits will be obtained there this year in
the propagation of grass peculiarly
adapted to the plains of Western Kansas.
IT is said that the order issued by the
late Secretary of the Interior discontinue
ing the land Offices at Wichita, Independ-
ence and Concordia, will be revoked, or
at least suspended until the present Secre-
tary of the Interior can investigate the
matter.
JOHN FoRAN. who was recently shot by
Policeman Bedwell at Leayenworth, died
two days later He made an ante -mortem
statement in which he declared that the
officer assaulted him without cause and
that he only fired at the officer after the
latter commenced shooting at him.
An infant child of John Mize, of Atchi-
son, fell into tub of scalding water the
other morning and although instantly res-
cued its injuries were considered fatal