Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-30
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was swept away by cloud burst recent
ly. 1t cost $500, 1000.
A CABLEGRAM from st. Pierre Miquelon
states that two French fishing vessels, the
Elk and the Four Brothers, which left
France some time ago for the Newfound-
land fisheries with lis men aboard have
been lost and all hands drowned.
EIGHTEEN members of the St Louis
Produce Exchange have been suspended
for indulging in horse-play during the
dull market
A BITTER war of rates has commenced
in Alabama between the Louisville &
Nashville and East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia roads which may involve several
other Southern systems.
THE Bourne mills corporation, Fall
River Mass. has decided after July to
adopt plan of profit-sharing with their
employees.
THE National Association of Veterans
of the Vicksburg campaign held its first
meeting in Indianapolis, Ind, on the 22d,
Governor Hovey presiding.
THE bark Lzzie Williams, with a cargo
worth $4,000, was wrecked off British
Columbia April % and six Cinnamon and
two seamen were drowned.
A DISASTROUS rainstorm ard freshet oc-
CURED recently about Saltwater, n. Y,
causing the canal to overflow and doing
great damage to the crops.
THE celebrated Carter divorce case end
ed at Chicago in favor of the band, the
wife being adjudged guilty of unfaithful-
ness.
The Governor of Michigan has issued
proclamation quarantining against
Southern cattle until November.
THE grand council of the Reformed
Episcopal Church met at Boston on the
22d
THE Indians held big council at Stand
ing Rock, Oak, recently and all agreed
not to sign the treaty unless paid S11. 000-
600 for their land.
The annual examination of the Govern
ment Indian School at Carlisle, Pa, took
place on the Odd. The graduating class
consisted of fourteen Indian pupils. Secre-
tary Noble, Senator Colquitt and Governor
Beaver spoke and Secretary Noble pre-
sented the diplomas.
A WRECK occurred on the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas the other night eight miles
north of Temple, Tex. The engineer,
whose name was Davis, from Denison,
was killed and two brakemen were fatally
wounded. Seventeen cars were piled in
mass. No cause was known for the wreck
YELLOW fever has broken out with ter
rible virulence in Vera Cruz, Mexico.
A COLLISION occurred on the river near
Montreal recently between the royal mail
steamer Polynesian of the Allan line and
the steamer Cynthia of the Donaldson
line, resulting in the sinking of the latter
vessel and the loss of eight of her crew.
A GENERAL reduction of ten per cent. in
wages has been made by the Shenaugo
valley CPa.) furnace operators. The cut
affects . 900 men.
GREAT damage was done in Harrison
County, W. Va, the other day by terrific
hailstorm.
THE body of DR.. Cronin, whose sensa-
tional disappearance at Chicago was at
tended with so much mystery, has been
found in a sewer at Lakeview. The head
showed terrible wounds and the body was
naked with the exception of a religious
charm hanging to his neck.
YOKOHAMA papers give an account of
the severe punishment of two Japanese
journalists who published with sketch
Of the new liberal constitution picture of
a skeleton on the Emperor's throne. One
was sentenced to three years. imprison-
ment and fined, while the other received
one year in prison and was fined.
The train conveying the Empress of
Austria from Weisbaden to Vienna met
with an accident the other day. While
the train was being shunted at Frankfort
the last car left the rails and three of them
were upset The Empress and suite were
shaken, but nobody was injured but a
footman.
JOHN NEAL was instantly killed and
Timothy Reardon fatally injured in a
stone quarry near Shelbyville, Ind. the
other evening, In drilling holes for blast
the men struck an unexploded dynamite
cartridge.
FOREST fires are doing considerable
Plaquemine, La.
HE Chicago & Alton road, through
Manager ChappelL has given notice to
Chairman Walker, of the Interstate Rail-
way Association, that it must have a more
equitable proportion of the livestock AMI
grain traffic from the Missouri river to
Chicago or it will at once take the matter
INTO Its own hands and drop rates low
enough to secure business.
HE United States cruiser Boston has
been ordered to Hayti on a secret mission.
HE ex-convicts who arrived at New
York recently from England, and claimed
that they had been assisted out by
the Prisoners Aid Society, of London,
were sent back by the order of Collector
Erhardt