Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-11

| dispatched to the Marshall islands to take
back King Malietoa to Samoa, whom the
| Germans carried Of a prisone, two years
ago.
| An excursion train on the Chicago. st.
| Paul & Kansas City road while proceed
ing to Twin Springs, thirteen miles from
Dubuque, Iowa, collided with a freight
train on the night of the 4th. a brake
man named Corrigan was instantly killed,
and it was reported three others were Sc
riously injured
Two unknown men were instantly killed
recently at Camden Junction by the Chi
cago express on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad Their bodies were taken to
Baltimore, Nd
A ROW occurred al Wheeling, W Va,
on the night of the 4th between Irish,
Italian and negro laborers. One man was
fatally beaten. All the police of the city
were required to suppress the riot.
WILLIE OATES, a young man twenty
five years old, son of Captain Dennis
Oates, of steamboat fame, was drowned in
Red river, at Texarkana, Ark, recently
while floating a raft of logs down the
river. The raft struck a snag. He and
two other men in a skIf attempted to dis
lodge the raft, when the boat capsized
Young es, being unable TO swim, was
carried down stream
A SERIOUS accident occurred at Okla
homa City, L T, On the 4th. caused by
the collapse of the grand stand. One hum
dred persons were injured, many Of the m
seriously, child being instantly killed.
The immense Falk brewery at Milwau-
kee, Wis, was burned on the 4th. The
loss was estimated at 100000.
THERE was a collision on the C., B. &
O., near Fairfield, Iowa, on the 4th. Much
damage was done and William Black
burn, express messenger, was fatally in.
jured.
AN excursion steamer was wrecked at
Winnipeg, Man., on the 4th. No loss Of
life occurred.
PRoCroR KNOTT defeated Spokane in
hollow style at the races in Washington
Park, Chicago on the 4th.
a PARTY of four girls and two young
men were boating on Duck creek, nea-
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 4th when they
were capsized and all of the party but one
of the young men were drowned.
PsoTTA, the American amateur cham
pion, was defeated by Nickalls. of En-
gland, in the final race for the diamond
sculls at the Henley regatta
A BILL has been filed in the circuit
court objecting to the annexation of the
town of Lake to Chicago as declared by
the recent election.
The Goodyear Rubber Boot and Shoe
Company, of Providence, r L, has made
an assignment, the attachment placed on
them by the Sears Commercial Company
being followed up until $4,000 attach
ments swamped the firm.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report for the
seven days ended July 4 numbered 2O2
compared with 2l5 the previous week and
214 the corresponding week last year.
THE statement of earnings and expenses
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy for
the month of May shows an increase in the
net earnings of 1914, 81 and a decrease
in the expenses for the same period of
$315, ,66S Sc. The first five months of the
year show a net increase of earnings of
$204, log SO.
FBANK HoYT, paying teller of the First
National Bank, of Hoboken, n. j., has been
arrested on the charge of having stolen
SIS, 900 from the bank.
THE midge-fy has made its appearance
in the fall wheat fields of Ontario and
threatens to ruin what was before a
promising crop.
a SPECIAL from Sumter, S. c., says that
four negroes forced an entrance into the
dwelling of an unprotected woman in the
suburbs of that place and subjected her to
the grossest abuse. The assailants were
arrested. 1t was probable that the ne
groes would be lynched.
SERGEANT KAUCHER and Officer Ward
man of the coal and iron police, while at
tempting to arrest two tramps at Reading,
Pa, met with a desperate resistance
Wardman was shot and had his leg broken
and Kaucher was shot in the head and
terribly beaten.
A RECENT fire in the Commercial docks,
London, caused loss of $500, 900.
THE principal part of Ellensburg, Wash,
was destroyed by fire ON the night of the
4th. The loss amounted to 100000 and
many persons were rendered homeless,
two hundred houses being burned.
A MRS. WARD, Mr.. Keating, a nurse
and a child were killed at railroad cross
ing near Long Branch, n. j., recently by
coming into collision with an express
train. The parties belonged to New York.
AN exploding mortar at Salem, Mass,
on the night of the 4th killed two boys
and badly injured several other children.
WHILE celebrating the Fourth at East
Boston a signal bomb exploded in a crowd
of children, killing twoand shockingly in
hiring others.