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

shows earnings to be S1,918 000-an in
crease over January, 1888, $50, 200; eC-
penses. 81. 391, ,0O0-increase, SIS 200; sur
plus, S521 ,000-increase, Sic, 200.
FIVE men were killed by the premature
explosion of a blast at the Red Lodge coal
mines near Helena. Mont, recently.
THE German Government has forbidden
the issue in Germany of any part of the
Bulgarian loan, on the ground that Bull
garia has no recognized government.
BY the breaking of piston rod recently
an express train on the Grand Trunk was
wrecked near ST. George, Ont, and Pull
man car was precipitated over a bridge
100 feet high. Nine persons were killed
and thirty others injured, many seriously.
THE bomb explosion at Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown, Conn, originated
from series of mistakes. Lackaberry,
the freshman who threw the bomb, asked
his father to send him some harmless
bombs for the celebration. and the latter
sent some cannon salute" bombs obtained
by messenger. They were exploded at
the college and wrecked a portion of the
building.
RICH discoveries of gold are reported in
Southern California. 1t is said to average
from 81 to $3.50 per pan.
IT is reported that General Desbordes,
the French commander, has been MUIR
dered in Tonquin. No confirmatory ad-
vices have been received by the Govern
ment
ACCORDING to Senator Stewards report
on the investment of foreign capital in
the mines in the Territories. the capital in
vested by aliens is $40, 500, $50 and the an
nual dividends are 81. 49,, 800.
A DEsERTKR from Wady Halfa reports
that Emin Pasha has again vanquished
the dervishes with heavy loss in the Bahr
ell Gael Province.
IT is reported that the Gear is scandal
lied by the irregular life of his brothers
and has ordered Grand Duke Vladimir to
resign the commandership of the guards.
1t is rumored that the Minister of War and
the Minister of Justice will resign
ROBERT WATKINS, who was arrested for
completely in the Plummerville (Ark.)
election frauds has been discharged, there
being no evidence on which he could be
held.
BY premature explosion in the Norway
mine at Marquette, Mich, Albin Heavy
lost both his arms and one eye and Ed
ward Rudder had both eyes blown out of
their sockets and his face terribly torn.
They were fatally injured.
THE report of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
shows a disbursement of $46S9, 703 over
the gross earnings. 1t was the most un-
favorable exhibit of any Western road.
NEAR Springfield, KY, the other night
Robert Mullen shot and fatally wounded
Robert Moore, his brother-in-law. Moore's
home is at Birds Eye, Ind
A DOZEN men were buried by the falling
of roof in fire at the millinery store of
Jenner & Co., Milwaukee, Wis, recently.
They were all rescued more or less hurt
DAVID BARKEY, aged eleven years. of
Wooster, o., has been seized with hydro
phobia- During one violent paroxysm he
bit off two of his fingers.
THERE was a fire panic in the rubber mill
at New Brunswick, n. j., recently, two
hundred girls rushing for the doors. No
one was hurt
THOMAS R VINES, the clerk who had
himself shipped in q trunk to st. Louis
with $4,062 stolen from his employer
Adams, Westlake & Co., was acquitted at
Chicago on the ground of insanity and
taken to an asylum.
RICHARD PIGoTT, the forger and per-
jurer, committed suicide Immediately
after his arrest in Madrid after flying
from Paris Asking his captor permission
to obtain his cloak he seized the opportun-
ity to blow his brains out.
THE grand jury after investigation,
threw out the bill against the Chicago
Times for criminal libel as charged by Po-
lice Officers Bonfield, Setback and Lowen-
stein.
GIBSON, PARISH & Co.'s furniture trim
mings establishment on Randolph street.
Chicago, was destroyed by fire the other
night, entailing loss of 100000. Kranz's
candy factory adjoining was badly
damaged. Two men were fatally injured
by collision while driving to the fire,
another seriously, and a third was burned
about the head while at the fire.
GOULD & Co., dye stuffs, Boston, have
failed for nearly million.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended February % numbered
232, compared with go the previous week
and pa the corresponding week of last
year.
Two thousand employees of the Tennes-
see Coal and Iron Company, at South
Pittsburgh, Tenn, struck recently be-
cause of reduction of 10 per cent in their
wages.
ERNEST HUDSON, his wife and seven
were drowned recently near Pa
ducah, KY, while trying to ford a creek.