Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-14

the destruction of five freight cars and a
caboose and the death of brakeman and
probably fatal injury of two other persons.
AT Little Trent, Ont, the other day
Tresten Golosh was murdered by five In
dams and then literally torn to pieces. Two
of the murderers were lodged in Jail.
INSPECTOR BoNFIELD Captain Setback
and Detective Lowenstein, of the Chicago
police. have been suspended by Mayor
Roche, pending the trial of their suits
against the Chicago Times for libel.
IT was the steamer Glencoe that was
sunk off Beachy Head, England, after
collision with the Largo Bay. Fifty-two
lives were lost.
LIE CARoN, alias Beach, on the 7th before
Justice Hannen's commission. offered sem
sational testimony connecting many Of
the leading National Irish Leaguers in the
United States with the faction engaged in
dynamite outrages.
LIGHT earthquake shocks were felt at
Gallon, Los Angeles and San Rernardino,
Cal, on the night of the 9th.
THE Northern Ohio blanket mill at Cleve-
land, O., was destroyed by fire the other
morning, causing loss of 100000.
FATHER Coventry, of Dunmanway, Ire
land. denies positively lauding the killing
of Inspector Martin at Gweedore.
The Budget Committee of the German
Diet has adopted the bill increasing the
Emperor's allowance S,5OO, 900 francs.
The Iowa Supreme Court by dismissing
the writ in the case of Grusendorf VS..
Judge Howatt dealt the liquor dealers of
the State a severe blow. The case was an
original package liquor suit and the Su-
preme Court decided that liquor in So
called original packages could only be
sold in the State in accordance with the
Prohibitory law by persons holding per-
mits.
IT is denied from Gloversville, N. Y,
that there was any truth in the report of
the drowning of seventeen men and their
teams in Pine lake, near there, few days
ago.
The Rock Island and others of the Iowa
lines have decided to reduce all rates in
that State to the same level instead of
availing themselves of the omissions in
the Commissioners schedule. They take
the position that if they maintain the
present rates of grain, COAL live stock and
salt no good will come if the Commission
ers have authority to reduce these rates
and will doubtless Immediately rectify
their mistake in omitting the articles.
QUITE a number of persons have been
arrested for outrages on colored persons
in New Iberia, La, RS a result of the re-
cent investigation.
QUITE a sensation was created in st.
Louis by the announcement that Henry
Dieckmann, a prominent member of the
Merchants Exchange, had skipped to
Canada, leaving shortage of $4,000
THE Theater Royal at Aldershot, En-
gland was burned to the ground the other
night. A performance was in progress
when the fire broke out and the audience
became panic-stricken and made a rush
for the doors. Many persons were hurt,
but no one fatally.
BY the wrecking of bark at Texal re-
Gently ten persons were drowned, includ-
ing the captain and his family.
THE works of the Pacific Guano Company
at Woods Holl, Mass, have been attached
by the Lynn Institution for Savings. The
liabilities are about 81 00O 900. The COM
pany's headquarters were at Boston, and
they have mines at Beaufort, s. c., and
works at Charleston, S. c.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended February numbered
for the United States, 273; Canada, 80;
total, 303, compared with 332 the previous
week and 2S9 the corresponding week of
last year.
TYPHo PNEUMONIA of the most malignant
type is raging in Granite, Mont, and the
doctors are unable to control the disease.
IN the American mine at Leadville, Col,
recently Superintendent Gleason was
killed by falling rock, and next day two
workmen were killed by a heavy piece of
timber.
The attempt of the Banque Parisienne
to found new Panama Canal Company
has failed despite the extension of the date
for the issue of new loan.
THERE was an outbreak of idle work
men at Rome on the Sth. Many rioters
were arrested. Fears of further trouble
were expressed.
The agent of the German East African
Company has ransomed the Catholic mis-
sionaries recently captured by Bushiri in
surgents.
A DYNAMITE explosion blew a hole
through Stevenson's brewery at New York
recently. There was no cIew to the per-
petrators. Several persons were hurt,
four women being brought to premature
confinement.
A. S. GooDKIN is reported to have en-
bezzled $40. 600 belonging to the Manhattan
Elevated railway, New York.
E. A. WATSON has been brought in to
Fort Smith. Ark, as the assassin of Belle
Storr