Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

, The retort and meter rooms of the Inter-
State Gas Company's works at Hutchin-
son burned the other evening The fire
, was caused by the explosion OF gas which
, had accumulated in one of the rooms from
leak. The loss was about $4,000.
THOMAS ANDERSON, a Lyon County
farmer, was recently arrested upon the
charge Of forging n note for So. The
charge was preferred by one McCaw, of
AmerIcus. Anderson was arrested in Co..
orado, where he was working in quarry
under the name of Murray.
THREE suits were recently filed in the dis
trlct court at Leavenworth against the
Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern
railroad for damages to property through
which the road runs in entering the city.
George Fisher asks judgment for s., 500;
Mathew Ryan for S51, 900, and Joseph
Whitaker for $4,000.
The other day Thomas Kerr, a colored
man, in taking loaded shotgun from his
wagon at Americus was accident!y shot.
The whole charge passed through the
lungs from the front. He lived only an
hour.
THE other night the corn meal and feed
mills of Russell Bowman & Co., at Law
renee, caught fire and burned to the
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less the work of an incendiary. The loss
was about 81 900, partially covered by in
surance.
GOVERNOR MARTIN has received letter
from Hon. S. ]. Crawford, State agent at
Washington, in which he states that he
has an adjustment in the General Land
Office of the Kansas five per cent. ac-
count, on sales of public lands for the
years 1856 and 1887, amounting to $143,-
O4S.9l, which sum has been certified to the
treasury for settlement. The letter also
states that should the Direct Tax Refund
ing bill become a law, which he believes
WILL Kansas will receive as her proportion
81, 1883.
A SENSATIONAL shooting afray took
| place at Leavenworth the other night.
Charles Rosenthal, young Hebrew, went
into secondhand store kept by E. Bern
| stein, and commenced firing at a young
man named Hoffman. He fired four shots,
| one taking effect in Hoffman's leg. The
cause of the act was jealousy between the
two men over young lady. She was in
| the store at the time of the shooting, and
the shock so affected her that she went in
to Mysteries, and a fatal result was feared.
A YOUNG man who gave his name as
Horace Hadley, was recently arrested at
Atchison on the suspicion of being Tascott,
the murderer of Smell, the Chicago mil
lionaire. He was lodged in Jail, and the
charge of vagrancy placed against him
until he could establish his identity.
| JAMES STEWART, a prominent farmer,
was shot and killed by George D. Beach,
another farmer, in Shawnee County on the
night of the Ith. A feud had existed be-
| between the two families, and quarrel
bot ~ -
and the shooting was the result.
A BOLD but unsuccessful attempt was
made to rob the Bank of Armourdae the
other afternoon. As J. f. Pocock, the
teller, was standing at the counter making
up his cash account just prior to closing
| the bank, and while he was counting a
| pile of gold coins, a young man entered
! the room, and suddenly drawing pistol
leveled it at Mr. Pocock's head and ordered
him to hand out the gold. The assistant
cashier, was at another counter, and when
he heard the demand of the robber, he
quickly drew pistol from the drawer in
| his desk and covered the intruder who
was arrested and handed over to the po-
lice. He gave his name as Charles Locke,
and his age at seventeen years.
AT caucus of members of the Legisla-
ture held on the 9th, Hon. P. 3. Blumb was
renominated for the United States Senate
and c. c. Baker for State Printer.
WHILE coupling cars in the Missouri
Pacific yards at Leavenworth the other
day Henry Dudley, yard brakeman, was
caught between the bumpers and his
head crushed to jelly. His body
fell and was caught on the brake
beam of one Of the cars and dragged forty
feet when it caught in a frog and was
mangled into an unrecognizable mass.
THE tin and blacksmith shops connected
with the Missouri Pacific shops at AtchiSon
were totally destroyed by fire the other
night. Loss about 5000.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas in
ventors: Chester T. Bullock, Kansas City,
i. safety brake for cable cars; Charles Fuller
and j. II. Cunningham, Ludell, vehicle |
brake gear; Lewis D. Hall, assgner of one |
half to s. d. Houston, Jr., Concordia, lawn !
mower; Thomas J. Howard, Highland, |
gate; john P. Painter, Pomona, mining
drill and channel cutter; Robert F. Robin |
son and H. N. Crockan, said Crocken |
assignee to H. A. Williams, Kansas City, |
elevated street railways; David <. Wade, |
Mcpherson, deineator.
KANSAS has over one hundred cream
cries in operation.
versity, has resigned his position to take a
similar place at an increased salary at
Harvard University.
On the 10th Governor Martin pardoned I
H. S. Day, formerly mayor of Parkerville,
who killed Dr. j. A. Hopkins. in 1887, and
was sentenced to three years for man
slaughter. Many prominent men signed
the petition for pardon. w. w. Magruder,
OF Kingman, sentenced in May, 1887, for
two years for assault with intent to kill
was pardoned the same day.
AT recent meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture held at Topeka, Hon. A w.
Smith, of Mcpherson, was elected presi-
debt; Edwin Snyder, of Jefferson. vice.
president; John Frdncis, of Topeka, treas
urer, and Martin Mohler, of Osborne, Sec
retary.
FIRE recently destroyed the stables at
the penitentiary, in which were seven
mules. Loss, about S1, 500.
Mr.. SUTTEN introduced in the House on
the 10th a resolution reciting that as the
people of the United States at the recent
Presidential election declared in favor of
liberal pensions and liberal support to the
ex-Union soldiers of the Nation, and Kan
sas had declared her gratitude by $4,000
majority, that our Senators be and are
hereby instructed and our Representatives
requested to secure the passage of the nec-
essary laws giving every dependent SOL
dier. his widow and orphans a pension
adequate to a comfortable support"
KANSAS has 532, ,01O school children.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in I
ventors: G. a. Benkendorf, Wilmot, air
draft engine; Francis and W. ]. Brogan,
Hartford, fence post; George Hackney,
Toneka stock car. Isaac Holzmark Kan. |