Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-26
GENERAL.

CHAIRMAN WALKER, of the Interstate
Railway Association, takes decidedly
hopeful view of the railroad situation
A SQUARE of small buildings at Beau
harnais, Can, was destroyed by fire the
other day. Loss, S55,000
THE Spanish vessel plying between
Malaga and Tangiers was ransacked by
natives of the Riff coast of Morocco a
few days ago, and the captain, four sail
ors and one passenger were made prison.
era A Spanish war ship was about to
leave Cadiz to rescue the prisoners and
punish the offenders.
| BISHOP FOWLER, of the NJ. E Church.
lately returned from China, says that that
country is quietly biding its time TO re-
taliate for the enactment of the Exclusion
| act.
CHOLERA has made its appearance in
Bagdad.
| JAPANESE papers place the number of
persons drowned in the floods Of August
| 90, in the City of Wayakayamo and
in the dis riots Of Minamhro, Nshi-Muro
and Picaka at 10000, and the mum ber Of
persons receiving relief at 90, 424.
| The steamship Alberta. which arrived at
Quebec recently from Singapore. landed
at quarantine a passenger suffering from
a severe attack of cholera After being
thoroughly fumigated the Alberta was al
lowed to proceed to Montreal
THE announcement is made that a
stringent compact has been entered into
between England and Italy on the slavery
question.
! SEVERAL persons were fatally injured
at riot in a meeting of Boulangists at
| Chantilly, France, the other day.
ADvICES from China state that the
boiler for the launch built for Chinese
mandarin recently burst in the river at
Shanghai. Twenty persons were killed
or drowned and an equal number more or
less injured.
DR.. LOUIS MAS, famed in the old world
| and the new as pianist and composer,
died at his home near Boston the other
night of peritonitis. He was born in
Weisbaden in 1852.
THE DO ice within the last few days
have shown an increased activity in dlt-
| ferent parts of Russia in their pursuit Of
suspected Nihilists The students every
where are objects of suspicion, AMI twenty
attending the university at klef were ar
rested on the 18th.
| THERE are persistent rumors at Belgrade
that ex-King Milan contemplates a coup
d'etat for the purpose of securing the
Regency of Servia 1t is said that he
asked the Austrian Government for mill
tary support, but his request was refused.
THE King of Portugal, whose health had
been precarious for some time, was re-
ported as seriously i'll.
The Alton railroad was reported con-
sidering the purchase of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas.
THE recent yacht disaster on Lake Erie,
by which nine lives were lost. was be-
lieved to have been due to an explosion of
naphtha
A LARGE mass of rock composing the
head land known as Cape Diamond at
! Quebec suddenly detached itself from the
main body on the 10Th and crashed down
upon the buildings below. Many persons
were killed and injured.
| AN excited state of feeling was reported
at Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland,
on the 10Th, between Orangemen and
| Catholics, growing out OF the home rule
question.
AN English syndicate has purchased the
Northwest Central railway of Manitoba
and will push it through to the Pacific
| coast
THE salary of French curate has been
stopped by order of II. Thevenet, Minister
of Justice, on the ground that he was
canvassing against the Government
! Other clericals have been threatened that
they will be served in similar manner.
The freedom of the City of Dublin las
been conferred upon Lady Sandhurst and
Right Hon. James Stansfeld.
| The steamer Florence, en- route from
Garston on the Mersey, near Liverpool,
to Belfast, foundered recently. Nine Of
| her crew were drowned
A BILL has been introduced in the Par
lament of Holland to impose duty on
| cereals.
| BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended September 10 numbered
1873, compared with 193 the previous week
and 22S the corresponding week of last
year.
THE British gunboat Lily struck rock
off Point Arnor, N. F., recently and sunk.
| SeTen of her crew were drowned.