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

l. F. LANDERs, the cattleman who re-
Gently shot Zack Mulhall at Anthony,
soon after the shooting became violently
insane and the other day died. The shoot
ing was the result Of cattle deal. Null
hall. whose wound was thought to be
fatal, recovered.
A LATE fire at Larned destroyed the
livery stables of o. F. Tabor and ]. N.
Wellington. John Haley, a fireman, was
seriously injured.
A RECENT fire at Pratt destroyed three
business houses. Loss, about SIC. OOO.
The grand lodge for the State of Kansas
of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, which
has castles at Coolidge, Hutchinson, To-
peka. Lawrence, Salina, Garden City and
Arkansas City, will be instituted at Hutch
inson, February 20.
THE general complaint made by ship
pers against the new livestock tariffs re-
suited in the Board of Railroad Commis-
sioners issuing an order the other day
which restores the old tariff. The new
tariff went into effect January 1. It
changed from uniform rates per car, based
on distance, to rates on the weight OK
freight carried, which required all stock
t. be weighed at termini of transporta-
ton.
n BILL OcIOT6 tue
which confers the right to vote upon the
inmates of the Leavenworth National
Military Home.
The oldest continuous resident in Kan.
sas is said to be Mr.. Bennett, of Atchison,
who came to what is now the State sew
enty-four years ago, when a mere child
AT that time Kansas was occupied chiefly
by Indians and wild animals.
Mp RApnEp3a hill in rarard N O. A r.
badges reads as follows: "Any person
who shall wilfully wear the badge Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, or who shall
use or wear the same to obtain aid or as
sistance thereby within the s. ate, unless
he shall be entitled to use or wear the
same under the rules and regulations Of
the Department OF Kansas, Grand Army
of the Republic. shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor. and when convicted shall be
punished by a term of imprisonment not
to exceed thirty days, or a fine not to ex-
ceed twenty five dollars. or by both such
fine and imprisonment"
IT rs stated that nearly two-thirds OF
the deaths that have occurrsd in Lawrence
the past year have resulted from typhoid
fever.
r. T. MOONEY one Of the most promi-
nent citizens of the Kaw Valley, was
stabbed in the abdomen and seriously
wounded by a farm tenant named Malone,
near Muncie the other day. Mooney, while
on his way to the railway station, stopped
at Malone's house and spoke to him about
the children leaving the farm gates open.
A quarrel ensued with the result stated.
In accordance with a joint resolution
passed by the Legislature Governor
Humphrey has appointed as committee to
wait on President-elect Harrison and urge
the appointment of Senator Plumb to q
Cabinet position the following named gem
tlemen: Lieutenant Governor A. j. Felt,
Speaker Booth. State Treasurer Hamilton,
Colonel j. r. Hallowell, Colonel d. R. AM
thony and Colonel Richard L. Walker.
LAWRENCE has now four brass bands.
A QUEER piece of humanity was received
at the penitentiary the other day. A woman
seventy five years old. pinched and frail,
weighing not to exceed eighty pounds.
Her name is Lucy Tennyson and she is in
for life for poisoning her husband.
The other morning Richard Hall and
Dode Lanum, living near Hutchinson,
quarreled when Lanum was shot through
the body and fatally wounded. Hall sur
rendered to the authorities. There was
but one witness to the affray-a small boy
VINO accompanied Lanum.
RUDOLPH KUNzE. a German farmer liv-
ing six miles from Garden City, committed
suicide the other day by schooling him.
self through the mouth. He was crazed
by the loss of his stock.
THE House committee appointed to in
spect the State University reported that it
inspected the institution carefully, and
found among other things, that the libra
nDrf-
ations should be made to place it on an
efficient basis. The Senate committee re-
ported in substancs that a portion of the
foundation of the University was in avery
unsafe condition. The $1,000 expended on
the foundation of the south wing had been
well spent and that part of the foundation
made secure. 1t would require $26 900 to
make the rest of the foundation equally
secure in the same manner. The report
recommends repairs on some of the other
buildings and the sale of the old unused
building.
W. NJ. DIGNoN's furniture store at To-
peka was destroyed by fire at an early
hour the other morning. Loss in stock,
S24 900; fixtures. $4,000; building. 5000.
Insurance on stock, $1,000. Just before
the fire broke out the explosion of barrel
of naptha tore hole through the roof
SENATOR MOHLER's Anti-Alien bill
makes it unlawful for any person or per-
sons, not citizens of the United States, or
who have not lawfully declared their in
tention to become such citizens, or for any
corporation not created by or under the
laws of the United States, or of some State
or Territory of the United States, to here
after acquire, hold or own real estate here
after acquired, or any interest therein in
this State, except such as may be acquired
by devise or inheritance, or in good faith
in the ordinary course of justice in the col-
lection or debts hereafter created. No
corporation more than twenty per cent. Of
whose stock is owned by non-citizens OF
the United States. is permitted to hold
real estate, except for right OF way for
railroads. The provisions of the act do
not apply to actual settlers upon farms OF
not more than one hundred and sixty
acres of land. or one acre in any city or
town, who may settle thereon at any time.
All lands held contrary to the provisions
of the act are forfeited to the State.
In April last barn belonging to G. W.
Painter and occupied by E. o. Watrous was
burned at Kinsley, together with several
horses and cows; also several adjoining
buildings. Suspicion rested on one ID. NJ.
Jessup, preacher, who was arrested and
said Painter hired him to fire the buildingso
that he could get the insurance. The trial
recently took place, when Painter was
discharged and Jessup given five years in
the penitentiary.
ATcHIsoN has paid for all her pavements.
THE other day James NJ. Penniman, .
member of the soldiers home near
Leavenworth, lost his left leg by being
run over by a train on the Rapid Transit