Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

of Topeka, discovered burglar in bis
room. He grappled with the thief. as
sisted by Mrs. Rodgers, and q desperate
struggle ensued. The burglar fred three
or four times, wounding both Mr. and Mrs.
Rodgers and received bullet himself He
then escaped, leaving a trail of blood be-
hind him. Mr.. Rodgers died few hours
after and his wife was fatally wounded.
The burglar was captured and gave his
name as Nat O!iphant nineteen years
old. A mob broke into his cell at the Jail
and taking him out hanged him to an
electric light pole. He confessed his
crime.
THE new Methodist Church at Lawrence
is to cost $40, 900. 1t is going up on the
site selected by that denomination for an
edifice at the time Of the famous Ham
mond revival. The foundation was then
laid and the work abandoned, and for
nearly twenty years the lot has been ly-
ing idle.
TIE Board of Railway Commissioners
has rendered a decision requiring the st.
Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
to erect a depot, stock yards and other
station facilities at Tresham, Cowley
County. The railroad company had not
considered it necessary to locate depot
there owing to the near proximity of Win
field and Arkansas City. The prayer of
ninety-three petitioners to the board was
effective.
EN-. BALDWIN of Kansas, is an applicant
for the appointment as Consul at Sonne-
burg, Germany, 1000 position now held
by Edward c. Weilep, of Kansas. He has
already made the tour of Germany on a
bicycle.
e. s. WILLIS superintendent of the
| Atchison Water Company, fears that his
son Thomas was on the ill-fated train
which was wrecked on the Grand Trunk
road at Hamilton, Canada, April 81. His
son telegraphed him from Chicago, April
| 25, saying he was going East, and he has
heard nothing from him since and is un-
| able to find any trace of him. He was
twenty mine years of age.
E. B. CowGILL. State Sugar Inspector,
and W. w. Cook, Government agent in
charge of experiments in sugar making in
Kansas, say that the prospects of the
Kansas sugar industry this year are un-
usually bright. Nine sugar mills will be
in operation in August or September, one
each in Topeka, Fort Scott, Conway
| Springs, Attica, Medicine Lodge, Arkalon,
Meade, Liberal and Ness City. In order
| to supply these mills during the season
there should be between 20, 900 and 80, OOC
acres of sugar cane. The acreage prom
| ises to be sufficient, and the crop is matur-
ing rapidly. Some varieties of cane will
! be ready to harvest in August.
ABOUT ten O'Clock on the morning of the
9th while General Manager Woods, of the
| n. K. Fairbanks g. Co. lard refinery, and
1 T iv,ta Of he
same company's refinery at st. Louis,
were testing the heat of lard tank at
Hutchinson, the tank exploded with terri
BILE effect so severely scaldi ng Messrs.
| Woods and Lewis and John Gavin, a
steamfitter. that they died next day. They
were standing directly over the vat when
it explod I'd and were thrown to the CELL
ing above and covered with the boiling
! hot lard.
AT a meeting of representative citi-
Gems from Fort Scott Arkansas City,
Hutchinson, Emporia, Topeka, Ell Dorado
and Salna, held at Topeka the other day,
it was resolved to call a meeting to be
/ composed of delegations consisting of five
persons to each delegation, from all job
bing and manufacturing cities in the State.
to be held in Topeka, Wednesday, June
26, at four O'Clock p M, for the purpose
of effectiug a permanent organization tc
protect and promote the manufacturing
and jobbing interests of such cities.
AT the late meeting of Regents of the
State University, held at Lawrence the
matter of choosing a chancellor to succeed
DR.. Lippincott was postponed until the
| September meeting.
NAT OLIPHANT the burglar who murdered
Mr. Rodgers at Topeka and was lynched
was thirty two years old, instead OF nine
teen as reported.
THE April statement of the Atchison,
| Topeka & Santa Fe showed the following
figures: Gross earnings, S1,642, s6S 43
operating expenses, S1,1Sl, $40 80; net
earnings, $461 519 13; net earnings ir
April, 1885, $235, 1884 SO; increase, 1923,
13S 9S. The latter figures include the
Atchison lines leased, jointly owned ant
operated. The grand total of net earning
for April was S55S. 9S32L
C. L LONG, of Medicine Lodge, has beer
nominated by the Republican convention
of the Thirty eighth Senatorial distric
for the State Senate to succeed Senator
Francis c. Price, resigned
THE graduating class of the State Uni
versity made decided sensation in theii
class day exercises on the 4th. The usua
programme was omitted. There was al
address to the under classes by Sherman
A. Hovey, a colored boy of Lawrence. anC
some remarks on "relling the Truth" by
| Prof. Canheld. Headed by a drum corp!
the class then marched around to the va
rious buildings, bidding each farewell ant
saluting it with the college yell. Fare
we'll talks were made by Chancellor Lip
pincott and other members of the faculty.
THERE are six first-class cities in Kaa.
sa4 and sixty three second-class The
cities of the first class are those contain
ing over Is, 600 in ha bitants and those of the
second class contain less than 5000 anC
more than 1000 inhabitants. The cities o.
the first class are Kansas City. Topeka
Wichita, Leavenworth, Atchison and For,
Scott
THE Railroad Commissioners met repre-
sentatives of the railroads doing business
in Kansas, at Topeka, recent y, to discus
the soft coal schedule of rates promul
gated last March. This was the finn
hearing, a number of adjournments hav
ing been taken. After considerable tall
the railroad men requested that furthel
discussion of The matter with the boar.
be postponed until July in order that tn
representatives of the different road
might be able to reach an agreeman
among themselves. The board declined
this proposition and notified those presen
that if the arguments had ceased tn
board would take the rate question under
advisement and render a decision as sool
as possible.
PAT CLEARY, who murdered Jesse Turn
er in 1855, was lynched by mob at Lin
coin on the night of the Sd. He had beer
tried and sentenced to imprisonment 70
twenty years but got new trial, whel
the flrx- faiIod To inrnr hQldin,