Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

dow chair in Midland College at Atchi-
son, to be known as the kansas Synod
Chair" The Nebraska synod will also
endow chair with like sum. The synod
Sd voted to support SIX young men al
the college who have undertaken the study
| of the ministry.
CARRIE HILL young woman clerking
in the dry goods house of Holman & Co,
North Topeka, is fairly entitled to be
called Queen of the Thieves" She had
for several months been engaged in tap
ping the till an d stealing to such an ex-
tent that when arrested and her house
searched, three cart loads of goods valued
at over 81, 900 were found. How much
money she took will probably never be
known Her friends claim that she is
crazy. Her taste seemed to run to holt
day goods, which had been packed away,
but she did not overlook silks and other
fine goods.
AFTER a trial lasting two weeks Joseph
j. Spendlove was recently convicted at
Topeka of murder in the second degree.
Last spring Spendlove and a man named
Werner had some difficulty regarding a
lease. Shots were heard in their place of
business. drawing a crowd of people
almost Immediately. Werner was found
dead with bullet hole in the back of his
head, while Spendlove was bleeding pro-
fusely from a wound in the neck. The
trial brought out the fact that Spendlove
first attacked his victim and after firing
the fatal bullet he was shot by his own
pistol during a scu fife with Werner for it's
possession. After being taken back to
Jail the prisoner took poison and came
near dVino hafOra hahn
GOVERNOR G. w. CLICK the retiring
pension agent has summed up the busI-
ness done in his office since January l,
1886, the day he took possession. He has
paid in pensions $o4 92S 173. 10, to disburse
which amount he signed $3.50 checks
and 10. GOO letters. The work of the office
has been increasing yearly.
AT the late annual session of the Grand
Lodge L o. o. F., held at Topeka, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Grand mas
ter, A. L. Voorhis, of Minneapolis; deputy
grand master, William Matherson, of
Wichita; grand warden, NJ. B. Ward, of
Topeka; grand secretary, s. F. Burdette,
OF Leavenworth; treasurer, l. C. Slime. of
Ottawa; grand representative. W. A. Cor
many, of Fort Scott; medical examiner,
j. NJ. Mccoy. of Iuka.
THE other day the three-year old son of
w. A. Doyle, of Emporia, swallowed
about three drachms of carboIic acid which
its mother had placed on the mantelpiece
supposing it to be out of its reach. The
following day the child died in great
agony.
The yearly meeting of the Friends for
the West was held at Lawrence, COM
mencing on the 10th, with about 200 dele
G ates in attendance.
AT Wichita the other day Harry Hill. of
"Wild West" fame. bounced upon George
Morgan, horseman, as the result of a
dispute over a business matter, when
Morgan hit Hill on the side of the head
with a weight. HIPS physicians said his
was doubtful.
GEORGE H. EVANS & Co., contractors
for the construction of the State House,
applied to the Supreme Curt the other
day for a writ of mandamus compelling
State Auditor Mccarthy to issue warrants
to sos 900 for work which has
been accepted by the proper officials.
Mccarthy refused to issue the warrants
because the State House fund is exhausted
and there will be nothing to draw upon
Until the 1889 levy is received
THE remains of the late Bishop Vail ar
lived from the East on tine u b. The |
funeral on the 18th was largely attended |
1y clergymen from all parts of the State |
md generally by the people of Topeka.
THE annual report of the Grand Secre- |
airy of the 1. O. o. F. showed that the to-
al funds raised by the order in Kansas |
or the Johnstown sufferers was 81, 40 49, |
The receipts of subordinate lodges for the
rear ended June 80, 1889, have been $l32,-
Co. IS, decrease of 81 S2211. Their dis
'ursementS have been as follows: Ex-
'enses. S90,159 II; sick and funeral bene-
its, $50, 1891 The total assets of
lodges amount to 1864, 1872 II.
The amount paid for relief was $25 406. SO,
o which shoul d BE- added the irregular
elief." s., 37S o.
APPLICATION has been made to the Board
t Pardons for the pardon of Willie Bald
vim, now in the penitentiary under sem
ence of death for the murder of his sister
n Atchson several years ago.
MUCH anxiety is felt by friends over the
disappearance of Alex. 7. Glib, North
topeka undertaken, who left for Kansas
lily September "a to buy goods and has
lot since been heard from.
THE dead body of a man was found the
ther night on the Missouri Pacific tracks
t Kansas City, Mo, which was identified
S that of c. W. Morris, of Oswego, Kan.
10th legs and one arm were cut off and
be head was horribly mashed. Mr..
forris was a cattle dealer and was on his
ray TO Chicago with a load of cattle. It
) supposed he fell between the cars while
assing from one to another.
The President has appointed Cyrus
OdarsOn raniSfar of tho land. off1pa at
lberlin.
In late quarrel over a gambling debt
{ Hutchison, Frank Burbag. colored,
tat bad and very seriously cut Marvin
oswald. Oswald is a gambler and his
'ound was thought to be fatal.
THE county attorneys and commissions
rs of a number of interested counties
let in convention at Topeka the other day
} devise ways and means of fighting the
lortgage foreclosure by the Metropolitan
rust Company of New York against the
.ock Island on its Kansas lines. There
re twenty-seven counties interested in
he matter to the extent of s3, 900, 900 in
onds, and the determination was arrived
t to appoint committee of five to or
anize the counties and assess them pro-
to raise the sum Of $25 900 to
OmmoHCo as luteTcsteu pdIllos dHu COh- |
nue. the fight even at a cost of $50, 900. 1t
believed that these Kansas municipali-
es own a majority of the paid up stock,
lat other stockholders have paid only
ominal sums and that if they paid up in
Ill there would be plenty OF money to
ay defaulted interest coupons
MISS BELLE FINK, nineteen years old,
as thrown from her horse at Mcpherson
lie other day and received injuries from
hich she died.