Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
BOATS COLLIDE.
Excursionists Have an Exciting
Time on the North River.
Two TEXANS KILLED IN A DUEL.
Eight Miners Severely Injured by q Cage
suddenly Dropping Down the shaft
"A Big Mortgage-A GasO-
line Explosion.

NEW YORK, Sept. l8.-The big Hud-
son river steamboat Catslxill and the
larger excursion boat st. Johns col
lided yesterday evening in the North
riverof this city. The st. Johns had 1000
excursionists and the other boat had
started on its regular night trip with
80 passengers. The collision was due
to a misunderstanding of the signals
which passed between the two vessels.
The crash extinguished the lights on
the Catskill and caused panic among
the passengers, some of whom dropped
overheard, Great excitement also pre-
vailed among the excursionists on the
ST Johns, Just as the Catskill neared
the shore she filled and went down on
Il mud bank Leonard p. Miller, OF
liobokcn, who was taken from the
water had his right leg fractured.
He said that before being rescued
small boy who was in the water near
him had been drowned Maria Nc
Donald, residence unknown, and Susan
Morris, of Gutenberg, N. D., are miss
ing and IRE thought to have been
drowned.
TWO TEXANS KILLED IN A DUEL.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 10. DIR. I. Is.
Carter OF Kaufman, and Charles 7.
Russell, of Abbott, two of the most
prominent men of that section, who
had hitherto been friends and business
associates shot and killed each other
yesterday afternoon at Abbott They
met Tuesday afternoon to dispose of
some business relative to a land trans
action. The settlement ended in
quarrel and the agreement to meet
yesterday afternoon at the depot at
Abbott for n settlement At the ap-
pointed hour both arrived at the depot
and drew pistols, exchanging num-
Der Of shots. Both men fell and died
within few minutes Of each other.
TEN DROP DOWN THE SHAFT.
NANrlCoKE, Pa, Sept. 49, The cage
in which ten men were being lowered
into shaft No. 2 of the Alden Coal Co.
yesterday morning suddenly dropped
to the bottom of the shaft Eight OF
the men were severely injured and the
injuries Of four may prove fatal. The
cage had started down the shaft, $50
feet deep, and the engine losing con-
troll Of the machinery, 1t dropped to
the bottom at terrific speed. The four
most seriously injured have been re-
moved to the Wilkesbarre hospital.
A BIG MORTGAGE.
CHICAGO. Sept. 10. "A refunding five
per cent. gold bond mortgage for S40,-
900, OOO given to the Farmers Loan &
Trust Co., of New York, was filed at
county recorders Office yesterday by
the Peoples Gasllght Il Coke Co. The
mortgage Is to run 80 years, and is in
tended to take up the bonded indebted
ness of the companies consolidated to
form the Peoples Gasllght & Coke Co.
II conveys to the Farmers Loan Il
Trust Co., to hold in trust as security,
all the property Of the consolidated
companies.
A GASOLINE EXPLOSION.
MINNEApoIJs, Mimi, Sept l8,-A
special from RedfieId, = d., reports
the loss of about $4,000 there by fire,
with insurance of but ", 900. The An
dcrson building brick structure was
destroyed by a fire originating in
gasoline explosion. Howard Williams
,yae nrnha blv fatally hurnnd