Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
SHOOTING ARRAY,
-Four Men Seriously Wounded by ,
Religious Woman.
4 PIPE CAUSES A WONAy'S DEATH.
Sixteen steersge Passengers Burned on q
Steamer-A Ship Burned to the Waters
Edge .Incendlarism at Lockwood,
MO.-Chicsgo Tragedy.

sational shooting ARRAY, in which q
woman shot and seriously wounded
four men occurred at Lowell, Ark,
yesterday The shooting was done by
Mrs. Duerling, and the wounded men
are 7. Bryant, Of Lowell, and three
citizens Of Springdale, whose names are
notknown. The shooting was the re.
suit Of religious excitement, caused by
a woman known as Mrs. Benedict, who
has been holding a series Of "holiness
meetings" in the neighborhood Mrs.
Benedict gathered about her 20 con.
verts, among them Mrs. Duerling, who
deserted her husband. Citizens OF
Springdale decided to run them out OF
the county. The posse followed Mrs
Benedict and Mrs. Duerling to house
ut Lowell, where the women fortified
themselves, and when the men arrived
Mrs Duerling opened fire on them with
a revolver. Mrs Duerling was arrest
ed, charged with attempted murder.
A PIPE CAUSES A w0MAN's DEATH
CHICAGO, May lO.-Mrs. Joseph Green,
an aged woman addicted TO smoking
pipe r@.t terrible death at her home
at Warkcgan as result OF the habit.
Mrs. Green. who was 10 years old,
lived on Washington street, near the
west city limits, and with her lived
Mrs. Hazard. Mrs. Hazard, who had
shortly before left the old woman in
room smoking, as she sat in her chair,
re-entered the room and was Mortified
to find Mrs. Green with her clothing
a6re. The fire was quickly extin-
guished, but the old woman was dead,
with her face and neck terribly burned,
and the floor around covered with
shreds Of her burned clothing. The
upper part of her clothing, it is
thought, must have taken fire from her
pipe, presumably after she had fallen
asleep
SIXTEEN sTEERAGE PASSENGERS BURNED.
New YORK, May lO.-The Mallory
line steamer Leona. which left her pier
on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took
fire at sea, put back and arrived in
port last night with 10 corpses on
board. The dead were IS steerage pas
sengers and three members Of the
crew, who succumbed to a terrible FIRE
which occurred of the Delaware capes
at an early hour yesterday morning.
Those who are dead were penned up
below decks, and although frantic eff
forts were made by the officers of the
vessel to save them, the fire had gained
such terrible Roadway before the dam
ger was discovered that all escape was
cut off. The steamer carried in her
cargo many bales Of cotton.
BURNED TO THE WATERS EDGE.
BEACH HAVEN, N. j., May ,O.-The
ship Francis, Of New Bedford Mass,
under command Of Capt A. F. Smith
and with crew of % men, which left
San Francisco on January II last,
with general cargo, bound for New
York, took fire at sea Saturday, and in
order to save the lives of those on
board and the ship and cargo, If posi-.
BILE, she was beached on the South end
of Long island, six miles above here.
The captain and crew reached shore
safely and were taken care Of by the
crew Of the Little Egg harbor life saw
ing station. The vessel was burned
to the waters edge and the cargo will |
prove total loss.
INCENDIARIsM AT LOCKWOOD, MO.
GOLDEN CITY, Mo-, May 1O-A bold |
attempt at incendiarism was discov-
cred in Lockwood, eight miles east Of
this city, in time to prevent the de-
struction of part Of the town. A large |
quantity Of hay saturated with coal
oil had been placed between the post
office and Mrs, Dewey's restaurant and |
set on fire. The smell of the burning |
oil could be distinguished a block
away. The fire was put out before
much damage was DONE Lockwood |
has had two fires within the past two
years, both Of which have been attrib-
uted to the work Of fire-bugs.
CHICAGO TRAGEDY.