Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-01-28
A POISONING CASE.
Three Young Children Die from
Eating Apples In Indiana.
NINE MEN INJURED IN 4 FIRE.
Two Guests Of Fort Smith Hotel Perish
by Fire-A Double Murder-A Mine NJ
piosion Near Kansas City-fvs
Men Burned to Death.

Men Burned to Death.
.sFFERsoNvlLLE., Ind. Jan. ga ter
rible tragedy took place Monday night
at the home Of George Madison, near
this city, Monday Mrs. Madison had
been out working, Madison being sick.
When she returned she brought ap-
pies for the children. The family ate
supper, the children eating the fruit
with the peeling on, while the parents
peeled those they ate. Immediately
after Artie, 10 months old; James, 4
years old; Lulu, years old, and boy
Of s were taken severely ill with signs
Of strychnine poisoning. Before ply
sician could arrive the first tive named
children were dead. Lulu died during
the night and the boy is very i'll. Mrs.
Madison is also i'll.
NINE MEN INJURED IN A FIRE.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-Seven flremen and
two spectators were badly hurt 1t q
FIRE which yesterday evening, destroyed
the Williams block, at 1876, 1893, ~ and
s02 Monroe street, wall falling and
the roof collapsing. The fire originated
in the basement Of the building and
spread with such rapidity that within
few minutes it had become utterly
useless for the firemen to attempt to
save the building. After hard fght,
they managed to conflne the FIRE to the
walls of the Williams block, but they
were unable to save anything init. The
total damage to the building and con-
tents is estimated at SSs6,000
TWO HOTEL GUESTS PERISH.
Fort SMITH, Ark, Jan. 27.-The lives
Of two men were lost in fire which
occurred here yesterday morning.
They were l. H, Pray, of Springfield,
Mo-, travelling salesman for the firm
Of M. ]. Powers & Co., of Chicago, and
E. A. Mullison, Of Fremont, Neb A
hall lamp on the second floor Of the
new Windsor hotel exploded at s;45
o'clock in the morning and the build
ing was in flames before the alarm was
given. Those Of the guests who made
their escape did SO by passing through
fire and smoke, and had to grope their
way along the Railways to the steps,
A DOUBLE MURDER.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 27.-News Of
double murder has been received from
Tugalus Valley, near the line between
Georgia and South Carolina, in Habers.
ham county. While returning from
church with their families, John Bo-
harmon and C. Robinson were waylaid
by George and Burgess Lee, two broth
ers, and murdered, one of the men be-
ing shot to death and the other cut
almost to pieces The murderers, who
are notorious characters, escaped.
NINE EXPLOSION.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 27.-An ex-
plosion occurred in the mine of the
Brush Creek Coal & Mining Co., eight
miles south Of this city, at 1880 o'clock
last evening, in which three miners
were severely, but it is thought not ia
tally, burned. Those injured were
Tom Tippy, Willis Phillips and John
Coulter. They were burned about the
head, arms and hands. The cause of
the explosion is not positively known.
TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
CINCINNATI, Jan. s7.-A special from
jackson, o., says: The Star furnace
burned yesterday, consuming most of
the stock. Hugh Martin and Frank
Davis, workmen, were burned to death.
The loss otherwise was slight.