Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-24
NEWS NOTES.

The house on the 10th passed the
Henderson bankruptcy bill by vote
Of 1853 TO 1875.
Chicago Is In the throes Of a grippe
epidemic, said TO be worse than since
the outbreak OF 1891.
Nat G. Goodwin, the actor, was mar
ried at Cleveland, O., to Miss Maxim
Elliott, leading lady Of his company.
George Abrams, a farmer Of Brown
county, Kan, was robbed Of $500 in
Atchison by negress, who escaped.
Near Clifton, Ok, George Sawyer,
aged n. was killed by the accidental
discharge Of q gun in his brothers
hands
Near Cushing, Ok, Ambrose Georgia,
a farmer, quarreled with his tenant,
John White, over crop settlement
Georgia was fatally stabbed.
A row between Bud Evans and
Charles Griffin in Q billiard hall at
Hamilton, Mo-, resulted in the killing
Of Evans. Griffin was captured.
Albert McClelland, colored, former
porter for the F. W. Meyer Jewelry
company at Kansas City, Mo-, disap.
peared simultaneously with 5000 worth
Of diamonds belonging to Mr.. Meyer.
William J. Seaman, the actor, died
on the 10th at the Bloomingdale insane
asylum OF White Plains, N. Y, where
he had long been q patient He was
the author Of "Peek-a- Boo and many
popular Irish songs.
l.. P, Winslow, agent for an em.
broidering machine, whose home is Ut
Springfield, ILL.,, tasted Is days at q
hotel at Guthrie, Ok, in order that he
might be forgiven for sin. 1t was
thought that he was insane.
At Norwalk, Conn, Owen Murphy
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
for throwing acid into the face Of Jen-
ME Kinsella, binding and horribly
disfguring her Murphy meant the
acid for his sweetheart, with whom he
had quarreled.
A severe snowstorm caused the COLI
sion Of two passenger trains on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
road in deep cut six miles south Of
Rockford, III. Both engines were de-
molshed, Engineer Tilden was in
stantly killed and score of persons
injured,
Gen. Lew Wallace has been chal-
lenged to "a duel by George T. Cakes,
Of Indianapolis, Ind. Wallace, in an
address delivered at Lebanon, Ind, on
Lincoln day, told an unpublished story
rejecting on Gen. McClellans courage
and Cakes denounced 1t as false md
challenged Wallace to meeting on
the field Of honor. The affair has
caused much excitement throughout
Indiana
Ex-Gov, Stone, of Missouri, In an in.
terview at San Antonio, Tex, denied
that he was candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for president lie
said he was opposed to Bryan's plan
Of amaigamating all the silver forces
into virtually new party. He favors
maintaining the integrity Of the demo.
cratic party, but would invite the CO.
operation Of all friends of silver on
the basis proposed by Senator Stewart
recently.
At the conference of the leaders Of
the Creek Indians at Okmulgee, |. T.,
resolutions were passed declaring thai
as nation they opposed the allotment
Of their lands in severalty and asking
the principal chief to have vote taken
BY the chiefs in their respective towns
on the subject and forward It to their
delegates In congress. Chief lspar
hecher thereupon issued a letter to oil
Creek Judges to enforce the nations
lava and TO oppose the recent legisla'
ton Of congress abolishing thsil
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