Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-20
SALO0NKEEpER SUED
Damages Asked for Giving a Child's
Father Drink That Caused Death.
SNOW IN COLORADO LAST WINTER.
Nearly Forty Four Feet Said to Have Fallen
Terrific Storm In Texaa-A Funeral
M,xup In St. Lnnts-- Crushed
by " street Car.

Ann Arbor, Mich, April Truth
Marie Dexter, girl four years Of age
and living at Milan, has commenced a
suit, through guardian. to recover
damages for the death OF her father,
Thomas +. Dexter, the landlord Of the
Commercial hotel, who died March 8
last. The defendant Is a saloonkeeper
named Schmitt The plaintiff claims
that her father became addicted to in
toxicating liquors to such an extent
that he became habitual drunkard,
and that the fact was within the cogni.
zance of Schmitt, and it was frequent
ly brought to his notice, notwith.
standing which he supplied Dexter
with intoxicants 1t is claimed that
excessive drinking brought on Dex
ter's death, and under a particular
statute OF Michigan the case is brought
against the saloonkeeper and $4,000
damages is asked of him. 1t is under
stood that another suit will be brought
for like amount against another
saloonkeeper
SNOW IN COLORADO LAST WINTER.
Denver, Col. April II, -According
TO the fastest report of Weather Fore
caster Branden burg, the total snow
fall at Leadvlle during the winter
was 252 inches; at Breckenridge, 37S
inches, and at Ruby, 524 inches NEARLY
A feet. The South Park line of the
Colorado & Southern Railway com.
pany is still blockaded by snow be.
yond Breckenridge, but the rotary is
making good progress and the line
will probably be opened before the
end of the week. The Cheyenne Il
Northern line of the Colorado &
Southern is again open after two
months blockade. The Colorado Mid.
land, which was closed BY the snow
west Of Leadville for II days, began
Its regular day passenger train service
yesterday and will send out its first
through night westoound train Tues
day night.
TERRIFIC STORM IN TEXAS.
San Antonio Tex, April l7.-Sev-
eral towns were visited by a terrific
wind and hailstorm yesterday that
followed the heavy rain that began
Saturday. At Lytle the building on
the tx L." ranch was demolished and
9 Mexican cowboy killed. At Weimer
the home OF City Marshal lnsall was
blown down and Mrs. Insall and her
two children injured. The school.
house at Medina was overturned and
the teacher, Miss Minnie Halstead, re.
ceived internal injuries! Two pupils,
Tom Maston and Henry Willard, were
seriously injured. The coast country
around Rockport and Corpus Christi
is flooded and communication with
those towns shut off. Telegraph wires
are down and the Arkansas Pass rail-
road has temporarily abandoned its
trains on this division.
A FUNERAL MIxUP.
st. Louis, April l7.-Four runaway
accidents in which seven people were
injured, one probably fatally, occurred
yesterday within five minutes of each
other in three funeral corteges at Cal.
vary cemetery. The following persons
were injured: Miles j. Bradley, cab
man, internally and probably fatally;
Mrs. Meagher and young son, Miss
Nellie Conway. Mrs Ellen 0'Shea and
Mamie and Ralph 0Shes. Mrs Meag-
her was badly cut and rendered un.
for some time. Her sons
arm was broken and he was badly
bruised. The others received cuts and
bruises The harness Of Bradley's
Team broke and his horses ran wild.