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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1888

Page

6

Butfslo Post-office Site Bill Signed In Congress

The President has signed the But fslo Post-office Site bill amid public comment. Obituaries note Hazel Howaxp Ker daughter of Francis Scott Key died in Mobile Alabama from heart disease. European finance reports cite France's Radical Left resignations over Boulanger plebiscite, and a British effort to form a wheat syndicate. A sensational Wilkesbarre elopement and a self-imposed fast end in tragedy are recorded alongside stock and currency movements and a call to repair New York quarantine facilities with $200,000 government aid.

Hazel Howaxp Ker Francis Scott Key Mobile Ala Major Hewrrt George B. Sloan State Senate Finance Committee Academy of Medicine New York Board of Health

Tar Senate and House clash over pensions and taxes

Congressional weekly notes sweeping actions in both chambers. A pension bill for Mrs Logan passed the House while the Direct Tax and Bond Purchase bills sparked filibusters and swift vote orders amid a busy session with adjournments and political maneuvering.

Congressional Tar Senate House Mexico Canada Wilson Town Beck Tar Senate Animal Industry Bureau

Kansas State News Highlights From Oske Loosa To Leavenworth

Rival claimants Booth and Coulter fired at each other over a quarter section. Booth later killed Coulter with a Winchester. A women’s ticket for mayor and council won Osceola’s election by sixty six. Drilling at Leavenworth struck a cavity at 1800 feet with a subterranean river washing away soil. Easter King killed Young and wounded two others. self defense noted. Grantville farmer Kavrimax robbed by a razor-wielding colored woman. Governor pardoned Theo dore St Peter for robbery. State central committee fixed convention sites and dates with Leavenworth and Wicl as key locations. Missouri Pacific freight trains collided near Leavenworth causing wrecks. Annelly fire destroyed stores and oats. Miller arrested in Doniphan County as gauge of desperadoes leader. Two boys found dead from wild parsnips near Brookville. Post office changes listed. Supreme Court to hear Fort Scott colored school case. Currency stolen from Pacific Express in Horace. Ellsworth County county-seat election dispute. Sentences for Jack Brace and Hank Hampton. Arbor Day tree plantings. Grant Monument plans awarded to Hodges & McCarty for a 16 foot 8 inch bronze granite monument. Oska loosa elects all female mayor and council. Libel suit filed in Topeka. Emery wheel accident at Parsons killed Pratt. Parsons girl Jennix Brooks dies by suicide after infidelity. Scott County hotel mishap aftermath.

Nacogdoches Tex Malinda Garrett Tuer Springfield Amesbury Mass Babcock Manufacturing Company Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Wapsie River New Hampton Iowa Germany Faribault Minn Cedar River St. Ansgar Baltimore Martin Portsmouth Eng Burmah Mandalay Peter Leinincer Reading State Department D. H. Rucker Mississippi New Madrid Vassar Mich Temesvar Hungary Fatuen Kensepy County Cork National League Mathison Oil Springs Ont Port Huron Sarnia James Parsons Centerville Canada Mr. Schuertann Bob Hart Minstrel Barney’s Chambers Street New York Juyee Jackson United States Circuit Court Louisville Kentucky Hatfield Seward Uonny Shorty Booth Ed Coulter Coulter Oskeloosa Leavenworth James King Harrison Young Ben Eastow Sam Hedspath King Young Hedspath Easton Tenny Kavrimax Grantville Top Wic Cleveland Tne Missouri Pacific Annelly Newton John Biervs Rogers Worthington Worthington House Opeka United States Doniphan Miller John Hunce Indian Territory Leis Brookville Kansas Klink Sterman County Theodore Schermerhorn Linnosls Rush County James B. Linn Whitelaw Greeley Fred A. Finder Bridgerville Wilson County Vilas Samuel Sillles Clifford Smith County Hendricks Finney County Logansport Logan County Tidy Stafford County Supreme Court Topeka Buford Crawford Robert Crawford Board of Ducation Fort Scott Pacific Express Horace Greely County J. H. Draper Kansas City Kansas Stet Scott City Horae Kanapotis Ellsworth Ellsworth County Jack Brace Hank Hampton Pete Nelson Chicago Oskaloos Ponce Junge Rero Frank P. MacLennan Topeka Journal Evain Pratt Parsons, Kap Jennix Brooks Martin M. Brooks Parsons Willains Farmer’s Hotel Doge City

Troubles in Ireland clash at Kilrush and Loughrea meetings

Destrs apr 9 large clashes as police and Berkshire regiment confront crowds at Kilrush and Loughrea. Ten seriously wounded, many injured. arches torn down, arrests made. O'Brien and Redmond among National League leaders resisted police orders amid heavy troop presence. Reports describe rioting, baton and bayonet injuries, and dispersal of meetings amid thunderous public opposition.

Destrs Kilrush Tanner Macroon League Welch Irwin Father Glynn Kilmitah Berkshire Regiment Lynch Redmond Crilly Loughrea O'Brien Ireland Father Meagher Temperance Hall Messrs. Devitt O'Connor Mr. Corry Carmody Enns Hussars Turner Condon First Times Danleavy Clare Independent Halpin National League Kantuck Healy and Flynn Ham's Grange Milown Malbay Messrs. Tanner O'Shea Macroom

Kansas Crops Two Weeks Late Yet Hopeful Outlook

Topeka April 4 The forthcoming quarterly report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the week ending March 31, 18 S notes wheat area at 1,315,898 acres, 101 percent of the prior year, with an 8 percent crop loss from drought elsewhere. Overall ground conditions are excellent. the season runs about two weeks late, but prospects for a bountiful yield are strong across rye, tame grasses, fruit, cattle, hogs, and horses despite high grain prices and some regional feed scarcity.

Topeka Kan Kansas State Board of Agriculture Kansas

Hobbs Alive Harvard: Remarkable Homicide Disclosures in Transvaal

A San Francisco report recaps disbelief over C. H. Hobbs presumed killed in the Transvaal, alleging he faked his death to win control of a railway while living in London with a partner and pursuing a 50,000 dollar sale. details tie Hobbs to a large finance scheme as San Jose mourns a missing pioneer.

Transvaal San Francisco C. H. Hobbs Jose Hobbs San Jose Hennessy London McMurco America England Germany Kansas City

Flood in the Missouri river near Sioux City

Floods along the Missouri above Sioux City caused extensive inundation of Dakota low lands after a gorge formed below Elk Point. Railroad damage included four miles of track washed out and sections carried away. The Sioux river rose rapidly, threatening El Point area, but lives were not reported lost. The gorge broke Tuesday night, flooding the lower city before gradually receding.

Missouri Sioux City Sioux Lowe Dakota Sioux River Elk Point St. Paul Beardsley Milwaukee Company Kansas

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Published BY Reflector Publishing Company Butfslo Radical Left General Boulanger Davi N. Warre Pittsburgh Republican Party Sewickley United States Consult Magee Department of State Berlin Theater of the Living Theater of the Dead Lessing Crown Prince Theater Moscow Claus Spreckels California Philadelphia Mr. Spreckels Montreal Wilkesbarre Joseph Tradiski Volvavitch John Bidsky Grorce Atley Aiken S. C Tue Treasury Department National Bank Treasury News OF the Telegraph Mall Gnovern Cleveland Eastern Wells College M. Floguet Tirard Maryland Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Galesburg Burlington Road Ohio Senatorial Committee Benjamin Brewster Salem County N. J Pennsylvania Arthur Taft Rhode Island Previs Southampton Atrnep H. Terry Army Army Retiring Board Schofield Jacon Suany Broadway Prince Bismarck Princess Victoria Prince Alexander Battenburg Bulgaria Bismarck Oak View Wiutam Taror Keneco Horace Greeley The Tribune Birmingham Conn Mary S. Logan John A. Logan Appolina A. Blair George Crook John R. Brooks Third Infantry Africa Massowahi Italy Milwaukee & St. Paul Avatascnes Tyrol Weissenbach Key West Fla Richmond Luce Potsdam N. Y Thomas Clarkson Clarksen Mealey Electric Light Works Clarkson Ernest Bros Faris Matt Howard Kixe Hestheart Denver New Orleans Tur Erie Craigville Paris Geyrrat Quixor A. Grenone Brooklyn Black River West Point Syracuse Wallace Vick Bros Rochester N. M Los Cerrillos West Stockbridge Middletown Elba Iron and Bolt Company, Limited Continental Tube Company Lavaats William I Seine Kansas State News Loxpox Trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies Fortuna Londom Spectator Kansas Cit Law and Order League Davenport Recorder Payne Kumpf Holmes Snow Wilram Hawkins Lucas J. W. Reese Luna Patrick Hughes Dave Gallagher James Stockey Dave Crowder William Goins Crowder Goins Manning Main Street Hughes Barwell Wasamnetox Farwell Secretary of the Treasury National Banking Association State Central Committee Wichita Leagvenworth Leavenwonth Demcratic Une Carroll Dale George Glick Abilene Neely el Carroll Democratic State Central Committee of Indorse Bradstreet St. Joseph Canrena Galveston Burlington Acta Wasursotos Secretary of the Interior Ity Peter Mack Thomas J. Wright Little Rock & Alexandra Railway Company Arkansas Torsxs Board of Education Fr. Scott
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