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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1887

Page

6

Albany Labor Half Holiday Bill in New York Passed

Abbreviated digest of items including a New York Legislature approval of a Labor Half Holiday bill granting Saturdays year round noon to midnight leave, a report on Armour gun advances, Turkish minister Matyrar Bey, Yale law graduate Anne Jompas admitted in Michigan, and assorted brief notices on politics, shipping, and public affairs.

New York Noom William Armstrong Matyrar Bey Anne Jompas Yale Law School Superior Court of Michigan

News Of The Week Highlights Across World Events

A sweeping wrap of 19th century headlines notes railroad chief Mitchell in New York, a cancer report on the German Crown Prince, Afghan command activity near Gruzni, and license elections in Illinois. Also covered are Arctic explorer Coutn, Treasury policy debates, and political shifts in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Mexico.

Femsonal and Foliticaz MitcHext Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Hoffman House New York Treasury Paris Paawanxa Ameer Afghanistan Gholam Haider Khan Marat Gruzni Ast-Licesse Lickais Ilinois Lancresast Dons W. Daxexvowrn Naval Academy Annspolis Arctic Arroxser-Gesemit Gariasp Secretary of the Treasury San Diego Alaska Islands Arthur Assembly Albany Gesexa Boruanera Newfoundland Deus B. Sora Bank of Commerce of Lonsville West Virginia Quvees Bartonaer San Francisco England M. Scuxasere Pagay-sur-Moselle Knights of Labor Chicago Workman Powderly United Labor Mason Jons RE. Huarse James G. Blaine Hot Springs Ark St. Louis J.J. Prendergast J. J. Stanley Comsaxner Garces United States Yantic New Orleans Nova Scotia Tur Edward F. Bingham Ohio Supreme Court of District of Columbia Cartier Washington Cleveland House of Deputies Senate

Kansas State News Highlights Local and Rail News

Kansas items list veteran names from Rush Center and El Dorado among others. Burglary spree in Junction City reported along with a Topeka death by suicide of Kate Satoot, age seventeen, bride of eight weeks. Postmaster changes, town name changes, and new corporate filings accompany notes on schools, a county bond issue, and a western railroad company dispute. A Sawy reports on a fatal or perilous incident aboard a train near Topeka plus a missing man mystery near Grantville. Prairie fires in Decatur and relief efforts in Northwestern Kansas are cited alongside a court case impacting Pullman stock taxes.

Pesstoxs Kansas Phoebe Deane Rush Center Herman L'steman el Dors¢o Eaman Hi Beardmore Half Way Thomas Babcock Thomas P. Richard Attica Jacob P. Sager Salem John J. Caillera Louisville Napoleon Manay Edorn Louis Jordan Osawatomi William C. Pollock Emporia Niles Titus Council Grove Thomas Perry Leavenworth James L. Adams Ellison Joseph N. Barrett Wyandotte Michael R. Mizer Chautaugus Simuel J. Earhart Lebanon Jano Rhodes Beverly James Williams Glesburg Isaac Miller Burlington Henry C. Most Taylor William E. Rowe Baxter Springs August P. Johnson Monmouth Moediczs Sid Starvesant Osborn County James Burns Easdale Eilis Pfeifer Caspar Hofmeister Carolyne Kingman County Agnes City Lyon County W.H. Williams Cunda Marion Aaron Sehweitzer Chillicen Cowley Daniel Toowan Fellsburg Edwards County Stephen 1 ' Aldrich Grenda Eis County G. R. Popes Loco Haskell Melissa L . Waite Mertilla Meade County James B High Pauline Shawnee J. W Topeka North Topeka Mar Denver Indiana Kaxapotts Overbrook Osage County Missouri Kansas City Grantville James McCardel McCardel Deep Hole Clark County Tue Autorney General Washington United States Supreme Court Pullman Palace Car Company Decatur County State Board of Pardons Thurston D. R Anthony Anthony Lucien Baker New Kiowa Kansas Cay Vallesuxe

PRESCOTT'S CALAMITY AND CYCLONE FURY REVEALS DEVASTATION

A Kansas town near Prescott was wrecked by a brutal cyclone on Thursday evening. Dozens killed and many injured as houses, barns, and businesses collapsed. prominent victims include Will McKale, Jake Stephens, and Mrs. Crone, with widespread destruction across Prescott and surrounding farms. Local churches damaged. property losses estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. Many residents shielded in cellars as the funnel cloud struck, lifting houses and carrying people miles away.

Prescott Kar Dick Harsness Miss Minnock Oakwood Kansas City Charles Blake W. H. Billings Jake Stephens Lena Sellers Miller & Son Kit Harkness Uek Will McKale Sarah Crone McGanz Miles Deming Dick Harkness PL PL Flyte Jake Brunet Joe Dunwesn Dug Walker Kit Horanes Newsy Meine Burkness Dim Woelitridee Aru Ed Han J.C. Krusig Tinky Carer W. S. Bogart Jim Kinsey M. Udell Mr Hogan William Campbell Rich Hill Junction Gulf P. C. Shelton Atoms Missouri Miles Miller Fort Scott

Jealous Husband Kills Preacher in Kansas Town

In Kroomay Kansas on a spring afternoon a colored Baptist minister H A Smith aged about thirty, popular and devout, was shot under the left ear by Daval Green after Green found Smith with his wife in a compromising situation. Green surrendered to a justice of the peace as a crowd gathered. Mrs Green denies the motive, saying jealousy did it. Green is in jail.

Havana Matayas John Sherman Cuba Sherman Colon Hasband Kroomay Kan H. A. Smith Daval Green Green Chidren Indian Territory Blaine Watton Chicago Bankers’ Association

Destruction from Linn County cyclone devastates Kansas area

Piissastox Kan April 4 The cyclone's toll in Linn County and nearby Missouri is severe with 14 deaths 247 injured many destitute families and immense property losses. Prescott amid widespread ruin reports scarce shelter as relief funds rise with about 1000 raised locally and more needed for immediate aid and provisions.

Linn Kan Piissastox Missouri Prescott C. P. Lee L. A. Sellers M. Th Kit Harkness Alfred Binker H. H. Way Everett Mound City Kansas City Territory

Chant of the Redskins and Winnebago Eviction Move

A sprawling account from Minnesota reports Winnebago and Coow Creek settlers facing eviction by Company E under Sheriff Harris. Indians chant and mob pressure surround the road as troops advance to drive settlers from lands, with warnings of property destruction and quiet resistance from Big Bend locals. The piece links broader labor strife and political tensions across the era, including prohibition debates and school discipline curiosities.

Minnestous Minn Winnebago and Coow Creek Indias Harris Cleveland Marshal Harris Winnebago Reserve Company E Big Bend Fort Sully Mundison Washington

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