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The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1886

Page

6

Elected foreign secretary and various era notices

ABILENE REFLECTOR reports the election of Mr Robert Browntsa as foreign secretary to the Royal Academy in place of the late Lord Houghton. The item also covers J Parker Veazey’s Baltimore postmaster resignation caused by bondsmen debt, a Victorian Parliament note on transporting French criminals, counterfeit US notes swindling Tippecanoe County residents, and a tribute to Charles A Minton’s financial editorial career.

Robert Browntsa British Royal Academy Lord Houghton J. Parker Veazey Baltimore Goddess Bros Veazey Charles A. Minton New York Herald Sail Wall Street The Stock Exchange New York Yacht Club Columbia College

Personal and Political News Across the Nation

The President began a summer vacation in the Adirondacks on January 16. In Ohio eighth district conventions Kennedy and Wheeler win nominations for Congress. A Delaware Democrat names ex-Congressman Tuomas Rega for Governor. A Pennsylvanian is nominated for Governor by Democrats. The Uruguayan president is shot and the assassin killed. The Irish National League meets in Chicago with some discord. Other items cover deaths, resignations, riots, and political shifts across states, plus miscellaneous incidents and accidents.

Washington Adirondack Mountains Ohio R. P. Kennedy Congress Eighth Olinots Sid Decatur Joseph Wheeler Bexsaucx T. Binos Delaware Irish National League of America Chicago John Fitzgerald Nebraska Missouri Democrats St. Louis Theodore Brace Monroe County W. FE. Coleman Saline County John Breathitt Micwai Davitt Parnell Michigan Democrats Hos. Ezna Mazex Omaha Syracuse N. Y Commercial Bank of Omaha Masox A. J. Horses Lowa Joan A. Loveny Minnesota Guyver Wespeat Hornes Liverpool Eng The Philomethic Society America Boston England Huron Ind Davis Ohio & Mississippi Railway London Dodge Department of Agriculture Great Britain Janen Stover Kamsas Adjutant General of Missouri Bingham Corwin Alaska Crovena Carniola Austria Nagasaki Japan Irish National League Parrick H. McCannox Providence R. L James Crosby Crosby Orth H. Stein San Jose Cal Whirxey Blake Blake Eli Whitney New Haven Conn Movsr Carlsruhe Jersey Central White House N.J Coleman County Tex Sioux City Haddock Montgomery Clifton Ariz Litclexast Stoner San Francisco James F. Wuson Henry V. Leslie Cheaspeake & Delaware Canal Company Windsor Ont Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild National Association of Ex-Prisoners of War Buffalo Hanover Ansrohiets Sus Jopox Baxxert New York Litchfield Sandusky Ellion Getek Lewiston Steam Mill Company James Scorr Niagara Falls Juneau County Wis

State School Fund Divides Kansas Apportionment

State Superintendent Lawhead completed the second semi annual dividend of the state school fund totaling 235,132.445 dollars against 819% 58.43, with per capita at Li cents. The report lists county by county numbers of school children and apportioned amounts, amid notes on railroad tariffs, new post offices, and local incidents across Kansas.

Lawhead Shawnee Street Leavenworth Tay Board of Railroad Commissioners Union Pacific Central Branch Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Kansas City Lare Kansas Dermot Stevens County Nathan P. Alten Itasca Sherman County Gilbert L. Sackett Eustisman County John A. Werner Flymell Finney County Robert Houseweart Valparaiso Edward Dudley Kansas Wholesale and Retail Co-operative Drug Store Association of Topeka State Historical Society Plumb Emporia Chicago Rock Island North Topeka Denver Leavesworth Ananias Club Charles M. Black Dixon A.M. R. Keffer Kanopolis John Sharpless Metz Grouorz George T. Gilmore Bisch Hutchinson Torexa Tur le Roy, Topeka & Northern Railroad Bpereray

Anarchists Convicted in Haymarket Case Verdict with Death Penalty

The Chicago court found August Spies Michael Schwab Samuel Parsons Adolph Fischer George Engel Louis Lingg guilty of murder and conspiracy with the death penalty fixed for seven defendants and fifteen years for Oscar Neebe. verdict reached after a six week trial amid crowded courtroom scenes and emotional reactions from families.

Jrpsos & Co Chicago Hexoneps Carlyle Jevson & Co Lake Shore August Spies Michael Schwab Samuel Firiden A. R Parsons Adolph Fischer George Engel Louis Lingg Oscar Neebe Weymouth Mass Geronimo Tur North German Gazette Berlin Brackenbush Patagonia Germany Galveston Tuene Auburn Hancock Central Traffic Association Bourg St. Augustine France Irieste Austria Tur Cambria Iron Company Johstown Knights of Labor Tombstone Ariz Lawton Gatewood Sonora Sierra Madres Fronteras Oue New York Produce Exchange Barnum Madison Wis Krapp Tientsin Treasury Department Xith Lourdes Lon Yazoo County Miss Carcase Illinois Gary Bar of Justice Parsons Samuel Piessen A. EK. Parsons Oscar Neeba Captain Black Grinnell Courh Lingy Fielden Spies Brothers Supreme Court Engel Spies Fischer Seliwab Warsons Neebe Milits Selden M. J. Decan Greif's Hall Degan Hannibal Perha Louis Post

Irish National League Holds Chicago Meeting for Home Rule

The Irish National League convention in Chicago chose Fitzgerald as president of the American branch, elected McCaffrey as first vice president, and reappointed Sutton as secretary. Delegates adopted a platform endorsing Irish self-government, backed Parnell and Gladstone, and approved a boycott clause pending further discussion. The proceedings included readings, finance reports showing $320,252.57 raised in two years, and adjournment sine die.

Chicago Fitzgerald Cmcace Irish National League Finerty Dubdinn Ireland Davitt Irish National League of America Charles Stewart Parnell House of Commons Gladstone National League America Canada Grance C. Bevis Sutton William P. O'Connor Wisconsin Messrs Redmond Deasy Rochester N. C League Thia Ain the Morear Committee On Finance Dr. O'Rteilly Parnell Hugh C. McCaffrey Philadelpia McCaffrey Pees Father McKenna Father O'Reilly

Crow Settlement Movement Among Crow Indians in Montana

A two and a half year relocation wave sees Crow families from the Yellowstone area settling on arable lands along the Little and Big Horn rivers. Agent Williamson notes 500 to 550 families now seek allotments under the 1880 agreement, with Walker of Washington and Saunders of New York tasked to survey and start allotments soon. Each family would receive a quarter section and grazing rights, with patenting expected after allotments are issued.

Wasuretox Montana Horm Wiliamson Indian Offee Congress John G. Walker Washington Ils Saunders New York City Crow Reserve Tayels Omyte Eros Crank

Devastating Galveston Storm Destroys Dwellings

Storm winds of up to forty five miles per hour hit Galveston on August twenty first. The sea flooded the eastern and southern city sections, destroying about 150 dwellings and damaging stores and hotels along Market and Tremont. The Beach Hotel and Beach rink were ruined, three crewmen died when the schooner Livonia Perkins capsized, and at least one resident drowned on shore amid widespread chaos and relief efforts.

Galveston Tex Thirteenth Street Avenue L Mechanic, Market and Post Offices Tremont Streets Market Street Twentieth Streets Babb Avenue

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