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The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1887

Page

2

Abilene Reflector Current Comment Highlights Aged News

A digest of disparate items notes Ex-Governor William Smith of Virginia aiming for the Federal Senate. Sojourner Truth memorial funds at Battle Creek. inventor Joan Bereson in strong health at eighty four. Sankey hymn debut. Kentucky geologist Proctor on iron near Bowling Green. Marquis de Mores rents New York house for four months at twenty four thousand dollars. and other brief items on divorce rates, art purchases, Philadelphia crossing losses, scientists and doctors worldwide, and the Great Eastern ship sale.

Marquis de Mores Montana New York Torsxa Kan Martin House of Representatives Harvey Crawford Kansas Hos N. Green Reeder Geary Woodson Americas Territorial Andrew H. Reeder John L. Dawson Wilson Shannon John W. Gears Robert J. Walker James W. Denver Samuel Medary Daniel Woodson Frederick P. Stanton Hugh S. Walsh George M. Beebe Mr. Dawson Medary Tride Pennsylvania Shannon Ohio Denver Virginia Mexico Kansen United States Mississippi Treasury Polk Pennsylvani Wier Hough Walsh Kensas Wenr Charles Robinson Topela Geores W. Smith Laecompton Henry J. Adama Leavenworth Robinson Anthony Governor Robinson Massachusetts Carney Green Glick Osborus Tennsyvania St. John Indiana Osborne United States Senate Chile Brazil Kantas Horton Miss Million

Congress notes and battles over land, rail, and commerce

Senate debates on Indian land grants and the Interstate Commerce bill span days with conference reports, amendments, and adjournments. House actions include public buildings funding and department creation while various committees advance measures on agriculture, animal industry, and court reforms. Presidential and public notices drift through a broad page of political and misc items.

Kansas Legislature Elects Speakers and Organizes Houses

The Kansas Legislature met at noon with the Lieutenant Governor swearing in Senator Kirk to fill the Whitford vacancy. The Senate adjourned until the 13th after adopting resolutions. the House organized with A. W. Smith as Speaker, J. B. Clogston as Speaker pro tem, and other officers installed. Petitions for woman suffrage appeared. many bills were introduced, and committees drafted resolutions noting the death of Senator Whitford. The State's railroad charters and bar association officers were announced, while local items report notable crimes and state notices.

Congress Senate Beck Cullom Stanford Sgalast House Secretary of the Treasury Peters Kansas District of Columbia Nebraska Agriculture and Labor Bureau of Animal Industry Court of Claims Allison Edmunds Tucker West United States District Courts Dill Witt Port Scott Kan United Labor Party Cincinnati United Labor Party of New York Lexo Toorseien Stafford Northcote Great Britain Chamber of Commerce Boston Washington Yale College Dwight Lamar Garland Waite Jons A. Martis Wis James T. Lewis Springfield Farwell United States Logan Morrison Diplomatic Corps Lucy Stanley Evansville Ind James J. Jackson Georgia Sacramento Cal George Hearst Ismarck Reichstag Washington, D Fearney Missouri Pacific Dunbar Neb James Ee Wyandotte Frank Chenoweth Nea Mo D. W. Hoffman James Bell San Francisco Circuit Court Indianapolis Green Smith Robertson Ayres Smith Havermeyer & Elder Brooklyn Reneut Howser Tiffany Lima Hamilton Second Baptist Church Adrian Mich Susan Brown Riddle Kirk Whitford Anderson County BE. M. George Johrson G. W. McCameron Jefferson Hos A. W. Smith Huo. Uon Carroll J.B. Clogston Wm. H. L. Millard W.T. Walker Donnell Norden Jennings Winfield C. A. Norton John L. Waller John J. Furness St. John County Wallace County Locan Coleman Ne- Tula Olathe Deaf and Dumb Asylum Price No Man's Land State Bar Association Topeka 8. C. Thecher Lawrence H. C. Sluss Wichita J. W. Day D. M. Valentine W. H. Johnson C. W. Graves Burlington Robert Crozier Leavenworth George 5. Greene Manhattan T. F. Garver Salina National Bar Association W. W. Guthrie Atchison T. A. Hurd A. L. Redden el Dorado Tax House Bert Orner Porter Hunter Arthur H. Smith Albert Taylor Mattie McCord Maudie Beardsley Bertie L. Shaffer Jessie Beam Shawnee County Curr Baxen Tony Cessella New Orleans M. EB. de Geen Horton Johnson Lau Hor S. O. Thacher Kingman Sean Lace J.C. Jones Finney County

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