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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1885
Page
6
The Abilene Reflector notes Miss Jena Jackson tied the knot with William E. Christian of Richmond, discusses a resident’s death, aging milestones, Hugo manuscripts, junk trade dangers in Baltimore bedding, Sanitary Conference decisions, and miscellaneous local and international items including weather, rail traffic, and demographic notes.
A dispatch lists multiple abrupt deaths and political notes. R M Rersonos, ex First Auditor of the U S Treasury, killed himself in St Louis. Ex-President Arthur ill with Bright's disease and to voyage for health. Beecher’s son named collector at Puget Sound. Irish leader Croxg returns to Dublin. composer Von Bexenvict dies in London. various riots, accidents, and international tensions across Britain, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, and the U S are noted with brief outcomes.
Kansas News items report a gas tank explosion injuring a Topeka woman, a man found dead with a suspected murder motive near Pratt County, and a missing Emporia girl later found wandering distressed. Other notes cover a Wichita suicide, a large jail population, rail disputes, Oklahoma land status remarks, fair dates, and local crime, school discipline, and religious missions funding.
In Leavenworth Kansas a man, Robert Broaddus, shot Frank Jobson after confronting him with Daisy Wood and Nellie Moonlight on Shawnee Street. Jobson was wounded critically, and Broaddus fled toward Salt Creek valley where he died by his mother’s home after a pistol shot. The incident sparked public outcry as investigators note jealousy over Miss Wood. Jobson, a Dundee Scotland native and architect, is reputedly unblemished.
Washington officials report a mass purge of clerks across departments with lists of dismissal candidates to be prepared for public release next month. Officials say changes aim to enable civil service appointments and rely on Republican support. Pension Office plans to dismiss about 200 clerks, in addition to 150 already cut by a new appropriation.
The May receipts show a debt reduction of 5.56 million dollars while total debt excluding cash stands at 1.404 billion with 1.261 billion interest bearing. Customs and internal revenue are up and down, but eleven months of the year total 295.48 million, about 324 million less than last year. La Pantheon notices recount Hugo funeral tributes and Arc deTriomphe crowds as the procession proceeds with order and some injuries reported from the crush.
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