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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
2
Abilene Reflector notes vast public debt reductions since June totaling 29,584,470 and cites November 1 national debt at 1,511,506,747. Reports of filibuster in Cuba, Paris passport talks, Congo explorer De Brazza melee, and mint coinage. Global incidents include Chilean and English affairs, accidents, and political shifts.
A scattered digest notes rail and land grants, a Lincoln jury death, rising foreign mail, a Cincinnati fire causing a mother and child death, Paris labor talks on wages, West Africa coast seizure, Ewensox bank robbery sentence, Dubuque sawmills closing for season, 49 million feet lumber cut, New York Chamber of Commerce on stock watering, city debt interest payments, Newark wife murderer seeks new trial, Salt Lake bullion receipts, Paris labor conference end, Rochester bishop supports Moody and Sankey, German grain trade shifts, New York bribery act enforcement urged, diphtheria closures in West Boylston, Cincinnati murder by fall, Huntington poison murder verdict, English bar limits in O donnell defense, Troy Institute riots, Fort Edward bridge coroner censure, Dewey the Montreal forger reaches Boston, Anoka post office burglary and robberies, San Francisco mining dividend and Bodie Tunnel tax, Brooklyn prisoner sentenced, New York Grand Jury condemns excise licenses.
Secretary Texter asks the Attorney General if a pension examiner can be detailed to aid Colonel Corkhill in investigating frauds by attorneys and claim agents against pensioners. He pledges to enforce the pension laws and assist prosecutions to the best of his authority.
The Kansas Supreme Court case on the Quo Warranto petition sees Kansas Pacific Railway deny state rights, claiming federal creation and authority, with Union Pacific consolidation under Congress. Railroad Commissioners issue two rulings on depots and overcharging, while county tax and school enrollment rise, crimes and fires affect towns, and Fort Leavenworth reports strong prison governance.
A Wisconsin interview reveals Frank Dubois, later identified as Mrs. Hudson, a woman who married Gertie Fuller after living as a man. Dubois and Fuller recount the deception, motives, and plans to move on, with both women portrayed as emotionally distressed yet resolute. They detail past peddling work and an intent to live openly as women.
A massive blaze from Garnett, Stubbs & Co. in Savannah on Wednesday leveled a cotton warehouse with 3000 bales and 300 nearby buildings. Estimates place losses near $1,000,000 with several missing and at least five known deaths, including J Cash a white clerk who ran back to fetch a hose, Moses Coston a colored warehouse man, and a colored woman. A guard of a thousand was deployed as fear of unrest loomed over the burned district. The mayor did not use dynamite and the origin of the fire remains uncertain.
A large mass meeting of Negroes met in Springfield Missouri on Tuesday night to discuss the Supreme Court ruling on the Civil Rights bill. Speakers urged unity and self-advancement through property ownership and education to earn respect and civil rights without relying on legislation.
George Knapp of Dawson, reported lost on November 9, was found yesterday in a demented and starving state wandering near Devil's Lake on Half Breed trail, about two hundred miles from Dawson.
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