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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1885
Page
2
A mixed Abilene Reflector column reports Cartas J. M. Hasarros to eject intruders from Indian Territory, Paris seeks 300000 for fetes, Idaho crops lag, Davies County Court ruling, dengue in Austin, Mrs. Michael O Connor’s triplets, St Tau Ice Palace plan, Montreal liquor frauds, Prussian Diet results, Newton execution, Army arms exchange, Corning postmistress arrest, subsistence budget, and Marine Service enforcement outcomes.
Remains of General George B McClellan were interred at Trenton New Jersey after services in New York City. Connecticut election results favored Republicans, with a likely joint Senate majority of 12. Pennsylvania elects State Treasurer, Republicans triumph. Massachusetts shows meager totals but Robinson likely wins for Republicans. Sioux Falls constitution and Republican ticket carried in South Dakota. Mississippi voting light with Democratic ticket only. Iowa likely GOP victory by large margin. Democrats dispute House majority. Various national political and public notices follow including appointments and legislative projections.
Kansas Governor John A. Martin proclaims Thanksgiving for November 2 urging universal prayer and benevolence. The report covers the Kansas Western Missouri Social Science Club meeting, carp distribution by the U S Fish Commission, a Topeka insane verdict, a deadly wagon accident, Missouri-Pacific rail crash, patents to Kansas inventors, Tejon Pacific land sales, a nine foot pelican, school land title cases, Norton County land sale, Reno County school counts, Edwards County courthouse bonds, Topeka Congregational anniversaries, cold October notes, and Wichita railroad subsidies.
The funeral service for General George B. McClellan was held at Madison Square Presbyterian Church New York. Police guarded the entrance while pallbearers and family attended. The ceremony featured a Parkhurst sermon and hymns before the casket departed for Jersey City and onward to Tremont for burial at River View Cemetery. Ferdinand Ward began two years in Sing Sing after Grant Ward collapse and spoke of turning over a new leaf. A dredge-boat explosion near New London, several crew lost, remains missing.
The proclamation by President Grover Cleveland designates Thursday, November 26, 1885, as a day of public thanksgiving. It urges suspension of secular business, assembly in worship, and prayer to thank God for national blessings, peace, crops, and prosperity, while emphasizing charity and reflection. The document is signed by President Cleveland and Secretary of State Tes.
A naval officer tells a Star reporter that Cuban filibustering expeditions are staged for merchant gain. Merchants fund a few rascals to create sensational plots, boosting aid and naval presence, then exact large purchases as the fleet sails to Key West. He says the Revenue Department cannot stop these expeditions. The analysis is tied to costs, then shifts to a monthly public debt statement showing October reductions and receipts across customs, internal revenue, and muscatel.
The jury acquitted Mrs Walkup in the long Walkup murder case in Emporia Kansas. The courtroom erupted in applause as Judge Graves announced the not guilty verdict and Mrs Walkup embraced relatives amid cheers outside the court. Background coverage describes arsenic and strychnine purchases linked to Walkup’s illness and subsequent death, with the defense arguing a physical decline rather than poison as cause.
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