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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
2
News from everywhere reports on elections and dignitaries, including Magisten Lower named rector of St Andrews University and a British official shot in the Nicobar Islands. It notes floods, ship sinkings, court cases, and municipal and railroad developments, with varied international updates and local disasters across multiple states and nations.
Report covers a throne speech reception in Prussia, yellow fever toll in Brewton Alabama, deaths of former U.S. Senator Augustus Daves and Commodore Bertrex, fears of a Lake Superior ship loss, signs of impending war with China, bank failures in Mississippi, German Crown Prince visits, and multiple incidents from the U.S. and abroad including robberies, wrecks, court-martials, and political unrest.
A Hoxe Kone telegram reports three thousand Chinese attacked Haid Zuong the lth. The French garrison, with gunboats, held position from 9 AM to 4 PM. Chinese retreated. French land losses were twelve killed and wounded.
Ex Governor Cnantorp files brief on public domain lands linked to Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad. Topeka sees rail rate victory under Beloit decision while Kansas Academy reshapes dues and membership. Thefts, burglaries, assaults, arson, and accidents populate a busy Kansas update with court actions, hospital and institution news, and a severe wardrobe fire incident.
In Juiumoya Missouri Nov 2 a farmer Evilsizer was mortally shot by his nephew Willie Miller amid a family dispute. Miller fled but was later arrested as authorities fear mob justice. The Miller and Evilsizer clans are linked by marriage and kinship complicates the case as the community faces possible vigilante action.
Aged farmer Jacob D. Crouch his daughter Eunice White her husband Henry White and Texas visitor Moses Polley were found murdered in their beds near Jackson Michigan. The crime involved chloroform and multiple gunshots with a suspect black man Boles jailed. The case centers on a large sum of money reportedly tied to Crouch with ties to Texas sheep ranches. The coroner’s inquest was scheduled for the next day.
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