The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-16

4 GEORGE GLASS, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
discovered a negro burglar at work in
his house and he opened fire on tho
thief and then a desperate battle fol-
lowed in which nearly all the parlor
furniture was broken. Assistance ar
rived and the thief jumped through a
window. Just as Mr.. Glass fred at him
again, and fell into the back yard
| dead.
IT was given out in the colored
churches on the 18th at Winston, N. c..
that an attempt was to be made tc
| lynch Arthur Tuttle, a negro on trial
for the murder of Policeman Vickers
| in May. and $50 negroes organized and
marched to the Jail They were mott
fed that they were violating the law.
Many of the mob refused to go away.
Sheriff Macarthur then ordered out the
Forsyth riflemen. The mob begar
firing on the officers and the riflemer
fred several volleys in return. causing
the negroes to disperse. Fourteen O.
the rioters were arrested and put il
Jail.
THE steamer Gypsy was run into and
sunk in Long bay, an arm of Lake
Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire, BY
the steamer Mineola. The passenger
were rescued. The pilot of the Mine
ola claimed there were no lights show
ing on the Gypsy.
THE interior department has decided
that parties making runs into Okla
homa from Indian reservations are not
entitled to hold their claims.
THE business portion of Lockport.
ILL.,. miles from Joliet, was wiped out
by fire on the 10th. Thirty houses
were destroyed, entailing a financial
loss of about $500. 900.
DURING the game between Indianap
oils and the home team at Terre
Haute, Ind, on the 18th, the bleachers
took exception to several close decisions
of Umpire Sheridan. After the game
the frenzied men rushed on to the
ground to do Sheridan violence, but
the Indianapolis players stood by him.
AS a result three of their players,
Motz, Hogan and Fisher were injured,
though not seriously.
THE works of the Tuscarora Adver.
Using Co. at Coshocton, O., were badly
damaged by fire recently. Loss, about
$4,000.
AT the Catholic Total Abstinence
union convention in New York on the
9th, st. Louis was selected as the next
place and the first Wednesday of Au-
gust the time for next years meeting.
Father Cleary, of Minneapolis, was
unanimously reelected president.
AN s-story building in course of con-
struction in New York, fell with
crash on the sth and a number of the
-,
ruins. Two men were instantly killed
and several others seriously wounded,
while eleven men were missing. 1t
was said that the disaster was caused
by overlooking the sixth floor with
building material. The contractor
and foreman were both arrested.
NJ. ANDRE proposes to start on an
aerial voyage from north Sweden for the
north pole in July, 1896. The duration
of the voyage will, of course, depend
on the wind. Thirty days, he believes,
will suffice for cruising about the CEN
trail polar basin in all directions. DIR.
Wichman, one of the most eminent
German geographers at the interna-
tional meeting at London. said the
project had been cautiously worked
out in the light of science and was by
no means fantastic scheme. The
balloon car will contain a sledge, boat,
weapons and Photographic camera to
take pictures.
THE Perry. Ok, land office has de-
cided the contest involving the title to
the city of Cross, 30 miles north of
there. between $500 townsite settlers
and Meegan, Jewett. Henry, Wag-
goner, Harris and Clapp, who claimed
as homesteaders, in favor of the town
now get deeds to their town lots.
FIRE destroyed the Transfer hotel, at
Pendleton, Ore. There were twenty.
Four bodies have been recovered from
the ruins and one was missing. The
FIRE was caused by a man dropping a
lighted match near gasoline.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
9th stated that Jim Hall and Joe Choyn-
ski have been matched for a glove con-
weight championship of the world to
take place between October &c and
November 5.
AT Cincinnati two electric cars col
lided on the 18th and six persons were
injured, three seriously.
THE steamer Catterthun, from China
to Australia, was wrecked on the Seal
rocks off Cape Hawk during a gale.
The passengers, who mum bered seventy
persons, of whom fifty-five were Chi
nese. were asleep when the ship
grounded. A tug which went to the
wreck saved those who had not gone
in the boats. 1t was thought that
sixty persons had drowned, of whom
forty siX were Chinese
AT Ogdensburg. N. Y, early on the
9th. fire started in the lumber piles of
the Skillings, Whitney & Barnes Lum-
Der Co., in the eastern part of that
town. The loss was put at $13O, 900 to
$50, 900; insurance, sos, 900
ADvICEs from Tarsus, Asia Minor,
say that mob alta cked the American
school at that place, maltreated sew
eral of the students and threatened the
missionaries.
JOHN HICKS house was burned at
Big Stone Gap, Va, and four of his
children persisted while his wife aud
one child were badly burned. The
fire caught from stove and burned
very rapidly, while the family were
asleep.
A CONVICT at the prison at Jefferson
vile, Ind, to avoid doing his task in