The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS,

RICHARD LEACH was electrOcuted at
Sing Sing. N. Y, on the 5th for the
murder of his wife. There were nc
sensational features connected with
the electrocution, which only occupied
two minutes, and was completely sue.
cessful.
A COW on the track of the Pickering
Valley railroad near Pemberton, Pa,
caused the wreck of a passenger train.
The engineer was killed and the fire.
man fatally and several passengers Sc
verely injured.
HEAVY rains throughout Japan have
ruined the crops and it was feared that
the failure of the rice harvest would
cause a famine.
SPRAGUE, Wash, a town of 5000 in
habitants. has been almost wiped out
by fire. The loss will amount to near
ly s., ZOO, goo.
The steamers Carrollton and Big
Sandy were burned to the waters edge
at Cincinnati on the 5th. Loss, $780,
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The Methodist church at Quaker
town, Pa, was struck by lightning on
the 4th and twenty persons were
knocked senseless and it was feared
that several deaths would result. A
panic followed the stroke. The edifice
was almost a wreck. !
A FEARFUL tragedy occurred at
Gideon church, Baton Rouge, La, in
which Henry and Albert O'Neill, aged
respectively 90 and 81 years, lost their
lives The tragedy was the result of
love affair, Albert O'Neill and Hill
Picon being rivals for the girls hand.
AS the ONeil boys came out of church
they were fired upon by the Picon
party and both instantly killed.
DURING an electrical storm on the
4th party Of nine persons in four.
horse wagon took refuge under tree
near Hollidaysburg, Pa, and light
ming struck the tree, killing one man
and injuring several others, two prob.
ably fatally.
AT Bochua, Westphalia, an explosion
of fire damp and coal dust occurred in
the Prinz Won Pruessen mine and
twenty-five dead and eleven injured
men were found in the pit and there
was possibility of there being more
There was heartrending scene at the
mouth of the pit, relatives of the dead
and injured being congregated there
WHILE the ship Cairnhin from Cal.
cutta was unloading its cargo of jute
and saltpeter at Brooklyn on the 1st
an explosion occurred which set fire to
the dock. The warehouse, filed with
jute. cotton, hemp and saltpeter was
destroyed. The Cairnhill, which was
burning, was lowed to the fats near
Liberty island, and it was thought she
would have to be sunk. The loss on
the warehouse and its contents is esti.
mated at from $50, 200 to $3.50, 600.
Three lighters and n barge, all loaded
} with cotton were completely de.
} stroyed.
THE biggest victory ever made by or
ganized labor was won in Pittsburgh
Pa, by the miners Almost every de.
mand was granted and the operator.
gave written guarantee for the full
fllment of the contract The papers
were signed on the I'd, which increase.
the wages of 10, 600 miners in Pennsyl
, vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The New York World announced OF
the 4th that Mrs. John ANGEL, O
J Rouse's Point, Wyo., who claims to b,
the first wife of Jay Gould, and he
, daughter. said to be the first child o
2 Jay Gould, had collected enough evi
dence and would begin suit for tn
+ possession of the entire estate of tn
dead millionaire.
The national officers and director
! of the Ancient Order of Hibernian
! met at New York on the LIST and passe,
:. resolutions as to the future policy O
; that order in the United States on fol-
. warding the cause of Irish independ
! ence. The resolutions are said t
, mean that the A. o. ii. Endorsed tn
: Irish revolutionary movement whic
:. seeks Irish independence by force Q
! arms The importance of the actio
4 lies in the fact that 500, 200 men forr
g the society.
q ALL the business portion of Berlin
y Nd, was destroyed by fire on th
y 9Th. besides many residences Los,
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