The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-01-04

some were injured and two were ex-
pected to die. Loss, estimated at $780,
600; insurance. $500, 900.
and his 6-year-old son were cremated
by the burning of their dwelling.
A PASSENGER coach on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific crashed into \
carriage at a crossing at Chicago and
five persons were badly injured. The
carriage horses had to be shot.
AT Rome, Ga. recently Dora Will
fams locked her three children in her
home and went visiting. The home
and all the children were burned
THE Dayton and Michigan elevator
''B'' in Toledo, O., burned recently.
About 500, 900 bushels of wheat were in
store, the loss on which will be $780,
600. A Waterman was burned to death.
A NATURAL gas explosion at Elwool,
Ind, badly injured six persons recent
ly.
VAN ALIENS nail mill at Northum ber-
land, Pa, was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss, 500, 900.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 2sth said that the holiday
trade was scarcely up to expectations.
Purchases had been smaller than usual
in amount and confined to needful
articles. Wheat had declined q cent
and corn q cent. There was larger
demand for nails, but in hardware and
machinery business was much de-
pressed.
News reached klamath, Ore, on the
2sth that at Christmas entertainment
at Silver Lake a lamp exploded and, Set
ting fire to the building, forty-one per-
sons were burned to death and fifteen
injured. Silver Lake is small village
in Oregon about $50 miles from the
nearest telegraph Office.
IN Millington, Mimi, Matthew
Palmer cut his wife's throat and then
cut his own. Both are dead.
THE Sandwich bank, at Aurora, ILL.,,
was broken open recently and the
burglars escaped with their plumber.
The amount stolen was not stated.
ROBBERS entered the residence of
Henry Ecker, at Piqua, O., recently
while the family was absent and Sc
cured nearly $1,000 in cash.
THE new passenger station at Anoer-
son, Ind, for two divisions of the Big
Four railroad was totally destroyed by
fire on the 27th. The ticket office
effects and express matter were saved.
The station was the finest union station
owned exclusively by the Big -Four
road.
THOUSANDS of people witnessed a
heart rending scene at Brooklyn on
the 25th. Frank Tolrieka, a 15-year-
old boy, was struck by trolley car,
and with his legs nearly severed above
the ankles, he was wedged between
the forward wheels and the motor box.
In that position he remained for forty
five minutes gasping in agony. 1t was
impossible to move the car back or for
ward without crushing out the little
life left in the boy.
THE old capitol building at Atlanta,
Ga, owned by Venable Bros, and used
as an Office building, was visited by fire
on the 9th and 500, loss inflicted.
The building was purchased by the
state under the reconstruction regime
for S4OO,O When the new million
dollar capitol was built it was sold to
Venable Bros for $4,000.
AT Hillhouse, Miss, while several
negroes were playing craps, quarrel
arose. Louis Allen shot four of the
| negroes, killing two of them outright
and mortally wounding the others.
Allen received a mortal wound and fell
dead over the bodies of his victims.
TIE famous Cliff house at San Fran
cisco, which was destroyed by fire on
the 25th, will be replaced by million
| dollar structure of steel and stone.
ARMENIAN refugees were reported ar.
irving at Sarakamysch in a wretched
condition. They declared that many
| of their compatriots had been obliged
to adopt Islamism to save their lives
and the honor of their wives and daugh-
tiers.
NEAR Bay Mennilla, Ala, Tim
Thompson, little negro boy, was
asked to dance for the amusement OF
some white toughs. He refused, say
| ing that he was church member. Jim
Jostling knocked him down with a
club and then danced upon the pros.
trate lad. He then shot the boy in the
hips The boy is dead, and his muir.
derer at large.