The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

1HE treasury gold reserve or the
Goth had been reduced to $50, 7s7, 636.
In the absence of both the president
and Secretary Carlisle from Washing.
ton no expression of opinion could be
obtained from them, but the treasury
officials who possess their confidence
do not hesitate to say that if necessary
another bond issue will be made when
the reserve reaches a point when fur
ther action is rendered imperative
THE wife of Phillip Tague, of White
Plains, KY, gave birth to triplets. all
girls, healthy and weighing six, seven
and eight pounds, respectively.
A Hone KONG dispatch said that
missionary wrote to a correspondent
there confirming previous reports of
Japanese atrocities in the island of
Formosa- The japanese, it was stated,
were fast exterminating the Chinese.
Over 60 villages had been burned and
thousands of persons killed.
THE latest news received from Japan
stated that the loss of life from the re,
cent tidal wave was between $4,000
and $4,000. The government had re-
eeived reports from all the devastated
districts, and it was thought all the
victims of the disaster had been ac-
counted for.
THE Baptist Young Peoples union,
in session at Milwaukee, reconsidered
its action voting the 1898 convention
to Denver, COL, and it will be held at
Chattanooga, Tenn. Denver will get
the 1899 convention.
o MARY SNoDGRAss, white woman,
was hanged at Cceburn, Va, recently
for cremating her negro girl baby.
She was detected while in the act of
pressing the baby's body on the flames
with large shovel
JOHN DUcTo & Sons brick building
and dozen smaller frame structures
were burned at Ashtabula, O., on the
10th. Loss, $4,000; insurance only
partial.
JOHN GooDE, Creek Indian convict
ed at Okmulgee, l. T., for theft, has
been sentenced to be shot, this being
his third offense.
A TRAIN on the Chicago & Alton road
split in two and afterwards came to-
gether. killing Brakeman Cowan and
wrecking one car.
THE Baptist Young Peoples union
convention at Milwaukee elected John
II. Chapman, of Chicago. as president;
Rev. H. w. Smith, of Waukegan, Ill,
recording secretary, and Frank Moody,
of Milwaukee, treasurer. Denver, COL,
was chosen as the next meeting place
in 1895.
The Quincy (nl) Baseball associa.
ton, q member of the Western asso-
citation, has quit playing and the play
ers have been paid off.
LIEBER's brewery, in Indianapolis,
Ind. was damaged by fire to the extent
of SIS, 600, and the Waterman was
burned badly.
BUFFALO Bills band wagon was
driven under the Fort Wayne railroad
bridge at Massillon, O., on the 10th and
all the occupants scraped off. Four
musicians were frightfully injured and
two will probably die. The wagon
was drawn by eight horses, which got
beyond control of the driver.
A FAMILY of nine children were poi
soned at Santiago. Mimi, by drinking
lemonade which contained some DOL
sonous Ingredients. The children died
one after the other and the parents
were said to be very sick.
w. L. LIsLE, miner employed in
the Claude shaft at Cripple Creek, Col :,
while being hoisted to the surface, let
go the rope and dropped 125 feet to the
bottom.
FRANK JUNE. his wife and child. left
Grand Haven, Mich, recently in .
small sloop. The boat was found
afterward upturned on the beach at
Lake Harbor and it was supposed all
three were drowned.