The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-10-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

ing imminent in the Choctaw country
between the full-bloods and squawmen
and Agent Window was hastily assem-.
bling a force of armed men. There
was also a report of skirmish at
Horse creek in the Indian territory in
which squaws as well as their hus.
bands took part. The war department
ordered Gen. Merritt at Chicago to
send troops to Tushkahomma and the
troops were sent forward.
N. ii. HARRISON. trustee of Monroe
county, Tenn, was missing on the 9Th,
and an examination of his books
showed shortage of between $1,000
and $4,000. A warrant for his arrest
was issued.
COMMISSIONER LAMOREAUX, of the
general land office, has made his an.
nual report to the secretary of the in.
terror for the past fiscal year. The
total land selections during the year
were 1872 900 acres, of which $780,
915 were homestead entries and 6,7S9,
SOL railroad selections. The total va
cant public land in the United States
is 600, O4O,671 acres, of which 316, G51, SCI
are surveyed and 2s3, 1884, unsur-
veyed.
A FIRE that caused the loss of three
lives and nearly 100000 worth of
property visited Ladonia, Tex, recent
ly. Nine houses, eight of which were
brick, situated on the west side of the
public square, and much of their con-
tents were consumed.
CARROLL D. WRIGHT, United States
commissioner of labor, stated in his
recent annual report to the secretary of
the interior, that the work of the CEN
sus Office was now substantially COM
pleted and that the ables were in the
hands of the printers. He also stated
that he would be ready to report to
congress by December plan for per.
manent census bureau.
THE eight-year-old mute son of An.
drew j. Andrews, of Irville, O., secured
his fathers gun during the absence OF
/ the family and pointing it at his baby
brother fred, killing him instantly.
The fratricide was not thought to be
| accountable.
FULL advices from Cedar Keys. Fla.
late on the I'd showed the almost total
destruction of the town and the loss OF
SO lives. 1t was feared. however, that
the loss of life at Cedar Keys proper is
as nothing in comparison with the
number of spongers and fishermen who
were drowned. The Mary Eliza re.
ported that nearly 100 vessels were
anchored on the sponge bar and that
all of them but 20 were lost. AS these
boats carried from four to ten men
each, the loss of life must have been
great. Reports from 76 surrounding
towns showed that 67 persons were
killed and 60 injured. These were the
known casualties.
A PASSENGER train was held up or
the Cd by masked men about 20 miles
from Albuquerque, N. NJ. A deputy
marshal on the train took in the situa.
ton and killed one of the robbers. The
hold-up was a failure financially, the
robbers securing no money.
A RECENT Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch
stated that the proposed big window
glass trust had collapsed.
THE Farmers and Merchants flour
ing mill at Montrose. Col, was burned
to the ground. Loss, $4,000; insur
ance. S25, 900.
The semi-centennial celebration O.
Iowa's statehood opened at Burlington
on the 1st. At an early hour cannon
doomed from the bluffs. bells rang an,
whistles blew. The parade, the grand
est ever seen there, started at IL a. m
and was witnessed by 25 900 people
Gov. Drake aud Vice President Steven
SON rode near the head of the column
Brass bands from all over the stat,
were in line. Floats representing tn,
progress of Iowa frop 1876 to 1896 wer,
also in line.
The steam gin of j. L. Moorehead a
Grapevine. Tex, with loo bales o
cotton, was destroyed by fire.
The Denver Coll Pharmaceutical
association, Including all the druggist
of the city, has adopted resolution
practically declaring a boycott on east
ern wholesale and manufacturin,
firms, whom they accuse of irving I,
coerce their employees in political mat
tiers.
Two freight trains cc,lided on the B
& o. railroad at Philson, 1874 miles cas-
of Pittsburgh, Pa, and l2 tramps wer
taken from the wreck. six of WHOM
were dead and the rest in a serious con
dition- Many of the trainmen wer
also seriously injured. It wus though
that there were some others still undo
The wreck.