The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-05

ties all over the United States have de-
cided to ask the presidential aspirants
the direct question: IF you are elect
ed president will you favor legislation
against the interests of the Roman
Catholic church?' It is intended to
exert their influence against the A. P.
A. movement
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD child Of ]. l. Kreg-
wer, of Falkland, Ok, went into hog
pen and picked up little pig. when
the old hog attacked the child. knock.
ing it down and biting off part of its
face and tearing out one eye. It will
die.
THE post Office department at Wash
ington is daily in receipt of complaints
about letter carriers in the west-par-
ticularly in Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as-making the occupants of houses
come out to the sidewalk to get their
mail
AT the free feast given in honor Of
the car of Russia's coronation on the
Hodynsky plain. near Moscow, ter
rible panic ensued, resulting in over
1000 people losing their lives by being
trampled upon. It was resolved to
provide a hearty meal for 500, 900. but
there was such an immense crowd
waiting to be fed for SO many hours
that suddenly they pressed forward to
get at the food and swept verything
before them, the police being power.
less before the rush, and numbers Of
weak and hungry peasants fell
THE situation in st. Louis was
summed up by the Republic on the
goth as follows: st. Louis-Identi6ed
dead, 1876; unknown dead, Is; missing,
90; fatally injured, 10; seriously in.
jured in hospitals, 4O1; estimated in
jured outside of hospitals. 1000; prop
erty loss, estimated, So. DOC, 900 East
ST. Louis-Identifed dead, no; un-
known dead, 6; dying, 6; missing, TO-;
seriously injured in hospitals, 200; es-
timated injured outside of hospital, g.
600; property loss, estimated, IS, 900, OOo
The great fight between the two
branches of the A. o. U. w. of Iowa,
which has ragged for many years, has
been amicably settled, all the legal
proceedings on both sides being dis.
missed in the courts. Both branches
will probably unite.
THE Cuban constitution was recently
at the fair in Madison Square garden,
New York. The instrument was signed
in Cuba by President Cisneros and 20
members of the government of the
new republic
U. E. HENRY, of Oshkosh, Wis, was
recently arrested at Columbus, Ind. :,
for splitting 81 and $40 bills in half and
FASTING the different halves together
! and passing them as $40 His room at
hotel was searched and nipple ments
were found for doing the work.
r DURING a recent entertainment in
the town hall at Belmond. Ia. given by
members of the high school a lamp in
the wings was overturned and the
scenery caught fire, precipitating a
panic. The hall was crowded and the
people struggled, fought and trampled
each other in their efforts to get out
Miss Cecilia Finch, who was on the
stage, had her clothes burned off, and
it was feared that she would die from
her injuries.
THREE hundred feet of the roadway
OF the Northern Pacific sunk in Blu
mars lake, near Aitkin, Mimi, and 20
feet of water washes over the spot
where heavy trains were recently run
ming. Workmen were laying a new
track north of the old one.
THE schooner Albion brought news
to San Francisco of the probab BILE loss
of the schooner Lincoln in ALASKAN
waters. The Lincoln had on board
about 80 persons, all of whom have I'M
doubtedly lost their lives. Most of the
passengers were gold seekers.
AN appeal for aid has been made by
the East st. Louis QlL) relief commit
tee, who stated that it was safe to say
that 5000 families were rendered home
less. Mr.. Paul w. Abt, president of
the First national bank of that city,
has been designated to receive all con-
tributions sent.
FIRE recently destroyed the large
public school building at Austin, Tex,
entailing loss of $50, 600. The fire
was of incendiary origin, the building
having been saturated with coal oil.
WHILE NJ. Jenkins and II. Barnes
were cutting grass in a cemetery at
Breckenridge, ILL.,, they were struck
by lightning and killed.
A FIRE which started in the candy
factory of Williams & Bower at Sher-
man, Tex, burned several other stores
and entaihed a loss of probably $685.
600. There was no insurance on the
stock of Williams & Bower.
The filibustering steamer Three
Friends, which recently left Jackson
vile, Fla, with a cargo of arms and
ammunition for Cuba, was said to have
been chased by a revenue cutter and
ran ashore on one of the Florida keys.
FAILURES for the week ended the goth
were. according to Dun's Review, 239
in the United States, against els last
year. and 20 in Canada, against "a last
| year.
A. B. MCDONNELL, of Rochester,N. Y,
recently broke the 10. Is and 90 mile
records oh the road on the Corfu
course The time made was: Five
miles, 1921; 10 miles, 21:25; Is miles.
| 34:42. and 20 miles, 46:01. Mcdonnell
now holds all the road records up to
| 100 miles.
THE national convention of the
United Commercial Travellers opened
at Cincinnati on the 2sth with an I'M
usually large attendance.
JAMES ELLINGTON was hanged at
Boise, Ida. recently for the murder of
Charles Briggs. his employer, after a
| quarrel regarding wages December 90,
| 1894.
IT has been decided that the Luther
an college, to cover the southern states,
shall go to Charlotte, N. C. For some
time it has been hanging between Char.
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