The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-01-17

the waters edge at Evansville. Ind.
She was valued at see, 900; partially in
sured-
THREE men were afioat on an ice foe
on Lake Erie, near Cleveland, O., on
the 13th. and efforts to rescue them
failed, the life saving crew putting out
after them, but failing to find them.
The mixing up of hats caused Tom
Ross to shoot Frank Meade and John
Higgins in Carter county. KY, on the
18th. Meade was killed and Higgins
was fatally wounded.
NEAR Alachua, Fla, Harry Jordan,
a noted desperate. barricaded himself
in an unoccupied house and vigorously
resisted arrest Finally the officers set
fire to the building. hoping to drive
Jordan out. but he preferred death to
surrender and was incinerated.
Two painters were killed and an.
other fatally injured at Philadelphia
by the breaking of a scaffold on which
they were at work.
THE tug Tyee arrived at Seattle,
Wash. recently, with IA members of
the Inflated crew of the English ship,
the Jeantee Cowan, which had been
wrecked on Vancouver island in the
Pacific ocean on December 81. The
from suffering and exposure and the
survivors were found in a sad state by
The rescuing party.
A TERRIBLE fight between officers
Ind horse thieves occurred at Inland,
10 miles west of Perry, Ok, recently.
left Coates, the leader, was shot dead
rom his horse and three others of the
oand were SO badly wounded that they
we're captured. One man of the sher-
.f's posse was seriously wounded. Six
# the horse thieves escaped.
A PASSENGER train on the Louisville,
Evansville & st. Louis railroad was de-
allied at Goldthwaite. Ind, and the
brennan was fatally injured. The in
uries to others were slight
PATRICK MORRIS and his wife lived
n fatboat near New Orleans On
account of their difference in color, as
we'll as the charge that they kept a dis
orderly place, there has been a grow
ng sentiment against them. They
we're sitting up in their boat, when a
body of men came down and set fire to
the hull. They sought refuge on shore,
and as soon as they made their ap-
pearance they were riddled with bull
lets. The woman was killed outright,
but the man fell crippled, and the two
were burned to ashes with the boat.
THERE was a fire in small building
at Lynn, Mass, on the 10th, occupied
by family named LIE MORE. When
the fire department arrived the body
of Mrs. LIE Moire was found in a cham
Der burned to a crisp. while daugh-
ter was found lying on the stairway
badly burned about the body, having
been overcome by the smoke and
flames while attempting to escape.
The father and son were found in the
watercloset under the influence of
liquor.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended January 10 showed an av-
erage increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 1876;
In New York the increase was 26.2 2; out
side New York the increase was 9.a
Two earthquakes occurred in the dis.
trict of Kahlhahl, Persia. The first
was on the night of January 2. The
large village of Janabad was de.
stroyed, several others were partially
ruined and 800 persons were killed.
The second earthquake occurred the
morning of January 5. The town Of
Col was destroyed and 1000 houses
were demolished. In addition great
damage was done to many villages
The loss of life was very great. There
1yi11nd IN Cot oil
and large numbers of cattle and sheep
also persisted. :.
THE police at Des Moines, Ia, discov-
cred on the 10th in the medical depart
ment of the Drake university the two
bodies of Mrs Rachel Townsend and
Alexander Bell. which had been buried
in the Saylorville cemetery within ten
days and taken from the graves by
ghouls.
Mrs. C. A. MARSHALL, a widow who
lived at Cleveland, O., with her two
brothers, was literally cooked on the
10th. While getting breakfast she
poured coal oil on the fire. An ex-
plosion occurred and she was enveloped
in flames All the clothing was burned
from her body and the flesh fell from
her bones. She cannot live.
A HEAVY motor car and coal car on
the Akron, Bedford & Cleveland Eiec-
trio railway plunged through a trestle
over Tinker's creek. near Cleveland,
O., on the 9th and two men were in
stantly killed and one seriously in
jured. The cars were completely
wrecked. The span of the bridge
which gave way was It's feet long.
THE Free Home league convention OF
Oklahoma met at El Reno on the 10th.
with about 100 delegates present. The
action of the convention was very har-
monious Formulating resolutions to
congress and department officers com.
prised most of the work. The meeting
next year will be at Kincfisher.
SERGr. CANrLIN, of the Buffalo, N. Y.
police. had searched for Patrolman
Sammon on his beat and could not find
him, when he finally discovered him
coming out of q questionable resort.
The sergeant suspended the patrolman
at once, when the latter shot the ser.
geant. Cantlin afterwards was discov'
cred dying and just had sufficient
strength to tell who his assailant was.
A LETTER from President Cleveland
to Senator. Caffrey, of Louisiana, was
made pu bic on the 9th. 1t deals with
the bond issue and denies that the ad-
| ministration entered into an agree
| ment with a syndicate to float the
| bonds.
THE celebrated stallion. Pilot Me.
dunn, for which its owner, Walter
Clark, had refused 500. 900. died at Bat
tie Creek. Mich, suddenly on the 10th
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