The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-03-20

DARLINGTON BoorH at New York fur
nished description of the standard of
his new movement. It will consist of
a white flag; in the center will be a
large blue star: in the middle of this
star a white cross; in the corner of the
flag. nearest the top of the staff, IS
white stars in a field of blue, repre-
senting the states of the union. and
over the central large blue star will
read the motto: THE Lord My Ban
per." He has named his new organi-
zation Goods American Volunteers"
A MAD dog ran amuck at Newkirk,
Ok. 1s days ago, and six horses belong.
ing to John Vance, which were bitten
by the animal, have since been seized
with hydrophobia A little son of
Wanco's was also bitten. A mad stone
was applied and it adhered Great ex-
element prevailed in the vicinity.
| ALEXANDER NEMErTLY. q butcher, of
daughter. Mary Wittlowsky, and then
killed himself He tired of his wife
and sought to win her daughter, who
was only 16 years old. The girl re-
pulsed his advances and this angered
him.
AT meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Knights of Labor and
other prominent la Dor men at Ottawa,
Can, it was decided to form a Canadian
Federation of Labor, having no con.
nection with the United States labor
organization. as the alien law, as en-
forced by the United States, prevented
a Canadian member from obtaining
| employment in the states.
THIRTEEN. thousand Chicago .tailors
went on a strike on the 14th, compris.
ing approximately the total strength
of the union organizations.
DILL TAYLOR, Robert Taylor and
wife. and another son and daughter OF
Dill Taylor living near Craig. Ill, were
poisoned from drinking coffee. Dill
Taylor died and the others were ex-
pected to die at any time The coffee
grounds were thrown into the slop and
seven hogs died from eating it.
ABOUT 40 boys burned a Spanish flag
at Smyrna, Del on the 18th. A large
crowd of citizens watched the crema-
ton, but there was no attempt made
to stop it. The boys had previously
paraded the town with the foreign EN-.
blem, accompanied by two American
flags.
AT the Indianapolis, Ind, collegiate
oratorical contest on the night of the
18th Butler students Haunted in the
face of 100 students from Earlham aN
umbrella covered with the Butler
colors. The Earlham students made 9
rush for it, when the Butler students,
200 strong, arose with wild yell and
the two parties began fighting. Pc.
licemen had to separate the combat.
ants.
THE anti-cigarette bill, previously
passed by the Iowa house, passed the
senate on the 18th and unless vetoed
goes into effect July l. The bill pro.
hibits both the manufacture and sale
of cigarettes and cigarette paper ex.
cept by jobbers for use outside the
state.
| The tobacco warehouse at Lancaster,
Pa, occupied by c. W. Kendig. was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on the 18th, to-
gether with between 700 and 800 cases
of tobacco. There was an insurance
of SIS. 900 on the tobacco, which will
fully cover the loss. The fire was sup
posed to have been incendiary.
INSPECTORS of internal revenue
seized the entire plant of the Vermont
Manufacturing Co., makers of butter
inc, at Providence, R. 1.
AT the Central coal works, on the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, near
Charleston, w. Va, Is miners boarded
car at the pit mouth to ride down the
incline to their tipple. The rope broke
and the car rushed down to wreck at
| the bottom. Seven men were killed,
three fatally and three badly hurt.
A SPECIAL from Washington said
that a report was current there that
President Cleveland had sent an officer
of the army to Cuba as a special secret
agent of the government to supplement
the reports of the consular officers by
professional reports of the military
operations in the island and the condi-
ton of the insurgents, as viewed from
a military standpoint.
A NEW YORK dispatch on the 18th
stated that the chess team match by
able, eight on a side, between Amer
lea and England, had begun. At the
odd mum bered boards America plays
white and at those of even number
black.
The post office located at South Chi
cago, with all the mail, was burned on
the 18th. An overheated furnace
caused the fire.
A TELEGRAM from Rome on the 18th
stated that quiet once more reigned in
Italy. Negotiations with King Meme
lik, of Abyssinia. had been opened and
it was thought permanent peace would
soon be concluded.
A DISASTROUS rear-end collision be-
tween a freight train and a snow pillow
occurred on the 18th on the Berkshire
division of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad, near New Milford,
Conn. Two men were killed and seven
or eight others injured.
AT Bantam, Clermont county, O., the
residence of Valentine Mush hacker. a
wealthy farmer. was burned, and he
and his daughter, aged Is. and a
veteran soldier named Isler, who was
living with the family, were burned to
death.
A PULLMAN sleeping car on the Chi.
cago & Eastern Illinois was taken
possession of by an armed maniac on
the night of the 18th and held by him
against all the crew and passengers.
The police at Terre Haute, Ind. finally
succeeded in arrestine him. The ma.
MAC was identified as j. D. Cummings,
prominent merchant of Englewood,
Ill.