The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-09-11

F. L. BROWN, jeweler of Hubbard,
O.. was fatally shot by tripping over
the string of a trap that he had ar
ranged in his store for burglars.
Mr. JOSEPH HERMAN, his wife and
seven-year-old daughter, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, were found in their home
weak from hunger. The woman was
removed to the hospital. where she
died in a few hours. The man was
converted Jew and could not get work
on account of turning Christian.
The single scull race for the cham
pionship of the world between James
| Gaudaur, of Canada, and James STAINS
bury, of Australia, was rowed over the
four-mile course from Putney to Mort.
lake in England on the 18th and was
| won by Gaudaur.
| A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt
at four o'clock in the afternoon of the
9th at Red Bud, ILL.,
MANY persons in the congregation
took offense at Rev. Thomas Dixon's
red-hot denunciation Of Bryan and hi,
| supporters at New York on the 9th and
gave vent to their disapproval by
catcalls and noisy demonstrations and
the outlook became SO threatening at
one time that it was feared it would be
necessary to call for the police.
l. NELSON ETTER, negro outlaw, was
shot at Norman, Ok, on the 18th by
deputy marshals. Etter was a native
of the Chickasaw nation and was
wanted for dozen different crimes
LABOR day was observed in all cities
throughout the United States as a
holiday and given up to parades and
speeches and picnics in the parks.
HERR KRUPP, the great gun manu-.
facturer of Germany, has dismissed all
foreigners in his employ, owing to be-
trayal of secrets to foreign govern
ments.
A MEETING of 1000 lockers was held
at Cannington, Eng, on the 18th in con-
nection with the threatened strike in
that trade. 1t was announced at this
meeting that l, 75O, 900 continental dock
ers had joined the international feder.
alton of ship, dock and river workers.
The principal ports of the United
States, it was further announced, had
also sent inquiries with view to join
ing.
The trial of the first of the two men
charged with the murder of Sheriff
Joseph Rogers at Glencoe, Mimi, re-
suited on the 5th in verdict of MUIR
der in the second degree, which did
not please some of the people of the
county and double lynching bee re-
suited early on the 9th. The two men
lynched were Darman Musgrove and
H. A. Cingmars. The mob broke into
the Jail. took out the two men and
swung them over the edge of bridge.
AT the national encampment of the
G. A. R. at ST. Paul, Mimi, on the 4th
Maj. Thaddeus S. Clarkson, of Omaha,
Neb., was elected chief;
Gen. ]. q. Mullen, of Minnesota, senior
vice commander; Charles w. Buckley;
of Ala ALBANIA, junior vice commander;
A. E. johnson, of the department Of
the Potomac, surgeon-general, and
Rev. Mark D. Taylor, of Massachusetts,
chaplain -in-chief
The Northwestern Millers' associa-
ton, known as the -four trust, has
gone to the wall
ARTHUR HAYNE was hanged at At
lanta, Ga, on the 4th for killing his
friend, Will Spinks, in a fight last
March while both were drunk.
THE American Social Science associ-
alton, in session at Saratoga Springs,
n. ", elected James B. Angel, of Ann
| Arbor, Mich, president.
SALVADOR ROMERO and Rena Garcia
were found dead in lodging house at
San Francisco clasped in each others
arms. The woman was the wife of
Ben Garcia, of Redwood City, Cal.
| hol hot ho hoo
and both left letters expressing their
love for each other.
THE Oklahoma supreme court has
handed down an opinion which makes
Charles F. Beach. a prominent and
wealthy New York man, and a we'll
known Cincinnati woman bigamists,
and will, by its Interpretation of the
! divorce law, create CONSERVATION
! among the thousands from all parts Of
the United States who have secured
Oklahoma divorces. The ground for
reversal on error was that the man
was never resident in good faith of
the territory or of the county in which
the divorce was granted.
The First national bank of Helena,
Mont, failed on the 4th with 81, SOC, 900
liabilities.
The G. A. r. veterans held business
session at ST. Paul. Mimi, on the Sd and
listened to the reports of officers Gen.
Walker placed the membership of he
organization at 1854, 4O6. Kansas has
40 posts and IA, 10 men; Missouri, 4O2
posts and 1857 men: Nebraska, 274
posts and 1902 men. 1t was voted to
hold the next encampment at Buffalo,
n. Y.
SPLENETIC fever was reported to he
prevalent among cattle in Mitchell
and Hardeman counties, Tex; also in
Spades pasture of "A, 300 acres in Ford
and Hardeman counties and two large
pastures in Sterling county. The cat.
tie were said to be in bad condition.
The official call for the e3d annual
convention of the National Woman's
Christian temperance union has been
issued. The convention will be he Id
in st. Louis, November 13 to IS.
The dead bodies of Lou Wilson, a
farmer; Mrs. Wilson, his wife, and a
four-year-old son were found on their
farm at Neponset, ILL.,. All had been
shot through the temple and Wilson
held a revolver in his hand. No cause
for the tragedy was known.
The United States Veterinary asso-
citation, in session at Buffalo, N. y,
elected DR.. n. s. Osgood. of Boston,
president. and reelected DIR. s. Stew.