The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

IHE BrOaumOOr casino, the famous
500, 900 pleasure resort of Colorado
Springs, Col, was burned to the ground
on the 10Th. There was no water
available and, ten minutes after the
flames had broken out, all hope was
given up of saving the structure and
efforts were made to save the hotel
adjoining, which, by the help of United
States soldiers in camp there, was sue
cessful.
THE great gold discoveries in Alaska
may seriously complicate the Alaskan
boundary dispute between this country
and Great Britain. AS the line has
been tentatively established, Klon-
dyke, where the big find has been
made, is within the Dominion of Cana
da, but it may be that definite estab-
ishment of the boundary will bring it
partly, at least, within American ter
ritory.
The mission premises of the Plym-
outh Brethren at Wuchen, China, were
recently destroyed by Chinese mob.
who were melted by the old story of
the missionaries stealing children and
killing them.
JIM DAVIS, a cowboy, was struck by
lightning near Leliaetta, l. T., and he
and his horse were instantly killed.
MRS. NANCY j. KILLEN was nailed in
her house near Breedon, w. Va, and
the house set on fire by fiends. She
was burned to death.
FIVE monster farewell rallies on tho
18th at Toronto, Ont, closed the great
est convention the Epworth league
has ever had. All five meetings were
marked by great outbursts of religious
fervOr.
THE American Baptist Missionary
union and the American Baptist Home
society, with headquarters in New
York, have wiped out their joint
debt of S4S6, 900 by raising over $3.50, 600,
to which John d. Rockefeller is to add
the same sum.
JIM JEFFRIEs, of California, and Gus
Rubin, of Ohio. fought a 2O-round bout
at San Francisco on the 18th. Both
men are remarkable for their size and
muscular development. Jeffries is a
man about % years old, 81 feet in
height and is in fine condition at 21a
pounds. Rubin, the Ohio giant, tops
the Californian just one inch and
weighs in condition 200 pounds. The
pace was terrific for men of their size
and weight from the start. The ref
cree declared the fight draw.
NEAR West Point. Tenn, few days
ago Miss Rome Williams was found
brutally murdered in the woods near
her home. Anthony Williams, who as
saulted her, was captured near Pruit-
ton, and on the night of the 18th he
| expiated his crime in the streets OF
West Point in the presence of 500 peo-
pie. He was riddled with bullets and
his body burned to ashes. Before a
shot was fired the negro was knocked
down and stamped to death.
THE 18th annual convention of the
Association of American Agriculture,
Colleges and Experiment Stations was
opened at the university of Minnesota
at Minneapolis on the 18th, President
George T. Fairchild, of Kansas, presid
ing. Nearly every state in the unior
sent distinguished delegates.
The Empire state express on the
New York Central broke the world.
record on the 10th by making the dis
lance between Syracuse and Buffalo
lass miles, in 1877 minutes
| A NEGRO named Terrell was takeI
from the court room at Montgomery
Ala, and lynched by a mob for assault
ing woman and then fatally burning
her and her babe.
| WITHIN the next 80 days Guthrie
Oklahoma City and Ell Reno, Ok, viii
be connected by long distance tele
phone lines The lines will be extend
ed within the near future to conn &c
with the Kansas system, centering il
! Wichita.