The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-11

Cured at seven a. M on the 18th.
rescuing party Immediately went into
the mine and the men were got out,
but only after they had been overcome
by the deadly after damp. The gas
| was said to have been ignited by an
open lamp and the escape of the SOC
| miners was remarkable.
MRS. HOLCoMB, living on farm near
West Franklin, Ind, beheaded her
four-year-old daughter while laboring
it of her. The woman was suffering
from cancer of the brain.
AT Saunemin, Ill. grain elevator
containing 80, 600 bushels of oats was
burned to the ground.
A BOILER exploded recently in the
print works of Noriega Bros. in Puebla,
Mex, which caused the death of over
20 persons. \
FIVE two-story frame dwellings were
badly damaged and nine families made
homeless by fire which started at POI
jefferson street, Chicago, on the even
ing of the nth.
In family quarrel at Shelby, Miss.
the other afternoon, Martin Pascoe. I
negro, killed Sandy and Fannie Donald
and then attempted suicide, but will
recover.
THE Shannon bill to prevent ''long-
continued and brutal bicycle racing
was passed in the Illinois senate on
the 4tb. The bill had previously gone
through the house. The new law
makes IL hours continuous riding the
limit allowed.
THE tug Andrew II. Green was blown
to atoms at Las a. m. on the 5th at
Chicago by the explosion of her boiler
and no trace of her crew could be
found and there seemed to be no doubt
that the five men known to have been
on board had persisted.
| The United States troops at Fort
Sheridan, ILL.,, were reported as being
in a state of revolt. They marched out
of their mess tent and refused to par
take of the beef hearts and livers,
which they say is the bill of fare 365
days in the year.
The New York chamber of commerce
has adopted a resolution recognizing
1.-The Importance of an early enactment
of a proper pooling bill, so that rail
roads may exercise the right which all
other corporations and citizens enjoy
to make contracts with each other"
AN earthquake shock was expert
enced at DEBORAH, Ia, soon after. day
light on the 9th.
Gov. HASTINGS, of Pennsylvania, on
the 4th signed the Weyler bill to pro-
tect employees of corporations in their
right to belong to labor organizations.
A CLOUDBURsT in the province of Iser,
France, caused the destruction of a
number of paper mills and silk facto-
ries. One person was drowned and the
property loss was estimated at 2,OOO,-
600. Four thousand operatives were
thrown out of work.
A MOB attempted to break into the
Jail at Urbana, O., on the night of the
Sd and lynch "Click' Mitchell, the ne
| gro who had assaulted Mrs. Eliza eau
mer, a white woman. The negro a
| short time before had been taken to
| the courthouse and sentenced to 90
years imprisonment for the crime.
For two hours the militia fought off
the angry mob and finally the troops
fired at the crowd. Two citizens were
killed and seven wounded. The eX-
element in the community was in
tense and more trouble was expected.
|
steamer Valencia was fired at by a
Spanish gunboat off Cuba to make her
display her colors. The United States
consul at Santiago de Cuba has lodged
a formal protest with the authorities.
The affair has serious aspects.
JAMES LEWIS, colored, was hanged in
the Jail yard at Fairfax, Va. on the
4th for an assault on white woman.
FIVE big tanks, containing $4,000
gallons of water, fell five stories from
a building in course of construction at
New York and buried two men under
thousands of tons of debris. The con-
tractor, architect and inspector were
arrested charged with homicide. The
mortar used was said to have been mud.
THREE firemen lost their lives at San
Francisco on the 9th at fire at the
Standard Biscuit Co. IS factory by being
buried under a falling wall The
property loss was 100000.
AERoNAUT JOHN WALTERS was killed
at Centerville, Ia, after dropping from
balloon in a parachute, by the rope
breaking and letting him fall 40 feet.
A SPECIAL train of nine finely ap.
pointed Pullman cars left Washington
on the 4th over the Pennsylvania road,
carrying the Universal Postal congress
on its trip around the country. About
40 persons were aboard.
THE Springfield company of militia
was sent to Urbana, O., on the 4th by
the governor to protect the negro who
had been sentenced to 20 years impris-
onment the day before for criminal as
sault. but they seemed to excite the
mob SO much that they were ordered
to return to the depot. Immediately
after the Jail was broken into and the
negro brute was soon in the hands OF
the mob and hanging from tree.
FARMERS in Shelby county, ILL.,, be.
wall the ravages of the cutworm in
their young crops, making it neces
sary to replant many acres. Chinch
bugs have also appeared in the oat
fields.
ATTORNEYS for Theodore Durrant
the condemned murderer, applied tc
the United States circuit court at Sar
Francisco for writ of supersedeas
The application was denied. Leave
was then asked for an appeal against
that decision to the federal supreme
court which was granted. This virtu
ally means respite for about 81.
months. as the supreme court does MOI
meet until October.
THERE were 1877 business failure.