The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-19

1 & Eastern Illinois railroad near Shell
byville, ILL.,, between two engines and
an engineer and fireman were killed
and switchman probably fatally in
jured. Running without orders was
the cause.
Two negroes We're drowned on the
Green river near Congleton, KY, their
frail craft being crushed by some huge
logs which they were trying to Sc
| cure.
Gov. BRADLEY. of Kentucky. has re-
fused respite in the case of Alonzo
Walling, convicted of completely in the
murder of Pearl Bryan. and he will be
hanged with Scott Jackson, the other
convicted murderer, on the Goth.
THE compress at Sheffield, Ala. was
burned with 700 bales of cotton. Loss,
$4,000. Boys smoking about the
place caused the fire.
SEVERAL men on a family boat near
Vanceburg. KY. were run down by a
towboat ON the 18th and all were
drowned.
AT Dover, Tenn. the Jail was de-
stroyed by fire early on the morning of
| the 18th and two men and woman,
all colored, We're burned to death.
THREE negroes. who had been ar
rested for double murder for the pur-
pose of robbery, were taken from the
sheriff at Tallahassee, Fla. on the 18th
and strung up to trees by a mob and
their bodies riddled with bullets.
EX-COUNTY TREASURER FAIR was ar
rested at Butler. Ind. for embezzle-
ment. He turned his office over to his
successor S12, 900 short.
| INVITATIONS to be guests of the city
of New York and take part in the cere-
monies attending the dedication of the
Grant monument April 81 have been
sent to President Mckinley and the
governors of all the states.
On all the islands near Memphis,
Tenn. and in the lowlands of Arkan-
sas there was much suffering reported
on the 18th among the people and
great loss of stock and property
through the high water of the Missis-
sippi river.
\ FIRE which broke out in furni-
ture store at Elkins. w. Va, on the
! 18th burned almost the entire business
portion of the place. The buildings
were mostly frame and the place had
no fire department.
TIE trestle approach to the high
bridge over the Etowah river near
Rome, Ga, gave way under mixed
train and five freight cars and the bag
gage and the smoker fell into the cut
and the engine plunged into the river
60 feet below. The wreck caught fire
and the seven cars were burned. Four
trainmen and two passengers were in
jured.
In the vicinity of Morrison and Leila,
Ok, terrific hailstorm occurred on
the night of the 18th. Poultry We're
killed, window-glass broken out and
farmers said many wheat fields were
ruined.
SEVEN young men of Edmond, Ia,
have been arrested for taking r. S.
Ferguson from Jail and riding him on a
rail. beating him and then leaving him
half dead in barn all night, whereby
his arms and feet were SO badly frozen
that amputation was necessary. Fergu-
son had been jailed for being drunk.
BY the breaking up of the ice in
Saginaw bay on the 18th about $50
fishermen, mostly belonging to Bay
City, Mich, were carried out on a foe.
All but five, however, managed to
escape to Maison and Lone Tree islands.
About $500 worth of nets and 20 shan
ties also went
MGR. MARTINELI.I, the papal delegate
to the United States. recently had to
leave New Orleans in a hurried man
ner because he had stirred up the Italian
Malta and they howled for his life.
The eminent Catholic had made some
structures on the Italian immigrants
who come to this country.
STEPHEN HORTON, wealthy farmer
at Rutland, Pa. and his wife were
found dead in their house on the 18th
from poison. 1t was thought that Mrs.
Horton poisoned her husband and then
herself while temporarily deranged.
A wHIRLwIND visited the town of
Mingo Junction, o., early on the morn
ing of the 14th and blew off the iron
roof of the cast house of the iron and
steel works and the tall brick walls
fell in. Three men were fatally
crushed under them.
ISAAC S. DEMENT,, of Chicago, cham
pion shorthand writer. broke his pre-
vious record of 397 words by writing
402 words in one minute at Quincy.
A DISPATCH from Trenton, n. j., on
the 18th stated that Vice Chancellor
the American Tobacco Co. and the trust
was victorious in the big fight to de-
Stroy it.
A STATEMENT issued by the immigra-
ton bureau at Washington shows that
for the six months ended December 81.
1896, the number of immigrants that
arrived in this country was 149, sos, a
decrease as compared with the same
period of 1895. of AZ 200. For January,
1897. the decrease as compared with
January, 1896. was 1926. making the
total decrease for the seven months A.
525
THE Ryan elevator at Buffalo n. V.
containing about 5000 bushels each of
wheat and oats, was burned on the
18th. Loss, probably $4,000. A float
ing elevator. valued at $40, ZOO. was
also destroyed.
FIRE broke out in John \. Tolman's
wholesale grocery house at Chicago on
the 18th and did damage to the amount
of $500, 900. Chase & Sanborn's spice
house also suffered. Both firms were
fully insured.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th. &C
cording to Bradstreet's report. were
227, against 2S2 the same week last
year.