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

LIE main building of the county
poor farm at Chester, Ill, was burned
to the ground. The fire was caused
by a defective flue. None of the in
mates We're in jured.
A DISPATCH from Pittsburgh, Pa.
said that the towboat Hawk was re-
Gently capsized by the wind on the
Ohio river near Jacks run and II men
were thrown into the water and had
to swim for their lives. The pilot was
unable to get out of the pilot house
and was drowned like rat in Il trap.
REPORTS from Wyoming stated that
the recent cold weather had been very
disastrous to stock and that wolves
were very troublesome and killed even
full-grown steers. Reports from Mon
tana also stated that stock were hav-
ing hard time and heavy losses to
cattlemen were certain.
TWENTY boats are being constructed
at Blackburn, Usage City, Ralston and
other small towns in Oklahoma on the
Arkansas river to haul corn to New
Orleans The builders figure that each
boat will carry 1000 bushels of corn.
for which they expect to get a good
price in New Orleans.
THE big dry goods firm of the Ely
Walker company at ST. Louis was
burned out on the 18th, throwing 900
persons out of employment. The loss
by fire was roughly estimated at ST.
100000. A falling wall killed George
Gutewald, a fireman, and fatally in
jured Patrick Cardmore and Jerry Nc
Cahan, two other firemen.
w. f. COIERICK, young lawyer, was
found dead and his affianced, Miss Mae
Hall, was found unconscious in room
of the young woman's house at Fort
Wayne, Ind. They We're soon to have
been married.
a CHURCH with seating capacity of
5000 persons, heated by three fur
naces and lighted with electric lamps,
was built between daylight and mid
night of the 18th at Ravenswood. Ill.
and was dedicated ON the 14th by Rev.
NJ. B. Williams, of Atlanta, Ga. as
sisted by nearly every clergyman in
Ravenswood.
WILLIAM DRURY, died on the 18th at
his magnificent home. Verdurett. near
Keithsburg, Ill. He was the largest in
dividual landowner in the United
States, having hundreds of thousands
of acres in Colorado, Nebraska, Kan
sas and Texas, beside 5000 acres of the
richest farming land in Mercer county,
Ill. He was 81 years old.
UNEMPLOYED men and women met at
Chicago on the 14th and adopted reso-
lutions against paying rent, except at
the option of the tenant, Endorsed the
repeal of the laws for the collection of
debts and formed the Unemployed
Workers league. Speeches were made
on the subject of finding work for the
unemployed and the potato patch plan
of the Salvation army was disapproved.
GEORGE MATTHEWS was hanged in the
Jail yard at La Plata, Nd, on the 18th
for the murder of James ]. Irwin.
A DESTRUCTIVE cyclone a mile in
width struck Ralston, !. T., and great
damage was done. Nearly every house
in the town and in the path of the cy-
clone was either blown down or
wrecked. Many persons were injured,
but no lives were lost.
PENSION examining surgeons, whose
fees amount to $500 and less per an
mum, have been declared not under the
civil service rules.
''SoLLY' SMITH, the clever little boxer
from Los Angeles, Cal, gained the de-
cision over Oscar Gardner, the Omaha
Kid after 90 rounds of good fighting
ut the broadway Athletic club at New
York.