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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05
TWO COMBINATIONS.
Crenshaw and Woodson. Appointed to Good
Positions. Will Get Their Commissions.

Crenshaw and Woodson. Appointed to Good
Positions. Will Get Their Commissions.
WASHINGTON. March I'm the SEN
ate executive session yesterday Giles
Y. Crenshaw, of DeKalb county, Mo-.
was confirmed as United States mar
shall for the Western district of Mis-
souri,, to succeed the late Gen. 10
Shelby. His commission read for a
term of four years. Both the Missouri
senators were for him. Stephen
{. Woodson was also confirmed as
postmaster at st. Joseph. Woodson's
was the surprise of the
session. He was fought by both the
senator's from Missouri Senator
Palmer backed him. however. and he
won out, to the surprise of every body.
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EXTRA SESSION,

Chairman DingIcy Believes Congress Will
Meet on Monday. March Is.
New YORK. March "A Herald
special from Washington says one of
President McKinley's first official acts
will be a proclamation calling the con-
gress in extra session. While Presi-
dent Mckinley has not yet officially
announced the date on which he will
convene the next congress, it is the
opinion of Chairman Dingley, of the
house committee on ways and means,
and of other members of the house
vitality interested in knowing the date,
that it will meet Monday, March Is.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05

THE influence of the bicycle is in evil
dence in California, where a systematic
plan for good roads throughout the
state is being pushed by the bureau of
highways. 1t is proposed to make
general tax levy of as cents, the pro-
reeds to constitute fund for the con-
struction of state and local highways
in accordance with the most scientific
plans for road building. State high
ways are to be constructed along each
of the great belts of natural wealth in
the state, which will connect all the
great centers of population. and reach
the county seat of every county.
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WORK AND WORKERS.

A new Organization is the Paper Car
riers' union of Cincinnati and adjacent
cities.
The subject of accidents to working
nlen will be considered by an interna-
tional conference in Brussels this sum-
mer.
With a new wood turning device one
boy eau furnish material for musical
Instruments that used to be turned out
by 25 men.
More laws regulating woman and
child labor are pending in the Indiana
legislature. which will be more string
enr than existing measures.
Sale OF cooperative societies in Eng
land last year are estimated to have
reached S50.o0O,0o0 and have employed
in that time 7.1i0 persons.
Each member of the Cigar-Makers'
union in Germany will constitute q sum
equal to so cents for the support of the
striking Hamburg dock workmen.
The city council of Pittsburgh will
shortly take action on an ordinance
which provides for the employment Of
union men only on work given out by
the city.
Work in San Francisco laundries
where Chinese are employed is required
by ordinance to cease after ten o'clock
each night and from ten o'clock Satur-
day night to six o'clock Monday morn
ing.
Horseless carriages are being ordered
by New York cab company because
of recent strike of its drivers. Now
the cabmen are talking of the probable
ity of q horseless carriage motormen's'
union.
There is mandatory in Baden. Ger
many. where when an improvement in
the line of labor-saving machinery is in
troduced some of the profits arising from
the innovation are given to the work
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05
MISCELLANEOUS

The body of young woman was
found in store room of a livery stable
in Paducah, KY, on the LIST with
knife wound in her brain. After killing
his victim the murderer had undressed
the corpse and washed and prepared it
for burial. There was no Chew to the
murderer.
A Two-sToRY brick building, occupied
by several business firms, was burned
at Casey, ILL.,, early on the 1st and a
adjoining blocks, which were soon
Quilted. Loss, $50, 900, The cause of
the fire was not known.
IT was rumored that Nevada was
likely to pass legislation which would
make the state sporting paradise for
gambling, horse racing, prize fighting,
wrestling and other athletic. amuSe-
mentS.
A CLIMAX in the Nebraska state treas
ury shortage of over 100000 came
when Sheriff .Trompen notified ex-
Treasurer Joseph BARLEY that a COM
plant charging him with embezzle-
ment of state funds had been filed and
a warrant issued for him. <,;
THE Boston Sunday Globe stated on
the 2sth that one of the largest corners
on wool ever attempted in the United
States had been formed in Boston in
anticipation of tariff on wool in the
near future by the Mckinley admins
tration. 49,
The strike of the tannery hands at
Chicago was thought to be over, as
they agreed on the 26th to return to
work and leave their grievances in the
hands of the state board of arbitra-
ton.
FIRE destroyed the National Linseed
Oil Co. IS plant at Piqua, O.. on the s4th.
Fifty thousand bushels of barley were
burned.
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widows of officers on pension rolls at
ratings ranging from $50 to SIS
month. Several important bills are in
the presidents hands awaiting his ac-
ton, foremost among them the immi-
grafton bill.
One act written upon the statute
books this session is noteworthy as be-
ing the work practically of one man.
That is the act to reduce the cases in
which the penalty of death may be in
ficted, a movement to which Gen. Cur
tbs, of New York, has devoted the best
efforts of his congressional career.
After years of agitation of the subject,
he has succeeded in erasing from the
statute books all United States laws
imposing the death penalty for other
crimes than murder, criminal assault,
treason or piracy. and endowed iuries
with the power to stipulate whether or
not capital punishment shall be in
| ficted for these crimes
The interstate commerce laws have
been extended to prevent traffic in OBJ
scene literature of articles designed
for immoral uses.
The friends of the Tennessee Cen
tennial exposition of 1897 have succeed
ed in securing an appropriation of
6140, 900 for government building and
exhibit, while the Nebraska delegation
is working to secure like recognition
for the Omaha eX position. One of the
most important pieces of public land
legislation permits the patenting of
lands containing petroleum or other
mineral oils, under the mineral land
laws.
An act was passed to validate the
acts of deputy marshals in the Indian
territory sworn between March 1, 1895,
and April IS, 1896, when the law was
defective; an act providing heavy pen
alties for selling Intoxicating liquors
to Indians.
Military acts were passed authoriz-
izing officers who served in the regular
army during the rebellion to bear the
official title and on ceremonial occa-
sions wear the uniform of their rank:
for issuing certificates of service to
members of the military telegraph
corps; for the state of Colorado to use
the Fort Lyon military reservation for
soldiers home.
Right of way has been granted the
Muscogee, Oklahoma & Western rail-
road through the Indian territory and
Oklahoma and the Eastern Nebraska
& Gulf Railway Co. through the Omaha
and Winneb ago Indian reservation in
Nebraska.
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THE house committee on coinage has

THE house committee on coinage has
recommended change in the mate
rails out of which the five-cent pieces
and one-cent pieces are made. The
present five-cent pieces, composed of 25.
per cent. nickel and rs per cent. copper,
after a few years use wear smooth. and
the design on them becomes more or
less obliterated, thus indicating that
the metal of which they are composed
is too soft. The one-cent piece, COM
posed of 95 per cent. copper, three per
cent. tin and two per cent. zinc, be-
comes dull and dirty and, by corrosion,
ilren
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05
Killed In the Shaftinp.

KANSAS CITY. Kan. March 2-Louis
E. Worthington. a driller employed in
the shops of the Eagle Manufacturing
Co. in Armourdale, was caught in the
shafting at the shops this morning and
instantly killed. His body was carried
around the shafting until his face was
beaten into an unrecognizable mass.
His death was due to his trying to fix
some betting before the machinery
closed down.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05

ALL Pomona, Cali, went wild recent
ly over a fall of snow to a depth of one
inch in Pomona valley and for years
people will remember their SNOWFALL
battle of this winter among the orange
and lemon groves and avenues of mag
nolias and palms. The whole popula-
ton of Pomona was excited at the ex-
traordinary sight of snow in the val
lev, and everyone who could get out
doors did so. A great many men and
women who have never been outside
of southern California rolled their first
snowbalis, while many superstitious
Mexicans were frightened at the
strange fall of snow.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05

THIRTY-oNE years ago on February
81, 1866, Gen. Benjamin f. Butler pre-
sented to congress the first genuine
American flag, made of American ma
terials by American labor, ever con-
structed in this country. Prior to that
time all American government flags
had been made of English bunting.
Since then all our official flags have
been the product exclusively of Amer
lean material and labor. There were
&c stars in the flag at that time.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05
A Gorgeous Belt.

CARSON, New, March p -ASsembly-
man Timothy Dempsey, who was one
of the most ardent supporters of the
boxing bill. has introduced a bill in
the state Legislature asking for AN
appropriation of 5000 for the purpose
of having made gorgeous belt of
silver with diamond studding to be pre-
scented to either Corbett or Fitzsimmons.
whichever chances to be winner of the
great battle
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President Refuses "A Pardon.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-The presi-
dent has refused to interfere further in
the case of Francisco and Gonzales Y.
Barrego ct al. the murderers of
Sheriff Chavez. at Santa Fee, n. NJ. On
February he granted stay of
the death sentence for 80 days.
Now, having investigated the case, he
denies a pardon, saying: Il believe
that the homicide of which they We're
convicted was cold-blooded and de.
Hberate assassination"
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HOw's Thisf

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tic. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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AMERICANS are the greatest travellers

AMERICANS are the greatest travellers
on the face of the earth. 1t is esti-'
mated that every year from 10000 to
1000 people leave the country for
trips in Europe, going first class. Half
as many again go at cheaper rates.
Some of these people go for years
stay, while others remain only a few
months. A conservative estimate places
the total amount of money spent by
Americans abroad each year as at least
S125, DOC, 900,
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WOLVES, bears and other beasts of
prey are proving a serious menace to
the prosperity of the cattle and stock
raising industry in Colorado, said the
San Francisco Bulletin in a recent is
sue. This fall their ravages on the
range and even on the inclosed lands
are costing the ranchmen and cattle
companies of the state many thousands
of dollars monthly. The pests have
become so emboldened by hunger and
force of numbers that several cattle
and stock-growers have already
threatened to pull their capital out of
the business and sell or abandon their
ranches
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For the Murder of Six.

BISMARCK. n. d.. March 1.-The au-
thorities at Winona are certain that
Alexander Condot, a French half breed,
and Black Hawk. a negro half-breed.
are the men who murdered the Spicer
family near that place. From state
ments made by Condot it is probable
that Black Hawk murdered Mr. and
Mrs. Spicer, Mrs. Rouse and her two
infants and old Mrs. Waldron unassist-
ed, while Condot acted as sentry out
side the house.
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MANY WORKMEN HAPPY.
Rhode Island Factories Increase Their Ca
pacity and Hundreds of Men Are Given

Rhode Island Factories Increase Their Ca
pacity and Hundreds of Men Are Given
Work.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. March 1.-The
Silver Spring bleachery began running
on full time to-day. For the past eight
months it had been running eight
hours a day. About $50 hands
are employed. The Greene & Dan
iels yarn mills at Central Falls began
on a 60-hours a week schedule to-day
after being on 40 hours ever since lsat
summer. The company employs over
1000 persons. The mills of the Far
well Worsted Co.. employing 500 hands,
resumed operations to-day after long
period of curtailment
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Bullet Located by X RAYS.

TOLEDO, o., March Dan McFar-
lane, young railroader of Buffalo,
tried to commit suicide by shooting
himself Saturday. Yesterday after
noon an y ray photograph was made
of his skull, showing. the location of
the ball clearly. The bullet was found
at the exact spot indicated by the X
rays and removed. McFarlane re-
gained consciousness soon after the
operation and his chances for recovery
are good.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05

THE plan to place a monument over
the remains of Francis Scott Key, au-
thor of 1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
seems to be in the way Of speedy con-
summation. The committee on design
has accepted the work of Alexander
Doyle, of New York, and the intention
is to have the memorial completed in
time to unveil it on June IA, 1898. The
bronze statue of Key will be nine feet
high, and the author will be represent
ed as standing upon shipboard, with
the right arm pointing at the flag.
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A Farmers Peculiar Death.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. March 2.-Camle
Seichepine, a wellto-do farmer of
Leavenworth county, fell from his
wagon at Fifth street and Minnesota
avenue yesterday afternoon. He was
picked up and carried to police head
quarters, where he died Is minutes
after the accident occurred. His neck
was broken and his skull fractured
just above the right eye by the fall.
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Locked the Children in the House.

FATHER POINT, Que, March at
Rimouski last night the house of
Evariste st. Pierre was burned. st.
Pierre's three children, aged two, three
and five, We're burned to death. The
cause of the fire is unknown. st.
Pierre and his wife had gone out to
visit neighbors. locking the house
doors and leaving the children in bed.
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Nor long ago Gen. Booth-Tucker, the
commander of the Salvation army
forces in America, visited Detroit,
Mich, and while there was the guest
of Mayor Pingree, of potato farm fame.
The general was very favorably inn
pressed with the way the Pingree idea
had been carried forward and the re-
suits obtained, and has determined to
found town near Boston, to be called
Tuckervil1e. where there will be sys-
tenn of potato farms on the same line.
The colonists will be confined exclu-
sively to men at first, but it is expected
to speedily open up q woman's home in
close association.
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A Great Steel Elevator Proposed.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 1.-The
Great Northern Co. proposes to con-
struct at Buffalo, \. Y, a grain eleva-
tor of $500, 900 bushels capacity, all of
steel. 1t is to be outside the pool and
make such charges that will do more
to break the combine than any legal
enactment made in New York state.
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A Conflict OF Authority.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March "A riot
was caused here by a conflict of author
ity between the United States and the
city officials about the control of a
street car franchise. Several police
men and civil service officers Were ar
rested. VIII Arnold, a negro, was IA
tally shot and the chief of the fire de-
partment sustained a fractured skull.
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Electric Car Capsized.

MILWAUKEE, March Am electric
rar on the South Milwaukee, line
Slowed suddenly while descending a
steep grade on Pennsylvania avenue
and capsized, rolling over and over.
There were Is passengers in the car
and, strange to relate, none of them
was killed. Several were quite badly
bruised or burned. however.
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THERE were many people in Spring
field, ILL.,, recently who said that the
drainage canal project is one stupen-
dous failure; that the whole plan was
In the beginning mistake; that the
$50, 900, 900 spent on it is lost; and that
to spend any more money on it will be
to throw good money after bad. 1t is
further stated that the canal cannot
be finished SO as to comply with the
requirements of law inside of a total
cost of $40, 900, 900, or $50, OOO, 900
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Receiver for a Cathedral

BAY CITY, Mich. March 2.-.Iudge
Maxwell issued an order appointing
the sheriff receiver of ST. Stanislaus
Polish cathedral Catholic property.
1t is valued at S15O.OOo. The sheriff is
directed to take immediate charge in
the name of the bishop and to arrest
all persons who come upon the prem
Uses. The order is a knockout blow for
the rebellious faction of the church.
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Preparing for the Match War.

BUFFALO, n. Y, March "A large
of Diamond Match Co.
matches arrived here yesterday in care
Of the representatives of Edwin Gould,
and preparatory to the opening Of the
match war in this territory by the
Continental Match Co. In the start
the price will be cut 20 per cent. below
that of the Diamond Match Co.'S prod
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Tolled His Own Death KnelI.

LA CROSSE. Wis, March flames
Clark. janitor of the Sixth ward school,
committed suicide at midnight Mon
day night. He climbed into the belfry
of the Schoolhouse. fastened the bell
rope around his neck, and then swung
off. The bell rang twice, tolling his
own death knell. Clark was Il man of
80 year, and leaves Il fapIilv.
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Live stock Burned to Death.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill, Feb. esd
Rogers barn, two miles south of here,
with its contents was destroyed by
fire. Forty head of horses, mules and
jacks, other stock, so tons of hay and a
large quantity of grain were destroyed.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
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GUTHRIE, Ok, March Maj. Bald
win. agent of the kiowa and Comanche
tribes. has finished all his plans for
the building of an industrial school at
the foot of Mount Scott. 25 miles from
the railroad. Mount Scott is the
highest peak of the Wichita range. its
summit being 1000 feet. The new
school will cost $4,000, of which the
Indians have contributed $4,000.
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Mormons Making Converts at Chicago.
Air..1.L D 4 1.f II a,

CHICAGO, March IA party of Nor
mon elders. under the leadership of b.
Fl. Roberts. who have been preaching
in the suburbs of this city since Octo-
Der i. expect to take colony of young
people. many of them girls. to Salt
Lake CITY about April l.
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So Wages FOR Thirteen Months.

MONTREAL. Que. March ALL the
employees of the United Counties rail-
way. which runs from st. Johns to st.
Hyacinthe, are on strike because
they have not been paid for thirteen
months. They number 200 and are
nearly all French Canadians. They arc
in great straits and Il riot is feared.
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He Turned On the Cas-

BOsTON. March "A man who regis
tered as o. Augustason, of Kansas City,
at the Hotel ketterer Sunday night
was found dead in bed yesterday with
the gas partially turned on. In the
mans pockets We're found a watch and
chain, $50 in cash and a card bearing
the address of +. Nelson. 33 North
First street, Kansas City. 1t is thought
death was accidental
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CLIPPINGS,

The senate of Alabama has passed a
bill allowing women, single or mar
ried, to practice law when properly
qualified in everyscourt in the state.
This is the first southern state to rec
ognize women lawyers as regular mem
beers of the profession.
The efficiency of the postal service
was exemplified recently in a unique
way. A gentleman living in New
York addressed letter to .sMark
Twain, God Knows Where" and the
epistle was in due time dilivered to the
famous humorist at his lodgings in
t~edou,
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Ex-Gov. stone Made Receiver.

ST. LOUIS. March 2.-EX-Gov. Will
liam j. Stone was to-day appointed re-
ceiver of the Mullanphy savings bank,
which was closed by the state bank ex-
aminer on Saturday. He Immediately
took possession and will issue state
ment as soon as he can get the banks
affairs into shape
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-05

Gov. CULBERsoN, of Texas, has writ
ten President Cleveland a letter, asking
him to recommend federal aid by con-
gress for the Afro-American exposition,
which is to be held in Houston in 1898.
It will be an international affair and
will be the first general assemblage of
negroes since slavery times.
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Bip Fire AT Fort WAYNE. Ind.

FORT WAYNE. Ind, March 1.-Fire
ragged here for seven hours yesterday
morning and laid in ashes half of
prominent business block, entailing
loss of $685. ZOO. The fire originated in
the cellar of Morgan & Co.'S hardware
store from a defective furnace.
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Rad for the Ei,ibusters.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The United
States supreme court has reversed the
decision of the district court OF Flor
ida in the Three Friends case. sustain
ing the contention of the government.
The court was also ordered to resume
custody of the steamer.
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a Renort Denied.

LONDON, March "A dispatch to the
Central News from Madrid says the re-
port that Gen. Weyler has resigned
the governorship of Cuba on account
of the failure of the home government
to consult him in the matter of the re-
lease of Julio Sanguilly is untrue.
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Sewspaper Man Must Die.

New YORK, March 2.-William Jay
koerner, who was convicted of the
murder of Rose A. Redmate, was SEN
fenced Yesterday to be electrocuted
during the week of April 10. koerner
is newspaper man and formerly re-
sided in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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New Mexico F.yors Factories.

SANTA FE, n. NJ, March 1.-The ter
ritorial legislature has passed bill
exempting beet sugar factories, wooden
mills and millers, refining and reduc-
ton works from taxation for five years.
The governor will approve the meas
ure and it will become a law.