The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-12-03

An investigation be made OF the state
asylum for the criminal insane at
Matteawan on account of the charges
Of cruelty made against the keepers
and the number of deaths that occur
at the place.
An engineer, conductor and brake
nan were suffocated by the gas in the
Grand Trunk tunnel at Port Huron,
Mich, the other night while in charge
Of train. Three men that went to
look after the first party were also
overcome, but were rescued.
THE shoddy mills of Frank Cooley
in Springfield, Ill, were destroyed by
Gre the other night and so men aud
women were thrown out Of employ
ment-
AGENT WISDOM, in charge of the
union Indians generally in Oklahoma,
has made a vigorous report to the
interior department at Washington.
He declares that sound policy de-
nands that the intruder must GO. The
report takes roseate view of the pos
sibilities for the success of the Dawes
commission negotiations.
| HoGsHEAD cheese served at dinner
poisoned 40 girls and % boys, students
at the Lock Haven pa normal school,
and many were said to be in serious
condition.
ABOUT 5000 natives and fully 400
Europeans lost their lives in a recent
typhoon on the island of Luzon, one
of the Philippines.
EIGHT negroes in st. Francis county,
Ark, went to the home of Joe Miller,
a cotton picker, robbed him of his saw
ings and murdered him. They then
assaulted his wife and looted the house.
CITIZENS of Camden, n. j., attempted
to string up a man to an electric light
pole for an attempted assault on mu-
latto girl. The timely arrival of the
ISlice saved the culprit.
THE millinery and furnishing stores
of Apt Bros. at Philadelphia were
damaged by fire to the extent of S75,-
300.
Two lives were lost and thousands
Of dollars worth of property destroyed
in a railroad accident south of Chester,
KY, the other day. As heavy freight
train on the Kentucky Central road
was passing over a wooden trestle
spanning deep ravine, the structure
gave way, precipitating % coal cars to
the rocks 65 feet below and two bridge
carpenters, at work at the bottom of
the trestle, were killed.
A BROKER of Providence, r. l., had
Lee Pitts, negro Pullman car porter,
arrested at st. Louis on the charge of
rob bling him while asleep in a berth
near Odin, Ill. The negro had taken
| $40 from Hills pants pockets and was
in the act of taking a package contain
| ing $50, 900 from his inside coat pocket
when Hill awoke and grabbed him.
A FIRE the other morning at Kittan-
ming, Pa, destroyed the Merchants
national bank, the Armstrong Water
a dry goods store and house furnish
ing store. A number of persons were
also badly hurt during the fire.
HENRY ABRAMS, a negro, had been
| arrested by constable for grave Of
| Tense and was being taken to Mont
gomery, Ala. when three negroes took
the prisoner away from the constable,
hustled him to a swamp and then shot
him to death.
IT was announced at ST. Louis on the
Goth that President George Gould, of
the Missouri Pacific railway had decid-
ed to advance the salaries of all the
employees of the road ten per cent, the
advance to date back to November l..
1t will affect Is, 600 employees.
The British steamer Baron Ardros-
san collided with the Austrian steamer
Toxic off Dungeness, Eng, damaging
the latter vessel so badly that she sank
shortly afterwards. Four of her crew
were drowned, the others being res
cued by pilot cutter.
LINN CHAMBERLAIN, of Knoxville.
Tenn, has been arrested by the police
authorities of that city on the charge
of flirting and walking with Miss An
derson, the 15-year-old daughter of one
of Knoxville's most prominent citizens.
The young man had been previously
warned to cease his attentions to the
young girl and his refusal to do so
| caused his arrest for the violation of
| what is known as the Johnny bill"
JOHN II. SEYLER, aged l6. and Emma
Youse, aged IA, were married at Erie
densburg, Pa, the other day. The
boy was small for his age and looked
| younger than many boys of Is. The
girl was in short dresses.
SECRETARY GAGE has prepared a
table which gives the apportionment
of employees in the treasury depart
ment by states. The table shows that
Missouri has SIS employees in the de-
partment and is entitled to los; Kan
sas %, entitled to IS: Oklahoma 2. en-
| titled to 5; Indian territory ,, entitled
| to l.
| SECRETARY BLISS has taken prompt
action to avert possible invasion OF
the Wichita reservation in Oklahoma
by boomers. The agents have been
notified to prevent any such invasion
and if necessary to call for military as
sistauce, and steps have been taken to
meet any contingency.
A TELEGRAM from Marathon, Tex.
on the 25th said that a terrible prairie
fire was raging in Brewster and Pre-
sidio counties. The fire covered an
area larger than the state of Connecti-
cut. The region was along the Rio
Grande, about 100 miles wide by near
ly 200 miles long. Hundreds of head
of cattle and sheep have been burned
and large amount of ranch property
destroyed.
| A swIrCHMAN named William Hunter
slipped off q car at the yards of the
Missouri Pacific railroad at st. Louis
while handling a brake and string
of freight cars passed over his neck,
severing his head from his body.
| THE New York Express published
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