The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-01-21

AN incendiary fire early the other
morning destroyed six of the best
brick business buildings and their con-
tents in Hillsboro, Tex. The loss on
the buildings was estimated at $50, 900;
insurance, about $50, 900.
THREE men were seriously and two
fatally burned as the result of boiler
explosion in the Ferncliffe distillery
at Louisville, Ky. The explosion was
caused by big fiue collapsing. allow
ing the water to get to the fires be-
meath.
A LARGE office building at McKees-
port. Pa. was totally destroyed by fire
on the 18th. 1t cost 500. 900 to erect it
two years ago. The loss on the con-
tents was $50,
THE bodies of John Matthews, his
wife and two children were found dead
in their home at New York the other
morning. 1t was supposed that Mat
thews had murdered his wife and chill
dren and then committed suicide by
shooting.
THE Koenig Luise colliery at
Zaborze, Silesia, caught fire the other
face seven died soon afterwards. 1t
was feared also that 25 others. whose
escape was cut off. had persisted.
THE establishment of the Wash burn
Halligan Coffee company at Daven-
port, Ia, burned. Loss, $50, 900; insur-
ance $4,000.
FRED GILBERT. of Spirit Lake, Ia.
defeated j. A. r. Elliott, of Kansas
City, Mo-, in the match race of 100
birds at Dexter Park, l.. l., on the 18th
for the Dupont championship trophy.
The score was 90 to 81.
THERE was a wholesale Jail delivery
at Bentonville, Ark. on the night of
the 18th. Prisoners battered down one
of the doors and dozen inmates made
their escape.
MRS. LUCILLE LANE, the youngest
daughter of ex-senator Joe Blackburn,
of Kentucky, shot herself in serious
manner at Washington on the night of
the 18th. There seemed to be some
mystery over the shooting.
kid" Mccoy has challenged both
Fitzsimmons and Corbe to a finish
boxing contest for the heavyweight
cham pionship of the world, as they
both declined to contest the middle
weight championship with him.
A TERRIFIC tornado, accompanied by
heavy rain and hail. passed across Pot
tawatomie county, Ok, on the evening
of the 18th. Timber was blown down
and other damage done, but no one
was killed.
MOSES GAINES, negro, 90 years old,
was stabbed to death at the Armour
packing house in Kansas City, Kan. on
the 14th. The murderer's name was
Joseph Williams. The stabbing was
the result of trifling quarrel about
standing room.
WHEN the bells in the towers on 90
cotton mills in New Bedford, Mass,
rang out at seven o'clock on the nth,
the hour for the operators to take their
places at the looms and spindles, 5000
operatives refused to enter the mill
yards. The strike was the result of a
cut in wages of ten per cent.
ELEVEN reindeer arrived at New York
on the 14th and will be shipped to the
Klondike region.
THE feeling against the large depart
ment stores in Denver, Col, was re-
ported to be spreading to the secret So
cieties. The trades and labor organi-
cations have already pledged to with
draw their patronage from them.
THE Southern Express company at
Atlanta, Ga, was sent a mysterious
package containing So, 700, which was
supposed to be conscience money. 1t
refused to receive it and put its detect
ives on the case to find the thief who
now wants TO make restitution.
LOGAN CARLISLE, chief clerk of the
treasury department under his father,
ex-Secretary Carlisle, died in New York
on the 18th.
The situation was reported as being
serious in Havana on the 18th. The
Spanish general was obliged to throw
a Gordon of troops around the United
States consulate, as there was fierce
rioting in the city and the mob de-
nounced the United States. The
United States warships at Key West,
Fla, were ordered to be in readiness
to GO to Cuba should occasion demand.
NEAR Brennan, Tex. the four-year-
old son of Dudley Williams, a school.
teacher, was burned to death. A car
penter was at work on house and
had a small fire near, around which
the child was playing, when his clothes
became ignited.
AARON DICKSON was jailed at Clarks
Vile, Tenn, in default of $500 bond
for breaking into grocery and steal
ing food to keep his family from starv
ing.
The failures in the United States fol
the week ended the 14th, according t.