The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-18

On the 14th an opinion was handed
down by Justice Harlan in the case OF
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
company VS.. Charles Haber. affirming
the constitutionality and validity OF
the state laws of Kansas prohi biting
the transportation into the state OF
cattle affected with Texas fever and
providing for a civil action for dam
ages in case of the infractiOn of the
law.
WHAT is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary resulted in the
destruction of the Hay exchanges big
warehouse at Main and North Market
streets, st. Louis, the other afternoon.
The loss on the building was SIS, DOC,
and on stock, $4,000.
For ten hours Jailer Wells, OF the
county Jail at Perry. Ok. lay in pris-
oner's cell, tied and gagged, while the
prisoners were fleeing from the coun-
try. Wells went into the corridor of
the Jail, and no sooner had he opened
the door and stepped inside than he
was bound hand and foot and gagged
and thrown into a cell and locked up.
A LARGE number of farmers, assisted
by bloodhounds, started on the hunt
recently after four bandits who robbed
and maltreated William Schultz, three
miles east of Lincoln, Neb. Though
the victim is 70 years old, he made a
terrible fight with a cornknife, three
fingers of a mans hand. neatly severed
as if done by surgeon, being mute
evidence that the old mans weapon
had been effectively used.
A SPAN of the Chicago & North west
ern draw bridge at Winona, Mimi,
collapsed on the 14th. Six men were
injured. All but one of the six victims
are Chicago men.
A FREIGHT train was wrecked on the
Kansas City & Northern Connecting
line near Trimble station, Mo-, about
80 miles from Kansas City. The engine
and one freight car fell into the creek.
Engineer Pierce was killed outright,
Brakeman Coull was fatally injured
and Fireman Cahill sustained broken
arm.
A wARLIKE hustle kervaded Sandy
Hook, n. Y, on the 18th. Three hun
dred artiilerymen were transferred to
that place and a train of 81 cars, each
car loaded with a 12-inch mortar, stood
on sidetrack near the Notifications.
The erection of mounts for them was
being rushed. When the engineers
are through with their work the forti-
fcations will be among the strongest
in the world.
Two freight trains collided near
Midway, O., early on the morning of
the 18th and eight cars were derailed.
The engineer and tramp were in
jured and 100 sheep killed.
THE Debs colony of the cooperative
commonwealth brotherhood near Bel
fast Skagit county, WASH, is being
rapidly pushed. Eighty members
were reported on the grounds. A town
was being laid out and preparations
made to carry on farming on large
scale.
DAN STUART. the prize fight promot-
err, has chartered steam yacht at
New York and will start at once for
Key West, Fla. His object is to take
kaleidoscope views of naval battles
should any be forthcoming. A syndi
cate is back of Stuart.
ANDREW SCHUYLER, a financial bro
ker, fatally shot his wife and then
committed suicide at San Francisco.
1t was believed the trouble was caused
by a dispute over business affairs, the
woman having accused him of appro-
priating her property, left her by a
former husband.
The London money market has
frightened considerably and an ad-
vance in the bank rate has been moot
ed. The American demand for gold
has exceeded all expectations A sharp
advance in Madrid exchange was in
terpreted as foreboding an imminent
collapse in Spain unless Paris assisted
her.
IT was reported at Guthrie, Ok, the
other day that battle between the
Usage Indian police and half a dozen
| whisky peddlers took place on the east
| line Of the reservation, in which Jim
Catham was shot five times and will
| die. George Bucks arm was shot off
and another peddler was wounded, but
escaped.
THE American Thread company was
incorporated at Trenton, n j.. on the
18th with u capital of S12, 900, 900.
| THE first days response on the 18th
to the Kansas City Stars appeal for
help for the starving people of Matan-
zas. Cuba, was gratifying, S1,277.41 in
cash being received, besides tons and
tons of food and much clothing and
innumerable promises of further as
| Sistance.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th
numbered 247, according to Brad
streets commercial report, against 227
| h.