The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11

A FIRE broke out in the extensive;
railroad shops of the Southern Pacific
At Sacramento, Cal, early on the 7th
and caused loss of over 500. 600. It
started in the car and machine shop
and destroyed the structure and its
costly machinery in less than half an
hour. It next attacked the big saw
and planning mill and cabinet shop
filed with seasoned lumber of all
kinds and in few minutes the whole
interior of the big brick structure was
\ raging furnace. The cause of the
fire was thought to have been crossed
electric light wires in the car shop.
ALL the buildings on both sides of
Main street, from Fourth street to
Fifth, at Pittkin. Col, 40 in number,
we're destroyed by fire, believed to
have been of incendiary origin, which
started early in the morning of the
7th. The loss was estimated at $iGO, 900.
A CROWD of negroes at ST. Louis in
vaded the Jewish district in Morgan
street and bombarded the buildings
with stones, injuring two or three per-
sons. A detachment of police dis
persed the rioters Politics was the
cause.
THE new Josephine hotel, at Hot
Springs. Ark, was totally destroyed
by fire and the occupants barely es-
capped with their lives, losing all of
their wearing apparel and personal
property. =.
SOME one stole truck at New York
loaded with cigars. The truck was
afterwards found at Hoboken, N. j.,
minus the horses and stock. The value
of the property stolen was $40, 900. No
clew to the thief.
DAVID KABNWEILER, the inventor of
the cork jacket life preserver. died at
New York on the 7th.
THE cruiser Maria Teresa, the Span
ish vessel which was raised by Con-
structor Hobson off Santiago a short
time ago. was sunk off the Bahamas in
astorm while on her way to New York.
No lives were lost
SEVEN men were killed and three IA
tally injured at the Exeter colliery at
West Pittston, Pa. by three cars tum-
cage, which was carrying the ten men.
neer disobeying orders.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS. a negro under ar
rest at Wellborne, Fla. for the MUIR
der of Miss Elina Ogden, was taken
from the Jail by crowd of incensed
citizens and his body riddled with bull
lets and then burned.
The Nebraska university football
team won the Western intercollegiate
league championship again by defe at
ing the Kansas university football
team at Lawrence, Kan, by q score of
10 to 6.
A NEGRO was discovered under the
bed of the wife of a justice of the peace
in Antango county, Ala, and upon her
screaming he escaped. A negro Sec
ton hand was suspected of being the
man and mob hanged the negro to a
tree.
''MAJ." TAYLOR. the colored cyclist,
lowered the two-mile and the quarter
mile bicycle records at Philadelphia
on the 5th. He went the two miles in
1918 3-5 and the quarter mile in O:22 2-5.
The Aorangi arrived at Victoria, B.
c., from Australia, with fastest advices.
A terrible fire broke out in Sydney on
October 8, and in a few hours had de-
stroyed 90 large mills. The fire ragged
through an entire section of the city
before being extinguished. Fire at
Hankow, a Chinese river port, de.
stroyed 10000 houses. One thousand
Inhabitants were burned to death or
killed by falling buildings The dam
age was So, 900, 900.
In consequence of the reign of terror
prevailing in Spokane, WASH, due to
the nightly hold-ups, the mayor has
issued a proclamation calling upon
every male citizen of good character
to be sworn in as a special officer.
Citizens were aroused over the situa-
ton and vigilance committee was
organized.
JOHN BAILEY, prominent farmer,
residing eight miles north of Muncie,
Ind, was shot to death by Mrs. Levi
Black, a neighbour. Some days ago
Mrs. Black had Bailey arrested on a
charge of criminal assault The trial
resulted in an acguittaL Since that
time Mrs. Black had been the butt of
much talk. This preyed upon her
mind and the tragedy was the result.
In one of the private rooms of a
fashionable restaurant in Ell Paso.
Tex, the other night, Will Harvey, a
drug clerk, and Eva Hall fought each
.other with knives. The woman used
a large carving knife on Harvey, who
was not expected to live. The woman
received several serious stabs in the
face and neck, and had one ear split
open. Jealousy on the part of Harvey
was at the bottom of the trouble.
Mrs. MARY WEBBLE, residing five