The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-09-23

A POLISH christening at Banning,
Pa, a mining settlement. ended in q
free-for-all fight, in which knives, pis-
tolls and clubs were freely used One
man was killed and five others injured
THE schooner Keepsake. loaded with
coal foundered off Ashtabula, o. The
crew was saved.
AN electric street car was derailed
while descending a hill at Bradford,
Eng. Fifty persons were seriously in
jured, several of them fatally.
THE Italian government has officially
notified the Rus sian government that
if the pope is represented at the dis
armament conference Italy will not
send anyone to represent her. The
matter is likely to cause serious trou-
Sic between the. quirinal and the
vatican.
The council of the revolutionary
government in Cuba, in a recent ses-
sion held at the seat of government,
issued caal for a general election OF
represep tatives to form the constltu-
ton of the Republic of Cuba"
THE Walnut Grove school near 10
komo. Ind, has been closed owing to
fear of ghosts. Some years ago
Luella Mabbitt. school girl, was
murdered near the school and her muir.
derer. Amer Green. was lynched near
the scene of the tragedy. Since then
the school children, it is claimed. have
been frightened by strange sounds
and grewsome sights. AS a result the
school attendance has dropped off by
degrees and the school was abandoned.
A DISPATCH from Naples on the 18th
said that the population around Vesu-
vius were in state Of gloomy appre-
hension regarding the volcanoes erup.
ton. which wasbecoming hourly more
active and menacing and streams OF
lava were spreading in every direction.
The work of the military commits
sion in Porto Rico was said to be prac-
tically over on the 18th, all arrange.
ments for the evacuation of the island
by the Spanish troops and the receipts
of government property having been
determined upon.
Miss WINNIE DAVIS, the "Daughter
of the Confederacy," died at Narragan
sett Pier, r. l., on the 18th. She had
been ill for several weeks with mala-
rial gastritis. She was born at Rich
mond, Va, in 1868.
THE Leroh Lake Indians held coun.
Gil at Walker, Mimi, with Indian
Agent Sutherland and informed him
that they would ignore the authority
of the United States in their tribal
matters and resist any interference by
the government in the disposal of the
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THREE young men. while rowing
home from church on the Connecticut
river off Moramus. Conn.,, had their
boat capsized by squall and they were
drowned in sight of some of their rela-
tives on shore.
A LONDON dispatch on the 18th said
that the drought in England was as.
Stunning a most serious aspect and the
extreme heat continued In East Lon
don 1900, 600 people have a water sup
ply only four hours a day.
WILLIAM FREEDMAN, bachelor liv-
ing alone on a claim eight miles west
while in bed. A. man formerly in
Freedman's employ was arrested on
suspicion.
THE taking of testimony in the suit
of Signor Perugini John Chatterton)
for divorce from his wife, Lillian Rus
sell, the actress, was begun in Jersey
City, N. j. Chatterton attributes his
domestic troubles to his wife's uncon-
trollable nfatuation for playing draw
poker.
FAILURES for the past week were ia
in the United States. against 204 last
year, and % in Canada, against 40 last
year.
A DISPATCH from Camp Meade, Pa,
said majority of the men are becom-
ing more and more restless and unless
the war department acts promptly
there may be mutiny in some. of the
commands
THE transmississippi exposition at
Omaha is a success financially. The
receipts thus far are more than S3S, 900
in excess of the expenditures. There
is balance in bank of $4,000 over
and above expenses and obligations.
THE boundary dispute between Chill
and Argentine will be submitted to the
arbitration of Queen Victoria
THE third and last day of the ma
tional currency convention at Omaha,
Neb., began with paper in support
of an unlimited issue of irredeemable
currency by the government by Gen.
A. j. Warner. president'of the Ameri-
can Bimetallic union. A reply was
made to him by Congressman Fowler.
of New Jersey. who supported bank
currency. Mr.. Fowler said the only