The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-25

on the 21st, it being the centennial of
the organization.
The grand jury at Philadelphia pre-
sented true bills of Indictment against
United States Senator Quay. his son
Richard s. Quay and ex-State Treas
urer Benjamin j. Haywood. charged
with conspiracy to unlawfully use pub
lie moneys deposited in the Peoples
national bank of Philadelphia.
JIM PRICE. colored. became angry at
his wife and set his own house on fire
at Lexington, KY. He then went to
the house of his father-in-law. near by,
and set iton fire. Both buildings were
destroyed. Price was arrested.
BLIZZARD prevailed in Kansas City,
No, and surrounding country on the
21st Reports from Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Texas. Nebraska and other
places stated that there was big drop
in the temperature and that severe
snow and windstorins generally pre-
vailed.
LATE advices from Japan stated that
10000 or more fishermen living on
Etrup, northern Japan, were on the
verge of starvation and many were
existing on rats and putrid behring's.
HARVEY w. RIDDLE, who shot his
wife and attempted suicide at Dayton,
O., died on the 2ist. His victim was
also reported dying. Riddles father
is serving a term in the peniten tiary
and since incarceration has killed two
men in prison.
wreck on the Big Four railroad near
Alton, Ill. A frightened COW jumped
under the passenger car, derailing it.
The car then struck bridge and was
demolished. Only one passenger was
INJURED fatally.
CITIZENS of Omaha, Neb., decided to
hold another exposi ton next year.
GEN. Don CARLOS BUELL., one of the
most conspicuous figures in the federal
army early in the civil war, died at his
country place, Paradise, in Mullen
burg county, KY, on the 10th, aged s.
years.
JAMES N. SoUTHALL, chief clerk in
the office of the engineer department
of the army at st. Paul, Mimi, was
convicted of swindling by means of
bogus time checks His swindling was
said to aggregate nearly $500,
DAN GROUNDS, who drew the pension
money of Norris B. English for several
years. was convicted of violating the
pension law at Texarkana, Ark, and
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
at Fort Leavenworth.
JOHN w. PARSONS, of New York, was
elected genera, master workman of
the knights u Labor at the meeting
at Chicago on the 10th. j. d. Schon-
faber. of Baltimore, Md, was selected
to succeed Henry Bostock on the ex-
ecutive board. All the other general
officers were reelected.
Two freight trains on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific collided at Mos
COW, Ia. One man was killed and one
injured. A wrecking train which was
about to start to the scene from
Wilton was run into by fast mail
train. The fireman of the mail train
was badly hurt and 16 men on the work
train were injured, some seriously.
A DESPERATE attempt was made by
two convicts to escape from the peni.
Tertiary at Columbus, o., on the 18th.
In the battle which ensued one guard
was killed and the two convicts re-
ceived injuries of a serious nature.
AN electric street car at Tacoma,
Wash, was derailed by the controller
refusing to shut off the current on a
heavy down grade. The car was
smashed to splinters and the seven
persons aboard received INJURIES.
A FREIGHT locomotive on the Chica-
go & Erie railroad exploded near
Lima, O., and killed the fireman and
probably fatally injured three other
trainmen. About 25 cars were wrecked.
AT St Louis. at meeting of repre-
sentatives of the white and yellow
pine industries of Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Indian territory, Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi, resolution
was adopted urging the establishment
of bureau of timber and lumber sta
tistics as a part of the division of
forestry of the department of agricul-
ture.
JUDGE JOHN 81. VIRGIN, 60 years old,
of Prentice, ILL, was found dead in the
toilet room of Missouri Pacific train
when it arrived at St Louis Heart
failure was thought to have caused
his death.
BEFORE leaving for home the Guar
antee, Brokers association, which re-
Gently held a national convention at
St Louis, outlined plans for raising a
$40. 600 fund to fight the anti-scalp ping
bill now before congress.
Two freight trains collided on the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad
one mile north of Jansen, Ark. An
engine and several cars were totally