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

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persons were drowned. Three of the
bodies were recovered. 4s
THE Mississippi river excursion
steamer Grand Republic was burned
to the waters edge on the 18th at the
mouth of the river Des Peres, near
South st. Louis The captain and his
family had thrilling escape from
death and lost all their belongings.
THE smallpox epidemic at Middles-
boro, KY, became SO dangerous that
on the 14th the United States govern
ment sent an army surgeon to take
charge of the pest house at that place
The entire community was in state
of alarm.
The court of inquiry did a good deal
of work at Havana on the 18th in ex-
that the court would close it's labors
at Havana within few days. but the
officials said they could fix no date for
their departure from that place.
EARLY in the morning fire was dis
covered in the Bowery mission at New
York. The building contained nearly
200 dodgers, most of whom had gone to
sleep. Eleven charred bodies were
afterwards found by the police. MANY
hairbreadth escapes happened, the
awakened inmates being panic
stricken and the firemen had to strug-
gle desperately with some in order to
save them.
THE military departments of Texas
and Missouri have been abolished and
the departments of the lakes and the
gulf take their place. In the depart
ment of the Platte, Kansas, Missouri,
Iowa, Nebraska. Arkansas, the Indian
territory and Oklahoma are included
with headquarters at Omaha. Neb.
THE opera house at Oil City, Pa,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
In the scheduled 2O-round contest at
San Francisco on the 18th between
Tom Sharkey, the sailor pugilist, and
Joe Choynski, SharlSey gave a disgrace
full exhibition of foul fighting and at
the eighth round, the referee, at the
suggestion of the police, declared the
fight draw. Choynski clearly out
pointed Sharkey in every round and
was only worsted by Sharkey's wres-
Ting tactics.
GEORGE HULZBERGEE was found muir
dered in his home near Keota, Ia, the
other day. Robbers had ransacked his
house.
ROBBERS held up Chicago street car
at lonely spot on FortySixth street
and robbed the conductor and passen-
gers of $40.
THE Chicago Times-Herald on the
10th said the governments of Europe
were exercising a restraining hand up
on Spain to prevent her commi ting a
breach of the worlds peace and to in
duce her to accept the inevita BILE with
out resort to force. The creditors of
Spain, who were in large measure re-
sponsi BILE for this diplomatic pressure
exerted by their governments. have
decidedly warned Spain she must not
make war with America, and that if
she does the money to carry on opera
tiOns must come from the people of
Spain and not from them. The effect
of this pressure has been to cool down
Spain.
MIXED train went through burn
ing trestle near Rigland, Ala, and
Engineer Spencer Phillips was in
stantly killed. The passenger cars
did not go over the trestle.
The national association of demo-
ing all democratic organizations to
join in an observance of Thomas JEFF
ferson's birthday anniversary, April q.
GRAY wolves were recently said to
be doing serious damage to stock in
the neigh borhood of the Laramie river
in Larimer county, Col. They came
down from the timber in packs and
raided the cattle ranches. killing large
numbers of yearlings and calves.
PRESIDENT CLARK, of the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor, made his
quarterly report at the recent NEE ting
OF the society's trustees at Boston He
reported 60 societies in Germany, one
in Geneva, Switzerland, and another
in Guttenburg, Sweden. Secretary
Baer reported the total number of So
cletles to be 52.717, with a total MEM
bership of 3. 1853. 020.
MAI GEN. LEE j. KADEsKI, of Spring
| field. ILL.,, commander-in-chief of the
| Uniform Rank, Catholic knights of
America. recently stated that 10, 600
members of the organization could be
| put in the field within "a hours in case
| of war.
A RECENT dispatch from Omaha,
Neb.. stated that maximum age limit
had been fixed by the new Union Pa
cific management. Sixty years is the
limit of employment in the mechanical
department. Not only are all persons
over that age in the shops being dis
charged but none will be employed in
the future who are near that period OF
life.
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