The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11

5. c., was destroyed by ire early the
other morning. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance. sos, 900. There were 1853 guests
in the building, but they managed to
save themselves and their baggage.
A DUEL took place on the 7th between
Albert Rahm and Herman Necker
near Sexton, Ia, and both men were
dangerously shot. The fight was wit
messed only by the seconds of the men,
who had quarrelcd over a woman.
MANY counterfeit two-dollar bills
are being circulated in Kansas City,
Mo- Each day a few of them turn up
at the banks, where they are offered
for deposit, having been taken by
business men, who cannot tell from
whom they were received. Officers are
On, the alert, but are making little
Roadway in their search for the guilty
parties
GREAT excitement prevailed in the
country a few miles east of Louisville,
ILL.,. over the reputed wonderful cures
Of faith preacher DIR. Merrill
who. it was said, had made the blind
to see and the lame to walk.
ADoLPH SUTRO, ex-mayor of San
Francisco and builder of the famous
Sutro tunnel. has been adjudged men
tally incompetent. He is over so years
Did.
AN uprising of moonshiners was
threatened in Cleburn county, Ark.
and United States authorities were
appealed to for assistance to protect
taw-abiding citizens of the locality.
JAPAN is going to invade the klon-
dixie. standing army of 5000 able
bodied laborers is being got together
for the gold fields and in month or SO
they will make descent upon Dawson
City.
The works of the Bradley Irvine &
Cordage company at Dayton, O., were
almost totally destroyed by fire with d
loss of $75. 900. Cause unknown.
CRAzED by jealousy, the wife of Will
liam Place, Brooklyn insurance ad-
juster, killed her .17-year-old step.
daughter and attempted to take her
own life and that of her husband.
J. P. POLK, aged 76 years and post
master of Goodwin station. Ca, was
murdered at his home by unknown
parties and his store robbed. He had
$500 on his person which was left un
disturbed.
The National w. c. T. o., through
Miss Frances E. Willard, president,
has issued an address to all temper
ence, religious and philanthropic So
cieties urging a general observance Of
Neal BOWS birthday, March 20.
A FIRE broke out in a tenement house
at New York on the 5th and in five
minutes the stairs were in flames and
IA persons scrambled to the roof, where
there seemed to be no hope for them,
but fremen managed to rescue them.
In the panic two children were forgot
ten by their mother and they were
burned to death.
THERE was said to be strong reason
to believe that the 800 counterfeit sill
YER certificates recently discovered
were made in Canada and the secret
service is following up the clew.
GIANT railroad trust by the con-
solidation of seven big railroads into
one property, controlled by the Van
derbilts, is predicted by many railroad
men, Chicago dispatch said, as the
result of the favorable outcome of the
plan to unite the New York Cen trail and
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
NINETEEN Italian immigrants were
deported on the 5th on the steamer
Tartar Prince. When leaving the
barge office at New''York for the yes
sci they lamented most dismally.
A CHARTER was granted on the 5th to
the Muskogee Coal & Railway COM
pany. The line will be 100 miles long
and will run from Red Rock in the
Creek nation to Guthrie, Ok.
j. C. ARNOLD, chief of police of Dali
las, Tex, was accidentally shot while
hunting by Rev. G. w. Truitt on the
4th and died on the night of the 5th.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the q.
A. r. hall at Council Grove, Ok.
| MARIAN Hook, living near Perkins,
Ok, is one of the six heirs of the S25,
900, 900 estate left by Thomas Clark,
the Parachute, Col, miner who recent
ly died.
WITH the victory of the American
championship at 1S-inch balk line bill
lizards almost within his grasp, George
| Slosson was defeated at New York on
the 5th by Jake Schaefer. of Chicago
by a score of 600 points to 500 points in
the game for the championship OF
America.
C. II. BARNEY's livery and feed stable
at Eureka, Ill, was destroyed by fire
and IL horses were cremated.
| CHICAGO fruit dealers declare thai
the exclusion of our fruits by Germany
| will be a source of considerable hard.
ship to them, apple dealers being the
chief sufferers. One dealer said tina
not less than $4,000 barrels of apples
| were Sbipped to the German market.