The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
THE Sons of Veterans of Philadel.

fantry 1000 strong. Seventy-four Der
cent of the members have served in
the state national guard. The regi.
ment is fully equipped and uniformed
and in the event of war with Spain the
service of the regiment will be offered
to the president
NEGROES living along the Red river
bottoms in Texas were said to be in a
state of terror over the advent of
| whitecaps and large numbers of them
have left their homes and sought asy-
lums in the towns of New Boston and
Dekalb.
The Pennsylvania railroad depot in
Jersey City, n. j., was damaged by
fire to the extent of 500, 900 on the 21st.
JOE CHOYNskI. the pugilist, a San
Francisco dispatch said, will probably
never again shy his castor into the ring.
He was said to be suffering from blood
poisoning. resulting from his training
for fights. and the doctors have found
it necessary to use the knife.
FIRE destroyed the Schoneman build
ing at Chicago on the 21st, about
dozen firms being burned out. The
loss on the building was said to be
500, 600.
The Hale house at Butte, Mont, used
as lodging and boarding house by
miners, was burned the other night.
So far as known two men were dead
from jumping out of windows, another
was dying and 30 were missing and
fears were entertained that they had
lost their lives and were in the ruins.
The other night, at Wellsville, O.,
Oliver Reed asked Sarah Walton to
marry him and upon her refusal he
drew a revolver and shot her through
the heart. He then turned the weapon
on himself and blew out his brains,
dying in short time.
FEARFUL of the death he is doomed
to meet, John Thomashuetz, the con-
victed slayer of his sweetheart. Annie
Rausch, attempted to cheat the gal
lows at st. Louis the other morning
by setting fire to his bed clothing,
which he had piled about him. He
was rescued in time by the Jail guards,
but his legs and feet were badly
scorched.
tween turnpike raiders and two
guards at the tollgate near Perryville,
KY, the other night. Both guards
were badly wounded, besides three of
the raiders. There were 40 to 60 men
on horseback. They had previously
visited two other tollgates and caused
the guards to chop them down.
MOVED by the eloquence of Dwight
L. Moody. the evangelist. more than
5000 people at the Grand Central pal
ace at New York the other afternoon
poured silver, gold and bills into the
collection baskets to aid the starving
Cubans.
A PERFORMANCE for the benefit of the
Maine monument fund at the Metro
politan opera house in New York on
the Goth Melted over $4,000. At its
conclusion there were tremendous
cheers and patriotic hymns were sung
by the great audience.
SOCIETY young women in st. Louis
have started a plan to form a regiment.
They will wear a military dress and
carry little swords. The regiment
will not go to the front, but is intend
ed to Undue the men with patriotism
The girls say If there is war and the
male leaders of society in ST. Louis do
not offer their services they will os-
tracise them.
AMBOYANA, a town on an island in
the Molucca group, was destroyed by
an earthquake and 80 persons were
killed.
W. F. WHITE, passenger traffic man
ager of the Santa Fee railroad, died in
Chicago on the 10th.
WHILE burning rubbish at her home
| near Clinton. Ia, Mrs. George Risch
met her death by her clothing catch
ing fire. Her husband was also be-
lieved to be fatally burned.
A NEGRO boy was lynched at Marcella,
Ark. the other day. He was accused
of stealing $50 from the cash drawer
of store.
AT Wybark, I. T., Ed Chalmers,
| negro who recently married white
woman, was visited at night by mob
of white men. Chalmers and his wife
were shot and killed and one of the
white men was mortally wounded by
Chalmers
THE great packing-house of Ramirez
& Zepeda, in Mexico City, Mex, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 81, 500. 600.
THE monster fiywheel in the Airing
ton Heights Street Car company's
powerhouse at Fort Worth, Tex, burst
into pieces the other night, badly
wrecking the building and injuring
Roy Griffin, boy.
AN Ell Paso, Tex. dispatch stated that
the Black Jack gang of American out
laws and train robbers had been wiped
out in Mexico by avenging angels OF