The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-18

gotten under control, wiped out fully
a third of the business portion, two of
the principal hotels, many dwellings
and did damage estimated at $50. 600.
The approximate insurance was $780,
GOO. During the progress of the fire
thieves reaped rich harvest
WINDow-GLAss factories at Pitts
burgh, Pa. started up on the 14th and
10000 men and boys began earning
their first money in over half a year.
THE Fourth Missouri regiment left
Camp Meade. Harrisburg, Pa, for
Greenville. S. c., on the i4th.
The worlds snake show opened at
New York on the 14th.
THE business portion of Bunker Hill,
ILL.,, was burned. Loss, $40, 1000.
A CALL has been issued for the Ma
tional Live Stock association to con-
vene at Denver, Col. January "a.
THERE was an overwh Ginning vote at
the w. C. T. U. convention at St Paul,
Mimi, on the 14th to abandon the tenn
pie project as an affiliated interest.
The National Horse Show associa.
TONS fourt eenth annual exhibition
commenced at New York on the 14th.
The entries were fully up to the aver.
age of past years.
AT Marlboro. Mass. the joint execu-
tive council of the boot and shoe work
ers' unions on the 18th ordered out
1900 employees in seven factories.
THE Princeton Tigers won the inter
collegiate football championship by a
score of to o against Yale at Prince
ton, N. j., on the 18th.
A MASKED mob at Seymour, Ind,
took out of Jail colored democratic
stump speaker-who had been i'm
prisoned on the charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses and severe
ly beat him.
PRIVATE JACKSON and Corporal Bar
rett, of the Tenth cavalry. were killed
by "Horse" Douglas, negro tough, at
Huntsville, Ala
AT meeting of about 500 of the
most prominent colored citizens of st.
Louis resolutions were passed for a
committee to draft an address to Presi-
dent Mckinley, calling his attention
to the defenseless condition of colored
citizens, who are subjected in the
states in which they live to all forms
of violence, and asking him to inter-
vene in behalf of humanity and good
government The petition will be
circulated throughout the United
States for the purpose of securing sig
natures and cooperation of the col
ored citizens of the entire country.
THE st. Louis fair grounds were sold
to the Vindex Realty company for
$3.50, 900.
~ ols NJ
on the 18th on the Hispano-American
situation, stated that mo power will
attempt to hinder the transfer of the
Philippines" adding that "their loss
cannot be great to Spain, who had
practically lost the entire archipelago
before the United States interfered."
NEAR Single Springs, CAL. Jack
Nickles shot and killed both his wife
and his mother-in-law with Winches-
ter rifle. Afterwards he removed his
shoe from the right foot and with his
toes discharged his rifle at his own
breast. killing himself almost in
stantly.
In fire at the Idaho hotel at Wal
lace, Ida, the night clerk and waiter
were suffocated to death.
WREcKERs who arrived at Nassau, N.
P, on the 18th brought with them
stores from the stranded vessel off Cat
island which established beyond q
doubt that she is the Infanta Maria
Teresa. AS the vessel is looked upon
as being derelict, the wreckers
claimed the right to seize the stores
which can be saved. The vessel lies
between two reefs, on smooth bottom.
The Pueblo (Col) Chieftain- on the
18th contains lengthy protest
against being required to remain
longer in the service at Manila signed
by 4s of the Colorado volunt eers.
The protest said that since landing
the men had not eaten a de-
cent meal unless they paid for it out
of their own cash and that had the
Spanish forces remained in their
trenches on August Is they would have
had little trouble in defeating the at
lacking force. so utterly exhausted
were the men from continuous duty
and weakened from HUNGER.
EIGHT negroes were killed and three
white men wounded on the 10th in the
riots at Wilmington. N. C. A commit
tee of white citizsns-who had ordered
the negro publisher of the Record to
leave town, because he had printed an
editorial defamatory of white women
proceeded in a body and demolished
the printing plant and burned down
the Office. All the colored munich.
pal officers were made to resign and
white men were selected to fill their
places.
The National W. C. I. o., convened