The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-24
Four children of Mr.. and Mrs James

FoUR children of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Carson, of Mix Run, Pa, were burned
to death by their house catching fire.
IT was stated in New York that the
street railway lines of ST. Louis re-
Gently acquired by Brown Bros, of
that city, will be united in a CONSOLE
dalton having about $50, 600. 600 capital.
WHILE insane as the result of the
grippe Frank A. Liddell. an engineer.
who has been pulling the Milwaukee
flyer from Perry, Ia, to Omaha, Neb.,
killed his wife with a cleaver at Perry.
AFTER terrible struggle in his
front yard at Ypsilanti, Mich, with
his Oldest daughter, who is mute,
William Cory. a veteran and pensioner.
shielded by gashing his throat The
girl wrenched the razor from her
father and threw it as far as she could,
but he raced ahead of her, got the
weapon and quickly sank dead. Ill
health had affected Cory's mind.
THE public schools at Alice. Tex,
have been suspended and all private
schools discontinued. The county
physician has been ordered to vacci.
nate all persons at Alice and vicinity.
Twenty cases of smallpox have de.
veloped in the suburbs. but all were
under strict guard. day and night.
The grand jury at Hopkinsville.
nearly 900 indictments against per-
sons for running blind tigers and sell
ing whisky without a license.
HARRY SLOAN was killed and his
brother Gallon badly wounded by Dep
uty Tom Rice at Enterprise, KY. The
trouble was caused by the deputy serv.
ing a warrant for larceny>on the Sloans.
SENATOR JAMES X. JONES, chairman
of the democratic national committee,
in an authorized interview said that
the next democratic national conven-
ton will reaffirm the position taken
by the convention in 1896 and will
speak out in an unequivocal manner on
the question of bimetallism and the
Chicago platform will be Endorsed in
1900.
FRANK VALDEZ and his brother were
found murdered near Floresville. Tex.
ALBERT HEYsLER, who murdered his
wife and stepdaughter at Burkettville,
Me-, a few days ago. committed suicide
by taking paris green.
M. EMILE LoUBEr was elected presi-
dent of the French republic, to sue
coed the late Felix Faure, by the as
serhbly of deputies and senators at
Paris on the 18th. He is 81 years old
and lawyer by profession. He is a
moderate republican and his election
was favored by the radical and social
ist press.
CHIEF OF POLICE GRIFFIN killed
Mastyn Brack, building contractor.
while trying to quell a saloon disturb
ance at Hearne, Tex.
THE families of w. C. Woolsey and
]. j. Barton, of Fort Dodge, Ia, had
very narrow escape from death by
asphyxiation. The flues and pipes of
the hard coal stoves which they used
had become filed with SCOT and began
to throw off gas, and when they
awoke in the morning the members of
both households were Frustrated.
physician was summoned and he said
that very little more time would
have resulted fatally to the Is men,
bers who comprised the two house.
holds.
THE agent of the Adams Express
company at Baldwin. O., upon in
structions from the company, opened
box that had laid in the Office unde-
livered for II months to find that it
contained human body. The box
was addressed to DR.. limerick. who
has not lived at Baldwin for a dozen
years and with whom communication
has been lost.
ROBERT HOWARD, colored. was
hanged in the county Jail at Chicago
on the nth for participation in the
| robbery and murder of Frank c. Mat
cliff, a machinist. He was convicted
as an accessory before the fact.
PRIVATE JOHN NoFwIT, company II,
Seventh volunteer infantry (negro).
having been tried and found guilty of
murder by general court-martial.
convened at Camp Haskell. Macon.
Ga. was sentenced "to suffer death by
being shot" The president committed
the sentence of death to Imprisonment
for life in the United States peniten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
A FIRE the other night destroyed the
immense plants and Office building of
the Thomas Building and Lumber
company at Akron. o. The property
loss amounted to 500. 900, largely in
sured. The entire business portion of
the city was threatened for time.
Sparks and burning embers were car
ried for several miles. Millions of
feet of lumber were destroyed.
j. w. JORGENsON. or Jack the Hair
Clipper" as he has been known for the
last four years. was arrested the other
night at Chicago while in the act of