The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-17

Killed in a saloon at Cleveland, O., by
the saloonkeeper. John Skinty, in o
quarrel over a liquor bill which. it
was alleged, Visocke owed the saloon.
keeper.
THE east and west wings of the state
penitentiary at Huntsville, Tex, were
burned on the 18th. Loss, S9I, 900.
There were no casualties.
The strike among the coal miners at
Hartshorne. L T., it is feared will
spread to all the mines in the terri.
tory.
MRS. F. O'SULLIvAN, wife of one OF
the oldest citizens of Pine Bluff. Ark. :,
was found dead in her room, having
fallen into the fire and burned to
death.
QUAIL were found frozen to death at
Martin, Tenn. and q coal and wood
famine prevailed there on the 18th.
AN earthquake shock of from FIVE to
ten seconds duration passed through
east Tennessee at $3.50 a. m. of the 18th.
No damage was done.
A FIRE at New Holland, ILL.,, de-
stroyed half block of business houses
and rendered several families home
less.
A sNOWsLIDE occurred at Silver
Plume, near Georgetown. Col, on the
18th, destroying several miners settle.
ments- Eleven bodies were taken out
dead and it was estimated that Is
more were still buried under the piles
of snow.
SIXTEEN Chicago skaters were car.
ried out into Lake Michigan on ice
foes on the 18th. Ten were rescued,
but it was feared the others would be
lost.
ABOUT 1000 men were laid off at
packing houses at Omaha, Neb., on
the 18th to await the re turn of moder.
ate weather, as the recent cold snap
had greatly reduced the receipts of
cattle.
FIRE recently burned in the Aldrich
lumber yards at Gouverneur. N. ",
for three days, 100 men in relays be-
ing unable to extinguish it, the cola
hindering the work. Loss, about $780,
900.
THE heat on the 18th knocked ont
many more American soldiers at
Manila than did the Filipino bullets,
fully 20 men of the Kansas regiment
being taken to the hospital
JOHN BOYLE, q section foreman at
Fort Bragg, CAL, while suffering from
delirium tremens, dropped lamp on
the floor and set fire to his cottage.
His two grandsons, aged five and
three years, were burned to death.
CHRIST church, at Boston. a relic of
revolutionary days, from whose steeple
were hung the lanterns that started
Paul Revere on his long ride, had a
narrow escape from destruction by
fire on the 18th. The flames, fortu.
nately, were confined to the rear of the
church.
The governors mansion at Frank.
fort. KY, was totally destroyed by fire
on the 10th. The firemen were disa-
bled by the intense cold. to which
trouble was added frozen pipes and
cutting off the water supply. Most
of Gov. Bradley's valuable personally
was saved.
On the morning of the 9th the mer-
curry stood at 20 degrees below zero in
Kansas City. Mo.
WEBB MEEK, a prominent resident
of Carrollton, ILL, was frozen to death
while returning from his farm near
that city.
PREMIER SAGAsTA, after leaving the
palace at Madrid on the 18th, declared
that the queen regent of Spain would
sign the peace treaty before the con-
vening of the cortes, this being the
prerogative of the crown, according to
the constitution.
INDIRECT, but apparently authentic.
Information was received by the Massa.
chusetts members in congress on the
10th that Representative Barrows, of
Massachusetts,. had been offered the
Office of librarian in congress and had
accepted.
A FIRE at Dallas, Tex, destroyed the
scven-story structure known as the
Scotland building and score of bust
ness places
AN explosion in the japanning de.
partment of the Baxter stove works at
Mansfield, O., caused fire with a loss
of 500. coo, with only a fraction as
much insurance. The fire burned with
terrible severity and within an hour
nothing but the walls remained.
AN explosion in a still of the Atlas
oil refinery at Buffalo, N. Y, caused
loss of about s25. 900.
THERE was an earthquake with pro.
nounced vibrations at Mav6eld, KY,
on the morning of the 9th.
PRIVATE JAMES ELLIS, of the North
Carolina volunteers, having been con-
victed of murder by a court-martial at
Macon. Ga, was sentenced to be dis
honorably discharged from the army.