The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-11

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than so communicates present.
THE Second Oregon regiment was
mustered out of service at San Fran.
cisco on the 7th.
THE acetylene gas works at Wabash,
Ind, were destroyed by an explosion
on the 7th. Much damage was done to
plate glass windows in the business
part of the city. The loss was heavy.
In response to a call issued some time
ago by the Central Federated union, 81
delegates, representing 1O5 labor or
carnations, met in Clarendon hall
at New York on the 7th and formed a
permanent organization for a new Ia
Dor political party.
GEN. MILES is anxious that the new
regiments being raised for service in the
Philippines shall be especially efficient
with small arms, and an order was sent
to the commander of each regiment on
the 7th directing that target practice
be the chief feature of the instruction
given the soldiers.
AN examination of the body of James
Mcclure, formerly'a paretic inmate at
Manhattan hospital, on Ward island, N.
Y, who recently died in that institu-
ton, led to the arrest of four keepers,
who may have to answer to a charge of
murder. The coroner said Mcclure
died as a result of violence.
A TEMPORARY injunction against the
striking walters at Robert cClintock's
restaurant in Kansas City, Mo-, was
granted by Judge Henry, of the circuit
court, on the 7th, restraining the wait
ers from interfering in any manner
with the business of the restaurateur.
The industrial council has taken the
matter up and offered its prestige and
financial aid to the striking walters.
HENRY BROWN, a mill sawyer at Duns-
muir, Cal, shot his wife and then him
self. They were separated, met on the
street, quarreled and the tragedy fol-
lowed.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN spoke at
the Chautauqua at Clarinda, Ia, on the
9TH. he discussed the silver question,
expansion, increase of the army and
trusts.
The strike of machinists in the Grand
Trunk locomotive shops at Port Huron,
Mich, will, it was expected, be AMIGA
bly, settled.
WILLIAM BORDEN shot and fatally
wounded Miss Mabel McKenna because
she refused to marry him. The shoot
ing occurred while they were walking
together on the street at Colorado
Springs, Col. The murderer afterwards
committed suicide.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, was reported suf-
fering from a plague of black beetles.
THE passenger steamer City of Grand
Rapids, with 200 persons on board, had
a narrow escape from laundering in
Lake Michigan on the 9Th. It began
to leak when in midlalke, the pumps
were found useless and the engine fires
were threatened. The vessel was
turned back and fortunately managed
to reach South Haven, Mich.
GEN. TORAL and Gen. Pareja, who
were court-martialed at Madrid for
surrendering Santiago de Cuba, were
acquitted on the ground that they
acted on the orders of their superiors.
A SCORE or more of persons lost their
lives by the breaking of gang plank
by which they were boarding an ex-
cursion steamer on the 5th at Bar Har-
Dor, Me.
AS the result of a collision near
Detroit, Mich., the steamer w. B.
Morley, with a cargo of hard coal, and
the car ferry steamer Lansdown were
both sunk.
THE compositors and stereotypers on
the New York Sun struck on the 5th
forcing the suspension of the publica-
ton for time.
SEVENTEEN persons were killed and
81 others were injured by a collision on
the Orleans railway at Juvisy, France.
the other night. The disaster was due
to imperfect signaling.
The authorities of the Russian en-
bassy at London denied the truth of
the Paris story of the intended abdica-
ton of the car.
CAPT. A. B. WATKINS, a county Off
cial at Chattanooga, Tenn, was
to death by his 11-year-old son,
Clarence. Watkins was whipping the
boy on account of breach of family dis
cipline when the lad became enraged,
pulled knife and plunged it through
his fathers heart.
Two illicit distilleries were raided
near Chattanooga, Tenn, and 2, 400
gallons of beer and 80 gallons of low
wine were destroyed.
CHARLES YAGER, aged 40 years, of
Pa, while temporarily insane,
murdered his three small children by
cutting their Threats and then commit
ted suicide by the same means. He
was a widower.
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