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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
It La an Expensive Honor.

John w. Breidenthal says no poor
man can afford to be governor of Kan
sas, because the salary is inadequate.
Gov. Stanley said recently that his sal
airy would not fill half the calls made
upon him for contributions.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

During a thunderstorm at Strong
City. John Ellis, who was riding one
mule and leading another, was struck
by lightning and thrown to the ground.
Both of the mules were thrown on him
and crushed out the little life left in
him.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
Made 1t Too Warm for Him.

At the Brechbill farm, northeast Of
Abilene. where the sect known as
the Sire Brand" is holding meetings,
a party of indignant farmers cut ropes
to the tent and let it fall. Evangelist
Irwin. who was conducting the meet
ings, made his escape, but his assistant
was caught and repeatedly ducked in
a large tank till life was nearly extinct.
He decamped as soon as he was able to
walk.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

Henry Vann, a street wait, IA years
old. was lodged in jail at Independence.
He is charged with setting fire to sew.
eral buildings at Coffeyville. He says
he wanted to see the fire department
horses run and admits his guilt.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
Temperance War at Topeka.

TemPerance War at Topeka.
War has broken out again between
the temperance people of Topeka and
County Attorney Jetmore. The tenn
perance people claim that Jetmore will
make, no effort to prosecute the joint
lists even when evidence is furnished
him. At meeting recently it was de-
cided to go after Jetmore's scalp, and
a committee was sent to the attorney
general to request him to bring pro-
ceedings to GUST Jetmore from Office.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
Congressman Reeder Has q Scheme

COngressman Keeder Has Q Scheme.
Congressman w. A. Reeder, Of the
Sixth district, wants every other ses-
sion of congress held in the west, and
will devote a portion of his energies in
congress to bring this about. In order
to accomplish it, the federal constitu-
ton must be changed, SO he will intro
duce bill submitting the question to
a vote of the people.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
Winner Bought 80 Mile. OF Track.

CO 11If0< OF
Willard E. Winner, the promoter,
bought the Carbondale branch of the
Union Pacific, which extends 80 miles
southwest of Lawrence. There were
bonds against the road aggregating
$465. 900, also S713, 900 defaulted interest
It is said Winner paid about $50. 900 for
the line. He will use it for his electric
railroad between Lawrence and To
peka.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
This Beats the Record.

This Beats the Record.
Mrs Jerry Shackleford. wife of an
Atchison blacksmith, is the mother OF
nine babies and she is not so years old.
The children are all living and none of
them are twins.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
They Would Have Fusion.

Since w. j. Bryan's recent visit to
Kansas the fusion leaders of the state
have raised the question of calling the
national convention of the democratic
and the peoples parties for the same
day, and they admit that it is Mr..
Bryan's wish that they so be called.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

Good Find OF Coal Near wichita.
While boring for gas II miles east of
Wichita, w. 81. Widows, an old miner,
struck 81 foot vein of coal 80 feet
from the surface.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
lightning Kills BOY and HORSES.

lightning KITS Hoy and HOrses.
While blowing near his home four
miles north of Olathe, the 14-year-old
son of John Bednorkowsky was struck
by lightning and instantly killed. Not
trace was found of the lightning's
work on the boy except that his hat
was burned. He was blowing with
three horses and every horse was in
stantly killed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

Lightning Sets Fire to . Barn.
The hay barn of Hendry Bros near
Neosho Falls was struck by lightning
and burned the other night. It con-
tanned 400 tons of hay. The filing of
the barn had just been completed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

OHOSO
Mrs. Isaac p. Groom, wife of To-
peka letter carrier, committed suicide
by cutting her throat with a razor,
severing her jugular vein and almost
cutting her windpipe in two. 1t was
believed that she was temporarily in
sane. She had mOnth-old baby.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

Two Cowboys and Cattle Killed.
While a herd of 600 cattle was being
driven over it the bridge which spans
the Big Caney river south of Elgin was
broken down. One hundred and forty
cattle and two cowboys-John Leheu
and Tom Baker-were killed. The
bridge stood 60 feet high.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

The Kingman county republican con-
tention passed n resolution indorsing
w. NJ. Wallace. of Kingman, for con-
gress from the Seventh district. Wal
lace is prominent in A. o. u. w. circles.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
More Rejoicing at Chanute.

A gusher was struck in Chanute's
third gas well last week that will prove
to be one of the strongest wells in the
state. The pressure is twice that of
the city's other two wells, and it is
flowing at the rate of 1900, 900 cubic
feet day. The town was jubilant
over the good news and everybody was
celebrating.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

Wonderful Escape from Death.
The east and westbound passenger
trains on the Rock Island road collided
at point between sMuncie and Ed
wardsville, and although both engines
and the two mail cars were wrecked,
not a passenger or member of either
train crew was killed and not more
than half dozen passengers were in
jured. Passengers who were on the
trains spoke of it as most wonderful
escape from terrible tragedy.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01
Too Much Drug Store Whisky.

j. A. McKeon, of Kansas City, report
ed to the Topeka police that he was
robbed of $3.50 there the other night.
He came up from Kansas City and coll
lected the money on some notes. Then
he took three drinks of drug store
whisky. The next day when he came
to he was lying on the bank of Deer
creek, east of Topeka, penniless.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
BITS OF INFORMATION.

It is considered heinous offense to
ride bicycle anywhere near the city
of Constantinople.
Astronomical instruments of glass
were used by the Chinese as early as
1888 B. C.
The strength of two horses is equal
to that of Is men,
Boston has about 1000 acres of land
devoted to parks.
For the last two years each convict
in the Missouri state prison has earned
eight cents a day more than the cost
of keeping him.
The largest clock in. America and the
highest in the world began it's work of
measuring time in the great tower of
the Philadelphia city hall on New
Years day.
An unusual accident has befallen Will
liam Edgecombe, of Bayside, N. J.
While he was SHINING lively eel the
fish suddenly wiggled and struck him
in the eye with it's head. Since that
time the sight of the eye gradually
faded and now that organ is. useless.
In beer>drinking contest at Mil
waukee, John Schinner drank 81 glasses
of beer in five hours. His competitor,
Christian Schmidt, became so ill after
he had swallowed 50 glasses of the
foamy fluid that he required the serv.
ices of a physician, and for four days
he was confined to his bed. ..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
WIFE MAY BE SLAIN.
Case Of Albert a. Beck, in Chicago
Resembles That Of Ad0lph
Luetgert.

Chicago, Feb. 27.-Albert August
Becker, butcher, residing at 5O17
Rockwell street, is accused by Capt. La
vim and the police of the Forty seventh
street station of having murdered his
wife, Teresa Becker. The murder is al
legged to have taken place month ago,
on January 26 127. The body of Mrs.
Becker has not been discovered. Feb
ruary II Becker was married to Eda
Sutterlin lin English, Ida Sutherland,
the 17-year-old daughter of saloon
keeper at Forty-second and Loomis
streets. Both Becker and the girl are
under arrest. AS evidences that crime
has been committed the police have an
iron bar on which there is blood and
what's supposed to be human hair, and
part of the board flooring of Becker's
barn, on which there is blood and hair.
Should it prove that in the disappear
ance of Mrs. Becker murder has been
committed, the case will make one of a
strange trio, the other two being
Adolph Luetgert's and Emil Rollinger's.
Luetgert, Rollinger and Becker all fol-
lowed the trade of butchers in Chicago.
All are phlegmatic, dull-witted Ger
mans. Each is accused of having made
away with his wife in order to be free
to, marry another woman. Neither
Leutgert nor Becker made any effort
to discover the whereabouts of his wife
after her disappearance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE.

Experiments with seeds subjected. to
extreme cold have shown that the
power of termination is not destroyed,
but merely suspended by the cold.
It is found that all varieties of clouds
float at a much greater altitude in sum
mer than in winter. The months of
greatest elevation, at least in Sweden,
are June and July. 455
Experiments have recently been
made in Australia with method for
making artificial leather from paper
pulp. 1t is stated that the resulting
material is tough, flexible and strong.
Our earth grows heavier every day by
possibly 100 tons, making q liberalesti-
mate of the amount Of matter received
from meteors and shooting stars AZ
all times the earth's tmosphere acts as
q net catching shooting stars that are.
crossing the path. These stars vary in.
size from 9 grain Of matter to a large
sized rock. III sss.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
STORM IN INDIANA.
Tornado Unroofs Houses and Levels
Trees and Fences Damage
Estimated at 100000.

Evansville, Ind, Feb. GA tornado
passed over this city at an early hour
Sunday morning, carrying destruction
in its path. The storm travelled in a
northeasterly direction and had a veloc-
ity of 60 miles an hour. Losses to prop
erty in and around Evansville will
amount to $4,000. The plant of the
Evansville Pressed Brick company, To-
Gated in the suburbs of the city, was
completely demolished. The loss is $780,
900. Dozens of dwellings were unroofed
and lifted from their foundations.
Trees were torn up by their roots and
fences and pieces of buildings were
carried for miles by the wind. The tor
nado was severe throughout Vande-
berg, Warrick, and Dubois counties,
and farmers are reported to have lost
heavily. Considerable stock was killed
in the field. No lives we're lost in this vi
entity. Telegraph and telephone wires
in Warrick and Dubois counties are all
down. It is stated the losses in the
three counties where the storm spent
its force, will amount to 500, 900. 1t is
said the tornado did much damage
throughout Spencer and Perry coun-
ties.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happ enings Of q
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and tho South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFTY.FIFTH CONGRESS.

- OONukt6SSs !
Nearly the entire session of the
United States senate on the 23d was
taken up in considering the river and
harbor bill and 50 pages were disposed
of. A bill was passed permitting vol
unteer regiments to retain their colors
and to depositthem in the state capitals.
In the house the naval appropriation
bill was passed with an amendment
creating the grade of admiral of the
navy. It is intended for Rear Admiral
Dewey.
The river and harbor bill, with the
Nicaragua canal bill attached, was
passed in the United States senate on
the Gath by vote of so to 3, and the
compromise army reorganization bill,
which provides for standing army of
$4,000 men, and gives the president
power to enlist $4,000 volunteers when
necessary, was favorably reported. In
the house the army appropriation bill
was discussed, and Mr.. johnson (rep.,
Ind.) violently attacked the policy of
the administration. Mr.. Grosvenor co.
introduced bill directing that govern
ment publications shall bear the i'm
print of the international Topographic
cal union.
The bill for increasing the efficiency
of the army occupied the time in the
United States senate on the 25th. In
the house further consideration of the
army appropriation bill took up most
of the time. Eulogies upon the late Sem
ator E. c. Walthall and Representative
W. F. Love, of Mississippi, were de-
livered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
OUR "COLONIAL" REVENUES.
Statement Showing Receipts from
Customs and Taxes in Cuba, Porto
Rico and Philippines.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Assistant Sec
rotary of War Meiklejohn has made
public a statement showing the total
receipts from customs and taxes re-
ceived in the several ports in the islands
of Cuba and Porto Rico and the Philip
pines, so far as reports have been re-
ceived by the war department, from the
respective dates of occupation of said
ports by the military forces of the
United States to and including January
81, 1899. In Cuba from July 1s, 1898, to
January 81, 1899 (six ports not report
ing for january, $1,312,372, was re-
ceived. In the Philippine islands from
August 10, 1898, to December 81, 1898,
$1,819,S13. In Porto Rico from August
Is, 1898, to December IS, 1898, SO ,643, 602
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
"a bill passed the. N Of tn Dakota senate
providing that all persons must un-
dergo q. physical examination before
license for marriage will be issued.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. /

! He
Rear Admiral Dewey says in an inter
view he would not accept. a nominate ion
to the presid ency and that he desired no
political office. .:... sS b.
Dispatches from China say that ,oO0,-
300 Chinese peasants are threatened
with starvation, owing to the Yellow
river floods.
The Scandal, bearing American
troops, arrived at Manila. Gen. Otis re-
ports that insurgents who gained ac-
cess to outskirts of the city were rout-
ed with a loss of 500 killed and wound
ed. American loss slight.
The rebel government has succeeded
the regular Chinese authority over a
vast area Of Kuang Tung and Kingsi
provinces.
Foreign. warships were said to have
landed seamen in Manila to protect the
foreign residents. g, .,.e. .'sEss, -,
In the Spanish cortes Admiral Ger
vera stated that if the loss of the Span
ish squadron was a crime it must be
attributed to the government which
sent him to the Antilles against his will
The Spanish military commander in
the Philippines, Gen. Rios, says the
Americans will need 100000 men to
suppress the rebellion among the ma
tives.
Dispatches say that Emperor Mich
olas is i'll, and that Imperial Grand
Duke Michael is presiding over the gov
eminent of Russia.
Advices from Gen. Otis announce the
surrender of Cebu, capital of the is
land of the same name, to the United
States naval forces.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

THE chances at birth that baby
will eventually marry are in 20. or
rather less than one-half. This result
may seem surprising, but it is largely
accounted for by the great mortality
of persons under manageable age,
especially of infants up to the age offs.
THE inhabitants of the Andaman is
lands are said to be the smallest race
of people in the world. The average
height of a full-grown Andaman is less
than four feet, and the anthropologica1
experts who recently visited them
found but few that weighed over IS
pounds
THE derailment of railroad cars is
prevented by a new truck attachment
having Hanged wheels travelling on the
inner side of the rails to hold the
truck in place, with an automatic de-
vice for lifting the wheels out of en-
gagement with the rails in passing
switches.
NEARLY all the comic valentines
used in February in almost every part
of the civilized world are made in Ger
many, in some parts of which country
the work goes on from one end of the
year to the other. One factory turns
out more than 10, 600, 600 of the com
les" in year.
DENTISTS in Germany are using false
teeth made of paper instead Of porce-
lain or mineral composition These
paper teeth are said to be very satisfac-
tory, as they do not break or chip, are
not sensitive to heat or cold Or to the
action of the moisture of the mouth,
and are very cheap
DR. WILLIS, the medical attendant of
King George H., of England, was
called to Lisbon to attend the queen of
Portugal for mental disorder He
| got $50, 900 a month, travelling expenses
and board for himself and suite, and
upon restoring the queen received
100000 in addition to the monthly
stipulation.
W. F. CARPENTER, president of the
Building Trades Council, of Mime
apolis, is responsible for the suggestion
to establish bureau of information
for the benefit of both employer and
employee. The plan is to have an Of
fee where a daily record may be kept
of all work being done throughout the
! city.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
COL. BABCOCK DEAD.
Friend and Adviser of Abraham Lin
coin Breathes His Last In
Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 27.-CoI. Amos C. Bah
cock, an intimate friend of Abraham
Lincoln, and a prominent figure in the
abolitionist movement in the early sos,
died Saturday. He was born in New
York in 1928, and came to Illinois in
1916. Col. Babcock was widely known
as the con tractor who built the state
capital of Texas, in conjunction with
the Farwells, of Chicago, raising the
funds by selling the debentures of a
land company, the state having given
over 100000 acres of land to the con-
Germ undertaking the. work. The cost
of the building was 100000. He was
made chairman of the Illinois repub-
ican state central committee in 1866,
and, excepting brief interval during
the Greeley furore, in which he took
sides with the eccentric editor, he held
the office till 1878.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
URGE THE EXPOSITION.
Advocating Celebration of Louisi-
ana Purchase Anniversary.

Washington, Feb. 27.-A large num-
Der of Washington officials assembled
at the Arlington Saturday evening as
guests of the executive committee of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition,
which is proposed for St. Louis in 1903.
Former Gov. David r. Francis, of Mis-
souri,, explained the purpose of the ex-
position and said that the citizens of st.
Louis were ready to contribute $10,O0O,-
600 if they could secure a congressional
loan of SIS, 1000, to be arranged ON any
terms congress might see fit to dictate.
Many speeches were made by represent
atives of cities now included in the ter
ritory embraced in the purchase. The
entire Missouri delegation was on hand
and many congressman from other
states
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
THE EAST.

The governor Of New York celebrated
Washington's birthday by affixing his
signature to the bill to prevent i'm
proper use of the national flag.
In Jersey City, N. j., William Reid
was hanged for the murder of Andrew
Henry in Hoboken on May ID, 1898.
Ex-President Cleveland, it is said, will
reenter national politics, and will
doubtless be a candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for president in 1900.
Ex-State Treasurer Benjamin J. Hay
wood died at his home;in Sharon, Pa.
In the United States there were 191
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the oath, against 178 the week
previous and 233 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
Al the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the Oath aggregated
1885, 10,613, against $1,393, 621 ,001 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 377.
About given up as lost the long miss
ing steamer Bulgaria, of the Hamburg
American line, arrived at Pom Del
gada, Azores, with all on board we'll.
Advices from all portions of the coun-
try say that the volume of business is
greater than ever before known.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
SOME or IT'S WORK.
Brief Resume Of the Principal Busi-
ness Of the FIfty-Fifth
asS8 a is4s#f Congress. Fse

Washington, Feb. 27.---An eventful
period in the country history is COW
erred by the work of the Fifty TIL COM
gress, which is drawing to q close. It
has been a period of stirring and dra-
matte action, with questions Of vast
magnitude constantly engaging atten-
tion, forming an epoch alongside those
other American epochs, the revolution
and the civil war. This congress has de-
clared war against a foreign foe, and
the treaty making branch has partici-
pated in ratifying the treaty by which
that war was terminated. It has pro-
vlded great volunteer army, has en-
larged the regular army, and has ex-
panded the navy to meet war emer-
gencies and new conditions: The tariff
has been revised, first by the Dingley
law and then by the war revenue act;
| bond issue known as the war loan, has
been provided. s:'@ u x 'r@-f
But far reaching as these war meas
ures' are, the congress has had time also
to enact other legisla ton, which, under
| ordinary. circumstances, would make
its session memora BILE. This includes
the annexation of Hawaii, the reject
ing by the senate of the general treaty
| of arbitration with Great Britain; the
enactment of a national bankruptcy
law; provision for taking the Twelfth
census; reorganization of the personnel
of the navy. To this list may yet be
added other important subjects still
pending, including the Nicaragua
canal, the increase of the regular army,
the anti-scalping measure, the Ha-
waiian bill, and the proposed encour-
agement of American shipping. Some
| of the most important general meas
ures are in the final Legislative stages,
and it will not be until the last hours
arrive that the success or failure of
these measures will be determined def
| nitely.
The total appropriations of the pres
ent session will approximate $70O, o00,-
600, of which about $3.50, OOO, 900 will be
for the military and naval uses or for
subjects connected with the war. It is a
general estimate, however, based upon
totals which may undergo much change,
as very few of the large appropriation
bills have become law, and some of
them have not even been considered. If
the Nicaragua canal amendment is
| added to the river and harbor bill this
will make material increase. Included
in the naval bill arc provisions for three
sea-going battleships, three armored
cruisers and six small cruisers, fol-
which $1o,ooo,ooo is appropriated for
hn fYV,ot o,,3e
mates, the total appropriations for the
congress (not including the four appro-
pria tion bills leftoverby the former con.
gress) would be approximately $780,.
100000, of which amount approximately
$600,000,000 is for war expenses or Incl
dent to the army and navy.