The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-04-28
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citizens of st. Louis have proposed to
raise to clinch the proposition of hold
ing worlds fair there is in sight.
The steamer Glenog1e crashed into
the steamer City of Kingston off
Browns Point, Wash, on the Esd and
the latter was cut in two. The passen-
gers were saved.
GEN. BROOKE, now governor general
of Cuba, will, it was said, soon request
change of station on account of his
health.
A PUPIL at the Shelbourne school for
boys. located near San Rafael, CAL,
persisted in a fire which destroyed that
institution on the Esd.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY will visit Omaha,
Neb., about May 1 as the guest of ex-
Senator Henderson.
THE warehouse of the Kingman Inn
plement company at Omaha, Neb., was
totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
600; insured.
In house near Mount Carbon mine
at Murphysboro, Ill, two women were
found murdered. The house had been
| plundered.
Four men of the Nebraska regiment,
wi. olOtSShUCIS
| Sisson, and three men of the Fourth cav
airy were killed and A wounded in an
engagement at Quengua, near Malolos.
| The Filipinos retreated with small loss.
The engagement developed into dis
| astrous, though successful, fight. The
insurgents had horseshoe trench,
about a mile long, encircling a rice field
on the edge of a wood. The Americans
retired, carrying their wounded, under
fire with great difficulty, being closely,
pursued, a fog enabling the enemy to
creep up to them.
The national headquarters of the
Grand Army of the Republic have been
established in Cincinnati. Business
| headquarters and the records will re-
main in Philadelphia.
A TERRIBLE cyclone ravaged the coast
| of Queensland during the month of
March. The official report placed the
| loss of life at A. while 81 vessels, chiefly
engaged in coral fishing, were wrecked
and $1,000 900 worth of property de-
strOyed. A japanese steamer which
reached Brisbane reported having
steamed through dead bodies for two
| days.
THE jury at Philadelphia on the 21st
declared Senator Quay not guilty of
the charge Of using the state funds in
the Peoples bank. Senator Quay re-
ceived quite an ovation afterwards.
FOURTEEN thousand regulars are to
be sent to reinforce Gen. Otis at Manila
as soon as the necessary marine trans
portation can be provided. 1t was an
nounced that the army in the Philip
pines will be increased to $4,000 men,
whether the Filipino rebels abandon
the field or not.
FOUR men and boy lost their lives
by an explosion in coal mine at Mad
rid, N. NJ. on the 21st.
THE Mexican senate has unanimously
| adopted the new extradition treaty
with the United States.
A LARGE antitrust tobacco factory is
to be started in St. Louis as soon as ar
rangements can be made. 1t will be
one of the largest in the country.
ONE of John B. Glover's dogs went
mad at Dubuque, Ia, the other morn
ing and attacked ex-Alderman Phil
Ryder, as, with his two children, he
was returning home from mass. Mr..
Ryder fought desperate battle with
places, including his cheek. The dog,
after biting several other dogs, also a
child, was finally killed.
The board of education of Cleveland,
O., intend to erect and equip factory
from which will be turned out all the
school furniture needed for the school
| buildings in that city. The board be-
lieves a large sum can be saved annual
ly.
The attorney general of Arkansas
has instituted SO suits for S. 900 each at
Little Rock against the Connecticut
Fire Insurance company, charging it
with being a member of combine.
The suits are brought under the new
antitrust law of the state.
A FORCE of 200 Filipinos attacked the
American outposts near Taguig, but
| were routed after two hours fighting,
leaving II men killed and several
| wounded on the field. A company of
500 rebels was also encountered near
Bocave, but after little sl1irmish the
rebels retired in good order. The Amer
leans exhausted their ammunition and
returned to their camps.
NEARLY all the 500 employees of the
Illinois iron and bolt works of Carpen-
terville, ILL.,, struck the other day over
reduction in wages and the refusal of
| the company to treat with the union.
A long tle-up was expected.
The Trade Bulletin, at Chicago, con-
ceding all damage claims in the states
between the Ohio and Missouri rivers,
estimated on the goth that the winter