The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-06-16
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
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Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.
SENATOR HANNA fatty denies the re-
port recently sent from Washington
that he intended to retire from the
craftsmanship of the national republican
committee.
JOHN l.. LABOR, a translator in the
Office of the director of the mint at
Washington, lost his balance and fell
from the second floor in the treasury
department down the shaft which the
stairway surrounds to the basement,
probably receiving fatal injuries. Mr..
Lalor is a well known writer on po-
encyclopaedia on that subject.
The president has approved an
amendment to rule six of the civil
service rules, excepting from examina-
ton one assistant postmaster or chief
assistant to the postmaster at each
post Office.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY on the 9th ap-
pointed the commission to determine
the most feasible and practicable route
for a canal across the isthmus of Pan
anna.
INSTRUCTIONS have been sent from
Washington to all recruiting officers in
the United States to enlist as many men
as possible for service in the Philip
pines until further orders.
GEORGE E. ROBERTS, director of the
mints, reports that on June 1 the gold
coin in the United States amounted to
1868, TAI 1852, while the bullion in the ma
tional treasures aggregated 1921, 742,-
352. This makes a total of 1886, 4S4, 604,
and Mr.. Roberts says there was I'M
doubtedly enough bullion in private
hands to bring the grand aggregate
above 81, 900, 900, 900.
J ONE of the silver republican senator's
at Washington who did not care to
have his name used, said that all the
indications pointed to the nomin alton
of Bryan and Sibley next year, as the
ticket that will receive the solid sup
port of the regular democracy, the pop
ulists and the silver republicans.
GENERAL NEWS.
THOMAS MEssER, a member of the
Taylor faction of the Lee-Taylor feud,
in Harlan county, KY, has been killed
by member of the Lee clan. More
trouble will likely follow.
A RIFLED United States mail sack,
half filed with letters and circulars,
was found in the river at Chicago on
the 18th.
SENATOR w. B. ALLISON, of Iowa,
was in Chicago on the 18th and said that
the republican leaders of the west were
satisfied the vice presidential nomina,
ton will come west next time and that
Henderson has won the speakership
fight in walk
THE attempt of the Big Consolidated
Railroad company at Cleveland, o., to
move it's street cars on the 18th was at
tended by scenes of wild disorder in
various parts of the city, though
nobody was hurt and very little dam
age was done to property. The prin-
cipal work of the mobs, which were
composed largely of idlers and specta-
tors, was to blockade the tracks, in
which they were materially assisted by
accommodating drivers of trucks, cut
trolley ropes and jeer at the non-union
men.
HARRY RUBENs, who is attorney for
many of the brewery interests in Chi
cago, discredited the report of the pro-
posed formation of a trust with a CAPT
tai of 81, OOO, 600, 900 to secure control of
all the breweries in the United States.
THE committee which judged the
competitive drill of Forester camps at
Kansas City, Mo-, reached a decision
and awarded the prizes late on the 10th.
Silver Leaf camp, Elgin, ILL.,, was given
the first prize of $500. The second
prize of $500 went to Gus Smith camp
of Des Moines, Ia. The third prize OF
$50 was won by Beech camp of Omaha.
Sunflower camp of Topeka, Kan,
carried off the fourth prize, which was
$75.
WHILE a party of young men were
serenading Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Higgins,
near Watonga, Ok, the bride and groom
of two hours appeared on the front
porch and ordered the serenaders to
leave. One of the party, Harry Ran
dali, deliberately pointed his gun at
the young couple and fred. The brides
face and breast were filed with buck
shot. She fell fatally injured and died
an hour later. The groom was also
shot in the face, but not fatally.
A SWITCH engine on the Fort Scott &
Memphis ran over Frank Geiger at
Kansas City, No., badly mangling his
body.