The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-04-07

ABOUT 1000 carpenters went on a
strike in Cleveland, O., on the Sd, and
it was stated that these figures will be
greatly swelled unless the contractors
accede to the demands of the men for
an eight-hour day and 80 cents an hour.
A DISPATCH from East Liverpool, O.,
on the Sd stated that the attempted
com bination of the potteries of the
United States had fallen through.
In fire at Kingsley. Mich, Mrs
Sarah Shubert and Mrs Peyers were
burned to death. George Geiger was
called to the room in the night to give
Mrs. Shubert, an invalid, some assist
ance. A short time after the fire was
beyond control. supposedly caused by
q lantern carried to the invalid's room.
A NEW railway is to connect Kansas
City. Mo-, with Omaha, Neb., passing
through St Joseph. 1t is to be an air
line. The distance between St Joseph
and Kansas City will be SO miles. ten
miles shorter than any other road.
GUY STREET, a conductor on the Ems
ley City line of the Birmingham (Ala.)
Railway & Electric company, while
swinging across from the forward car
to the trailer was struck by side
trolley wire pole and his neck was
broken and skull smashed. It was his
first day at work.
The May term of the United States
court for the Northern district of the
Indian territory will open at Muscogee
the first Monday in May. There are
$50 cases on the docket for trial. The
celebrated Seminole burning" cases
in which nearly 100 persons are charged
with arson and kidnapping in connec-
ton with the burning at the stake of
the two Seminole Indian boys in Okla
homa, in January, 1898. will come up
A BILL to promote athletic en- tertain-
ments, which legalizes boxing con.
tests in the state, passed the Colorado
senate on the Sd by vote of Is to 9.
1t had previously passed the house. It
was said that the governor approved
the act
MOST of the Americans in the Phil
ippine islands. a dispatch on the I'd
stated, were becoming convinced that
the backbone of the insurgent opposi-
ton was broken. There were numer-
Gus rumors pointing to an early col.
lapse of the insurrection.
Hebrew philan thropist, died at Paris
on the 1st
ANGERED because his wife refused to
live with him, John J. Smith. son of
wealthy tailor, at New York, shot and
killed his mother-in-law, dangerously
wounded his brother-in-law and badly
wounded his wife and sister-in-law.
He attempted to murder his infant,
but his shot missed.
A DRUNKEN brawl over a package of
tobacco resulted in the death
of Eli Cobbs, a negro hostler, in a
saloon at Twelfth and Campbell
streets. Kansas City, Mo-. on the I'd.
Cobbs was struck on the jaw by
Thomas Matthews, a negro teamster,
and died from the effects of broken
blood vessel.
FURIOUS snowstorm ragged at Pierre,
s. D., on the I'd. creating a serious con-
dition for stock men to face.
PAPTIsTE KINsELLA, a barkeeper,
shot and killed Echiene Thiel at Chi
cago in a quarrel over a woman and
when about to be arrested sent bull
let through his own brain.
REAR ADMIRAL CARPENTER, u. S. n,
retired. committed suicide at a santa
rum in Boston. He had been in i'll
health for some time.
A BIG hardware house in San Fran
cisco was burned on the 3Ist. Loss,
s4OO, 900.
A STEAMER plying between South
crashed upon the dreaded Casauet
rocks, near Alderney. during fog and
foundered in ten minutes, her boilers
exploding as she went down. The
and children were embarked
in the boats and the captain told the
men to look out for themselves. There
was no panic on board. It was be-
lieved that about 20 persons were
drowned. The captain persisted with
mis- vessel
ELISHA SWAN, a i9-year-old negro,
was hanged at Bastrop, Tex, for MUIR
dering his father.
EDWARD BATES SoPER was hanged
at Harrisonville, Mo-, on the 3oth for
his wife and two children.
THE Warren line steamer Norseman,
Capt. Rees. bound from Liverpool to
Boston. went ashore at Marblehead,
Mass. The life-saving crew rescued the
crew of 1O2 men.
FIVE bodies were recovered the other
afternoon from the ruins of the
Armour curled hair and felt works at
Chicago. which were burned.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the
United Fruit company. with an au-
thorized capital of $50, 600, 900, were
filed with the secretary of state at