The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-17
JACOB GERBRASDr. night fireman at |

,he Hunt stamping works at C.eve.'
and, O., was found dead in the boiler
room of the plant early on the 18th.
having been stabbed through the
heart The theory was advanced by
the police that Gerbrandt may have
been holding clandestine meetings
killed Gerbrandt.
A HEAVY snOwstorm tied up every
street car line and made traffic impos-
sible in Washington on the 18th. All
trains were delayed.
THE steamer William Lawrence, rum
ming between Baltimore, Nd, and
Savannah. Ga, was reported as being
wrecked off Port Royal. s. C. The crew
abandoned the vessel in four boats.
Three Of the boats had not been heard
from
THE United States forces under Gen.
Miller captured Iloilo, capital of the
island of Panay and seat of the gov
eminent of the Visayas federation,
after a bombardment by the guuboats
Petrol and Baltimore. The rebels set
Gre to the place before evacuating it,
but the American troops extinguished
the flames. There were no casualties
on the Ameri can side.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were percepti.
BILE at Chillicothe, O.. at $3.50 a. m. of
the 18th.
THREE tramps were recently frozen
to death at South McAlester, 1. T.
THE Reading railroad at noon on the
18th issued an official announcement
of the entire abandonment of its train
service, on account of the spowstorm,
until further notice.
THREE farmers-Ben Graves, Alex.
auder Clark and Will Johnson-of Col
Inns county, Tex. were found frozen
to death in q ravine on their way home
from Mckinney.
A FIRE in one of the cottages of the
state insane asylum at Yankton, s. D.,
on the 18th caused the loss of II in.
mates confined there.
The large book and stationery store
of A. c. McClurg & Co. at Chicago was
totally destroyed by fire on the 18th,
with its stock of rare old books and
manuscripts. entailing a loss of $780,
900, of which $500. 900 was on the stock.
The Twelfth infantry on the 18th left
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-. for Manila.
ISAAC NEICE, laborer, killed his
wife with an ak at Gladstone, Ill.
HENRY X. FORTUNE. a resident of
Muchakinock, near Oskaloosa, Ia, was
frozen to death on the night of the
9Th. 1t was 80 degrees below zero.
THE village of Foresport, N. Y, was
destroyed by fire the other morning.
AN order was issued suspending all
drills and other duties, except those
absolutely necessary, of the Second
Missouri regiment at Albany, Ga. The
regiment will be mustered out as fol-
lows: February ~, First battalion;
March I, Second battalion; March 8,
Third bait alion.
DIR. ROBERT STEWART was found dead
in his room at Shippensburg. Pa, the
other morning, having been asphyxi-
ated by illuminating gas Two dogs
in the room were also found dead.
There were two stop-cocks on the gas
feed pipe and it was supposed that in
turning off one the doctor accidentally
turned on the other.
ONE thousand men armed with picks
and shovels started out on the 10th
from Leadville. COL, to clear the snow
off from the Denver & Rio Grande
tracks so that coal might be brought
in to enable the shelters and mines to
continue work, or at least to keep the
mine pumps in operation. The stop
page of the pumps would be serious
blow to Leadville mining interests and
there was only enough coal to last "a
hours
GEORGE GRAFT, who led dozen pris-
oners in an attempt to break Jail at
Fort Dodge, Ia, was shot by Jailcr
Flint The other prisoners then re.
turned to their cells.
MAYOR JONES, of Kansas City, Mo-,
has accepted the invitation of the Fire
Brigades' union of Great Britain to the
Kansas City fire department to partic-
pate in the intern ational tournament
at the Paris exposition in 1890, repre-
senting on that occasion the whole
United States. The trip of the firemen
to the French capital will necessitate
sum has been guaranteed by the busi-
ness men of the city.
THE Goodyear rubber factory at
Naugatuck, Conn.,, shut down for an
indefinite period on the 18th, throw
ing more than 900 persons out of EN-.
ployment
A FIRE which caused loss variously
estimated from $1,000 to 1000, 600
aud which threatened to destroy an
entire block. started in the bag fac.
tory of Walter & Pellet. at New York.
A large number of girls employed in
the factory building rushed down the
SfairwavS in q manic Shriakiup for