The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25

FIRE destroyed the business pOrClOn
of Victor, Col, on the 2lst, causing a
loss of 81, 0OO, boo. Many buildings were
blown up by dynamite in an attempt
to stop the flames, but all efforts were
in vain.
Posses were out in Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Georgia on the 21st hunting
negroes who had assaulted white girls.
NEWS was received in London that
the Gillian ministry had resigned.
AT Seaborn, Ala, Joe Ward, an ex-
convict, Drained his sister with a churn
during family quarrel.
NINE soldiers of the Twenty-fourth
infantry were recently drowned while
crossing a river in the Philippines.
The raft capsized.
A BERLIN dispatch on the 21st said
the German cabinet had agreed to re-
sign.
The total contributions to the Dewey
home fund on the elst amounted to
$19,12s
THE government of Japan has taken
charge of the religions of the empire.
The home department issued decree,
which went into effect August 8, COM
pelling all sects, whether Christian OF
Pagan. to bow down to the DEGREES of
the local governors of Japan. This
law is now being enforced and there is
CONSERVATION in religious circles.
THE newspapers of Paris were unani-
nous in pronouncing the situation
there as most critical, as result of
the bloody riots on the 10Th.
CAPT. ALFRED T. MAHAN, one of the
American members of the peace con-
ference at The Hague, arrived at New
York on the 10Th. He expressed the
belief that the result of the conference
was substantial step in the direction
of arbitration.
GEN. JACOB S. CoxEY, who led the
tramp army to Washington five years
ten feet thick in his mine near Joplin,
Mo-, and his fortune is made.
JOHN A. LOGAN, JR., has received an
appointment as major in the volunteer
army and will soon leave for the Phil
ippines.
The Afro-American council, which
was in session at Chicago, favored ar
ranging for state to be occupied by
colored people. Oklahoma and New
Mexico seemed to be in favor.
d. E. THOMPSON, of Lincoln, Neb.,
rendered Gov. Poynter the loan of $780,
600 required to bring the First Ne
braska home from San Francisco. Gov.
Poynter accepted the offer.
Gov. SAVERS and all other state
officials of Texas, including legislators,
must give up their railroad passes in
accordance with a new state law that
goes into effect soon.
PRINCE HENRY, of Prussia, who COM
mands the German squadron in the Pa
cifc, will soon visit San Francisco on
his flagship. He may also visit Presi-
dent Mckinley at Washington.
THE county poorhouse at Stanwood,
Mich. was burned the other night.
Adolph Murrin was burned to death
and many of the 40 inmates of the main
building narrowly escaped.
AN explosion of oil in the fve-story
brick building at 5000 and 1881 Dear
born street, Chicago. gave the fire de-
partment a hard fight. The big struc-
ture was filed with paints and oils
from top to bottom and before the
blaze could be exringuished it caused a
loss of $500, 1000.
THE autopsy held on the remains of
Jim Franey, the pugilist, who died
after having been knocked out at San
Francisco by Frank Mcconnell showed
that his vital organs were diseased and
that he had been beaten to death by
Mcconnell, who was arrested on a
charge of manslaughter. A similar
charge was also placed against the pro-
moters of the fight, the referee and the
seconds of both men.
WALTER WELLMAN, and the survivors
of the Polar expedition led by him ar
rived at Tromsoe, Norway. on the 18th
on the steamer Capella, having success
fully completed their explorations in
Franz Josef Land. Mr.. Wellman has
discovered important new lands and
many islands, but while leading the
party he fell into snow-covered crew
asse and will probably be permanently
crippled. No trace was found in Franz
Josef Land of the missing aeronaut,
Prof. Andree.
A CARRIAGE containing six persons
was precipitated into White river, near
Washington, Ind, the other night as it
was being driven aboard a ferryboat
and all were drowned. The dead are:
Mrs. Albert Hensel, four Hensel chill
dren and Miss Amy Dillon. The horse
had just stepped aboard the ferryboat
when the hawser parted and the boat
swung out, dropping the carriage with
its occupants into the river. The swift
current carried the victims under the