The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-05-20

| freight train at Gray Court, n. Y.
blew up. killing the engineer and fire
man. Fifteen cars were piled up.
JOHN LEE Dragged about what he
could do to the Spaniards before q
crowd in a grocery store at Birming-
ham, Ala, but on being bantered
about his well-known cowardice he
became Infatuated and drew his six
shooter, remarking that he would
show the crowd whether he was a
coward. There was a great scram-
bling, but he fred shot after shot and
three men were killed and another
morta1ly wounded.
A PACKAGE containing over S125, 900
in securities and gold was stolen from
car on a French railroad. There
was no clew to the thieves.
DUFFY DwYER, a player at the Gem
theater at Deadwood, S. D., shot his
wife and then shot and killed himself
the other night at a tough lodging
house. His wife was an actress at the
Gem, and he was jealous of her. 1t
was thought the woman would live.
DISASTROUS fire occurred at St.
Hyacinthe, Que, on the 10th when the
Materie ST. Joseph was burned, caus-
ing the loss of seven lives and the in
jury of a number of the inmates, of
whom there were 200 in the institu-
ton, by jumping from windows.
The Norwegian steamer Klondike
collided with the British steamer Ben
holm on the coast of Wales and the
Benholm was so badly damaged that
she soon foundered and IL of her crew
DAVE SULLIVAN, the little Irish
pugilist, met Sammy Kelly, of New
York, at the Lenox Athletic CLUB, at
New York, and after fighting 90 rounds
was declared winner. The boys were
matched to fight at lis pounds, but
Sullivan was six pounds overweight
and had to forfeit So.
A SPANISH workman in Philadelphia
confessed to his employer that there
was Spanish plot to assassinate Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee. The conspiracy origi-
mated in New York among Spaniards
who contended that Gen. Lee was
largely responsible for the war with
Spain, because he had. they alleged,
while consul general at Havana, per-
sistently misrepresentedt the condition
of affairs in uba and had thus aroused
the animosity of the American people
against Spain.
EVERY town within a radius of $50
miles of St. Louis poured in it's quota
of visitors to help celebrate Dewey
day on the 14th.
THERE was violent earthquake in
Sicily on the 18th. A number of
houses were wrecked at Biancaville,
on the declivity of Mount Etna, and
Bempasso.
News recently received at Key West,
Fla, from Havana said that the recon-
centrados were dying of starvation,
cart loads of dead being taken daily
through the Spanish lines.
A SMALL tornado recently struck the
farm of F. D. Curtis, 10 miles northeast
of Guthrie, Ok, destroying all build
ings, fences and crops. The house was
occupied by John Bailey, wife and
three children, all of whom were badly
bruised and, it was feared, one child
would die.
The Alabama Great Southern pas
senger train was held up by five masked
men near Cuba, Ala. at ten p. m. on
the 14th and the express car was
robbed of SIS, 900.
A DISPATCH from Madrid on the 18th
stated that all the bread supplies in
the city bakeries were exhausted.
ACCORDING to accounts received at
Nassau, N. P, by the British cruiser
Talbot, the blockade of Havana was
pinching the inha bitants dreadfully
Nothing in the shape of supplies was
entering the city and the residents
were gloomy and depressed. Orders
had been issued by Gen. Blanco pro-
hibiting dealers from selling more
than one days supplies to the same
person at one time. Fresh provisions
were very scarce, and meat was selling
at IS to so cents, gold, per pound. The
lower classes of the people were suf-
fering greatly.
THE big fruit jar works of Ball Bros,
at Muncie, Ind, were destroyed by
fire early on the 18th. The loss amount
ed to $685.. 900. The insurance had re-
Gently run out on a number of the pol.
icies and only about $4,000 will be
available to cover the loss.
COL WILLIAM F. CODY ("Buffalo
Bilr). recently appointed chief of
scouts on Gen. Miles staff, has placed
400 of his horses at the service of the
government to be used by scouts in
tracking the enemy.
A HONG KONG special on the 18th
said that a trading vessel from the
Philippines reported having witnessed
the destruction of a Spanish warship
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