The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-06-17


other morning and Engineer Mullen
lost his life. Engineer Floyd's leg
was mashed and scalded and Brake
man Henry Lost's back was hurt. En-
gineer Floyd and his conductor over
looked orders.
THE British steamer Twickenham
was captured by the United States
cruiser st. Louis off the Jamaica coast
She had on board 3, 200 tons of coal for
Admiral Cervera's feet. The Twick-
enham was sent as prize to Key
West, Fla
Gov. ATKINSON was asked by several
prominent citizens of Walker county.
Ca, to take cognizance of the rowdy-
ism which they claimed was prevalent
at the Chickamauga camp. Gov. At
kinson said he would investigate the
matter. Gen. Brooke has offered to
furnish a regiment to assist the civil
authorities in making arrests.
The business part of Spartanburg,
Pa. was wiped out by fire early on the
morning of the 18th. Loss, $3.50, 900.
Most of the buildings burned were
wooden and the fire burned itself out,
as there were no facilities for fight
ing it.
MEASLES, it was reported on the 18th,
threatened to become epidemic among
the soldiers at Camp Merritt, San Fran
cisco, so cases being under the care of
the doctors.
The Milwaukee brewers have decid-
ed to increase the cost of beer at the
rate of 81 barrel as an Offset to the
increased impost on beer by the war
tax law.
A COMET has just been discovered by
Mr.. Coddington, of the Lick observa-
stellation of Scorpio. about one degree
north of the star Antares.
UNITED STATES marines were landed
few days ago at the entrance to the
harbor of Guantanamo. Cuba. and
they had almost continuous fight for
Is hours with the Spanish troops, when
reinforcements were landed from the
Marblehead. Four of our men were
killed and one wounded and our adj
vance pickets were unaccounted for.
The Spanish loss was not known, but
it was thought to be considerable.
V. w. ALLEN, who came in from
Lynn and Borden counties to Fort
Worth, Tex, on the 10th, reported de-
structive prairie fires on the plains.
Thousands of acres of pasture had
been completely destroyed. The cat
tie losses were supposed to be heavy.
The business portion of Ittabena,
Miss, was destroyed by fire the other
day, with the exception of two stores.
The loss was $3.50, 900.
ILLINOIS sent her last detachment OF
naval reserves to the front on the 9th.
With this contingent, 1,O66 men have
been enlisted from that state.
A TORNADO struck the town of Fort
Branch, Ind, the other night and
wrought great damage. The furniture
store of Ezra Lowe was demolished.
The residence of Elder Oliphant was
completely wrecked. Barns and other
outbuildings were smashed into splin-
tiers and trees by the hundred blown
down. Several narrow escapes from
death were reported.
The monster watts of the Carthage
straw board works at Shelbyville, Ind,
gave way the other morning and tons
of poisonous matter were emptied in to
Blue river the result being that mill
lions of fish were killed and much
stock lost through drinking the water.
The Congregational Home Mission.
airy society convened at Cleveland, O.,
on the Sth. Gen. o. o. Howard pre-
sided. The meeting of the "woman's
department" was also held, Mrs. Cas-
we'll, of New York, presiding She
stated that the woman's organizations
now covered the entire territory OF
the United States with the exception
of Alaska.
THE report reached Key West, Fla.
on the 9th that a United States auxil.
larry gunboat sighted four Spanish
ing in the direction of Havana. Naval
Officers thought that there was much
speculation as to whether the ships
were a part of Cervera's fleet which
did not enter Santiago or some of the
ships from Cadiz.
THE sash, door and blind factory OF
the Cedar Valley Manufacturing com.
pany at Waterloo, Ia, was destroyed
by fire the other morning. Loss $50.
600; insurance, $1,000. The fire wa.
thought to have been of incendiary
origin.
A wATER-LADEN barge and her crew
OF five men, in a tow of the steamer
Leonidas, were lost The Leonida.
and her charge were en- route to KEY
West Fla. to supply the army ane
navy, when the vessel encountered
severe storm off the coast of NORTH
Carolina, and during the gale tn,
hawsers parted and the barge wen
down.