The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-07-01

Hungary, said that an Austrian vessel
was on her way to the Philippine is
lands with 500 torpedoes ''intended for
the Spanish fleet"
A BRITISH subject recently from Ha.
vana stated that a reign of terror ex-
listed at the Cuban capital. Capt Gen.
Blanco has issued a proclamation an
nouncing that anyone daring to ex-
press an unfavorable opinion of the
present policy of the government will
be summarily shot without trial or in
vestigation. Famine was stated to be
imminent and it was thought the city
could not possibly hold out six weeks
longer.
A LARGE number of Missouri and
Kansas City, Mo-, on the 27th and left
for Omaha, Neb., TO attend the exposi-
ton as guests of the Missouri Pacific
railway. All of the newspaper men
resided on the lines of the Missouri
Pacific and the road courteously offered
to take them to Omaha in a special car.
The third feet of transports left
San Francisco on the 27th bound for
the Philippine islands The ships
carried about 1000 men, under COM
mand of Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
DISPATCH by way of Port Antonio
stated that Moro castle, the most for
midable defense about the harbor of
Santiago de Cuba, had been abandoned
by the Spaniards, thus making it easier
for the American warships to enter the
harbor. 1t had been known to Admiral
Sampson for some time that the Span
iards had not dared to sleep at the
fertilization, as they were completely
unnerved by the terrible destruction
done by the dynamite guns of the
Vesuvius on the other forts.
PERRY ELLIOTT shot and instantly
killed Efie Kelly and then shot himself
at Trenton, la. They lived on opposite
sides of the road. Elliott saw Miss
Kelly sitting with young man in
front of her house and shot her with
rifle from his doorway. His dead body
was found shortly afterward in an in
ner room. Elliott was in love with
the young woman.
A ROYAL decree was read in the Span.
ish cortes on the gath suspending the
parliament.
The Great Western distillery at Pc.
oria, ILL.,, was struck by ghtning the
other night and everything was burned
except the bonded warehouse Loss,
$500, 900; fully insured.
GEORGE SCOTT, negro who was
jailed at Russellville, KY, on a charge
of attempted assault on a white woman,
was taken from the Jail by a mob and
hanged at one o'clock the other morn
ing.
A RAILWAY accident occurred at Tu-
pelo, Miss. on the 26th in which five
soldiers of Col. Torrey's regiment of
rough riders from cheyenne, Wyos,
lost their lives and many others were
seriously injured. The first section of
the train had stopped to take water
when the second section dashed into
it and one of the coaches was tele-
scoped.
BROOM corn around Arcola, Ill, is
suffering severely from the ravages of
the army of chinch bugs.
DR. FRANKENFIELD, local observer of
the United States weather bureau at st.
Louis, received notice from Washing
ton asking for volunteers to go to
South American waters and observe
the weather conditions at points about
the Caribbean sea, in order that our
war vessels mag be warned IN time OF
the coming of the terrific storms that
rage in those waters at this time of
the year.
FREIGHT train on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad was ditched
at Red river bridge, near Denison, Tex
Nine cars loaded with 800 tons of coal
were derailed. The wreck was caused
by rails spreading.
AMOS HAYS made an attempt to es-
cape from an officer while being taken
to Dover Jail, jumping from the steamer
Buttroff into the Cumberland river,
near GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and was
drowned. He was charged with steal
ing a canoe.
HEAVY storm swept over the east
ern coast on the 25th, doing much dam
age. At Coney island and other shore
resorts the people were bordering on
panic. just off Bay ridge, N. Y,
yacht with five men on board was
caught in the storm and all were sup.
posed to have been lost. Telegraph
wires were blown down all over that
section of country.
The business failures in the United
States for the week ended the gath
numbered 22O, according to Brad
streets report, against 215 for the COR
responding week last year.
A CAR filed with delicacies, donated
by the citizens of Kansas City for the
members of the Third regiment, Mis-
souri, volunteers, now in camp at Falls
Church, Va, left over the Missouri Pa
cifio ho ofhor ~;