The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-05-06
THE Moline sawmill. owned by W.

cars filled with lumber on the tracks
were also consumed. The Helena Box
company lost about zoe, 900 feet of
| lumber. partially insured. The loss of
| w. d. Reeves, inclusive of plant, will
amount to S5O,OOO or 500. 900, on which
there was scarcely any insurance.
The civil authorities of Madrid at
| midnight on the I'd turned the city
over to the military authorities for the
purpose of keeping order and develop
inents were hourly expected All
classes hoped for the intervention of
the continental powers in the war
with the United States.
A HONG KONG dispatch of the I'd said
that the ombardment of Manila had
begun and that the inhabitants were
fleeing to the country. A London dis
patch, however, said that the captain
general of the Philippine islands had
been given "a hours to comply with
Commodore Dewey's demands and that
the Madrid authorities had cabled the
captain general to obey Dewey as there
was no other course opened.
NEWSPAPER men had an interview
with Gen. Shafter at Tampa. Fla, on
the 1st and it brought out the facts
that he would command the army in
Cuba and that the troops would not
| leave for the island for ten days at
least.
THE farmhouse and outbuildings of
William Curry near Valparaiso, Neb.,
were demolished by a tornado on the
3Oth. Mr.. and Mrs. Curry took refuge
in the cellar and were seriously in
jured. Some stock was killed and many
telegraph poles were blown down.
A SMALL Spanish ship, the Engracia,
captured by the United States gunboat
Newport, off Cabanas, was brought to
Key West, Fla, on the goth. She had
on board a crew of seven men and a
cargo of fish. The officers of the New.
port said the capture was an impor-
tant one, in view of the fact that the
little vessel was attempting to carry
into Havana news Of the movements
OF the United States feet.
The London Times on the 3Oth said
that English ''sympathies on the main
question are with the United States,
as they are held to be in the right But
on the matter of form we are not so
clear or unanimous"
DISPATCH from Manila on the 27th
said that the Spaniards had captured
the American bark Saranac, loaded
with 1000 tons of coal.
A KEY WEST dispatch said that a
sailor on the moni tor Puritan had been
convicted of treason. He was a Span
lard with family in Matanzas He
was caught fling the lock of a maya
zine and was found guilty by drum
head court-martial and sentenced to
be shot. A later dispatch, however,
denied the truth of the report
The cornerstone of the head office
building of the Modern Woodmen of
America was laid by Head Clerk C. w.
HAYES, assisted by the directors of the
order at Rock Island, ILL.,, on the 2Sth.
The event attracted about 30. 900 stran-
gers to the city, and the parade pre-
ceding the exercises at the building
was participated in by 5000 Woodmen.
A PROCLAMATION was to be issued to
Gen. Gomez and the insurgent army
over the signature of T. Estrada Palma,
delegate from the republic of Cuba to
this country, and Gonzales de Quesada,
secretary of the junta in New York,
urging the insurgents to place them.
selves under the stars and stripes as
soon as the American colors shall be
raised on Cuban soil and to have abso-
lutte confidence in the fair intentions
of President Mckinley and his adj
ministration.
Miss HELEN GOULD, of New York,
has offered to give the government
100000 to be used in prosecuting the
war with Spain.
The United States monitor Terror
captured the big Spanish steamer
Guido. bound from Corunna, Spain,
for Havana. The prize had on board
large cargo of provisions and money
intended for the Spanish troops in
Cuba. The capture took place after
desperate chase. during which the
Terror and the gun boat Machias fred,
house into the water. The prize was
taken to Key West.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Madrid on
the goth stated that the Spanish gov
eminent was upon the point of expeh
ling all citizens of the United States
from Spain.
ANTICIPATING that the army will be
called upon to serve in Cuba, Surgeon
General George M. Sternberg, of the
United States army, has issued a cir
cular of instructions to medical Off
GERS, giving directions for obtaining the
best sanitary conditions in camp life.
THE American liner Paris arrived at
New York on the 30th. Fears had
been entertained that the va luable
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