The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-05-27
HEL1oBAs, the two-year-old, has been

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has been racing under the colors of
George H. Whitney.
A KEY WEST special to New York
stated that the Cubans were fighting
| their way to the coast, where they will
join with our forces of invasion. Three
hundred Cubans engaged a squad of
| Spanish cavalry recently Is miles west
of Matanzas. The battle was fercely
waged in sight of the ships on the
blockade squadron.
REPORTS from more than a dozen
counties in north Texas stated that
the wheat crop had been half destroyed
by a tornado and the rains which fol-
lowed. Other grain crops had also
suffered.
A DISPATCH from St. Louis on the 23d
stated that the deal for the consolida-
ton of the plug tobacco factories in
the United States had fallen through
A LAD named Henry Garner died
from injuries received from being
thrown or falling from freight train
at Rives, Tenn, and accused Joe
Mitchell. negro brakeman, in an
ante-mortem statement, as being the
cause of his death. Mitchell was
locked up in the village calaboose, but
mob took him out and hanged him
in the woods and then perforated his
body with bullets.
The cruiser Charleston passed
through the Golden Gate on the morn
ing of the 22d, every steam vessel in
the harbor saluting her by blowing
their whistles. The soldiers at the
Preside to the number of 6, 900 gath
cred on the beach and cheered the YES
sci bound with supplies for Admiral
Dewey at the Philippine islands.
By the derailing of an Oakland, Cal,
lives.
Four men were crushed to death by
a cavern at the hematite ore mines
near Mayorsville, Pa.
AN epidemic of measles and pneu-
monia, it was reported on the 22d, had
broken out in the Fifth regiment of
Missouri volunteers at jefferson bar
racks, st. Louis, the result of drench-
ing from recent rains.
TORNADO struck Ravenna, Tex, on
the night of the 21st, blowing down II
barns, ten dwellings and two churches.
Near Ivanhoe Capt Dupree was killed
by the storm and his house wrecked
and at GAINESVILLE a negro was killed
and II people were injured. Many
horses and mules were killed and much
damage done in the Red river district.
WALTER S. BARKER, who was the
American consul at Sagua la Grande,
Cuba, it is understood, is to be COM
missioned as colonel of an immune
regiment to be sent to Cuba with the
first invading party. In addition to
commanding regiment Mr. Barker
is to be placed in charge of all the
supplies to be distributed among the
reconcentrados.
OSCAR DEARING, an engineer of the
Terminal railroad at st. Louis. was
caught beneath the wreckage of five
fiat cars, which he was drawing across
the bridge to East ST. Louis, and
fatally mutilated. The cars Jumped
the track.
The cruiser Charleston, that sailed
on the 18th for Manila with ammuni.
ton and supplies for Admiral Dewey,
was back at her berth at Mare island
Cal, the next day with her condensers
out of order. The accident was trivial. |
but Capt. Glass concluded that it would
be better to return and secure the
benefit of facilities than to repair the
damages at sea.
NEWS of a terrible snowslide down
the Valdes glacier, in British Column
bia, was recently received. Fully 100
persons were caught by the avalanche
and buried alive. Many were rescued,
however, but probably 20 lives were
lost.
THE governor of North Carolina re-
Gently wired Senator Pritchard that
owing to the large number of deser-
tions it was probable that he would be |
compelled to draft men to fill up the |
regiments to the full quota. The gov
ernor explained that the state troops |
attended the funeral of Ensign Bagley |
at Raleigh and there witnessed the |
dire result of actual war and had be- |
come panic-stricken.
Ten men attempted to cross the AL |
legheny river on a raft near Spring.
dale, Pa, the other afternoon and when
in the center of the stream the raft |
was swamped by the rough current
and six were drowned.
PASSENGER train jumped the track |
~ miles east of Boca, New, the other
day. The engine, mail. baggage and
express cars were ditched. The engi- |
neer was slightly injured and three
Indians riding on the platform of the
baggage car were killed.
The business failures in the United |
States for the week ended the Goth |
numbered gil, according to Brad
streets commercial report AGAINST 245 |