The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-04-01

York on the 2Sth of poisoning. prob
ably resulting from eating fish.
THE night train of the Millen South
western railroad at New Summit, Ga,
was the scene of duel between Will
liam Oglesby. of Summit, and j. d.
Holly, of Durdenville. The young
men had a misunderstanding about
some trivial matter and, rising in their
seats in the crowded car, commenced
firing at each other. Holly was killed
outright and it was believed that
Oglesby would die of his wounds. The
flying bullets narrowly missed some of
the passengers and many of the women
were thrown into Mysteries.
The Methodist and Congregations al
ministers of Chicago recently went on
record at their regular weekly meet
ing in regard to the trouble between
the United States and Spain. In each
case resolutions were adopted favOring
Immediate Intervention in behalf of
the starving Cubans and favoring the
use of force, if necessary, in supply.
ing them with food.
HEAVY floods were reported on the
ed in Ohio. Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia and Indiana. Nearly all the
railroads in central and southern Ohio
were said to be crippled or totally dis
abled because of washouts. Around
Pittsburgh, Pa, manufacturing con-
Germs we're severely inconvenienced
from the freshets. At Wheeling, w.
Va, various manufacturing establish
ments, employing from 10. 900 to Is. 900
men, have shut down because of floods.
The firing of a dynamite cartridge
in the Hazard coal mines near Liege,
Belgium. on the 25th caused an explo-
sion of coal gas and &c miners were
killed.
A TRAIN consisting of a passenger
coach. caboose and locomotive, with
wrecking crew of "a men aboard, was
wrecked near Columbus, Ind, on the
23d through a flood. The engineer
could not be found and the fireman
was washed away and swan to tree.
A PASSENGER train was held up near
Traver, Cal, by two robbers. The men
boarded the train at Goshen and COM
PEELED the fireman to cease firing and
when the train stopped because the
steam gave out the robbers blew up
the express car with dynamite. All
the registered mail matter was taken.
1t was not known how much booty
was secured.
A DYNAMITE magazine at Hillsxlle,
Pa, exploded the other morning,
wrecking the building and causing a
panic. 1t was supposed the magazine
was struck by lightning. A man
named Welsh, his wife and six chill
dren were said to have been killed.
Two tramps built coal fire in an
old basin the other night, put it in to a
refrigerator car in the Frisco yards at
Fayetteville. Ark, and went to sleep
by it. A third tramp climbed into the
car, shut the door and also went to
sleep. In the morning another tramp
entered the car. He noticed the coal
smoke, but thought nothing of it and
fell asleep An hour later tramp,
who slept in another car, went to
wake his friends, and found two of
them dead and the other two uncon-
scious.
MAJ. GEN. MILES, in discussing the
American-Spanish situation, said that
the personnel of the United States
army was never in finer condition
than it is to-day and, man for man. it
was more than a match for any Euro.
pean power as regarded personnel,
equipments, discipline and patriotism,
and we had practically the entire able.
bodied American male population to
draw upon to support the regulars, il
necessary.
The business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 25th were
215, according to Bradstreets report,
against 221 in the corresponding week
of last year.
POSTMASTER MARTIN FISHER, of Creek
side, Pa, was drowned while attempt
ing to ford a creek to get mail pouch
from the carrier. He was warned not
{ to go, but he said the mails were more
important than his life.
GEN. L. W.: Colby, of Omaha, Neb.
rendered to President Mckinley %, OOt
American volunteers for service in
: Cuba in case of Intervention by thi.
government and the offer has been re
ferred to the war department. Colby
was several months organizing Thu
corps and he estimated that it will re
, quire 81, $50, 900 to arm and transport i
to Cuba, of which about $500, 600 ha
been subscribed.
INTENSE feeling was created among
: the officers of the torpedo boats a
Key West, Fla. at the news that tn,
Spanish torpedo fotilla had sailed
: from the Canary islands for Port,
Rico. They said that the fotilla wa
a greater menace to the United State
. fleet than if all the rest of the Spanisl
| navy was brought to those waters, Por
q to Rico being nearer Kew West thai