The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-07-08

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to lombard it by noon of the 5th.
A TORNADO struck Hampton Beach,
N. H., on the Fourth, causing immense
damage to property and loss OF life.
Twenty cottages were torn down and
several hotels wrecked. The old skat-
ing rink was demolished and IS to 125
persons were seriously injured, an IN
known number slightly hurt and sew
eral killed outright.
The excursion steamer, Surf City,
with about 60 passengers on board,
was struck by a terrific squall at Bev-
erly, Mass, on the night OF the Fourth
and capsized. OF those on board
large majority were believed to have
been rescued by boats from the Salem
and Beverly shores, but no fewer than
six bodies were recovered at dark, and
as it was known that many rushed in
to the cabin before the squall, it was
thought that twice as many bodies
were still confined there.
A DISPATCH to the Paris Matin stated
that in spite of the bellicosity of the
official utterances of the Spanish pre-
mier, he was ardently DESTROYS of peace
and had taken steps to arrange for a
cessation of hostilities.
THE fremen of Kansas City, Mo-,
were kept busy on the Fourth, the
total number of fires being %. The
total loss was small.
MINERS who arrived recently at Sc
attic, Wash, from the Klondike gold
country reported that scurvy had
marked hundreds of men in the Klon-
dixie for its victims, and typhoid fever
and pneumonia had begun a harvest
of death in the camp, the unhealthy
season having begun.
CHICAGO was to have had one of the
largest pyrotechnic displays in the
history of the city in celebration of
Independence day, but missionaries of
the Army and Navy league went among
the people and argued that the money
could be be put to better use by do
mating it to the support of poor fami-
lies of soldiers AS result the leagues
treasury was enriched and there was
no organized celebration in Chicago.
AT Vicksburg, Miss, Atlanta, Ca.
Mobile, Ala, and at other places in
the south Independence day was cele-
brated on an elaborate scale for the
first time since the civil war.
The ship Windward left New York
on the I'd on a voyage which, if it ends
successfully, will result in the stars
the north pole. The expedition is
under Lieut.. Peary, of the United
States navy.
TRINIDAD VELA, state treasurer, and
Librado Lopez, member of congress,
fought a duel on horseback near That
Gala, Mex, with pistols. Lopez was
killed and Vela mortally wounded.
Some servants of the two men, who
witnessed the combat, then became in
volved in a quarrel on the field of
honor and three of them were killed.
A. G. LAITNER, of Kansas City, Mo. :,
won the first time prize in the Wauke-
sha-Milwaukee wis race on the cd,
covering the course, IS miles, in 1881,
thereby breaking the record for that
course.
The Ottawa (Ont) field battery, the
Princess Louise dragons and the
Forty-third regiment, left Ottawa on
the Sd for Burlington. VT, to join in
the Fourth of July celebration. There
were about 600 officers and men.
GEN. SKATER had battle with the
Spanish troops on the 1st near Santi-
ago, lasting from eight in the morn
ing until shutdown. The enemy's out.
works were carried and they retreated
into the city. The American loss was
heavy, some estimating it at 500 killed
and wounded.
! HENRY WHITEFIELD, alias Charles
Perkins, and K. B. Brooks. both col
ored, paid the penalty of their crimes
on the gallows within the stockade OF
the United States Jail at Muscogee, L.
T., on the 1st Whitefield was hanged
for murder and Brooks for an assault
on a white girl.
The business failures in the United
States for the six months ended June
80 numbered 6, 429, according to Brad
streets report, being eight per cent
fewer than the same time last year
The liabilities aggregated $72, 100, BAL
| 80 per cent smaller than the sam,
time last year.
HENRY WILLIAMS, the negro arrested
at Macon, Mo-, charged with assault
ing an eight-year-old girl, was hanged
by mob to the Wabash railway bridg
at 1880 a. m. on the 3Oth. He died pro
testing his innocence. The sheriff AM
his deputies were overpowered and dis
armed and the Jail door was broken in
EDWARD PENDER, a prisoner in tn
New York Tombs prison awaiting tria
for the killing of Richard Bennett il
April last, committed suicide on tn
Soth by hanging himself in his cell
He made a rope of medical bandage