The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-06-03

IT was reported through dispatch
which came from Kingston, Jamaica,
that the fleet and soldiery were mo-
Inopolizing the supplies stored in San
tiago de Cuba and fear and famine pre-
vailed among the people, Commodore
Schley's blockade by sea and the in
surgent lines on land preventing the
city from getting provisions
VETERANS of the union and the con-
federacy marched together in the pa
rade at Denver, Col, on the 3Oth to
decorate the soldiers graves in the
various city cemeteries Before the
parade the veterans assembled at the
capitol grounds. where they received
floral tri butes from thousands of school
children.
FIRE in the Crystal Springs Brewing
& Ice company's plant at Boulder, Col,
destroyed property to the extent of
$50, 900, fully covered by insurance.
The building containing the machinery
of the plant was completely Quilted
and a quantity of valua BILE machinery
ruined.
The Second army corps, composed
of 5000 United States volunteers sta
toned at Camp Alger, Falls Church,
Va, was reviewed by President Nc
Kinley on the 2Sth. The troops made
a good showing, but the Fourth Mis-
souri, regiment, which brought up the
rear, were not equipped. They did
not carry guns and few of them wore
uniforms.
THERE was a fine parade at Kansas
fu ho oh hn
school children took part, to celebrate
the victory of Admiral Dewey over the
Spaniards at the Philippine islands.
All business places were closed in the
afternoon.
AN improvised stand at the city park
at Denver, Col, on which 1000 chill
dren were rehearsing on the 2sth for
the Memorial day exercises, gave way
and 40 or more children were seriously
injured.
THE Kansas troops under Col. Little
at Camp Richmond, San Francisco.
were made happy on the Goth by re-
ceiving shoes and underclothing which
were badly needed and their band
played for the first time.
A FREIGHT train broke down in the
railroad cut just west of Blair, Neb.,
and an express train dashed into the
wreck. The engine, baggage and mail
cars were derailed. Lucian S. Cook,
engineer of the passenger train was
killed and several passengers injured.
The newspapers in Madrid continue
to urge the cutting of the American
cable connections across the Atlantic
if the Cuban cables are severed.
Two colored men, named Joe Kiser
and Tom Johnson, who had been Jailed
at Concord, S. c., on suspicion of hav-
ing outraged Miss Emma Hartsell, a
young white girl, and then cutting her
throat from ear to ear, were taken
from the Jail on the night of the goth
by a mob and hanged.
THE United States marshal has in
the federal Jail at Guthrie, Ok, a
young Seminole Indian who has con-
fessed to being the murderer of Mrs.
Laird, for whose death young Sampson
and McGeisy were burned to death by
a white mob near Newark, l. T., last
January.
THE United States cruiser Columbia
collided with the British steamer
Foscolia and sunk her during a fog
were saved.
FRED T. MOORE, the paying teller of
the National Bank of Commerce at
Boston, was reported missing. 1t was
alleged that his accounts were $50, 900
short and that he had specialized in
the bucket shops.
The second division of the First
corps of the volunteer army had a
sham battle at Chattanooga, Tenn, on
the 2Sth. About 5000 men were en-
gagged and the battle lasted several
hours.
MRS. GEORGE M. PULLMAN, of Chica-
go, has renowned the terms of her
bands will and chosen her dover
right. The share which, under the
dover arrangement, will fall to her'is
conceded to be materially greater
than under the provisions of the will.
By choosing her dover right, Mrs.
Pullman will be able to make million
aires of her two sons, who were cut off
with a pittance by their father, the
sleeping car magnate.
The steamer City of Worcester went
upon Cormorant reef, near New Lon
don. Conn.,. during a thick fog on the
2Sth. The 800 passengers were trans
ferred to another steamer.
THE 10th general assembly of the
Presby terrain church finished its bust
ness at Winona Lake, Ind. on the 2Sth
and ad journed to meet at Minneapolis,
Mimi, year hence.