The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18

train and killed.
A FORCE of Filipinos was encountered
by American soldiers between Bustos
and Quingua and defeated. The Amer
leans had one killed.
LIGHTNING struck the large bank
barn of Abraham Shrock, near Middles.
bury, Ind, burning it, together with
five horses, large quantity of grain
and hay and many implements and
vehicles.
GEORGE GEAUREs and Tony Rixes.
two young men, were struck by light.
ming and instantly killed at Baltimore.
Md. They took refuge under a tree
during a storm.
THE hotel at Tuscan Springs, near
Red Bluff, Cal, has been destroyed by
fire. One life was lost and the fnan-
cial loss was about $4,000.
THE yachts Columbia and Defender
sailed race of about 35 miles near
Newport, R. l., on the 14th for the AS
tor cup, worth $500. Defender crossed
the line first at 1O:55:4O, Columbia fol-
lowing at 10:5S:5O.
PORT ARTHUR, Tex, is now a seaport.
The steamer Oswald on the 18th, deco.
rated with flags, entered the ship ca.
nal, which has been completed, and
steamed through. She was royalty well
coined by the population.
AN earthquake was felt at Lisbon al
nine p. m. of the 18th.
MAITRE LABoRI, the counsel for
Dreyfus-the captain in the French
army who is charged with selling
French military secrets to a foreign
government-was shot while on his
way to his residence at Rennes. The
physicians said NJ. Labor would die
from his wounds. The assassins es
capped.
AMERICAN troops in the Philippines
occupied San Mateo on the 18th, having
three soldiers killed and 13 wounded
The Filipino rebels. made attacks on
San Luis and on Gringua. The Amer
lean loss was slight.
THE strike of the employees of the
American Smelling and Refining com
pany's plants in Colorado was declared
off at a meeting of the smeltermen's
union in Denver on the 18th. The ac
ton was taken upon the recommends
ton of the executive committee of the
strikers.
DURING storm at Richfield, Wis
Mrs. Freede, the wife of a farmer, was
killed by flying timbers and the hired
man was blown from load of hay and
died shortly after.
ADvICEs received at Port Washing
ton, Wash, stated that the whaling
fleet had met with complete failure in
their attempt to catch the leviathans
of the deep.
THE j. C. Robb elevator at King
fisher, Ok, was destroyed by fire, to
gether with 90, 900 bushels of wheat.
A FIERCE wind and rainstorm at
Bessemer, Mich, destroyed several
business houses and moved the opers
their foundations.
1T was reported from Montezuma
Mex, that when Gen. Torres learned
that his nephew had been killed by
the Yaquis he promptly ordered 40 In
dian prisoners that had fallen into his
hands in recent engagement to be
taken out and shot.
THE British battleship Sans Pareil
while returning from the naval man
neuvers, sank the British ship East
Lothian off the Lizard. One man was
drowned. The warship communicated
the news to the other ships of the feet
by wireless telegraphy.
A HURRICANE recently broke over
Porto Rico and other West Indian is
lands and did appalling damage, hun
dreds of houses being demolished and
food stores destroyed. Meager advices
reported a large number of persons
killed. At Montserrat, in the island OF
Guadalupe, l02 persons lost their lives
In many towns few buildings were left
standing. Gen. Davis, the governor
general of Porto Rico, cabled an appeal
to Washington for means to assist the
distressed.
FIVE negro children were burned te
death on McKowan's plantation, near
jackson, La, the other night. The
parents locked them up in the house
and went to church. On their return
the charred remains of the little ones
were found.
A TRAIN load of 500 horses for South
Omaha, were unloaded at Billings
Mont, for water and feed. Soon after
feeding and drinking the horses began
to GO into 'spasms and many died. The
stomachs of several have been saved
for analysis by experts
ACCORDING to Hong Kong advices an
agreement has been reached between
Great Britain and the Chinese govern
ment that the United States shall hav
an exclusive settlement at Hankow.