Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-05

A most destructive fire broke out in an
/ idle mill at Nashua, Wis, owned by B. ".
/ Plsumer the wind blowing a gale. The IRE
/ soon reached the lumber ia the yard of the
I mill, and swept like a Wh1rl wind south ana
I west, driving directly toward the Alexander
/ Stewart Lumber company's mill and LuIn-
I Der yard. Superhumau efforts were MADE
/ by firemen and volunteers TO stay the con-
/ migration, but without avail ana IN LnlrLy
minutes from the ALARM half mile OF luLn-
f. Der was in flames. The engines OF the water
| works were out OF repair ana soon Ll6 wafer
| stopped and the fire spread tothe Lake Shore
railroad property, which was totally de-
| strOyed.
/ About eco delegates from fifteen states ar
/ rived at ST. Louis to attend the first animal
/ convention of the National Butchers assocla
| ton. The butchers met and were called 70
/ order by @. H. Simpson, chairman of the
| committee on organization. The convention
/ then proceeded to effect temporary organ
I iZatiOn. Complaints against the dressed
/ beef monopoly seem to be uppermOst IN the
I minds of the delegates. There is no doubt
I that the great work of the convention viii
! be TO organize in self defense. 1t Is pro
/ posed by many to practically boycott the
/ great dressed beef firms, and to pledge
/ themselves, or at any rate IN their own city
/ A dispatch from Tucson, Arr. says: The
Indians have been forced into a small sec
| ton of the country north of the railroad
and II IS only a question OF time when they
VIII be surrounded and captured. General
Miles and staff arrived here and will make
this headquarters for some time. The gen
eral has offered reward OF $50 for each In
dian brought IN here, and 5000 for GsrOu-
| lmO, or his head. Since April 2Sth there
has been forty-seven people murdered by
| Apaches. During the last eight days nine
/ have been murdered.
The Valley City mills at Grand
I Rapids, Michigan, first and second floors
I fell into the basement and q large portion Of
the contents were swept away by the mill
race out into Grand river. There were stored
in the mills 10000 bushels of wheat and
about thirty tons of bran. In the western
I portion of the building was milling ma
chinery of the most improved and costly
! styles. The damage is estimated at from
I SoO.UOO 20 &lOO,OJO. The mills We're insured
| to the amount of $4,000, but the insurance
| IS worthless as II only covers damage By fire.
The president has vetoed bills for the re-
/ lief Of Rebecca Eldridge and Eleanor @.
I BOugham, widows of soldiers. Approval ls
| withheld in their cases on the ground that
I the disability for which relief or pension
I Is asked had its origin in causes existing
| prior to the enlistment of the persons for
| whose services the claims are made In the
/ case OF Mrs. Etdridge the president says It
Is not a pleasant duty to interfere, but We
are dealing with pensions and not with
gratituities.
The American congress of churches con
Vened IN Cleveland, O. The general mana
cement Of the congress ia in the hands of a
council or twenty-five IN WLlcn the various
churches of America are unOthcially repre-
scented. 1t aims, by holding public meet
lng5 from time 70 time, TO make provision
for full and frank discussion of the sub
Jects on which the christians of America are
interested including those ecclesiastical and
theological questions upon which christians
differ.
Cora Lee, indicted for the murder of Mrs.
Sarah Graham, was arraigned before Judge
Geiger, of the circuit court, at Springfield, en-
of
cred from typhoid fever, and under such
grave charge, she looks and bears herself we'll
She was taken back to Jail, where Mrs.
Malloy visited her. 1t Is understood her
attorneys will want the case tried at the
November term Of court
A dispatch from Springfield, No, states
that John Russell, employed IN the St Louis
IL San Francisco railroad shops IN that city
while temporarily insane, attempted to XII
his wife and child, by cutting their Threats
He cut his wife and child frightfully, but
she escaped and gave the alarm. When the
neighbOrs arrived at the house they found
the WOuld-be-Inurderer dead on the fool
with p bullet in his brain. Mrs. Russell and
hoI - I'D may recover.
1t Is rumored that there Will be a general
tieup on all the street car lines in New York.
1t is stated that the employees of the other
street car lines are tired Of paying assess
ments to support the strikers on the Third
avenue line, and that a uleup viii be ordered
IN order to force the Third avenue directors
to yield to the demands of the Empire Pro
tectlve association.
A bloody riot took place between the Ital-
ian people of the Ohio railway company at
a point near MurryVille. The origin of the
trouble Is believed to be traceable to too
free indulgence IN whisky. One man was
killed and several others were injured, two
Of whom are said to have since died. The
county authorities have gone to the scene of
the trouble.
h Of he
Grand Lodge of the World of Good Temp
lars met at Richmond, Va. Right Worthy
Good Templar John b. Smith, of Nebraska
presided. He submitted his report, sOhWing
that much active and aggressive work had
been done during the past year.
The village of Remkets, Wis, on the Val
ley division of the st. Paul, was totally
destroyed by fire. Among the property
destroyed was a lumber mill of Hatfield
Bros, together with 1000 cords of wood.
Many settlers barely escaped with their
lives. Loss $4,000.
Word has Just been received at ShelbyvilIe,
Ind, that two infant children of James
Davis, who lives sixteen miles north of that
city, were burned to death in their beds.
The cause OF the fire was a lamp which eL-
ploded. The remainder of the family es-
capped.
Warrants were sworn out against six hat
hnishers, members of the haUter's union, of
Reading, Pa, now on a strike, on the charge
of being the parties who burned down the
COuldern hat factory at Adams town, Pa,
involving a loss of $4,000.
Right Rev. Bishop Fink, of Leavenworth,
and Vicar General Cunningham arrived in
Wichita and were rendered a grand ovation.
A RECEPTION was held at the pastor 8 residence
in the evening in their honor, which was at
tended by the mayor and city council
The president has vetoed two senate bills
granting pensions to David w. Hamilton
aud John D. Hall. Accompanying the veto
message was a statement that in each case
the president failed to ind sufficient fOun-
dalton for the claim.
Win Whitehead fatally shot Miss Laura
Hood, at CarrOlltOn, KY, and then shot
himself. They wanted to marry, bit the
girls parents objected, and they agreed to
die together.
Frank I. Lynch has been confirmed as
postmaster at Leaven worth, kas., also g.
II. Brown as postmaster at Sterling, kas.
The New York prohibitionists nominated
Gen. Clinton B. Fiske for governor by &C
clamatlOn.
FOREIGN
King George, of Greece, is arranging to
make a tour abroad
An important discovery of gold at Kim
berry, Austria, Is reported
The French government has passed bill
ezpelling the French princes.
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