Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-02

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! brakemen az a lit station between
Hutchinson and Wichita and held at bay iu
the depot for some thirty minutes until the
authorities took charge Of the offender. de
had club and stood on the whole crowd
for a time.
Two Seminole boys from the Indian Ter
ritOry were sentenced in the United States
court at Wichita, to be hanged on the 5th OF
February next for the rape Of a woman IN
| the territory last May. This VIII be the
nrst judicial execution occurring IN the state
| of Kansas.
William E. Gould, the defaulting cashier
of the First National bank, OF Portland,
Ne, was arrested to await the action of the
grand jury. A card signed by the president
and directors of the various other banks II
the city was Issued, assuring the public that
the bank is solvent and able to meet all Its
/ Ia practically unimpaired-
The first section of the oil train on the
[ Allegheny Valley railroad ran into the sec
| ond section near LOgansport, Pa, and both
trains were demolished. After the accident
| the cars took fire and were entirely con-
aumed. The loss viii reach $4,000, bu5 nc
one was injured. The accident was caused
by the faiIlrr 70 send back a flag man.
Illy NorChern Sioux have decided to es-
! tabliEh mail end transportation routes
throughout the frontier region on the coop
eratlye principle, the work to be done by
the young men of the nation. As all the Ia
Dor viii be performed on foot, young war
riOrs are now in training for their part in
the enterprise. Each runner Is to make
seVenty-dVe miles per week.
Two thousand members OF the Ancient
Arabic Order of Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine, one of the highest orders of Mason
rys are in attendance upon the Knights
Iemplar cOnclaVe. The order Is of Arabic
, origin and az the Arabic year ended at u
O'Clock, the iuitiatOry services at that hour
partOOk of an unusual interest. Two hun
dred candidates, mostly from st. Louis, were
initiated.
The republican state convention met at
Raleigh, n. O., representing hfty-fOur of
the ninety-s'X counties IN the state. 1t
nominated a full ticket for the supreme and
superior courts, and adopted a platform
which endorses the Blair bill and denOunc6s
the democrats for their failure to pass 1t;
opposes convict labor; endorses a protect
i've tariff, and condemns the democratic
party for broken promises and pledges.
! On the LIST Of October nearly 300 mechanics
will be discharged from the Washing
navy yards as a result of the recent order Of
Secretary Whitney turning over the entire
yard to the ordinance bureau. Nearly all Of
the heavy plant now IN place Will be removed
TO other yards, and the buildings vacated
Will be used to accommodate improved ma
chlnery for the fabrication OF heavy or
dnance. 1t is believed the machinery of the
equipment viii be sent to the Boston navy
yards.
Superintendent Nichols and Fire Boss
Prandl0ck went into the Marvin shaft and
found the dead bodies of six of the eight men
who were imprisoned IN the mine by the
cav6-ln that occurred IN Scranton, Pa. The
bodies were found IN the gangWay where the
missing men were supposed to have gathered
when the fall occurred. They were not
crushed, but lay DIS if they had gone to sleep.
decomposition was far advanced. The en-
Combed men had evidently been sufOCated
soon after the accident occurred.
CaIdron & Madison's oil well No. 1, at
Lima, Ohio, was struck by lightning recent
y, and the IRE communicated to the two
5OO-barrel tanks, which burst, and the oil
spread over the southern part of the city.
NichOlsOn's large tank, across the street
from Caldron 81 MadisOn's we'll, was also
struck and Il, 500 barrels of oil was con
sumed. Five wells in all were ignited, and
the loss to the oil men IS over $4,000. The
storm was general, and one of the worst
-ver known IN that section OF country.
The seventy-second annual session of the
Seventh-day Baptist general conference is
being held in Milton, Wis. The denOmina-
ton had its beginning in America in a
church founded at Newport, R. l., IN 1871,
a second parish having been established
near Plainheld, n. j., in 17O5, at which time
they were known as SabbRthtarians, owing
to their observation of the seventh instead
of the first day as Sabbath. The reports pre-
scented at the session this morning show tina
Ll4G missionary DOtLEu porting Two LUEa
eign missions-one il China and one in
Holland. The church maintains UNIVERSE
ty at Alfren Centre, n. Y, and college in
Milton Wis, which were jointly attended
last year by 200 students.
]. G. Weatherly, president, and William
III. McCurdy, secretary, of the kaw Valley
Life Insurance association which has its
offices in Kansas City, Kan, have left
home and their families know nothing of
their whereabouts. L. L. Penn, assistant
ia a an mi for
over a week. An attachment was taken out
by the Kansas City Bank Note company for
81, 79S. That firm held the check of the
for 5000, which went to protest.
An investigation reveals the fact that the
cOmpanyls books have disappeared, hence
no statement Of affairs can be made, though
r. W. HIlger, of WyandOtte, the treasurer,
says that only one policy at present due re-
mains unpaid. Whatever surplus the com
pany may have had has presumably disap-
peared. The company was organized IN
December, 1882, and located in this city, but
owing to the restrictions of the state laws,
were obliged to move across the state line
into Kansas, IN which state they have car
RED on a somewhat extensive business.
The company Is operated on the cO-Opera-
tive plans levying an assessment for each
death.
Parliament has been prorogued.
The popularity of cremation is gaining
ground in Germany, and crem8tOries are to /
Zarrick.
At Vienna, Austria, in presence of a vast
assemblage, the emperor unveiled the col |
lmn erected to the memory of Admiral
Baron Won Iegethotf.
By an explosion of fre-damp in a coal
mine near Schalke, Germany, fOrty-hve per /
sons were killed and sixteen injured. An
Italian brig loading with benZiue at Elume, /
Austria, was set on fire by lightning, and
eight men persisted In the flames.
In a compartment of an underground rail- |
way carriage in London, Moritz A. Fisher, |
the head of an important foreign house, was
nearly murdered by unknown persons. His |
watch and chain were not disturbed, but his /
money had evidently been taken. He is in /
a dying condition at a hospital
Charles A. Hand hotel keeper of Sarnia, /
Ontario, was arrested, charged with having /
attempted in June last, to blow up the res !
licences of S. q. AdcCras and Thomas House, /
prominent supporters Of the Scott temper (
aucs act. When arrested Hand had in MS
possession two half pound dynamite cart
ridges and piece Of fuse.
SIR KNIGHTS.
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