Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-28
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At Jacksonville. Fla. the postofice and
several business blocks have been totally de-
stroysd by fire The loss is half million.
At Bloomington, III, a new parasite has
been discovered on currant bushes. Several
children have died from eating infected cur
rants, their malady resem bling rabies.
When the Trans Mississippi congress was
called together at Denver over 1000 aecred-
tied delegates were present; coming from
sixteen states and territories.
Four hundred negroes were recruited at
Hannibal, No., and went to Oregon, TO take
the place OF white coal miners who had be-
come troublesome by making claims thought
to be unreasonable
At Sioux City, Iowa, the mills of the Ma
honal Linseed company has been destroyed
by ire, entaillng a loss of $4,000. The
plant was fully insured.
Secretary James G. Blaine, who has been
sick in New York for some DAYS Is improv-
ing. de was tired out, aud the extra furry
OF excitement in seeing mis- daughter on for
European tour was too much.
Heavy steady rains have fallen in all the
portions of the state which had begun to
complain q dry weather; upsetting the bad
tone of Mothers last reports and of the sig
nal service report for last week.
President Livingston, of the New York
alliance, was a delegate at Cincinnati, but
the western states objected to his presence in
the convention on account Of the stand he
took during the Peffer-Ingalls fight.
Chineh bugs have made their appearance
IN large numbers in Hancock county, Ill,
and some uneasiness is felt by farmers.
Danville, H., special says that Joshua
Scheitter, a wealthy farmer, has been attacked
with the cholera and that his residence is
quarantined.
President Harrison has issued proclama-
ton opening to public settlement about
500 600 acres of the land of the Fort Berth
old Indian reservation in North Dakota
The United States court, at st. Louis, de-
cldes that a contract made between parties
to a trust which bind individuals from re-
entering business independent of the trust,
are unlawful in the state of Missouri
The Santa Fe shops recently burned at
| Galveston will be rebuilt there. The lumber
has already been ordered for the purpose.
Mrs. Emma r. Smith, wife of William
. Henry smith, general manager OF abe Asso-
| ciated Press, died OF paralysis at Mount
Claire, n. j. She has been a great sufferer
for several years from heart disease.
Forest fires are sweeping northern Michi-
| gan. Lake Superior. from Marquette to
/ KeWconaW Point, is fairly black with smoke
| and all the fog whistles are kept blowing
constantly. The loss will be very heavy.
The treasury statement issued shows that
/ the treasury held, May 20. $262, O5T, 4S3 in
| gold bullion and coin, being decrease since
/ the first of the month of more than Sl2, Co.,
| 600, aud since January l of more than S32,-
| OO0,O0O
The compositors and working force Of the
| Guthrie Daily Capital are strike The
| grievances are that the Capital company,
| composed of moneyed men aud government
/ Office holders, refuse to pay the conpositors
the regular price.
Signor Nocoteri, italian minister of the
| interior, is making determined onslaught
| upon the anarchist societies throughout Italy.
| He has ordered every project in the prov
| inces to make raids upon the local clubs I'M
/ til they are eXtermlnated.
Martin Farrell, of Western New York, was
thought to have been slain in the war of 1872.
/ Last week his son. George Farrell. who had
| been adopted by the McCabe family of Col
umbus. Ind, found his aged sire IN the Sol
dIers' Home at Dayton, y.
The majority report of the committee of
| the Denver congress on organization named
| George T. Anthony, of Kansas, as chairman.
/ The minority objected because Anfhony
| opposes free coinage OF silver, ana named A:
| c. Ferry, of Utah. The congress elected
Ferry.
Three tons of powder and two tons of dy-
/ Mantle, in a magazine three miles from
| Dallas, Texas, exploded by a stroke of light
| ming. number of houses were demolished,
/ but no one killed. Houses in Dallas were
shaken, windows broken and church bells
| rung.
! An attempt to expeI ex-Queen Natalie
| from Servla was resisted by students at Bel
| parde the place of her residence, who were
! ENCOURAGED and assisted by merchants and
citizens A conflict between the students
and soldiers resulted, IN which two students
were killed.
The condition of the treasury was discussed
| by the president and his cabinet ana It IS
understood that the conclusion was reached
| if possible, to pay OF the "A per cent ponds
| when they mature in September, instead of
| extending the time OF their payment as sug-
| gested some weeks
The adverse balances against the United
States and the heavy imports OF last summer
/ are getting we'll paid on, and there Is olInln-
ished demand for European exchange. This
| is likely to continue to such an extent that
| the Bank of England will have to oher, per-
| haps as high as per cent premium Ior our
| gold, or stop reaching Tor L.
A terrific storm passed over Paris, causing
considerable damage and creating much
| alarm. During the passage OF the storm
/ huge waterspout formed and burst IN the j ar
dine des Tuilieries, uprooting trees, destroy
| ing lawns and flower beds and washing away
| pathways CONSERVATION prevailed in the
| neighborhoods most attacked by the Storm
Alphonso Taft is dead. He died at San
| Diego, where he has been sick some time.
| He was in President Grants cabinet both as
secretary Of war and as attorney general
Later he was United States minister to Aus
tria and afterwards to Russia Both depart
ments at Washington, of which he had been
the head, were draped when the news was
received.
While not desiring to enter a controversy
with Ex-Governor Boyd on the subject, the
president desires to have it understood that
ne did not have any discussion with that
gentlemen on his recent visit to Nebras ka
in regard to the merits of the gubernatorial
contest in that state, and also he SAID moth
ing to any one there against or In favor OF
the interests of either candidate.
Many thousand dollars worth of crops were
annihiiated by a heavy hail storm, which fell
to a depth of from six to eighteen inches IN a
narrow belt of territory crossing northern
Texas. In theIvicinitylof Gainesville, where
wheat averaging thirty bushels per acre was
nearly ready for the reaper. not head IS
left standing. The damage in the locality of
Gainesville is at least 500 600, while several
other sections report damage nearly as great.
The details of the cyclone in Audrain coun-
ty No., are heartrending; four were killed,
six MORALLY wounded and fifteen were seri-
ously hurt. At some of the places it looks as
though it had literally rained dead horses.
hogs, chickens and geese, in many cases the
chickens being picked nearly clean. Where
the storm did its most destructive work there
was not a thing left, while trees, horses,
barns wagons, reapers, mowers, plows, furn-
iture and everything else being literally torn
up and broken into fragments
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