Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-01-14

zLIPSBURG, KANSAS.
there was a large number of members Of
eongress sick and unable 70 reach " ashinY-
ton az the, Resembling January o. "Iile
others are sick Al Washington
Daniel Shepherd, for eighteen years secre-
tary of the Illinois republican state central
committee Is dead He died Of bronchial
consumption, at his home in Chicago.
On Sunday HI. Phillips died a pauper in
the hospital at Omaha. On Monday word
was received from county Donegal, Ireland
that Phillips had fallen heir TO a large estate,
left hiui by his uncle.
Sharpers got false reports of New York
race on the wires to Kansas City, Omaha and
Denver, by cutting in somewhere, and raked
IN stun on pools in the three cities slInultane-
ously; getting away before the true report OF
the New York race come.
Applications for department vegetable and
flower seeds are, this year, greatly IN excess
OF the supply. Each senator and representa-
live gets the night TO send out 600 packages,
and the Kansas members have applications
on ME OF several times that number
Carter Harrison is talking about building
new home for the Chicago Times. He says
the new building is to be twelve stories high,
and commensurate with the progress and de-
velopInent of the best newspaper IN this cOun-
Try. The cost viii approach 81 10000.
This seems to be the era of young women
scuiptors- Miss Rideout, who Is doing the
statuary work for the woman's building OF
the worlds fair, IS only is, and Miss Julia
Braeken, whose work with the chisel in Chi
eago Is said to show real genius is just q.
mob persecuted and maltreated Saliva
ton army band at East Bourne, England,
and the mixed crowd was charged by mounted
police, very many being injured
Lady Mcdonald, wife of the late Canadian
premier, Is mixed up with the charges being
made against alnos. everybody connected
charged TO have prohted by a shady transac-
6ons which her influence aided
It is said that a syndicate of English CAPT
talists has secured options until January 81
for the purchase of all the type foundries in
the United States; and that the deal Is a sure
90. The capital required to take IN all the
foundries Is between SIS, 100000 and $50,
100000.
Mohammed Tewfik, the dead khedive of
Egypt, viii be succeeded by Prince Abbas
PachA, his eldest son, who was born July Il,
1874. and who has attained his majority IN
der Mohammedan law.
The details received in London, in regard
to the prevalence of infienza throughout
Europe, shows that the ravages of the disease
are daily increasing.
A convention of the county commissioners
of ten counties of South Dakota Is called fOI
January 20, to consider a proposition sub
united by the Interstate Artificial Rain com
pany, of Kansas, to furnish moisture for the
counties named during the coming crop sea
son. The company uses the Melbourne sys-
tenn
What Is now called the grip was epidemic
in Queen Anne's time and has frequently
prevailed since; the last general visitation
having been about forty years ago. Il Is de-
clared to be contagious and contracted IN no
other way. Il prevails in all climates; at all
seasons of the year, and in all weather, alike;
no condition of the atmosphere affecting 1t.
Twenty-one railway properties, with an ag.
gregate mileage of 8, 223 miles and a capital
ization of over S16S, 0OO, 900, We're sold under
foreclosure during the year. While this Is
less in the number of roads and slightly less
IN mileage than the totals of the previous
year, it shows an increase of about S35, O0O, OOC
over the capitalization represented by the
sales of 1880.
A fight at Santos, the yellow fever stricken
Brazilian city, between the people and sol
diers of the government, resulted IN the death
of more than thirty citizens and wounds tC
more than 100. The soldiers had been sent
TO Santos to re-instate the military governor
whom the people had deposed-
Trouble is brewing in the Tennessee Goa
Helds. Miners threaten to attack the guards
and the convlcts working IN the mines. Eu
gene Merrill, the leader of the miners, ha:
issued proclamation calling for meeting
After that the outbreak is expected and the
state troops are preparing for it.
A cyclone wiped out Fayetteville, Ga, al
p. m, of Jan 5. Many We're killed
dwellings, churches, academy, and Othel
public buildings were destroyed. Its track
leveled heavy timber, and everything In its
track, and extended into, or came through,
Darlington county, S. c., upon the raid oil
destruction and death Many plantations
are laid waste.
- 1t i belle yed at San antonio, Texas, that
there is reason to believe that if CARA should
succeed IN avoiding arrest, he will keep NJ
the present tactics and viii have the active
support of all the anti-Diaz element II
Northern Mexico which Will Join him at once
upon his advent into that country.
Reports received by the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids d Northern officials from points along
their line of road through Iowa and hlinnesO
IN, report the mercury at many points down
to zero, while IT was 10 below at WatertoWn,
s. D., and PipestOne, MINI; II below al
Estherville; 8 below at Iivernore, lows
Falls, Albert Lea and Kensett. The mercury
was down to zero at Burlington
1t was said that the party killing Sheriff
Dunn, which numbered about fifty men, was
made up of details from the counties of Sew
ard, Stevens, Grant, Morton and Haskell
Threats have been mhde IN each of these five
counties, that in case Judge Botkin attempt:
to open court in either, he will be killed, and
the threats came from men known to be des
peradoes-
The -four men of Washington d. c., have
contributed a car load of flour to the Russian
famine cargo being secured by the North
western Miller. So far contributions to thi.
fund amount to I, 200, 900 pounds and are sem
TO the Northwestern Miller from the millen
and flour men of Iowa, Indiana, Illinois
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Col
umbia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South DakO
IA, Teas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakotl
and Ohio