Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-01-21
KANSAS.


The cruiser Baltimore on leaving the dry |
dock Al Vallejo was swung around BY furt- |
Gus tide and stuck in the mud near the wharf.
The severe cold of the past few days has |
caused great suffering among live stock |
throughout Nebraska, and the loss viii be
large.
At Norristown, Pa, by the explosion of q !
boiler in March's pork packing establishment |
Two men were killed and several others IN
iured-
Delegates to the San Francisco meeting OF
the International League Of Press clubs were
royalty received and entertained at the Golden
Gate city.
Khedive is pronounced Kee-de-yee, with the |
aceent on kee.
The Barnum-Bailey show and the Fore
paugh-Cooper ag gregation have been eonsoli- |
dated, CoOper's widow selling her interest IN
the latter.
A fire occurred on the east side of the
square, at Carthage, Mo. It started IN a
restaurant where a gasoline stove was used
and which exploded
A cold wave struck Grand Forks, n. D.,
landing the mercury in the thermometer to
% degrees below the zero mark. At p m
II was still 20 below.
The youngest daughter of Editor Medill, of
the Chicago Times, died at Paris OF conges-
ton of the lungs, which was the form taken
OF a relapse attack Of the grip.
The Indianapolis STREET car tie up is let
loose By deciara ion that the strike is at an
I'D arbitration was agreed upon.
Sihss Iturbide, nephow of the late Emperor
trslrtide- died in the City of Mexico of gen
erai DEBILITY. He was one of the most prom
Anent clfn engineers IN that country
There is some opposition to allowing clerks
70 the small er house committees, which seems
likely 70 open up a prolonged debate on the
Of
orally.
Five new boilers in a great manufacturing
building IN Chicago exploded together, killing
four fireman IN the engine house, and injuring
two Others The boilers had not been in use
two weeks
Martin Mohler was reelected secretary of
the Kansas state board of agriculture with,
practically, no OppOsi ion. He received more
than four-hfths of the votes.
During a fire in the Sunday school building
at Calvary Episcopal church in Pittsburg,
Pa, the roof fell IN, carrying with Il a num-
Der of hremen- Several are reported killed
and injured
About So. 600 in dollars, halves, quar-
tiers and dimes, now being coined from &C
cuInula'iO Of mutilated and uncurrent coins
IN the treasury, are beginning TO be distrib-
uted-
]. G. Whittier, the poet, is confined to his
bed at the re sidence of his cousin. in New
buryport, with an attack of the g-ip. Bis
attending physician says his illness Is not Sc
rious.
long continued rain raised the Alabama
nTer at Montgomery thirty-ive feet, and at
that stage was still rising half a foot an hour.
Gas works, railroads and many cabins are
flooded
At several primaries in Philadelphia reso-
buttons were adopted instructing delegates to
the Minneapolis June convention to support
the nomination of James g. Blaine for the
presidency.
Members of congress of both parties are
get ing excited over the developments OF the
Investigation of the Valparaiso incident, and
talk speedy action to enforce suitable repara-
ton by Chill.
A dispatch from Rome says that the coinci-
dence of the deaths of Cardinals Simeoni and
Manning so affected the pope that he ex-
claimed: 81 feel that my hour Is also APP
preaching"
Secretary Noble has received letter from
an ex-soldier of Boston, in which he enclOses
pension certificate which he says he volun-
tarily relinquishes, as he does not wish furth-
er assistance from the government. His rea-
son Is not stated.
The infan-ry companies now stationed at
Fort Reno, o. T., have been ordered to Texas
for service. 1t IS presumed they are to take
part in the troubles on the Rio Grande- The
Fifth cavalry is expected to take up the march
for Texas at any moment
The total area of the Dominion Of Canada,
Is computed to be 8, $3.50, 3s3 square mile. In
this estimate 40 7s56 square miles ara assign
ed to water and 8, 415,647 to land surface. At
your leisure, compare this with the country
of the star spangled banner.
Last year there were twenty three surviving
widows of revolqt onary soldiers, and several
of thQretEs ssnce died. The oldest of those
now alive are Nancy Raines, of Carter Fur
Tam auaa 1ff1 And Ann Maria NOIny
of Easton, Pa, who IS IN her 1Olst year.
Victoria has announced that the funeral of
the duke would be a state affair and that it
would be held in st. Georges chapel, Wind
sor palace. 1t was in this chapel that the
marriage of the duke to the Princes Victoria
Mary was to have taken place on February
q next.
Halifax is experiencing the most extraor-
dinaTy weather in its history. No snow has
FALLEN 50 Tar and there Rave been but one or
two cold days. II was as mild as a spring
day and ram fell The unusual weather Is
the cause of a great deal of the prevailing
sickness.
The lake at the Soldiers home is furnish
ing ice eight inches thick that is being stored
away By the old veterans. The inlets along
the Missouri river in the neighborhOod of
Fort LeavenWcrth have pretty fair ice that Is
being gathered by large force of military
prisoners and government teams.
The heavy snowfall in the north of Ireland
has greatly impeded traffic. At Tyrone
funeral procession became lost in the storm,
and after many fruitless attempts on the part
of those taking part in it to find out where
they were, the horses became exhausted and
il was found necessary to abandon the hearse
in a snowdrift-
General SchOheld saws that the latest re-
ports from General Stanley, commanding
the dspar ment of Texas, indicated that Gar
za's band was badly scattered and nearly dis
organized; the men were hiding in the chap
paral and that Uni ed States troops were close
ON the trail of Cara, with reasonable expec-
taiions of capturing him.
The cold snap covers an unusual stretch of
territory. It reaches as far north as the sig
nal service Is established. extends southwark
to the Gulf Of Mexico and from the Rocky
mountains almost to the Atlantic coast.
The temperatures are below zero from Hi
ncis and Wisconsin northward, the lowest re-
ported Seing33 degrees below at White River,
Canada
An academy in Montreal burned day or
two since. II is conducted by the ProEidence
nuns, and there are over 800 children IN the
institution. The flames spread rapidly and
the greatest confusion reigned. The nuns
had the utmost difficulty in preventing q
panic. The firemen finally succeeded in get
ting all the nuns and pupils safely out of the
building. The loss will DO heavy.
GENEEAL AIARt&ErS
=