Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-02
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Cattlemen OF Oklahoma ask that the Texas
fever quarantine line be moved farther south.
Justice Lamar, of tho United States SUI
preme court, died at Vinoville, Ga, at 8
o'clock p. M, January 2A HIS death was
sudden in the extreme, although he has been
aillng for some time.
George b. Prescott, n noted electrician
and author Of works on electricity, became
suddenly insane and made repeated attempts
TO XII himself, on board a steamship from
Trinidad to New York.
Judge John Martin was nominated for U.
). senator by the populist senatorial caucus
at the senate chamber Tuesday night on the
fourteenth ballot, the vote being Judge Mar
in "A, Judge Dostor 43.
Yellow fever Is carrying Off hundreds of
people in Chilli
Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Blateh-
| ford, Brewer and Brown, with Marshal
Wright and Clark Mckinney, attended the
funeral OF Justice Lamar, at Macon, Georgia.
Although Senator Carlisle's resignation has
only just reached Governor Brown of Ken
lucky, the scramble for his position began
at least three weeks ago when it was posi-
lively known that he would accept the treas
ury portfolio.
Great excitement was created at Denver
sunday night by the arrest Of all performers
at Sunday theaters aud the closing of the
houses, which was followed by an assault
on the house of Dean Hart by mob of
hoo1lums.
M. r. Waggener has been appointed gem
eral attorney of the Kansas City, Nyandotte
d Northwestern railway, with headquarters
at Atchison' Mr.. Waggener is son of b. =.
Waggener general attorney of the Missouri
Pacific in Kansas and Nebraska.
There is much danger of coal famine in
Central Illinois should the cold weather con-
tinue. The dealers in soft coal in Bloom
lngton are unable to fill even a small per-
centage of their orders. Many of the small
towns are entirely out of coal.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and wife have ten.
dered the gift of a new building to Yale
college, at New Haven, to be a memorial
of their son, William Henry Vanderbilt, who
was n member of the present senior class
and who died IN May of last year.
Scenes in the hospital at Alton, ILL.,, are
terrible The burned victims lie under in-
huence of drugs to reduce suffering; all to
die. Deaths occur frequently, and doctors
say that about all must die. Tho premises
ars full of the odor of burned flesh.
The general deficiency Dill as ready to be
reported to the lower house of congress car
ries appropriations of $20956, Go of which
the largest item is Sli, las, 437 for pensions,
$l3 S44, 437 being for payments of pesions and
SO5,OOO for fees and expenses of examining
surgeons.
The healthy tone of the general cattle mar
ket at the Kansas City, Kan. stock yards is
encouraging good demand for young cattle
and feeders and nice, smooth stockers have
reached the highest point of the season, but
there seems to be plenty of buyers for all
desirable offerings.
Colonel William A. Rucker, an uncle to
Mrs. Phil Sheridan, in the pay department
of the u. S. army, has just died from pneu-
monia, the result of n cold taken while call.
ing on General Miles in regulation uniform,
which was not sufficient protection from the
weather. He was 81 years old.
The subcommittee of the lower house of
congress agreed upon the proposition that
legislation by COMPRESS is not called for in
connection with the Pinkerton system. Mr..
Broderick, of Kansas and Mr.. Boatner, of
Louisiana, are of the opinion that law
might perhaps be framed which would be
etfectual and also constitutional, but will not
press the matter.
The most appalling and disastrous wreck |
that has occurred in years occurred at Alton |
Junction, ILL.,, January 81, by limited pas
senger train running into an open switch |
and crashing into train consisting of seven |
tank cars. The result was fire and after |
wards an explosion which cost six persons
their lives and fatally injuring nineteen 9th |
ers, while fully fifty others are suffering
from painful burns.
The exercises at the opening of the worlds
fair next May, it has been decided by the
executive committee of the board of dlrec-
tors, will be open to the public. They will
be held out of doors, and as many as can
find space around big grand stand will
have an opportunity of seeing President
Cleveland and hearing his speech, as we'll as
the expected poem by Oliver Wendell
Holmes.