Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-13

that the church will forbid the crema-
ton on pain Of accommodation.
The fourth annual convention of the
National Association of Chiefs of Po-
lice Of the United States and Canada
opened at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th
with about 200 delegates, representing
nearly every large city In the country.
WHILE playing in the kitchen the
three-year-old daughter Of Nels Copen-
haver, of Luton, H., fell foremost into
tub of boiling water. Both eyes were
destroyed and she was so badly injured
that she died in few hours.
A CONSTABLE left Jackson, La, for
Clinton, La, having In custody negro
named Charles jackson, charged with
attempting TO wreck train, when he
was surrounded by an armed body of
men and the prisoner taken away. The
next day the negro was found dangling
from tree.
EARTHQUAKES occurred recently In
the Leeward islands, in the West In.
dies, killing many colored people by
burying them In the ruins of their
houses. In brick church the congre.
cation was caught by the collapse Of
the walls and 80 were crushed to
death.
FIRE destroyed the post office, hotel,
telephone Office and several other
buildings In the little village Of Marsh
land, Wis.
A LETTER from Stuart to business
associate was received In Dallas, Tex,
the other day In which Stuart says the
pictures Of the Carson City fight be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons taken
by the verascope are perfect. They
will be ready for exhibition In New
York city by June 10 or 10.
THE Chicago board of trade has
voted to discontinue the use of No.
spring wheat as contract grade, thus
leaving only two contract grades of
wheat for future delivery, No. north.
ern spring and No. red winter.
FRANK BARI, his two sons and
brother met their death by asphyxia-
ton while digging we'll on their farm
at Redheld, s. D.
FREEMAN G. GARDNER, carpenter,
shot Ida Miller at hotel In Chicago
and then shot himself Both will die.
Jealousy was the cause Of the tragedy.
ANUSIBER Of girls at Wellesley Mass
college have been expelled by the au-
thorities for alcoholic and narcotic In
dulgences. The names were kept quiet.
THE cabin of Lauren Tucker at Lau-
rens, 8. c., was burned and four chill
dren were cremated. The father and
mother had gone fishing.
E, KELLOGG BEACH, retired capital.
list at Chicago whose fortune is esti.
mated at over $4,000 committed
suicide by shooting In his bathroom.
Dependency over Ill health was sup.
posed to have been the cause.
A LETTER has been published from
Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, to the Sec
rotary of the Tariff Reform league at
Newark, N. j., in which tho senator
states that he fayors a permanent
tariff commission and hopes an amend.
ment OF that nature will be incor-
porated in the Dingley bill now before
the senate.
Mrs JOSEPH GREEN, an aged woman
in Wapkegan, ILL.,, fell asleep in a chair
while smoking her pipe and spark
set her clothing on fire and she was
burned to death.
A BERLIN dispatch Of the 9TH said
that the king of Greece had formally
asked for the mediation of the emperor
Of Russia in tho war between Greece
and Turkey.
THE 2O-round bout between Joe
Choynski, of California, and Denver"
Ed Smith at New York on the 10th was
cut short by the referee, who stopped
the bout in the fourth round, owing to
the foul tactics of Smith. The fight
was awarded to ChoynslSi.
OSCAR WILLIAMS, q negro Baptist
preacher living near Elba, Ala, took
his young son, Isaac, into the woods.
Some people hearing screams, rushed
into the thicket and they found tho
boy strapped to log and his father
standing over him with bloody knife.
The boy died soon after, the old man
having cut the child's throat viii.
liams said the Lord had commanded
the sacrifice.
The Dutch steamer Firdene and the
Norwegian bark Roedvsr collided and
foundered near the island of Heligo.
land and only is of the two crews were
saved, the drowned being largely in
excess of that number.
WHILE Misses Katie and Matte
Steele, sisters, and Andrew Brogar
were returning in skife from party
to their home, near Bardwell, KY, the
craft was overturned in the Missis.
sippi river. The sisters were drowned,
but Brogar escaped.
AT the second day of the national
funniest at st. Louis on the 18th tho
forenoon was taken up with class com.
petition of the "actlves," fully 5000
turner's being on the field at one time.
In the afternoon mass exercises by the
st. Louis juniors and by ladies' classes
in swinging clubs took place. In tho
evening speeches and musical mum.
bers were given at the exposition hall.
The Seminole council at Wewoka, L
T., passed two important bills, One
was townsite law incorporating the
town of Wewola, and another reso.
luton appointing a commission to treat
with the Dawes commission.
HENRY JONES, a colored convict in
the state prison at Michigan City, Ind,