Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

that the fruit crop was almost entirely
ruined.
GEORGE KELLY, convicted of murder
in the first degree for killing Edward
Paul and Jacob Hayes at Wyoming
while trying to rob them, and DR.. Eos
ter, of st, Paul, was hanged at 1890
o'clock on the morning of the 23d on
scaffold erected in an old shed adjoin-
ing the courthouse at Center City,
MINI.
EX-CoNGREssMAN BNGER HERMANN,
Of Oregon, has been nominated by the
president for commissioner of the gem
eral land office.
A FARMER named Bernhard Koch,
with his wife and brother-in-law, drove
through n freshet near Eau Claire,
Wis, caused by rain and melting snow,
and the wagon was upset and all three
were drowned.
A BOYCOTT against beer made by the
Chicago Brewers association has been
declared by the Chicago Federation of
Labor, to take effect April l.
THE building in Huron, S. D., occu-
pied by the United States weather bu-
reau and the government land Office
was burned on the god. The land of
fee saved most of it's records, but the
weather bureau lost all its instru-
ments and most of the records for the
last II years.
To avoid a lynching, Deputy Sheriff
Armstrong took to Birmingham, Ala,
Henry Johnson, colorcd, who the night
before had caused a riot at Brookside,
in which one negro was killed out
right, a policeman fatally hurt, the
city marshal seriously wounded, and
several negroes badly hurt.
The Gleason building, one of the
best business blocks in Lawrence,
Mass, was destroyed by fire on the 22d
and eight persons were badly injured.
Loss, 100000.
MAJ. CHARLES w, f. DICK, of Akron,
o., was formally offered the place of
secretary of the republican national
committee at a salary ofS5 1000 per year
by Senator Hanna and Maj. Dick ac-
copied.
JAMESON MCCLURE, a Chickasaw In
dian, threw himself in front of train
at Perry, Ok, and was killed. Three
years ago he killed Joe Paul on account
of the latter's wife, and the deed drove
Mcclure to insanity.
FIRE at Peoria, ILL.,, destroyed the
Conigslly block and damaged the Muir
ply and Farrell blocks, Loss, S., 900.
IN the case of Joseph r. Dunlop, the
Chicago newspaper publisher, the
United States supreme court has issued
it's mandate and Mr.. Dunlop will have
to serve two years in prison and pay
fine of So, 900 for violation of the postal
laws.
JESSE GARRETT, the wealthiest young
man at Dycusburg, Ky, shot himself
in the abdomen with small revolver
because his sweetheart refused to kiss
him good night. He was reported dy-
ing and the girl was Frustrated.
The large Touring mill of Bamble &c
McKinnett at Lafontaine, Ind, was
burned recently and carload of flour,
5000 bushels of wheat, 1000 bushels of
corn and 1000 bushels of chop were de-
stroyed.
THROUGHOUT Arkansas, Tennessee
and Mississippi many lives were re-
ported lost on the 10Th through the
floods and the railroads were heavy
sufferers. 1t was reported also that
the levee at Hill House, Miss, had
broken, flooding the farms in that To-
cality
A MOB of 100 men, which it was re-
ported had been formed for the purpose
of lynching James M, Gordy, who was
jailed at Georgetown, Del, on the
charge of numbering a woman, alleged
to be his wife, did not put in an APP
pearance on the night of the 18th.
The sheriff had taken the precaution
to have the Jail strongly guarded.
A WRECK occurred at Laketon juno
ton, Ind, the fast west5ound express
on the Erie railway crashing into
Wabash locomotive and piling up the
engines and express cars in chaotic
mass, Both engines were shattered
and part of the express went into the
ditch. Only one man was injured.
PATRICK PAINE, proprietor of the
Iron Mountain hotel at Monroe, La,
on the 10Th shot and fatally wounded
his wife and made an unsuccessful at
tempt to kill his little child and James
McCabe, bill collector, and was him
self shot and seriously wounded by
McCabe. Paine was jealous of his wife.
CAPT. DAY, of the United States
army, who recently returned from
Japan, reported the death of the crown
prince of Japan, who was heir appar-
emit to the throne. The death of the
crown prince was being kept secret in
Japan.
JOHN LEE, farmer in Grant county,
Ok, on his return from visit to rela-
tives in Missouri, found that his house
and barn and all their contents had
been stolen from his farm.
JOHN HULL, an employee of the Erie
railway at Servia, Ind, shot his wife,
the ball entering her throat and pass
ing upward and through her cheek,
Hull then turned the revolver upon
himself, the bullet going through his
head, inhcting wound which proved
fatal. The pair had separated and the
husband wanted his wife to live with
him again and she refused.
II. MCKAY TwoNBLY, son-in-law Of
the late William II. Vanderbilt and