Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02


great stock range belt south Of Clay
ton, N. NJ, on the Goth. Thousands OF
sheep were said to be in peril and many
ranches in danger Of being burned.
IT was announced at st. Louis on the
26th that President George Gould, OF
the Missouri Pacific railway, had de-
cided to advance the salaries Of all the
employees Of the road ten per cent, the
advance to date back TO November l..
1t will affect $1,000 employees,
A swITCHSIAN named William Hunter
slipped off car at the yards of the
Missouri Pacific railroad at st. Louis
while handling brake and string
of freight cars passed over his neck,
severing his head from his body.
THE British steamer Baron Ardros-
san collided with the Austrian steamer
Toxic off Dungeness, Eng, damaging
the latter vessel so badly that she sank
shortly afterwards. Four of her crew
were drowned, the others being res
cued by pilot cutter
LINN CHAMBERLAIN, of Knoxville,
Tenn, has been arrested by the police
authorities of that city on the charge
of flirting and walking with Miss An
derson, the 15-year-old daughter of one
of KnoXville's prominent citizens.
The young man had been previously
warned to cease his attentions the
young girl, and his refusal to o so
caused his arrest for the violation of
what is known as the Johnny bill"
Two officials of the Illinois Central
were perhaps fatally hurt and several
others badly injured by an exploding
heater on train at De Koven, KY,
the other morning.
FRANK WILSON and James Farrell
were both sentenced at Hollidaysburg,
Pa, to be hanged for the murder of
Henry BonnoclS, an aged miser.
JUDGMENT has been given against
the duke of Manchester for a livery
stable debt of S245 and the court has
made commitment ordering him to
be jailed but has suspended it for
three weeks. This is the English no.
bleman whom rumor said at one time
was to marry Miss Pauline Astor and
at another time Miss Mary Goelet, two
American heiresses.
A BIG trap shooting tournament be-
gan at st. Louis on the Odd, experts
from all over the country being present
THE clipper Port Patrick was burned
at her dock at New York on the oath
The vessel was loading up with oils
for Australian ports and the watch
man discovered fire in the hold while
the crew were all asleep. The sailors
all escaped, however Two freboats
played on the vessel for three hours
when three terrific explosions took
place and what was left of the clipper
then sank. She was valued at 500, 900
and her cargo was estimated to be
worth another $4,000
THREE well-known followers of
messiah" Schweinfurth and residents
of his "heaven" near Rockford, ILL.,,
have closed deal for the purchase of
1,TOO acres of land at the village Of
Portage, Wis. They claim the pur-
chase was made to establish a stock
farm, but there were rumors thai
Schweinfurth would remove his
"heaven" or establish branch there.
JIMMY MICHAEL, the little Welsh
man, for the third time this year, de-
feated Frank Starbucll, of Philadel-
phia, at New York on the 25th. These
two middle distance racers met in 90
mile contest over carefully prepared
board track. Michael won in the good
time of 1929 1-5, thus beating his own
Chicago indoor record of 1874 % by
.: 15. At the finish Starbuci was 80
miles behind.
A CHIPPEWA half -breed on the Fond
du Lac wis., reservation got drunk
and then beat and kicked his wife and
child to death and also dubbed an
other Indians head to pulp who in.
terfered to protect them.