Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28

CHIMNEY ana MISS Anna NanadaWhter
and girl and boy were burned 50
f, badly that their bodies could not be-
recognized.
THE largo grain elevator of the w.
II. Purcell Mating Co. at Chicago was
destroyed by fire on the Goth. The loss
was estimated at $3.50, 900, The fire.
men were handicapped by the intense
cold.
THE pottery factory Of Concaid Bros.
at Peru, Ind, the largest in the coun-
try, was burned on the goth.
THE entire business section and 20
residences were destroyed by fire in
the town of Pacific Junction, la., on
the night of the 95th.
THE Economy light and power plant
in Joliet, ILL.,, was burned to the ground.
Loss $l5O,OOO with only $4,000 insur-
ance. The fire started in the basement
from the explosion of an oil stove.
The coach shop and paint shop Of the
j. & M. r. r. r, at Plattsburg Neb.,
were destroyed by fire. Loss, S15O,OOO.
George Sletcher fell from one of the
roofs while assisting to put out the fire
and broke his neck.
PHILADELPHIA was visited by dis
astrops confagration on the goth which
started in Hanscomb's grocery store
and damaged John Wanamalkers dry
goods store and many others. The loss
was estimated at over 81, 100000.
THE New York newspapers were full
of letters discussing the ostentatious
display Of wealth in the face of the ex-
listing hard times and the churches
took hold Of the subject on the Gath and
many ministers denounced the prepa-
rations for the Bradley-Martin ball.
1t was said that several wealthy wom-
en- will remain away from the ball ON
February 10 fearing an outbreak Of
some kind from the prominence which
the affair has received.
JIM HARBoLT, who, with Bill Isaacs,
was indicted for the murder of Sheriff
McGhee, at Canadian, on the Southern
Kansas railroad, about two years ago,
was rescued from the Canadian (Tex.)
Jail by party of his friends during
the absence of Sheriff Arlington from
this county. Harbolt was to have been
tried on the 25th.
THE fight at Paso Robels, CAL, be-
tween George Il. Green young Cor
bett), welterweight champion of the
world, and W. Lewis, champion of
Southern California, resulted in Lewis
being knocked out in the first half of
the second round.
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The Northwestern Stove Repair CO..
factory at Chicago was destroyed by
fire on the 9th, causing loss of $685.
900. The firemen had great difficulty
in getting water the plugs in the neigh
borhood being frozen.
A NEGRO named Pierce Taylor was
taken from the Jail at Tallahassee,
Fla, on the gath by mob and hanged
to u tree in the Jail yard. He had been
arrested for an attempted assault on q
| woman.
A DISPATCH from st. Paul, Mimi, on
the gath said the coolest weather of
the winter was being experienced, the
mercury being from 20 to 80 degrees
below zero around that section of coun-
try.
EUGENE WASHINGTON, a negro ar
rested for assaulting a girl at Bryan,
Tex, was taken by an Infatuated mob
on the evening of the 23d and hanged
to cottonwood tree on Main street in
that city.
lille ANDERSON, the flying Swede,
won the woman's six-day bicycle race
at Indianapolis, Ind. The score was as
follows: Anderson, 246 miles s. laps;
Farnsworth 94G miles ~ laps; Allen,
246 miles 8 laps; Baldwin and Christie
pher, a tie, 246 miles laps.
FIRE partially destroyed the boys
dormitory of the Christian Home or
phanage at Council Bluffs, Ia, on the
oath All the boys were got out safely.
SENATOR WoLcoTT, of Colorado, who
has been visiting England in the inter-
est of bimetallism, was reported as not
being satisfied with his progress. Great
Britain will not call an international
conference on the subject under any
circumstances and the continental
powers were equally unwilling to call
conference, as they believed the
United States, both by it's position and
its Importance, ought to take the in
itiative.
The British steamer Salisbury COLI
lided with an unknown steamer in the
British channel. The latter was sup.
posed to have sunk with a crew Of
about 20 men.
FIRE broke out early in the morning
in the medical college, one of the
buildings of the Bellevue hospital at
New York. A thousand patients were
asleep at the time, but the firemen con-
trolled the flames without disturbing
them, Many valuable records and i'm
struments were destroyed and IL cada-
vers were cremated,
THE Bradshaw block at WaXahachie,
Tex, was destroyed by fire, The block
and stocks were insured for $685. 200,
The loss will reach sos, 900.
GEN. WYMAN recently received tell
egram from Havana stating that there
were 1000 cases of smallpox among
the residents Of that city.
A FAMINE exists in Rhodesia, Africa,
and the natives were reported digging
up and eating cattle which had been
buried six months ago because they
had died from the rinderpest AS a
consequence terrible mortality prevails
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