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

the Kansas state board OF agriculture,
for secretary Of agriculture in Presi-
dent McKinley's cabinet.
A SHEDDING party of about 20 persons
from Tyrone, Pa, was precipitatcd over
stone wall about six miles from that
place. The party was mostly made up
of young people. A special train con-
veyed TO the scene of the catastrophe
all the doctors in Tyrone. Several
persons were found TO be seriously in
iured, having their arms and legs
broken and bleeding from wounds.
THE Hall-Lansing block at Lincoln,
Neb., was totally destroyed by fire on
the goth. The building was valued at
SIS, 900 and was partially insured The
cause of the fire was lamp explosion.
THE Star furnace at Jackson, o.,
burned on the 90th and two workmen
lost their lives.
AT Madison, Wis, on the Goth John
( @. Spooner was formally elected United
States senator, receiving every repub-
lican vote.
A LAMP exploded and caused fire at
a hotel in Fort Smith, Ark, on the Goth
and /. II, Pray, of Springfield Mo-, and
, d. A. Mullison, of Fremont, Neb., were
burned to death
JOHN BoHANNoN and c. Robinson
were waylaid by George and Burgess
Lee, brothers, and murdered in Haber-
sham county, Pa.
WILLIAM GILL and Frank Fisher, col
ored bell boys at the Clarendon hotel
at Lexington, Ky, became involved in
difficulty and Fisher threw an ice
pick, striking Gill in the abdomen, in
hicting fatal wound.
IRA LANDS, proprietor of q meat
market at Huntington, Ind, and Henry
Kuester, a switchman, had a dispute
over % cents in the settlement ola meat
bill, and Lands shot Kuester, inhicting
dangerous wound
EARLY on the morning of the 25th
the temperature fell to so degrees be-
low zero in Manitoba.
JACK EvERHARDT, of New Orleans,
and Matt Matthews, of Brooklyn,
fought 14-round draw at the Union
Park Athletic club at New York on the
95th. Jacks left hand was injured in
the seventh round. Matthews made
an excellent showing.
THE first steps have been taken at
Omaha, Neb, for the consolidation of
all the German turner's between the
Mississippi river and the Rocky noun
tains into one big association for hold
ing u grand tournament at Omaha
while the exposition is being held.
Mrs. MARY ABRAMS, aged II, was
burned to death at McKeesport, Pa.
She arose to start a fire in the room,
when her clothing was ignited. She
ran to her bed where two young grand
children were asleep, and set the bed
clothing on fire. The two children,
though badly burned, will recover, but
Mrs. Abrams was so badly injured that
she soon died.
THE air brakes refused to work on a
passenger train on the Pittsburgh &
Western road and it plunged over a
trestle near Clarion, Pa, killing the
engineer, fireman and mail clerk and
injuring about 10 others.
Ar French Lick Springs, Ind, Sam
uel Kirby and his wife were discovered
murdered in their house. They had
evidently been killed with an ak and
there were signs Of an awful struggle.
Bloodhounds were put on two tell-tale
tracks in the snow and the dogs struck
trail with posse of men following
them.
GEN. GEORGE II. THOMAS died at Ok
lahoma City, Ok, on the 29d of car
buncle, aged go years. He served with
President-elect Mckinley during the
war and had large interests in the ter
ritory.
The big Stable of Tracy e. Williams,
the famous horsemen's headquarters at
Lexington, KY, was burned on the
night of the 23d. There were 100 thor
oughbred trotters and runners in the
stable, but all were rescued.
A PASSENGER train was wrecked
on the Cincinnati Southern railway
near Lemo, Tenn. A rock had fallen
on the track, which caused the engine
to crash down an embanlSment. The
mail car was demolished and the eX-
press and baggage cars badly damaged.
The engineer and fremen were dam
gerously hurt and several passengers
more or less injured.
MAYOR SWIFT, of Chicago, has signed
the ordinance prohibiting women from
wearing high hats in theaters.
A LOCOMOTIVE on the Santa Fe rail
road collided with hand car at Sealy,
Tex, and two men were killed and an
other fatally injured.
THE white intruders in the territory
Of the five civilized tribes must go, Sec
rotary Francis having officially signed
an order on the 92d that all persons
who are not on the citizen rolls of the
five tribes will be unceremoniously
ousted.
THE deaths from the bubonic plague
at Bombay for the week ended the 21st
numbered 40.
Ross SHERMAN and two companions
all three drunk, became noisy on &
, Chicago cable car the other night and
when requested to subside, Sherman
drew big knife and began slashing al
the passengers Unfortunately. Three
women tainted and Edward Nugent
, who grappled with Sherman, was bad
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