Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-04-15

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m. for numbering Clara Arnim because
she refused to marry him.
AT Omaha, Neb., on the 18th pillng,
bags of sand, stone, etc, were being
fed to the Missouri river in an effort to
restrain the stream from resuming the
channel it abandoned 20 years ago.
East Omaha and North Omaha were
flooded and the residents had to fee,
leaving their possessions behind.
Two young men, Otto Snyder and
his cousin John Snyder, were drowned
at Eldora, Ia, the other night. They
went out to sail boat and not return
ing search was instituted and the
boat was found capsized. The bodies
were not found.
A TORNADO struck the country near
Hamburg, Ark, recently, doing con-
siderable damage on Richardson's
plantations Three houses were blown
down, a negro woman fatally injured,
five cows killed by flying timbers and
miles of fencing were carried away.
A MEETING Of Colorado wheelmen
took place at Denver the other night
to consider the proposition of secession
from the l.. A. W., but, after stormy
debate, secession was defeated and res
olutions were adopted favoring local
option on the question of Sunday rae
ing.
A DISPATCH from Guthrie, Ok, said
that the allotting agents in the Wichita
reservation were getting along very
slowly. The Indians were loath to
choose their allotments and force
would probably have to be used. No
one knew when the country would be
opened, but it will probably not be
ready for several months.
RECENT advices received from Ichang,
China, stated that owing to the failure
of the main crop in that section hun
dreds of natives are dying of starva-
ton. Owing to the difficulty of trans
porting rice in the famine districts,
only those living along the waterways
were being aided,
THE five-story building occupied by
the Refrigerator &c Wooden Gutter Co.
at st. Louis was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Estimated loss, $50, 900; par
TALLY insured Two fremen and boy
were badly injured by falling walls.
In conformity with law passed by
the Indiana legislature making the
southern penitentiary at Jacksonville
into a reformatory and making the
Michigan City prison the penitentiary
for the state, about 300 men were taken
from Michigan City to Jacksonville
and 356 men were transferred from the
latter place to the former
THE grand duke of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin committed suicide by throw
ing himself from the parapet of a
bridge near the house he was stopping
at in Cannes, France. 1t was thought
he was delirious from illness when he
committed the act.
AT the finish of the six-day 12-hour-
a-day woman's bicycle race at Detroit,
Mich, the score stood: Title Anderson,
1854 miles IA laps, first; Helen Baldwin,
1854 miles IA laps, second; Dottie Farms
worth, 264 miles IA laps third.
A NoRTHBoUND Florida special on the
South railway collided with south
bound passenger train at Harrisburg,
N. G., on the 18th and three persons
were killed and six wounded. The two
express cars were shattered and the
postal of the passenger caught fire.
THE Nebraska legislature adjourned
on the 9th after a session extending Is
days beyond it's allotted time. The
last bill passed was the initiative and
referendum.
A TORNADO visited the section around
Ozark, Ala, and Arlington, Ga, on the
9TH doing considerable damage to
property In Ozark several persons
lost their lives.
A STATE organization of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy was perfected
at Montgomery, Ala, recently, most Of
the larger towns Of the state being
represented. The organization deter
mined that it's first work should be the
purchase of the old house which was
occupied by jefferson Davis while the
seat of the confederate government
was in Montgomery and transform it
into home for INDECENT confederate
veterans.
ED NEwCoNB, a desperate outlaw,
was shot and mortally wounded by
Deputy Marshal Bud Ledbether the
other evening a few miles west Of
Caney, Kan.
DEVELOPMENTS have strengthened
the belief that the affairs of the Globe
savings bank, which recently closed its
doors at Chicago, are in much worse
shape than the directors were willing
to admit. Bonds to the value of $780,
600 belonging to the Illinois university
were said to be missing.
AN immense amount of damage has
been caused by the explosion of a car
loaded with fireworks at Buenos Ayres.
The accident occurred near block Of
buildings adjacent to the bourse and
the buildings almost Immediately
caught fire. Ten persons lost their
lives from the explosion or during the
conhagration.
THREE masked men entered early the
| other morning the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. James Ford, an aged couple
living at Parkertown, o., and, after
binding and gagging them, attempted
at the point of revolvers to make them
reveal the hiding place of their money.
The robbers got 500 in money and
other valuables. The old people were
in critical condition from the rough