Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-04-22
GENERAL NEWS.


GENERAL NEWS.
THE governor of Colorado vetoed the
bill regulating the manufacture and
sale of oleomargarine.
Mrs. ANN BEAMAN, an aged widow of
RI, was recently terrorized by masked
men at her home at Decatur, ILL.,, and
made to reveal the hiding place OF SOTO.
AT New York James j. Corbett has
formally challenged Robert Fitzsiln-
mons to meet him again in the prize
ring and deposited $4,000 as forfeit.
In reply to the challenge Fitzsimmons
declared that he meant to pay no at
tention to the challenges from Corbett
or anybody else for time, as he had
earned rest and meant to have it.
ABOUT three years ago Jesse and
Charles Hidden, cousins, and cook
left their homes in Paul's Valley, l. T.,
and went to Arkansas to buy cattle.
They never returned, and Jones was
arrested and convicted of the double
murder and hanged year ago. To
the surprise of everyone Jesse Hidden
has been located in territorial prison,
where he is held for selling whisky to
Indians.
PROF. FERRIS, q hypnotist, placed a
subject in trance at Simcoe, Ont, on
the 10th and buried him six feet in the
ground, to remain there for three
days. The sheriff appeared on the
scene and ordered the professor to take
the man up, but the request was re-
fused and the sheriff found afterwards
he had no authority in the matter.
There was great excitement over the
case.
w. A. JONES, of Wisconsin, and Rob-
ert V. Bell, of Maryland, have accepted
the respective offices of commissioner
and assistant commissioner of Indian
affairs.
A sNowsLrDE occurred at the mines
near Brigham City, Utah, on the 10Th
and three men lost their lives. Two
men were also killed at the mines near
Redcliff, Col, from the same cause and
it was feared that three other miners
were buried under the avalanche.
THE Australian baseball team made
its first appearance at San Francisco
in game and suffered defeat at the
hands of the Olympics; score, 90 to o.
The Australians batted and ran bases
we'll, but were slow in the field. They
also showed lack of knowledge of the
fine points of the game. The Olympic
team was composed of amateurs.
Provision rates from Kansas City to
New York were said to be on the
ragged edge on the 10th and little
provocation was needed to cause a
great row. The rates were thought to
be too high and some of the roads were
shading them down.
The pictures of the recent Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight, taken for exhibit
ton with what is called the verascope,
were ready for printing on the 10th.
The picture of the moment in the 14th
round following the Knockout blow
was said to be excellent, according to
New York dispatch.
FIRE broke out in the vacant frame
Shumway block in the central portion
of the business part of Berea, o., on
the 10th, possibly having been started
by incendiaries. In three hours, seven
business places, the city hotel, the Mil
Ter block and IS other structures were
burned. The loss was 100000
THE Hamilton syndicate powerhouse
at st. Louis was partially destroyed by
fire the other night While the loss
was not more than $1,000, about half a
dozen car lines depending upon it
were tied up.
A COMMITTEE of the National Reform
Press association appointed at the
Memphis convention February %, 1897,
met at Girard, Kan, recently and is
sued call for national populist con-
vention for the purpose of formulating
plans for the reorganization Of the
party. The convention is called to
meet at Nashville, Tenn, July 4.
DIR. LUIS MoREJA, a prominent ply
stefan of Merida, Mex, claims to have
discovered certain cure for yellow
fever. This cure is in the form of a
liquid preparation from the root of a
plant of that region, and its efficacy
has been tested in a number of cases
and proved successful in every case.
The two sons of Mr. Hesson, aged 8
and 15years, living at Greenland, Ark,
took bath, dressed themselves in their
best clothes, took dose of strychnine
and then went to bed after pinning q
note on the door bidding their parents
good-by. The act was done because
their parents had gone out and left
them at home. - ~ .--,