Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-06

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the drug they all became violently i'll
and Kaufman and Davis died and Dra-
benscott was said TO bo at the point Of
death. The stuff was found to DO
pyroxylic alcohol, deadly poison.
MAJ. CLARKsoN, commander-in-chief
Of the @. A. r., loft Omaha, Neb., ON
the 4th for two weeks trip to visit
the different departments Of his COM
mand.
WHITEcAPs went to the house Of
Walter Price, negro, in Greenville
county, S. c., and forcibly dragged
him out and Mary Rochester, white
woman, and gave them an unmerciful
whipping.
THE fight for the 12e-pound cham
pionship at Birmingham, Eng, be-
tween Larry Burns, of New York, and
Harry Greenfield, the Englishman,
was won by Greenfield, who foored
Burns in the eighth round by blow
on the jaw.
THE annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Railway Surgeons
began at Chicago on the 4th. An ad-
dress was delivered by the president,
DR.. Lutz, OF st. Louis.
MAYOR STRONG has stored away In
the basement of the city hall at New
York 1000 bricks from the old tomb Of
Gen. Grant which he thinks Grand
Army posts will want as souvenirs.
THE engine of a G. & A. freight train
blew up at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 4th
and Engineer Roberts was killed and
Fireman Pardoner fatally injured.
ABOUT 1900 plumbers went on n
strike at Chicago on the Sd and nearly
every building in course of construc-
ton in that city was at standstill.
II an attempt should be made to hire
non-union men to fill the places of the
strikers general strike of all unions
affiliated with the building trades will
result.
THE admirals commanding the fleets
Of the foreign powers In Cretan waters
had conference with the insurgent
leaders. The Cretans were promised
complete autonomy, but the Cretans
cut the discussion short and reiterated
that their motto remained "annexa-
ton to Greece or death"
JOHN NoLIN, his two little daughters
and another man whose name could not
be learned were drowned In the river
near Gallatin, Tenn, on the Sd. The
skif was overturned and the father
tried to take his children to shore, but
the swift current swept all four Of
them under.
BILL ADLER, who two years ago
killed Postmaster Inspector Jessie Nc
Clure, shot and killed William johnson
at Kansas City, Mo-, on the I'd. The
victim was a colored man and the
shooting was caused by quarrel over
crap game.
MORAL reformers in Weston, w. Va,
went to the house of two women whom
they suspected of not being Of good
character, broke open the doors and
then stripped them and smeared their
naked bodies with hot tar. One Of the
women will die from the outrage and
the other was reported In serious
condition.
TwENTY-sIx more anarchists, in ads
dition to those already sentenced, were
condemned to death on the 1st for COM
Plicity in the bomb outrage at BARGE
Iona, Spain, by which dozen persons
were killed and so others injured.
THE Chicago News said that 1t was
common talk in Chicago society circles
that Marshall Field was engaged to
the widow Of the late Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan and that the wedding would take
place in the near future.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Glen
Lion, Pa, mining town. The fire
was the work of an incendiary and but
for the rain the whole town would
have been destroyed.
GEORGE LAvIaNE, of Saginaw, Mich,
is still the lightweight champion Of
the world. He fought Ed Connolly, Of
st. Johns, N. B., at New York on the
SOth and sent him staggering into his
corner at the end Of the nth round,
hopelessly beaten. They were matched
to fight IS rounds under 1913 pounds
weight.
MRS. SHOCK, an aged woman living
at Adonis, w. Va, was tortured by a
negro and white man to mako her tell
where her money was. They burned
her feet to crisp with candles, burned
her hair off and roasted one ear. The
woman will probably die. The Aends
secured $500 and escaped.
AT st. Louis information was sworn
to by Michael Kelly, discharged con.
ductOr Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, against Assistant General
Manager Allen, of that road, charging
him with blaohlisting. Kelly Is a
member Of the Order Of Railroad Con-
ductors and they are backing him in
the suit. II IL the intention to make a
test case and see II the blacklist sys-
tenn cannot DO abolished.
HENRY WAsHHoUsEN, farmer noaP
Columbia, ILL.,, was dubbed to death
by his neighbor. Joseph Meier, who,
after he was arrested, showed by his
queer actions that he was q religious
fanatic.
NEAR Bloomer, Ok, Mrs. Martha B.
Pinson has given birth TO Ave children
in one year and all are living. First
came triplets, which are named Faith,
Hope and Charity; and later twins,
named Alpha and Omega.
The rains Of ten days past have
quenohed the hres in the woods around