Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02


much damage was also done The jar
Of the explosion was felt for 10 miles
in all directions Several men were
badly injured.
1'HE general assembly Of Georgia
met on the 18th, listened to the chap
lain's prayer and Immediately adj
iourned, This will cost the state
| 81, 500 for its pay. The legislators
on the 24th had refused to pass n mo-
ton to adjourn over Thanksgiving
day.
A PETITION. TO the senators of the
United States was issued from the
headquarters of the Irish National al
lance in New York on the Goth
against the adoption of an arbitration
treaty with England. The petition
will be circulated over the country by
the A. o. II. and other Irish American
societies
DECEMBER wheat sold at 81 in Chica-
go on the 10Th, but the price soon
dropped.
A FIRE the other morning at Kittan-
ming, Pa, destroyed the Merchants
national bank, the Armstrong Water
company's building, a hardware store,
dry goods store and house furnish
ing store. A number of persons were
also badly hurt during the fire.
SIMON THUMPKI, "A Pole, fell into a
vat of hot water mt the Nelson Morris
dressed beef works at st. Louis and
received injuries which will probably
cause his death. The water was nearly
waist deep and, although he was at
once pulled out by fellowworkmen,
the whole lower part of his body was
frightfully scalded.
JERRY JOHNSON a negro, was lynched
the other evening near Screven, GA.
He was in charge of officers and was
being taken to jail when "A crowd of
armed men rode up to the officers and
the negro was made the target for a
number of rifles and his body perfo-
rated with leaden balls. The negro had
been arrested for stealing a mule,
A BROKER Of Providence, r. l., had
Lee Pitts, negro Pullman car porter,
arrested at ST. Louis on the charge of
robbiug him while asleep in berth
near Odin, Ill. The negro had taken
80 from Hills pants pockets and was
in the act of taking package contain
ing $50, 900 from his inside coat pocket
when Hill awoke and grabbed him.
The New York Express published
the following on the 95th: within
ten days Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
sign articles for another battle for the
heavyweight championship of the
world This positive statement was
made by William j. Conner, one of the
most trusted agents of James j. Cor
bett, and William A. Brady, who is
Corbett's manager"
FIRE broke out in the dormitory of
Tougaloo (Miss.) Negro university the
other night and 500 900 damage was
done. Students saved the other build
lngs Forty-three students and six
teachers lost their personal property.
TOMMY RYAN knocked out Australian
Jim Ryan in five rounds the other
night at Elmira, N. Y. The men were
matched to fight 20 rounds at 1874
pounds.
THE Bimetallic league in England is
about to issue manifesto defining its
position and policy in view of the re-
suits of the recent negotiations be-
tween the United States monetary
commission and the British govern
ment. The executive committee of the
league is divided on the question of
ratio, portion favoring l6 to 1519 to l,
while others believe that the best pol
icy would be to commit the movement
to ratio approaching the commercial
/ one.
A TELEGRAM from Marathon, Tex,
/ on the 25th said that a terrific prairie
fire was raging in Brewster and Presi.
, do counties. The fire covered an area
larger than the state of Connecticut
The region was along the Rio Grande
, about 100 miles wide by nearly 2O(
: miles long. Hundreds of head of cat
. tie and sheep have been burned and 9
large amount of ranch property de
. stroyed.
A DISPATCH on the 25th from Charles
! ton, w. Va, said that the Vanderbilt
interests had scheme on foot aiming
, at the control, through the Chesapeake
e. Ohio railroad, OF the soft coal mar
llets of both the east and west. Every
, part of the enterprise, from the owner
ship of the coal lands to final delivery
of the product will be managed by
one head, representing one interest.
4 AN unknown negro was killed by
= lynchers near Black Shear, Ga, the
= other afternoon, his body being liter
e ally riddled with bullets. He had as
d Baulted a 17-year-old girl.
h JOHN E. LTGGETT, president of the
e Liggett e. Myers Tobacco company, o
st. Louis, died at his home in that city
:, the other night, aged ~ years. Hi
s wealth was estimated at 100000.
l. THE nauonaI organization committed
e of the middle-of-the-road faction o
= the populist party, in convention a
+ st. Louis, issued an address asking tn,
= national committee to meet with then
4 at ST. Louis on January 10 to try ant
restore harmony in the party. The,
" also recommended that the platform
O for 1898 and 1900 should demand abso
v lutte paper money, free coinage, tina
% all money be issued by the govern
h ment, the government ownership o