Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-23

Gov. JONES has commissioned Mis-,
Emma Wilmington, OF Hot Springs, a'
an honorary colonel in the Arkansas
reserve militia. This is the first APP
pointment of the kind ever made in
the state.
THE house of Patrick Leshy at Otta
wa, Ont, was burned carly the other
morning and Leahy and five Of his chill
dren, the oldest only nine years Of age
persisted. II was supposed that LeahJ
dropped lighted lamp.
A LOSS of nearly 81, 900, 600 was caused
early on the morning OF the 18th by the
burning of the Hotel Dakota at Crane
Forks, N. ID. 1t was large fve-story
structure that cost $3.50, 900. Two large
wholesale stores adjoining were also
destroyed.
The Swiss general assembly has elect
ed Eugene Ruffy to be president Of
the confederation. M. Mueller was
elected vice president. Both presi
dent and vice president-elect are radi
Gals.
BEGINNING with the new year the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway will
be operated from the roads Texas gen
eral Office, located in Dallas. A. A.
Allen, vice president and general man
ager of the katy" and his entire Of
fee force will go there from ST. Louis.
The change is due to an order from the
Texas railroad commissioners. which
made the residence in Texas Of an ac.
tive vice president Of the road neces.
sity.
The A. T. of L. at its meeting on
the 10th at Nashville, Tenn, decided
to admit negro unions.
THEODORE DURRANT was sentenced
to death on the 18th for the fourth
time for the murder of Blanche La.
mont at San Francisco. One of his at
torneys intended to go to Washington
and make final technical fight based
on questions of federal and state law.
Mrs. MARGARET HOGAN, aged IS, was
found murdered in her store at Mobile,
Ala. The place had been robbed.
A CONTRACT was being signed by
many Indians around Chelsea, /. r.,
authorizing Attorney r. c. Adams ia
get permission of the government and
sell the Cherokee land in the territory
at not less than S1.5O per acre and pur.
chase land in Mexico at not over &C
cents an acre, the purpose being for
the Indians to emigrate by January l,
1898.
SPARKS from II burning livery stable
at Daingerheld, Tex, set fire to cot
ton warehouse 300 yards distant, and
between 900 and 1000 bales of cotton
were burned. Much of the cotton be-
longed to farmers, none of whom had
any insurance.
EVERY business house, the schools,
the courthouse and all city offices in
Canton, o., were closed on the 14th in
tribute of respect for Mrs. Nancy ALI
son Mckinley, mother of the president
the last services for whom were per
formed in the First Methodist church
Many notable persons were presen
from Washington and other places tC
pay their last respects, After the flu
neral services the Washington guests
were entertained at dinner by Mrs
George D. Harter, and at eight O'Clock
left on the special train for Washing
ton, the presidents car being attached
THE mutilated body of j. S. VANITY
wealthy farmer, near Des Moines
Ia, was found in ditch on his farm
lie had been missing 10 hours and hac
been killed by ferocious bull.
A NEGRO named Jake Asher, who
was said to have insulted some young
ladies in Vicksburg, Miss, was sum
marily dealt with by a party of out
ragged citizens, who thrashed him ter
ribly with cowhide. He was ther
given ID minutes to get out of town.
A TERRIBLE sandstorm ragged the
other day at Pearsall, Tex, and sur
rounding territory causing all houses
and stores to be closed and the suspect
sion of business.