Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25


Roehl were fatally injured and Robert
Loren was severely beaten as the re-
suit of an attack of 90 masked men on
the night shift of six miners Mt the
Kolb coal pit near Mascoutah, Ill.
WHILE his wife lay asleep beside him
william Orth, at Burlington, Ia, shot
himself in the head. Death was in
stantaneous The reason assigned for
the suicide was dependency due to i'm
ability to obtain work.
A COMBINATION of enameled ware
plants has been formed with capital
of $25, 900, COO f. &. Niedringhaus, of
st. Louis, will be president OF the huge
concern.
A PASSENGER train on the Kansas
City, Fort Scott g. Memphis railroad
was wrecked near Williford, Ark,
early on the morning of the 18th.
Three cars were derailed and went
over the bank into the Spring river.
j. L. Hoover, of Pleasant Hill, Mo-,
was killed and 22 others were injured,
some seriously
THE Anchor line steamer Bluff City,
which left st. Louis for New Orleans
with 40 passengers and 1000 tons of
freight on board, was burned to the
waters edge at Chester ILL., All the
passengers and crew escaped to land
without injury, but nothing on board
was saved. The loss will aggregate
500, 900. A number of valuable race
horses were burned on board the boat.
Tom SHARKEY bested Joe Goddard
in the sixth round at San Francisco
on the 18th. The victory was rather
questionable, as Sharkey rushed at his
opponent and knocked him to the floor
literally by force of impact. Goddard's
head struck the floor and dazed him.
The fight was scheduled for 90 rounds.
Sharkey's blows were said to be wild
and miserably timed.
OSCAR GARDNER, the Omaha Kid, was
defeated at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 18th
by Billy Rotchford, of Chicago in 90
round bout.
BoYDELL's paint factory at Detroit,
Mich, was Quilted by fire on the 18th.
Loss, 100000 Spontaneous combus'
ton was supposed to have caused the
fire.
THE 18th annual session of the Bap-
fist congress of ministers opened at
Chicago on the 10th, many of the ablest
divines in that denomination being
present.
THERE is probability that the case
of Capt. Dreyfus the Frenchman con-
victed of being traitor to his coun-
try, may be reopened.
THE international League of Build
ing and Loan associations held its an
nual convention at New York the other
day, about 60 delegates being present
The general assembly of the Knights
of Labor completed its work at Louis
vile, KY, on the 18th and adjourned.
Resolutions passed declared in favor of
the independence of Cuba; denounced
the shooting of miners by deputy
sheriffs at Hazleton, Pa, and de-
the sale of the Union Pacific
railroad. The present banking system,
do duNOCdGCu Wy ubblOIdl DdhhSIo, was
also denounced. The plan to establish
colonies for cooperative plants, so as
to give employment to idle men, is to
be pushed.
IT was reported that a plan is on
foot to secure 10000 "boomers" to set
tie in the Wichita country in the In
dian territory before January 1 and
compel congress to open the country
to settlement Men are said to be now
out making systematic canvass in
Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas for
the boomers" and the movement
promises to surpass Capt. Payne's IA
nous colony expedition into Oklahoma.
ALL the officials of the state press as
sociations of Missouri, Kansas and
Arkansas met in conference at Eureka
Springs, Ark, and adopted plan to
hold joint meeting of all three states
at that place May 25, 26 and 81.