Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-30


Two brick six-story blocks on Frank
|! lin street, in Cleveland. o., were de-
stroyed by fire on the 93d. 1t started
by the explosion of can of benzine In
the Autograph establishment OF Johns
& Co. The loss was estimated at $780,
300.
FIRE broke out in the basement at
l1O4 Madison street, Chicago, occupied
as II restaurant A big crowd was on
the sidewalk watching the blaze when
an explosion OF gas took place and
windows, gratings, sidewalk and man
hole covers were hurled amongst the
crowd and 93 people were more or less
injured and wild panic ensued. The
loss was estimated at 1925, 900.
-FOUR hunters were found frozen to
death by the roadside near Dawes
Creek, Newton county, Ark. 1t was
believed they were w. II. Hughes, A.
II. Dolphin, John w. Bright and Sam
uel Sewer, from Chicago
A BOAT containing nine stevedores,
while proceeding to steamer in the
Thames near London, was capsized
and all the men were drowned.
THE Chestnut Street national bank
and the Chestnut Street Trust a. Saw
ings Fund company at Philadelphia
suspended on the cad The state treas
urer had 1928, 600 on deposit in the bank.
GEN. PANDo has written to Capt
Gen. Blanco that all of the commits
sioners sent to the Cuban insurgents
camps proposing peace with autonomy
have failed and therefore no other
course is open than to finish the war
with war.
MRS. BARNEY PICKETT, an aged
widow, was found dead in q hay loft
at Lima, o., few days ago The
premises were searched by the admin
istrator and over $40, 600 in bank notes
and silver was found and $4,000 in per-
sonal notes. The sum of $1,000 was
found sewed in an old bonnet. She
had lived in poverty, and the find was
a great surprise.
CHARLES A. PILLsBURY, OF st. Paul,
Mimi, who is reported to have made
81, 900, 600 in wheat this year, has
resigned the management of the Eng
lish syndicate mills.
SIXTEEN persons were killed by an ex-
plosion of firedamp in the Kaiserstuhl
pit at Dartmund, Prussia, the other
day.
The possibility that Letter and
Armour will pool their interests to
corner May wheat was stirring traders
on the Chicago change on the 23d.
The Post said that George French,
operating for the Letter crowd, had
piled up at least 100000 bushels of
May wheat and it was well known
that Armour had pyramid of May
wheat bought which was supposed to
come close to the Letter holding. AL
ready that option is regarded as being
dangerous for the public to handle.
PRESIDENT SAMUEL SLOAN, of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad will be given by the employees
of the road a $4,000 gold table
service as token of their esteem
He is the oldest railroad president in
the country and has served for 80 years
as the executive head of the Lacka-
wanna system.
Mrs. JENNIE ELKNs awoke the other
morning at Decatur, ILL.,, to find her
two.months-old baby girl dead ut her
side. The child had smothered to
death under the coverlets.
Work is being pushed on the negro
agricultural university at Langston,
Ok, and the school will be opened next
spring.
Mrs, FREDA SCHLINTz, aged and Grip
pied, was overcome by smoke and died
within few feet of safety during q
fire at her house in New York. Hel
two daughters made an effort to save
her, but their strength gave way and
they were forced to abandon her tc
save themselves.
THE recent sleet storm in Texas has
: been disastrous to cattle in the west
and northwest portions of the state
and the death rate, it was reported
will be unprecedented.
THE whitecap organization among
! the renters who oppose the renting o
farms for money rent are carrying ou
their threats by sowing a number o
large farms around San Antonio, Tex.
in johnson grass. Several Mrge barns
= are alleged to have been burned by
them. James Renbow, a farmer living
: on Little river, was taken out of hi
:. home by band of masked men anC
= given a severe beating. He had rented
= his farm for money after being warned
CANADIAN COUNTY, Ok, held its cot
a ton carnival in Ell Reno with parade
. of cotton wagons, brass bands nnt
shouting farmers. Over 200 loads wer
a in line.
:, ANTHONY DEv1N shot his wife a
4 Philadelphia and then committed sui
eide
q BY the explosion of a gasoline stow
at Holyol1e, Mass, a woman and
i child were burned to death.
q JACOB WEINERD, aged 50, was foun
q dead in his kitchen at st. Louis on tn
91st by his wife, who had spent tn
> afternoon visiting. He had bee
" gagged with handkerchief, boun
a and cholsed to death by twisting
! towel around his neck. The house ha
q been ransacked from top to bottom
q There were evidences of terribl
= struggle having taken place.
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