Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-09

House blocks Mt La Crosse, WIS. On
the third floor the powder and shells
of n company of national guards were
kept and when the fire reached them
the explosion was terrific. Six fire.
men were injured, three seriously. The
loss will exceed $500, 000
An examination of the books Of tho
water Office at Chicago by an expert
accountant disclosed the fact that the
city had been defrauded out Of 1854, 9S5
in the past two years by unauthorized
rebates.
GEORGE BLoDGETr head of the law
department of the General Electric
company at Schenectady, N. Y, was
shot by a burglar and mortally wound
ed at his home the other night.
JUDGE DALE, at saltwater, Ok, dis
charged Thomas Latin, negro, on
trial for the murder of j. T.. Morrow
and little daughter, without allowing
the case to go to the jury, as there was
really no evidence against him. Nor
row and the little girl were killed with
an AK while sleeping in their wagon
by the roadside, and at the time Latin
was arrested the excitement was so
great that the officers had hard fight
to keep him from being lynched.
A PRAIRIE fire did great damage in
the northern part of d county, Ok, a
short time ago. A number of persons
lost their homes and it was feared
some had persisted.
j. A. r. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City, Mo-,
ex-champion wing shot of America,
was defeated in a lOO-bird shoot at
Omaha, Neb, by Frank Parmalee, of
Omaha. Parmalee, killed 81 birds
while Elliott brought down only 81.
A BIG combine of river coal interests
promises to be effected, according to a
Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch before the
new year. A committee is hard at
work considering schedules of prop
erty values as presented by the vari-
GUS companies. The scheme proposes
the organization of one company, with
capitalization Of Sl1,0OO,OOO, which
will control the river coal interests
from lock No. on the Monongahela
river to New Orleans.
The coast and geodetic survey will
soon publish new map of the gold
fields of Alaska.
THE bicycle rim factory of e. j. Lob
dell at Marietta, o., has been burned
to the ground. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $50, 900.
FRED HORN, 17-year-old boy, was
convicted at Ell Reno, Ok, for the MUIR
der of Alva Trip and sentenced to 80
years in the penitentiary.
THE Hotel Balmoral on Mount Nc
Gregor, near Saratoga, N. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire on the list. Loss on
building and contents, $4,000.
Gov. OTERo, of New Mexico, recently
called on President Mckinley to urge
him to recommend statehood for the
territory in his message, Delegate
Ferguson is to introduce bill in con-
gress early in the session for state
hood and will work hard to have it
passed.
MARTIN THORN was convicted at New
York of numbering William Gulden-
suppe, his predecessor in the affections
of Mrs. Augusta Mack.
RECEIVER S. II. II. CLARK, of the
Union Pacific railway, announced that
he had been offered the presidency Of
that road by the reorganization COM
mittee, but owing to ill-health he had
declined the position.
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in the Gate lumber mill at TeXarkana,
Tex, and beaten to death upon the
floor before the machinery could be
stopped.
The National Prison congress of the
United States met at Austin, Tex, on
the I'd, in four days session, There
were about 200 delegates from north
ern, eastern and western states in at
tendance.