Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-06
GENERAL NEWS.

OWING to an epidemic of rinderpest
among the cattle of South Africa there
is an precedented demand from that
country for American mules and cattle.
A MOVEMENT is on foot at Melbourne,
Australia, to send 10000 sheep and s.
900 steers to England for the dinner to
the London poor which the princess of
Wales is promoting for the celebration
of the queens diamond jubilee on June
22.
DR. JOSEPH s. GooDMANsoN was found
guilty of murder in the first degree at
Ponca, Neb., on the 4th for poisoning
his wife, and his punishment fixed at
Imprisonment for life.
JOSEPH r. DUNLOP, publisher of the
Chicago Dispatch, was taken to the
Joliet penitentiary on the 4th to begin
his two years sentence for sending OBJ
scene literature through the mails.
EIaHT-YEAR-oLD Emilia Killsling
drank lemonade which was kept in a
tin bucket over night and died at Dan
Vile, Cal. Eighteen school children
who also drank Of the stuff were made
very sick.
Miss CLARA BARTON, president of the
American Red Cross society, has APP
pealed to the American people for aid
to the Greek Red Cross society, in the
way of money to purchase hospital
supplies.
HAVANA advices show that the in
surgents are active in that province.
Tapasta was attacked by a force of 400
insurgents and held for an entire day,
the Spanish garrison in a block house
retiring completely. The Cubans took
possession of the vacated blockhouse,
looting it of all the arms and pro
visions they could find, and then set il
on fire.
The president of Colorado college al
Colorado Springs, Col, has announced
the receipt of an anonymous gift Of
$4,000 to be used in the erection of a
building for young women.
AMBASSADOR AND Mrs. JOHN HAY
were presented to Queen Victoria al
Windsor castle on the 4th, and hel
majesty accorded them unusual atten-
ton.
A SPECIAL from Jellico, Tenn, said
that 1000 miners in that coal district
were idle on account of the failure Of
the operators to renew the contract o.
prices that expired April So No eff
fort has been made on either side to
make new contracts.
ISAAC MICHEL, a millinery salesman,
has entered suit at Pittsburgh, Pa,
against Robert Fitzsimmons, the pugi
list, for $4,000 damages for being at
tackled by Fitz's big dog Yarrum.
AT Cincinnati and throughout south
ern Ohio snow fell on the I'd and con
siderable damage was done by the low
temperature throughout the Ohio val
ley.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, was visited by a big
fire on the morning of the Sd, which
started in Jenkins wholesale grocery
and reduced three large blocks to ashes
Loss estimated between $2,OOO,OO0 anG
$3,0OO,OO0.
SPEcULAToRs were pouring into An
derson, Ind, ON the 30th and leasing
farms in the vicinity on account Of the
oil boom in that neighborhood.
A GREAT battle was fought at Veles
tino between the Turks and Greeks or
the 8Oth and the Turks were repulset
with enormous loss.
SIX negroes were lynched by mol
at Sunnyside, Tex, on the night of the
goth for the murder of an old man, /;
child and young woman. TIL,
lynchers were mostly colored men
The victims had been tracked from the
scene of the crime by bloodhounds
When caught they made a confession.
JUDGE SANBoRN, of the United State'
circuit court at st. Paul, Mimi, haI
denied the application of the frs
mortgage bondholders for the appoint
ment of receivers for the Contra
Branch, Union Pacific, with its exten
sions, the Atchison, Colorado & Pa
cifc and the Atchison, Jewell Count,
a. Western.