Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-07

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West Shore hotel, New York, on the
morning OF the 1st She had regis
tered the previous night as MRS, Caro-
line Razinius, West Point" The WON.
an, it was thought, had voluntarily
caused the tragedy.
A DISPATCH TO London from Rome on
the LIST said that the pope's weakness
was increasing and church dignitaries
were afraid that he would not rally
from the extreme Yeebleness he be-
trayed.
FIRE broke out early on the list at
Willow Springs, 10 miles from Chicago,
and destroyed nearly half the town
and made about so families homeless.
A RICH gold strike has been made on
Potosi mountain, in Colorado. The
vein was said to be wide and continu-
GUS and to run thousands of dollars TO
the ton.
THE 14th annual convention of the
Missouri Valley Homeopathic Medical
association took place at Iowa City, la.
Dr. l.. G. McElwee, of st. Louis, was
elected president for the ensuing year.
A soUTHBoUND Rock Island passen-
ger train was held up at 1880 a. m. on
the 1st near Chickasha, /. r., by five
masked men, They tried to blow open
the safe in the express car, but failed.
The car however, was blown to atoms.
The mail bags were riAed and all reg
istered packages taken. The robbers
then lined up the passengers outside
and took all their valuables, Posses
were put on the trail of the bandits
A TRAIN on the Boston e. Maine rail-
road met with an accident near Med
ford Mass, and about 80 passengers
were more or less injured.
Boston has won the league pennant
for 1897 in the National Baseball league.
CHARLES II. PARKER, Jr., wealthy
farmer near Newton, Ia, committed
suicide by plunging head first into a
deep well. His only daughter was to
have been married the next day.
GEN. A. j. WARNER, of Marietta, o.,
has formally announced his candidacy
for the United States senate at the
hands of the Ohio legislature to be
elected this fall.
FIRE in warehouse at Mobile, Ala,
destroyed the shed and damaged 45O
bales of cotton.
In a ten-round bout before the Amer
lean Sporting club at Scranton, Pa,
Tommy Ryan, of Philadelphia, was
awarded the decision over Jack Nc
Auliffe, of Brooklyn, the retired worlds
lightweight champion,
john SHELLEY fell from train near
Blue Mound, H., and while he laid
stunned the grass at the roadside took
fire and he was probably fatally burned.
j. II. IRWIN, owner of the Belcher
silver mine at Boulder, Col, shot and
dangerously wounded his wife and then
put bullet through his own heart.
The couple had been living apart and
Irwin was intoxicated at the time of
the shooting
A MOVEMENT was said to be on foot
looking to the sale by the full-blood
Choctaws of all their rights in the In
dian territory and the removal of the
entire tribe, as far as represented by
the full-bloods, to track of land in
Mexico.
THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway celebrated its silver anniver-
sary at Topeka, Kan, on the GOTH In
the big parade there were 5000 en-
ployes of the system from four states
and 200 floats, representing the evolu-
ton in commerce brought about by
the roads growth. Afterwards adj
dresses were made by officers of the
road to an immense crowd at the fair
grounds.
A DISPATCH stated that few days
ago two strangers camped on John
Bowdam's ranch at Pearsall, Tex, in
search of buried treasure, and dug up
an earthen jar containing $4,000 in
gold.