Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-04-01

tracks In that city. The theory was
advanced that he was murdered and
the body placed upon the track to be
run over.
A SPECIAL from Monmouth, ILL.,, said
that the bank at Biggsville was bur
glarized. Three explosions broke the
outer vault, but the iron safe was not
touched and the robbers only got $500.
The bank at Oneida, the dispatch said,
was also robbed and So, 900 was secured
by the burglars.
A DRAWN bout Of 20 rounds between
Jack Everhardt, of New Orleans, and
kid" Mcfarland, of New York, took
place at New York on the 3Oth.
Two rivals for woman's hand,
named John Hodges and William
MinlSs, met in an encounter at Lily,
Ky, and Minks was fatally wounded.
THE Chicago Post said; accord
ing to anarchists in Chicago an eX-
tensive movement of revolution
airy nature has just been set on foot.
Systematic agitation is to be begun
May /, outdoor meetings are to be held
whether or not police permission is OBJ
tainable and just such preparations
and speeches as preceded the Haymar-
ket episode are being made"
NEAR Bloomer, Ok, j. p, Cassidy,
while hunting with his little son, shot
at a rabbit in thiclet. The load hit
the boy in the head and he died from
the effects.
A HUNDRED masked men destroyed
four tollgates in Carrard county, Ky,
the other night and threatened the
gatekeepers with death If they collect
ed any more toll.
AN oyster sloop was caught in a
squat near Pensacola, Fla, and sank,
drowning John Constantine, his wife
and five children and his wife's sister.
LEE Pom, grand recorder of the
Chinese freemasons in America, was
buried at st. Louis on the 2sth, His
obseques provided entertainment for
5000 people and scared more horses
than the police have any record of.
A CALL has been issued for national
good citizens convention, to be held at
Nashville. Tenn, on May 1920, to dis
cuss matters relating to the many evils
of the day, such as crimes, Sabbath
dissertation, intempcrance, dishonesty,
poverty, etc. The signers of the call
are from every state in the union,
MRS. MARGARET PRESTON, the we'll
known writer of southern war poetry,
died at Baltimore, Md, on the 2Sth.
A FIRE occurred at Portsmouth, Va,
on the 2Sth, making so families home
less and causing 100000 damage
THE northern Colorado coal opera
tors combine has been dissolved and
the price of coal has dropped from "a
to 49,, per ton.
ALDACE +. WALKER, chairman of the
executive board of the A., T. e. S. r.
company, said on the 9th that he did
not look for any immediate rate wars
in consequence Of the recent decision
of the United States supreme court in
which traffic associations of railroads
were held to be contrary to the Sher-
man antitrust law.
THE steamer Olive, which arrived at
New York on the 9Sth, brought 1,1l9
Italians, the largest number of immi-
grants bought to that port by any one
steamer this season.
OFFICERS at Perry, Ok, have arrested
over dozen boys between the ages of
10 and II years on the charge of whole
sale thefts. Most Of the band are
from Chicago, Kansas City and ST.
Louis. They have been operating on
the line of the Santa Fe railroad.
THE time of all of the employees Of
the car bridge and building depart
ments of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad at Denison, Tex, has been
shortened to three days Of nine hours
per week.
AT the bicycle tournament at San
Francisco Allen Jones won u quarter
mile dash in 81 3-5 seconds, the fastest
record for indoor riding. j. e. Wing
won the fifth heat of the fve-mile club
race in 11:O5, taking II. seconds from
the previous worlds record, In the
mile race Breaker covered the distance
in 9:OS, reducing the worlds indoor
record by three seconds.
In the Canadian parliament two bills
have been introduced to prohibit the
importation of alien labor into Canada
under contract or agreement. Both
bills are drafted on the lines of the
alien labor law of the United States,
and are intended as retaliatory legis-
lation against citizens of the United
States.
THE Order of Equity, operating in Is
states, made deed of assignment at
indianapolis, Ind, on the 25th. Its
lapses and matured certificates amount
ed to more than its new business last
year.
The Colorado senate on the 25th
passed the bill for the abolition Of cap
ital punishment. 1t recently passed
the house.
OSCAR ERICKSON was crushed to death
on the 25th in the basement of the old
post Office at Chicago by the falling Of
an embankment.
WILLIAM HUeeINs died of hydropho-
bia at Wheeling, w. ", on the 25th.
He and seven others were bitten by
dog last January. Those who were
bitten now feel much alarmed at the
death of Higgins.
THE Illinois house Of representatives
killed the anti.deoartmAnt store hill