Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04

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Crete stated that 1000 Moslems in the
fortress at Selino had been massacred
by the Christian insurgents The Mos
lens at Canea were said TO be furious
and threatened to attack the foreign
consulates at that place, but an addi-
tional force of marines have been
landed by the various powers
ADvIcEs from Manila on the Cd
stated that the Spanish troops in the
Philippine islands were being ravaged
by ague and dysentery and the situa-
ton was becoming worse each day.
The Spanish authorities were convinced
that they would have to send more
troops to the islands in order to sup
press the instruction.
OWING toa seizure by treasury agents
of contraband opium valued at $780,
600 and further seizure worth $40, 900
later, the price of opium had advanced
S3 per pound. All the opium in San
Francisco was held at Sl5 per pound on
the I'd and was expected to advance to
$50.
In Wyoming, Pa, the other night
part of the workings of the Scholey
mine, 600 feet beneath the town, col
lapsed and section of the town about
1850 yards long and 9OOyards wide, sank
into the earth The post Office was
wrecked together with several other
buildings, including bank.
PREsIDENT-ELEcT MCKINLEY started
from Canton, o., amid the cheers Of
thousands and the booming of cannon.
lie was escorted by great crowd to
the depot where, just before the train
started, he made a short speech. The
train arrived safely at Washington on
the I'd and the president-elect was met
by Gov. Bushnell and his staff and es-
corted to his hotel.
EX-Gov. JOHN d. LONG, OF Massachu-
sets, announced on the I'd that he had
accepted the navy portfolio in Presi-
dent-elect McKinley's cabinet,
The pope was said to be preparing
a bull instructing the United States
hierarchy to meet in plenary council in
Baltimore, Md, on May to deal with
the subjects which have caused such a
division among the American bishops,
such as public instruction, nationalism
and secret societies.
ARIoT was caused at Knoxville, Tenn,
on the 1st by conflict of authority be-
tween the United States and city Off
Gals about the control of street car
franchise. A negro was fatally shot,
the chief of the fire department sus-
tanned fractured skull and several
policemen and special officers were ar
rested.
The body Of young woman was
found in a store room of q livery stable
in Paducah, Ky, on the LIST with a
knife wound in her brain. After kill
ing his victim the murderer had un-
dressed the corpse and washed and pre-
pared it for burial. There was no clew
to the murderer.
THE Columbus, Hooking e. Toledo
railroad has gone into the hands of a
receiver.
ERNEST HERNt, who was infatuated
with school-teacher at Nebraska
City, Neb., asked j. D. Chapman for an
explanation of some remarks the latter
had made and in the quarrel which
followed IIerm was fatally shot.
AT Rimouski, Que, the house OF
Evariste st. Pierre caught fire and his
three children, aged two, three and
five, were burned to death. St. Pierre
and his wife had gone out to visit
neighbors, locking the house and leav-
ing the children in bed. The cause of
the fire was unknown
A RESOLUTION to congress passed both
houses of the oklahoma legislature on
the 1st protesting against the detach-
ing of part of eastern Oklahoma and
adding it to the Indian territory.
A BROOKLYN syndicate on the 27th
bought for 100000 the property for
merly occupied by Rev. Il. Dewitt Tai
mage as tabernacle.
FIVE floors of the ShinEle, Wilson,
Kreis & Co.'S wholesale grocery store
at Cincinnati crashed into the cellar
under load of 1000 barrels of sugar
The Waterman was crushed to death
and two other men were injured.
In the siX-day bicycle race which
ended at Chicago on the 9th the scores
were: Schinneer, 1,7SS miles 4 laps
Miller, /, 764 miles l lap; Ashinger, l..
727 miles; Lawson, 1,7O7 miles 1 lap
Hansen, 1908 miles laps.
John NICHOLS shot and fatally
wounded Joseph Lewis at Plain City
Utah, and then turned the gun on him
self with fatal results. Lewis had
charged Nichols with stealing watch
The supreme court of Indiana de
cided against Helen NJ Cougar in hel
suit against the election officers tC
compel them to receive and count he1
ballot. In pronouncing the opinion o.
the court Judge Hackney said thai
under the Indiana constitution womer
cannot vote, and that this provision o.
the constitution is not in conflict with
the constitution of the United States.
FIRE broke out in the Zanamoro mine
at Zacatecas, Mex, and ten bodies
were taken out, showing signs o
asphyxiation. 1t was said that there
was no doubt that no miners hat
persisted. All Zacatecas was scene
of mourning.
THE senate at Olympia, Wash, passed
the bill for an amendment to the con
stitution comforting elective franchis,
on women, the question to be submit
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