Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-07-14

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THE Russian officials and the gen.
eral public at St Petersburg were said
TO be strongly in favoro of speedy peace
as the only salvation for Spain and the
newspapers recommended the inter.
vention of Europe to compel cessa.
tion of hostilities.
STEELvILLE, the county seat of Craw.
ford county, Mo, was almost wiped
out by waterspout early on the Sth.
Thirteen bodies of victims were re-
covered and Rroans of anguish were
heard on all sides as searchers looked
among the debris for sufferers. Few
buildings were left standing and no
communication could be had with the
town except by courier.
The armistice at Santiago de Cuba
was extended until noon of the 9th by
Gen. Shafter in order to allow Gen.
Linares, the Spanish commander in
the city, to communicate with Gen.
Blanco and with Madrid. 1t was
thought the Spanish general was
weakening and wanted permission
from his superiors to surrender.
THE signal corps balloon used for
observation purposes with Gen. Shaft.
er's army was hit by the enemy's bull
let's and injured, but not beyond re-
pair.
RICHMOND p. HoBsoN and his men, the
heroes who went into the harbor of
San tiago de Cuba and sank the collier
Merrimac to prevent Admiral Cervera's
fleet from escaping, and who were
taken prisoners by the Spaniards after
performing the daring deed, were ex-
changed at Santiago and taken within
the American lines, where cheer after
cheer went up for their liberation.
KERN CITY, Cal, had 81 blocks of
buildings in the center of the town
swept away by fire. The Southern Pa
citic buildings were saved.
OF the sos Rough Riders" who land
ed in Cuba only $3.50 were fit for service
on the 18th, 300 having been killed or
wounded.
The firemen of Kansas City, Mo-,
were kept busy on the Fourth, the
total number of fires being 80, The
total loss was small.
A DISPATCH to the Washington Even
ing Star stated that after the destruc-
ton of the Spanish fleet some 45O Of
the men upon the Maria Teresa we're
placed as prisoners upon the Harvard.
For some reason, not yet ascertained,
these men mutinied and the mutineers
were fred upon. Six Spaniards were
killed outright and IL were wounded.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON, in answer to a
cablegram from Secretary Long, stated
that it might be possible to raise the
Cristobal Colon and possibly one or
two other Spanish ships that were re-
Gently sunk.
SEVEN of the Spanish guerrillas who
have been shooting from trees into
passing ambulances and pack trains
have been captured and are under
heavy guard at Gen. Wheeler's head
quarters near Santiago. 1t was
thought likely they would be executed.
A FIRE started at the Bear creek oil
plant of the Standard Oil company at
Marcus Hook, Pa, and three tanks,
containing nearly $4,000 barrels of oil,
were destroyed, Several crude oil
tanks were blown up to prevent the
spread of the flames.
LLOYD PICKETT, aged ten, of Hills.
boro, and Roscoe Sawyer, aged nine,
of Taylorville, Ill, who were injured
on the Fourth, have since died. The
boys were shooting firecrackers and
one of them accidentally threw burn
ing match into an open can containing
about ten pounds of blasting powder.
Sawyer and his wife were badly burned
while trying to save the children.
GooDE GRAY, colored, charged with
the robbery and murder of Bart Fred
ericlls, white man, near Kingsland,
Ark, was taken from the Rison, Ark,
Jail by a mob early the other morning
and hanged from a telegraph pole at
the scene of his crime.