Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

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pany was granted charter, under the
laws Of 0klahoma, for the construction
of n railway from Red Fork, l. r., to
Guthrie, Ok.
CHICAGO fruit dealers declare that
the exclusion OF our fruits by Germany
will be n source of considerable hard
ship to them, apple dealers being the
chief sufferers. One dealer said that
not less than $4,000 barrels of apples
were shipped to the German markets
last season.
GERMANY is agitating the proposition
to exclude American wines,
THREE lives were lost in the Della
ware river opposite Burlington, N. j.,
on the 4th by the breaking of the ice
under shedding party.
JOHN SMALLEY, an elevator boy in
the Marie Antoinette hotel, at New
York, had the life crushed out of him
while eight women in dinner costumes,
powerless to save him, tore at the con-
fining bars of the elevator cage in a
frantic effort to escape his screams Of
agony.
A CHICAGO dispatch of the 4th stated
that two gigantic rival combines, in
volving all the mill owners of the CEN
tral, western and northwestern states,
were engaged in a bitter war. The
adulteration of -four was the basis Of
attack and counter movement
AT the annual banquet of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
at Baltimore, Md, the other night Sec
rotary Gage was the chief speaker, the
keynote OF his speech being our cur
rency.
SECRET negotiations were stated to
be in progress between the United
States and the insurgents in Cuba
looking to the stoppage of the war on
some financial basis, to be agreed upon
hereafter. The insurgents have ex-
pressed perfect willingness to assume
reasonable share of the Spanish bonds
issued against the Cuban revenues and
President Mckinley and his cabinet
have discussed several plans for guar
anteeing the Cuban debt on the sole
DaSlS Ol independence
A DISPATCH on the Sd stated that the
deaths from the plague in Bombay for
the last seven days was 927, as against
S34 for the previous corresponding
period.
THE Japanese merchants steamer
Nara Maru ran on n hidden rock of the
Pescadore group and sank Immediately.
OF her so passengers and crew only
seven reached the shore. The drowned
were all Japanese.
EDWARD j. LoNERGAN, plumber,
was run down and killed by Lindell
railway trolley car at st. Louis the
other night. His head was crushed
and his body otherwise mangled.
FRANK Mcconnell, of San Francisco,
practically unknown man in the
boxing world, outpointed and out
fought Young Critic, the celebrated
Australian boxer, in 15-round go at
San Francisco,
THE Pittsburg & Gulf railway is pre-
pairing to award the contract for the
construction of an immense grain ele-
vator at Port Arthur, Tex, 1t will
have a capacity of 100000 bushels 1t
will be used for handling and storing
export grain and will be finished by
June 1.
THE semi.aunual reports of the Grand
Army posts in Oklahoma show 81 posts
organized, with membership of $500
JACOB MEYER, of ST. Louis, was
swindled out of 5000 by two three-card
monte men with whom he got ac-
quainted on st. Louis passenger train
running into Kansas City, Mo- Meyer
was on his way to the Klondike gold
fields.
A FIRE which broke out in the fourth
story of the reclaiming plant of the
United States Rubber company at
Naugatuck, Conn, destroyed the en-
tire plant, entailing loss of more
than S7OO, 900, partly covered by insur-
ance.
A CHICAGO telegram said Mrs. Minnie
Wallace Wallsup Ketcham had won a
victory over the other heirs of the estate
of the late John j. Ketcham. She was
made eXecutrix of the will and receives
a clear title to over $500. 900 in proper
ty, while the Toledo Ketchams will
receive about $4,000.
MRS, j. D. PETTIs, living near Pol
lard, Ala, recently gave birth to four
boys, all living. Two weighed 516
pounds each and the other two six
pounds each. Seven years ago the
woman gave birth to three children,
two girls and one boy.
FIRE early the other morning cut off
the escape of six men who were Sleep
ing over the Rose restaurant at Omaha,
Neb. So swiftly did the flames run
through the building that the men
were compelled to leap from the sec
Ond-story windows before the fremen
could raise ladders. Those badly in
jured were removed to hospital.
c. II. BARNEY's livery and feed stable
at Eureka, ILL.,, was destroyed by fire
and II horses were cremated.
A RICH strike of gold has just been
made on the Boyle lease of the Lucky
Gus property at Bull Hill, Col. The
ore was encountered in the 1sO-foot
level and assays So, 900 to the ton. The
vein is a six-inch streak of hourine-
stained quartz and shows free gold in
profuse quantities.
THE Dougherty organ factory at
Clinton, Ont, with all its contents,