Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-24


THE cruiser AmqzonHs, built by the
Armstrong; for Brazil and purchased
for the United States, was formally
transferred from the Brazilian flag to
the stars and stripes al Gravesend,
Eng, on the 18th.
In Massac county, ILL.,, Miss Mary
Wade and John Lammert were sweet
hearts, but their parents opposed their
marriage In fit of dependency the
young lacy took poison and died
When the young man learned Of it he
became a raving maniac.
ELEVEN Illicit distillers from Con-
way county, Ark, recently surren-
dered TO the United States district Az
torney at Little Rock and, on their
obligating themselves to aid in sup
pressing the Illicit traffic, they were
allowed to go home, sentence being
suspended during good behavior
Forty other moonshiners from Pope
county want to surrender on the same
terms. This will wipe out moonshin-
ing in those sections of Arkansas.
EARNEST 0. CHAMBERLAIN, managing
editor of the New York Evening World,
has had his reason completely shat.
tered through the strain imposed by
the present war excitement
A TERRIBLE explosion took place on
the 18th in the Santa Isabel mine at
Belmaz, Spain. Seventy corpses were
recovered, five miners have since died
and many Others were unaccounted for.
WHILE playing in his fathers barn.
near Montpelier, Ind, 12-year-old Her
bert Stanley pretended to hang him
self and was so successful that he died
few minutes after his mother found
him and took him down.
TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, head of the
Cuban junta at New York, issued a
proclamation to the American people,
stating that the Cuban insurgents
would not listen to proposals for au.
tonomy; that they wanted absolute
independence; that Spain had proven
impotent to compel them to accept au-
tonomy and wanted the aid of ths
United States to force it on them, but
rather than entertain the proposal
they would fight on, even if American
bayonets were turned against them.
They wanted independence or death. )"
A NEGRO boy was lynched at Marcella.
Ark, the other day. lie was accused
of stealing $50 from the cash drawer
of "A store.
SHOULD clerical celibacy prevail in
the Episcopal church? This question
has started a violecJ agitation among
Anglican priests in New York.
A BAD fire occurred on Wabash ave,
nue., Chicago, on the 10th, in which is
was thought 10 persons had lost their
lives and about 80 others had been in
jured. There was wild panic in the
building at the explosions of photo.
graphic chemicals in the supply house
of Sweet e. Co. and many persons
threw themselves out of the windows
and were dashed on the pavement.
The Elevated railway tracks were also
badly damaged, The loss was between
$500, 600 and 100000
JEFFERSON TAYLOR, a well-to-dc,
farmer at Alton, Ark, who has for
some time been mentally unbalanced.
found an old pistol, and shot his grown
daughter, killing her instantly Then
he killed himself.
PETER Mailer finished up Steve
O'Donnell in short order at Philadel-
phia ON the 10th, the referee stopping
the fight in the second round, when
Steve was so groggy as to be all but
knocked out
The bark British Princess collided
with. an unknown steamer off the Eng
fish coast and within three minutes
the latter sank with all on board. The
British Princess was lowed to Loves,
toft with her bows slowed.
GRAND RIVER, at Grand Rapids, Mich,
was higher on the 18th than at am
time for five years and factories alond
the river bank were forced to shu.
down.