Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-03

Whitman Agricultural company's
works at St. Louis, was asphyxiated by
gas in one OF the cupOlas. His duty
was to regulate the amount OF molten
metal allowed to flow into the steel
cone where the iron Is cooled, The
gateway which shut off the flow failed
to work properly and in order to
remedy this Woods entered the cupola
and was overcome by the gas
CLAUD j. WILSON quarreled with Ed
M. CallSins in the Union Stock Yards
hotel at Denver, Col, when Calkins
struck Wilson with his fist, knocking
him down. Wilson's head struck the
floor with great force and when picked
up he was dead.
FIRE destroyed four stores and half
dozen offices and smaller buildings at
Somerset, Ky, on the 2Sth. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $4,000.
MOUNT STERLING. H., had a disas-
trous fire on the eth, the Bloomfield
hotel being entirely destroyed and al
most a whole block as well, Albert
Pieper was killed by falling wall and
Constable Snodgrass and two other
men were injured. Loss, over 500, 900.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY made an adj
dress at the annual banquet of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers at
New York on the eth The principal
feature of his speech was about the
money question. He said the financial
plank of the st. Louis platform was of
as binding force upon the republicans
to-day as it was when it was adopted
and that all our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained at parity
with gold.
In saloon row at Wellsburg Ia,
John Mullen was killed by being
struck on the head with a beer keg.
He had quarrel with ice-cutters.
PAUL CAUSE, a Lutheran preacher,
was arrested recently in st. Louis for
vagrancy and given hours to leave
town. Liquor was his undoing.
AT the National Fishery congress al
Tampa, Fla, resolution was passed
recommending the establishment OF q
national fish hatchery and laboratory
at some central point on the gulf coast.
The congress believed that such sta
ton would be of inestimable benefit to
the work Of the United States fish com.
mission.
CHARLES S. FAIRoHILD, eX-secretary
of the treasury, addressed the national
monetary convention at Indianapolis,
Ind, on the Goth. Afterwards the res
olutions were discussed in five-minute
speeches and after two hours of favor
able debate were unanimously adopted
and the convention adjourned subject
to the call of the executive committee
1t was decided that the committee
should carry on an active educationa,
campaign.
THE Iowa supreme court has upheld
the anti-cigarette law passed by the
last Legislature.
The interstate joint convention OF
bituminous coal operators and miners
came to an end at Chicago on the 10th
The miners were jubilant over the re
suit of their ten days session, for il
means to nearly 100000 soft coal min
ers an advance of ten cents per tor
and uniform day of eight hours al
uniform day wages.
WILLIAM LEE, aged so, farmer, wa'
killed by Big Four train the othel
afternoon at Shelbyville, Ind. He de
liberately drove his team on to thu
track in front of the train, it wa,
thought with suicidal intent.
REV. LEROY CHURCH, one of the mos
widely known Baptist ministers in the
west and founder of the Standard, the
Baptist western UNCONVENTIONAL organ
died at Chicago, aged So.
A sNowsToRM caused II collision or
the Manchester e. Cedar Rapids line al
Alburnette, la. Frank Sweet, fireman
of Cedar Rapids, was killed, and En-
gineer L. II. Harvey and Mail Clerl
William McDuff were seriously injured