Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-12-01
THE medical college at the uni veraity

THE medical college at the university
at Indianapolis was Quilted by FIRE.
WHILE party OF ~ people were re-
turning from a ball at Otis, o., early
on the c5th on two hand cars they
were struck by the Lake Shore fast
mail east OF Charleston. William Sea-
bensh and William Kempler being
killed outright, while William Sea-
benski's two daughters, aged 10 and IS
respectively, we're probably fatally in
jured.
JOHN b. SHAW was hanged at Gle
burne, Tex, on the 25th for murder.
THE cornerstone Of the confederate
monument that is to mark the final
resting place of the 449 unknown con-
federate dead buried in the cemetery
at Van Buren,, Ark, was laid on the
gath. Arkansas Missouri, Texas, Lou
isiana and the Indian territory were
represented. Fully 80 per cent. of
those inferred at the place are Missou-
rians.
EIGHT horses were burned alive and
several others were blinded in a fire
early the other morning mt X ansas
City, Kan. The fire started by one Of
the horses kicking over lighted
lantern. The loose hay caught and
the entire building was destroyed
Mrs WILLIAM SANTENLo, wife OF a
farmer in Paine county, Ok, after a
quarrel with her husband, killed her
ten-months-old baby and threw it into
we'll and then committed suicide by
jumping into the well head first.
MEMBERS of the Third Alabama, the
negro regiment at Admission, Ala,
caused the greatest excitement on the
night of the gath that the town had
ever known. The negroes, DESTROYS Of
getting even on whites, lay in a gully
and shot all who passed by. White
citizens armed themselves and were
with difficulty restrained from wreak-
ing summary vengeance. Several
shots were fred before order was re-
stored.
MISS NORA BITNER, highly-respect-
ed young lady of Allegheny, Pa, was
beaten so badly the other afternoon
by three girls that she will probably
die. Her assailants were jailed. The
cause of the assault was rather mystic
rious. Miss Bitner was walking along
the street when the assault took place.
The Thanksgiving banquet of the
American society in London was a
glorfication of Anglo. American friend
ship. Three hundred Americans and
their English guests sat at table un-
der the entwined flags of the two ma
tions.
THE coroner's inquest over the re-
mains of Lillian Brandes, the 13.year-
old girl who was supposed to have COM
mitted suicide by hanging at Berkeley,
CAL, resulted in verdict charging
her father with murder and naming
her stepmother as an accessory. The
evidence tended to show that the child
had been beaten to death and hanged
to bed post by those responsible for
her death.
EARLY on the 23d the Baldwin hotel
at San Francisco was destroyed by fire.
There were. 800 guests and employees in
the hotel when the fire broke out, but
it was thought that only five persons
lost their lives. The hotel cost ST., $780,
0O0 to build.
ORRTN D. LAW, indicted for murder
ing his father-in-law and sisterin-law,
pleaded guilty Of murder in the second
degree at Columbus, o., and was given
life sentence in the penitentiary.
THE steamers Tampa and Arthur Orr
were wrecked on the north shore of
Lake Superior. They went on the rocks
in fearful gale and showstorm on the
22d. The crews were saved.
AN attempt was made on the life of
the czar while his majesty was return
ing from Copenhagen. The track was
INSTRUCTED at bridge crossing, so as to
wreck the czar's train, but watchman
discovered it in time to remove it sutfi.
GENTLY to allow the train to pass.