Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-20

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ELEVEN reindeer arrived at New York
on the 14th and will be shipped TO tho
Klondike region.
ARCHIE LooKELEY, colored. triple
murderer, was hanged at Richmond,
Va, on the l4th.
MOSES GAINES n negro 90 years old,
was stabbed TO death Mt the Armour
packing-house in Kansas City Kan, on
the 14th. The murderer's name was
Joseph Williams. The stabbng was
the result of a triding quarrel about
standing room.
In fire at Roberts hotel in New
York Lesley Stanley and his wife were
suffocated by smoke
THE feeling against the large depart
ment stores in Denver, Col, was re.
ported to he spreading to the secret so.
cieties. The trades and labor organi.
cations have already pledged to with.
draw their patronage from them.
THE Southern Express company al
Atlanta, Ca, was sent a mysterious
package containing So, 700, which was
supposed to be conscience money. II
refused to receive IL and put it's detect
ives on the case to find the thief who
now wants to make restitution.
AARON DICKSON was jailed at Clarlss-
Vile, Tenn, in default of $500 bond,
for breaking into grocery and steal
ing food to keep his family from starV-
ing.
FOREIGN mission boards of the United
States and Canada met in conference
at New York on the 18th.
THE Mccullough block, one of the
finest Office buildings in Davenport, Ia,
was destroyed by FIRE the other night.
A DISPATCH from Columbus, o., N
the 18th stated that the opposition tc
Hanna was defeated in his election,
but it proposed to fight now against
his being seated for the long term
His enemies say they have not the time
to interfere on the. short term, but
they will press the bribery charges to
the United States senate.
THE situation was reported as being
serious in Havana on the 18th. The
Spanish general was obliged to throw
q Gordon of troops around the United
States consulate, as there was fierce
rioting in the city and the mob de.
nounced the United States. The
United States warships at Key West,
Fla, were ordered to be in readiness
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ADvIcEs from the orient stated that
the Japanese transport steamer Mara,
bound to the Peccadores, was wrecked
and about so lives lost. Only five sea.
men survived and they were picked up
by steamer. The vessel struck upon
an uncharted rock.
EDWARD TooMEY was shot through
the brain by Edward billiard, an ex.
bartender at st. Louis. The murder
was cowardly one and was caused by
Toomey happening to be in the com.
pany of man a day or two previously
who had had fuss with billiard.
The reported massacre of white set.
tiers at Earlsboro, Ok, by Seminole
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ing of two of their tribe by enraged
white settlers turned out to be un.
founded. Mr.. Springer, Judge of the
United States court in the district,
wired on the 18th, however, that many
people were leaving the border towns
for fear of the Indians and that the
Indians were collecting for some un.
lawful purpose,
A PERRY, Ok, dispatch stated that
the allotment of the lands of the Otter
and Missouri Indians had begun and
would be completed in two months. The
allotting agent assigned to this work is
Miss Helen p Clark, who is one-eighth
Blackfoot Indian, These Indians al.
ways have opposed allotment, but Miss
Clark, who is the only woman who has
ever been assigned to such a work, has
gained their confidence and is proceed
ing with the work. This spring the
allotted lands will be opened to white
settlement.