Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-29

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spinuers held in Philadelphia ON the
Esd an absolute shutdown of the mills
represented was decided upon. This
action was taken because Of the over
production of yarn. The shutdown
will be indefinite.
SEVENTY men were entombed In the
Empire coal mine at Brownsville, Pa,
on the 93d by an explosion OF gas.
Eight miners were taken out dead,
three others were more or less injured
and the balance fortunately escaped
by traversing ~ miles of underground
passages. The scene at the mouth Of
the mine was heartrending, caused by
the women shrieking and the children
wailing for their loved ones.
SEVEN persons in the families OF
Breckenridge b. Smith, prominent
druggist, and John ). Smither, of Yer
sailles, KY, were taken dangerously
Ill the other night from poison in but
termilk they drank for supper.
CAPT. CHARLES A. WoRDEN, Of com
pany II, Seventh United States in
fantry, who died from the effects Of
malarial fever contracted in the cam
paign before Santiago, was buried on
the 22d at Paramount cemetery, Dem
yer, Col, with military honors. Friends
of the deceased, it was said, believe he
would have recovered had he received
proper care during his ten days deten'
tion in quarantine at Tampa, Fla,
after his arrival from Santiago.
THE National Carriage Builders as
ISOLATION elected officers at its recent
session in st. Louis, D. M. Perry, of In
dianapolis, Ind, being chosen presi-
dent and Henry G. Mclean, OF Will
mington, Del, secretary-treasurer L..
f. Tebbetts, of st. Louis, was made a
vice president
OCTOBER 10 has been agreed on for
Missouri and st. Louis day at the
Transmississippi exposition at Omaha,
Neb., with one cent mile from all
points in Missouri.
JENNIE HICKEY, n 13-year-old school
girl, was found murdered on the break
water at Thirty-sixth street, Chicago
the other morning. An eXpressmar
was charged with the crime.
The secretary of war inspected the
hospital and regimental quarters al
Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn, on the
21st and reviewed the enlisted men,
He afterwards made speech to the
officers, saying that the commanders
of camps were responsible for the con
dition of their camps, and If the mer
were not we'll cared for they would
have to answer for it.
AT Findlay, o., the other night 6
freight engine and IA cars were ditched
and the engineer and brakeman were
killed.
MICHIGAN republicans renominatec
Pingree for governor at the state con
vention at Detroit on the 21st.
THE fve-year-old son of James Ferry
of Morris, ILL.,, was burned to death
while playing with matches in a barn
A SPECIAL from Defuniak, Fla.
stated that fire destroyed 10 stores
and hotels at that place, besides many
smaller buildings.
THERE were over 100 typhoid fever
patients in the division hospitals a
Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa, on tn,
10Th.
THE southern part of Spain has beer
visited by terrible floods. At Herreri
so persons have been drowned 4
great number of cattle have perisheC
and the olive harvest was lost espe
cially in Seville and Granada There
have been many deaths in other part
of the flooded districts.
AT the recent reunion of the Nine
teenth Michigan regiment at Constan
tine, Mich, Gen. Shafter, who was it
colonel during the civil war, gave
brief description of the Santiago cam
paign and said that all the hardship
of the troops under his command ant
the deaths could not be avoided unde
the circumstances.