Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-30

tPERRY ELLIOTT shot and instantly
KILLED Efiie Kelly and then shot hi IN sell
at Trenton, Ia They lived on opposite
sides of the road Elliott saw Mis-.
Kelly sitting with a young man in
front of her house and shot her with q
rife from his doorway. His dead body
was found shortly afterward in an In.
ner room, Elliott was in love with
the young woman.
A ROYAL decree was read in the Span.
ish eOrtes on the Gath suspending the
parliament
A FREIGHT train on the Missouri,
Kansas e. Texas railroad was ditched
at Red river bridge, near Denison, Tex
Nine cars loaded with 800 tons of Goa
were derailed. The wreck was caused
by rails spreading.
A MEETING of patriotic women wa,
recently held at the home of Mrs
Adlai r. Stevenson at Blooming ton,
ILL.,, resulting in the formation Of the
Army and Navy league OF Mclean
county, whose object is to extend aid
and sympathy in every way possible
TO the soldiers of the United States in
the war with Spain and to their fami.
lies. Mrs. Stevenson was chosen presi
dent
DIR. TRANSMITTED, local observer oil
the United States weather bureau at St
Louis, received notice from Washing
ton asking for volunteers to go to
South American waters and observe
the weather conditions at points about
the Caribbean sea, in order that our
war vessels may be warned IN time OF
the coming of the terrific storms that
rage in those waters at this time OF
the year.
A RECENT dispatch from Santiago de
Cuba said that Cubans had brought in
formation to Admiral Sampson that
Admiral Cervera was prepared to make
desperate effort to take his ships out
of Santiago harbor at the first favor.
able opportunity. Every night the
vessels drop down the bay, prepared
to embrace the first favorable oppor-
tunity to attempt dash past the block
aiding squadron. 1t was said to be the
Spanish admiraPs hope to save at least
portion of his ships
AMOS HAYS made an attempt to es-
cape from an officer while being taken
to Doverja jumping from the steamer
Buttrof into the Cumberland river,
near GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and was
drowned. He was charged with steal
ing a canoe.
The Spanish prize steamship Pan.
anna, which was captured by the light
house tender Mangrove off Havana
on April 23, was sold at auction and
was purchased by the United States
government for S4!, 900.
THE ed was Kansas day at the Oma.
ha exposition and the handsome state
building was deliberately decorated
for the dedicatory ceremonies. Gov.
Leedy and staff and many prominent
citizens of the Sunhower state were
present. Rev. A. w. Irwin, of Hutch
inson, delivered the invocation. John
f. Frost, vice president of the Kansas
commission, presented the building to
Gov. Leedy, who, in turn, presented it
to President Wattles, of the exposi.
ton. Il. d. Coburn and Silas Porter
addressed the crowd.
JOHN THoMAsCHUETZ was hanged in
the city Jail at st. Louis at 6:15 on the
morning of the 92d. The crime for
which he died was the shooting of his
sweetheart, Annie Rausch, aged Is, on
April 8, 1897 He wanted to marry
her, but because of her refusal he shot
the girl.
THE Wells-Fargo and the United
States Express companies were trying
to locate $1,000 in silver belonging to
the government, shipped by them to
Silver City, N. M. The money was
sent from the United States sub-treas-
ury in st. Louis on the night of May Fl
and the last heard from it was when
twas receipted for at Kansas City.