Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-16

In a freight wreck near Su gar Grove,
ILL.,, on the Chicago, Burlington ~
Quincy railroad, A. l.. Spencer, en-
gineer, of Chicago, was killed and
Fernando Jacobs, a stoclsman from
Sterling, ILL.,, was fatally injured.
Five other men were more or less in.
jured.
GREAT excitement prevailed on Blue
stone river, near Hinton, w. Va. re-
Gently on account of the mysterious
poisoning of the fish in that stream,
Three men died from eating some fish
caught from the river. A number OF
persons and cattle have also died from
the effects of drinking the water.
v. w. ALLEN, who came in from
Lynn and Borden counties to Fort
Worth, Tex, on the 10th. reported de-
structive prairie fires on the plains.
Thousands of acres Of pasture had
been completely destroyed, The cat
tie losses were supposed to be heavy.
A TORNADO struck the town of Fort
Branch, Ind, the other night and
wrought great damage. The furniture
store of Ezra Lowe was demolished.
The residence of Elder Oliphant was
completely wrecked. Barns and other
Outbuildings were smashed into splin-
ters and trees by the hundred blown
down. Several narrow escapes from
death were reported.
THE report reached Key West, Fla,
on the 9th that United States auxil-
larry gunboat sighted four Spanish
warships in st. Nicholas channel head
ing in the direction of Havana. Naval
Officers thought that there was much
speculation as to whether the ships
we're part of Cervera's fleet which
did not enter Santiago or some of the
ships from Cadiz.
A wATER-LADEN barge and her crew
of five men, in a tow of the steamer
Leondas, were lost. The Leonidas
and her charge were en- route to Key
West, Fla, to supply the army and
navy, when the vessel encountered IA
severe storm off the coast of North
Carolina, and during the gale the
hawsers parted and the barge went
down.
THE Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily Mail on the 9th stated
that there was little doubt now that
Spain, seeing the hopelessuess of fur
Their continuing the war, was approach
ing the powers with view to obtain
ing an honorable peace.
JUDGE J. f. GRINNELL dropped dead
on the Sth at the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank in Chicago. He was fa-
nous for the record he made as states
attorney during the prosecution of
the Haymarket anarchists.
A DISPATCH from Cape Haytien on
the 9TH stated that the American war
ships at Santiago de Cuba bombarded
the batteries at the harbor with de-
structive effect, the Notifications be-
ing practically demolished and
silenced. The American feet next at
tackled Aguadores, a small town east
of Santiago and some American ma
rines were landed and had a brush
with a column of Spanish soldiers.
The Americans entrenched themselves
at Daiquiri and landed heavy siege
guns, preparatory to moving them to
Santiago and laying siege to the city.
A SPECIAL from Chenille, w. Va, on
the Sth stated that the jury returned
a verdict of not guilty in the indict-
ment in which Mrs. Atkinson, wife Of
| the governor was a. co-defendant on
the charge of forgery.
SUGG BROS, the wealthy Indian ter
ritory cattlemen, have bought the herd
and ranch of e. T. Conner in Iron
county, Tex. The herd consists Of
about 1000 cattle. The price paid was
not known.
j. NJ. GUFFY has been made demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Pennsylvania in place of William f.
Harrity, who was deposed on account
OF his anti-silver views.