Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-31

Two tramps built coal fire In an
old basin the other night, put It into a
refrigerator car in the Frisco yards at
Fayetteville, Ark, and went to sleep
by 1t. A third tramp climbed into the
car, shut the door and also went To
sleep. In the morning another tramp
entered the car He noticed the coal
smoke, but thought nothing Of IL and
fell asleep. An hour later tramp,
who slept in another car, went to
wake his friends, and found two OF
them dead and the other two uncon-
scious.
INTENSE feeling was created among
the officers of the torpedo boats at
Key West, Fla, at the news that the
Spanish torpedo Aotiila had sailed
from the Canary islands for Porto
Rico. They said that the ilotilla was
greater menace to the United States
feet than II all the rest of the Spanish
navy was brought to those waters, Por-
TO Rico being nearer Key West than
Cuba
The Spanish report of the board OF
inquiry into the cause of the wreck of
the Maine, according to Madrid dis
patch of the 2jth, states that it is
scientifically and practically demon
strated that the explosion was inter-
nal"
A GANG of burglars looted half n
dozen stores at Perkins, Ok, the other
night and carried off large sum of
money and wagon load of goods,
THE Consolidated Elevator company
at st. Louis closed deal for 1,0OO, 900
bushels of corn for export and for inn
mediate delivery ut Baltimore, Nd.
The belief was that the corn was for
Spain and that she was rushing the
order because, in event of declara-
ton of war; she would be shut out of
the purchase.
THE Nebraska state board of trans
portation has announced its intentio
of enforcing reduction in local
freight rates on all roads in Nebraska.
The reduction will amount to from 10
to 10 per cent. The action is the re-
suit of the supreme court decision at
Washington declaring the maximum
freight rate law imperative.
jim JEFFRIEs, Of Los Angeles, CAL,
easily defeated Peter Jackson, the me-
gro, in the third round at San Francis
co on the 22d.
The Reynolds grain elevator at
Poughkeepsie, N, Y, was destroyed by
fire, causing loss of $50, 900.
HEAVY floods have done great dam
age at Richmond, Ind The bridge
over the Whitewater river was de-
stroyed, the city electric light plant
was drowned out, the streets were
badly damaged and many people were
driven from their homes.
REPRESENTATIVE PAYNE introduced
joint resolution in the Ohio general
assembly memorializing congress to
pay all pension claims, and to accrue,
in irredeemable scrip. In the aggre.
gate, this would mean the floating of
81, 900, 900, 900 of scrip
A TRAIN consisting of a passenger
coach, caboose and locomotive with a
wrecking crew of "a men aboard, was
wrecked near Columbus, Ind, on the
23d through food. The engineer
could not be found and the fireman
was washed away and swan to tree.
HEAVY floods were reported on the
93d in Ohio. Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia and Indiana. Nearly all the
railroads in central and southern Ohio
were said to be crippled or totally dis
abled because of washouts. Around
Pittsburgh, Pa, manufacturing con-
Germs were severely Inconvenience
from the freshets. At Wheeling, w.
Va, various manufacturing establish
ments, employing from $1,000 to Is, 600
men, have shut down because of floods.
SAM ELLIS, negro, was recently
hanged to limb of tree near Polk,
Ala, for attempting to assassinate
Hendrix A. Hardy on the night of Oc-
tober 90 lie confessed his crime.