Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-10-13
ABOUT 50, 900 labOrers in the building

ABOUT O,OOU laoorers In the building
trade in Paris struck on the 18th.
FRANK BUTLER was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life for the murder OF
Dan Grayson at Selma, Ala. The PEE
culiarity about the case was that he
began serving his life sentence two
weeks from the day of the murder
IT was stated that United States Sc
cret officers had discovered that a large
number of counterfeit 500 silver certi-
ticates had been produced in San Fran.
cisco The Call asserted that 3, 900 OF
these spurious bills were sent into the
Klondike district and were readily ex.
changed for gold dust and their falsity
was not discovered until the returning
miners tried to pass them in Portland,
Ore.
GEN. BACON sent a dispatch from
Walker, Mimi, on the nth stating that
the Indians had been badly whipped
and had left the country adjacent TO
the recent fight The settlers in the
neighborhood, however, felt very mn.
easy and were by no means assured
that the trouble with the redskins was
over.
THE total yield of this seasons pecan
crop in Texas was estimated at i, OO0,-
600 bushels.
GEN. GRANTS brigade, consisting Of
the Fourth Ohio and the Third Illinois
regiments, has been ordered to sail for
home, from Ponce, about October 1G.
The annual parade of the Karnival
Krewe in Kansas City, No., on the
9th was a glittering success The
crowds along the line of march were
the largest ever seen. Handsome floats
and elaborate costumes were the fea-
lures of every division. The police
preserved the best of order and every
person caught masked was taken to
the police station.
In the recent battle with Indians at
the southwest corner of Leech lake. in
Minnesota, company + of the Third
infantry put up gallant fight While
the so soldiers Gen. Bacon had were
unable to dislodge the 200 and odd In
dams from their strong position, they
made it very hot for them. Mai. Will
lSinson, five soldiers and two Indian
police were killed. The loss of the In
dams were not known, but number
were killed and many wounded. The
rumored massacre of Gen. Bacon's
troops was unfounded.
In Saline county, Ark, Joe McKin.
ney, a young farmer, accompanied by
his brother and friend, eloped with
the daughter of Charles Taylor, an.
other farmer Taylor overlook the
party and opened fire with gun,
without effect Mckinney returned
the fire with a revolver killing Tay.
lor The party then drove on to Red
field, where the clippers were married.
After the ceremony all four surren.
dered themselves to the police.
A BATTLE was said to have been
fought between troops under Gen. Ba-
con and the Pillager Indians near
Walker, Mimi. There were conflict
ing reports about the engagement,
one stating that Gen. Bacon and his
men had been massacred. Reinforce
ments were ordered to the scene at
once by the war department.
YELLOW fever was reported epidemic
in Mississippi.
JOSEPH MCMANUs, nine years old,
was instantly killed while running
after a wagon in St Louis by a street
car approaching from an opposite di-
rection. He was frightfully mangled. |
DENVER, Col, on the,5th had peace
jubilee, in which returned soldiers,
local military and other organizations
participated in a parade and sham
battle. AT night was given the gor-
geous pageant of the Slaves of the Sill
yer Serpent, followed by ball
IT was learned that the Labrador
mail steamer Leopard, with a crew of
IS and IL passengers, was lost during
q severe storm off the northeast coast
of Labrador.