Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-08-18
N freight collision on the wabash

In freight collision on the Wabash
near Churubusco,, G. II. Truck, of
Bloomfield, Ind, was killed and Brake
man Shelliner, of Peru, was badly in-
jured. Five cars were demolished.
r. M. B. TrDD, of St. Louis, stated a
day or two ago that alaska as gold
field is one mammoth swindle into
which thousands OF American eagles
have been sunk never TO be redeemed.
1t Is impossible for me TO picture the
pitiable condition Of nearly 10000
penniless fOrtune-hunters scattered
throughout the Alaskan region and
unless the government turns its attena
to their condition there will be few
left to tell the tale next spring"
THE manufacturing plant Of the
American Cutlery company at Chicago
on the 18th was damaged SIS, 900 by
fire. Five hundred employees were in
the building, but all were rescued.
SuMMERFiELD DENNIS, Il negro boy
not II years old, was legally hanged at
Snow Hill, Md, for killing his step
father, who had whipped him for be-
ing lazy.
WHILE party Of six young folks
were returning from bathing near
Angola, Ind, the boat capsized and
Leonard Roby, Auburn Rempis and
Miss Lena Remps were drowned in
10 feet of water.
GEN. SKATER sent the following
sanitary report for August II: Total
number of sick, 800; total number Of
fever cases, 2,34O; total number OF new
cases, gel; total number OF fever cases
returned to duty, 279
THE two.masted Spanish schooner
Salve Maria, of about 80 tons, was
wrecked on the shoals near Key West,
Fla, on the 18th. She was total
loss. Her crew was saved.
THERE was fight for two hours be-
fore daybreak at Cape San Juan, Porto
Rico. Eight hundred Spaniards at
tempted to retake the lighthouse,
which was in possession of 40 of our
soldiers We had one man wounded
and the enemy had 100 killed and were
forced to retreat.
Ed SHANNON at Central City, N. d.,
shot Judge Giddings and Jack Wear,
beat his wife over the head with re-
volver until he thought she was dead
and then committed suicide. The trou-
BILE was caused by his being jealous Of
his wife.
WOLFE COoNE, full-blood, and Watt
Duncan, half-breed, we're nominated
for principal and assistant chiefs of
the Cherokees at Tahlequah, l. T. The
nominations mean that the full-bloods
will bitterly resist any changes pro-
posed by the United States.
In the midst of raging typhoon
with a tremendous downpour of rain,
Spanish force, estimated at 5000
men, attempted to surprise the Amer
lean camp near Malate, Philippine
islands, on the night of the Slst. Our
pickets were driven in and the trenches
assaulted. Men ran right up to the
attacking Spaniards and moved them
down with regular volleys The enc
my was repulsed and retreated in dis
order. Gen. Merritt gives the casual
ties as nine killed, nine seriously
wounded and 3s slightly wounded.
The Spanish loss was 200 killed and 800
wounded.
A COMPLETE surprise was furnished
in the first days races at the L, A. w.
national meet at Indianapolis, Ind.
Owen Kimble, "Old Kaintuck," proved
the two-mile champion of America,
time 4:O5. Taylor was second Bald
third and Cooper fourth.
AT New York Policeman Henry Haw-
ley, while in a drunken rage, shot his
wife, his mother, his four-year-old
son, his six.year-old daughter and then
himself.
TwENTY-oNE states and three Cana
dian provinces were represented at the
recent session in Detroit, Mich, of state
and provincial boards of health OF
North America.