Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-23
JUDon NEWMAN has modified The sen.


JUDGE NEWMAN has modified the sen.
fences of several moonshiners in Jail
at Atlanta, Ga, in order that they
may enlist in the army. They will
join the company OF moonshiners be-
ing organized by Capt Yancey Carter,
the noted revenue officer, who says
they are especially adapted to guer-
rilla warfare.
THE men who murdered and robbed
Mr. Garden and his wife and an old
man named Carlee, near Wetumpka,
Ala, were lynched at nine o'clock on
the nth. The mob broke into jail and
secured the prisoners-fve in number
and took them to the scene of the muir
der. Four of the negroes confessed and
the other told where he had the money.
He was compelled to find 1t and in a
few minutes, near the scene of the
crime, all five were swung up and their
bodies riddled with bullets.
LATE reports from the Philippine is.
lands showed that the insurgents were
gaining victories over the Spaniards
and that Manila could be taken when
ever the signal was given. The Spanish
troops were underfed and were utterly
exhausted by incessant duty, The
health of Admiral Dewey's squadron
was reported excellent. Many foreign
warships were congregating in port in
anticipation of the downfall of Manila.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch stated that
IL is the desire of the national relief
commission that the Sunday preceding
the Fourth of July shall be devoted
largely to patriotic services in the va
rious churches of the United States.
1t is suggested that at these services q
cash collection be taken for the sol
diers and sailors and their families.
A SPECIAL from Glasgow, KY, said
that Caleb Gaines, colored was taken
from Jail at one o'clock on the morn
ing of the 10th and hanged to tree.
He had assaulted four-year-old girl,
day or two before and was then
saved from death by the mercy of the
victims mother. Fifty men on horse
back were the lynchers.
FIRE in Sailing, Hanson & Co.'s lum-
Der yard at Grayling, Mich, destroyed
5000, 900 feet of lumber, at loss of
sos 900; fully covered by insurance.
Fourteen dwelling houses were also
burned.
A FIRE at La Grange, Mo-, on the
10th destroyed ten business houses in
the center of the town. Loss, $50, 600.
negro was supposed to have been
burned to death.
THE American warships Texas, Mar
blehead and Suwanee on the 18th bonn.
barded the brick fort and earthworks
at Caimanera at the end of the railroad
leading to the city of Guantanamo and
demolished them. The Spanish fire
did no damage to our vessels
The grand lodge of masons of the
state of Washington has passed reso-
luton recognizing the colored masons
as members of the craft. The act OF
the white masons of Washington may
probably be followed by similar pol
icy in other states.
The Interstate Grain Dealers asso-
citation met in annual convention in
Omaha, Neb. The association is a
union of the Kansas, Nebraska, west.
ern Iowa and northwestern Missouri
grain dealers.
WHILE seining in Flat Rock river
near Columbus, Ind, the other after.
noon, Bert Krislar and Rollo Fucker,
both aged %, were drowned.
THE main body of the social democ-
racy of America has given out its plat.
form, which was formulated during
the convention at Chicago. 1t de.
mands the collective ownership and
administration of all the means of pro-
duction and distribution; also the
abolition of all inferior federal courts
and the abrogation of the power of
the federal supreme court to reverse
the decisions of state tribunals. The
concluding plank is a declaration in
favor of direct legislation.