Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-03

peror arrived atJerusalem on the Goth.
AN earthquake shock recently passed
over Ottawa, Ont
CHICAGO is trying to get the general
conference OF the Methodist church in
1900.
w. M. LEONARD. while standing near
the engine at Taylor's gin at Granger,
Tex, accidentally fell on the driving
belt. He was hurled with terrific
force against the side OF the house and
instantly killed, nearly every bone In
his body being broken.
A TELEGRAM from st. Petersburg
said that medical authorities admitted
that the epidemic prevailing in Lower
Russia was the plague. The death rate
was reported very high.
Two fires occurred the other night
at Corsicana, Tex, resulting in the to-
tai destruction of several residences
aud one saloon and the loss of three
lives, William johnson and two small
children. Johnson started the fatal
fire by using crude petroleum in his
kitchen stove.
In a jealous rage, after quarreling
with his wife for half an hour the
other night, August Harte, tailor at
St. Louis, shot himself in the right
temple and was not expected to SUR
vive his wound.
The grand jury at San Francisco has
voted to indict Mrs. Cordelia Botkin in
that city for the alleged murder OF
Mrs. John p Cunning at Dover, Del,
by poisoned candy.
THE schooner st. Peter sank on Lake
Ontario, near Sodus, and all on board
persisted with the exception of the
captain, who was picked up by u life
saving crew in an unconscious condi-
ton. Eight persons at least went
down with the vessel,
THE steamer L. r. Doty, with crew
of Is men, was believed by marine men
to have been lost in the recent great
storm in midlake off Kenosha, Wis.
The British cabinet has decided, it
was reported at Paris, to proclaim a
protectorate over Egypt by Great
Britain.
The Japanese steamer Mijagala was
sunk in collision at Kobe and 60 ia
panese were drowned.
A LARGE sawmill at Vancouver, B.
c., was burned on the Goth and $50 men
were thrown out Of employment. The
loss amounted to several hundred
thousand dollars
AT recent meeting of the wire and
nail manufacturers, held at Pitts burgh,
Pa, it was decided to reduce the price
of wire nails five cents per keg and to
advance the price of galvanized wire,
both smooth and barbed, five cents per
100 pounds.
THERE was boiler explosion in the
sawmill at West Marion, Ind, which
completely wrecked the plant and
fatally injured three men.
UNION painters at indianapolis, Ind,
were locked out by the Master Paint
ers' association on the Goth because
the men would not withdraw boycott
against certain firm.
A REAR.END collision occurred on the
Union Pacific sidetrack at Omaha,
Neb,, between two freight trains, re.
sulting in the death OF three train
men and the serious injury of another.
The steamboat Bolivia reached New
Orleans on the 25th with the largest
shipment OF immigrants that ever cane
to that port on single ship the hui
man cargo consisting of 1, 800 Sicilians,
who took passage at Palermo. There
were in the lot 9S6 able-bodied men,
245 women, 81 children between the
ages of of four and IL years, and 81
infants.
AN engine on the Santa Barbara
branch of the Southern Pacific ran of
the track near Camalus, Cal, and En-
gineer Davis was caught under the
cab and crushed to death. The fire.
man on the engine was seriously but
not fatally injured