Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-16

cent. war bond issue TO be offered by
the government, recent New York
dispatch stated. A bank officer said
that while the bonds would be offered
Mt par, he thought, after they had
been distributed, they would soon be
selling at 1914 or 1915.
In consequence Of rumors OF Spanish
warships in the north Atlantic the
government has got formidable fleet
Of naval conveys, made up OF 10 war
ships, headed by the battleship lndi-
ana, to protect the troopships on their
voyage to invade Cuba and Porto Rico.
Officials declined to state when the
army would move.
A TORPEDO exploded while being
tested at Jacksonville, Fla, on the
10th, instantly killing j. j. oRourke
and Edward Houston and seriously in
turing Lieut.. Harris, OF the United
States engineering corps. Mines we're
being laid in the st. Johns bluff.
THE Nebraska prohibition state con-
vention nominated R. " Muir for
governor. National Chairman Dickie
addressed the convention.
AT Wemar, Tex, mob of 800 people
hanged George Washington, negro
who had killed Constable Lee Wall.
REPORTS were received by the Santa
Fe officers in Dallas, Tex, that four
train robbers attempted to hold up an
express train on the Lampasas division
on the night of the 9th. A fight en-
sued between the trainmen and the
bandits, and Fireman johnson was
seriously, II not fatally shot 1t was
thought considerable booty was Sc
cured by the bandits.
SEVEN cases Of yellow fever have APP
peared at McHenry, Miss, and the state
board of health has declared the town
quarantined.
THE monster watts of the Carthage
straw board works at Shelbyville, Ind,
gave way the other morning and tons
of poisonous matter were emptied into
Blue river the result being that mil
lions of fish were killed and much
stock lost through drinking the water
Miss EvANGELINE CIsNERos, whose
romantic escape from Spanish prison
in Havana several months ago is re-
called, was married at Baltimore, Md,
on the 9th to Carlos +. Carbonel, who
assisted in her rescue.
THE sash. door and blind factory of
the Cedar Valley Manufacturing com
pany at Waterloo, Ia, was destroyed
by fire the other morning, Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $1,000 The fire was
thought to have been of incendiary
origin.
The business portion of Ittabena,
Miss, was destroyed by fire the other
day, with the exception of two stores.
The loss was $50, 00O
A CAR containing soldiers from Iowa
caught fire on the desert and the sol
Giers lost all their clothes. They
passed through Reno, New, on de-
layed passenger train, clad in their
underclothes. Several we're quite
badly burned about the head.
THE 2O-year penitentiary sentence of
ex-State Treasurer Joseph s. BARLEY
has been affirmed by the Nebraska SUI
preme court BARLEY was convicted
of stealing 100000 state funds.
A FIRE broke out in Weinberg's de-
partment store at 5OO-6 Main street,
Kansas City, Mo-, on the evening Of
the Sth and the buildings were Quilted
and their contents destroyed. Loss,
estimated at S25, 900; insured.
ON the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, six
miles east of Parkersburg, o., freight
train was derailed and a passenger
train ran into it. The engineer was
killed and several other persons were
injured.
THE Congregational Home Mission.
airy society convened at Cleveland, O.,
on the Sth. Gen. o. o. Howard pre-
sided. The meeting of the "woman's
department" was also held, Mrs. Cas-
we'll of New York, presiding. She
stated that the woman's organizations
now covered the entire territory of
the United States with the exception
OF Alaska.
A RECEIVING order in bankruptcy
has been issued against Ernest Terah
Hooley, for years prominent as the
biggest company promoter in England,
prominently interested in bicycle, land
and other concerns, and who was sup
posed to be multi-millionaire. The
capital of the companies promoted by
the bankrupt aggregate from $50, O0O,-
900 to SOS, 10000 and the shares in
these concerns, taken as whole, have
deprecated over 40 per cent since
their flotation.
A TAMPA dispatch from a reliable
correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News on the 18th stated that the work
of loading troops, horses, guns, ammu-
milton, etc, for the first great inva-
sion of the Spanish West Indies is al
most completed and before many hours
Gen. Skaters corps, the Fifth. was eX-
pected to sail away. The destination
was known only to a few.
THE opening session of the first ma
tional convention of the social democ.
racy of America was held at Chicago on
the 9TH. National President Eugene
V. Debs made few remarks welcOm
ing the delegates to the convention
About 80 states were represented by
125 delegates. some of whom were
women. Among those present was e.
c. Clemens, of Topeka, Kan, brother
oil Mark Twain.
OLD Ephraim Soden lived Just Ions