Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-26

old Willie Have passed dangling
wire and caught hold of it, There was
Sizing sound and the boy screamed
and spun round and round, Finnlly
his two companions seized his coat and
pulled him away from the wire, but he
fell down and was dead in few min
utes.
Four children were drowned in Fish
ing lake, short distance above New
Martinsville, w. Va A party Of nine
children attempted to cross the lake
in John boat and it capsized with
the above result
A RIG fire broke out at Dow a. SMELLS
wholesale grocery at Toledo, o., and
ragged for six hours on the Goth before
the firemen were able to get 1T under
control. The building adjoined the
Toledo Blade and the newspaper plant
had close call AS 1t was, the dam
age by water made it impossible to
operate the newspaper plant for week
or two. The loss on the grocery plant
was estimated at $500, 900. the building
was worth $50, 900; all well insured.
THE fight at Syracuse, N. Y, on the
goth between Kid Mccoy and Gus Rub
ling, the latter of Cleveland, resulted in
victory for Mccoy after 20 rounds.
BETWEEN 5000 and 10000 Spanish
troops were said on the Goth to be em-
barking at Barcelona, Spain, for the
Philippines.
The cruiser Charleston, that sailed
on the 18th for Manila with ammuni-
ton and supplies for Admiral Dewey,
was back at her berth ut Mare island
CAL, the next day with her condensers
out of order The accident was trivial,
but Capt. Glass concluded that it would
be better to return and secure the
benefit OF facilities than to repair the
damages at sea.
A DISPATCH to London from Mon
treal, Can, on the 10Th stated that
Senior Polo y Bernabe had secured by
cable a coal depot near st. Pierre,
Miquelou, the French colony on the
south coast of Newfoundland, at
which the Cadiz squadron will coal
previous to attacking the Atlantic sea-
board of the United States, while the
Cape Verde squadron commanded by
Admiral Cervera draws off the squad
rons commanded by Admiral Sampson
and Commodore Schley.
A STRICT censorship has been estab-
lished at Tampa, Fla, and absolutely
nothing pertaining to military or
naval movements from that port will
be permitted to be sent out. 1t was
intimated that this censorship would
continue until after the final move
ment of troops to Cuba had taken
place, it being the purpose of the gov
eminent to keep the Spanish govern
ment in ignorance so far as possible of
our plans for the invasion of Cuba.
HOWARD HOBBS, only is years old,
was convicted of murder in the United
States court at Muscogee, |. 7. He
was charged with participating in the
killing of Joe Mack near Bartlesville,
l, 4.
THE governor of North Carolina re-
Gently wired Senator Pritchard that
owing to the large number of deser-
tions it was probable that he would be
compelled to draft men to fill up the
regiments to the full quota. The gov
ernor explained that the state troops
attended the funeral of Ensign Bagley
at Raleigh and there witnessed the
dire result of actual war and had be-
come panic-stricken.
TEN men attempted to cross the AL
legheny river on raft near Spring
dale, Pa, the other afternoon and when
in the center of the stream the raft
was swamped by the rough current
and six were drowned.
AFTER 40 years of service on the St.
Louis police department, the last ten
being at its head, Chief Laurence
Harrigan resigned his position be-
cause of ill-health.
FOUR large and several smaller jew
elry factories, some IL or Is dwelling
houses, several barns, marble works,
carpenter shops and other buildings
at Attleboro, Mass, were destroyed by
fire early on the morning of the 18th.
Three thousand skilled workmen were
thrown out of work in the factories
alone. The loss was estimated at over
81, 900, 900.
AFTER an idleness of 80 years the
shops at the Allegheny arsenal in
Pittsburgh, Pa, were started up on
the 18th and large force was put to
work manufacturing saddles, harness,
belts, etc, for the volunteer army.
ACCORDING to Worcester, Mass,
dispatch the consolidation of ten of
the most prominent envelope compa-
MES in the country, representing 90
per cent. of the output of commercial
envelopes, has been effected. The
name of the consolidated company is
the United States Envelope company.
The total capital is $1,000, 600 and the
output u, 600, 900 envelopes day.
TIE Studebaker Bros Manufacture
ing company at South Bend, Ind,
shipped II cars of ambulance wagons
to Mobile, Ala, on the 18th for the
use of the government. The shipment
made solid train and was the fourth
train load of ambulance and govern
ment wagons shipped by this concern.
JUDGE WooIisoN of the United States
circuit court at Des Moines, Ia, rem
dered decision, which will be far
reaching in its effects on the Iowa pro-
hibition law. The case was that of a