Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-12-29

PATRICK HAoGERTY died at POtsdam.
NJ Y, the other day, aged 100. He
was said TO be we'll preserved mental
ly and physically.
TELEGRAPH instructions were re-
ceived on the cod from Secretary Of
War Alger ordering the Fourth lnfan-
try, at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, and the
venteenth infantry, at Columbus
Barracks, o., to sail for the Philip
ines on or before January 15 The
regiments will go via New York and
the Suez canal.
SEVEN Illicit stills were cut up, thou
sands of gallons OF whisky destroyed
and three noonshiners captured by
revenue officers on the North Carolina
border.
AT Pormleysville, near the Kentucky
and Tennessee line, James Hill and
Sam Butler, two farmers, disputed
over a game of poker, when Hill drew
his revolver and shot Butler through
the breast.
Col. EDWARD s. BARRETT, national
president OF the Sons of the American
Revolution, was killed by falling from
a window of his home at Concord,
Mass, on the goth. He was about so
years OF age.
THE Melrose apartment building at
Chicago was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 2lst, entailing loss of
over 500, 900.
INFLUENZA was reported as tighten
ing its grip on Chicago.
The Spanish evacuation Of Havana
will be completed by January /,
A DISPATCH from Cape llaytien re-
ceived at Paris on the Goth stated that
1t was rumored that the president of
San Domingo, Ulizes HeureauX, had
been assassinated while attending a
christening incognito The rumor was
false.
THE American Federation of Labor
concluded its labors at Kansas City,
Mo-, on this goth. Samuel Gompers
was reelected presid emit; Frank Nor
rison, of Chicago, secretary, and John
b. Lennon, of Bloomington, ILL.,, treas
urer. The next convention will be
held in Detroit, Mich. A per capita
tax Of five cents month was impos ed
on all members of trades unions TO
raise a fund for the support of strikers.
PROF TOWNSEND, special agent of
the agricultural department. says that
the boil weevil exists throughout the
country in Texas as far north as line
drawn from Austin to Bryan and down
the Brazos below Richmond. The pro-
fessor states that it will take much
more cold weather to kill them out
and he is fearful that this will not
happen.
LIEUT.. RICHMOND p. HoBs0N, the
popular hero of Santiago, was said TO
have kissed AIT women at Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 10th.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Bald
winsville, N. Y. Loss, $7S,OOO
A FRANCO GERMAN reconciliation is
the all-absorbing topic at Paris.
PEOPLE of the southern part of Monte
rey county, Cal, were starving and
they appealed to Gov. Budd for state
aid. Their petition presented de-
plorable state of affairs. The inhab-
itants have been compelled to shoot
their stock, owing to lack of feed, and
many of the people have been living
for months on bran and shorts.
A SERIOUS wreck on the Vandalia oc-
Cured near Cantine, Ill, the other
day and Fireman Van Whitenworth,
of the switch engine, was caught in
the collision and killed at his post A
half dozen box cars were being
switched to the main track when the
westbound freight from Terre Haute
crashed into them. Five cars were de-
molished and derailed.
DAVID BROWN, a young farmer Of
Mason, ILL.,, committed suicide because
he and his father could not agree.
Brown was blowing up stumps at the
time and he deliberately sat down on
a stick of dynamite and exploded it,
killing him instantly.