Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

death in FIRE in Max Stiner q Co.'S
whisky house at New York the other
afternoon. The fire was started by
the explosion of barrel of spirits of
alcohol.
THE G. A. r. encampment at Cincin-
natl on the 9th finished the election of
its officers Two resolutions, indors-
ing President Mckinley and Secretary
Alger for their conduct of the war,
were passed amidst scene of enthu-
siastic demonstration. The pension
resolutions asked for liberal con-
struction to be placed on the pension
laws
LIEUT. GUY MORGAN, Of the Twenty
second Kansas, who was tried by
court-martial at Camp Meade, Pa, on
a charge OF Decorating the graves Of
confederate soldiers in the south, was
acquitted.
The republican state convention OF
Utah strongly Endorsed President Nc
Kinley and declared for the free coin
age OF silver
THE National Editorial association
elected j. B. McCabe, OF East Boston,
Mass, president, and X, M. White, OF
Mexico, Mo-, recording secretary. An
arrangement was made for trip to
Paris in 1900.
BUSINESS failures in the United
States for the week ended the 9th
numbered !49, according to Brad
streets commercial report, against l73
for the corresponding week OF last
year
THE Arkansas state pension board,
after tedious session of three weeks,
concluded its labors at Little Rock
and is busy sending out the warrants
to the various pensioners OF the state.
There are this year LIS pensioners on
the roll, to whom amounts ranging
from S25 to 500 each have been al
lowed. The amount of the pension
fund on hand is in round figures S44, 0OO
The session of the National Edito
rial convention at Denver, Col, on the
9Th was devoted to discussion of the
question of uniform press laws and a
plan as outlined in the paper of Azel
+. Hatch, of Chicago, met the indorse-
ment of the members A standing
committee was appointed to further
the plan of Mr.. Hatch.
{ AT the Grand Army encampment at
Cincinnati on the 9Th Col. James A..
Sexton, Of Chicago, was elected COM
mander-in-chief and Philadelphia was
chosen for the next meeting place.
JOSEPH LETTER has cleared up his
famous wheat deal at Chicago. Every
creditor has been paid and $4,000, 900
bushels of wheat have been liquidnted
since the voluntary assignment nearly
three months ago, To pay these debts
mortgages were placed on Letter real
estate to the amount of So, 100000.
| The Mexican war veterans of Ohio,
most of whom are veterans of the civil
war, reelected their entire board OF
old officers at Cincinnati on the Sth.
Columbus was selected for the place OF
next meeting.
/ FROM reliable passenger who ar
rived at New Laredo, Tex, direct
from Tampico, Mex, it was learned
that yellow fever was playing havoc
In that city, or the 1000 Americans
employed in building the new wharf
and custom house about 800 have sue
cumb to the deadly fever.
The state conventions of the demo
Gratis, pOpulists and free silver repub-
licans at Marshalltown, Ia, agreed on
ticket, headed by Claude Porter, of
Centerville, for secretary of state,
The platform declared unequivocally
for the Chicago platform and sixteen
to one.
A PARADE by the naval veterans was
given at Cincinnati on the 9th. The
contest for commander-in-chi of the
G. A. r. was complicated and it was
said that Tom Anderson, of Topeka,
Kan, was getting many votes The
Ex-Prisoners' association elected
James Atwell, of Pittsburgh, Pa, com.
mander.
BoTH of the proposed charter amend
ments, by which Kansas City, Mo-,
would have secured home rule for the
police department and freedom from
the powers at Jefferson City, were de-
feated at the special election on the 9Th,
Two spans of the international bridge
across the ST. Lawrence river at St
Regis, N. Y, fell without warning on
the 9th and go men at work were pre-
cipitated into the river. twas thought
the death list would reach 80. The
scene at the Hotel Dieu, where the
wounded and dying workmen were
taken, was heartrending.
REV. THOMAS II. GREEN, ID. d., o!
Cedar Rapids, Ia, was elected bishOr
of Iowa by the Episcopal convention
at Davenport.
THE deaths from the heat in New
York on the 9Th numbered ten. Phila
delphia had Eve deaths and many
prostrations.
News OF a daring plot to assassinatG
the car of Russia at Moscow was re
ceived in London. The plan was K
, let the gas in house escape and then
for the conspirator to light a match
and cause an explosion which would
kill the czar while he was passing.
The conspirator, in his agitation,
however, struck the match too soon
and his mangled body was found
among the ruins A staff officer and
his wife were killed, their coachmar
fatally injured and about 80 other per
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