Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-17


EDDIE HEssE, a 12-year-old boy Of
st. Louis, was literally ground to pieces
beneath the wheels of car on the
Louisville, Evansville & ST. Louis rail
way. The child was gathering pieces
of coal and as he was about to ster
over the high end board of an empty
coal car freight engine bumped into
it and the little fellow was thrown
over backwards, the wheels passing
over both legs close up to the body.
The great snowstorm on the night
of January 22 buried Max Miller be-
meath drift at the foot of Ohio street
Chicago, and concealed his death unit
the warm sun of the 10th disclosed the
body, Men with axes chopped out the
frozen body.
A NUMBER Of congressman and Gen
Shellenberger, the second assistant
postmaster general, were present al
the opening in New York on the 18th
Of the pneumatic tube system built fol
the transmission of the mails. Officials
believe it will greatly increase the
revenues of the postal department.
A COLLISION by two log trains oc
Cured on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad at Carney Spur
Mich, and Conductor Anderson and
Brakeman Toole were instantly killed
and an engine and nine cars were
wrecked.
THE executive committee of the Ma
tional Republican league met at Chi
cago and Secretary Bowling was or
dered to have the manual for 1905 pub
lished as soon as possible. This manual
will contain an outline Of the plans OF
the league for the ensuing year and
much general information. The time
for the national convention at Omaha
was changed from June 14-16 to July
1915
A MEETING will be held soon at De-
troit, Mich, to form stove trust with
a capital of S10,0OO,O00,
DURING a funeral service in the syn
agogue at Idzenciol, Poland, the
women's gallery collapsed. In the
panic that ensued II women, five men
and three children were crushed to
death and many others were seriously
injured.
JONES & MCLAUGHLIN have notified
the employees of their steel mills at
Pittsburgh, Pa, and elsewhere that
beginning February IL the men must
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six days of the week. The desire of
the large steel manufacturers to work
Sundays is caused by the Carnegie
company working their men seven
days per week.
ADoLPH LUETGERT, the sausage-mak-
err, was convicted at Chicago of muir
dering his wife and sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
THREE men named Snyder, Cheuo-
weth and Burton were lying dead at
Glenville, w. Va, as the result of a
protracted spree. They sent for big
jug of whisky and when they had got
through with that they bought case
of extract of lemon and some patent
medicine, composed of alcohol, ginger
and other hot ingredients, after drink
ing which they died in agony.
THE Hill Fontaign Cotton company's
large brick block in Harrison, Ark,
was burned the other morning. Loss,
$780, 900; insurance small.
In all probability a bill providing
for the taxation of bachelors will soon
make its appearance in the New Jer.
sey Legislature.
Two boys, Stephen Putowski, aged
eight, and Stephen Luewezski, aged
ten, fought duel with knives at De-
troit, Mich, on the Sth. Young Lue-
wezski received wounds in his right
lung and left side and will probably
die from them. The lads quarreled
over a trivial matter and decided to
settle the difference with knives.
THE National Sporting club at San
Francisco has matched Joe Choynski
and Tom Sharkey to box 20 rounds on
March II.