Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-24

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"Australian" Jimmy Ryan and Jim
Watts (colored), champion middle
weight of the south, took place at
Louisville, KY, on the 18th. Ryan
weighed 1856 and Watts 1853 pounds. 1t
was most vicious fight, Ryan vim
ming in the twentieth round.
AT Claremore, l. r., Deputy Marshal
Bill Arnold tried TO arrest man
named johnson. when the latter opened
FIRE. Bullets were freely exchanged
and both men were killed
BUSINESS failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th, ac-
cording to Bradstreets commercial re-
port, numbered 233, against 23l in the
corresponding week of last year,
j. w. BLAKE, chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee of Texas, will
make the race against Gov. Culberson
for United States senator.
EARLY on the nth fire broke out in
the fifth story of the large furniture
warehouse of May, Stern e. Co., at st.
Louis. The building was Quilted, the
loss being estimated at $4,000.
MAJ GEN. NELSON A. MILES, head of
the United States army, recently made
detailed examination of the fortitica-
tions on Long Island sound and he
stated that New York was absolutely
safe from foreign invasion.
A BENH-oFFICGAL statement was given
out at Madrid that u demand for in
demnity based on Spanish responsible
ity for the Maine explosion would be
Indignantly repealed by Spain.
BLANCHE X, BRUCE, register of the
treasury, died on the 18th at Washing
ton of complication of stomach trou-
bles, aged 81 years. Bruce was born a
slave.
The 2O-round go between Kid La
vigne and Jack DAILY for the light
weight championship of the world at
Cleveland, o., on the 18th resulted in a
draw. The fighting was fast and furi-
Gus from the start, but the contestants
were so evenly matched that neither
gained an advantage over the other.
A RECENT Claremore, |. r., dispatch
stated that the full-bloods of the Cher
Okee nation were making preparations
to send a number of their most promi-
nent leaders to Mexico to see the lands
offered them in the states of Chihua-
hua and Sonora. These men will visit
the governors of both states to see If
they can arrange for a tribal form of
government which will be recognized
by the Mexican states.
JOHN S. FEAR, city auditor of Bur-
lington, Ia, disappeared, leaving a
statement that he is So, 800 short in his
accounts. 1t was believed he lost the
money through speculation.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, a young ne
gro attempted to assault schoolgirl
at Grenada, Miss, the other night and
three hours later he was captured by a
mob, confessed and was hanged.
PATsEY HALEY, of Buffalo, and
Oscar Gardner the Omaha Kid"
fought 20 rounds to draw at the
Olympic Athletic club at Buffalo, N. Y,
on the 18th. The men weighed in at
100 pounds.
NEAR Anadarko, Ok, George Willis,
young stranger from Indiana, was
killed, the murderer having cut his vic
TINS throat, almost severing his head
from the body. Otto Eckert was ar
rested, charged with the crime.
A COLONY of 80 families left Kewanee,
ILL.,, the other day for the Big Horn
basin, in Wyoming, where they will
make their homes They will found a
new town there, to be named after the
city they left.
JUDGE SANBoRN, sitting as a circuit
Judge at st, Paul, Mimi, confirmed
the sale of the Kansas division of the
Union Pacific road which extends from
Kansas City to Denver Col.
ONE of the biggest pools the country
has ever known was formed in Cleve
land, o., on the 18th, all bessemer pig
iron producers in the Cleveland, Ma
honing valley and Shenango iron dis.
tricts being in the combine. Prices
will be raised at once.
The funeral of Gen. w. S. Rosecrans
occurred at Los Angeles, Cal, on the
10TH
Gov. CULBERsoN issued a proclama
ton at Austin, Tex, establishing
quarantine on the gulf coast and the
Rio Grande border on and after Apri
l. to apply to all persons or things
coming from places infected by yellow
fever, smallpox or cholera, and de
claring that all places south of 25 de
grees north latitude shall be consid
cred infected and persons therefron
, are prohibited from entering the state
within a period of ten days.
PERRY GARDINER enticed Will Roger
into an unoccupied building a
Pulaski, ILL.,, and beat his brains on
with a club. They were playmates
about Is years old, but Gardiner had {
grudge against Rogers and took tina
means of avenging it.
WHAT is supposed to have been tn,
work of an incendiary resulted in tn
destruction of the Hay exchanges biz
warehouse at Main and North Marke
streets, st. Louis, the other afternoon
The loss on the building was $500
and on stock, 5000
NEAR Beaver City, Ok, a deadly due
: was fought on the highway by Bill
Scrugsby and Jim Newlin, cowboys
who were before fast friends. Bot
vera found dead and the siX-shoote