Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-07-28

1T was reported that the Third Mis-
souri, will not 20 TO Porto Rico. Al
employe OF the war department sait
that they may not leave Camp Algei
at all He gave as his reason that tn,
officers and men carry more life insur
ance than any three regiments in serv
ice and the insurance companies were
exerting every influence TO keep it out
of danger.
GEN. MILES reported by cable of
Hayti that "he was moving along
well' with the expedition to Porte
Rico.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 22d mum
bered 1888, according TO Bradstreets
report against go for the corresponds
ing week in last year.
ATLANTA, Ca, was decorated with
endless miles of bunting for the con-
federate parade on the 22d. Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson, Miss Winnie Davis,
Mrs. John b. Gordon and Mrs. Cab
belle Currie, president of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, were among
those who occupied carriages. A reso-
luton was passed to substitute for
"the war of the the rebellion" the ex-
preston 1.-THE. civil war between the
states" Charleston, s. c., was Sc
lected as the place for the encampment
next July
SQUADS of natives have been put to
work at Santiago de Cuba, burying
the dead dogs and horses that laid
around and otherwise improving the
sanitary condition of the city.
The Spanish minister of public in
struction, Senior Camazo, was given on
the I'D as authority for the statement
that peace, honorable to the Spanish
army, would shortly be concluded.
MAJ. GEN. MILES left Guantanamo
Cuba, on the afternoon of the 2lst, ac-
companied by about 1900 troops and
conveyed by squadron of warships
to capture the island OF Porto Rico.
SOME of our vessels on blockade duty
entered the harbor of Manzanillo II
few days ago and opened fire on the
shipping, destroying three Spanish
gunboats and blowing up storeship
No casualties were reported on our
side
IT was stated at Cleveland, o., that
the movement to form big fish trust
on the great lakes by English capital
lists had been abandoned and that a
similar organization, backed by Amer
lean capitalists, would be formed.
AT Bowling Green, o., Charles Mel
son, colored, was convicted of murder
ing James Zimmerman and sentenced
to be electrocuted in the Ohio peniten.
tiary on November H. Nelson mar
rowly escaped lynching at the time of
the murder.
j. CUNNINGHAM was shot and killed
and Daniel Mills was seriously wound
ed by two masked men in Cunning
hams saloon in Gold6eld, COL, the
other day. The murderers fled with
out looking for any booty and it was
believed murder, and not robbery was
their object. Posses secured the hills
for them.
WALTER BUSH, st. Louis boy who
was visiting his grandfather in Phila-
delphia, was instantly killed the other
night by grasping live wire. He
opened window and stepped out upon
small porch and caught hold of the
wire. AS soon as his hand came in con-
tact with the wire there was bright
fash and the lad dropped dead.
A CHcKAMAUGA dispatch said that
among the troops to leave Camp Thorn
as for Porto Rico would be the Second |
Missouri and Twenty-frst Kansas regi-
ments.
ARRANGEMENTS were, made by the
United States government with the
Spanish Trans-Atlantique company for
the transportation of the Spanish pris-
oners at Santiago to Spain. the COM
pany agreeing to carry and feed each
soldier for $50 and sos for each officer.
the whole transportation
of them in 81 days from the 21st.
A BLAZE was started in the benzine
room of Unnerwher's sawmill at New
port, KY, and was probably caused by
an explosion. Within two hours the
flames, famed by strong breeze, had
spread two squares south and east two
blocks. Half Il hundred families were
rendered homeless. There were no
fatalities. The total loss was esti-
mated to be between Sl2j 900 and $780,
OO0 with but little insurance.
CAPT. GEN. BLANCo has denied that
Santiago was surrendered with his
and as a result Gen. Toral will
be tried by court-martial when he ar
rives in Spain.
Ar Nebraska City, Neb., Charles Toll
liver quarreled with his wife and at
tempted her life by shooting her with
4 revolver, but the bullet only made
slight flesh wound. Tolliver then fed
from the house and hanged himself to
l tree.
AN Infatuated mob stormed the coun-
iy Jail at Westville, Miss, killing w.
L. Patterson, who was confined therein
lnder the charge of numbering Law
'ence Brinson. The Jail building was
ired and the building and the body of
,he prisoner were burned.
A DISPATCH from Manila stated that
Admiral Dewey sent a messenger to
he German admiral to inquire whether
America and Germany were at peace
" war. If they were at peace he