Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-10-27

DIR. WILLIAM X. BROOKS, director of
the Smith observatory at Geneva, N.
Y, has discovered a new comet Its
position is right ascension, Ia hours, 80
minutes, declination north go degrees,
26 minutes The comets motion is
southeasterly. Its appearance is de-
scribed as large, round and bright
IT was reported that Gen. BlancO
had planned revolution in Havana
against Spain's sovereignty, then to
proclaim a republic with himself at
the head and, after the republic had
been established at Havana, reach out
after other portions of the island held
by the insurgents. He thought it pos
Bible that the republic would get the
recognition of the United States.
CATHERINE DE GRAUeHFT, aged six
years, was run over by cable car at
Kansas City, Mo-, and instantly killed
while crossing the tracks on her way
to school.
Roy S. KENDALL, aged 10 years, at
tempted to follow a rabbit into an
opening under stone weighing many
tons near Colorado Springs, Col. The
stone had lain there for centuries, but
1T fell on the boy, crushing him into a
shapeless mass.
CHARLES KUeADT was hanged by the
sheriff of Washington county, Tex,
for the murder of his halt-sister, Jo-
hanna Kugadt.
ROBERT SHERnOD and wife, living
near Pembroke, KY, are both dead
from the effects of having eaten toad
stools by mistake, thinking them
mushrooms. Finding them in the
woods, Sherrod had them cooked for
dinner and soon after eating them
both he and his wife became violently
MA and soon died in great agony.
AT Clairville, Gail, hotel was burned
and five persons were suffocated to
death while asleep.
GREAT havoc has been caused by
Hoods in Fiume, Austria-Hungary.
The torpedo boat Davis, while on its
trial trip in the Columbia river, %
miles above Astoria Ore, had her
boiler tubes burst and eight of her
crew were badly scalded, seven dying
soon afterwards Excepting for the
havoc wrought in the boiler room the
boat was uninjured.
Col. w. j. BRYAN asked the war in.
vestigating commission at Jackson
willie, Fla, to excuse him from testify.
ing before it for certain obvious
reasons and to examine his lieutenant
colonel instead. The commission
granted his request
EvERY life insurance company il
Japan is said to be in difficulties
A FRENCH missionary and severa
Chinese Catholics were massacred by
n riotous mob at Paklung, China, TIL,
French government has demanded
PREPARATION from the Chinese govern
ment.
THE bank examiner has closed tn,
First national bank, OF Neigh, Neb.
CHARLES FARNswoRTH, of Massachu
setts, who recently arrived at Tacoma
Wash, from Kotzebue sound, stated
that there were 800 needy prospector
at that place living in tents, not on
in ten having money to get away aut
not one in SO having supplies for tn,
winter He thought the Red Cross SO
ciety or the government should send
steamer and rescue them.
JOHN WILSON, IA years old, wa
caught in cane erusher on his father
farm near Hillsboro, ILL.,, and LITERAL,
crushed to death.
AT Murfeesboro, Tenn, Mrs. Ton
MeUin committed suicide, after frs
poisoning her two-year-old child. Til
means used was laudanum.
The venerable Henry ONeill, o
Louisville, KY, veteran of both tn
Mexican and civil wars, is at 80 year
of age the father of his first child
He was married two years ago to Mis-
Mollie Lanahan, but before that h
had been the husband of two wives
both OF whom died without Leaving
-children.