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

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THE picking, drying and steaming
of the National Tobacco
company, at Louisville, Ky, were to-
tally destroyed by fire on the goth.
The loss will amount to Sl,OOO,OOO,
fully covered by insurance. Over l, 400
people were thrown out OF employ
ment.
GEORGE HAAS was assisting his father
to load wagon with manure at Belle
Vile, ILL.,, when the horses became
frightened and he was knocked down
and the heavy wheels passed over him,
killing him instantly.
ANGELO Will, at Coalburg blocks,
near Youngstown, o., the other night
shot Martha Lawrence, Mrs. Peter
Farando, Joseph Farando and Daniel
Noute, the two latter being fatally
wounded. All the injured persons are
relatives. No motion for the deed was
learned. Farmers were out with their
guns hunting for Will
AT meeting of the Woman's Tenn
Pile trustees at Chicago on the goth
resolutions were adopted appealing to
the public for assistance in raising the
debt which hangs over the w, G. 4. U.
building. When these funds are Sc.
cured the building will be rechristened
willard Temple" as monument to
Frances L. Willard.
TOMMY RYAN knocked out George
Green in the 18th round at San Fran
cisco on the 25th before an immense
crowd.
SARAH HAMILTON living near Cen
ter, Ok, was burned to death by her
clothes igniting. She was 1O4 years
old.
THE British steamer strathlyon,
from Philadelphia for London, col
lided with and sank the schooner
Percy, of London, in the English chan
mel. The crew was rescued and land
ed at Falmouth, Eng.
RUSSELL SAGE, the fnancier of New
York, said that he had private infor-
nation that the Maine was blown up
by Spanish fre-eaters, and that he
would be willing to loan the govern
ment SS,OO0,O 900 if necessary.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
oath said that 1000 residents Of that
city and $500 persons in other parts of
the country, policy-holders in the
United Life association, which went
into bankruptcy in 1896, have been
levied upon for an assessment, amount
ing to SlSS, 900, by the receiver, the in
dividual assessment being as high as
81, 900 in some cases.
A DISPATCH on the gath from New
Bedford, Mass, the seat of the great
cotton mill strike, said that 400 fami-
lies of strikers, comprising 1000 per-
sons, were slowly starving to death
and unless financial aid came quickly
the strike would have to be declared off.
In the midst of the busy proceedings
of Judge Berry's court at Atlanta, Ga,
the other day a bailiff called atten'
ton to the peculiar expression on
the face of Arnold Bumstead, a
teacher, who was defendant in the
case on trial, and when functionary
of the court room reached him, he was
found dead
FEARS were entertained that the
British ship Asia, bound for Boston
was wrecked near Nantucket, Mass.
during the recent gales and that heI
entire crew of 20 men had persisted.
A DISPATCH from Center, Ala, the
other day said John Kellogg, negro
who had assaulted white girl, hat
been captured by posse of citizens
and quietly hanged in some woods
about 20 miles away from the place.
The purpose of Miss Bradley t.
christen the battleship Kentucky
with water has caused the formation
at Lexington, KY, of delegat on o
Kentucl1ians who will attend the cere
monies, each man carrying bottle o
whisky, and when Miss Bradley
breaks her bottle of water every mar
will pull his bottle, take drink anC
then smash the bottles on the side o
the ship,
NJ. EMILE lola, the French novelist
was found guilty at Paris on the 23'
of the charge of libelous comment OF
a court-martial in connection with tn
Dreyfus treason case and was sen
fenced to years Imprisonment and
fine of 5000.
AT Reinbecl1, Ia, Richard Clausen
ID years old, crazed with the desire TO
revenge because of fanced wrongs
shot Minnie Foght, sister of his EN-
ployer, and then put an end to his owI
life by hanging. Miss Foghts chanc
of recovery was slight.
Mrs. ELIZABETH WILCOX, a widow
the mother of eight children, tried t
exterminate her whole family at Cleg
horn, Ia, the other day. She mar
aged to kill her five-year-old son be
fore she was restrained by the Others
The woman was insane.
The business portion Of DeKalt
Tex, was destroyed by midnigh
fire. Loss, $50, 600
Two British government cutters wer
capsized in a gale off Wells, Norfolk
drowning l6 persons.
A CIRCULAR addressed to veterans {
the Atlanta campaign, whether wea
ers of the blue or gray, has been ser
out from st. Louis to secure the organ
ization of all surviving participant
into a society of the Atlanta can
paign." The organization will be
purely social one, and will have for il