Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-04-07

estate man, and was himself fatally
shot at Dallas Tex. on the 1st. The
tragedy grew out of the recent mob
bling Of Brann and the old Baylor uni
versity feud.
LINCOLN, Neb., had a big fire on the
night of the LIST. 1t originated in the
furniture house of A. M. Davis and
then destroyed the Richards block
and Lancaster building. 1t was esti-
mated that 100000 would not cover
the loss.
A HoRRIFYING discovery was made
at Rosedale cemetery, in Pardeeville,
Wis, when the grave of Mrs. Sarah
Smith was unearthed for the purpose
Of removing the remains. On opening
the coffin it was found that she had
been buried while in trance. The
body was partly turned over and the
right hand was drawn up to the face.
The fingers indicated they had been
bitten by the woman on finding herself
inferred alive,
The failures in the United States for
the quarter ended March 81 were 3,5l5,
according to Bradstreets commercial
report, involving liabilities of $50, 1885,
900, decrease in number from n year
ago of 10 per cent, while MS regards
liabilities there was a falling off from
last year of 30 per cent
THE total receipts of the United
States government for March were
$32, 95S, $50 and the expenditures aggre-
gated ISL, sS2, 444.
The New York conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church decided on
the 1stin favor of equal representation
from each annual conference. The
vote was 11S to 80
A SPECIAL from Campbellsville, KY,
on the LIST said that boiler explosion
four miles north of town killed four
men outright and fatally hurt another
MISS JULIA ANDERSON living east of
Guthrie, Ok, near Langston, was
burned to death by her clothes ignit-
ing from burning grass in field which
was being burned off to kill chinch-
bugs,
IT was said at the Cuban junta at
New York that the insurgents were
prepared to give material aid to the
United States should war with Spain
be declared. IF the United States
sent us arms and ammunition, an at
tache said, 1--WE could raise an army of
60, 900 men, march on Havana and raze
the city or storm the occupants into
submission.
Two hundred of the Sioux Indians
at Pine Ridge, Neb., wired the gov
ernor of their willingness to fight in
case of war with Spain.
PRINCE BISMARCK celebrated at
Friedrichsruhe, Germany, on the LIST
the eighty-third anniversary of his
birth, giving a banquet to % guests.
THE portion of Bristow, Ia, lying
north of the Chicago Great Western
tracks was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by fire.
AN Easter gift of $82O,OOO has been
handed to the university of Chicago.
The donor of almost one-half of the
amount is unknown, save to President
Harper and the board of trustees.
Il. f. KARRIcK, of Pueblo, Col, has
secured through New Mexico agents
$1,000 head of cattle, costing in the
eighborhood of 81, 100000.
The other morning train with one
car loaded with provisions, another
with Spanish soldiers and third car
in which DR.. Klopsch and American
correspondents were passengers was
blown up with dynamite by the insur-
gents near Bejucal, Havana province.
The explosion was prepared so dex-
terously that the car with provisions
was shattered to pieces, but neither
DIR. Klopsch nor any other American
was hurt. The insurgents said they
would not permit the sending of pro-
visions by Spanish trains to the recon
centrados, because the food goes to
feed the Spanish soldiers.
Gov. BLACK on the 31st sent to the
New York legislature a message rec
ommending that $l,OOO,OOO be appro-
priated to defray the expenses of the
national militia and volunteers of the
state in case of war with Spain. AS
semblyman Nixon introduced bill for
the purpose and it was passed five min
utes later and the senate then prompt
ly passed the bill and it was signed
by Gov. Black in less than an hour
after it was introduced.
FIRE destroyed most of the business
section of Darlington, Ill. Fourteen
boarders at the Vermilya hotel barely
escaped with their lives. Loss, S42, 900;
insurance about $27 900.
Two violent earthquake shocks were
experienced in San Francisco at late
hour on the 30th. Houses were wrecked,
tall buildings rocked on their founda-
tions and the streets were thronged
with half-clad, panic'stricken resi-
dents, who hurried from their homes,
bearing their children in their arms.
Mare Island also suffered much dam
age, the loss at the navy yard being
estimated at not less than $25, 900. The
naval hospital was wrecked and the
government sawmill blown down.
Many other places in California report
damage
A MOVE was said to be on foot to re-
move the Presby terian board of home
missions from New York to st. Louis
BY direction of Gen. Miles, com
handing the army, orders were issued
on the Goth for the transfer of the
Twenty Fifth regiment of infantry to