Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-12-15

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GEORGE HOWARD and Frank Howard,
miners, wandered off the road in the
mountains near Ironton, COL, and
froze to death.
FoRrY-FIvE survivors Of the crew Of
the steamer Londonian, which was re-
Gently lost, were rescued by the British
steamer Vedamore and taken to Balti-
more, Nd. The captain and "a others
of the Londonian's crew were believed
TO be drowned.
ARTICLES of agreement for a 2O-round
boxing contest between Tom Sharkey
and Kid Mccoy, to take place at the
Lepox Athletic club in New York on
January 10, were signed by both prin-
cipals The men are to box for purse
of $40, 900 and so per cent OF all re-
ceipts exceeding $4,000. Tim Hurst
was mutually chosen as referee.
w. M. VANNEY, man 10 years old,
living alone on his farm near Prairie
Home, Neb., was assaulted and robbed
of between $500 and $500 in his home
the other night. Two men came to his
door, seized him, bound him, gagged
his mouth and robbed him.
THE private bank Of Taylor e. Mer'
ture at Arrowsmith, H., was entered
the other night by robbers, who Sc
cured $4,000 worth of negotiable pa
per and escaped, They used dynamite
on the safe, which was wrecked. Blood
hounds were used to track the robbers.
THREE corn shelters and 1000 BUSH
els of corn, of Mertens, Brandon d
Blums, were destroyed by fire in Hill
county, Tex.
THE four statues of the confederate
soldiers monument on Capitol hill at
Montgomery, Ala, were unveiled on
the 9TH. They represent infantry, cav
airy, artillery and navy. The 10 con-
federate states were represented by ID
young ladies and the four branches OF
the service by four young ladies'
There was an immense attendance.
THE post office at Clifton, 20 miles
south of Fresno, Cal, was robbed the
other night by two masked men who
held up A. I. Wilkinson, the postmas'
ter, and secured everything OF value
in the place.
Tom SHARKEY and Kid Mccoy have
been matched to fight 30 rounds before
the Lenox Athletic club in New York
for a purse of 800 OOO The battle will
be fought early next month and the
winner will go after Bob Fitzsimmons.
The United States transport New
port bearing the Twentieth Kansas
regiment, under Lieut.. Col. Little,
with the Wyoming light battery,
which left San Francisco November 8,
arrived at Manila on the 7th.
AN explosion of gas in the Zeneida
mines, Is miles south of Birmingham,
Ala, killed three men and perhaps fa-
tally injured three others.
A MIDNIGHT burial in the Catholic
cemetery was the sad sequel OF diph'
liberia scourge in the family of c. E.
Griffin, of Clare, Ia, recently A child
aged six years died early in the even
ing. Under the state law burial must
be within eight hours after death,
The entire family, including father,
mother and six children, were sick with
the same disease.
THE German reichstag was opened
by Emperor William on the 9th.
A DISPATCH from Paris on the 6tf
stated that the treaty of peace between
Spain and the United States was prac
tically an accomplished fact all The
essential features having been EN-
bodied in eight articles.
The steam yacht Oneida, having or
board E. G. Bennett and ex-Presiden
Grover Cleveland, was in collision will
transfer boat off the battery wall a
New York on the 9th.
ANexplosion of ammonia on board thu
marine hospital ship Bay State, as SHE
was lying in slip on the Brooklyn
side of the bay, killed Robert Twis
and seriously injured fifteen Other
men. The accident occurred in the ice
making plant on board the ship.
BY u recent transaction Corwin H
Spencer and other stockholders of tn,
Southern Electric Railway compan.
will become owners of all the lines ant
equipment of the National Railwa.
company at st. Louis. The propert,
sold includes the Northern Central
Cass avenue and fair grounds, Union
Citizens, Baden and Southwestern
lines, all electric, and the st. Loui
line or Broadway cable. They repre-
sent 95.O4 miles of track, of which 80 3
miles are electric and l4.67 miles cable
Princess FREDERICK of Wurtemburg
mother of William H., king of Wul
temburg, died at Stuttgart on the 18th
DURING fierce snow and windstorr
the breaker of the Enterprise collier
at Shamokin, Pa, was blown dowr
causing 500, 900 damage
THE greatest snow and windstorl
ever known at Detroit, Mich, keI
communication by wire from that cit
practically at a standstill recently
Street car traffic was blocked almos
completely and general business wa
demoraliged.
THE Spanish Transatlantic compnn
has chartered the North German Lloy
Steamship company's vessels Darn
stadt and MunchenEin order to exp,
dite the repatriation of the SPANS
troops in Cuba.
The native Filipino press advocate
independence and reimbursement
the United States government of tt
amount 20 ha mid Snain for the philit