Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

of the late Jay Gould, recently paid
$50, 900 for a seat on the New York
Stock exchange, the highest price
paid in many years.
The Toronto CAM World had u
startling editorial on the 29th, stating
that between a graspinr annexation
movement in the United States, having
for its end the domination OF the whole
American continent, and n great purity
in England prepared to make any sac
rifices to the United States TO secure
an alliance, Canada was in danger Of
being absorbed by the United States.
A MAGNIFICENT memorial hall in
honor of the veterans OF the civil war
was dedicated on the Goth In the pub
lie library at Chicago. Gen, John c.
Black. commander OF the department
of Illinois G. A. r., made the formal
dedicatory address. Col James II.
Sexton, commander-in-chief Of the e.
A. r., was among the speakers.
ELEVATOR X, at Minneapolis, Mimi,
was destroyed by fire on the goth, to-
gether with 200, 900 bushels of wheat.
Loss, about $500, 900.
AT the Semet- Solvav company's by
product plant at Enslev City, Ala, a
fire was discovered raging in the oil
house The flames spread rapidly and
soon the main building and chemical
works OF the plant were burned down.
One hundred and twenty-five coke
ovens escaped destruction, but the
principal buildings of the plant were
destroyed, causing a loss estimated at
between $3.50, 600 and 500, 600, with no
| insurance. One Of the workmen lost
his life and another employee was bad
ly burned,
AN eastbound passenger train on the
Santa Re railroad was wrecked near
Hoehne, Col, on the 18th The train
was running about 80 miles an hour
when the engine left the track and
rolled down an embankment. The
Pullman cars followed. Many passen-
gers were badly shaken up, but none
seriously injured.
Two children of Tilman Mlks were
left alone in their house near Manis-
tee, Mich, for a short time and when
the father returned the house was in
flames and the charred bones of the
children were found after the fire
burned out.
A STATEMENT to the effect that the
Liggett & Myers Tobacco company of
st. Louis will be consol dated with the
Union Tobacco company, the purchase
price being placed at about Sl2, 900, 900,
was emphatically denied by Col. M. c.
Wetmore, who is at the head of the
first company.
THE fourteenth annual meeting of
the American Historical association
opened at New Haven, Conn, on the
9sth. Many interesting papers were
read.
A LOSS of 100000 was caused by the
burning of an elevator at Minneapolis,
Mimi, containing 5000 bushels of
wheat.
PADUcAH, KY, has been flooded with
counterfeit nickels
Tom CARRAwAY, aged 10. bought
rife for Christmas at Memphis, Tenn,
and day or SO after met Arthur Nc
Kinney, another boy, and became
involved in u difficulty with him and
shot him, inficting mortal wound.
Carraway then proceeded on hunting
journey and met negro boy named
Diggs, became involved in a difficulty
and shot him, inficting a serious
wound, Carraway and his rife were
soon afterwards taken to the police
station.
ROBERT FELLOWS dropped dead at
0ttumwa, Ia, while commemorating
the tiftieth anniversary of his wedding
at a dinner party.
The American evacuation commits
sioners at Havana have issued an APP
peal to the people of Cuba, inn
pressing upon them the necessity for
strict compliance with the agreement
for the transfer of the Spanish sover-
eighty to the United States military
authorities.
Two boys were drowned at Woon-
socket, r. l., while skating on a pond.
CHARLES RICHARD DODGE, of New
York, has been appointed director of
agriculture of the American exhib
at the Paris exposition
A CHICAGO dispatch recently stated
that every important steel and wire
producing concern would soon be alb
sorbed into one gigantic trust.
The North Cornwall pa iron fur
mace was badly wrecked by an ex-
plosion. Several men had narrow
escapes. The damage was estimated
at $50, OOO
The western section of the pan-Pres-
byterian executive committee, which
includes the United States and Cam
ada, has been called to meet in Wash
ington in the near future for the con-
sideration of matters of interest to be-
levers in the church bodies repre-
sented, This committee represents ten
branches of the Presbyterian faith
A FIRE broke out in g pile of cotton
bales at the compress at Holly Springs,
Miss, and about 600 bales were de-
stroyed.
THE Oklahoma statehood executive
committee has called delegate con-
vention to meet in Guthrie. January
%, to memorializs congress with refer
ence to an early admittance of OKLA
homa territory as state.
JAMES MILLER, an insane patient be-
ing taken to the Kankakee hospital
from Champaign, Ill.,, in charge of a
shnriM INN ned from the toilet window