Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-06-29

Gov. MURPHY has issued at Phoenix,
Aria., over his signature, an announce
Dlent tantamount to n proclamation, in
which he denounces in most vigorous
language the methods of oct-iobbing
mining companies in that territory.
Che publication of the announcement
caused stir in mining circles.
THE window-glass combine, known
5s the American Glass company, has
again advanced the prices of window
glass The increase ranges from five
10 ten per cent, and takes effect imme-
Iliately,
The Carnegie Steel company at Pitts
burgh, Pa, has contracted with the
Russian government to furnish that
government with $50, 900 tons of steel
rails for its immense railroad enter
Irises in Siberia and China. This will
insure to all the rail mill workers of
the concern profitable employment for
The next ~ years.
WHILE toying with a loaded revolver
10 the presence of a number of children
ut 2635 Jefferson street, Kansas City,
Mo-, Edward Williams accidentally shot
himself in the head and expired almost
instantly. He was 10 years old,
THE Filipino rebels learned that the
American volunteers were returning to
the United States and the Filipino
newspapers showed that they con-
strued this to mean that the Americans
were abandoning the war.
THE Huntsville chamber of COM
merce issued a call to every one inter
ested for an industrial convention, to
be held in Huntsville, Ala, September
4, for the purpose of considering the
best methods of developing the re-
sources of the south.
COPPER has been discovered in paying
quantities in Archer county, Tex. The
ore is very valuable and has assayed
from 40 to ~ per cent.
THE Cherokee executive council at
Tahlequah, |. t., on the 22d liberated
all the criminals in the Cherokee pen
itentiary. There were 16 serving terms
of from one to fifteen years. This ac-
ton was taken on account of the Curtis
bill prohibiting any more convictions
under Cherokee laws,
THE tug N. +. Bronson, of the Mon
treal Transportation company, with
five barges in tow, caught fire the
other morning near Warmers island,
Can. The barges were released, but
the tug was burned to the waters
edge. Two of the crew were reported
missing and several were badly burned.
THE elevator of the Chicago & Erie
railroad at Germany station, Ind. was
totally destroyed by fire the other
night. Twelve hundred bushels Of
wheat, 1900 bushels of corn and 1,0OC
bushels of oats were consumed.
In the recent riots at Travencore In
dia, the rioters cut off the ears of then
opponents to obtain the earrings in an
expeditions manner and burned about
$50 houses. British troops afterward;
patrolled the district.
BECAUSE of quarrel between his
six-year-old son and young Wallace
Barber at New York, Arthur Bonnet
spanked the latter. Barbier's mother
brought suit for SIS, 900 damages to hei
nerves and the jury awarded her 81, O7S
Mr.. Bonnell paid the money on the
spot.
The Missouri, Kansas e Texas Rail
way company has filed an application
for an injunction to restrain the town
of Muscogee, l. T., from laying out the
place under the Curtis law, the rail
way company claiming every alternate
section of land along its line. TIL,
matter is causing much anxiety il
other towns along the Katy's route.