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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
PUSHED HIM DOWN STAIRS.
Mrs. HoIIingsworth, a ST. Louis
Bride, Got Rid of a Negro Bur-
gIar in a Unique Way.

St. Louis, Dec. 16.-Mrs. Joseph Hol-
lingsworth, a bride of three weeks,
got rid of a negro burglar in an
unique manner at her home in Ora
tiot Thursday night. The brave little
woman who had been observing the
movements of the burly intruder,
awaited her opportunity, and then,
while he stood at the head of the
front stairs, leading from the first
to the second floor, absorbed in a
search of the pockets of her husbands
trousers, she crept up behind him
and pushed him downstairs. As soon
as he could pick himself up, he ran
from the house and escaped, although
Mr.. Hollingsworth, who had been
awakened by the commotion, followed
him in the snow for half mile.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
THEY WILL BE PUNISHED.
Insurgents in the Philippines whs
Murder and Rob VIII Be Sum-
marIIy Dealt with.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Isolated bands
of bushwhacking insurgents who are
caught by our forces in the Phillip
pines are likely to be summarily dealt
with. At the cabinet meeting to-day
the matter was discussed at some
length, and it was the general senti-
ment that the situation demanded Wig
orous treatment. AS long as the in.
surgents keep up show of an army
under a semblance of de oline, they
will be treated as prisoners of waI
when captured, but when they degen-
crate into isolated bands of maraud-
ers, harassing our forces by cold
blooded transformations, it is the judg-
ment of the officers in command in
the Philippines and of the president
and cabinet that the situation de-
mands summary action.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
..INcIDRNT,, OF THE WAR.
President Mckinley Was initiated
Into Masonry During the War by
Confederate Soldiers.

Huntsville, Ala. Dec. ia promf
nent mason of this city, well posted
in the affairs Of the fraternity. is au.
thority for the statement thatWilliaIr
Mckinley, now president of the
United States, was initiated into the
order by a lodge of confederate sol
diers during the civil war. It was the
custom of soldiers who were masons
to form lodges and hold regular com.
munications, and upon such occasions
soldiers of the enemy's army who be
longed to the fraternity visited the
lodges and were accorded masonic
greetings. When the lodge adjourned
the soldiers would repair to their re
spective camps, carrying with them
remembranees of the good-fenowshiE
extended them. 1t was one of these
lodges that initiated President Nc.
Kinley, then major in the union
army.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
BOFRs VICTORIOUS.
At MOdder River Monday a Terri
bic Battle Was Fought.
Forces Under Methuen Received severe
Setback from the Boer Forces Under
CrODje-BriEish Commander Says
Hs1 zosses Were Heavy.

London. Dec 14-Gen. Methuen, as
expected, followed up his artillery at
tack with a general assault on the Boer
positions Monday, and his report shows
that the anxiety of the public regard
ing the result occasioned by the om-
nous silence of the war Office was
amply justified
The engagement was evidently of
considerable magnitude and the list of
the killed and wounded will be proper
tionate without the compensation
which a victory would have brought,
if, indeed, the affair does not turn out
to be more serious defeat than Gen.
Methuen admits.
One report says that Gen. Cronje at
tackled the British. The only compen-
sation the British have been able to
discover in the disheartening story is
in Gen. Methuen's statement that he
maintains his position close to the
Beers. arousing hope that he will re-
trieve the situation. It is apparent
that the bonn bardment of Saturday and
Sunday did not shake the Beers grip
on their position, and it seems certain
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
GEN. CRONJE.

that they merely withdrew their guns
and riflemen under cover, while Gen.
Methuen INDUCED in the usual artil-
lery preliminaries Monday. and that
when the British guns were obliged to
cease firing, owing to the danger of
hitting the advancing troops, the Beers
speedily re-occupied their trenches and
overwhelmed the Highlanders with "a
terrible fire, probably accompanying
this by an attack on the British right
flank and rear.
Alarm is beginning to be expressed
in many quarters as to the situation of
Gen. Methuen. The Westminster Ga
zette says: IF England ever needed a
victory it is now, and it is to Butler,
the soldier, strong, cool-headed and
reticent,, that the country looks for
this victory" The other papers are
abusing the government for its ''com-
placent OPTIMISM and inability to
grasp the strength of the opposition it
has to overcome in South Africa.
Nzethuen Tells of His Defeat.
London, Dec. 1.-the war Office has
received the following dispatch from
Gen. Methuen, dated Tuesday, Deem
Der q:
Our artillery shelled very strong position
held by the enemy in long, high kopje from
four until dusk, Sunday It rained hard last
night The Highland brigade attacked at day
break on Monday the south end of the kopje.
The attack was properly timed but failed. The
guards were ordered to protect the Highlands
right and rear. The cavalry and mounted in
fantry, with u howitZer artillery battery, at
tackled the enemy on the left and the guards on
the right supported by field artillery and howitz-
er artillery. They shelled the position from day
break, and at is sent the Gordons to support
the Highland brigade. The troops held their
own in front OF the enemy's entertainments IN
til dusk. the position extending, including the
kopje, for a distance of six miles toward the
Nodder river. To-day holding my posi-
ton and entrenching myself. had to face at
least Il, OO0 men. Our loss was great.
Gen. WauchOPe Killed in Battle.
Cape Town, Dec. 14.-Methuen wires
that Gen. Wauchope was killed in ac-
ton yesterday.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Three ChiIdren burned to Death.

Nicholasville, Ky. Dec. 1s.-The
family of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Rey-
nolds, consisting of three small chill
dren, aged six, three and one year,
respectively, were burned to death
yesterday. They had been locked in
the house while Mr.. and Mrs. Rey-
nolds were on visit to neighbor.
The parents of the victims returned
in time to see the house collapse
While smothering to death the vic
Tins were making desperate efforts
to escape. Their dead bodies We're
soon afterward taken from the ruins
in charred condition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
THE MAINE VICTIMS.
The Work of Disinterment to Begin To-
Day-Father Chadwick VIII Iden-
tify the Collins.

Havana, Dec. 18.-The United States
battleship Texas, Capt. Sigsbee COM
manding, has arrived here and Capt.
Greene, commandant of the naval
station, has conferred with Capt Sigs-
bee with regard to the removal from
Colon cemtery of the bodies of the
victims of the Maine disaster. The
present intention is to remove the
remains with as little ceremony as
possible. The work of disinterment
will begin to-day. Each coffin will
be enclosed in metal casl1et and be
surrounded by disinfecting COM
pound. The baskets Will be removed
during the night to the naval wharf,
where they will be under guard I'M
til all is ready for removal to the bat
tleship. which, it is expected, will take
place Wednesday nigh: or Thursday
at daybreak. The T 49las will then
leave at once. Father Chadwick viii
identify the collins as they are taken
from the ground, having the chart
showing the exact location of each
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
THE PopE's ALLoCurIoN.
The Fact That the Vatican Was Not
Represented at the Peace
Congress Noted.

Rome, Dec. 16.-The text of the
Pope's allocution at yesterdays con-
sistory was published yesterday. The
pontiff began by announcing the ap-
pointment of the cardinals deputed to
open the sacred door of the Roman
basilica at the commencement of he
holy year. He said he could have
wished that the church enjoyed her
former liberty in Rome and that she
might thus have been able to cele-
brate publicly the contemplated GER
bygone years.
The pope then referred to the fact
that the vatican was not invited to
send representative to the peace
congress at The Hague, an omission
which, he said, had been "censured'
by all impartial judges. The car, he
continued, invited the representatives
of the most powerful nations with a
view of establishing peace. Yet there
was none more worthy of an invitation
than the pope, who had endeavored
to obtain and make peace, and to pre-
vent confiict-an office by which the
divine will was within the attributes
of the papacy. The holy see had de-
sired place in the conference, con-
tinued the pontiff. One voice had
obstinately opposed itself to this de-
sire and had gained the point. 1t was
the voice of those who, with the con-
quest of Rome, had deprived the pope
of his powers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
buying Next Years Wool Clip.

Seattle, Wash, Dee. 16.-For two
weeks past representatives of eastern
wool firms, principally from Boston,
have been canvassing the wool grow
ing sections of the state in an effort
to buy up the next years clip. In the
Rainier reserve district advances have
been offered, at fun price when de-
Hvered next summer, of from II to
20 cents per pound.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
PressToeD Lost Thefr strike.

St Louis, Dec. 1.-The two leading
st. Louis afternoon papers, the Star
ard Post Dispatch, for the first time in
their history, issued no daylight edi-
tions yesterday. This was in conse-
quence of a pressmen's strike, which
lasted eight hours. Ike striking press
men returned to work at night under
peremptory orders of President Bow
man, of the International Webb Press
mems union.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Ipdependent of Political PARTIES.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. ia reso1u-
ton recommending members of labor
bodies to use their election ballots in
dependently of the predoninating po-
Iitical parties was adopted yesterday
afternoon by the American Fedora
ton of Labor, after first eliminat-
ing declaration of suspicion
against labor men who might ad-
vocate the interests of the pres
ent political parties.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Secretary Wilson expresses the
opinion that $2OO,OoO,O00 worth of the
tropical fruits we annually import can
be raised in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and
the PHILIPPINES, to which countries the
experiment station work is to be ex-
tended. Moreover, he believes that
much of the rubber and other prod
ucts we use in the United States can
be furnished by our island posses
sions. Mr.. Wilson is opposed to the
governments coming into competition
with the seedmen by the free circu-
lation of commercial seeds, but he
thinks that it can do much good by
distributing foreign seeds and plants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Santa Fc No Longer Controls 1t.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 16.-A meeting of
the directors of the ST. Louis, Kan
sas City & Colorado railway was held
at the Santa Fe general offices here
and new officers for the road were
chosen. The road has until recently
been operated by the Santa Fe. The
reorganization puts it on an indepen-
dent basis. Among tIly. directors are
Ex.Gov. D. r. Francis, of Missouri, and
c. S. IGleed. of Topeka.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Among the victims of a railroad
wreck in Paterson, n. J., was Sterling
s. Smith, nephew of Gen. Joseph
Wheeler. One of Smiths legs was
caught between heavy iron and wood
work and mangled. When the res
cuers reached him after they had
cut through the roof of the car in
which he was imprisoned, he said, al
though suffering circulating pain:
-'Don't bother about me. There are
women below me. Get them out first .
This instance of heroism serves to re
mind us that those engaged in war
have no monopoly of courage.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
No Further News Received About
the Battle at Tugela River.
WHAT THE LONDON TINES SAYS.
The British Casualties at TuseIa River
Given Out-A New COmmander-in-Chief
AppOinted-A Section OF Coun-
try In Rebellion.

London, Dec. 18.-No furthur news
has been received regarding the bat
tie at the Tugela river. The latest
accounts regarding the battle at Ma
gersfontein show that the retirement
of the British troops was executed
with the greatest GOODNESS and order
under heavy Boer artillery fire on
Tuesday. Mafeking was safe on De-
cember 16 and Col. Baden-Powell, the
British commander there, is still ac-
lively pushing out his defenses. At
that time the Beers had offered to
exchange Lady Sarah Wilson, who
was captured while acting as CORES
pendent for the London Daily Mail,
for Gen. Ben Viljoen, who was cap
tured at Elandslaagte, but the offer
was declined. The other beleaguered
garrisons and positions are still hold
ing out. 1t is said that if the Victo-
ria Cross were to be granted for
every act of conspicuously gallantry
OIL the part of the British troops it
would be necessary to distribute the
decoration by hundreds.
WHAT THE LONDON TIMES SAYS.
London, Dec 1s.-The Times, com
menting on the situation, says:
Neither the Crimean war nor the
Indian mutiny gave rise to greater
dangers to the empire than that with
which we are now menaced, nor at
either of those critical periods was
Great Britain so isolated politically
or regarded with such dislike and
suspicion as are now almost every
where apparent. Unless the calmness
which impresses the foreign observer
| proceeds only from apathy or 4 want
of sufficient imagination to realize
the imminent danger to the whole
fabric of our empire, the great efforts
now urgently required will surely be
made before it is too late to retrieve
| the situation. We are fighting not
merely for supremacy in South At
RIGA, but our position as a grea5 pow
er. We know we have miscalculated
| the strength of our foe and we are re
solved to make that miscalculation
good"
| CASUALTIES AT TUGELA RIVER.
London, Dec. 18.-The war Office
gave out Buffers list of casualties
! late Saturday night and the casuah-
ties at Tugela river prove to have
been the largest in any previous. en-
| gagement of the war. The total of
British killed, wounded and dead is
1,097. Of these 50 were killed, G67
wounded and 34S missing.
A NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
London, Dec. 1S.-Baron Roberts of
Kandahar and Waterford, commander
of The forces in Ireland, has been APP
pointed to the chief commend in
South Africa, with Gen. Lord Kitch-
ener, of Khartoum, as his chief of
staff
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

France is said to be the most i'm
pOrtant as we'll as the most promis-
ing Protestant mission field. Congre-
cations of 200 members, not one of
whom was brought up in the even
gelical faith, and Sunday schools of
SO children, who year ago had never
heard of the Bible, are a common oc-
currence. No movement of such pro-
portions has been witnessed since the
time of the reformation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

The power of the Standard Oil COM
Pany is conceded everywhere, but it's
overwhelming influence on the secur-
tiles market is far from being realized.
It is said to carry cash balance of
from $4O,OOo,OOO to 100000 in gold
deposited either in the Deutsch Bank
of Berlin or the National City bank of
New York! The average man can
scarcely even comprehend this.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

By misplaced comma, a paper in
Greedy county, Kan, raised a great
row. 1t said: 1.-Two young men from
Leoti went with their girls to Trib-
une to attend the teachers insti-
girls got drunk The comma be-
longed after girls.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Dover, Eng, has an electric railway
company which will hereafter carry
wOrl1ingmen during the stipulated
hours at a fare of a half-penny, or one
cent. 1t takes that action for the re-
marilable reason that in the past it
has cleared on this part of its traffic
$4,000 per year at the full penny, or
two-cent rate, and it considers that
the reduced fare will yield the proper
dividend on it's bona fide Investment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Some of the veteran regulars in the
Philippines say there is marked sim
ilarity between the native Filipino
dialects and those of the American
Indians. The theory that this CONT
nent was populated from Asia is not
new and some of the scientists will
proceed to investigate the Filipino
languages.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

AS soon as it was discovered that the
present manner of ba1ing hay was not
adapted to the eXigencies OF war
times. necessity went to work and in
vented a round bale, which can be
used for food, fuel, breastworl<s or
ammunition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

The register of Cornell university
for 1s99-1900, just published, shows a
gain of 2O2 students over the figures
in the first edition of last years reg
lister, the total to date being 2,24O,
as against 2,03S at this time last year.
A corresponding increase in the fac
ulty brings the number of teachers at
Cornell university up from 2S1 last
year to 314 this year. Just about one
half the enrolment is from New York
state, which furnishes this year 1894
students
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

The czar has an income of 81, 900 an
hour, the sultan $3.50, the emperor of
Austria $500, the kaiser $3.50, the king
of Italy $3.50, Queen Victoria the
same, the French president $3.50, the
king of the Belgians $S5 and the pres
ident of the United States $3.50 per
hour
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Fire in Nebraska Penitentfary.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ia stubborn
fire ragged for two hours yesterday
afternoon in a wing OF the state pen-
itentiary building, frightening the
convicts locked up in their cells 20 feet
away and causing loss estimated at
e3O. ono
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

According to the official returns
from France, the number of births in
that country last year was $40, 1888,
and the deaths, S1O,O73, showing an
excess of births over deaths of only
S3,s6O, while in 1897 the excess was
los, 086, and in 1896, $500.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

AS was the case thu year before
last, the Harvard Football association
has this year earned enough to pay
most of the expenses of the other
athletic associations of the university,
finishing the season with a surplus or
profit of more than $4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

erewski said the piano is capable of
greater orchestral effects than any
other instrument He might add
that, in his hands, it produces greater
effects in the box Office than any DR.
chestra eXtant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

A miner in Denver, disheartened by
hard luck dug a grave, intending to
get into it and blow his brains out.
About three feet down he struck a
lead of sylvanite and sold it to a ten
derfoot for $4,000
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
The Brake. Failed to work.

Cleveland. o., Dec. 1S-A passenger
train collided with a pony engine on
the Cleveland. Akron & Columbus
road Saturday night opposite the Ohio
state hospital. Alonzo Sherman and
Charles R. OILERS, engineer and fire
man on the pony engine, were killed
The brakes of the train failed to work
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

a revolution in bellmaking is at
hand. They will be tubular. A tubu-
lar bell of 2A inches in diameter and
with range of one mile weighs 1910
pounds, while an old fashioned bell
with the same range would weigh Co.,
OO0 pounds
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Mrs. Logan,s sad Journey.

Youngstown, O., Dee. 16.-Mrs. John
A. Logan, widow of Maj. Logan, and
children, left for Coronado, Cal, where
they will await the arrival of the re-
mains of Alaj. Logan from tLe Philip
pines
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Washington. Dec. Lieutenant
Thomas ri. Brumby, flag. lieutenant to
Admiral Dewey during the Manila
campaign, died at GARFIELD hospital
shortly after O'Clock last evening.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
COUNTRY IN REBELLION.

Sterkstroonl, Dec. 18.-As result
of the British reverses the whole
country northward is in rebellion.
The natives there, as we'll as those in
Basutoland, are said to be much dis
turbed and losing heart respecting
the strength of the British.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Nell-'FWhy did Maude get divorce? I
thought she and George got along, beauti-
fully" Belle-"So they did, but the cook.
took violent dislike to him and threat.
ened to leave. ''-Philadelphia Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Don't count your poultry until they get big
enough to get away from the cat.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
NOR Ktckors.

I never heard but one Porto Rican man
make kick about anything. 1 was sitting
on the hotel veranda at Ponce one day when
merchant came down the street to see me-
There was a vicious bull tearing about the
street, and the animal got after the mer-
chant and run him block and gave hmm a
toss which landed him on the veranda, al
most at my feet. OF course l went to his
assistance, thinking him seriously hurt but,
it turned out that he had come off almost
without a bruise. began to congratulate.
him over his escape, but he interrupted me.
with:
ssSenor, [ like it not. The bull should
have rolled me into the ditch, instead of toss
ing me up here. Never before was tossed
upon this veranda, and I can't make it out. -
Washington Post.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Selfishness is the only thing that stands
between some people and happiness.-Chi-
cage Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
How 70 AvoId cold Dur1ng winter

How to Avoid Colds Durfng winter
ssThis idea that many people have
that winter is an unhealthful season.
is ali wrong. Winter is just as health
fui as summer, if people viii take care
Of themselves. If you want TO go
through the winter without a cold, OBJ
serve these few simple rules:
sDon,t overhead your house, and.
don't stop all ventilation. Sleep in q
cool room, but keep warmly covered.
Always take off your outdoor wraps
when you come in the house, and al
ways put them on when you go out.
And, lastly, just as long as there Is
snowon the ground, don't go out with
out your rubbefs. This last rule is the
most important of all. for two colds
out of three come from wet feet. -
The Independent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21
Big Coal Mines in Iowa Tied Up.

Des MONIES, Ia. Dec. 14.-Al the big
coal mines in Webster county are re-
ported to be tied up by the strike OF
about 500 men at Ka1o. Coa1ville. Lee
high and Carbon The men went out
because of the unwillingness to grant
advances of wages which the men
thought just in view Of the price of coal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

The daughters of a millionaire always have
fine figures.-Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-21

Mr.. Suell-'fWhat are you crying for, Ell
sie?' His Little DaughteT-"I've just read
that the diamond mines may be exhausted
in seven years, and it's eight before my COM
ing out!"-Jewelers' Weekly.