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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
IT SAVED MANY LIVES.
Annual Report of the Life Saving Service
Shows What Is Done to Prevent
Deaths on the Water.

Washington, Dec. THE annual
report of the general superintendent
of the life-saving service states that at
the close of the year the establishment
embraced 265 stations, 1913 being on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Sc on the
great lakes, Is on the Pacific and one
at the falls of the Ohio, Louisville, KY.
The number of disasters to documented
vessels within the field of the opera
tions of the services during the year
was 42S. There were on board these
vessels 3,903 persons, of whom 3,847
were saved and Sc lost. Seven hundred
and ffty-one shipwrecked persons re-
ceived succor at the stations, to whom
1,46O days relief in the aggregate was
afforded. The number of vessels total
ly lost was ~. In addition to the fore
going, there were, during the year, 294
casualties to small craft, such as small
yachts, sailboats, row boats, ETC., on
board of which there were GIL persons,
664 of whom were saved and seven lost.
The property involved in these in
stances is estimated at $13S, 535, of
which S129, 2s5 was saved and Sc, $50 lost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
DEATH BEFORE A MADHoUSE.
Burned Herself to Death in the
Presence of Her Husband.

New York, Nov. 29.-Fearing that
she was doomed to spend the rest OF
her life in an insane pavilion, Mrs.
Hattie Miller, a bride of only few
months, who lived with her husband
at No. 249 East One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth street, burned herself to
death yesterday. She made three diff
ferent attempts to kill herself. The
first two were frustrated by her hus-
band, who smothered the flames before
they had gained any Roadway. Driven
to desperation by his frantic efforts to
prevent her accomplishing her pur-
pose, even while he was applying
soothing lotions to his burned hands,
she poured oil over the charred frag-
ments of her gown and then lighted it
with match. Efforts to save her the
third time proved futile, the flames
spreading with such rapidity that Mil
Ter was unable to smother them. An
hour after the woman died in frightfuI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
FORCED TO TURN BACK.
United States Transport Loaded With
Horses for the Philippines EncOun-
tered Disastrous Storm.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 29.-With car
go of dying horses and mules and IS
empty stalls, the United States trans
port Victoria returned to port last
night, having been forced by an un-
precedented stress of weather off Cape
Flattery to turn back from her voyage
to the Philippines. Of the 40 horses
and mules carried by the Victoria,
taken on board November %, So were
pounded to death against the sides OF
their stalls in the storm and the re-
naming animals were SO badly bruised
that the officers of the vessel believe
that few can be saved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
FIRES IN PHILADELPHIA.
Nearly Two Million Dollars, Worth of
Property Destroyed In the BusIasss
Section of the City.

Philadelphia, Nov. S0.-Nearly So
O00, 900 worth of property was destroyed
by two fires in the heart OF the business
section of the city early yesterday.
The greater of the two fires started in
the big department store of Partridge
& Richardson, at the southeast corner
OF Eighth and Filbert streets, the very
center of the shopping district, at $50
a. M, and before the flames had been
put under control they spread to ad-
joining property and caused a loss of
about 81, 600, 600. The fire started in
the basement from an electric spark
and soon the entire building waA q
mass of flames. The two stores to the
south of Partridge s. Richardson were
soon Quilted and then the flames at
tackled the big building of the ]. B.
Lippincott Publishing company. The
building ITas completely ruined. In
this. building, stored away in vaults,
is nearly $500, O00 worth of manuscripts,
plates and other material for reference
books, and it is not yet known whether
they were destroyed.
Lit Bros large department store,
which adjoins the Lippincott building
and which is valued with it's contents
at more than 81, 900, 600, was saved, but
only after the contents of one corner
of the building had been damaged.
Straw bridge & Clothier, another large
department store on the west side of
Eighth street, also had narrow escape
and the building and contents were
damaged to the extent of about $780,
600. A number of other business
houses adjoining Lippincotts' and
Partridge & Richardson's were entirely
destroyed.
While this fire was in progress and
spreading every moment, another fire
broke out four blocks away on the
fourth floor of No. 419 Market street.
The loss at this fire is estimated at
S11O, 600. The loss of the two fires are
more than covered by insurance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
WILL GARRISON MINDANAo.
The ThIrty-First Volunteers, Who Arrived
at Manila on the 2Sth, VIII Not
See Active Service.

Washington, Nov. 29.-Gen. Otis
cabled the war department announe-
ing that the Thirty-frst volunteers
who arrived to-day will garrison parts
of Mindanao. Gen. Otis also wires
that the transport Albert sails to-day
for San Francisco and that the Tartar
and Naworth will sail on the 29th.
He also announces the arrival of the
hospital ship Missouri, which sailed by
way of Suez No casualties are re-
ported on the ship arriving.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Lattar from Cen. WheeIer.

Florence, Ala, Dec Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, in letter to w. M. Bunting,
editor of a local paper, writes: Twill
you please state in your paper that
letters addressed to me at Washington
about matters of congressional business
will be attended to, as expect to be
there very soon.'" The letter also
contains much interesting matter
about the Philippines and reaffirms the
generals opinions regarding the keep
ing of the islands by the United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
WIN right New Cattle Rates.

A meeting of cattlemen of the state
will soon be held at Emporia for the
purpose of devising ways and means of
opposing the action of the railroads in
putting into effect the rate per 100
pounds system of collecting freight
charges on cattle instead of the old
system of charging by the carload.
Cattlemen are greatly stirred up over
the proposed change and a bitter legal
fight is probable before the court of
visitation or some other judicial tribu-
nal of the state.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. THE following
message from Congressional Delegate
Dennis T. Flynn has been received in
Guthrie: Free homes will get action.
Am on committe of Indian affairs,
public lands and territories" The
friends of free homes are encouraged
by this announcement, which indicates
that Mr.. Flynn will be given the en-
enlargement and support of Speaker
Henderson
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07

Columbia, S. c., Dec. IA great
work was inaugurated yesterday when
the tsSouth Carolina Industrial Home"
for negro boys and girls was dedicated.
The home is designed to give negro
waits a rudimentary and Christian
education, to teach them habits of
tidiness in household work and of
thrift in farm work or at the bench.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
INC Coinage at the Mint for November.

Philadelphia, Dee. 1.-The total coin
age at the mint during November was
S., O46, O7O, which represents 19, As, 240
separate coins. OF the gold coins, to
the value of 81, sos, 700, there were 1O7,-
420 eagles; go. 800 half eagles and 1920
quarter eagles. In silver there was
total of 81. 1872, 600 coined; 1, 149. 900 be-
ing half dollar pieces; I, 15s. 600 quarters
and 9, $40, 600 dimes. The months coin
age of nicke1s was valued at S141, 500,
while II. 3s7. 900 pennies were coined.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07

Hartshorne, L T., Nov. 2e.-At Will
burton, 16 miles from here, last night.
two masked robbers knocked Postmas-
ter M. A. Cox senseless, robbed the
post Office safe of $500 and while es-
Gaping shot and killed United States
Deputy Marshal Henry Prekeng baugh.
Bloodhounds have been sent for to trail
tho robbers
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
street railway for Guthrie.

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. 1.-The Guthrie
city council has granted franchise to
a New York syndicate to construct and
operate an electric railway system here
for period of 40 years. The council
required forfeit of $500 from the com.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Hanna WIN Not Be Manager.

Washington. Dec. SENATOR Hanna
will not be the manager of the repub-
ican campaign next year. He is to re-
tire from the craftsmanship of the ma
tional committee on account of his
health. His retirement viii be volun
tary and not the result of any lack of
confidence in him on the part of the
v1raSidont
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Thev Want COTTON Factories.

Guthrie, Ok, Dec Guthrie and
Oklahoma City are spreading out and
trying to land cotton mills. It is said
that a meeting of Lowell, Mass. CAPT
talists viii be held this week to organ
ize a company to locate factory here.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Kansas State Temperance Union.

sas State Temperance union, has issued
the following call:
The seventeenth annual convention of the
Kansas State Temperance union will be held at
the First Congregational church. Topeka, jan
uary 10 and H. All churches, Sabbath schools,
young peoples societies and other religious
temperance organizations are entitled to three
accredited delegates each. In addition all per-
sons contributing to the support of the union
and all interested in aggressive temperance
work are cordially invited to attend.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Burned a Judge in Emgy.

A mass meeting of miners was held
in Pittsburg Thanksgiving day, during
which many bitter speeches were made
regarding the action of Judge Williams,
of the federal court, in the case of j.
P. Reese, of the national executive
board of the United Mine Workers of
America. Miners and memb of the
order to the number of 400 formed in
dauble file in Broadway. and marched
north to place outside the city limits,
where the efigy of Judge Williams was
burned, to show their scorn and con-
tempt for his decision.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
TtaJv,a f.ood ErInauciaI Showing.

Rome, Nov. 2e.-Dr. Bacelli, minister
of the treasury, presented his financial
statement in the chambers of deputies
to-day. He said the budgets of 1s9e-S9
closed with a surplus of over Is, 600. 600
lire, owing almost entirely to the reve-
nue. exceeding the estimates by 4s, 000s-
goo lire.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
WIN Serve Only a Few Days.

Gov. Stanley appointed w. j. Gregg
as judge of the new common pleas
court of Cherokee and Crawford coun-
ties. Judge Gregg will serve until
january s, when the recently elected
judge, Edward Sapp, will succeed him.
G. w. Brown was appointed clerk of
the Crawford county division of the
court and E. F. Tucker clerk of the
Cherokee division,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Two More Banks Robbed.

The bank at Clearwater, Sedgwick
county, was robbed recently of $500 in
cash and commercial paper valued at
So, 600. On the night following the
bank at Bluff City, Harper county, was
entered and robbed of 5000 and like
amount in notes. Four suspects were
arrested for the robbery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
War Affects a Kansas Man.

Charles Keller, formerly of Solomon,
Dickinson county, is one of the suffer-
ers by the Transvaal war. He ran
away from home and landed in South
Africa, where he entered the diamond
fields It is said he is one of the
wealthiest mine owners of Johannes
burg, being quoted as worth $1O 600, 600.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07

New York, Dec. six persons
were killed and about score injured,
some probably fatally, in a railroad
wreck on the Lackawanna at a cross
ing at Paterson. N. J.. last night
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Noted yEeIsh Divine Dead.

Columbus, o., Nov. ss--Rev. II. NJ.
Howell, a noted Welsh divine and
writer on church topics, died here to-
day after long illness. He was editor
of The Friend. the official organ Of TIE
Welsh church.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07

Miss Emma Miller, daughter of Will
liam Miller, merchant of Fort Scott,
died last week after a short illness.
Her mother died less than a week
previous and she was the sixth mem
ber,of the family to die in the last six
weeks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Hamilton Damaged by Fire.

Nearly all the business portion OF
Hamilton, Greenwood county, was de-
stroyed by fire. The general merchant
disc store of, M. NJ. Miller, the millinery
store of Miss Varris, grocery store OF
Richardson, and Sandberg's blacksmith
and wagon making shop, were totally
destroyed. Loss, about $50, 900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Fast Fright Of a 8oming Pigeon.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. "a homing
pigeon belonging to f. s. Morris, OF
McCook, Neb., was released here at
nine a. m. yesterday and reached Nc
Cook at 2:2S p. NJ, a distance of 2e6
miles in five hours and % MINUTES
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Desperate Kansas Convict.

WILDER Norton, one of the 4s
convicts in the Kansas penitentiary
under sentence of death, tried to MUIR
der John Welch, a convict, by stabbing
him in the left breast. These convicts
were working together in the tailor
shop. Norton had grudge against
WEIGH, and noticing favorable oppor-
tunity near quitting time, bounced on
him with a knife. Welch's wounds
may prove fatal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Found Dead in His store.

Ed Brown, a merchant of Belpre,
Pawnee county, was found dead in his
store with a bullet hole in his head.
1t was not known whether he was muir
dered or committed suicide
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Farmer smothered in mud.

The body of William Gilliland was
found east of Arkansas City. He had
an epileptic fit while driving home from
town and fell from his buggy. His face
was pressed into the mud and he
smothered 20 death.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Old-Fashioned Temperance Work.

There is revival of signing of tenn
perance pledges in Dickinson county.
Chapman has been having meetings
and fully 200 signed the pledge, many
of them hard drinkers. Chapman is
the place where the reward for evil
dence recently caused the arrest of two
joint keepers and there has been fol-
lowing boycott of the supposed in
former. Much bad feeling has been
engendered, but the present meetings
are expected to restore harmony.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
C4nthriass Zinc onara Houaa.

Guthrie, Ok. Dec. 1.-The new Guth-
RE opera house was opened Wednesday
night with a production of ''Faust" by
the Labodie opera company. The
theater is one of the prettiest in the
west. The theater, with furnishings
and scenery, cost S35, 900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Here Is a Real Romanoe.

Stephen E.. Burch, who eloped with
Mary Greenawalt, of Atchison comfy,
November 90, turns out to be wealthy
farmer from Olathe. He feared to marry
woman who knew of his wealth, so
he started out to find a girl who would
love him for himself He disguised
himself as a farm hand, and for few
days worked for Peter Greenawalt near
Huron. He fell in love with the daugh-
ter, and they eloped to Kansas City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
a Man was 10 RIame.

Edith McCrery, aged "a and good
looking, who had been practicing mag
netic healing at Emporia, committed
suicide the other night. She left
note saying a man was the cause of it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
VIII Not Tell Their Names.

Officers arrested two men who are
charged with robbing the Bank of
Bluff City. One was arrested at Win
field and the other at Arkansas City.
They refuse to give their names or talk
of the robbery. When captured one
man had $500 in gold and $500 in bills.
The corners of some of the bills are
torn off and they correspond to the
pieces of bills found in the bank vault.
The mum bers correspond and the bank
cashier identified them as the same.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
The Jury Gould Not Agree.

At Independence after four days de-
liberation the jury in the case of
Nicholas Shoclzman against the M, K.
&c t. Railroad company for SIS, 900 dam
ages reported that it could not agree.
This is the third trial the case has had
in the district court and it was once in
the supreme court. The first trial re-
suited in verdict of $50 for the
plaintiff, who is boy ten years old.
He lost his left arm in an accident on
the road four years ago
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
BE Left Numerous Descendants.

Rev. j. A. Woody. who died at Lin
coin the other day, was the father of
Is children and had SO grandchildren
and So great-grandchil6.en en-.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Marriage of Ed c. Little.
Locked Up for Contempt.

John P. Reese, of Abba, Ia, one Of
the eight members of the national ex-
ecutive board of the United Mine Work
ers of America, was found guilty at
Fort Scott of contempt of the federal
court by Judge Williams and sentenced
to three months in the federal prison
and to pay a fine of 500 and several
hundred dollars costs. He was at once
taken into custody and locked up.
Reese conducted the miners strike in
Crawford and Cherokee counties last
summer and he was arrested for dis
Obeying the orders of the federal court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
A Soldier Candidate Contests.

Nat Foster, fusion candidate for
county clerk of Johnson county, has
filed contest proceedings. He was de-
feated by three votes on the official
count. He was a member of the
Twentieth Kansas and ran 500 ahead
OF part of his ticket.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Too Much Excited to Eat.

Louie Ostertag, an Atchison boy who
served on the Olympia, says it is all a
lie about Dewey's ships drawing off
from the fight while the men ate
hearty breakfast. He says the ships
drew off all right, but the men were
too excited and exultant to eat mouth
full.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Gould Hear Gas Roar a Mile Away

A strong gas well which was drilled
for the Edgar Zinc company, of Cherry
vale, was finished last week. It is one
mile northeast of town. Although the
wind was in the south, the roar it made
could be heard distinctly in town.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-07
Believe It wan Promote Matrlmony.

The Elmwood club, a fashionable
family club, opened its club doors at
Topeka last week with an informal re-
ception. The home of the club is the
fine residence of the late Judge C. G.
Foster. One of the rules of the club
permits one tenth of the membership
to be single men. If a single man,
however, fails to marry within six
months after joining the club he will
be dropped from membership. It is
believed that this will promote matri-
mOnV.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-08
THE REFOND|AG ORDINANCE.
The Date When the Committee Will
Meet Uncertain,
ALTHOUGH THE SESSION MAY BE
CONVENED DURING THE PRES
ENT WEEK-PUBLIC OPINION
STILL UNDECIDED AS TO THE
TERMS OF THE PROPOSED
MEASURE.

The new draft of the refunding ordi-
nance is not yet in shape for presenta-
ton to the special Council Committee,
and while a meeting may be held dur
ing the present week, the date is uncer-
tain. There is a probability that even
the new draft will not stand as the tnal
recommendation of the committee, and
it is scarcely probably that the ordi-
nance, in any form, will be submitted
to the people during the coming year.
Business men and those who have paid
some little attention to city affairs, are
very much in favor of the proposed
amendment to provide money for the
purchase Of the plant of the electric
light company, provided competent
legal authority will determine that, I'M
der the reorganization, the city need
purchase at all, while there is divis-
ion of sentiment as to whether it would
be best to refund the $4,000 of COM
promise loan or pay it off in one lump
by special tax levied in 1900, and be
done with it, once and forever. II the
loan is refunded it will bear about
10000 of interest during the first ten
years, which must come out of the
pockets of taxpayers, while the princi-
pal sum will remain intact, while if the
loan is paid off in one year, the city
will be immensely better off, although
the burthen will be heavy one the
coming year. The sentiment in favor
of allowing the remainder of the debt
to remain as it is, without refunding,
is undoubtedly growing, and it is by
no means certain that any refunding
ordinance would go through before the
people.
Until the next meeting of the Com
mittee little that is new can be said
OF the matter. but it is certain that
whatever final report is made will be
closely analysed and freely discussed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-08
BRIDGEPORT.
Chronicle of Daily Events In the
Town Across the Way.

The water will be shut of to-day
from 5 a. M. to D. m.
CITY WAITER BOARD.
There was the usual stir usual to election
here yesterday. but no disorders OF any
consequence.
A number of sportsmen are arranging
ing of the quail season.
J. B. Ryan, of St. Clalrsville, passed
through town yesterday on his way to
Bellaire.
Miss Lottie Duncan will entertain her
lady friends from 3 to o'clock Friday
afternoon.
was injured while coupling cars at Tippe-
canoe.
The ground is being surveyed for foun-
dations for the new ice plant of Koehnline
& Son.
Father Coffey was called to Columbus
by the death of a friend.
Mr. and Mrs f, H. Stevens returned
from the east yesterday.
Jake Hardin was fined 81 and costs for
assault.
The Euchre club was very pleasantly
entertained by Miss Minnie Kuhn yester-
day afternoon.
Frank Uranium returned to Columbus
yesterday.
Walter Lewis was down from Lorain to
vote.
Charles Franzell is on a business trip in
West Virginia
Council met last night and passed a
number OF bills.
The Luther League meets Thursday
night at the home of the Misses Meyer,
in tho West End