Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-02

| IHE report reached Mount RE tSanh
Tex, that whitecaps had posted notices
In Morris county, about 30 miles from
there, for the negroes to leave, and
threatening violence II they did not
comply. Itwas stated that the colored
population were very much excited
and some were preparing TO leave.
THE carpet factory of William Judge
& Bro, at Philadelphia, was Quilted
by fire on the 27th. Loss estimated at
500, 900; covered by insurance.
AS a result of a conference between
Gov. Gen. Brooke and Gen. Leonard
Wood, governor OF the military depart
ment of Santiago, the customs receipts
at Santiago will not be used in other
provinces, but will be mortgaged TO
defray the cost of works now under
way.
ANDREW MOORE desperate Of the
Cherokee nation, killed three men ut
Whitedeld, |. r., the other afternoon.
He is a Choctaw Indian with bad
record. He had an old grudge against
the men and walked deliberately up to
them and shot them down in success
sion and then escaped.
INSTEAD of two mails n week TO Ha-
vana, as under Spanish rule, there will
be FIVE the government having made u
con tract with the Plant line of steam
ers for i've sailings The new arrange
ment will place all points east of the
Missouri river within so hours of Ha-
vana.
THE territorial statehood conven ton
at Guthrie, Ok, resolved for consti-
tutional convention in June and q
state election in October on PROPOSE
tion to go to congress and demand ad-
mission in December,
DOLLAR wheat {" was the cry of the
bulls in the wheat pit at Chicago on
the Goth. May went up "a cents a
bushel and at eight cents over the
quotations of week ago dealings ran
into the millions before the close of
the session, when May sold at TX
cents, The primary reason assigned
for the bull movement was the rise Of
securities in Wall street
AT Vaughan's levee camp, in Madi-
son parish, La, a negro was shot and
killed. His assailant, also a negro,
was lynched soon afterwards.
THE robbery of over 96O,O 900 from
PARIS bank in London was the sensa-
tion a short time ago, but it took q
dramatic turn on the Goth when the
chairman of the bank announced at
meeting of the shareholders that
94O, 900 in the biggest notes had been
returned to the bank by post.
CHIEFS of the Mandan, Grosventre
and Arickaree Indian tribes claim an
immense section of land, including the
towns of Bismarck, Mandan, Minot
and others in North Dakota, besides
thousands of acres of grazing and
agricultural lands. They claim the
reservation was never transferred to
the government and ask 1000, 900 I'M
demnity.
N. b. SCOTT (rep) was elected United
States senator on the 25th by the West
Virginia legislature.
In fire near Mount Vernon. ILL.,, IL
horses and much grain was burned.
ADELINA PATTI, the singer, was mar
ried to Baron Cederstrom on the 25th
at Brecon, Wales.
The powerful tribe of Zuni Indians,
whose reservation lies in the western
part of New Mexico, is threatened
with determination by a smallpo
plague. The population of the Zuni
nation is estimated at LOO, and since
last summer there have been 217 deaths
from smallpox. over 900 of the In-
dians are now sick with the disease,
which continues to spread rapidly.
THE home of Daniel Burnes, at the
north end of Steubenville, O., was
crushed by a huge rock weighing about
100 tons, which was loosened from the
top of hill and rolled down with
frightful force. Mr.. Burns, his wife
and his son were all seriously injured.