Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
GnN. orIs was directed to inform the

GEN. OTIs was directed 10 inform The
commander Of the Filipino forces NJ
Iloilo that II Iloilo is not evacuated
peaceably by the insurgents the Amer.
lean troops will proceed to occupy II
by force, II necessary.
BENJAMIN r. WMLETTs was legally
hanged at the state prison at Wethers'
field, Conn, soon after midnight OF the
10Th for murder
EX-Gov MERRIAM, OF Minnesota
was said to be slated to succeed Secre'
tary Hitchcock as ambassador to Rus
STA.
JIMMY BARRY, the weight
champion, and his old-time rival, Cas-
per Leon, fought II fast 2O-round fight
to draw on the 10Th at Davenport,
la. The fight was an even one from
start TO finish.
A SECRET meeting of sewer pipe
manufacturers was held at Akron, o.,
the other night in the interest of the
proposed new trust with $50, 900, 600
capital, The purpose was to arrange
for the purchase of the Akron works.
Indications favored a successful ter
mination Of the conference.
THREE great thread manufacturing
companies which practically control
the business of the country are about
to combine The concerns are George
A. Clark & Bro, Newark, N. D.; the
Clark Mile End Spool Cotton com
pany, with factory in Newark and
the Coates Thread company, with fac
tory at Pawtucket r. /.
JOHN BOSTON, an aged citizen OF
Jacksonville, ILL.,, was found dead from
starvation.
FIVE men were more or less seriously
injured as the result of an Ohio Sou tn
ern switch engine blowing out its
crown sheet with terrific force at
Springfield, O. Some of the injuries
TO the men may prove fatal,
JAMAs Brown, colored, was hanged
in the county jail at Kansas City, Mo-,
on the 18th for the murder of Henry
Prather, also colored, three years ago.
JOHN p CoCHRANE, ex-governor of
Delaware, died on the 9th at his home
in Middleton, Del, aged 90 years. lie
was elected governor in November,
1874, on the democratic ticket,
AN incendiary fire almost destroyed
the News-Democrat building in Belle
vile, Ill.
: STRIKERS in shoe factories at MARI
boro, Mass, were reported weakening.
THE recent announcement by the
officials of the Chicago & Northwest.
ern that they would dispense with the
services of female employees on the
ground that women were not compe-
tent to fill the more important posi-
tions on the road, has interested the
club women of Denver, Col, and they
will lead an organized movement to
protest against what they consider
rank injustice. The club was prepar-
ing circular letters to other federation
organizations to help in the cause.
The American national bank at
Lima, o., was robbed of SIS, 1862 on the
night of the 25th. The ianitor found
the doors Of the vault open the next
morning. The cashier and president
found all the gold and paper money in
the bank carried away and the silver
money untouched. The affair was a
mystery.
AUNT Lucy NICHOLS, a former MEM
Der of the Twenty-third Indiana vol
unteers who fought all through the
late civil war, has been notified by
the pension department that the pres
ident has signed special bill giving
her $l2 a month. She is member of
the G. A. r. post at New Albany, Ind,
and takes part in all the parades,
wearing her old soldier clothes.
THE Western Surgical and Gyneco.
logical association convened in Oma-
ha, Neb., on the 2Sth for two-days'
session, About $50 of the leading SUR
geons of the transmississippi country
were in attendance. Many interest.
ing papers were read.
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