Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-22


Herald Publishing Association.
PHILLIPSBURG. KANSAS.
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
O
ADMIRAL J. B. CREIGHTON, U. S. NJ,
died on the 18th at Morristown, N. Y.
THERE is a rumor current that Bob
Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, has mys-
teriously disappeared.
GENERAL SHERMAN was warmly well
coined home the evening of the 18th by
large company of old comrades at st.
Louis, Mo.
SECRETARY FoLGER has ordered an
investigation of charges. that Chinese i'm
migrants are unlawfully evading the I'M
migration act.
HENRY CHAPLIN, member of Parlia-
ment for Lincolnshire, will continue to
urge restriction in the importation OF
American cattle.
THE Governor of Manchuria has been
ordered from Pekin to have 5000 Mogul
irregulars ready to embark for Tonquin at
a moments notice.
The company of visitors from Chi
huahua arrived in st. Louis, Mo-, on the
18th and were handsomely entertained &C
cording to programme.
O-
DIR. SroCKER, Chaplain to the Ger
man Court, lectured recently in London to
an audience so disorderly and insulting
that he left the hall in disgust.
SAMUEL j. RANDALL is lying seri-
ousIy i'll at his cottage near Berwyn Sta
tion, Pa. His malady is govt, which, it is
feared is about to be followed by eryslpe-
las.
LIEUTENANT DARLINGTON testified in
the Greedy relief inquiry on the 18th. He
said the Yantic was of practically no use,
but was sent with the Proteus merely TO
satisfy public opinion.
THE two highwaymen who fatally
shot Milwaukee (Wis.) car-driver in an
attempt to rob him turn out to be two boys
who have been addicted to reading dime
novels. They have been arrested and con-
fessed.
THE banks and several business
houses of Des Moines, Ia, adopted the new
Central time standard on the 18th and the
City Council has passed an ordinance
officially fixing the time as the standard for
city purposes.
THE Denver (Col.) City Council has
passed an ordinance requiring railroad
ticket brokers to pay a $500 license and
keep a record of all tickets sold, said record
to be kept open for inspection like a pawn
brokers' books.
THE Police Board of st. Louis, Mo-,
voted on the 18th to appeal from the deci-
sion of the Court of Appeals in the case of
Chief Campbell. Mr.. Woodward, the new
Commissioner, voted with Commissioners
Lutz and Caruth.
THE late DR.. Ever, of San Francisco,
admired Edwin Booth when the actor was
comparatively unknown, and aided him by
appreciative articles. Now Booth heads
with $4,000 subscription for the benefit OF
DR.. Ewer's family.
REV. JAMES BRAND, of Cleveland, O.,
denounced Frank E. Bronson in the pulpit
for selling liquor. Bronson sued the
preacher for $4,000 for libel, and disa
greeting jury on the 14th stood ten for con
Viction and two for acquittal.
THE Pennsylvania Supreme Court de.
cides that the Pullman Car Company is il
duty bound to exercise care to prevent pas
sengers from being robbed while asleep
Ind -andarad on bn IN
favor of a passenger so robbed.
JOHN T. SHORT, late Professor O
History and Philosophy in the Ohio Stat,
University, died the morning of the 18th
He was the author of ''North America
antiquity and a member of historical so
cieties in this country and Europe.
EARL CARNARvoN, in speaking of
recent tour in Canada, said nobody coult
estimate how great its future would be i
the Canadian people persevered with tn
same judgment and moderation that ha,
characterized their legislative proceeding
for many years.
THE eminent tragedian, John Nc
Cullough, was the recipient of an ovatio
at the hands of his large circle of friend
in ST. Louis, Mo-, the night of the 18th, a
the Olympic Theater. General Sherma
was among the audience, which was one c
the most brilliant ever seen in the city.
"A WINNIPEG (Man.) dispatch {
the 11th states that decided movemeI
is on foot there in favor of secession froI
the Dominion Confederation. The cause
said to be the general and long-felt di
satisfaction Of the people with the name
in which they are treated by the Dominic
government.
SECRETARY TELLER has under COZ
sideration a plan, Endorsed by Commi
sioner Dudley, to prevent such scandals g
recently have been brought to light in I'll
practice of certain pension attorneys. TIL
suggestion is that only members of the ba