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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

!! A TUG-BOATMAN at Warrington, near
Pensacola, was reported down with the
yellow fever on the 18th.
YELLOW fever was reported at Quay
mas and Hermosillo, Mexico, on the 18th.
PETROLEUM exports for the seven
months ended July 81 were $26, 6SS, 345.
7 THE Democratic State Convention of
New Jersey nominated Leon Abbott for
Governor on the 18th.
IN consequence of collision a Nor
wegian vessel sunk and twelve persons
were drowned in the English channel on
the 18th.
The Ohio convention to choose dele
gates to the Louisville CoIored Convention
had been postponed to the Doth. The Mary
land colored voters will send delegation.
THE Italian steamship independents
went ashore on Long Island in fog on the
18th and was in a dangerous situation. She
had $50 passengers.
DURING recent land-rent riots in
Hungary about fifteen men were killed by
a volley from the troops. Collisions were
growing more frequent and serious.
ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD COLLINsON,
who commanded the expedition which went
| in search Of Sir John Franklin in 1850, died
on the 18th.
FIVE men were arrested in Philadel-
phia on the 18th for incendiarism. Over
100000 worth of property had been recent
ly destroyed by incendiary fires.
KENTUCKY gaugers had asked the In
ternal Revenue Commissioner to modify
the regulations so that they could earn 50
! daV but he refused to do it
A FRESHMAN at Lehigh University,
Pa, jumped out of window to avoid haz-
ing and fractured his foot. The Sophie
mores were to be expelled.
PROF. WARMERS balloon collapsed
on the 18th, 5000 feet above the city of Pitts
burgh. The fall was so gradual that the
aeronaut landed uninjured.
A TRADE-UNION conference in Bir-
mingham, Eng, on the 18th adopted reso-
| luton calling on the Government to take
| possession of uncultivated lands for GEN
eraI distribution.
/ In the investigation as to the cause of
the recent Riverdale steamboat explosion
on North River, n. Y, it was shown that
the boiler was leaky, and that the engineer
had once blown up tug.
/ THE total number of pension claims
of ali kinds pending in the Pension Office
the SOth of June, 1888, was "a, sos: and of
this number rs, S13 involved arrears.
TIE Greedy relief expedition had
returned on the 18th and reported being
unable to reach the men at the Arctic
station. The whaleship Proteus was
wrecked and the crew returned to New
fOundland in thu Yantic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
NOT Guilty.

The Trial of the Notorious Bandit, Frank
James-Its Progress and Result-The Jury
After Short DeIiberaIiOn Render Yer
diet of Not GuiIty-Two other Counts to
be Tried at the October Term.
GALLATIN. Mo-, Sept Q.
Mr.. w. H. Wallace. Prosecuting Attorney
for Jackson County, commenced his closing
argument on behalf of the State in the case
against Frank James at few minutes after
nine this morning. His speech was a most ex-
haustive one and was the great feature of the
trial, good judges declaring they never heard
It surpassed for vigor. evenness, power and
eloquence. At its close Judge Goodman
charged the jury who then retired in charge
Of the baifffs
Shortly before four o'clock the bailifs in
charge of the jury. were notihed} that they
were ready to submit verdict and when
court reopened at four o'clock Judge Good
man was surprised by the information. The
defendant was brought into court with his
face pale and impaSsiye as the day the trial
began. He was attended by his wife, whose
face wore an expression of suffering that
made it painful TO look upon. The hall was
not at all crowded. as few had expected 81
verdict so soon. The jurors filed in and took
their seats, all of them keeping their faces
liked on the court. Judge Goodman put the
usual question. After the roll had been
Judge read aloud: 1--WE, the jury, ind the
defendant not guilty, as charged in the in
dictment."
Loud applause followed and some of the aIl-
dience threw up their hats, while great cOnfu-
sion enSued. Amid IT. all Frank James sat
looking at the Court without even change of
color or a tremOr of hand. just as he had looked
at the speakers and witnesses all through the
case. His wifes face, however was changed
in a second from an expression of terror 90
one of radiant joy Counsel for the defense
smiled and wore the plumes Of victory we'll
The States attorney, Mr.. Hamilton, and
Judge Hicklin looked gloomy and spoke not.
The jury was then discharged and they
quietly left the courtroom. When some
degree of order had been restored
and one man had been brought be-
fore the Court and given chance TO beg of
for throwing up his hat, and when the gay
assembage of ladies had moderated their
jubilant buzz to reasonable degree the Court
suggested that there were two more cases on
the docket. The Westfau case and the one
wherein the robbery of the Winston train i2
charged without any killing. They will be-
tried at the October term.
The court then adjourned and the prisoner
was taken back to Jail in seemingly the same
state of mind as when he left it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
Fatal Railroad Accident at KenOsha
Mountain, Col.

DENVER, Coll, Sept. g.
Two serious accidents occurred yesterday
afternoon at Kenosha Mountain, South
Park Road. in which seven employees were
injured, three it is thought fatally, includ-
ing Conductor Livingston. A freight train
had been made Into two sections going
down the hill. The first section made the
grade successfully, but at its base ran into
a construction train, injuring four men, but
none fatally. The second section was less
fortunate. Just at the top of the immense
grade, while running at the usual speed,
the engine jumped the track, and the cars
back of it were telescoped down the en-
bankment. Z. S, Foster, engineer; Edward
Lake, head brakeman, and Conductor G. E.
Livingston were injured, probably fatally.
The wreck was a terrible one. The wounded
men were extricated from the ruins and
brought to this city, arriving this morning,
when the particulars were first learned. 1t
is said, through some unknown cause, the
heavy train got the mastery over the en-
gineer, and rushed down the mountain
where the grade is two hundred feet to the
mile with terrific velocity until a sharp
curve was encountered, and the engine left
the track, completely wrecking the whole
train. That any one escaped instant death
is almost miraculous,
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a RUSH no DEATH.
Two Persons killed and Eight serious1v,
Injured BY a Collision OF Passenger trains,
ON the Long island Railroad.

Two Persons Killed and Eight seriousl~s
Injured BY a Collision OF Passenger Trainss
on the Long Island Railroad.
NEW YORK, Sept. II.
A serious accident occurred this eveninn
on the Long Island Railroad, near Hunters.
Eoln6 Depot, by which two men were killed
and eight injured. The Flushing train
leaving Hunters Point, when at Montauk
junction, about eight miles from the depot
was run into by Manhattan Beach train
due at Hunters Point at 6:35. The latter
train was several minutes late, and the en-
glneer should have stopped east of the.
junction until the Flushing train passed.
Inc locomotives came together near tba
switch. The Flushing train Consisted of
1ouF passenger coaches and combination
gar, each OF which was full OF PASSENGERS
None OF these were injured. The enSine
ana tenders however, are badly broken IN
Inc engineer of the Flushing train. Ernest
SfetzneT, remained at his post, backing
down his train, and received sIighf
injuries. The Manhattan Beach train
consisted of seven ordinary cars
and one parlor. The latter was next the
engine. AT the time of the collision this
ualn was running at the rate of thirtv-five
miles per hour. The engine was not greatly
damaged, but the parlOr car was telescoped
by the car behind. All of the cars yste,,eI y
GrOWUed, with many persons standing on
Ghe platforms. Most of the occuDanfS If
the parlor car were warned by the 'tsissine,S
OF the escaping air from the air-brakes
and escaped from the car by the door and
windows. The car apparently broke in two
ABOUT the middle, and the platform car be-
h!nd was crushed through about the same
distance. All the chairs in the back part
OF the car were smashed and piled up. The.
second car and the floor of the parlor car
were ON one side. Under these were Thos.
birmingham, of East Houston street, and
Robt. Smith, of 1856 South Eighth street. 1t
was found necessary to. cut away the pam
cling and woodwork with axes to get the
men out. Their legs were so crushed that
amputation was necessary, and they died
very soon after the operation. Their bodies
We're then removed to the Long Island dead
house to await The inquest of the Coroner.
Tbs injured, so far as ascertained, We're:
Thos. Glenn, engineer of the Manhattan
Beach train, cut on the head and shoulders
M. Norris, of Philadelphia, one leg cut.
off.
Geo. Wright, serious cuts on face and.
lip.
Lawrence, New York, cut on head
Leslie E. Slawson, New York: cut and
bruised about head and body.
w. Conner, New York; cut on head and
body.
Vernon Barton, New York; large splinter,
in leg.
head.
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A SaIOOnist's Suicide.

CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 9.
David Haines, saloonist of West Salem,
himself in the forehead with revolver. He
had been at a political meeting near
Congress yesterday, and upon returning to
shis saloon in the evening told his bartender
that he was going up to the house to get
something to eat. He thereupon went home,
kissed his wife and proceeded to the sum-
mer kitchen, where he placed a 32-caliber
revolver to his forehead, pressed the trig-
ger and blew his brains out. He died almost
instantly. 1t is said that Haines was led
to this suicidal act by trouble in court,
where he had been indicted for violating
the liquor laws of the State.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
Death in the Cup.

CAIRO ILL.,, Sept. II.
A colored family consisting of Jerry
Thompson, wife, child and two boarders,
Albert Miller and Louis McMurry, were
poisoned last night while eating supper,
and a few hours later the husband died and
Louis McMu1ry will not recover. The wife,
Mary, who is not affected so badly as the
others, said that last night Kate Cotton
came in and asked for cup of coffee. Mary
snatched it from her hands and said: ''Let
me grind it," She ground and made the
coffee, and then excused herself, saying
she could not stay. She was offered cup
of coffee, but refused. On these facts Kate
Cotton was arrested and lodged in Jail. 1t
has since been learned that she had threat
enc the life of Albert Miller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

CORD DUEL, who killed Henry Bass
at Paris, Ohio, was captured at Bucyrus
and taken to Canton on the 11th. The muir
der was the result of quarrel between the
men.
AT Philadelphia, on the 18th. Will
liam 81. ParnelI was arrested on charge
of embezzling SIS, 700 from Sinclair & Laugh
! lin, wholesale grocers. He was the firms
book-keeper.
THE protracted drought which has
done great damage to crops in Virginia,
was ended bya very heavy rain on the 18th,
but too late, it was feared, to do corn much
good.
THE ninth annual convocation of the
Chapter General of America of the Knights
of st. John and Malta opened in PhiladeI
phia on the 18th.
IT was rumored on the 18th that E.
Manson & Son, owners of the Bay View
House, Ferry Beach, and managers of the
Ocean House, Old Orchard, and the Augusta
House, Augusta, Me-, had failed for large
amounts.
SIX new fever cases and two deaths
were reported at the Pensacola Navy Yard
on the 18TH.
The trunk line freight agents were
in session at Cleveland on the 18th.
FIVE of the victims of the rag ware
house fire at Cincinnati were buried on the
18th.
THE Toronto Industrial Exposition
was opened on the 18th by the Governor
General.
Two British gunboats had arrived at
Canton. The foreign colony was thought
to be safe.
FIRE caused $4,000 damage in "a
West Madison street block in Chicago on
the morning of the 18th.
A SHOOTING match for $4,000 side
between Dr. Carver and Captain Stubs
was being talked of.
The Chinese army was concentrated
at Pekin waiting the arrival of the French
reinforcements at Port Said, when they
would invade Tonquin.
AUSTRIA and Germany had made re-
monssances regarding the action Of Russian
agents in Bulgaria.
NEAR Grapeville, Pa, on the 18th
Jos. Pune was riddled with shot while in
the act of robbing farmers potato patch.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has proclaimed
that the Worlds Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition will open at New
Orleans on the first Monday in December,
1884.
A SECRET society organized to TO-
ment agitation against the Jews has been
broken up by the police at Agram. Sew
eral of its officers were arrested.
NEAR Omaha, on the 18th, an excur-
sion train on the Missouri Pacific Road col
hded with a freight, injuring a large num-
Ter Of passengers.
JAMES KNIGHT and j. H. Wenzel
were fatally assaulted near Cheyenne on
the 18th, by H. Moore, who wanted to rob
them of $53.
The gross earnings of the Western
Onion Telegraph Company for the fiscal
year ended June 80, were $40, 454,9 02; net
profits, $7,66O,84
G. G. BALDWIN, President of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company,
has been elected to the Western Union
directory.
The strike at the Manchester Iron
and Steel Works at Pittsburg, was set
tied by the Company reinstating Superin-
tendent Kloman. The men resumed work
on the 18th.
The federation of the trades and
labor unions at Washington had taken
steps to organize a society to protect young
women from the insolence of dudes.
The Steamer City of Washington,
from New York for Havana, was struck by
a hurricane on the 8th, which continued
thirty-six hours. Two persons were in
iured.
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Found Dead.

CAIRO, ILL.,. Sept II.
Mr.. A. Boren, a commercial traveller for
the boot and shoe house of Alter, Pinekard
& Co., Cincinnati, was found dead In his
bed at Bowers European Hotel early this
morning. He retired in good health last
night, with instructions to be called for the
3 a. m. train on the Illinois Central. Fail
ing TO receive q response at train time, sir.
Bowers broke open the door to find that
death had entered before him. There wzs
no evidence Of. agony, everything showing.
that he had not moved during the night. The
jury decided that death was caused by
spoplexy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

HOUSES of Europeans at Canton,
China, had been burned by mob, and for
eigners generally were taking refuge on
vessels.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

:, THE Canadian Government contem-
plates allowing sum of money for each
child brought into the country through Car
dinal Manning's immigration schemes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
What Clarence Hite Says About the Win
stOn Robbery.

What Clarence Hite Says About the VIM,
stOn Robbery.
A confession made by Clarence Hite
previous to his death, after going at length
over the preliminary arrangements for the
Winston robbery, contains the following:
''We were at Winston when the train came
along. Jesse was our Captain, and our
stations were as follows: Frank James,
Jesse James and my brother got on the
Smoking-car, and Dick and myself got on
the front platform of the express-car. The
understanding was that Dick and myself,
as soon as Jesse and Frank should pull the
bell-rOpe, were to climb over the coal
and pull down on the engineer and fireman
and make them obey orders. As soon as they
rang the bell, which was before we reached
the bridge, we climbed over the coal
and made them stop the train. The under
standing was that we were to stop the train
anyway before reaching the bridge. Jesse,
Frank and Wood were to go In and rob the.
car. At the first stoppage Frank ran
around to the side, seized the baggageman
by the leg, and pulled him out of the car.
They then commenced firing into the car
and the eZpressman opened the door,
They then went in and robbed the car. All
this took about half an hour. We got $126-
and some cents apiece. Jesse said the con-
ductor started to draw his pistol and he
(Jesse) told him If he drew it he would
kill him. He did not desist and was shot.
Jesse did not know the conductor. There is
no truth in the story that Jesse killed him
because he supposed he 1.-THE conductor1
had carried Pinkerton's detectives out to.
his mothers (Mrs. Samuels) house. The
stonemason was shot accidentally. We
were about a quarter of a mile from the
house after robbing the train. We then
went TO our horses. / cut mine loose, leav-
ing a part Of the hitchstrap. We went
across the Hannibal and st. Joseph Road
between Kidder and Hamilton, beyond
Ninable, to Crooked River; rode ali night:
stopped in a little woods after pulling down
fence and going through a field. I went
to sleep; so did Frank. This was about
daylight. We stayed about an hour, then
went across fields till we reached Crooked
River Saturday.. Jesse and Frank said
they knew the country"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

"A Colorado paper asserts that it is
the living truth that certain districts in
the State are 4 bowling barren wilder
ness for the want of more girls. In
some towns in New England States
there are eleven women to one man,
while in certain parts of Colorado there
are eighteen men to one woman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

"A poisonous gas-hole among the
stalactitc caves IN the Yosemite is
called Stygian Cave. Birds drop dead
fiving over its mouth. and small ami
mails entering perish ut once. It is
filled with crystalline pendants OF q
deep emerald hue
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

PRINIA DONNA PERRETA, ''the night
ingale of Mexico" died August 20 at Ma
zatIan of Tonic fever. Three members of
her opera company died of the same dis
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
News from Everywhere.

SPAIN is worried by the discovery of
fresh intrigues in Cuba.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

SUPERINTENDENT KnIBALL of the
Life-Saving Service has completed his in
spection of stations on the lakes. He rec
ommends telephone connections between
stations
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

BoGARDUs and son were beaten on
the 18th in pigeon shoot at Reading, Pa,
by Isaac Eckert and Oliver Hinnershitz.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

The chief Nihilist organ of st.
Petersburg, which was suppressed some
months ago, recently resumed publication.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

The Directors of the Second National
Bank at Warren, O., entered suit on the 18th
against the bondsmen of defaulting Cashier
Fuller, to secure the amount of his bond,
$4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

The National Vinegar Association
had petitioned the Internal Revenue Com
missioner for the privilege of running low
wines as high as twenty-nine per cent.
,,rOOf
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

MEssRs. Moody, Veterinarian and
WhittIe, evangelists, leave the country o.
tober 2 for Ireland, on an active missionary
campaign. They intend operating in the
south of ireland.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

THERE were continued reports on the
10th of the damage to unmatured crops by
frost throughout the Northwest. The
Eastern States also suffered to a consider
able extent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

CATTLE disease is so general in Eng
land that only American beef is obtainable
in some sections.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

The quarter-centenary of Martin
Luther was celebrated at Wittenberg,
Prussia, on the 18th. Over 1000 clergy
men, from all parts of Protestant Germany,
assisted. Many descendants were at Wit
tenberg.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

THE Postal Money Order convention
between the United States and Hawaiian
Islands was signed on the 18th by Postmas-
ter-General Gresham and the Hawaiian
Minister, and will 60 into effect january l.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

LATE dispatches from Hong Kong
said that the Chinese were erecting de-
lenses between Canton and the mouth of
the river. The question was not 'Wlll
there be war;" but "When and where will
the war beginW
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20
A COWBOY MATINEE.

An Eight Handed Reel in the Dark. In,
Which Pistols Fun ished the NTusic-A
Crazy Act with a Fearful Termination.
Three KILLED and Three Fatally Wounded.
DENVER, COL, Sept. IL.
The details of a bloody ARRAY, which.
occurred at McLain Ranch, Ebert County,
Sunday night, in which eight cowboys en-
gagged, have just reached this city. Sunday
was their day off, and all went to Agate
Station, on the Kansas Pacific Road, and
falling in with companions, opened festivi--
ties with several drinks. Thence they
rode to a neighboring ranch, where thew
obtained a supply of liquor and started for
home. On their way two, named Roster
and McKeever, engaged in an angry dis.
pute about a trivial matter, and all re-
paired to the herder'S quarters to settle the
difficulty. AS soon as the inside was reached
the men clinched and both fell to the ground,
fighting desperately, their comrades urging
them on. Tables and benches were removed
and in ring improyised, the men beat end
tore at each other with the ferocity of tigers.
The onlookerS in the excitement madly
howled and danced about, brandishing re-
volvers, and encouraging their favorites in
the fight. 1t was a weird and blood.
curdling sight. While the fight was at it's
highest, the oil lamp was knocked from its
place, and the room was in darkness. The
men madly ran upon each other, and in q
minute after the light had been extin--
guished the melee was general. The door
being locked and there being no means of
egress, each man for himself. Amid
the resounding blows and curses pistol
shots rang out, and the death-cry of vic
tim paralyZed whatever of reason was left
in the party. Almost before the cry hadleft.
the lips of the unfortunate man the air was
wild with the fusilade, and for a moment
by the fittul flash the gloom was lifted.
Roster was dead. The two Joneses weltered-
in their blood. Three others were wound
ed, some fatally. Rollins and McKeever
were the only ones not injured. They fed,
and are not yet apprehended.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch of the 18th
says a proposed gigantic land steal, involv-
ing several million dollars worth of United
States redwood timber lands, has been
brought to light The lands are situated in
the northern part of California, and COM
prise the most valuable redwood timber on
the coast.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

The condition of the National Treas
ury at the close of the week ending the Sth
was: Gold coin and bullion, $2O4, 661 $40 !;
silver dollars and bullion, $119, O79, 703;
fractional silver coin, $27, no, 124; United
States notes, So, 1885,, 191; total, 4O4, 2S6, $685.
Notwithstanding Gold, $54, 759, 16O;
silver, $75, 99O, Psi; currency, II, $50 900. The
bonds redeemed to date under the 121st call
are S13 2OO5jO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-20

THE recommendations of the naval
court-martial in the case of Naval Cadets
Benz. Trapnell, Archibald Campbell, ELL
worth P. Bertholf and Franklin Moeller,
tried on the charge of hazing, that they be
dismissed the service, have been approved
by the Superintendent of the Naval Acad-
envy, and orders dismissing them were
issued on the 18th.