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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on June 18th the House bill
providing for the payment of the Fourth
of July" claims passed.
The Chair appointed as conferees on the
part of the Senate on the Consular and
Diplomatic Bill, Allison, Hale and Beck,
and on the Pension Bill, Logan, Dawes and
Call.
Unanimous consent was obtained to a
bill to require payment in cash to the State
OF Georgia $780, 55, appropriated for that
State by an act of Congress passed March
Sd, to refund to Georgia citizens moneys ex-
pended for the common defense in 1777.
After long discussion Ingalls, moved to
recommit the bill to the Committee on
Claims. 1t was then discovered that there
was no quorum present, and the Senate adj
journed until Monday.
In the House on June 18th, the Senate
amendments to the Consular, Diplomatic
and Pension appropriation bills. were non
cOncurred in.
The conference report on the Postofice
Appropriation bill was submitted. 1t said
the item on which no agreement had been
reached, were, first, increasing the appro-
priatiOn for the pay of letter carriers sec
ond, increasing by 81, 00O, 900 the appropria-
ton for mail transportation on railroad
routes third, striking out the clause regu-
lating the compensation to land grant
roads; fourth, apprOpriating $1S5, 900 for
special mail facilities /; and fifth, increas-
ing by $780, 900 the appropriation for rail-
way pOstOfice clerks.
The conference report was adopted as far
as the items are concerned upon which an
agreement had been arrived at
1t was moved that the House recede from
its disagreement to the amendment increas-
ing from S., 500, 600 to $4,000, 600 the appro-
priatio1 for the pay Of letter carriers.
After debate, as a compromise, it was
suggested that the approximation be fixed
at S., SOC, 600, but 3 motion to that effect
was lost by a vote Of 80 to 1S7. Horrs
motion to recede was carried by vote Of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
FOREIGN

The Crown Princess Victoria is the hap
Ply mother of son.
A secret lithograph press was discovered
in Moscow in full operation.
The editor of the United Ireland was
fined $500 for contempt in a Dublin court.
Alarm is felt at Gale, Seville, Spain, over
the explosion of bomb in house in that
place.
The condition of Cuba was discussed in
the Spanish Senate.
There is great excitement among Orange
men at Belfast and Earl Spencer has started
for that point.
Paris journals declare that France will not
consent to reduction of interest on the
Egg ptian debt.
An epidemic, believed to be the Buboric
plague, has broken out in the villages along
the right bank of the Tigris river near Bag
dad.
Two banking houses in London have
issued Ed, 900, 900 of the new Canadian loan
bearing interest at the rate Of 81 per cent.
A London paper prints an article to the
effect that Gladstone told friend that he
expected to be out of Office within a few
weeks.
The Grand Lodge OF Masons at London
|
recent anti-Masonic encyclicaI letter of the
Pope.
During balloon ascension at Quincane
France, a soldier fired at Roosevelt an
American Consul, taking him for another
party.
England to Turkey: eff you refuse to ac-
| cept our invitation to be present at the
Egyptian Conference, we will meet without
you"
Spanish and Italian ministers have sent
agents to advise the Sultan of Morocco, to
refuse to sign the treaty prepared by
| France.
Orangemen at Belfast adopted threaten
ing resolutions against the Lord Lieutenant
| of Ireland should he carry out his intention
to visit that city.
Canadian authorities refused the request
| from Kentucky to bring whisky into that
! country, thence to New York, as ware
housed from Canada.
! On the entrance of Duke Sergius into st.
Petersburg, householders were forbidden to
! admit strangers to their residences, under
stern penalties.
The police of Brussels have been COM
PEELED to dispense turbulent crowds in the
streets, epraged by the recent defeat of the
Liberals at the polls.
Earls, Countesses, Dukes, army officers
and members of the Commons were among
the attendants at the inquiry meeting of
Moody, the evangelist, at London.
The three years Military Bill before the
French Chamber of Deputies causes oppo-
sition through the country. Chambers of
Commerce protest against taking so many
young men from the various lines of trade.
An Arab, who claims to be the sole sur
vivOr of Berber, says the rebels massacred
$4,000 men in the garrison, and 1000 of the
male population, but spared women and
children Of the town.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
Anecdote of LINCOLN.

"In 1910, when I was Is years of age,
attended a Log-cabin Convention at
Springfield and heard Mr.. Lincoln speak.
He afterWard held a joint debate with
Judge Douglas in Decatur, where heard
him, and was introduced to him in COM
pany with some other young boys.
was greatly fascinated with the simplic-
ity of his character, his droll anecdotes,
and fund of sayings, but, above and be-
You'd all these, L was attracted to him by
the charming manner in which he dis
cussed politics on the stump. He was
long and ungraceful in his usual move
ments, but in the midst of the debate,
and when earnestly engaged, there was
a glow on his face, sublime air in his
manner, and lofty tone which elevated
not only the argument, but lifted up and
encouraged every one who listened to
him. While I cannot say he was partial
to any one in his intercourse with men,
he was uniformly courteous, mild and
polite toward all. He did not seem to
seek favor by personal electioneering,
but he never turned coldly or formally
from any man. All whom he knew, he
addressed by their given name, and
those to whom. he was introduced he
met equally kindly. AS I grew into
manhood, and observed his methods, I
soon learned, as everybody else did, to
look upon him as a great and thoughtful
man, capable Of great actions and true
devotion to any cause he might espouse.
l instinctively followed him through the
dying days of Whiggery and into Re-
publicanism, and was often encouraged
by him to 60 manfully forward In the
struggle of life. Once in the course of a
conversation do not remember where
4 recall distinctly his saying: Dick,
remember to keep close to the people;
they are always right, and viii never
mislead ony onep"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26

A WASHINGTON dispatch says: "Secre-
tary Frelinghuysen has instructed the
American Envoy at Madrid to ascertain
if Spain will part with Cuba, and given
him authority to offer $1OO,Ooo,000 for
it, and to state that no other nation will
be permitted to make the purchase"
Doubtful
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26

THE law allowing newspapers which
weigh four ounces or any number whose
combined weight does not exceed that
weight to be carried through the mails
for one cent, is now in force.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
Live Stock and Fresh Meat ImpOrtatiOnss
From Farm and Home, London. England.

Live Stock and Fresh Meat ImpOrtatiOnss
From Farm and Home, London. England.
The prevalence and rapid spread Of
foot and mouth disease amongst cattle In
England is causing considerable
amount of interest and importance to be
attached to the weekly arrivals at Liver
pool and other ports of foreign live stock
and fresh meats from abroad. The fine
condition in which these are brought to
this country, and the present scarcity of
English meat owing to the disease, have
caused an increased demand for foreign
supplies both In Liverpool and many
other towns. Last weeks arrivals at IiV-
erpool Of both live stock and fresh meat
from the United States and Canada were
the largest for any single week for some
months past, and it is expected that
they will be unusually large for some
time to come. The total amounted to
4,I27 cattle, 2,237 sheep, 1907 quarters
Of beef and 983 carcasses Of mutton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26

IA New York newspaper recently
contained this advertisement: Wanted
Lunch by drst-class professor of music
In exchange for tuition on piano"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Peoples Saving Bank of New Castle,
Pa, has failed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26

In the Senate on June 18th the House bill
providing for the payment of the Fourth
of July" claims passed.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
lWJKIyG TO FIND HIMSELF SHOT,


Dr. Lons Schultze, of Nc. l02 East fhirty-hfth-
ST. sent card to the Fifty-Tst-ot police station al
1870 a. H. Yesterday, making the following re
quest Please send for an ambulance IRON BeHe-
vue Hospital for Thomas McMahon at N3. ~ East
Forty-third-st. lie is shot in the head Captain
Mount Thought the suspicious because II had
not been repO,te by patTOman, and ne sent De-
tectyc Shelly to the tenement house IN Forty third
ST. TO make an investigation. On the second moor
of the house the detective found Thomas McMah0n
n bricklayer living i'm bed with IA shot wound be-
hind the right ear. DIR. Schultze, who had been
summoned half an hour before, said that a pistol
bullet had entered the cavity of the skull and he
did not wish to take the responsibility OF probing
for it. Mcmahon. who said that he was fifty years
old but who looked much young .f, was uuWlHlng
His wife was in the room and h.r atghtonS ap-
peared to make him uncomfortable At lenglA Nc
Mahon said Georges s. BellcaU shot me IN heT
room at No lis East lOrty-sccond-st. about SIX
o'clock this morning."
The detective, after Sumonjng an ambulance 10
take McNahOn to the hospital, went 70 the three
story dwelling house, No. las East tOTty-SccOnd-
ST and on the second floor found Mrs. Georges A.
Beileau a widow, whose husband died about hVe
months ago. soon after his death Mrs. Bcicau was
arrested for attempting to poison herself, but was
discharged. Then her rooms in East IhIty ninth.
ST caught fire. and she was arrested on a charge OF
attemped arson, but Justice Murray set hcT AT ND
erty again. She said that 3lcMahon had been In her
room all night, and had drunk the better part oi
quart bottle of whskey which she had paid tor
He also loaded pistol which her husband had
owned and placed it between the pillows III the
bed Early in the morning he awOke her and ac-
cused her of shooting HIM, but she dld not beueFe
that he had been shot. After dressing hmsen ne
got shaved. lie went out but did not r. urn as he
had promised. If McMahOn was shot, she SAID, he
must have shot himself She arrested and
locked up to await the result of Mcmahon sinJules'
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
A BRIEF SESSION OF BOTH HOUSES.
AMOS j. CUMMINGS URGED FOR AoUEDUcr COM
MISSIONER

AMOS CUMMINGS URGED FOR AQUEDUCr COM
MISSIONER
TFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE'l
Albany. Jan, "a few moments before the
Legislature this morning there was singular scene
70 he witnessed IN tho Executive Chamber. group OF
NewYork members surrounded the Governors char ana
were In earnest conversation with MI Cleveland III re
ton to tho appointment Of successor to the late George
W. Lane as Aqueduct Commissioner. The members OF
the group. Senators Murphy Cullen and Plunktt and
Assemblymen Haggerty, Roche, Clarke, Rosentnsl
Oliver Murphy, Jobes and Duly, all
Democrats. suggested TO the Governor the
appointment OF Amos ]. Cummings 10
all the vacancy. Mr. Cummings was eulogized as
lifelong Democrat Governor Cleveland IN reply staten
that he had no special choice for the positon he merely
desired to satisfy the taxpayers Of NewYork by making
an appointment agreeable to them. II Mr.. Cummings
as acceptabe to the taxpayers his would be put
down for serious consideration It will be observed hat
every member present was DghOcIaJ AZ nanonTat T
for granted that the Governor would appoint DenocraV
The session of the Legislature was brief one Until
the committees appointed no business
can be done An adjournment was taken TO
Tuesday next In the interval Senator cCartny ana anu
SneokeT sheard will prepare the committee llsS speaker
sbeard departed for his homo at Little Falls lody put
will return the latter part Of the week ana DeSh ms sh.
He did not make pledge OF committee position durng
The canvas for Speaker and accordingly viii set 10 w0rK
with free hands Most of the members OF tne AsSouy
wrote him letters to-day expressing their preferences
specting committee positions. s, ..
Mr. DAYTON of New-York, made an unsuccessful AZ,
tennt TO reduce the number of the committees ana
TO Increase the membership Of the more important
ones The Assembly, under the advice OF 5 De
VIII G Ijttlciohn James w. Hustled ana
Theodore Roosevelt refused 10 make any change tew
important bills were introduced Senator Day nad one
io nrcvcn the oyerissue of railroad stock senator
WuTnbv another 10 authorize the construction or sis-
pensio1 bridge across the Hudson River at storm King
Mountain COrnw al and Senator Ellsworth still another
permitting corporations to offset their debts IKE 5 i
vduais when taxed Mr.. Clarke Of New York INTRODUCED
I'm the Assembly bill extending the commission hours on
the elevated railroads OF NewYork so ns to MAKE lnG
commission hours from to 10 n. m. and from . 10
n m Mr. Van Allen, OF New. York introduced the Chaln
ber of Commerces bill owerngt the potage fees at Sandy
Hoo
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
SLyGrL1R DLSCOVERY OF 4 PL4Y.
ARTHUR wALLAcK's "FIND"-A NEW PLAY by AN

ARTHUR wALLACKs "FIND"-A NEW PLAY BY AN
UNKNOWN AUTHOR.
cts an odd affair."" said Theodore Moss at
walack's Theatre yesterday" very odd affair Taking
# all in ALL it's about the oldest thing ever knew"
"What is 1t that's SO odd r. asked.
"Whv the history of the play that we are going 10
mt ON after Old Heads and Young Hearts Arthur
waack reads the plays that come here-and plenty Of
them there are-and then reports upon them to the gov
ernor Well some time ago he took home bundle Of
MSS from the Office and began TO look them over Among
them was dusty packet that seemed to have slipped into
some corner and forgotten He began TO read IT, be-
came interested read it through and came to the con
cuon that il was one Of the things he had read
II WAS submitted his father and the result was that II
WAS detern ned to see how far the public agreed with
Artburs Judgment But dthculty arose. There was no
lille given To IT, no name attached, explanatory letter.
noanytng to point 10 the author We do not even know
whether il is English American. The question naturally
arose a. 10 whether we had legal right to play It under
thc circumstances EXJudge DtenhOefer Was consulted
ana told n, 10 20 ahead and II the author turned up 10
pay him" ,,,,
Deception. believe, though MIR Walack suggests
Aunt Ann thought II best at ir, TO say nothing about
the circumstances but simply announce II aS by an u-
known author We did that once before III the case oi an
unpopular author who sent good play. The second
nht We announced his and one iidtc critic VINO hdd
ur,i,ed the work of a man le had always run down,
wanted To know i'm the next mOrungs paper where 30
aud sO hnd stolen the play iroln."
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
HURrBY TIE FALL OF Az ELET4ToR
MARROW ESCAPE OF SIX MEN-THE ACCIDENT sND
TO BE UNANOIDABLE.

MARROW ESCAPE OF SIX NTEN-THE ACCIDENT sND
TO BE UNAVOIDABLE.
freight elevatorin Smiths Brewery, at No 240
West Eighteenth-s. fell three stories AT 1880 p.
Yesterday There six men in the elevator nj the
time and only one escaped injury. The accident
was caused by the breaking of the iron beam
which supported the screw on which the cog
wheel gearing, which runs the cable drum rested.
This caused the screw II drop down and hberate
the drum: then the weight of the car caused 1t to
run rapidly down to the bottom OF the shaft.
The men injured were:
COLE Otis forty nine, who lives at No 2i6 Eighth
ave had his left leg fractured and was attended by
Ambulance Surgeon Stevens VINO took hin 10 me New
York Hospital
sArR CHARLES age fortytwo, foreman of the brewery,
Wbolivcs at No. 232 West Eghtcentl-st He had his
right leg and LETT ankle broken, and was taken 10 Tie
New -YoIk Hospital.
sMTH DONALD age ffty-fve Of the proprietors OF
the brewery who lives at No 40 West Eighteenth-st.
had his left leg broken and was ATTENDED by lne
ambulance surgeon and was taken home
sMITH, MCPHEARsON. age fortyh proprietor of the
brewery, who lives at No 24O West Lghteenth-st mad
his left ankle spraincd
WHITEWATER. GEORGE W., age thirty nine, who lives at
No 5SS Market-st, Newark n J. He had his back III
jured and was taken home III carriage.
Joseph Camer who was running the elevator at
the time was the only one who escaped injury.
accident could not have been fOreseen OF avoided.
This elevator has been running SIX years ana mas
not been out of order needed repairing in all that
time, The elevator car is not injured ana nOJhlng
besides he broken beam, which canSed the trouDIe,
would have been damaged but for the cable ON the
dram being reversed, after the car had reached the
bottom The whole machinery was out OF the
control of the engine, and the wonder IS mat 50
little damage was done. The fall was thlrty-twO
feet There are patent brakes on the elevator but
they were useless this case, for the cables did not
part and the brakes are no. intended 10 operate
except when the cables do part"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
7HE HISroRIcIL SocIErpS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Ncw-York HistOr-
cal Society place last night in the han Of the society
at secondaye. and Eleyenth-st. Augustus schel pre-
sided and with him on the platform were Benjamin H.
Field and Royal Phelps. The trea'urcrs report showed
that the amount received by society from annual dues
was $500 and from life memberships $1,000. The
librarian reported that within the year 1873
bound volumes. 1888 pamphlets IL volumes Of
manuscript, l31 volumes OF newspapers and %
engravings had been added TO the library
The Executive Committee reported that thirty four new
members had been admitted into the society In the year
and the whole membership 1,S9S. The receipts or
thc society from all for its general purposes were
Sl2526 A. and the expenditures $s,036 o., leaving
balance on hand Of $500 81. The following ofcers
were elected the ensuing Augustus Schel pres
ident; Hamilton Fish and benjamin H. Field, vcepresi-
dents; William VI. Eyarts Edward r. DE Lancey, Andrew
warner secretares Benjamin b. Sherman, treasurer,
and Jacob Moore librarian. The president appointed
a members Of the Executive Committee, TO serve Tour
wears BENJAMIN II. Field, william DOwd and George ii.
Moore and the Art Committee, Asher b. Durand, An,
drew Warner, John \. Weeks, Daniel huntington ana
Cephas G. Thompson.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
CHANGE IN POSTAL RATES.

WASHINGTON Jan. 2.-The Postmaster Gene
raj to-day issued order changing the rate of postage
on number OF articles that have heretofore been rated
as thirdclass printed matter paying postage at the
rate of one cent for every two Under this order
these articles will hereafter be classified merchandise
or ourthcass matter upon which the postage one cent
per ounce.
The following the OF the order: The character
Of paper article Of merchandise within the meaning
the postal laws is not necessarily changed by PRINT
ing or stamping thereon OF words letters characters fg
ures images of any combination thereof. Labels
patterns, photographs, PLAYING cards, visiting
advertisements printed thereon bill heads letter heads,
enyeopeS aud other matter OF the same general charac
ter the printing upon which is not designed to instruct
anlse cultivate the mind taste, or inpar general in
formation are articles of merchandise and should be
rated as fOuTtll-ClaSs matter.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
Z TILE COURIS.
GROSS FRAUD IN A DIVORCE.

JUSTICE LAWRENCE ORDERS A DEFAULT OPENED.
Justice Lawrence in the Supreme Court,
Chambers yesterday opened the default in the suit for
absolute divorce of scheye Blydcn against his wife,
Golda Byden Mrs Byden in her petition states that she
married in Russia in 1869 and has three children.
Her husband in 1874 studied medicine at Berlin, recev
Ing aid from her He subsequently TO this country
and she followed him, arriving here on July IT, last.
Her husband his sister and two strange met her at
Castle Garden, and subsequently, on July 21 the two
strangers left paper with her at her home. They told
her that her husband would give her $275 and SOS
month besides il she would return TO Russia for year
wait there until he could support her here Mrs
Blyden went back to Russia. As she did not receive the
money promised she returned to this city I'm September
and found that her husband had July 27, obtained
decree Of absolute divorce from her and had been married
again. Bydcn in his proceedings against his wife
charged that she had been guilty Of adultery with
named Rosenberg william Sinclair was appointed ref
cree Justice DOnOhue his report sent back by the
Justice for further testimony prove the identity OF Mrs
Blyden as the guilty person, and the divorce subse
duently ordered Mrs Byden denies the charge against
her.
Justice Lawrence says in his decision that Blyden
has been subject Of fraud and ne therefore
directs that the default be opened and referee APP
pointed II the counsel consent. Bydens lawyer I'm stat
ING his case alleged that Mrs. Blvden said when she
rived here In July that she for the purpose OF
sla I'm order that she might return aud marry again. and
that Blyden promised her the $275 a DOVER which
was essential for the second marriage. Mrs Blyden
denies this
New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
,on Rochester ana Lockport.

level between Rochester and LockPort, as
wen as the shorter levels east OF Rochester,
has become contracted both in width and DEPTH by
reason OF large ly deposits caused by side drainage
and discharges a the numerous Villages along the line OF
the canal which discharge their sewage into it that 10
Is not only serious mpediment TO navigation. but
formidable obstruction 10 the flow OF the water required
for the full supply OF the canal, originally Intended
and provided for.
Referring TO the Adirondack region, he says that by
DEMONSTRATION OF dams at very moderate cost the lakes
and ponds In that region may all bo utilized receiving
and storage reservoirs from which water may be drawn
of pleasure He dwels nj considerable length upon the
question OF the preservation OF the Adirondack forests
and has serious doubts as 10 the propety OF entering
upOna policy which would involve the expenditure Of
immense amount for the purchase OF them He contends
that II difficult to any present necessity even
1ustcaon for resort to extraordinary measures for the
purchase OF private lands In the Adirondack region He
estimates that the Of $50 100000 would be required
for that purpose Mr. Seymour again refers to the canals
and compares them with the railroads, and reaches the
conclusion that the canals, successful and
sary means OF transport have Outved their usefulness
and also that "a between railroads and canals when
sdered with reference to their relative merits afford
Ing means for rapid and economical transport IL must
be regarded IA fOregOne inevitable conclusion that the
canals must gO.o