Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the face of the returns every precinct
in the city Of Chicago having been heard
| from the vote for Mayor stands: Harrison,
! Democrat, A 92O; Smith, Republican, a,
! $50. Harrison plurality 334. Devine, Demo
Crat, for treasurer, was elected by ], 800 ma
tOrity; Washburn, Republican, for city
attorney, by 1000 maj 0rity. These figures
may vary slightly. The local Committee
of Public Safety charge that frauds were
| perpetrated in three or four of the wards
and declare that number Of prOsecuGOHs
will follow. The Republican managers, it
is declared this morning, will contest Har-
risOn's election, and they claim to have evil
dence Of fraud upon which to base the con-
test.
L. K. Eldridge, a patient in the insane asy-
lum from OVertOn county Tenn, suddenly
seized a floor mop and struck Everett b.
Buchanan, the attendant of the ward in
which Eldridge rOOmed, crushing in his
skull and fatally injuring him. The in
furiated lunatiC next attaC ksd ThOs. sly
ton, a feeble epileptic patient aged % wears,
crushing his skull. The lunatic attacked
another patient when an attendant from
an adjoining ward rushed in and secured
him. Both Buchanan and SlytOn died in
a few hours. Eldridge is only 20 years of
age.
A Joliet, III, special April Z, says: ''lHO
attempt was made this morning to put men
at work at the quarries. The strikers con
gregated three hundred strong, armed with
revOiVers, prepared to resist an attack
They are watching the qusrries, and de-
clare that they will not resort to armed
force unless fired upon. The owners Of the
quarry have telegraphed the Governor that
the sheriff has failed to do his duty. The
troops have not yet been ordered out, but
the Adiutant General is expected here to-
day to look over the field.
The postmaster at Rome, New York, was
suspended from further duty in his Office
Al l..
and James d. COrcrRn has been designated
to perform the duties of his Office In his
stead. The President proposed the re-
mOval of the postmaster and the nOmina-
ton of COrCOran to the Senate at its recent
session, and as it failed to take action on
the nomination the Postmaster General
appealed to the President for directions in
the case, and received a written COmmuni-
cation, which prompted him to act as he
did.
The Presbyterian Woman's Board of For
eign Missions met in convention in n. Y,
April 9. The annual reports were read and
showed that during the year the Board re-
celVed from all resources $43, 2l9, and paid
out for missionary work $41, 800. During
the year the Board had about forty mission
aries in Japan, China, Siam, Persia, India
and Syria. School houses, missions and
other Christian institutions have been
erected in all these places. resulting in the
conversion Of hundreds Of heather women.
The river-coaI miners strike at Pittsburg
has ended in favor Of the strikers, and six
thousand miners returned to work at the
advance. The action Of Walton s. Co., the
most extensive operators on the MOnonga-
hela river, in cOneeding the increase to their
men, broke the backbone of the strike, and
a general stampede Of Ohio operators fol
lowed. The strike lasted four weeks, aud
the miners are jubilant over their victory.
There is no change in the situation Of the
railroad miners strike.
The great Opera Festival opened in Chi
cagO, April 9th, in the Exhibition Build
ing under highly favorable auspices. The
great hall imPrOVised for the purpose in
the northern portion Of the building was
filed by 8 O'Clock. and a hearty reception
was rendered Patti, who sang, assisted by
chorus Of 400 voices. The scenery and cos /