Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-24
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ceivsr John @. FarnsWOrth claimed that the
I Western Union had not confined itself 70
I the legal license to cut the American haEid
| wires, but had also severed the wires Of the
/ Bankers and Merchants company thereby
/ infiicting serious damage upon il, and, as an
! CutgrOWth OF this claim, began suit against
I the Western Union Tor g, 900, 900. The YER
/ dict was reached. The case has been on
| trial for twenty three days, and the best
I legal talent that could be procured in the
| country has been engaged in It. Finally the
I jury brought in verdict for $4,000 for
I the plaintiffs
/ The jury TO try the anarchists charged
I with the Haymarket massacre was finally i'm
| paneled at Chicago. The twelfth man, h.
| 4. SanfOOd, was accepted by the defense.
/ The states attorney began his address with
l May Z, 1856, there occurred at what is
I called HaymaIket square the most fearful
| massacre ever witnessed or heard Of in this
/ country. OF the crime which had been com
I united they were 20 ind the perpetrators
! The charge against the defend
| ants Is that they were responsible
| for what occurred there. Testimony
/ VIII be presented which Will show
I their completely ia that crime. de then be-
gan 70 tell the jury of the meetings held
I prior to the massacre which were addressed
I by August Spies and Parsons, where they
l predicted what took place Nav 4, and Of in
I terviSWs Spies had had with newspaper re-
| pOrters in which ne said such an affair would
Z assuredly take place. as the bombs were pre-
I pared. he said he would be able to prove
to the complete satisfaction of the jury that
Liunng made the bomb which was thrown in
Haymarket square on the 4th of May"
The st. Louis grand jury closed its inYes-
tigatiOn Of the charges gainst members Of
the house of delegates Of that city and re-
turned indictments against six Of them
| Messrs. Waters, PishOn, Brauggemau, Gar
tenbach, Keenan,, and one other, whose
name has not yet been astertained Two
are indicted for drunkenness in office, and
Keenan, FishOn and Brady for bribery in
connection with the Casino theatre invssti-
cation, when the bill reVOElug that theatre 8
license for indecent performances was con-
sidered- The jury returned two other IN
d1ctm6nt8 for attempted DrlD6ry-one
against Dr.. W. Wellington Adams and the
other against q. A. Davis an attorney.
These gentlemen had charge Of the electric
railway bill, and were present at almost
every session Of the house urging It's passage.
The bill failed TO pass, however, and it Is
SAID DR.. Adams became enraged at the mem-
bers who had voted against the measure and
threatened IN the lobby Of the house to show
mp some Of its members in an unenviable
light.
Senator Blair, from the committee on
pensions has submitted a report of the
majority Of the committee, the REPORT here
tofOre submitted on the message of the
president VetOing the bill granting pen
sion to Mary j. HOttage, and which was re-
committed by the senate The report was
adopted by strictly party vote Senator
Wh1tthOus6s Cameron and wilson, OF In
diana, Join IN a minority report in which,
after a brief statement of the history and
value of the presidents constitutional right
Of veto, they say; The report TO which We
dissent is nOminally one on a bill granting a
pension to Mary j. HOttag5, but 1t viii be
seen that the author of the report undertaken
to review and consider, not alone the OBJ
iections OF the president to the bill, but the
objection Of the president to twenty-five
other bills. Waving any criticisms upon the
order, manner OF prOprlety of a report so
made, save now to protest against the style
al FarnF1aF q which the nlTggtTDnE of the
president are reviewed and criticized therein
and which more becomes any other body
than the senate, We have to express our d
sent TO the evident pO1t1cao and parEsls-
animus manifested in the pr paratiOn of an
report.
Ed Z. Judson, Ned Buntline} the story
writer, died OF heart disease at Stamford,
New York. He was g. years Of age. When
a boy, President Van Buren, sent him com
mission as a midspipman for meritOriOus
| conduct IN rescuIng the crew of a boat run
down by Fulton Ferry boat on East river.
/ | Young JudsOn was assigned to the LsVant.
! The other midshipmeu refused to mess with
: him because he had been a common sailor
before the mast, and while on the way to the
gulf squadron he challenged thirteen of
! them to fight Some withdrew and refused
70 associate with him, but he fought seven
/ of them, one after another, IN Florida, New
/ Orleans, and Havana, escaping without a
I scratch on himself, but marking four of his
I antagonists for life. Ned Buntline'' prob
{ ably carried more wounds-thirtsen in all
!
on his body than any other living American,
. seven Of which were received in battle. His
first story, The Captains Pig" was pub
! lished in the knickerbOcker Magazine un-
der the name of Ned Buntline," in 1888,
when in his 18th year. This sketch brought
nOtOrl6ty to the young writer and tighter,
who subsequently received as high as $4,000
I year for the product OF ms BRAN ana pen.
Once under a pressure he wrote a book of
SO pages in siIty-tWO hours; scarcely sleep
ing or eating during that time.
Senator Dawes, from the committee on
l Indian affairs, has submitted a report to the
senate recommending the passage over the
presidents veto OF the bill granting rail-
roads the right Of way through the Indian
reservation IN northern Montana The re-
port says it will be observed that the bill
under consideration Is an attempt to apply
70 this Indian reservation the general law
granting the railroads the right of way
. through the public lands of the United
States and that whatever criticism can
probably be made on the general character,
the bill lies with equal force against the
/ existing law. This law, the reports says, has
I existed now for more than ten years and no
complaints Of its operation have been heard
in any quarter. 1t was in the line of a
broad and liberal policy, inviting capital
and enterprise, TO push railroads into the
I public domain wherever there was ureasOna-
bic hope to expect that development would
produce business enough to Justify the out
Z lay. The beneficial results of that have
been so marked in the rapid settlement of
the public domain aud the resources Of the
/ county that no one has hitherto suggested
that it be abandoned. nor has il been dis
covered heretofore that speculating corpora
tons would be enabled to seek out and
secure the right of way the natural and
z most feasible routes with no present 1nten-
( ton of constructing railroads along such
lines, but with view Of holding their adj
, Z Vantag6ous easements for disposal at some
future time to some other corporation for a
valuable consideration
A. b. Thompson, the defau ting cashier
Of the st. Louis savings bank which failed
the other day, has written full confession
which shows that he has used about $4,000
!. or the banks money. In closing the con-
! fession he says: "What am 70 do, ] do not
know. Poor, alone, disgraced, an outcast
J that must hioe my name and family what
, I can j dOE At heart / an not a thief.
! / might have robbed your safes, but a kind
J God gave me strength to resist. If God will
! / give me the strength il shall be my life work
! to try to repay. So if my good father viii
pay me out, and you will spare me criminal
/ ly, viii 60 to work at whatever / may and
I begin again Not ia St Louis, but alone,
among strangers, by some other name.
Spare me for Gods sake, for my fam35Tn
sake and oh, my God! What viii MES
3 and children do; be kind to them, y nave
/ suffered ] tried to be kind 20 al yours
whenever I could. Remember our old good
: feeling and ask all to be kind to the widow
I ard orphans. must be dead to them. Oh,
my God, do love them and this Is worse
than death. And now slones disgraeed
man go out into some strange place TO be-
I gin again with all love behind me and out
OF my reach. Spare me. / have told all.
can do nothing more Sell out my house
hold goods but, oh, my God, do help my
poor wife and children. Be kind and mer-
cifui to them. Let me work, let me have q
chance to help them. For Gods sake do.
Show this to my father, brother and wife.