Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-11
VOL. VIII. NO. 45.
GENERAL NEWS
DOMESTIC.

ALGiAN DIAL IN ~ W -
DOMESTIC.
a terrible explosion occurred IN the arr
lawn colliery near Scranton Pa when re-
suited ia the death Of nve men Two
others were seriously injured John II.
Hosie and j. Gallagher were standing at the
head OF the slope at the time OF the accident
and felt the force of the explosion as the
rush OF air came out OF the mouth OF the
mines. They at once started 70 go IN and
ascertain the extent of the damage. The
August quota of coal had been mined last
week, and no men were employed IN the
mines. Word came, however, that a party
or nVe or six men had gone into the mines
20 clear up their chambers. Inspector
BleW6tt happened TO come along about this
time and he ana Gallagher with party
entered the mines, going down to tbs third
and lower vein ana followed the air course,
stopping to repair damages. Their progress
was necessarily slow, and the course
they followed took them to the right
hand of the mine. They came at last to
a point where they fOand repairs necessary
and returned to the foot of the mime Tor
more material, when they learned that
prOanB had been heard il the last gEnyWay.
They worked over that way and found the
party who had gone In the mines before the
accident, near or about the entrance OF one
Of the chambers, short distance from the
foot Of an incline plane about 10 feet tEou5
where the heading branches OF. Three OF
them were alive and three were dead
The Indiana republican state convention
met at indianapolis. The PLATFORM de-
uouuces the state and national uemOcaatlc
admi nistratiOns; opposes the importation OF
contract labor; opposes child lObOr; demands
shorter hours and better protection Tor
labOrer5 in factories etc 1aYors arDltra-
ton between employers and employees
faVors protective tariff; 1aVOrs gold silver
and paper money; demands the enforcement
Of the civil service law and its eNtentiCn to
the state government; demands that public
lands be held for actual settlers; demands
legislation to prevent stock watering; IA
Vors liberal pensions; tIVors non-seCtarlan
schools; demands the enforcement of law
providing compensation for public officials;
faVOrs four year terms for county officers;
demands amendments of the constitution
so that negroes may belong 70 the state
militia; demands equalization Of taxation;
dCnOunces auarchlsm; 1aVOrs local option
ard local license regulations; sympathizes
with Ireland.
Sheriff Richie, OF GaIesburg, H., left st.
Louis, No, having ia charge the celebrated
Jimmy Carroll, notorious bank rObber,
wanted at Galesburg for some operations
there several years ago. Carroll was hand
cuned. Shortly after the train left st. Louis
Carroll asked 10 be taken TO the toilet room.
Sheriff Richie compiled with the request,
but had gone but "A few steps down the aisle
when he was seized on each side by a man
in a linen buster and held until Carroll had
reached the door and jumped from the
train, which was moving at the rate OF TWEEN
ty-hv6 miles an hour. Then hltchl6 was re-
hevsd by his captOrs. VINO with three other
men, also jumped from the train. As soon
az the train came to a 5tandstill Richie got
on but could get no trace OF his prisoner.
1t is thought the rezcuers are i've well known
crooks, but no arrests have thus far been
made.
The republicans OF Missouri net in state
convention at Ssdalia. The question of sub
hitting a prohibition amendment to the
constitution, over which there was an all
night Wrangle, was compromised and the
plank IN question, as adopted, attirms that
when any large number or voters petition
the legislature for the submission of an
amendment providing change in the
organic law of the state 10 viii be the duty
Of that body to grant the petition. j. b.
Croh6n, of Kansas City, was nominated for
supreme Judge; NJ. i. Butler, of Mexico was
nominated for superintendent of iustruc-
ton, and s. w. Crawford, of Jefferson City,
for railroad commissioner.
George Alfred, one of the detectives who
worked no the MVandOtts train WreckIng
case, has made an affidavit, which, II sub
stantiated, viii seriously 1mphcate Mayor
Harmon, of Wyaudotte, as having conspired
TO accomplished the escape Of the train
Wreckers. The charge Is that Mr.. Harmon,
who is a Knight of Labor, being approached
by the detective as a lieutenant OF EOWderly5
agreed that the jailor should let Lloyd es-
cape, and also that the other tve, who were
not then arrested, should be warned and
assisted out of the country.
The American schooner Highland Light
mas DUeu 6ElLGA TOT AsnlLla WlLL4L4 LALU 4ALA44L
OF Prince Edward island. Dominion Gus
toms officers have heeu instructed that yes
sells from the United States must rot be al
lowed to go from one Canadian port 70
another for cargO5a. 4 night for the Eng
fish and Canadian transatlantic mail con-
tracts has commenced between the Pacific
railway and Allan steamship companies.
Congressional nominations made, include
NJ. II. Ford and Il. q. Mason by the demo
Gratis and greenbackers of the Fifth and
Ninth Michigan districts, respectively;
Jacob YOst by the republicans of the Tenth
West Virginia district; w. ID. Lindsey by the
democrats of the Fifteenth Illinois, and
John II. Gear 10y the republicans Of the First
Iowa.
Daniel MagOne, the new collector Of the
port of New York, assumed the duties of the
office. The custom house was formally
turned over TO Mr.. MagOne by the retiring
collector, Hedden. Being interviewed he
said: at would be very rash TO make whole
sale charges without an investigation. i
believe with the president. that "a public
office is a public trust"
The employees of the Belt Line street rail-
road, in New York City, held a meeting and
expressed much dissatisfaction over the new
time table. They say that it Is impossible
TO make six trips on the schedule time, and
want Encouragement OF the Time table
They say they viii renew the tie mp If their
demands are not acceded 70.
Some months since, Rosa Johnston, Of
Jamestown, o., killed herself witha revolver
because of her seduction and desertlon by
Joseph Zsiner. AT BoWersville, o., Zeiner
was sitting on a sofa in hotel parlor, be-
tween two young ladies, when some person
unknown blew out his brains with a shotgun
loaded with slugs, fired through window.
General Newton took possession of his
once as commissioner of public works of
New York City. He appointed as his deputy
ID. Lowder Smith, which IS sharply crlti-
cised in some quarters as a fatal mistake
some journals declaring that Smith is worse
than Squire.
The commissioners OF immigration al
Castle Garden, having been stsrnly criticised
for admitting pOlygamists, have decided TO
recognize no more Mormon ship loads, but
deal only with individual immigrants.
Col. Wilson, postmaster at Savannah, pos
itiVely refuses to surrender his Office 10 the
new appOintee, Capt. George W. Lamar,
who made a formal demand for posses sion.
William Wandsor, of Vermont, one OF the
leading counte-feiters of the United States,
was caught near Lansing, Mich.
The st. joseph fair opened under auspie
Gus circumstances.
FoREICd.
In a collision at Modling, Austria, seven
persons were killed and twenty-five