Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10

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the future, should it be deemed necessary
During the dremen's tournament at James
town. Dakota, and elderly man attracted by
his strange actions, such as throwing hand
fuls of silver 10 small boys in the street from
the hotel balcony. He was taken before
the court of the board OF commissioners
for the insane and committed to the Dakota
asylum, to await the arrival of friends.
The man turns out to be Charles u. Burch-
ard, own cousin to E1-Presideut Hayes.
When committed he had on his person s.,
3UO IN securities.
Peter lingerie, a crank left Pittsburg,
Pa, with the avOWed purpose Of killing the
French minister, in Washington. lingerie
is a Frenchman, and for some time past has
imagined that Minister ROustan had wrOnged
him. The Washington authorities were
warned to be on the lookout for lingerie,
and he was discovered lurking around the
minister's residence with q loaded revolver
IN his possession. he was arrested and
allied.
Joseph Opperman, eyed 20 years died a
Galveston, Tex, from the effects of a dose
Of rough on rats, self administered De
ceased was son Of Gustave Opperman, q
capitalist and prominent citizen, VINO is
absent on his bridal tour. Young Opper-
man assigned no reason for his rash act other
than that he had taken the poison IN fun.
This however, Is not believed, as 1t is known
that was enamoreu OF the young lady his
father married, and this, it is thought, was
the cause Of his suicide.
The house committee on invalid pensions
has refused to attempt TO pass over the
presidents veto the bill granting pension
to Andrew ]. Wilson, OF New York. Wilson
was drafted into the army Notwithstanding
his allegation that he was suffering from
deafness and eye complaint. In the service
he contracted rheumatism and kidney
disease, on which he based an application
for pension. His application was rejected
by the pension bureau on the ground that
he was disabled before he enlisted, which is
also Sne reason for the veto.
Jenkins W. Wright, a negro, was hanged
IN Hampton Jail building at Columbus, s.
C., for wife murder. He gave his wife a
fatal blow on the head and threw her body
in the fire, where the charred remains were
found. The murderer's child, the principal
witness against him, testified that ''pappy
knocked nanny in the head and den froW-
ed her IN de fah." Wright denied his guilt
TO the last and sang hymn while going to
the scafOld. The drop fell six feet and the
murderer's neck was broken.
d Fitz John Porter, late colonel of the Eff
teenth infantry has been nominated by the
president to be colonel in the army of the
United States. In making the above nOmi-
nation the president says: '.In accordance
with the provisions of an act OF congress,
approved July 1, 1886, / nominate Fltz John
Porter late colonel of the Fifteenth infan-
try, tC be colonel in the army of the United
States, to rank as such from May IA, 1861
that being the grade in rankheld by him at
the time of his dismissal from the army.
The most important action taken by labor
organizations Of Chicago against the an
archists since the Haymarket riot, was
taken by district assembly No. q, KING hts
OF Labor, at a recent meeting. A series of
resolutions were passed calling upon all
local assemblies Of the district TO eZpsl all
anarchists who may now belong to them, and
ordering them to admit none hereafter. The
assembly has over ], 100 local assemblies on
its roll, and Its action Wlll tend to cool down
some of the rampant anarchists who are
endeavoring to use the order to work up
sympathy or assistance for the eight pris-
oners now on trial.
Charges Of corruption and bribery, fraud,
and unlawful legislation against the munich
pal house of delegates of st. Louis are be-
coming numerous. The charge that twelve
members were ineligible to office when
elected has been partially substautiated.
knowledge of this fact by persons interested
in railroad legislation has been used by them
to influence members. This has been proved,
and a leading st. Louis paper states that a
person who speaks whereof he knows viii
testify before the next grand jury that the
passage OF the Forest park and CarOndelet
street railway bill was effected by the most
open use of money.
A farmer named Wildman residing in
Unity township near Monticello, H., muir
dered his wife and then tried to commit
throat, narrowly missing the arteries, and
finding himself still alive forced a knife up
ward into his mouth splitting his tongue.
Some time since Mrs. Wlldman, by the death
of a relative, tell heir to Sl7, goo. She did
not regard her husband as the proper Gus
todian so she Willed it to their children.
Murder grew out Of these facts at last &C
counts Wildman was suffering intensely and
his wounds will probably prove fatal.
The president has approved the act to re
duce the fee on money orders for sums no
exceeding 50, the act making allowances 70
clerk hire to pOstmasters to first and second
elias pOstOthces, the military appropriation
bill, the pOstOthce appropriation bill, the
agricultural appropriation bill and the army
appropriation bill. Also the act granting
leave Of absence to employees in the govern
mont printing office, the act providing for
completing the public building at Hannibal,
No, the act for the relief of the Kansas City
Fl Scott d Gulf railroad company ami the
act authorizing the Cheyenne & Northern
railroad company to build q road across the
Fl. Russell and TT. Laramie reservations.
Among the bills introduced in the senate
recently was one which if it shall become a
law will vest in the president the sole power
of appointing a large number who are now
appointed by and with the advice and con
sent Of the senate Among these are post
masters of all classes, collectors OF internal
revenue. collectors OF customs at points IN
which the gross revenues do not exceed --
dollars and of the customs officers, all ter
ritOrial officers except judges Of the supreme
courts, all district attorneys and United
States marshal5, Indian agents, and district
land officers. The bill was introduced by
Senator Edmunds.
The Chicago RaiIlUay Age says: SIT is
now certain that the railway building of
1886 will far exceed that of the two preced-
ing years, and, indeed, surpass that of most
years in the history OF the country. The
greatest activity thus far has been IN Kansas
where 3Ol miles have been added on twelve
different lines. Florida follows with 207
miles on eight lnes5 Texas, with l9i miles
on six lines; Wisconsin, with 1S4 miles on
four lines; and Illinois, III miles on nve
lines; Nebraska has added u miles on six
lines. In none of the other states have
more than go miles been laid thus far, but
in many of them, as well as those Just
named, preparations are actively going on
for tracklaying to large extent during the
next few months"
The vote at the Oregon election, has been
officially canVassed, and resulted as follows:
Congress man-herman5 republican Z6,56l T;
Butler, democrat, %, 283; Miller, prohibition,
275. Secretary Of state-Mc Bride, fepub-
hcan, 26,2l2i Gibbons, democrat, 1892;
MerstOn, republican, %, 80; Webb, demo-
crat, Z6sOOo; Long prohibition 2,12j. The
total vote of the state on congressman was
"a, 554, an increase OF 63IlI over two years
ago. The vote on governor, according to
the state constitution, viii not be opened
till the legislature meets, hence no official
figures can be given The plurality for Pen
meyer, democrat, unofficial, is 5,546.
Council No. /, Conservative League Of
America, was organized in Chicago. The
league is tho OutgrOWth of the present
strained condition between labor and cant
tai, and members OF the Ieagus think the
time has come when some action should be
taken to prevent the paralysis of business