Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-18


While a force Of men were engaged In
tearing down the old Young Mems Christian
association building, at Indianapolis, pre-
paratOry to the erection of a new one, the
spring of an inside wall threw down an
upper tier Of jolstss upon which were twenty
one Workmsng precipitating them all to the
hoor below about twenty feet All OF the
men were more or less injured, but seven
were caught in the debris and had to be eL-
trlcated. Of these it was found that four
were dangerously ane perhaps fatally IN
Jured. Three others were severely injured
The trouble between the striking union
brewers OF st. Louis and their former en-
plOyer5 has taken an interesting turn, and
the union men find it difficult to supply the
demand for beer which is not bOySOtted by
some one or other The union has bOycctted
beer brewed by the firm against which they
are striking and the latter refuse to sell to the
saloons who sympathiZe with the strikers.
Beer made IN other cities and by firms
popular with the uniOn1sts Is therefore IN
great demand.
The litigation pending for the last six
years between Jacob Rose, Of Ptttsburg5 Pa
inventor of the basic steel process, and the
Besssmer Steel company lmiUsd, which has
prevented the use Of the basic steel process
IN the United States, owing to an Injunction
obtained by the Bessem5r Steel company, has
been decided by the MASTER who reports that
the injunction be dissolved, and the bill dis
missed at the cost Of the Bessemer Steel com
pany.
The American Horticultural society met at
Cleveland, Ohio, and elected officers as fol-
lows: President Parker Earle, Golden, Ill;
vice president, Il. Nj. Hudson, New Orleans,
La; secretary, ". II. Ragau, Grsencastle,
Ind; treasurer, j. o. Evans, Harlem, Mo. The
nominating committee recommended that
the time OF the next meeting should be Feb
ruary D. 1888, and that some point in Cali
fO-nia be the place. It was decided to dis
cuss the location at future session.
Geronimo, with thirty-two hostile Apa-
ches IN charge of Captain LaWton, passed
through FL PasO on their way TO Fort Mar
ion, Florida, where they viii probably be
tried by court martial. Envoy SedgWiCk
has Just LETT Chihuahua and Is now IN PasO
del NOrte. He telegraphed to Consul Brig
ham that he would cali on him with official
credentials.
One hundred citizens of Norwich, Michi-
gan, went to the jail at Cadillac, well prOvid-
ed with arms and ropes, for the purpose OF
lynch1ng Mrs. BrOss and James Kraft for
the murder Of the Woman's husband. They
finally yielded to the appeals Of the sheriff,
because some members of his family we're
dangerously i'll.
A Decatur, IL, dispatch says: State Veteri-
marian CasWell decided that the disease
which caused the death of ten or twelve COWS
fever. 1t was brought to Decatur by herd
Of Cherokee cattle. They have been isolated
for several days. and no further spread of
the disease Is expected.
Henry ii. Meyer, fresco and scenic artist
of Memphis, Tenn, shot and killed VIM b.
Dunavant DunaVant was in g room with
the wife of Meyer who came upon them IN
aWares and in a struggle which ensued5 Dun
avant was shot. he died IN few minutes.
Meyer surrendered himself to the police
Captain ". Z. Plummer, of the steamer
''Mary d. Hume" reports that while sixteen
miles north of Point Reys, Cal, nine dis
tinet shocks of earthquake were felt. The
vibrations were from north Of east to south
of west. They were not felt IN San Fran
cisco.
The jury in the case of Detective Patrick
O'Neal against the Pacific Express company,
brought in a verdict at Detroit, Mich, for
$500. O'Nsal sued for a reward offered by
the company for securing express robbers
whose arrest he secured.
Richmond sOcietyis enthusiastic over the
arrival OF the youngest daughter Of gener-
son Davis handsome and accomplished
lady, who was born in the confederate exec
utiVe mansion Just before the war closed.
A German festival at Reading, Pennsyl-
vania, was startled by the suicide of Morris
Sanders after he had fatally shot MS wife.
For some months they had been separated,
and she recently applied for divorce.
An assignment has been made by the boot
and shoe firm of Cloutman 81 Bingham, Of
Boston, whose liabilities are believed to be
nearly 100000. Their failure is due to the
stringency IN the money market
The Tenth Michigan district prohibition
lists nominated David Ross for congress.
The democrats of this Sixth district did not
fuse with the grsenbackerss but nominated
S. h. Riply for congress.
Maggie SeymOre, a young colOred girl,
deaf and dumb in charge Of Mrs. Marshal,
cOlored, both of AtchisOn, disappeared at the
Union depot at Kansas City and has not
since been found,
President Cleveland replied to Queen Vic
tOria's cablegram that her expression Of
sympathy for the earthquake sufferers
aWoke grateful response in American
hearts.
Frank R. Campbell, charged with obtain
ing a cheek for 300 from James Cgrrutherss
Of Chicago, by holding q revolver to his head,
has been held in $500 for highway robbery.
The Democrats of the Eleventh Missouri
district unanimously nominated r. p. Bland
for reelection To congress, and endorsed him
for president in 1888.
Allen Cooper, negro, outraged Ella Hamp-
ton white aged 10, at Lafyette Mo. be was
captured and hanged by farmers near the
scene Of the crime.
A. ]. Snidsr & Son, of Kansas City, pur-
chased ], 800 head of cattle on the Cherokee
strip for S240, OCO. The cattle will be win
tered on the strip.
A company has been organized in Arkan-
sas, with a capital stock Of 100000 to
build a railway from Fayetteville to Lewis
burg, 80 miles.
The Kansas City AerchantiIe exchange was
organized there, being an association Of
wholesalers. w. B. Grimes was elected
president.
There is no change in the clothing cutters
lockout IN New York City. The employers
are trying to gill their shops with nOn-uuion
men.
Thomas R. Hudd was renOminated for
congress without opposition by the Demo
Gratis Of the Fifth Wisconsin district
The annual state encampment Of Select
Knights of the Ancient Order United Work
men of Missouri was held at Sedalla.
Major William Mckinley, Jr.. was renom-
mated for congress by the Republicans Of
the Eighteenth Ohio district.
Grant Golden, a fireman on the steamer
AlvO, Is dying from yellow fever IN st. Vim
cents hospital, New York
The Republicans Of the Eleventh Indiana
congressional district in convention re-
nominated Geo. w. Steele.
Charles I. Wood, a wholesale halter of
Quincy, Illinois has suspended payment on
debts aggregating $4,000.
A Grant City, No, dispatch says three
slight earthquake shocks were felt during
thunder storm there.
A Parsons, Kansas, dispatch says the
Knights Of Labor met and nominated
county ticket
John NJ. Glover was rsnOminated for con-
gress by the democrats OF one Of the st.
Louis districts.
FOREIGA.