Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-13
VOL. VIII. NO. Is.
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

george Graham GOuLEEsGS TO the murder
Of his wife whom he killed at Springfield
No, and where he is now lying is Jail lie
starts out by saying that the confession is
made IA order to save innocent persons, cur
tail the inquest, and save further expense 70
the county. For himself, ne says, he has no
excuse or apology to offer. de then exon
crates Mrs. MallOy and Cora Lee from all
completely IN, or knowledge of the crime
He says he told them that he had never been
remarked TO his first wife after she obtained
divorce from him; that his second
wife had implicit confidence in him,
and she believed that this was
His tirst wife wrote him from Fort Wayne,
saying that she knew of his second marriage
and was coming to Springfield. lie wrote
IN reply denying the charge, and trying to
persuade her not TO come. She would not
listen to him, however, and started for this
place. He met her in st. Louis, and again
used every endeaVOr to have her leave him,
but TO no purpose md she came ON %
Springfield with him and the children.
They left the children at a restaurant,
and started to walk 10 the farm, five miles
distant, arriving there about 1910 in the
morning. At the farm gate Graham en-
treated his wife not TO ruin him by 60
ing into the house, but she said she would
90 there and clean things out. he
says he was whiting stick with penllnife,
and she had small limb III her hands.
Angry words passed, and she struck at him
with the limb. He threw up his hands 10
ward of the blow, and the knife struck her
LllG neck sDLlE LLilLL ltlu XIII
ed her, and then he caught hold OF her and
threw her violently from him. Stepping
over her he found the blood squirting from
her neck, and says he knew then that all was
over with him. So he showed the knife into
the wound to the full length, and finished
her. He then uudressed the body, carried it
to the well, where he threw it IN and drop
ped the clothing in after it. He says no one
but himself had any knowledge of the deed.
He speaks IN eudearlng tones of Cora Lee,
his second wife. To her he leaves the care
of his two children. His past life, he says,
has been blank; his future Is but a leap in
ne dark. Intense excitement prevails and
1t is thought that Graham VIII be lynched.
A telegram from AliledgeviIle, Georgia,
says the killing of Marshall HaygOOd by Mr..
Samennis has given a bloody elimination to
one OF the bltterest contests over prohibition
yet conducted in Georgia. AS explaining the
feeling which led up to this state OF things
both parties charge the other with melting
to riot and blOodshed. The prOhibitiOnists
brought Rev. Samuel Jones here. He deliv-
cred a speech and preached a sermon. The
i-prOhibiuOuists alleged that he advised
the prOhiDltlOulsLs to be ready to fight If IL
should be found necessary in order to Sc
cure polling of their votes, and that he even
recommended that they should 60 to the
polls armed with pistols. The prohibition
lists admit that Jones made use OF some
such expressions, but they insist that he
meant that the prOhlbitlOnlsts should stand
firm for their rights and nOthingmOre. I'M
LueQlALGly ALLEr the AEEE4DLG Tragedy suCll
pressiOns as these were common: ut was
Sam Jones' work" ''HOW Will Sam Jones
feel when he hears to what his incendiary ut
terances have led to-" The pEOhibitOnists
and even some that occupy neutral ground
maintain that Jones' utterances had nothing
TO do with the killing.
The Central Union telephone company an
nOunces to its customers IN Indiana, that IN
view of the recent decision of the supreme
court Of Indiana, sustaining the validity OF
Ian fr#a HI IN fa Ela
toll of line charges, 1t has voted to decline
all new business in the larger cities, where
il is impossible to furnish service under the
law without loss: to forthwith give notice or
the termination, at the earliest possible date,
of the contracts of all subscribers IN such
places, and TO make the continuance of our
exchange businessln small places dependent
upon the possibility or continuing under the
law without loss An appeal viii be taken to
the supreme cOurtOf the United States. This
conclusion has been reached, the company
says, after a careful and thorough revision
of the estimates which were submitted to the
committee OF the senate, and the governor
of the state, and upon which the oath OF It's
officers concerning the legation We're based,
showing that the company could not operate
their line at a profit under the present law.
The following cable has been received by
the Chinese minister at Washington, from
the encouragement of Canton. Lawless-
ness in California is evidently breeding
trouble for our people in China:
CANTON, February %, 1886.
To His ErceIIeucy CHeug, Chinese Minister
Washington ID. O.:
A cablegram has been received from the
Chinese merchants at San Francisco, stating
that the Chinese in the United States are
being most OutrageOusly attacked. Hearing
of this news, the Canton people are furious.
Retaliation is threatened. How did the
American government act IN the matter:
Can you not ask the president to adopt
measures for the protection OF the Chinese
there, and for the prevention OF these lnhu-
man acts, in order to preserve the good
friendship of the two cOuntrlesg Otherwise
the consequences here may be serious.
fSignedI CHANG CHI JUNG.
The eight hour movement is assuming
formidable proportions in Chicago, and
PROMISES to be very general among the wage
workers, both organized ana unOrganlZed.
Already the bricklayers' union have decided
to stand for eight hours work at eight hours
pay on May LIST, as recommended by led
Grafton of trade and labor unions of the
United States and Canada. The plasterers
union have taken like action, as also the
hatters, carpenters, and all building trades
The cigar makers union have also decided
to make the stand for eight hours, and the
typographical union, numbering some ] 90
members. yesterday decided to fail into line
and invited other printers unions IN the
country TO cooperate with them. Inc gen
eral feeling among the workers seems to be
70 accept eight hours pay for eight hours
work, and manufacturers and employers
generally do not seem TO strenuousIy obJec
to this movement.
The strike of the employees Of the DRY
Dock street railroad lines in New York city
continues. Travellers by the Grant stree
ferries are put to much inconvenience there
by. The hearing before the state rallroaC
commission vas continued, at the company
Office. The conference ended without any
Agreement being reached. An attempt Wai
made to run the cars during the afternoon
but the strikers put such obstacles IN th'
way that the trial was abandoned. car o.
the Grand, Houston a. Forty second street
line was stopped by the strikers, the harness
was cut. and the car placed square acros
the track. Each car that arrived was thu
derailed, until sixteen ears were STANDING
across the tracks. The passengers Wer
iNrned out. and travel stopped. Fifty O
aiytv cars were finally blocked, and thou
sands OF persons were part OF the scene
A dispatch from Ft Worth, Texas, of It'll
Sd inst, says: Universal surprise Is mani
tested ia this city at the great railroad str1k
which began here last evening. There wa
no intimation that IL was coming Al DO
the whistle at the round house blew ana q
once every man Who belongs to assemDI
No. IOI of the Knights Of Labor stoppe
work The business of the Texas Eac1n
and Missouri Paclnc is almost coLhpIsLSSl
Suspended here. The orders came rom 5e
Iaiia. The causes are said TO be numerous
but the chief one is the Sl.5O per day de
Enanded as q days wages for unslrilled labor
ers, vino now receive SLID. Other reason
are the refusal to make eight hours a day
work, and to. discharge the men at Marshal
No railroad work OF amy description IS De
ing done, except the movement of passenge
trains, and none IS left 70 handle the bag
gage but the baggage master
sDecial kilograms to Bradstreet's last wee
record further Improvement IN business
some lines at cities where gains have bee
noted within a few weeks. This ls ulcr
1orsr ieuous at Chicago, Atnsas Cltys Boi
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