Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-20

? special reports, viii only reach an average
even with favorable weather Tor the mex
thirty days. AbOt 80 per cent. of the acre
age was soWn late, from fear Of the Hessla1
fly, and this portion has recently suffered
from the weather. The greatest falling OF
in acreage Is in the states OF Illinois, Kansas
and Missouri. For no period longer thar
twenty days has the growing crop been pro
tected throughout the Winter-Wheat belt
The outlook Is the most encouraging on the
Pacific slope.
Inc action of the Knights of Labor al
] Decatur, III, in forming "a new political
[ party is attracting much attention IN thai
I section. They declare IN their platform
! we have formed a new national political
. .Jarty, to be known as the United Labor par
[ ty, of America, for the purpose of organic
| ing and directing the great political power
I OF the industrial masses, and We VIII cast
/ our ballots for no one who viii not pledge
I to stand nrm by our principles.
I Nearly successful attempts at suicide by
I poison were made in New Orleans, by Pat
| rick Ford and John Murphy, two of the as
sasslns of Captain A. II. Murphy, who were
TO be hanged at noon. When the fact be-
came known, the sheriff asked instructions
Z from Governor MCEnery, who ordered the
warrants carried out. About noon the mani
mate bodies of the doomed men were taken
/ to the scaiOld, held erect while the nOOses
were adjusted, and swung OF In accordance
with the sentences.
| state commerce bill presented to the house
after explaining the details of the measure,
says: Its believed that the enactment and
enforcement of such law Will provide for
the Just and necessary abudgemeut of the
monopoly powers of the corporations, and
protect the people against unreasonable
charges and eLtOrUOuat6 enactIOus, and viii
at the same time not interfere with or en-
barrass the management of railroad cOrpo-
ratlons IN anything which is reasonable and
just
The president has vetoed the bill
passed by congress to quiet title of set
tiers on the Des MOines river. The
president IN the veto message, after
describing the nature of the proposed legis-
lauons says that every possible question that
ought to be raised in the suit relating to
these lands has been determined by the high
est judicial authority, and If any substantial
point remains unsettled, ne believes there
IS no difficulty IN presenting it to the proper
tribunal.
A Joint circular was issued by the south
western pool line and the Kansas City, Fort
Scott a. Gulf road, reducing through freight
rates from Kansas City, LeaVenWOrth, Atchi-
so and st. Joseph TO points on and east of
the Mobile Ohio road, and south of the
states of Virginia and Kentucky. The princi-
pal reductions are wheat 4 cents per 100
pounds corn cents; corn meal, , cents;
flour, in sacks and barrels, 6 cents. These
rates have already taken effect.
Two hundred and fifty employees of the
Mcintosh, H6mphiu d. Co.'S foundry at Pitts
burg have been notified of the advance in
wages from . to 10 per cent, to take effect
April .. This action of the firm was q sur
prise to the men. No demands for the in
crease had been made 1t is expected that
other fOundEymen in this city Will follow
the example of Mcintosh, Hemphiu d. Co.
The foundry trade is IN better condition
than 1t has been for years.
w. b. Howard, editor of the Hunt county
Chronicle, deliberately shot A. r.. Russell on
the street Howard discharged both barrels
OF a shot gun At Russell. A stray bullet hit
a spectator named OverhOlt and boy named
Kirkpatrick. Howard left and was imme-
dlately pursued by the sheriff Russell.
Ogerholt and Kirkpatrick are all FATALLY
wounded and viii probably die within TWEEN
ty-tour hours. A. r. Russell is the city mar
shal Of Kingston.
County Clerk Dalton, clerk of the courts
of Hamilton county, Ohio, was taken to Co
lumbus by the sergeant-at-arms of the
house, and arralgned at the bar, where he
handed TO the investigating committee the
returns of election from precinct in Gin
clnuat1 which the su preme court had ordered
nm 70 produce. In presence of a large
number OF spectators the house adopted q
resolution that Dalton had purged himself of
contempt.
The New York Tribune publishes a state
ment that the Pope has begun his autObiog-
raphy, and VIII submit it as a commercial
enterprise to the business management of
published Grants book. One-half of the
work Is already completed. but viii not be
published until 1887. The translation of the
completed parts Is being made from the
Latin IN which the book Is written into va
rlous modern languages. l
Dispatches from EIPaso, Tex, say that
sensational statements are being circulated
and widely credited by Mexicans, to the eff
feet that the United States viii demand re-
dress, and viii invade the state of chihuahua
a al r.eH
ford. In consequence Of these rum0rs, he
says, business has become greatly depressed.
and American resident are looked upon
with dlstrust.
The trans-continental freight war has
opened new market for corn from this
region, and that cereal, which has hereto I
lore been selling Tor - q bushel III san
Francisco Is now offered at Is cents. But
little corn is used in California none being
raised there, and the usual freight rates not
Justlfylng its Importation, barley has hither
to been the common substitute. Eifty-twO ]
car loads of corn We're shipped to San Fran
cisco.
Studebaker Bros, have issued q card to /
tine public of South Bend, Ind, giving the /
history of the strike and their reasons for /
not making general increase in wages, and !
announcing that whistles viii be blown /
March % for the resumption of work. All |
the employees are invited to return. The pay
roll viii be revised and wages increased /
where justice demands.
NJ. D. Wells & Co. and C. NJ. Henderson |
q Co., of Chicago, the remaing firms being
DoycOtted for refusing to dispense with con
Wet labor IN manufacture OF boots and /
shoes, have yielded and the boycott is rails /
ed. The firms also agree to recognize the /
Knights of Labor They viii dispense with /
convict labor as soon as their contract ex-
pires.
A Tyrone, Pa, dispatch says the miners .
of the Clearheld region are all out, and the .
pits have suspended operations. They We're /
persuaded to come out by a committee of /
strikers from the Cumberland district. The /
strike IN the soft coal regions in eastern
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia is j
now general. Between 10000 and j., 600 1
men are out.
MajOr-General Payne has been placed on i
the retired list. 1t is said that General Ter
fy5 VINO was recently confirmed as major /
general, viii be consigned to command of /
the division of the Atlantic with headuuar-
tiers at Governors Island, New York. The
next enlargement viii be given command /
of the Pacific with headquarters at San /
Francisco.
The compliance with the order of the exec
utive committee Of the federation of miners /
and mine laborers, which organization in
eludes all employees IN the Maryland and /
Pennsy lvanla bltum1nOus coal regions, num-
5ering 5000 miners and labOrers in the
cumberland regions struck for an advance
from torty-slE to nifty cents per ton.
The house committee on pensions have
agreed TO report committee bill to .
pension the surviving soldiers and sailors OF
the Mexican war. The new measure con
Jams a provision requiring the applicants
Tor pension to have served atleast sixty davs
and prohibiting the drawing OF more than
one pension by any pensiOner under the
The Missouri Pacific railroad company