Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-05-29
VOL. VIII. NO. %.
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.


The secretary of the interior has rendered
a decision IA the case appealed TO him from
the commissioner of pensions by q w ashlng-
ton law firm which had Issued circular OF
faring to collect for contingent fee OF
twenty-five per cent of certain bOuuties
which they claimed were due TO the widows
and soldiers killed in battle under provision
OF section COB OF the revised Eustalns the
commissioner and decides that the half pay
for five years provided for vnder this sec
ton was not a bounty, but pension. The
effect of this decision, it is thought, viii be the
Abandonment OF tins class or claims. Inc
secretary of the interior has rendered a de
cisiOn in the case of r. NJ. Sherman and
others, of Dakota, IN which he reVerses
decision Of Commissioner Sparks, and holds
that Sherman, who had a second mortgage
on q tract of land, the entry Of which had
been cancelled by the land Office, was
party IN interest and had such standing IN
the case that he might be heard TO maintain
the validity of the entry IN question.
committee from the Knights OF Labor head
ed by A. i. jackson, waited upon the presl-
dent and asked that action be taken on the
charges against Ed. Clark architect of the
capitol The president informed the com
mlttee that he had promised to give hear
ing to the counsel of Clark's before acting IN
the case. Thomas NJ. James, of Topeka
Kansas, special land agent at Mitchell OAK,
has resigned. The trial of Alderman
Jaehne, otNeW York city, ous-charge OF
bribery resulted in his conviction. It VIII
be remembered that JGehue is one of the
few who confessed that he received $4,000
Jacob Sharpe a franchise for a street rail
way on Broadway.
The bill reported from the house commit
tee on electoral count, proposing a cOnsti-
tutional amendment creating and defining
the Office of second vice-p president, provides
that IN case of the removal from Office by
death, resignation or constitutional disabIl-
ity, of both the president and vice president,
the Office Of the president shall deVOlve on
the second vice president of the United
shall
ballots at the same time and in like manner
and for the sameterm as the president and
vice president by the electors appointed by
the several states. In case OF the removal
OF the vlce-president from office, on his
death, resignation or constitutional inability,
or in case the vice president exercises the
Office of president Of the United States, the
second vice president shall be president of
.he senate, and he shall act as such in the
absence OF the vice president from the sen
ate, but shall have no vote unless the senate
be equally divided; provided however, that
the senate shall choose president pro tenn
IN the absence of both the vice president
and the second vice president, or when the
vice president shall exercise the Otnce of
president of the United States and the sec
ond vice president shall be absent from the
senate, or when the second vice president
shall exercise the Office OF president of the
Unitss States.
dispatch from Washington says. The
state department is actively engaged in ne
gOtiatiOns to protect the interests of Ameri-
can fishermen. There has as yet been no
official declaration of its position. For
manifest reasons. while the negotiations are
IN the present stage the department cannot
properly make public the correspondence
which it has had with the British minister
here and our minister to England; but n
unofficial letter from Secretary Bayard,
shows that he has the interests of the fisher
man at heart. A gentleman who has talked
with Secretary Bayard upon this subject says
that he is as mnch interested III the matter
as either of the Maine senators can be, and
that he has great regard for the fishermen.
he expresses himself very friendly as to the
conduct of the Canadian officials. he looks
at the question as an American, and not
from party standpoint, and says that there
is no politics in il, thatthe action of the de-
partment cannot set be made public, but
that he can assure any congressional friends
of the fishermen that everything tina is pos
sible is being done to protect their interests.
Secretary Bayard deprecated any attempt
on the part of the fishermen to cOerce the
Canadian government by force of arms, and
said that any step in that direction would
weaken the United States and strengthen
Canada.
The little home of Mrs Mary Mooney.
widow, situated three milesuorth of Akron, o.,
was burned TO the ground, Iour of her chill
dren, the oldest u, the youngest 3, persisted
in the flames Mrs. Mooney awOks in the
night to find herself choking With smoke,
and snatching up her baby of z years told
the little ones who were almost stided, TO
follow her. Mrs. Mooney spraug out OF the
window with the baby IN her arms and land
ed almost unhurt, the baby also received
but slight injury. Lawrence Mooney, 60
aged, brOther-in-laW of Mrs. Mooney, awak-
ened by the cn1ldren's Outcrys rushed out OF
the house only to be told by the frantic
mother that her four little ones were still in
he burning building. Both mother and
uncle rushed into the flames after them but
were beaten back. Mooney at length fall
ing exhausted and terribly burned, while the
flesh on his hands hung in shreds. 1t took
but a few moments longer for the cracking
Ia l
in the morning the charged bodies Oftthe four
little ones were in the ruins. Lawrence
Mooney injuries may prove fatal
A Kansas City dispatch says: The eoro-
ner's jury investigating the disaster result
ing from the collapse of the LathrOp school
building, the court house, Hairs overall fac
tory and Smith a. Moffat's spice mills dur
ing the recent hurricane, have returned
verdict. While they do not hold any one
directly responsible for the attending loss Of
life, the jurors find none of the buildings
in question were as strongly built as they
should have been for their purposes. The
Jury expresses the hope that this calamity
will prove a warning IN the rapid upbulld-
ing of the city, and trust that other builders,
present and future, Will use care and pre-
caution IL the direction OF safe building.
The report recommends to the city authOri-
ties a rigid and thorough system of inspec-
ton OF ali building, public and private,
either completed or in course of erection. 1t
may be said here that good fruits from this
experience are apparent and general IN the
city. Whereas heretofore much of the brick
building has been done IN lime mortar, the
demand for cement mortar is now almost
universal. Other precautionary measures
are also manifest.
Senator Logan has presented to the sem
ate as a substitute for the labor arbitration
bill which recently passed the house, a meas
ure the substance OF which is this: The arbi-
tratiOu commiE siOuers to be appointed are
10 hear evidence, render their decision and
report cases through the president to con-
gress. 1t may require marshals to serve
processes and fees, while witness fees,
are to be allowed as before United States
commissioners, the costs being limited in
made department of labor, the commits
siOner of which is required TO obtain from
the larae employers full information re-
garding the condition and circumstances Of
labor for his annual report limiting the eE-
pense for such work to $50, 900. Arbitrators
are to hold ofhce for three years and may be
removed by the president for cause.
The national viticultural association as
sembled in Washington. The commissioner
of agriculture delivered the opening address.
He said in part: We can produce wines even
now which can enter into competition with
the choicest vintage of Europe, where max
ing has been followed for thousands of
years and has been fostered and encouraged
by government aid. Here the industry has
had to take care of itself. We have had our
best brands presented to the public under
French and other foreign labels and only the
Indifferent ones presented as American
wines but We have grown strong enough
now 70 insist on our rights and TO stand on
our own merits and to promote this new or
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