Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-26

fully 5000 persons in line, and at II O'Clock
. the number had not perceptlbly decreased
I The president and Mrs. Cleveland shook
. hands with all as the tnrOng passed through
/ the blue room, and the bride mad a bright
smile and a kind word for those she rscog-
nlzed IN the moving crowd.
The fourth story boarding house ut the
/ corner of Ninth and Olive streets, st. Louis
/ collapsed. The contractor who was eXcaVar-
I ing the cellar in the lot adjoining for the
/ Odd Fellows new hail. dug too Ear under
/ the foundation and the walls of the house
Z showed cracks, but was considered entirely
/ secure. Two actresses who were occupy Z
/ a room on the third floor noticed trembling
| Of the walls, which was followed by a lcuq
/ cracking noise. Alarmed, they dressed f-nd
ran into the hall, and had no sooner done so
| than the building fell with a crashs leaving
I however q portion of il, where the hall was
! located intact. little boy, occupying an
adjoining rOOms jumped from the window
to the ground below, where he fell tremb ing
ly but was not hurt. There were nine ptiier
occuI ants IN the house, all of whom m2racu-
lousy escaped.
The comnsRnn@uo4 Tlt week Of the Static nor
maj scnuol at ELnpOtlEf~Eas been full OF IN
terest. The prize contest IN decla3natiou
and debate occurred on Saturday eFeninu
On Sunday morning the Rev. DR.. Marvin,
eI-chaEc ellor of the Stale university, daliV-
cred an eloquent baccalaureate sermon IN
the Congregational church before the class
of 1886. On Monday afternoon the usual
class day exercises were held. In the even
ing the students and faculty Joined in a HO-
me- social, nearly 40 characters being in
costume. On Tuesday evening DIR. s. s..
Laws, president OF the University Cof Mis-
souri,, delivered an address on the philOsO-
ply of christianity. On Wednesday even
ing the alumni society gave an entertain
menr OF rare merit. The cqYInmeuceueu t
| exercises of Thursday were att ended by sew
eral of the state officers and witnessed by a
large and appreciatlye audience. The class
consisted of fifteen ladies and eighteen gen
tlemen.
General Secretary Turner, of the Knights
I of Labor, was questioned at Philadelphia by
| a reporter about a secret circular OF General
/ Master Workman POWderly, dated FhLl2ESl-
I phia, June -, IN which the knights of Labor
! are warned against what he considers q plot
Z to pack the convention TO be held IN hIcl-
mond next October with politicians, and ia
which Mr.. POWderly claims 10 have dlscoV-
t cred a conspiracy which is on foot to disrupt
! the order by under hand means. Mr.. Iur-
ner was uEst very retlc6uts ana refused TO
I talk, but when his QuestiOner began to quote
/ extracts from the letter, showing that he
knew its contents, his whole manner changed
At first he was inclined to be angry, but
finally concluded to make q clean breast OF
I It. Il know it. i told POWderly when We
I were sending that out il would get into print
/ Why. do you know We have spent over $500
! and nearly a weeks labor IN mailing those
documents TO the assemblies There Is no
Z use. They viii get ont, and after this will
urge that all such matters be given to the
| press at once"
George WOodford recently fled in the
I United States circuit court against Jay
| Gould a suit for $500, 600 for breach of con
Z tract. While the st. Louis d San Francisco
Z was buying its way into St. Louis, Wood
/ ford, who owned some farm land on the line
| objected to the price the road offered. His
property was condemned and litigation en-
/ sued, during the course of which he discov-
| cred that there was a flaw in the lncOrpOra-
l of this company. This information he took
/ to New York and impaired to Jay Gould on
/ condition that the latter would Join with
/ him in the construction of a railroad from
/ Pacific, Missouri, to st. Louis on the prop
/ erty condemned by st. Louis il San Fran
/ cisco. When the new company was lncOE-
/ pOrated, Gould refused to take any interest
/ in the road, and would not furnish the mon
| ey for the prosecution of the scheme. He
I used the information however, 1t Is alleged,
I IN Illuminating those who controlled the
I road, until they abandoned the project of
| building into the city from Pacific, and
/ and made a contract with Gould to come in
| over the HdissOuu Pacific tracks. Hence
| the alleged breach of contract.
/ President Cleveland, in a letter which has
/ been published, expresses the sincere thanks
/ of himself and Mrs. Cleveland for the
/ magnificent wedding gift received from the
I citizens of Charleston 5. O., and says; 81
have asked the privilege of thus cOmmuni-
eating our joint acknowledgements OF this
/ present. because this delicate and
| thoughtful attention TO my wife
/ has naturally given rise to grateful emotions,
and because it affords me an opportunity to
! express my appreciation of the kind words
/ with which the donors refer to myself and
| my performance of public duty. You and
/ your associates who have united in the letter
| accompanying your gift can hardly realize
| the comfort 1 derive from the assurance
| therein contained of confidence and esteem.
/ The letter and the gift take their place in my
new household, and Tor all time serve as re-
minders not only of the happiest incident of
my life as a citizen, and of the future fact
I that in my official character the humble eff
/ forts / have made to assure good govern
ment to the people, and complete recon
| ciiatiOn between all sections of the land,
/ are considerably and pleasantly recognized
\ by fellow cOuntrymen-" The present con
! sisted of a massive silver vase, accompanied
/ by letter to Mrs. Cleveland, saying that it
| was intended as a token of the high esteem in
! which the president was held IN Charleston,
/ by reason of his ability, his true -manliness,
| and his constant fidelity to his obligations
under the constitution and law of the United
/ States.