Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-23
THE GENERAL NEWS.

county, KY, was nominated for congress By |
the republicans
a FIRE at Roselle, New Jersey, destroyed !
the Windsor hotel, valued at 81, 900. A
laundress was burned to death.
1t is understood Ia Washington that Mrs.
FOLSOM will next month occupy the cottage
OF President Cleveland on the Tenallytown
road.
The striking brakemsn on the main line
of the New York, Penn5y lvgnis & Ohio rail-
way agreed 70 the oompang'a terms and
have gone to work.
The Mormon territorial convention nom
Gated j Ohm T. Cane for congress- The reso- /
iutons demand local self rule and declare
for statehood.
Professor Iddings has prepared for re-
port Of the geological survey description Of
"A long clih ia Yellowstone park composed
wholly OF glass.
Not only has ez-Aldsrman Sayies left New
York for Montreal, but his brother has
transferred the real estate pledged on his
bond of G25,CO0.
Th3 Esidringhaua cattle syu6.cate, Of st.
Louis, 4 said 70 have met with loss OF
S25Q,OJO in its attempt to drive from norsh-
ern Montana to Briti-h Columbia.
Henry @. Barlow, traffic manager Of the
Mexican Central road, has resigned his posi-
ton rather than remove his headquarters
from Chicago 70 the City Of Mexico.
Edward Robertson, proprietor Of a wool
en- mill near Lafayette, Indiana, has fed to
Canada, leaving debts Of $4,000. He forE-
cd a note on his father, % years OF age.
Governor Marmsduke, of Missouri has
issued q proclamation eNempting the prov
incs Of Quebec, Canada, and the state of
Ohio from the terms CT a recent cattle quar-
autius proclamation.
John B. Green, of Brooklyn, claims all
that portion of Twenty third street IN De-
HaHra zHlHFHsT
TO be worth 500, 900, and has fled a claim
with the city clerk.
Rear Admiral Edward I. Nichols died at
PCmfret, Conn, after short illness he
was found one morning suffering from an
Apopietic fit, aud lay unconscious until his
death. de was q years old.
The governor of Dakots estimates the
railway construction in the territory for the
year at eight hundred miles, and reports the
population at 100000. The assessment Of
property is SlaO,OOO,OOO.
Judge Tuley, of Chicago, has dissolved the
Injunction restraining the health commits
sioner from interfering with the sale OF
milk taken from cows at the infected dis
tillsries.
lady in New York, whose name ia with
held from the public, sent her check for
$4,000 to the Tulane university az Now
Orleans, toward the establishment OF a
school for the higher education Of girls.
A bronze statue of Joseph Brant, the No
hawk chief, vas unveiled at BranttOrd, On
tario, in the presence Of twelve chiefs and
nearly ~. coo whites. The statue was exc
cutsd in England BY Percy Wood
The general railroad time convention, now
in session at New York, with l25 managers
in attendance, will take action toward plac-
ing in effect next month a set Of rules which
has benin course OF preparation for two
years.
The business failures occurring through
out the county during the last seven days. as
the United States, l6Oi for Canada 49, or
total OF l49, as compared with total OF 80
last week.
General @. p. Stone has been selected as
grand marshal Of the coming parade In New
York at the dedication OF tho bartnOld1
statute. The attendance is requested Of a
military OF civic organization from every
state and territory.
The sWitchmen's strike in Minneapolis
shows but little change. The men on the
lines ceutering on the city, refuse to 90 to
work. The number Who have gone out Is
about seventy. Affairs are assuming more
serious aspect though as yet no trouble has
arisen.
The Doniphan county republican conven-
ton nominated the following Tickets Rep
resentativF Phil Kelly district clerk h h.
Wsstfall, probate Judge E. I. Dixon ooqn
ty attorney, 3. i. Ryan, county superin-
tendent, Oliver Edwards.
The royal EnniskIllink fusiloers, station
ed at Aldsrshot, England, went on not in
resistance to the draft that was being made
for service in Africa. A savage fight ensu6ds
which was only subdued after number OF
soldiers and police WeFJ wounded.
President Cleveland, In a proclamation,
revoked the suspension OF the d1scrlmlnat-
ing custom duties levied In the ports OF the
United States on the products of Cuba and
Porto Rico, as Spain failed to keep her
4 draft for s., 600, payabIetO Harry Jones
a commission merchant OF Kansas City SEN
by mail, was through mistake delivered to
an employe of the same name in q planning
mill. The man for whom the draft was IN
tended, secured duplicate ana deposited II.
Meanwhile the other one had the original
draft cashed and absoonded with the
money.
Two children. a boy aged 10 years, and his
sister, three years younger were burned to
Heath in their beds at No. 152 Warren ave-
nue., Chicago, by ire which broke out IN
the house of George Davis their father.
The first floor of the building was almost
completely envelOped IN flames when the
discovery of the fire Was first made. The
mother of the children was burned severely
if not fatally.
The hfty-sizth semi animal conference Of
the Mormon church convened at COalvtlleg
Utah, a small, isolated settlement in Sum
NIT county. The attendance was 400. None
of the recognized leaders were present. e1-
cept Apostle Richards, who opened the meet
ing and eXhOrted thS saints to stand nrInI
and never surrender their divine rights as
revealed to them by the prophet. An eDistle
from the first president, John Taylor issued
from his hiding place. viii be read before
- the conference before It closed
The roadmasters' association Of America
held its first session Of the fourth annual
meeting in st. Louis with President j.. Bur
nett, OF the Chicago, Rock Island a Paclhct
Ia the chair and two hundrend roadmasters
in attendance. The association was organ
lied in order that rOadmasterH, who other
wise would have no communication with
each other, might learn from each other the
latest improvements In their work and de-
wise new and better methods for performing
that work.
The following congressional nominations
have been made: New York, Fifteenth dis
trict, Henry Bacon democrat for full term
and to I'LL vacancy existing on account Of
the death OF Lewis Beach, Twentieth dis
trict, George West, republicans Ihirty-thlrd
district James jackson, Jr., democrat
Massachusetts - Second district, BushrOd
Morse, democrat; Eighth district q. II.
Allen, republican. COnnectcut - second
district Carlo French democrat. Penn
sylvania-Eighteen district, Louis E. At
kinsOn.
A meeting In the. interest Of reform IN the
tariff was held Ia New York City to consult
and decide as TO the most judioious step 10
be taken to secure the election Of representa-
tiVes to congress, and United States aena-
tor, who viii do their utmost 90 bring Nout
a revision by reducing taxes. the tariff mes
on American industries ana especially the
repeal Of duties on raw material. hesolus
tons were adopted empowering the chair %
npuofnt q COMMITTEES whose duty It shall be
t. take such action as they may deem e4pe-
dent Congressmen Hewitt and Adams
Ernest p. Wheeler and Orlando 8. Potter
made addresses.