Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-04-10
VOL. VIII. NO. %.
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

1t sets forth that by an act OF congress-
passed ia July 1881 the Southern Kansas
right Of locating constructing and operat-
ing a railroad and telegraph and telephone
line, as well as q branch through certain pOr-
tons of the territory. IN accordance with
which the company located the main line
running from Arkansas City, sOutheEIy, IN
the direction 3 Denison and Fort Worth,
and also lOcg ] q branch from kiowas on
the northern 5Order OF Kansas southwest
erly IN the direction of Wolf creek and into
the Pan-H Handle Of Texas, the total mileage
being about 80 miles thus located Con
gross also granted at the same time to the
Gulr5 Colorado q Santa Ee Railroad COM
pany the right to extend its read nOrthWard,
whereby a continuous line OF road between
LeavenWorth, Kansas City and Galveston
Will be formed by the extensions OF the cor
pOratiOns. The cost Of constructing these
extensions is estimated at $4,000 per mile
and it is proposed that the Southern Kansas
company controlled by the Atchison, To-
peka q Santa Ee) shall issue per cent
forty-year FIRST mortgage gOiG bonds at that
rate per mile on the projected lines.
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's report a
less satisfactory condition OF general trade
than last week, due in large part TO the
continustion of strikes as well as to the in
terru Slon to railway trafhc IL the southwest.
The floods in the central, southern and west
ern states have helped 90 depress trade
through the destruction of bridges and over
flowing of country roads. At the large east
ern cities the volume of merchandise moving
is only of moderate proportions. At the
western centers the demands were quite as
much for near by wants as they were Il week
ago. In Kansas and Nebraska collections
are not expected to improve until new crops
are gathered. The markets rale easy at uu-
changed rates. An Improvement in general
trade Is mentioned at st. Louis and Kansas
City, due to the resumption OF traffic there.
The industrial situation is better in spite of
the prOlOngatiOn of the tight by the railways
ul Hha knFurkfa Of Huh in Hka ~
The knitting mill strikes at COhOes and
New Britain, Conn. the boot and shoe strike
at Beverly Mass, and that among the suit
makers at New York, have largely disap-
and cutting down the total striking from
5000 to $4,000 within a week
One of the bitterest railroad rate wars
that the western roads have ever known has
probably come TO an end. The trans-cOn-
tinental pool was broken on the 18th Of Feb
ruary by the AtchisOn, Topeka d. Santa Fe
announcing a cut in the rates between New
York and San Francisco, It did this be-
cause the other members of the pool would
not allow as large percentage on the freight
business to the AtchisOn as 1t demanded
The principal fighters were the Southern
Pacific and Atchison Topeka IL Saute Fe.
The result has the appearance of a victory
for the latter road 1t Is understood
amang railroad men that President Strong
practically presented his ultimatiOn to Presi-
dent Huntington, of the Texas Paei1is, and
that when Mr.. huntington answered 1t by
telegraph, Immediately his agents anuounc-
ed to shippers that the rates would be restOr-
cd to the old basis. The AtchisOn agents
nave not yet received orders on the subject,
though they are expected very soon.
A dispatch from Bronson, Mich, says:
Fire visited Bronson, destroying afine new
brick store, which was built last summer.
one Of the terrible features of the fire Is the
death of Mrs. Timothy Hurley and daughter
May. aged 10 years, who were burned. Mr..
Hurley and three children, a boy aged l6
another 10 and baby about two and one
half years old, were terribly burned. Charley
Strachley, baker employed by Hurley, was
badly'cut about the face and head. The
hre company did effective work, saving the
business portion of the village. The bodies
of Mrs. Hurley and daughter we're recovered.
They were burned beyond recognition.
This is the fourth destructive fire that has
ravaged Bronson within the last two and one
half years, destroying about $4,000 worth
Of property
The supreme court of the United States
has affirmed the judgment of the court of
claims in the suits between the Union Pa
clfc railroad company, and the United
States growing out OF charges made by the
railroads for transporting -he mails and the
government employees accompanying them
and on the part of the government IN refer
ence to It's claim for i've per cent Of the
amount Of the earnings of the road under
the act Of 1862. The court of claims decided
2,9lO, l34 for services rendered the govern
Insnt and that the United states on their
counter claim were entitled to recover S4,-
4S7 and gave judgment IN favor of the
United States for the difference. From this
judgment the United States appealed.
The cloak manufacturers of New York
City, sent the strikers word that they were
welcome to return to work at any time and
that no one would be discharged on account
Of membership IN the union, and that the
manufacturers would do what they could to
control the contractors, but that the system
was necessity. The executive committee
of the strikers held consultation of sever
al hours over the matter and finally decided
to accept, and so notified the manufacturer.
Most OF the operators employed by the con-
tractors will resume work. The strike has
lasted two weeks. About Z, 200 persons have
been idle and tie families OF many have
been brought close to the starving point
The manufacturer estimate their losses at
100000
Large delegations of gentlemen interested
in the dairy business appeared before the
house committee on agriculture on the sub
iect of butterine and other limitations OF but
ter which are being sold as genuine butter.
All the gentlemen present favored the bill
prepared by the Ameri ean Agriculturist and
Dairy association, and introduced into the
house by Repres antatlVe Scott TO place all
limitations OF butter under the control OF the
commissioners Of internal revenue and that
such products shall be taxed ten cents per
pound and shall be properly labelled. They
said unless some measure of this character
was passed they predicted that the dairy in
dustry would be ruined within three years.
An unusual season of meteorological dis
turbances5 occupying most of the present
week, eliminated in New York City. 1t had
been raining most OF the time for seventy
two hours. Tonight the rain is falling fas-
ter, accompanied by lightning. A gale is
blowing. A thick fog covers the city and an
aurora borealis is added to this remarkable
combination OF natural phenomena. The
result Is, that telegraphic communication
has been almost wholly suspended between
New York and the rest Of the world. Again
and again electrical commissions have stop
ped the working of every wire IN the western
union Office, followed by partial re-estab-
lishment OF communication and another
break
The schooner u. II. COngdon" was wreck
ed on Point Roress, forty miles north of San
Francisco. Her crew was lost. The sup
position was that the vessel struck a hidden
rock. An examination of the wreck, how
struck amidship and cut almost in two, evi-
IDENTIFY by a steamer or other craft going at
a high rate of speed. The discovery caused
much excitement IN maratlLne circles, az 10
is feared the unknown vessel which sunk the
schooner has gone TO the bottom with all on
board The wreck occurred before daylight.
The case furnishes strange parallel to the
loss of the Oregon" The "AQuina'' Is sup
sion.
Dispatches from North Georgia and Ala
bama show heavy losses from freshets. Il
has rained continuously for three days.
The rainfall in Atlanta has already been over
ten inches. The rivers are flooded, and a
great loss of property is reported. Every
railroad out Of Atlanta has suspended traffic.
Many bridges are down. The Rome 81 Carolton
Narrow Gauge Is almost washed away The
Western q Atlantic railway has loaded its
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