Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-20
VOL. VIII. NO. 10.
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

bar four miles from Conuells~ille Pa, by
which two men We're killed, and twelve
others injured which will prove fatal in al
least four cases. The cause OF the explosion
was fire damp. There We're no men in the
pit. 1t was a terrific shock, and was follow.
cd by two others in quick succession. The
lights We're blown out. The dust blinded
the men, and the passag6Ways were blocked
up. The PIT was on tre auda horrible death
awaited the imprisoned miners. Nine Of
them, who had been working ia another
entry, managed TO work their way out before
the mouth OF the pit was chOked up. A
rescuiug party soon went to work with picks
and shOvels to force an entrance. In a few
moments an opening was made, and several
rushed forward to enter the mine, but were
repealed by a volume of flames 1t took
several minutes for the smoke and IRE 70
clear away. The cries of pain, and the
means Of the injured men, We're pluable.
They were lying ia every direction. Twelve
were found in a dying condition. Two 9th
ere were dead. The killed are; john VIII
hams, trackmau, wife and four children;
Joseph Cope miner, wife and nine children.
1t Is impossible to estimate the extent of the
damages to the mine.
The Toledo, o., house of refuge in the out
skirts of the city, caught Lre in the roof, just
before noon on the 18th, and is a total loss
IL belonged to the city and cost about &c.
uuO. There We're about eighty boy inmates
IN the institution. The fire was Incendiary,
and started in tine room Immediately under
the roof about quarter of an hour before
the names hlIaL out. some twenty Dogs
were sick in the iutirmary, but all We're car
ried out safely by the larger inmates. The
building was some three miles from the bust
ness portion of the city, and by the time the
engines reached the spot. the whole upper
stories were mass OF flames. The city water
mains do not extend that far, and from lack
of water the structure and most of its con
tents We're destroyed. The building was q
large three story brick, erected by the city,
and was fully insured. August LemisOu,
from Toledo, and Elmer Davidson. from
Cleveland, are held for examination. The
loss on building and contents is estimated at
$4,000. There was am insurance of S3O,O0
on the building and 5000 on the furniture.
The institution contained one hundred and
eighty-seven inmates. There We're no cas-
ualtIes.
A dispatch from Hot Spring, Ark, says
that a terrible tragedy was enacted there.
George Williams, a clerk in the Sumpter no
tel, shot and killed Mrs Norris, a guest in
the house, and attempted To kill himself. 1t
IS alleged that an undue intimacy has existed
for some time between Williamson and Mrs.
Norris, who is quite young and a very fasci
mating woman. Her alleged husband, a
sporting man, claims TO have discovered
VILLAINS IN his Wlte's apartment, and the
matter became public through "a disturbance
which ensued. Williams is a young man
very popular in society, and no stain upon
his character had ever before existed. he
was so Inundated and craZed over the affair
thar he resOrted TO the rash act which ended
the lie of the unfortunate woman and ruined
his own. He used q 4+-calibre revolver, fired
only two shots. one of which penetrated the
heart of his victim, and the other he fired
into his,JWn head just above the right tenn
pie, which, however, only fractured the skull,
and passed ont without inhictiug a fatal
wound.
Messrs. Hale and Willard designated by
the house as "a special cOmmitte to inVesti-
gate and report the facts concerning the
ownership of the Ean-Electrlc Telephone
stock bV certain DuBITu officers took the dem
ositiou of Senator Vest. The senator stated
that he had purchased 81 900 worth of the
Pan-Electrlc stock. lie purchased IL as a
speculation and had since refused to sell it.
he had received one dividend of u per cent /
since purchasing 1t. Before purchasing the
stock he had consulted Senator Garland in
reference to the matter and he represented
to him that IN his opinion the Bell patent
was illegally obtained, and that the Pan
Electric stock might be worth -ome money. /
At that time Mr.. Cleveland had been uOmi-
mated to the presidency. OF course, MIR.
Garland was uuthOught of in connection
with the attorney generalshlp.
The house committee of foreign affairs
further discussed the Morrow bill to sus-
pend for thirty years the operation of the
Burliugam8 Chinese treaty. Mr.. Rice. re-
publican member of the subcommittee to
which the bill was referred, presented a mi
nOrIty report adverse TO the adoption of the
measure. The majority report goes into an 7
exhaustive review OF the legal points IN
VOlYed in the proposition, and after citing
number of cases in which the United States
took action to cancel letters patent, the com
mittee says: 1t seems to be not only right,
but the solemn duty OF the United States to
say that her seal attached to such contracts
shall not cover fraud. The mere fact that
some private person may receive special
benefit from such action does not effect the
question when suit is brought by the United
States to protect the general public.
About eighty inmates of the aIrnshouse at
SAT- Fg4FHF an vi
severe pain. ~. Weiss, the attending ply
stefan pronounced it a case of wholesale I
poisoning. Measures We're promptly taken
% eOuuteraCt the poison. Most of
the victims are suffering severely from
nausea, and twelve of them are in a crit
ical condition. An investigation revealed /
the fact that all who drank OF the coffee pre- /
pared for the noon meal were sick, and the /
coffee pot was found lined with a thick sed- /
lmeEt of Paris green The vessel holds a
barrel, or more, and into this some person I
had thrown almost four pounds of poison. /
The doctors are OF the opinion that had it not
been for the fact that the poison was too /
strong, causing vomiting more than half of /
the inmates would now be dead.
Senator John r. Miller, of California, |
lied in Washington. His death was the re- /
alt of a complication of diseases, arisin g /
rimariiy from a severe wound in the eve /
geceiyed during the war tWeuty-thrse years /
q go. The bullet remained IN his head for /
about twelve years before it could be extract ]
ed, and the wound Slapped his strength and /
made him an easy victim to disease. Loss
of sleep and estimate symptoms kept him /
in constant pain. Bright's disease began I
its insidiOus work, and then dropsical disor- /
ders We're developed But through all his /
illness the senator showed much nerve and )
aged 10 nope ne might possibly recover. /
Several operations were performed, and .
seemed to give much relief.
Second Comptroller Maynard has settled .
an important question arising out of the I
act of April 22d, 1872, which directs that
every volunteer soldier who enlisted for /
three years prior to July 22d, 1866, under .
the presidents proclamation of May Sd, 1861, /
and was actually mustered into service for /
three years before August 9th, 1861, and who /
was honorably discharged shall be paid the I
full bounty of $780, unless already paid. /
bounty is payable to the heirs of every de-
ceased soldier who, if living, would be en-
titled thereto, whether he died before or at
ter the passage of the act.
The conflict between the knights of Labor
and their late employers, the prOprietOrs OF
the East street reaper works, OF Springfield, /
o., promises to be long continued. Vim. N. |
Whitley, who is at the head of the works
wants no emplOye who cannot testify 10 and .
sign tine following; ''Ihis is to certify chat i /
have Withdrawn from the knights of Labor
or other associations of like kind, and am no
longer under their dictauOn, and hav-
ing restored myself to manhood and indie ]
as free American citizen" The
men refuse to sign this, and everything now
awaits the arbitration board of the Knights
Of Labor.
Four thousand members OF the United
Order of JOiners and Amalgamated Carpen-
ters and Joiners OF New York stopped work
The journeymen complain of low wages.
They are paid at the rate of s. per day of
ten hours. The strikers now demand that