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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-07
THE LATEST NEWS.

Burglars have been at work at Beatrice,
Nebraska.
Nine wagon loads of ''boomers'' have left
DenisOn, Tex, for Oklahoma.
The American editors recently at San An
tonic, Tex, went to old Mexico on an eX-
cursion.
John L. Sullivan has offered Charles
Mitchell 81, 600 to stand up before him for
eight rounds.
Sophia Thomas of Elk county, Kansas,
has had her arm torn of between the rollers
of a sorghum mill.
The Knights of Labor convention at In
dianapOlis did not adjourn until just IN time
to get home for Thanksgiving.
A frost in Florida on the night of Novem-
Der %, gives promise of stopping the yellow
fever, and will cause taking the embargo of
travel.
Robert Yearnshaw, aged u, was injured
and had narrow escape from losing his
life, while stealing a ride III the railroad
yards at Beatrice, Neh.
The Dubuque. Ia, saw mills shut down
for the winter with ten million feet more of
lumber on hand than last year. The years
business has been unsatisfactory.
Thomas Barry, the expelled Knight of
Labor, Ia in Chicago holding conferences
preliminary, to the organization of an OppO-
sition association of WOrkingmen.
The daily papers are filled with particu-
lars of disasters along the Atlantic coast,
and on the great lakes, as we'll as interest
ing details inland of the great storm.
Samuel J. Randall is slowly recovering
his strength. His physicians agree that it
is not best for him to resume his duties on
the floor, at least until after the holidays.
The new cotton mill at Des Moines, Ia,
has been started. 1t is the first erected in
Iowa. The building is seventy by 200 feet,
and has the best machinery, employs 200
hands.
About ], 200 democratic veteran members
of q. A. II. posts, scattered over the state,
assembled in the capital building at Indian
apOlis, Ind, in secret meeting, at which it
was resolved that every democratic member
of the G.. A. r. should abandon the order
and all present pledged themselves to with
draw from their posts. Adjutant General
kOOntz presided. A name and a COnstitu-
ton for their new order proposed by the
democratic veterans were adopted.
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A sacheIor,s WIN.

WASHINGTON, .. O., November 28.-A few
days ago the will of John ". Scheckeu's of
this city, was fled. Scheckells was bache-
Tor, and kept a blacksmith shop and second
hand store near the corner of Twelfth and
E streets, where he lived. His death occGrred
some time ago, hut in his last illness he
sent for his uncle, James McElfresh.
''YOu will find a paper in the safe that
will tell you where ali the valuables are
kept" said he.
After his death the paper was found. It
was the will. 1t left to Charles @. Torch,
who had for some time lived with deceased,
$500 and the remainder OF the property
both real and personal, to Anna McElfresh
wife of James McElfresh, who was made
executor. There were 800 in currency also
IN the safe. Attached to the viii was a little
piece of red paper. On it was written:
Il have money under the bow window
near tWelfte stregs, IN the ground"
Wednesday night Mr.. McElfresh and Mr.
LOrch, following the directions on the piece
of red paper, dug beneath the window from
the inside. After digging a short depth
they found a TIN box about eighteen inches
square. Ia this box they found two smaller
boxes. The boxes were broken open and in
them was found ITO. About S5Olf were in
silver and the balance in gold and green
back When the money was found Mr.
McElfresh reported the fact to Justice
Samuel @. Mills, his counsel, and by his
direction the money vas placed In the
Second National Bank.
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Bert Esary, aged 10, tried to board mov-
ing freight train at Huntingburg' Ina'' ana
had his head cut of on the rail.
Hennessy and the Montana Kid fought
thirtv-eirht rounds at Bonner Springs han''
the Kid getting the worst OF IT,
An elevated railroad company has sued
the Chicsgo Times for half a million dol
lars for charging the company for having
bought of the city council.
Prominent citizens of Bloomington, Ind,
have been sued by victim or outrages Dy
''White Caps on the charge of being mem
bers Of that body of regulators.
Senator Plumb, Representative Anderson
and ex-C overnor Osborn are all mentioned
az Washington as likely to be considered by
General Harrison for high positions.
A fierce northeastern ragged in New England
and New y Ork November %, which extend
ed along the Atlantic cosst at least as IaT
south as Delaware. The country Is covered
with deep snow.
Amanda Fruit of Ozark, Mo-, killed her
two children and cut her own throat
Bishop John S. Foley has been formally
installed as head OF the Detroit diocese.
2D.J. Flory, a Pacific express clerk at Aus
tin, Texas, stole a package OF SI,2OO, spent
one-third of it, aud buried the rest. de
was arrested and gave up the $500 which
had been buried
The switchmens' strike, which has its cen
ter at indianapolis, has assumed great I'M
pOrtance as 1t promises to effect trans porte T.
ton on all the through lines between New
York and the west
EIDr. Richmond, who murdered Colonel
Strong of the st. Joseph, Mo-, Herald, and
afterwards escaped from the Insane asylum
and is now doing business IN Chicago, IS
endeayoring to get final release from the
asylum.
A little band of veterans of the war Of
1872 gathered at the Block house IN Central
Park, N. Y, and celebrated the Anniversary
of the evacuation of New York by the Brit
ish, 100 years ago.
The interstate commerce commission has
decided that a railroad pass issued to per-
son for throwing IN the way OF the road
what business he cans he not being an en-
plOye of the company under contract or
salary, is illegal.
A Denver and Rio Grande train met a
Rock Island train at Hustled Col, klulng
w II. Phillips, expressman, ana .. ID.
Flynn, baggagemaster, both OF the ROCK IS
land, while Martin MundO, Joseph Berry,
Henry Smith and a Rio Grande fireman not
named, are badly hurt.
From Duluth comes a report that the
Pennsylvania Railroad company has organ
lied a corporation to build and run twelve
large steamers between Duluth ana Buffalo,
to move wheat. The scheme includes NAM
moth elevators at jersey City to receive
grain for Ocean shipment.
Judge Stevens, at MarshalltOwn, Ia, sen
fenced George j. Bowman, convicted OF
selling LIQUOR imported from Illinois to pay
81 900 fine, the highest penalty. He held
that the importer has no right to sell even
IN original packages. This decision 1ndl-
Gates that while importation may not be
prohibited the sale IN original packages cna'
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Indians GETTING rroublesome.

STANDING Rock AGENCY, November o.
A delegation Of Sioux chiefs, headed by
Sitting Bull, astonished the headquarters,
by asking permission to visit Indianapolis
some time this winter, or at any time be-
fore President-elect HarrisOn's inaugu-
ration. They were refused and sullenly
departed, and it Is thought that they viii
hold an early council to determine On i'm
mediate action. Sitting Bull stated that
he and the brethren would like a big talk
with the new great father before his going
into Office, to ascertain his position in re-
gard to the treaty. Chief John Grass wants
to call on President Cleveland, but other
chiefs do not desire to visit him. When
they recently visited the president all was
not so agreeable as supposed. Sitting Bull
had been considered an ardaut admirer Of
Cleveland, but when the chiefs visited him
last month the president did not invite
them to die in the White house. Sitting
Bull on all MS former visits was allowed
this privilege, aud feels very much cut.
These chiefs are beginning to be restless at
the agency and are source Of much annoy
ance. Their numerous trips to the East and
the many alluring sights of a great city
have imbued them with an uncomfortable
desire to be continually on the railroad,
travelling from place to place. This causes
a great deal of jealousy among the younger
Sioux who have never been afforded the
luxury of an eastern journey, and it is
manifest that trouble is brewing.
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Aspen COLI District

ASPEN, Con, November 28.-The ore ship
ments for this week amount to a total Of
], 476 tons, of which the Midland carried
921s and the Denver aud Rio Grande $50
tons. The shipments were divided among
smelling points as follows; Denver, $50
tons; Pueblo, $50; Leadville, 124; Durango,
6.
The Camp Bird is agaiu coming to the
front as a big mine, and since the Hooper
lease expired last spring, the owners have
steadily worked the property and shipped
some ore. The Camp Bird has always been
famous for its great bodies OF low grade
ore, but now mineral has been discovered
at point between the old and new shafts
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OFFICIAL VOTE.


Falling or OF Third Party VOte-TwO of
the Many Counties OF Kansas Give a
Democratic Majority.
TOPEKA, KAN. November 22.-The total
vote for Harrison was 49,, 1856; for Cleveland
1O2, 725; plurality for Harrison, 1851.
The total vote for Humphrey was Isl, 8I6;
for Martin, lO7, 1923; plurality for Humphrey,
73, 495.
The largest republican plurality for presi,
dent was given by Shawnee county, the fig
ures being 4,529; Cowley is next with 2, ia,
Usage with 2,O62, and SedgWick 2,O46.
In one county the union labor vote was
greater than the democratic vote. Labette
gave Martin ], 800 votes and Elder ], 1926.
The republicans carry every county in the
state for president and governor except
LeavenWorth and Ellis. LeayenWOrth gives
a plurality of PAT for Cleveland and Ellis
gives a plurality of 81 for Cleveland.
The total union labor vote is sc, 236: the
total prohibition vote is 6,452.
SedgWIck county gave a larger prChlbi-
ton vote than any other county in the state,
the vote in that county being 268. Shawnee
is next with 235, and Butler had 226 prohi-
bitiOn votes.
The heaviest union labor vote was in La
bette county. the total being 1926; COwley
Is next with l,445, and Crawford has 1,253.
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THE YOUNG EMPEROR
or Germany Decides to Occupy tha ogd
SchlOss at Beriin-It is Retitted with
UnCOunted Expense and Before
Unseen Grandeur.
GObelin Tapestry Gilt Ceilings, Hand.
Painted Embossed Leather-Au Lit
By Electric Light, sOftened
by Shaded Glass.

BERLIN, November 27.-The imperial
family is nov located for the winter season
In the old Schioss, occupying a suite ol
rooms on ths first and second floors. look
ing on the Schloss piatz. The emperor re-
Gently decided to occupy the SchIoss, which
was deserted as town residence during the
reign of his grandfather. The sudden or
ders to refurnish the Schloss regardless of
cost quickened the business of a number of
Dresden, Hamburg and Berlin firms. The
decorations were completed with magical
rapidity, the expenditure of 10000 marks
resulting in the most magnificent rooms in
the empire. The dining and drawing rooms
are draped with gObelin tapestry, and have
richly gilt ceilings. The walls Of the en-
perOr's working Office are covered with en-
bOssed leather with floral hand paintings.
A number Of selected paintings are placed
about the rooms. An electric light soft
ened by shaded glass, Eliminates the whole.
The renewal of the apartments was done
under the emperOr's instructions.
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nanandent Cbirdrsn

INDIANAPOLIS. November 21--The Youths
National Home and Employment associs-
ton continued its session and a number Of
the topics relating TO the welfare Of depend
ent minors were discussed. Among other
actions taken the memorial adopted at Chi
capo last year urging congress to provide
manual labor schools for dependent children
was unanimously adopted and a committee
appointed for the purpose OF corresponding
with ministerial associations N var1ons
cities, with B view Of bringing the prOpo-
zitIou TO the attention of the state leE1sLe-
lures The question whether children
should be gratuitOusly supplied with food
and clothing before giving them an 0ppor-
lunitS to earn the same was discussed and
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Methodist Mission Fund.

KANSAS CRY, No, November 28.-The an
nual meeting of the general missionary
committee of the Methodist Episcopal
church, lately concluded at New York, Sc
lected Kansas City as their next place of
meeting, the time fer which will be about
November 20, 1889. This body of men, in
Guiding all of the eighteen bishops and a
large number of ministers and laymen from
all parts of the country, distribute the ST.
1000 contributed yearly by the church for
the support of foreign missions, and, next
to the general conference, which meets once
In four years to select bishops and legislate
for the welfare of the church, this meeting
is the most important and Will call together
nearly all the prominent clergymen of the
Methodist church. This year considerable
over 100000 was distributed and it is
likely that the Kansas City meeting will
have 81. 10000 for the missionary field.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, November 2S.-OId
man Patterson, the leader Of the party
which has been prospecting on the Navajo
reservation in search of the lost Adams
mine, and two remaining members of his
party, Birker and Christiano, have, after a
mysterious absence, come to light. Patter-
son arrived here from WinsloW, Ariz., where
he left his companions, except Swift, who
was murdered by the Navajo Ni-chee. The
party had many narrow escapes, but made a
thorough exploration Of those portions of
the reservations where white men seldom
enter and return alive. Patterson says that
no precious metals exist on the reservation,
but that coal abOunds everywhere, and that
coal oil drips from the rocks ia many places.
The Indians watch prospeCtOrs constantly
and kill them at every opportunity.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, November q. The
ppearance in this city of young Otis Bates,
Of British Columbia, after an absence Of
seven years, has caused a connection in his
family, as the boy was supposed to be dead.
He was not received very graciousIy by his
step-mother, who has appropriated all his
fathers estate.
Young Bates, who had just reached his
majority, claims the larger part of the es-
tate, valued at 100000, and has already
made a demand for it. His story reads like
z romance. Captain Bates. his father, more
than thirty years ago, came out from Bos-
ton around the horn and drifted to Arizona
and Mexico He made some money and
then, ten years later, went to THOMPSON
River, b. C., about 200 miles from Victoria
He founded a settlement known as Bates
Flats. He had large herds of cattle. He
started numerous stores for trading with
Indians, and when the CaribOo mining ex-
element broke out he handled some of the
best mlnez. he also acquired timber and
farm lands by the thousand acres. Bates,
like most white men at that time, lived with
an Indian woman as his wife, and Otis, the
wandering heir, IS her son. Soon after the
boys birth Bates married a Danish lady
and abandoned the Indian woman. He
made ample provision for his squaW and
took the half-braed boy to his new home in
Victoria. In a short time he moved to
Oakland and built fine residence. There
he lived with his wife and Otis until he
died, about eight years ago. The widow,
after decent period of mourning, married
@. II. Harrison, an Englishman of small
means. Harrison and the boy, Otis, did
not love each other so there was no objec-
ton when the lad wanted to 60 to sea. He
was shipped off to Australia and that was
the last seen Of him until a few days ago.
His family regarded him as dead, and his
relatives divided his inheritance. Unless
they yield what he claims there will be
lively contest. The young heir has had
lively experiences, being shipWrecled sew
eral times and spending more than five
years as a COW boy in old Mexico.
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svstematIo DTafI Robberies.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, November 28.-The
agents of the postal service in this city are
greatly worked up over a systematic seriss
of robberies on the star route between
Plummerville, on the line of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railway, and CobIentz,
in the interior of Conway county. The mat
ter has been kept very quiet and the secret
service department has been at work on the
case several days. 1t is known, however,
that the mails on this route have been robbed
five times within the last ten days, and the
amounts secured altogether will aggregate
about 81, 800, taken On various occasions
from registered packages. The mail on
this route is carried on horseback by a mid
die aged man and passes through several
f0nrth class oficRs.
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Tie OLD. Oh Story.

INDIANAPOLIS, November 2S.-The switch
mems strike did not extend to the engineers
or fremen, as was vaguely anticipated. The
situation remains unchanged, except that all
the roads are moving trains and the block
ade Is nearly overcome. New men are ap-
plying for work at every Office and the su-
perintendents say they will have no diff
Guilty in supplying every strikers place with
in the next few days. The week taken as a
whole was rather disastrous to the strikers,
and there IS a visible weakening manifested
by some of their number. The general Of
ficers of the locomotive brotherhood and
the hremen's association did not put in
their appearance as was given out they
would. 1t cannot be reliably ascertaIned
that either of these organizations have taken
any step towards assisting or sustaining the
strikers. The railway superintendent held
a conference and were unanimous IN their
refusal to cOncede the demands of the
strikers. They sought no conference Of
the strikers, and most of the superintend-
ents left for home Immediately after their
adjournment.
When a freight train on the Big Four was
ready TO pun out the brakemen quietly
slipped away without saying a word to the
yard master. 1t IS thought they feared to
take train out that had been made mp by
sO-c6lled ''5cabs." Another crew was
quickly found and the train got away. AL
together, 1t looks as though the railroads
had about broken the backbone Of the
strike, and unless some unexpected assist
ance arrives the strikers are in a fair way of
being left out IN the cold. There is much
sympathy manifested for them by their
brother railroad employees. About ali the
roads have posted notices discharging the
strikers and inviting them TO call and get
their money.
There was no disorder or attempts at in
reference at any of the yards. The strikers
do not disguise their hopes of receiving aid
and support at the last moment from the
the engineers and fremen. Prominent
locomotive brotherhood state positively,
however, that they have not asked Chief
Arthur to come here and interfere anG they
do not propose to do so. Chief Sargent, of
the firemen's brotherhood, returned to
| Terre Haute, leaving behind a rumOr that
he had advised his men to remain at their
posts.
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Reminded Him Of War Times

Fort LEAvENwORTH, KAN, November 28.-
Hon. John ]. ingalls, was visitor at the
Post and received with all the honors due
his station as president of the senate, a
salute Of nineteen guns being fred. All
the troops OF the garrison were paraded for
review by the senator who was ACCOMPANIED
by Senator SeweL of New Jersey, General
Martin McMahan of New York and Colonel
Mitchell, these gentlemen having just com
pleted an inspection of the soldiers home.
After the review Senator Ingalls, and party
were entertained by General Merritt, all
the officers of the post calling at the resi-
dence of the department commander to pay
their respects to Senator ingalls,. The
troops made fine appearance and Senator
ingalls, was much pleased with the perform
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DaI,nta Pronsrtfes

DHADwOOD, DAB, November 28.-The
specializing fever has risen here perceptibly
within the past week, and if it continues to
incrsase at the present rate during the next
few sVeeks, a stock boom similar to that Of
the spring of 1886 may be looked for. This
Is due to the near completion OF the Dead
wood reduction works, which are to treat
the refractory ores of this nejghbOFhOOd. If
the process adopted In these works, which Is
entirely new, proves success, the immense
bodies Of ore hereabOuts can all be worked
with profit. Mr.. Clark, superintendent,
is sanguine of success, and all who have
witnessed his tests are also sanguine. The
settlement of the matter is awaited with IN
terest, and IL the meantime Ruby basin
property Is booming.
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IRELAND IN IOWA.
Richard Smell, Who Is on the Ground Rep
resentIng His Father, the Owner
Of the Farms, Speaks HIS
Little Piece.
The Time Of Year Discussed, AID the Pres
ent Time Argued to Have Been
the Most Favorable to the
Evicted Farmers

FoBr DODGE, IA, November 26.-Every-
body in Iowa Is talking about the evictions.
You hear the subject discussed on the trains,
at the tables and IN the stores. The idea of
being set out in the highway without a min
ute's warning is repugnant to the American
mind, in spite Of the twelve decisions of the
supreme court which sustain the owners of
the land. Here is Thanksgiving at hand,
the season Of home cheer and home plenty,
and here are homeless families with their
cook stoves, their beds, their cabinet organs,
their books, their pictures, and their all
strewn along the roads half a mile or more
from the nearest occupied house. 1t looks
hard. 1t inspires bitter feelings that will
rankle a long time. Mr.. Richard Smell,
whose father owns thirty or forty of the
little farms from which the evictions are
taking place, is not a monster. He would
never be picked out of a crowd as a man
given to grinding the face of the poor. He
Is a Misunderstanding young man with
good face. and he evidently feels that the
situation Is disagreeable. He said:
81 know it looks hard, but these people
have no legal rights upon the land. They
are simply there depending upon the good
nature OF the owners. Some Of them were
deceived b those who lived there before
them and who sold out their claims. Some
nave simply BQuhJLcQ Oh Lno ldAlU5s expect
ing to be set off, but holding on year after
year and getting one crop after another.
We have been paying all of the taxes for
years. There must be an end to this con-
dition of things some time and why not
now? Some people say this Is the wrong
time of the year to make evlctlOns. L have
thought of all that. About six weeks ago
considered the advisabiIity OF beginning
then. But the farmers were Just gathering
their crops. There would have been an
outcry if we had evicted at that time. PeO-
pie would have said we were beating these
poor people out of their whole summers
work, although they had had the use of our
land without paying taxes or rent. We
might have waited until spring. but would
that have been any better? There would be
the hardship of driving them off the land
just as they were putting IN their crops and
throwing them out tor a whole season. No,
1 don't see how a better time could have
been chosen. The nights are chilly, but We
are having splendid weather. 1t looks as If
God was on our side. If this good weather
continues ten or fifteen days we will have all
of the evictions accomplished. If bad
weather comes on, snow or rain, We viii
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