Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-11-16

confessions from three Italians showing
that Antonio Flaccimio, who was found dead
about tBosWseks ago, was killed by mem
bers of an Italian society called ''Ih6
MAIZE, " which had decreed his death for
betraying its secrets.
A fire which broke out On the steamer Hay-
/ is, at Green Point n. J., spread to other yes
/ sells and to the Standard Oil works. SIX
/ firemen were badly injured By explosions OF
/ ole Of which II eco barrels were consumed
/ Five vessels were partly burned. The total
/ loss Is about 100000.
! Amanda Montgomery and Gus Wiueman,
lovers, were run down by a freight train at
I Greeusburg, Pa. The young couple were
/ out for an evening stroll. In stepping on
one track to avoid a train they were run
| down by another train coming from the op-
! pOsite direction.
| At Nantiehoke, Pa. Joseph Grasch,
/ Hungarian, while attempting to elCpe with
| a young Polish girl named Pika, was discOV-
! cred and set upon by the young lady's
/ brothers, one of whom held him while the
/ other struck him several blows with an AK.
Grasch IS dying and the Pikas are in jan.
/ At Evansville, Ind, a young man named
! Hart, who had been working for different
families as hOstler and incidentally stealing
their diamonds, was arrested on the charge
of robbery, and PaWnbrOker Pollock, at
whose place Harris stealings, amounting IN
value to 81, 600, were found, was also arrest
cd.
The supreme court of the United States
has declared to be unconstitutional all state
laws imposing a tax upon commercial
travellers not residents Of the state leVylng
the impOst. The case came from Texas,
where a drummer selling for a New Orleans
house was fined for not complying with the
state law.
A second break occurred in the Cornwall
Canal while WOrkmen were busy repairing
the old one. large part of the embank-
ment gave way, and men and teams had
narrow escapes. 1t is believed to be impos-
sibIe now to open the canal for navigation
this year and Montreal merchants will lose
S2,OOO.OCO.
The paymaster of a railway contractor
and ayOung man accompanying him, en-
route for the camp of force OF wOrkmen,
with $50 600 with which to pay the men the
wages due them, were shot on the road near
PlttstOn, Pa, by p rsOns unknown, who
made good their escape with all the money.
Business men are thinking of returning to
Jacksonville. If they do so before the yell
low fever plague has been stamped out there
VIII be danger of an increase in the epidem-
&c, and steps Will be taken to prevent them
from doing so. SiXty-six new cases and
four deaths from yellow fever are reported.
While wOrkmen were repairing the floor
ing of the iron bridge over Big Muddy river,
near Is lalrsVllle, III, the bridge gave way
and fell, carrying ali the WOrkmen with it
into the river fifty feet below. William
Thompson was killed, James Campbell and
John EdmUnds fatally injured and eight
others seriously hurt.
The Chinese exclusion bill is causing
much suffering to Chinese who are detained
at the British Columbia boundary line while
on their way back to the United S tates after
visiting China. The Chinese, in many in
stances, are penn1less, but the Canadian au-
th0rities insist on the collection of tax Of
$50 head from all who remain on British
soil.
The registration Offices at New York were
kept open all day Saturday, in violation, as
alleged, of the half-hOliday law. Over 49,
600 persons registered as voters, and as 1t is
impossible to separate those who registered
before noon from those who registered later
there was talk that the entire list for the day
may have to be thrown out.
At ThompsOnville, Ill, Saturday morn
IN party of men were playing cards,
Warren JOrdOn and John Williams began
quarrell1ng and JOrdOn shot Williams dead.
Gordon fled from the room, but his victims
younger brother overlook him and buried
Ratchet in his brain, causi1g almost instant
death. Williams surrendered himself to the
sheriff.
Another cabinet meeting was held Sstur-
day, at which Lord SackVille'5 letter was
discussed. Lord Salisbury has sent several
dispatches to Minister West deplOring his
/ injudiciOusness. Democrats in Washington
state that Minister W est was not entirely IN
nOcent IN writing his letter and really de-
sires a republican victory In the coming
election.
WOrkmen engaged in cleaning out the
cellar Of Jackson, Mich, pOstOtice found
half a dozen Eacks of undelivered mail, be-
sides thousands of public documents seat
tered loosely, though covered with oil cloth,
that had probably lain there for months
Among the documents were many with the
| franks of Senator Palmer, Senator Chan
der and Senator Quay.