Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-02-03
DOMESTIC.
The Stone block in Waco was destroyed b.
are Monday. Loss, $4,000.

bounced an further claim for money. Mr..
Tucker was paid at two different tunes re-
tanners to the amount Of SOU General
Pryor received 81 500 and General ButleE
at one time $4,000, at another 500, and
finally 81 coo. Editor Dsuss does not think
that they viii ask for the remainder dns
them
The general belief is that the democratic
national convention viii be held In New
York city, President Cleveland Is said 70
favor New York
Levi Kobe, a 12-year old 10y at FoIpurg,
Pa died from fright Friday Wh1Sh he
received q week previous
A number OF cases are reported to the
immigration commissioner In New York OF
iunuii grants from Wsdsn who we're either
paupors, idiots OK insane An nVezuga alton
viii be made
Some Paris physicians claim that
hydrOdOurio acid Il 3 cure for consumption
works, the etching departments OF Wh1on
use the acid There was no consumption II
the etching departments
The nut manufacturers met in PittsburR,
Friday, and organized pool to put up
prices.
Trains, Friday, were generally abandoned
ia the northwest.
Dunn's weekly review Of trade, states thas
business is dull even for this season
James W. NopIin was hanged at Cam
bridge jail, Boston, Friday, for the murder
Ia January, 1887, OF George A. Goldman his
employ NOwlin was but II years Of age
at the time OF the murder. After mis- arrest
he confessed 70 the crime and stated thai
the motive was robbery.
Ft Ksogh, Montana, claims a greater
variation Of temperature than any other
place in the country; during last week 8
storm the thermometer marked 70 degrees
below, while last summer it ranged tromLzO
to 40 degrees above, a total range Tor q
year Of 1Sl degrees
The ThOebs case cannot be again "a
opened
Representative Perkins, Of Kansas, intro
ducsd d resolution in the house, Saturday.
inquiring into whether the lnenclsnt- postai
service in the west results from the appoint
ment OF incapable and inexperienced en-
ployss because Of inadequate appropriations
10 meet the wants Of the department.. A
demand for the regular order operated as
an objection, and the resolution was NOS
considered.
A IRE broke out in the extensive dress
Goods. millinery, and trimming store %
/ Marks Bros, corner OF Eighth and Arch
streets, IN Philadelphia Monday night al II
O'Clock. The ire was not under control be
/ fore 2 o'clock, and IN the three hours Il
! RACED destroyed property TO the value OF
l Ell 5O0. 600 The heaviest losers are MARKS
/ Bros., Schoneman Bros, and j. and L
/ Baxter, dealers in ostrich feathers.
Tue loss BY the fire at Philadelphia, Mon
I day night is estimated At nearly S2,OJO,OOO
| The loss 10 the building OF Shoneman
| Bros. Is Sl,OOJCOJ.
The trustees of the Adslbert college at
/ Cleveland decided to refuse admission 70
/ women at the close Of the present year. A
ladies annex Is talked Of
David Mason, professor OF rhetoric and
I English literature IN the University OF
Edinburg, characteriZes lngatus Donnelly G
! Shakespearian cryptOgram as nlseraDla
I drivsl, and tissue Of ar1thmeLical IAise-
hood.
The total collections of internal revenue
| for the first six months of the fiscal year
| ending June 80, 1887, were So, 443, Gus being
| an increase OF g4,S4O. lO4 over the eollec-
/ tiOns during the corresponding period OF
/ the previous Gscal year. The total cOllec-
| tons on Oleqzls-garlne for the SIX months
/ Of the fiscal year were S35J,4o6.
/ Reports from Cuba indicate most serious
| condition of affairs. Citizens IN Havana
| and Mantazsns have repeatedly demanded
! of the captain general OF marine protection
I from outlaws and official thieves. Business
| is partially paralyZed. Opposition papers
/ are suppressed almost daily and the strlctes
/ censorship is kept over messages by cable
/ The testimony OF Cashier Hopkins of the
/ Fidelity bank, in Cincinnati, Wednesday
/ tended to throw the entire blame for the Fl
/ deity bank wreck upon Harper. aOpAln
| testified that he was ignorant OF Harper
/ extensive deals in wheat; believed that h
[ was dealing with one broker. Hopkins wa
| entirely ignorant OF the CONDITION or IN
| bank until 1t broke. BE had advised IN
/ daughters 20 purchase Fidelity bank stock
believing it to be a safe and sure invest
/ ment. Harper told him upon one occasion
that he was worth T5,OJO,OOO.
Wednesdays dispatches from Hayau
state that the city, during the past ten days
has been in perfect turmoil and on tn
verge Of mob violence. The trouble wa
| caused by the inscriptions acts OF Captain
General Marin and his officers. They ar
said TO have robbed the government o
| funds to the amount of 100000, and TO b
/ administering every office Of trust traudu
| lently. Newspapers are being suppressed
| and attempts made to keep the true star
OF affairs from reaching Spain
There is a good deal of excitement
Cincinnati over the tally sheet forgery CASE
r. G.. Dun & Co., in their weekly revie
/ of trade, say: Business, both domestic an
foreign, has more encOuraginE appearance
| Money is reported close az q very Few dlslaL
| points bat comparatively easy eyeryWnef
! else, and collections are 1alr IT all quartet
with substantial improvement where tard
| ness has been observed.
A serious accident occurred on the ne
/ cable line IN st. Paul, Friday. The line b.
inst been opened, and but few trains ha
| passed over it when the accident happene,
/ At the foot of a very long and steep grad
/ on one norton of the line is a curve. A fe
I DAYS ago, an experienced civil englne'
/ pointed out in a published interview q
| danger of locating a curve at the bottom
( | so long and steep an incllnei but the office
of the road declared 1t perfectly safe. Du
ing the afternoon OF Friday grip ca
| heavily loaded with passengers. started 90"
! the hill in charge Of competent tra1uInel
] When about midway down the incline q
I F1sT Lad 10 hold the thread THa fHaI
/ rushed down to the curve, before reachlI
/ which IL had attained a speed Of TWEEN
miles an hour. The grip car did not Iea'
, / the track, but the passenger coach Whlpps
p of, turned over, and was dragged some dl
] lance. Many of the passengers Jumped ol
| but the majority OF those IN the closed ca
/ twenty OF more, were move or less hui
| Melville L Saunders was killed. and sever
/ others received internal injuries which ma
cause their death.
Boston specials say that arrangement
have been completed Tor the formation OF
I / milk trust, which is 20 include every CO
i that contributes to the Boston market.
sum of money Is to be put into EOl
| which is to purchase twenty creamerles.
] which milk viii be stored when there Is
/ temporary over supply IN the market.
The compulsory school law of Illinois "
10 soon be tested at Centralla- NOuces ma
been sent to all parents whose children we
/ not in school, and Wednesday a warrant 7"
sworn ont against Joseph A. Skipper
compel him to place his son Grant in schou
Under the Illinois law, each child or you
, of school age must spend at least tWei
weeks each year in school
, Attorney General Garland has published
letter IN which he declares he is not ca
didats for United STATES senator.
DISPATCHES from the city Of Mexico ST
that President Diaz Is certain to be his Or
successor.
cLMdrsa Accidentally snothsred.