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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
Streetsr,s RECORD.

The following is being published
by the press of the country in regard
to Mr.. Streeter, the Union Labor can
didate for President. Judge E. M.
Colver, of Sandusky, Ohio, is author
ity for the following statement. Up
to this time we have seen no denial
of the statement. Judge CoIver says
Of Mr.. Streeter:
He is a resident Of Mercer county.
Illinois, where he owns ], 200 acres of
as fine land as there Is in the United
States. He owns more mortgages on
farms in Mercer and Inman counties,
Illinois, than any five men in either
Of these counties. Ali told he is worth
about 100000 and he is now posing
before the country as the great friend
of the labOring man, the over taxed
and interest ridden farmer, when as
a matter Of fact he himself is one of
the most cold bloOded twelve per cen
tiers in the country.
In 1862 Streeter was County Super
visor of Inman county. The Board
Of Supervisors had by resolution or
dered that all destitute widows, wives
and children of volunteer soldiers who
had enlisted In the Union army should
be cared for and furnished the nee
essaries of life.
''What think you this man Streeter
did? He introduced a resolution be-
fore the Board directing that no tea,
coffee or sugar, which he termed lux
uries of life, be furnished to these
destitute widows and families Of men
who had fought or were then fighting
the battles of their country. This
resolution passed the Board and
Streeter voted for 1t.
This is the manner Of man who is
now talking to the ex-soldiers Of the
Union resident IN Kansas and solicit
ing their votes for President. This
IS the kind Of a mortgage shark who
Is trying to persuade Kansas farmers
to vote for him for President.
''Why, If his record was known he
would not poll a cOrpOral's guard of
vote In this State What I have said
about him I can prove by certificates
from the county clerk Of Inman and
Mercer counties. They are sworn
statements given under the seal of
the court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31

KIRwIN. August 2Ist.-The corn crop in this
county (PhilHpsj is almost a total failure. There
has been no rain here since a few days before the
4th until last night, when we had heavy shower.
1t, however. will do no good except to pasture
and the putting in OF fall crops.
The above appeared in the Daily
Leavenworth Times of Aug. 22d, in
a correspondence from Kirwin. The
correspondent creates a false inn
preston. The corn crop in Phillips
county is not failure. It is fair, In
fact is nearly as good as the average
in about one half Of the county. The
south third of the county is poor-is
nearly a failure and yet we hear from
reliable sources that there are many
good fields Of corn in the south part.
Kirwin is in that locality but the peo-
pie there ought not to send broad cast
the untrue report that it is a failure
all over the county for such is not the
fact. There will be a great deal more
corn In the county than there was
last year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
The Inconsistency Of the Editor of
the Democrat.

If you want to see a Republican
editor break for shelter, point your
finger at him and say, free whiskey."
-PbttL5psbttTg Democrat.
Since the editor of the Democrat
hasn't good judgement enough for the
good of his own party, to let up on
the Stree whisky yell, we viii put
the direct question to him-was you
Captain, :" ignorant of the fact that
the democrats gave away beer and
whisky 'free of charge" at the con
gressional convention held in this
city August 1st? It seems to us that
the above paragraph comes from a
very poor source, when voiced by an
editor who witnessed the doings of
the democrats in this city at their late
convention. The "Captain's' igno-
rance of what is best for his party is
the only thing that exceeds his ego
tism Colby Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31

Three men were arrested yerterday
for fast driving and will be fined
This practice of fast driving, the
occupants SOf the vehicles generally
being In an intoxicated condition,
should be at once checked. and the
police are determined to arrest all
persons guilty Of such Offense, wheth-
er intoxicated or not The recent ae-
cident Of a little child being run over
In South st. Joseph, should be a
warning to those who persist IN fast
driving over the public thOroughfares
Of the city, and If a few heavy fines
were imposed it would be a saIubary
lesson.-ISt. Joe Herald.
We expect every day to hear Of
children being crippled or killed by
fast driving In Phillipsburg or what
is more dangerous men on horseback
riding recHessly. Are the author
tiles going to let it go on without
attempting to stop it2
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
The Chicago Kansas and Neb-
raska.

DENVER Col, August 20.-Presi-
dent nj. A Low, Of the Chicago Kan
sas q Nebraska railway, the western
branch Of the Rock Island, was In
Denver to-day. He expresses con
siderable satisfaction at the reception
the new road is receiving in Colorado.
Mr.. Low says, also, that the prospect
Tor traflc over the line is quite en-
couraglng, as it passes through a
section OF country rich in agriculture
and grazing advantages. Trains are
now running from Kansas City to
GOOdland, in Sherman Co. Kansas,
which is about eighteen miles east of
the state line. The track is now laid
within 100 miles of Colorado Springs
and IS advancing at the rate of II, 400
feet per day.
The line of the Chicago Kansas &
Nebraska is about 1918 miles in
length and MIR. Low says it viii be
equipped with the finest rolling stock
there is made. When asked why the
company did not run the road direct
to Denver from River Bend, he re-
piled that what seemed for the best
under the present circumstances had
been done
'sBut'' he continued, 'there is a
bright future before Colorado, and
our company expects to share it.
Consequently it is quite probable
that we will take straight shoot to
Denver from River Bend in the near
future"
The Colorado division Of the road
was Incorporated under the name Of
the Chicago Rock Island & Colorado
railroad, but was afterward consoli-
dated with the Chicago Kansas &
Nebraska. President Low says the
grading is about done, and the track
may be laid into Colorado Springs
by the Doth of October, but trains viii
quite likely not be running into Den
yer before the LIST of November.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
Oberlin Water Works.

The contract for the water works,
with the exception Of the engine
house and trenching, has been award
ed to Ben L. Clark, Of Nebraska, for
the sum Of q, 200. Contract for the
engine house has been awarded to
Frank Boderick and J. @. Kulp for
$4,000. Work on trenches viii com
mence next week, and the machinery,
piping, etc, viii commence to arrive
September OberJ5n Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31

There are seventy-two Harrison
and Morton democratic clubs in New
York with a membership of 1900
The republicans have no cause To
complain over the outlook In the En-
pire state.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
MARRIAaEs wTTHoUT 90.

II believe that marriage is the
most important contract that human
beings can make. I always believe
that if man viii keep his contract
that woman, In the highest sense,
viii keep hers. But suppose the man
does not. Is the woman still bound ?
Is there no mutually? Let US bring
these questions home. In other
words, let US have some sense, some
feeling, some heart-and just a little
brain. =
Let a man suppose himself a help
less wife, beaten by a brute who be
heves IN the indissOlubility of marri-
age. Would he want a divorce? I
suppose that very few people have
any adequate idea Of the sufferings of
women and children; Of the number
Of wives who tremble when they hear
the footsteps Of a returning husband;
Of the number of children who hide
when they hear the voice Of a father
Very few people know the number Of
blows that fall on the flesh OF the
helpless every day. Few know the
nights Of terror passed by mothers
holding young children at their
breasts. Compared with this the hard
ships Of poverty, borne by those who
love each other, are nothing. Men
and women, truly married, bear the
suferings Of poverty. They console
each other; their affection gives to the
heart Of EACH perpetual sunshine.
But think of the others! have said
thousand times that the home Is
the unit Of good government When
we have kind fathers and loving
mothers, then we viii have civilized
nations, and not until then. Civiliz8-
ton commences at the hearth-stone.
When intelligence rocks the cradle
when the house is filed with phiiOsO-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
REASONS ron Destruction.

Why do you make such distinc-
ton between the rights Of men and
the rights Of women? +
I have a feeling Of infinite tender
ness toward mothers. The woman
who bears children, certainly she
should not be compelled to live with
a man whom she despises. The sui
fering is enough when the father Of
the child is to her the one man of all
this world. Many people who have
mechanical apparatus in their breasts
that assists in the circulation Of what
they call blood, regard these views as
sentimental But when we take SEN
timent out of the world nothing is
left worth living for, and when you
get sentiment out of the heart it is
nothing more nor less than q pump,
an old piece of rubber that has ac-
CURED the habit of contracting and
dilating. But I have this o0nsola-
ton: The people who don't agree
with me are those who don't under
stand me-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31

The Rock Island track Is approach
ing the city at the rate Of an average
Of Just II, ESQ feet per day Colorado
Springs Republican.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
Col IngersOH Talks Of the Rights
and Wrongs Of Welded
Women.

A few weeks ago a brutal and fend-
ISL monster IN the form of a man
named Rockaway, became enraged at
his wife and knocked her down and
then with his thumb gouged out her
eyes Col. Ingersoll, according to the
Philadelphia Times recently express
ed himself to a correspondent Of that
paper in a talk of two columns IN
length. Among other things he said:
81 read the account and I don't re-
member Of ever having read anything
more perfectly horrible and cruel.
1t IS impossible for me to imagine
such a monster, or to account for such
an inhuman human being. How a
man could deprive a human being of
sight, except where some religious
question is involved, is beyond my
comprehension. We know that for
many centuries frightful punishments
were inflicted, and inflicted by the
piOus, the theOlOgians, by the spirit
ual minded and by those who loved
their neighbOrs as themselves We
read the accounts of how the lids Of
mems eyes were cut of and then the
poor victims tied where the sun would
shine on their hdless Orbs. OF others
who were buried alive OF others
staked out on the sands Of the sea to
be drowned by the rising tide. Of
others put In sacks filed with snakes.
Yet these things appeared far away,
and we hattered ourselves that, to a
great degree, the world had out
grown these atrocities; and now, here,
near the close Of the nineteenth cen
tuary, we find a mana husband
cruel enough to put out the eyes Of
the woman he has sWOre to love, pro
tect ard cherish. This man has
prObablYk been taught that there is
forgiveness for every crime, and now
magines that when he repents there
will be more joy in heaven over him
than over ninety and nine good and
loving husbands who have treated
their wives In the best possible man
ner. and who, instead Of tearing out
their eyes, have filed their lives with
content and covered their faces with
kisses" *
The Colonel then referred to the
idea that there should be no divorces.
He said:
''Can anything be more infamous
than to endeavOr to make "a woman
under such circumstances, remain
with such a man? Nothing, In my
judgement, can exceed the heartless-
ness of a law or of a creed that would
compel this woman to remain the
wife of this monster. And it is not
only cruel, but it is immoral, low, vuI-
gar. Has not the married woman
the right of self defense? Is it not
the duty of society TO protect her
from her husband? IF she owes no
duty to her husband; if it is impos-
ible for her to feel toward him any
thrill Of affection, what is there of
marriage left? What part of the
contract remains in force? Is it de-
sirable to have families raised under
such circumstances? Are we really in
need of the children born of such
parents? If the woman is not In
fault, does society insist that her life
should be wrecked? Can the virtue
Of others be preserved only by the
destruction Of her happiness and by
what might be called her perpetual
Imprisonment?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31

ply and kindness-you viii see a
world at peace.
These arguments are generally an
sWered by some donkey Drawing
about free love and by free love he
means a condition of society In which
their IS no love. The persons who
make this cry are in all probability
incapable of the sentiment, of the feel
ing known as love. They Judge
others by themselves and they imagine
that without law there would be no
restraint. What do they say of nat
ural mOdesty? Do they not under
stand something Of the human heart
Do they forget that people have a
choice, and that true love has always
been as bright as the morning star ?
Do they believe that by forcing peo-
pie to remain together who despise
each other they are adding to the
purity Of the marriage relation? Do
they not know that all marriage is an
outward act, testifying to that which
has happened In the heart? Still, I
always believe that words are wasted
on such people. It is useless to ar
que with man who regards his wife
as has property, and it is hardly
worth while to suggest anything to a
gentleman who lmagines that society
Is so constructed that it really re-
quires, for protection to itself, that
the lives of good and noble women
should be wrecked"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25
pas,,- ERirchiIl 10 Curtis.

ana sGary Fairchild has taken the
15le to write letter to George VIII.
IN Curtis, president Of the New York
Civil Service Reform association, deny
Ing the charges of violation of civil SER
vice reform rules by removals in the GUS
toms service at New YORK. There had
been some manifest evils in the appraise-
nient of sugar in New York, and the Sec
retary removed two brothers, Edward
and John Sherer, the chief chemist ard
polariscopist in the sugar division. This
the association claimed was done for
political purposes. The secretary shows
conclusively that there was good reason
Tor the removals, one result which has
followed them being that the government
now collects $500 day more from sugar
importers than it did while the ShereI
brothers were in charge.
1t Is q conclusive answer. Those who
have attempted to break down the civil
service record Of this administration find
themselves in the position Of him who
beats the idle wind.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25
What Are Facts.

The New York Star publishes letter
from o New York man on his travels
through the Keystone state, and his
story would be inexpressibly sad IL it
could be accepted as entirely true. lie tells
Of o prOfane millionaire he met in small
manufacturing town near Harrisburg.
His furnaces and rolling mills covered
ncres, and he owned great iron mines and
most OF the town. lie boasted that he
was worth s3,00O,0OO and added, 81
don't give d; my men have got to
vote the Republican ticket, and what's
more, by - they know it"
The New Yorker then tells how he
went among the working men and found
D poor creature in the guise Of a man who
eaid he would like TO know something
about Democracy, what 1t meant. lie
could read but could not afford news
paper on his scanty wages Of 81 80 day.
:Che boss sent papers into the shops oc-
and these he weekly read and noted ac-
cordingly.
1t is not by any means pleasant to have
this miserable specimen held up to the
New York public as a sample Pennsyl-
vania iron-worker. 1t Is shameful fact
that rabid partisan employers have sought
TO control the votes of their men in the
way described, and in some cases have
succeeded, but man who could reach
mature age and remain in ignorance of
the meaning Of Democracy, taking his
mental food in doses furnished by his
employer, is hardly worthy of pity. No
doubt there are few men of this kind
scattered over the state, but if they care
70 think now and then, for variety 5 sake,
Il must occur to them that the prophe.
cies made by their employers four years
ago have not been fulfilled that in spite
OF Democratic triumph the country has
not gone to the dogs, and that the DEM
ccrats having part interest in tho fate
of the nation would hardly do anything
dangerous.
The average Pennsylvania iron and
steel worker and miner is quite up TO the
level Of the average New York mechanic
ia intelligence and spirit, and not half so
easily controlled by hair Drained socialists
and scheming demagogues.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25

THE Republican journals are now taking
their whacks at the Republican platform.
The Colorado Springs Gazeue, one OF the
leading Republican organs In the Rocky
Mountains, and NOR especially In Colorado,
speaking editorially OF the platform adopted
by the Chicago convention, says: "The
Republican platform is disappointment.
1t Is, however, large enough to hold ali but
Cinnamon. 1t lacks the ring Of the Repub
lican platforms OF ls56 and 1860 or even that
OF 1891, when strong con victions OF right and
wrong prompted every utterance. The
evident lack Of conviction has substituted
for statement OF principles long special
plea for the Republican party and severe
arraignment OF the Democratic party. II
has not the sober dignity OF statesmanship p,
hut skillful pleading OF smart attorney.
In some parts 1t Is 30 maniiestly unfair and
tricky that 1t Is almost an insult to the In
telligencs of the voters OF the country"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25
IBgalls' Letter.

What miserable spectacle Senator
ingalls, presents In the letter that he wrote
about the Republican situation in
Chicago J lie assails Depew as too
closely allied to corporations and declares
Of his candidacy that the Republicans
~might as well nominate Gould or Van
oerbilt at once" In the same letter he
eAys that he has "the use of the wires
during the convention by the courtesy
o. the Western Union company"
of course, ingalls, did not write this
le.ter for publication, but its Authenticity
not denied. Thus the deiamer of dead
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25
The Death Of Judge Turnkey.

The death Of Judge John Turnkey, OF
the supreme court of this state, will he
vv,delv regretted wherever his judicial
probity and great legal learning were
Known. He was brilliant ornament OF
tAs highest judicial tribunal Of the state,
and since his election in 1877 he has been
adding new laurels to those which he had
eained while administering justice on the
bench in Venango county. He was
dominated by vote of l25 to ia for
thurman Sheppard, Of Philadelphia, and
he was chosen to Office by majority OF
C,5aO over Judge Sterrett. The wisdom
Of his choice has been amply vindicated
since by the high repute which has at
tached to his legal deliverances.
The death Of Judge Turnkey will bring
about the election Of Judge j. B. Nc.
Collum, Of Susquehanna county, the
nominee of the recent Democratic con-
vention. In Article ", Section 16, OF
the new constitution, it is provided that
. whenever two judges OF the supreme
court are to be chosen for the same term
If service, each voter shall vote for one
only" And in section 25, OF the same
article, 1t is provided that any vacancy
happening by death, resignation or 9th
srwise, in any court of record, shall be
filled by the appointment by the governor,
70 continue till the first Monday Of JAN
nary next succeeding the first general
election, which shall occur three or more
months after the happening Of such va.
cancy." In other words, Governor Beaver
may appoint judge to lill the vacancy
mp TO the first Monday of January, wher
the judge chosen by the people takes his
ueat.
Judge McCollum, who will thus bt
chosen for twenty-one years to a seat OF
the supreme bench Of the state without
any effort on his part, is just finishing ,
ien-year term on the common pleas bencl
0f Susquehanna county. He is reporte'
10 be possessed Of solid judicial qualitie
and Of ripe legal learning, and will, n
doubt, do credit to the wisdom of thos
who we're responsible for his choice.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25

SCIENTIFIC WISE MEN neyor soem 10
tire OF stirring mp their learned brethren OF
more conservative professions and are par.
ticularly joy full when they find the dignifed
and dusty masters OF the law within reach
Of their scientific boot toe.
A startling attack OF this kind was begun
at the recent meeting OF the Medical associ.
alton at Cincinnati, when DIT D.Crothers
read an essay on the Medico- Legal Relations
OF Alcoholic Trance, In other words, on the
responsibility OF an intoxicated Dsomnambu.
list. For the essayist proved by many
authentic cases and by high authority that
1t Ia not unusual for drunke en- man 10 pass
into an alcoholic trance. H0 Ia then cit
orally an automaton and acts without men,
ory or consciousness OF passing events--a
state which m ay last from q few minutes
to several days" Science and the Ameri.
can Journal OF Psychology both give
extended notices Of this essay and
note the large number OF criminal
cases cited. 1t Is shown that any special
act Of this trance state may spring from an
impression formed in the distant past, and
the person Is a helpless mental wall with.
out knowledge OF right or wrong, and alb
solutely without memory OF anything that
he may do In this condition. Then comes
grave and i'm mpressive arraignment OF the
| doctors Of the law. The present treatment
| OF inebria,es in coufts Is branded as moth.
| ing less than legal barbarism, founded on
| error and superstition. twill not do Ia
| the face OF proved scientific facts for law
yers to say that drunkenness is no ex
cuse for crime" "lnebriety In all cases
must DO regarded rs a disease, and the
patient forced TO use the means OF recov-
cry"
II these authorities are right, and there Il
no reason TO doubt them, itseems clear tina
the courts throughout Christendom ar,
daily publishing men who are irresponsible
and practically insane. The community
must as measure OF self-protection and Q
matter OF duty and justice treat this dis
covery In q humane and enlightened spirit
| Asylums for inebriates should be encour
aged and mon drifting towards that condi
tion be made to realize the terrible DANCE
| Of unconi cous but not blameless crime.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-25
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