Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-14
KANSAS NEWS.

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has been chartered
Last Saturday night burglars sue
ceeded in breaking open the Office safe
of the Pioneer cooper works at Leaven-
worth, but only received for their haz-
ardOus venture about So In funds. 1t
IS thought by the police that home tai
ent must haue performed the lob, as it
was bungHngly done. Later in the
night an attempt was made to burglar
lie a steam laundry, on Shawnee street.
On the 18th of August a member of
the soldiers home had his pocket picked
! and lost about $50. Police Officer
Murphy arrested a cOlOred man named
andy Jones, and the missing pocket
! book was found upon his person.
Saturday night man, giving the
name of William Rigby, hired a horse
from Freeman & Duncad, hverymen
at Kansas City Ian. Not returning
the horse, their suspicion was aroused
and the yolice notified. The horse was
found at stable on Wyandotte street
where Rigby had sold it. The thief
was tracked to Wyandotte where he
purchased a ticket for TOnganOxie, a
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Northwestern. The marshal there was
notified by telegram.
Tongonoxie special: Sunday evening
about o'clock a heavy rain began fall
ing in this vicinity, and caused one of
the worst floods known here for years.
For four hours 1t was a steady down
pour, and in some level plabes the wa
ter stood in a depth of four inches The
small creeks and ravinds were soon
OverttOwing, sweeping everything be-
fore them. Numbers of wagon BRIDGES
and culverts have deem washed out,
and several railroad bridges were. badly
damaged,
On the claim Of John A. Swiss, of
Lafayette county, Kan, amounting to
81, $50, for depredations committed in
1858 by the Usage Indians, the Indian
Office at Washington finds that the com
pIalnant lost property as alleged to
the value OF 1890, which sum they re-
covered from allowance. The secre-
tary OF the interior finding that the
conclusion Of the Indian office is based
on the eXparte testimony presented, no
statement from the claimant or from
any witness as to the merits of the
claim having been secured by the spe-
clal agent to whom it was sent for in
vestigatiOn, the case is presented for
the action of congress.
The Missouri Kansas & Texas in
vestigatiOn committee have submitted
their report to the directors. It gives |
in detail the physical conditions Of all
branches Of the road as well as the fl.
nancial condition of the company, but !
makes no recommendations in regard |
to a reorganization or assessment on !
toe stock. The committee states that |
it will require at least So, 900, 600 to !
place the road in good order while ex-
tentiOns Of uncOmpleted lines will re-
quire nearly 81, 900, 600 more. It finds
that the apparent surplus had no ex-
istence and that really there has been
a deficit Of over $1,000, 600 since the
Missouri Pacific leased the road and,
for the year eading August 1, 1888, |
the deficit Will amount to over $500, 900. !
The committee and the directors de-
cline to state what steps they Will take
to improve the condition of the prop
erty.
Atchison special: There is an effort
being made to remove A. J. Grover, !
the United Labor candidate for con
gress in this district, from the ticket,
on account of a violent arraignment of
the Catholic church in a pamphlet |
written by him some years ago, while !
he was a resident of Cook county, III. |
The pamphlet is very vicious and IN
reasonable in the treatment of the sub
iect. and charges all manner of evil and /
crime against the church and priest /
hood Grover does not deny his work; /
on the contrary, he reiterates the sen |
timents of his pamphlet. He was re /
Gently taken to task by the district com /
mittee and a proposition was made to /
remove him, but did not receive the |
necessary support and the subject was /
dropped until the meeting OF the state /
convention at Wichita, on Wednesday /
of this week, when the matter VIII be /
disposed of by the leaders Of the party. /
The Catholics are very indignant, /
and of course those who belong to the /
paatv VIII not vote for their candidate /
for congress If Grover IS continued on /
the ticket. Grover feels this OpPOsi- /
ton and aecently addressed a note to /
Father Peter kassens, OF st. Bene- /
diets church. demanding that he call /
his people off, to which, of course, the /
clergyman paid no attention. Grover /
was very anxious for the Democratic /
Endorsement of his candidacy until the /
discovery OF els pamphlet, which re- /
moved all possibility of tuch action by /
the Democrats If Grover is removed /
it is probable that r. J. st. Clair, /
grand master workman of the Knights /
OF Labor Of Kansas. viii be substituted. /
The Question.