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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-28
An Important Land Csse.

LEAvENwoRTH, KAN, December l9.-An
important case was before Judge Crozier.
The title Of the case was P. A. Kinney vs..
Theodore Sanders, William M. Coyle, S. W.
RulefsOn, StIas A. Raney and Eugene Pear
son, of Kansas City, and A. A. and o. J.
Fleming. This suit is pending in Jackson
county, Kansas, and Is an action to set aside
a deed for property in that county. which
plaintiff claims was obtained by fraudulent
representations. Kinney claims that hs
gave the Jackson county property for 2,OCO
acres of land situated in Johnson county
Kentucky. It is alleged that investigation
shows the Kentucky land to have no exist
ence. Application was made for q receiver
to take charge of the Kansas property, it
consisting Of a number OF valuable houses
and rentable property. The defendants
bitterly opposed such action, but Judge
CroZier appointed Ed z. Jones, of HOlton.
Kan, as receiver. Msssrs. Smith q Solo
mon, Of AtchisOn, represented the plaintiff
and Messrs. Hollis d Hammer, Of Kansas
City. the defendants.
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ohio white Oaps Capltu1ats.

COLUMBUS, o., December I9,-GovernoE
Foraker says that a detective has been
among the White Caps since the first report
Of outrages in the state; that tbs names Of
all members Of the order have been secured
with such evidence as would bring any Of
fender to justice. He sad that none of the
members had been summoned to his Office,
but that several of them came voluntarily,
being frightened by the possibility Of prose
cutiOn aud the result of their visit was that
the organization had been permanently
abandoned. The members consented to
quit their line Of conduct. The governor
said the White Caps we're only an organized
secret body, that they had no connection
with organizations of White Caps in Indiana.
They were divided into lodges, the entire
order under a general officer known as
colonel" There were lodges in Ohio with
q membership Of about 1000. among whom
were many of the best citizens.
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OPPOSING STATEHOOD.

The GentiIes OF Utah Unanimously Protest
Against Admission.
SALT LAKE, December 19.-The liberal
committee of Utah issned the following ad-
dress to the country;
SALT LAKE CITY, December 19.-The lib
eral territorial committee, representing re-
publicsns and democrats alike. desires to
call the attention of the country to the fact
that the Gentiles Of Utah unanimously Op-
pose the Mormon statehood scheme recent
~ endorsed by democratic congressional
caucus. We are confronted by condition,
not a theory. POlygsmy is not dead, the
law is not supreme; 234 indictments were
found at the present term Of court at Preovi,
for violations of the United States statutes
designed TO suppress pOlygamy and pOlyQa-
nous living. To give Utah statehood would
retard progress, depreciRte values, perpetu-
ate pOlygamy and hand the territory over to
the Mormon prie -thOOd. We call upon pri-
vate citizens everywhere to unite in strong
protests to congress against the proposed
action. The admission of Utah to state
hood would be a crime against the Ameri-
can constitution. .. W. POWERS,
Chairman.
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Effects OF a Recent Law on Court business
TOPEKA, KAN, DECEMBER 14.-In 1887 con
gress amended the law determining the juris-
diction of the United States circuit courts,
and it Is now provided that the circuit
courts of the United States shall have orig
inaI cognizance concurrent with the courts
Of the several states, OF all suits of a civil
nature, at common law or in equity, where
the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of
interest and costs, the sum or value
Of s., 600.
Previous to this amendment a large num-
Der of cases in which small amounts were
involved could be brought in the United
States circuit courts. or could be removed
thence from the state courts after having
been begun. Naturally, the law worked
many hardships. A man living on a claim
IN western Kansas could be forced to at
tend court at Topeka or LeavenWOrth. and
! the ordinary advantages which the rich held
over the poor IN matters Of litigation were
/ thus largely increased.
The act of 1887 reduced the jurisdiction of
the circuit court by increasing the sum IN
controversy, required TO give the court iu-
r1sdlcuOn and also by the variety OF other
limitations. The effect Of the amendment
IS seen from the following; From March I,
1886, to March 1, 1887. the date of the
amendment, 49, cases were brought in the
United states circuit court In this city
During the succeeding year only 264 cases
| were recorded a decrease of 228. This Of
1ect IS heightened by the fact that the vol
ume Of litigation naturally increases year
/ by year.
The present term Of the circuit court well
illustrates the new order of things. For
merly It was crowded with attorneys and
I witnesses and presented an exceedingly an
! mated appearance. This year it has been
/ comparatively quiet and dulI. Under the
/ old law an immense number Of mortgag g
I we're forectcsed in the circuit court, and
I tins feature Is now almost entirely slimi-
mated. The change has materially lessensd
7 the profits Of the clerk and marshal.
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Another storm, a heavy gale, has swept
the north Atlantic coast and fears are enter
tanned that serious marine disasters have
resulted.
The American Federation Of Labor 10
session at st. Louis, seems determined TO
provide for a general demand for eight hours
to be a days work, to be enforced by q strike
In 1893, If necessary.
The supreme court of Rhode Island has
decided that bicycles are vehicles and ent1-
tied to rights as such on public highways.
Chicago capitalists have bought the st.
Louis street railway.
Speculations in regard to President Har-
rison's cabinet continue and are so variant
that they really amount to nothing.
Advices from Dakota indicate that there
will be a strong majority in that territory IN
favor of dividing SO as to become two states
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TIE VERY LATEST.

Six window glass factories of FindIay, o.,
are moving in the matter of forming glass
trust.
The New York excise commissioners have
fixed the proportion Of drinking places,
proportional to population at one for every
A call for a convention has been pub
ished at Aberdeen, Oak, to take measures
to prevent, if possible, the division Of Da-
kOta.
It is reported that the election OF Master
workman Of a Pittsburg, Pa, district as
sembly turns upon the election of a Catholic
or Protestant.
Attorney General Baker, of Iowa, has en-
tered at Davenport twenty -four suits against
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail
way for charging eXtOrtionate freight rates.
Republican senators in caucus determined
that the senate shall take no holiday recess,
but work on the tariff bill, two sessions a
day, letting the house take recess If It de-
sires.
The nomination by the president of six
line officers Of the army to staff positions ls
being opposed before the senate committee
by great number Of officers who are disap-
pointed IN the selections made.
The United States supreme court has az
hrmed the right of the reporter of the su-
pr6m6 court or illinois TO ENJOY the prlV1-
lege of copyright on his court reports, chiefly
made up Of the official opinions of judges.
The town Of Manchester, near Wichita,
has lost its school house, the leading bust
ness house and its postoffice by fire. It Is
charged that the IRE was caused by friction
produced by crossing of opposing opinions
as to the proper location Of the school
house.
8 The secretary Of the interior has rendered
a decision in the case of the state of Michi-
gan against the United States. The clam
directly involves about 300 acres of land
granted to the state under the swamp land
act of 1850. The decision affirms that of
the commissioner of the general land Office,
rejecting the claims of the state and in favor
Of the present owners and occupants Of tho
land.
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Old Rands ID tho Rusinese.

DENVER, Col, December 10. Mtg
one OF the men who made an unsuccessful
attempt to rob the Peoples Savings and
Deposit bank here, and was arrested, has
been identified By Robert Pinkerton as
Horace Ravens, alias Little Horace" one
Of the most notorious bank thieves of
America. Havens' RCcOmplice, who escaped,
is known to be Walter Sheridan, alias Raj
stOn, alias Keene and known in Colorado as
Walter A. Stewart, another notorious bank
robber. Stewart came to Denver about If
teen years ago with nearly 100000 and be-
came a director of one of the Denver na-
tioual banks. He lost money by fast living,
and speculation, and left tbs state In 1875.
after having sWindled several houses out Of
considerable money.
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an immigration Scheme,

MONTGOMERY, Ala, December 1.-THE
southern interstate immigration convention
met in the city hall with about 200 delegates
present, representing all the southern states
and New Mexico and California. The con
vention organized by eleoting Colonel Peo-
pie, of Mississippi, president.
W. II. S. DurgOyne, of North Carolina,
submitted resolutions proposing that IN 1891
and 1892 the southern states join together
and hold southern exposition in either
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago,
Kansas City or st. Paul, the exhibits to be
exclusively of southern products and manu-
faCture.
E. @. Drew. of Louisiana, offered an
amendment that the exposition be arranged
in the shape Of an immense train of cars to
be run from city to city through the north.
The resolutions and amendments went to
the committee on resolutions without de-
bate.
S. II. Gruber offered a resolution mem
Oralizing the legislatures Of the southern
for i've years for immigration purposes.
Resolutions were offered by Colonel Col
houn5 OF Mississippi, extending a general
invitation to all home seekers, and declaring
that immigrants need have no fear of negro
supremacy in this case, as the race question
is regulating itself.
Colonel e. B. Stapleton, vice president of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, pledg-
cd the railroad to do their share, and per-
haps more, to forward any plan the cOnven-
ton may adopt The roads, he said, are
ready to cooperate with the people He
closed amid applause.
Finally, Mr.. Nelson's motion and Mr..
Graves amendment went to the committee
on resolutions.
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Ell PAsO, TEX, December 15.-Advices
from Hermosa, in southwestern New Mexi-
co. say that the heaviest snOw-stOrm ever
known there occurred a week ago. A letter
from J. B. Newman, a reliable ranchman,
of Hermosa, tells the following strange tale;
"Capt. Groslier, ranohman started for
Cloride a week ago last Sunday, got lost
and wandered about till he and his horse
were exhausted. He had neither gun nor
matches, but killed his horse, took out the
entrails and got inside. He was covered up
with snow, and remained three days. He
lived on the raw liver. He only reached the
Diamond Greek ranch last Sunday, the
eighth day. Parties were out hunting him
but he made his way back. ! saw him
brought into FairvieW yesterday in a wagon
He was badly frozen"
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Oyster Pirates.

BALTIMORE, Nd, December 1.-The
piraticaI oyster dredgers are defiant, and it
was reported that an attack was to be made
on the police boat Folly, which is now on
guard at Hackett's.
Governor Jackson teIegraphed Seer =tary
Whitney requesting the use of the steauI
launches and Calling guns nov at Annapo-
lis. Superintendent Sampson received in
structions to furnish the state what assist
ance he could, and he at once com nenced
to make ready two of the launches, arming
one with a hoWitzer and the other with a
Calling gun.
Captain Howard and the crew of the dis
charge of the launches and go at once to
Hackett's point where the Folly is said to be
surrounded by about forty dredging schOOu=
ers.
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- Lower 90 PrIce ii Flour.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, December ia gat' 2
ering OF 1872 millers, representing the larges,
milling concerns in the southwest, nor, h
west aud southeast, met here for the pur-
pose of considering measures to lower the
present high price of flour. The meeting
convened in the PIankinton house, and was
given up to the discussion of mean to bring
about the desired result. A resolution WI g
introduced to the effect that an agreement
be entered into shutting down the mills for
a stated period during the first four months
of the year. An adjournment was taken
without deciding on the action, but the SEN
timent expressed on all sides was that some
thing would have to be done to reduce the
output.
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indian rraeershins.

WAsHHGroN, D. c., December 19.-Ehe
senate special committee on Indian traders
and traderships met and had before them
Indian Commissioner OgIesby, who in
formed the committee that the regulations
of his Office had been changed so as to per
NIT Indians under certain conditions to es-
tabIish their own trading posts The com
mite, after a conference of an hour or more
with him, asked the commissioner to pro
duce full copies of the regulation at the
next meeting. Nothing was said about the
post leadership troubles which had been IN
der Investigation.
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water, Fuel and Gas for Mexico.

ST. LOUIS, December ia dispatch from
the City of Mexico says that before congress
adjourns Saturday night, the Union Light,
Fuel and Gas company of America, an or
ganizatiOn under the laws of Illinois in
which st. Louis, Chicago, New York and
Detroit parties are largely interested through
the efforts of its represen tatiVes, Charles j d.
Wimple, its general manager, and George
Hill Howard, its attorney obtained import
ant concessions from the Mexican govern
ment for the introduction Of water, fuel and
gas into all cities.
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Not Ordered By the Courts.

PELADELPHIA, PA, December 19.-The
winter quarters OF Forepaugh's circus were
the scene Of. an execution not ordered by
the courts. Chief, the big elephant, was
condemned to die. He had become entire
y unnanageabie and 1t was found difficult
to keep the strong brute chained up. He
tried to kill his keeper and It was decided
that ns should be destroyed. The moose
was PLACED around his neck. &c was made
in the middle OF piece Of rope half an inch
thick add ten a-ds long. 1T vas q ti1klish
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The Army Honor Roll.

WASHINGTON. D. O., December INA
jor General SchofeId has announced in gen
eraI orders that it is in contemplation to
publish annually. at the close Of each year,
commencing with 1889, an order makiug
mention of gallantry, specially meritOriOus
acts in the service on ths part of either com
missiOned officers or enlisted men OF the
army, and containing the names of those
who have received medals of honor and GER
tifcates of merit.
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crease during next year. Could a similar
prediction be made regarding the register
ed tonnage trading abroad, il would be
pleasing to such as have the shipping inter
ests of the United States at heart. The
truth is however, says he, that there is lit
tie reason to hope for any considerable in
crease In the foreign going tonnage while
the laws remain as at present.
The vessels built in the United States last
year amounted to 2I8.O66 tons, and this
amount representing Z, 63T tons more than
the tonnage constructed the previous year.
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Friday.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, ID. O., December a.
A concurrent resolution was introduced pro
yiding for a recess from December q TO
January z.
The Nicaragua canal bill was Up in COM
mittee of the whole for some time but moth
ing done with it.
An evening session OF an hour was Occu-
pied in an effort to settle on some method
OF procedure with private pension bills, with
no agreement arrived at
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thing to get the moose on the elephant
neck, but Il was finally pulled over his trunk
and placed close behind his ears. Then
Besylon and Bismarck, two powerful ese-
phantss we're attached to the ends Of 5sc
rope. At young Adam ForepGugh's com
mRnd the two elephant exscutionars we're
prodded and the line vas drawn tight around
Chiefs throat. Another signal was given
and the elephants applied all their power
Chief tOttered and fell and was dead 81
twenty seconds Chief was an elephant ten
and g. half feet high and Weighing 10000
r0uuTs
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CHICAGO, December 1.-THE large audi
forum of the Chicago opera house was set
on fire by a calcium light explosion just
after the conclusion Of a performance. The
fire was under control at O'Clock. Inc
total loss is S25, coo, and the theater viii be
restored In g month.
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sto1e a Church BelI.

JEFFERsoNvmLE, IND, December 1.-THE
Christian church at Charlestown bought a
large bell at Louisville and sent team to
get it. While the driver was absent a man
drove up, loaded the bell on his wagon and
disappeared with the outfit. When the
Charleston te sinister returned home he was
met by the entire population. whose rejoic-
ing turned to the deepest disgust when they
learned that they had been robbed Of their
hell.
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MAI Rar stnlan

OTTAWA. OST., December IA mail bag
containing over $3.50 in cash, and several
letters containing money, was delivered to
the Grand Trunk station here, but it disap-
seen Of it, The postofhce authorities have
been working on the case during the week
but thus far have been unable to obtain the
slightest clue as to the whereabouts Of the
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ArcH1soE, KAN, December 14.-At a me- t.
lag of the board of trustees of Midland eel
Iere. the new Lutheran institution, Rev. s..
B. Barnitz, of Des MOines, who has during
the past six years been secretary of the home
mission board of the Lutheran church, was
elected president of the college. The col
Iege will open in the new building on Jan
p
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SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. O., December 13.-
The president of the senate had occasion to
rebuke Senator Riddleburger, which he took
in good part.
The amendment to the tariff bill to reduce
the tax on cotton ties was discussed and de-
feated.
Other amendments were offered and de-
feRted.
Before adjournment Senator Riddle 6urger
offered a resolution that the senate proceed
to reorganization by election of officers at
its first meeting in January.
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The Pope and Ireland

LONDON, December IA tremendous
sensation has been created at Rome by the
refusal Of his holiness to bless number of
medals and relics sent to him by an Irish
priest for the papal benedictiOn before dis
tribution in Ireland. In refusing to per
form the act the pope sternly said: 81 can
not bless them. The people of Ireland are
disobedient. They seem to prefer the Cos
pei of Dillon and O'Brien to tbs gospel of
Jesus Christi
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BAD weather i'm Teas.

COLUMBUS, Tex, December 1.-THE
ground here is thoroughly saturated with
water. It has not ceased raining long
enough at one time for the groundto dry of
in nearly two months. Live stock Is re-
ported as dying on account of the weather.
Much of the cotton crop in the river valleys
is vet ungathered and the chances are that
il viii not be gathered.
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Southern Iron Men Visit General Harrf-

BrRmNaHAM, Ala, December ia com
mittee composed of six prominent manu-
facturers leave here for Indianapolis TO
present an address to President elect Har-
risou. The address will set forth that the
political parties in the south can now divide
on practical issues and that The signers Of
the address are pleased with the triumph Of
protection. They ask General Harrison to
recognize the best clement in the south. 1t
has been signed by about fifty prOnin ent
manufacturers and business men, most OF
them democrats.
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A Co1ored Propbetess .

ATLANTA, GA, December 1.-The people
of Gordon county are terribly wrought up
over some prophecies made by a cOIosed
girl in that place. -Four years ago she went
up kenesaW mountain, where she saw a great
cross Of FIRE Overhanging her, and had a
vision She foretold the earthquake, the
cyclone, and the recent fire, all of which
took place. Her last prophecy was q mas
sacre of people, which many firmly believe
will take place.
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- 60 o. 20 -.

SPRINGFIELD, III, Dec. 14.-GOverno-
OgIesby has refused to pardon Joe Meckin,
who.was sentenced three years ago to a i've
vesr term in the penitentiary for fine
work and ballOt-bOZ frauds. bis friends
Dast In an endsavor to secure his pardon
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A New Misunderstanding Enterprise

KANSAS CITY, KAN, December 1.-THE
Kansas City Glue and Fertilizer company
has begun the erection of extensive works in
this city. The establishment il the largest
of the kind west Of st. Louis, and is fitted
up with the latest improved machinery. A
125 horse power Eclipse Corliss engine, sup
piled with two large boilers. will furnish the
power. The company will engage extern
sively in the manufacture of commercial
fertilizers, glue and talIoW.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., December H.
Senator Bowen will start for Colorado SONS
time this week to take part Ia the contest
for the senstorship before the legislature al
its meeting IN January. His friends hers
have not very strong hopes Of h5s ra-sIec-
ton. They think that his successor wiz be
Ed Wolcott. who has been candidate fsr
aonne time.
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Monday.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, D. c.. December IL
Senator Biddleburger's resolution to reor-
ganize the senate the first session in Jan
uary came up and that senator said there
was necessity for reorganization to get
ingalls, out Of the chair. He, however. de-
sired to withdraw the resolution and was
permitted to do 80, after a speech warmly
complimentary to Ingalls, by Harris, Of
Tennessee.
The senate then continued the process OF
rejecting amendments to the tariff bill.
HOUSE.
A bill was passed to incorporate the Amer
lean Historical association.
Concurrent resolution agreed to for a
holiday recess December q to January z.
Among new bills introduced was one BY
mr. Perkins to appropriate $50, 600 for a
federal building at Arkansas City. Oppo-
nents Of the Oklahoma bill succeeded ia
preventing consideration of 10.
The senate bill for the admission Of Da-
kota was made special order until disposed
OF; the right reserved 20 substitute FOR b
the omnibus territorial bill.
Among new bills Is one to appropriate
100000 for a geological garden IN the Dis.
tries Of Columbia.