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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Winter Wheat nEir1ers.

INDIANAPOLIS, February 6.-The winter
wheat millers continued their convention.
-Four new directors were elected: w. 81.
Davis, Of Ohio; W. D. N1ckerbocker, Of
Michigan; c. F. Ballard, Of Kentucky, and
l. 81. Lanier, Of Tennessee. These will
make Up the board, together with the old
directors, w. @. Fuhrer, Of Indiana; A. j.
Meek and Proctor Taylor, Of Illinois, @. B.
Holman, OF Kansas, and j. B. 81. Keller,
George 81. Plant and Lewis Feuss, Of st.
LOuis. The old Officers, W. @. Fuhrer,
president, and Lewis FeUss, vice president,
will hold over. One hundred aud thirty FIVE
mills are represented. Thirty have signed
an agreement to enter the proposed central
association, and this number viii shortly be
largely inCrea- 81. A committee Of five was
appointed to visit Washington and endeavOr
to secure such action by congress as wilt re-
suit in reciprocal tariff duties between the
United States and countries that uss Ameri-
can -four. The Michigan delegates pre-
scented a resolution, which was adopted re-
questing winter wheat miliers to run their
mills during February 70 only 90 per cent Of
their capacity. The convention then Rd-
iOurmed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Belle Starr Assassinated.

EUFAULA, I. T., February 9.-The latest
advices from the home Of Belle Starr, the
noted female outlaw, says she was assassin
ated in q most cOwardly manner. Her mur-
derer is still st large. The woman lived IN
q desOlate SPOT on the Canadian river, and
she was murdered while returning from
visit to some neighbors, q few miles in the
ChOCtaw nation. She was mounted on the
horse which see has used for years, and was
wit in a few hundred yards OF her home.
just as she was about to ford the river, on
the Choctaw side, a man, or possibly two,
fred on her from ambush, being concealed
in the dense growth of chapparal lining to
the river banks. The assassin, or assassins,
were only few yards from her, and the big
bird shot used struck her full In the face,
killing her instantly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Uncle Sans Horses.

The army regulations provide for
the purchase OF horses in a certain
routine fashion. AS a matter of fact
only geldings are accepted. They must
be sound and in good condition; that
is, with no trace of constitutional de-
fects: the height must be from fifteen
TO sixteen hands; they must not be
less than five nor more than nine years
old. The specifications conclude with
the ambiguous statement that the
horses must be in all respects fitted
for the cavalry service. The latter,
being solely a matter of individual
opinion, Is the source of many quarrels
and disputes between contractors and
inspectors. More care is exercised in
the selection of a cavalry horse
than there IS for those intend
ed for the artillery service. He
must possess a bright, intelligent eye,
a good head shapely shoulders and
breast, and a hard hOOf, free from
splints and unsightly marks. His
weight must be between 900 and !, 100
pounds. The color of the horse has
much to do with his being purchased.
The cOlOrs which are preferred are
roam, black, bay, and chestnut. Next
to these come iron gray and sOrrel.
buckskins, etc.-are taken only when
is Is necessary to do so to complete a
contract White hOrs IS are rarely ac-
cepted for the ranks, although they are
sometimes bought and used in mount
ing buglers or a band. The modus
Operandi of purchasing horses is, as a
rule, as follows At stated periods, say
the end of each quarter, each company
commander of a cavalry troop makes
out q requisihOn on the assistant
quartermaster of his department for
the number of horses which he may
nced. When the acquisitions are all in
the assistant qUartermaster adyertisas
for bids for the horses wanted, the
animals to be delivered at a certain
place for inspection on certain day
Each bid sent IN must be in tIiplicate
and accompanied by a guarantee, in
dOrsed by two responsible parties. that
IN case the bid Is accepted the contract
viii be fulfilled to the letter At the
time and place agreed upon the con-
tractor must not only have the num-
Der of animals actually required by the
Government but also a sufficient num-
Der to select from Ia case of reflections.
Army and NdUy Gazette.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Benefts OF Disabling.

CINCINNATI, o., February 8.-Niss Finn, a
teacher on the ground floor Of the Intsrme-
date school, on Ninth stree, near Main,
saw burning Goals falling down the hot ar
shaft from which the register opens. She
knew the building was on fire. There are
several hundred pupils on the three floors.
She gave the fire a q m in the prescribed
way, and the teachers instantly marshaued
their pupils as if they were soldiers and
marched them out "a coOlly as veterans
down one stairway while the iremen we're
running up another with their hose. Not a
sign of panic was seen ext ept in the person
of the janitress. IRE fra was in the roof,
caused by defective fue and was subdued
with a loss Of $4,000. The teacbers have a
fire alarm drill for the purpose OF meeting
such emergencies as this one, and no doubt
saved life thereby.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
DEAR CREATURES.
Senator Blair's Joint Resolution
Quite in Earnest.
The Majority Report OF the Senate Com
nairtes Charges that the Ballot is
Withheld From Woman to Retain the
Sovereign Power by Man.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. February "A Joint
resolution, proposing an amendment to the
constitution declaring that the right to vote
shall not be Abridged by the United States or
any state on account of sex, was fayorabIg
reported BY Senator Blair from the select
committee on woman suffrage. The report
recommended tie adoption Of the resolu-
tions after reviewing the history Of the
woman suffrage movement, and making
some comments on the denial of the right Of
suffrage to woman as an injustice, equal to
that Of negro slavery, concludes as follows:
"Unless this government shall be made
and preserved truly republican in form by
the reimbursement of women. the great
reforms which her ballot may accomplish
may never be; the decentralization and dis
indignation now proceeding in the body
polite are not likely soon to be arrested.
Corruption Of the male suffrage is already a
well nigh fatal disease. A republican form
Of government cannot survive half slave and
half free.
s'The ballot is withheld from woman be-
cause men are not willing to part with one
half the sovereign power. There is 70
ton of this unnatural tyranny. Enfranchise
women or this republic will steadily advance
to the same destruction the same ignOble
and tragic catastrophe, which has engulfed
all the male republics of history. Let as
establish a republic in which Doth man and
women shall be free indeed. Then shall the
republic be perpetual"
A minority report, adverse to the resOlu-
ton reported, will be hereafter presented.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Railroads Consolidated.

NEw YORK, February 1.-THE negotis-
tons which have been pending for some
days between Cornelius VandeFbilt and
PieHepont Morgan for consolidation OF
the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & St.
Louis railroad known as the Bee Line) and
the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis and
Chicago railroad generally called the Big
Four have been success sfoIly closed. The
real reason Is that the Officers Of the Big
-Four desired 70 extend their lines, to St
Louis they find the necessary links in the
leased roads of the Bee Line. it Ia under
stood that the parties behind the deal are
also working for an arrangement with the
Cleveland. st. Louis and Kansas City road
which Is now constructing a bridge across
the Mississippi at Alton, bnt the officers OF
that road prefer to remain independent ana
it is not likely that they will agree to give
any system exclusive Connections.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Hung by q Mob.

O1zAHA, NEB., February 8.-GeOrge Hag-
german was taken from mis- cell in the Col
fax county jail at Schuyler and hung TO a
tree in the court yard. He was charged with
stealing three horses belonging q farmer
named ohm Craig and setting fire to the
barn in which the thirty-six other horses
were burned. The fire occurred four weeks
ago last Thursday and HRggerman diFap-
psared TIE same night 1t was found that
the bodies o. several valuable horses were
not in the ruins, but in their stead were the
bodies Of several younger animals which had
been kept In an adjoining yard. HaRger-
man, it was afterwards discovered, had run
OF the missing horses and put the others in
their stalls, and then fl ed the barn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22

How differently men and women in
dulge themselves in what is called
resting spell. Ell guess Tn sit down
and mend these stockings and rest
awhile" saws the wife, but her hus-
band throws himself upon the easy
lounge or sits back In his armchair,
with his hands at rest and feet placed
horizontally upon another chair. The
result is that his whole body gains
full benefit of the half hour he allows
himself from work, and the wife only
receives that indirect help which comes
from change of occupation. A physi-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22

clan would tell her that taking even
ten minutes rest In a horizontal posi-
ton, as a change from standing or sit
ting at work, would prove more bene-
fetal to her than any of her makeshifts
at resting. Busy women have a habit
of keeping on their feet just as long as
they can, in spite of backaches and
warming pains As they grow older
they see the folly of such drafts upon
their strength, and learn to take things
easier, let what VIII happen. They
say, "I used to think I must do thus
and so, but I've grown wiser and
learned to slight things" The first
years of housekeeping are truly the
hardest, for untried and unfamiliar
cares are almost daily thrust upon the
mother and homemaker.-Ne York
Er0DIic
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Now union Depot at Pueblo.

DENVER, COLO., February San impor-
tant meeting Of the presidents and general
managers Of all lines running into Pueblo
was held in this city. The representatives
were: General Manager G. F. Meek, of
Fort Worth; Gene5l Manager, S. T. Smith,
Of Rio Grande; President R. R. Gable, of
Rock Island; Vice Presldet Clark, Of Mis-
souri, Pacific, and General Manager Robin
con, of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
The object OF the meeting was 10 hold a
conference regarding the new union depot
at Pueblo these companies propose to erect.
At the conclusion of the me citing they an
nounced that they had adopted plans, and
work will be begun Immediately. The
structure VIII be of red sand stone, and cost
between $500, OOO and 100000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22

Followed the cad Of the Burlington.
CHICAGO, Feb: uary S.-Au the railroads
interested in Iowa traffic have followed the
lead Of the Burlington, and either put the
commissioners schedule of rates into effect
or given notice that they will do so as soon
as they can issue their tariffs. The Rock
Island, like the Burlington, gave notice that
it would lOpt the rates under protest pend
ing a decision Of the case by the federal
supreme court. The low rates do not Bpply
to grain, coal or live stock. The reason is
that these comm ODDITIES Ere not included in
the second schedule Of the commissioners,
and the injun ctiOn against the first schedule
is still in force. This materially lessons the
amount, which the read claimed their reVe-
nues would suffer.
President Hughitt said that the Chicsgo
& Northwestern will conform 10 the commits
siOners' schedule OF "a Ga.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Boston and Kansas City Capitalists.

Boston and Kansas City Capitalists.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, February "a com
bination of Boston and Kansas City CAPT
talists have purchased 80, 600 acres of land
in the vicinity of Fort Payne, Ala, fifty
miles from this city, and have organized
the Fort Payne Coal and Iron company. a
party of seventy-fve persons arrived at Fort
Payne from Boston. They were well pleased
with the property, and will at once COM
mence improvements on an extensive scale.
The contemplated improvements include
development Of large iron ore and coal
mines, building of furnaces, coke ovens,
pottery and clay works. the establishment
of a national bank, etc. Fort Payne Is but
q village of 300 inhabitants, and located on
the Alabama q Great Southern railroad. At
the head Of Fort Payne enterprise are eX-
Governor Selden COnnor. of Maine; Gov
ernor D. II. GOOdell, of New Hampshire;
w. w. Price, president of the Union Trust
company of Kansas City, and Hon. j. W..
Epaulding, Of Portland, Ne. There is now
being organized a company in Boston to
purchase an immense tract of land adjOin-
ing this city, including the vast coal fields
on the mountain adjacent. The pnrcf ase
price exceeds $1,000, coo, and the tract of
land fronts this city on the north and west
side of the Tennessee river, embracing
about go, 600 acres, and including ten miles
Of river frontage. The transactions will be
contaminated March l.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
go. p Eneineera Emierate.

KANSAS CITY, No., February "a party
Of engineers, eI-Burlingbon Strikers from
St. Joe and Kansas City, left ever the Santa
Fe for Old Mexico, where they have been
offered places. A large number of the sASE-
meF employees Of the Burlington axe already
running trains in Mexico. Most Of the
party we're from st. Joe, but ex-COmmittse-
man Robinson and other Wsll-knO IN Kan
sas City engineers In tend to follow soon.
cit is Of no use to wait for places on the
O." remarked one oe the men, f'Gnd going
to the land OF the Greasers Is better thau
doing nothing"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22

planets IN cOursing around the sun
made harmony for the angels and for
God. Another says that music Is the
only thing that Is common to angels
and to man, as though the CT atOr
said 81 viii leave him one attribute
of my divinity, one emotion that IS as
pure and innocent as heaven. Will
give It to saint and sinner, to the poor
and the rich. the bond and the free. 1t
shall not fade and die with the flow
ers, nor grow weary with age" Many
years ago a smart scholar wrote book
to prove that a negro had no soul, but
to my opinion his passion for music IS
argument enough to give him an equal
chance for heaven. Blind Tom
is almost an idiot, but when his
clouded and untutOred mind is filed
with music that is beyond my ken 1
feel humbled IN his presence. Blind
and childish and ignorant, he seems at
times almost among the angels IN his
rhapsodies. When Haydn was old and
feeble he was carried to the great hall
in Vienna TO hear Beethoven and other
great composers perform the "Crea-
ton" which was his own greatest
work; and as the vast audience arose
to cheer the grand finale the old man
waved his handkerchief toward heaven
and exclaimed: 1T came from there
it came from theral" He then
spread out his hands and blessed the
audience, and this was his farewell to
the world. The next week he died.
Mozart composed his own requiem
on his death-bed, and his great soul
escaped to heaven on a strain of music
that no one heard but him. Deaf as a
post, he could still write music that
has Outlived a century and Will con
tinue to live through the ages to come.
How dear TO MS all was the simple
music Of our childhood! The whistle,
the jewsharp, the split gOOse-quil, the
little harmOnicOn, the fife, and the
drum, and even the cOrn-stOck fiddle,
had its charms. When 1 was a boy
my mother taught me how to make an
HIOlian harp in the window. 1 have
stretched the silken cords between the
sash and listened with delight to the
harmony of sweet sounds that the gen
tie wind breathed upon them and 1 was
happy. What strange, good gift it is
to our fallen humanity. How is it that
the preachers can't preach without it !;
soldiers can't fight without it; lovers
can't court without it. 1t alike becomes
the wedding and the funeral. the
church ana the theater, the banquet
hall and the cottage fre-side. How
the great poets loved to honor it with
their best devOtiOns. Shakespeare
says that "the man that has no music
IN himself is fit for treason-let no such
man be trusted" Byron says "there
is music IN all things If men had ears. 5"
Collins call music q heavenly maid. p"
and LOngfellow says "the night shall
be filed with music"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22

KANSAS CRY, No, February II.-Chief
Speers has received a circular Offering $50
reward for the arrest OF George ". Rasure.
the cowboy evangelist, WHO ia wanted in
Green county, Kansas, for embezZl cement.
Rasure is well known in Kansas City and
was there preaching ABOUT a year ago. He
spoke in one OF the city pulpits but that
night spent the proceeds in a wine supper
for a crowd Of rOughs. When he attempted
to enter another church next day he Was
fOrciblY eiected.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
A New POLITICAL Party.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, February IA
special from La Crosse, to the evening Wis
cons.n, sNys an effort will be made at that
place to form q political organization Of the
railway employees of Wisconsin. There is
no reason to believe that the plan will not
succeed. The object OF this organization
will be to advance the interests Of railWay
employees by voting for men for public Of
fee who are in syn psthy with railroad cor
pOrstiOns. The association is intended 20
become national in extent, and it is believed
by its projectors that the new organization
will become pow or in national politics.
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union Pacific Promotions.

OAdAHA. NEE, February 11.-Vics Presl-
dent HolcCmbe, Of the Union Pacific, has
issued a circular appointing G. S. Meilen,
eZ-assistant general manager, to position Of
traffic manager; F. Dickinson becomes as
s1staut general manager and j. S. Tebbetss
first assistant general freight agent, Vice II.
A. JOhnson, resigned. y. Il. Lomsx, gen
eFal passenger agent, sViCe Tebbsts, pro
noted and 7. w. Lee, assistant general pss-
senger agent, Vice LOmaK, promoted The
nrst Two changes take effect February 10,
and tie rest March /.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
The Kansas Commissioners Did It.

CHICAGO. February 1.-The new method
of charging for live stock per 100 pounds
instead OF per car load, inaugurated by
western roads January /, has proved az eX-
pensivs experiment. The action Of the
Kansas commissioners ordering railroads in
that state TO cease Weighing and charging
freight per car load as formerly, will cause
the abandonment of the new scheme at all
points. Orders have been issued that owing
to the refusal of the Kansas railroad CON-
missiOners TO change their decision, cattle
rates at all Kansas points must again be
made per car load.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
A Mystery Haunts His Life.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, February IA mystery
haunts the life Of one Thomas f. Buck, Of
261 Jefferson avenue, this city. Last June
a year ago some unknown iend attempted
to blow mp his house with dynamite. The
explosion was terrific, tearing away the
lower portion of the house and entailing a
loss of over $1,000. The attempt was re-
peated, but only portion Of the dynamite
exploded, the only damage done being the
Wrecking of the carriage house. DR.. Buck
stands high in the community and these at
tempts on bis lie can not be explained.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-22
Final Action on the Territories.

Final Action on the Territories.
WASHINGTON, D. c., February 8.-The house
committee on territories took final action
on the bill for the admission Of Utah, and
the omnibus bill, providing an enabling act
for the admission of the territories Of Idaho,
Wyoming and Arizona as states Of the Union.
It was decided, although not unanimously
IN regard to the Utah matter, to appoint a
subcommittee of five members, with Rep
resentatiys Springer as chairman, to draft
report 70 Jhe effect that owing to the lateness
of the session it would be impracticable to
secure the passage Of the pending bill. The
The subcommittee was authorized to make
its report exhaustive in order to give to the
public the bsneht Of the hearings held by
the committee on the proposition to admit
the territory. This report will be submitted
to the full committee as soon as it is finished.
The committee also decided to report favor
ably the omnibus bill providing enabling
acts for the admission Of the other terrific
ries above named The vote in committee
was practically unanimous on this PROPOSE
ton, although one or two members Of the
committee expressed themselves as opposed
to the omnibus system, and preferred the
admi ssion Of the territories sinRly.
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material into poetry.

material into poetry. The Highland
Mary was poetic material; Burns made
the material into poetry. The Lady of
the Lake was poetic; SCOTS poem of
that name IS poetry.
A man who can make that artistic
thing called a poem is a poet; while
the man who can think OF create pO-
etc thought, but who cannot give 1T
artistic form, is not a pOet he Is only
a poetic writer or thinker. Can Mr..
Browning make a poem? He seldom
does make one. If he possesses the
ability, it IS latent.
But you meet the Prince at the board,
I'm Queen myself at bGLs-pGFs,
I've marie a rich old lord,
r. AM you're dubbed Knight and an r.
In architecture Un1s last line would
make a window, having one short side
or in music it would make a hymn in
which the singer would have to make
one syllable out of Jerusalem OF
Mesopotamia. 1t would seem as though
the sense would have been satisfied had
this line stood thus:
You're my knight and my good R. A,
and particularly might this have been
done in q stanza that was not clrryidg
sense enough to make the poetic feet
unimpOrtant. 1t was not incumbent
upon Mr.. Browning to allude to the
process of clubbing To save the
verse he might have assumed that the
Knight had been dubbed" on the way
to his Office.
The candid incline to surmise Of late
That the Christian faith may be false, L ind,
For OuIS~issays Reviews debate
Begin to tell on the public mind
And COlensO's words have weight.
still, to suppose it true, for my part.
See reasons and reasonsj this, to begin
At the head of a lie-taught original sir
The corruption Of mans heart.
What law is there that must compel
the ordinary citizen to call such lines
poetry and the author Of them a poet
If q lot of men should rent a music
hall and assemble us for a conc TT, and
should then offer us a din made Of pans,
| hOrse-fddles, and campaign horns, are
we compelled to call those men musi-
clans and their combination an Orches-
! ira? What, in the name of art and
reason, is "I find" doing in the second
line? Unless the world was impatient
about the immediate appearance OF
"Gold Hair, why did not the poetic
man hold back his work until he could
have found a substitute for 81 find p
How does Mr.. Bro wning like to see q
cottage window with an old hat acting
for pane of glass? Such is the Office
of L find" In prose the phrase is bad
enough; in poetry it ranks along with
Don't you knOw?"
But no sooner does the reader pass
beyond that dead spot than he comes
upon another in the shape of "for my
part. He suddenly seems to be read
| ing in the Congressional Globe, or else
listening to the old ladies of a church
social, who seem to say, Nov, for my
part, think too much candy AIM
good for a small child" Just imagine
that Milton had said: 81 find now that
my eyesight is poor, and that, for my
part, the holy light does not shine in
like it did, but still I suppose that ]
should not find fault.