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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13
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From Utah.

The following extract from a letter
recently received by a former resi-
dent of Phillipsburg will interest
many HERALD readers. Speaking of
the disturbances of Salt Lake Civ
as a place IN which to reside the
writer says:
As to wind I will say we have none.
not enough to be noticeable to a Kan
sas man. l don't think the winds
here are to be mentioned. Dust we
have some but with no wind to blow
1t about we can't complain. In
travelling with team outside of the
sprinkling district it is something of
a nuisance. This is the only dis
agreeable feature of this valley But
everything else is so nice we can't
complain. I don't think the dust one
half as bad as along the coast. just
now Salt Lake and valley is beautiful
to look upon. Nature seems to have
done her best to beautify this valley.
A view from most any elevation here
Is most enchanting. I don't think It
possible to find a prettier valley than
this at the present time. Looking
south the valley seems to be perfect
garden, dotted here and there with
farm houses, green pastures, tall trees
and sparkling waters, Not a spot to
mar It's beauty. looking west YOU
behold the Great Salt Lake inviting
you to come and battle in its refresh
ing waters. Looking east you see
Camp Douglass at the foot of the
Wasatch mountains, her cannon over
looking the. city Ia gentle reminder to
the MOrmans that Uncle Sam still
ives) is said to be the finest camp in
! the west. At your feet the coming
metropolis of the west, the city Of
Zion, with her broad streets. No city
can boast of finer drives than Salt
Lake. As you feast your eyes upon
what IS before you, it seems to be one
vast mass Of foliage, with here and
| there a housetOp pertruding. Look
around you you seem to be hemed in
with mountains, at present snow cap
ped 1 think it the most beautiful
/ landscape 1 have ever seen. There is
only one thing that could add to the
beauty Of the landscape, that would
| be to cIOthe the mountains with green
! forests. They look bare, but sustain
enough growing to make them look
green. IS * = Your Friend,
Q. HWITCHELL.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13

REPRESENTATIVE, D. L. Smith is in
receipt of a letter from railroad head
quarters at New York, asking what
the people at Long Island will do in
the matter of extending aid toward
the building of the Omaha Garden
City & South Western road through
TINS. This with other reports about
the projecting Of roads through this
locality begins to look like work was
soon to actually begin, and it behooves
Long Island to get a move on and
secure to US the benefits of another
road See to it.-Loug Island Leader
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13
A SCRAP OF PAPER SAVED HER
LIFE.

It was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper but it saved her life.
She was in The last stages Of cOnsum-
ption, told by physicians that she was
incurable and could live only a short
time; she weighed less than seventy
pounds On a piece of wrapping pa
per she read of DR.. Kings New Dis
c0very, and got a sample bottle; it
helped her, she bought a large bottle,
it helped her more, bought another and
grew better fast. continued its use and
is now strong, healthy rosy, plump
weighing 40 pounds. For fuller par
ticuls.rs send stamp to W. d. Cole,
druggist, FortSmith. Trial bottles OF
ans wonderful discovery free at G. W..
{}iekford's drug store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13

CoUNT TOLsTOI paid a great com
pliment to DR.. Stockman when he
wrote a noYel founded on the teach
ings Of ''Tokology, a Book for Every
Woman" But the thousand Of wo-
meE who have purchased the book,
and who sound its praises, pay her a
greater tribute. When women write
that ''Tokology is worth its weight in
gold" Should my house take fire
TOkOlOgy would be the first book
saved ''Next to the Bible it is the
best book I eyer read" 'gNo book sells
like Tokology," we should think every
lady would make sure of possessing
a copy.
To some it does not seem quite
right that this work cannot be pro-
cured of dealers, but the doctor de-
sires to protect her good and faithful
agents. In towns where there are no
canvassers it can be bought direct of
the publisher, for $275. Sample
pages free. Address
ALICE B. STOCK1IAN & Go.
Isl La Sale St., Chicago.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
81. WALLACE, NJ. D.,

Physician ana surgeon
Special attention given to the diseases Of wo-
men. Local Surgeon OF the G. K. 3 Railroad.
once south side OF Public Square, Philipsburg,
Kanana
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and making the regiment serve in its
stead. Such is the end contemplated
by cooperation in trade"
Commerce produces nothing; It
adds nothing to the value of the
goods which it handles, and it is good
political economy to reduce its agents
to the smallest number actually nee
essary. We have no quarrel with the
necessary middlemen, any more than
we have with the old scythe and
cradle, which the mower and binder
have superseded. At present we
employ them to handle our own pro
duce and sell us goods, and we must
pay them their price; but, we believe
there is better way, and that it is
within the wisdom Of the Alliance to
organize comprehensive plan of CO.
operation. Too long we have trusted
to the blind competition Of traficers,
who handle our produce or sell US
goods, for the relief of the depressed
conditions of agriculture They al
ready absorb the largest portion of
the common dividend, out of all man
ner of proportion to the services they
render; they hold the producer in
servile dependence; they reduce to
its lowest terms the wages of work
men, and they extort from the con
summer without mercy. The only
salvation for the toiling masses is
this-co-operation and combination.
Competition was always a blind god;
to-day it is dead, beyond all possibH-
ity Of resurrection. Combination is
on the throne, and if agricultural and
laboring classes will not recognize
the fact they must remain in their
present condition of serviIe depend
ence to the exploiting classes.
Although the Standard Oil Trust
the steel rail, window glass, white
lead, wire, and scores of other trusts
have made colossal fortunes for then
members, 1t is believed by many In
telligent men that these articles are
produced better, and sold cheaper
than would be possible under com
petition.
But that is a matter outside tn
! province of this essay to discuss; bu
we, as the great producing class, can
not afford to ignore the fact that tn
irresistible tendency of the times
toward the combination Of industria
pursuity.
We have an admirable organization
in the Farmers Alliance and Indus
| trial Union. We naaI8t stand up 70
our rights, or be content to see ther
trampled under foot. We have tn
members which inspire confdenc
and command respect, and this is on
! defence against the else unchecke
! tyranny of capital, always so cage
for profit and reckless of the rights G
others. Organized capital has point
ed out to US the way of our rellef-cc
operation, The tendency of the times
the incontestable logic of events, tn
depressed condition of agriculture, al
oonspire to thunder in your ears
What: Why Combine! Combine!
A FARMER,
! Who took a homestead in Phillips c.
on April 28th, 1871, and still live
here.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH=SaBbqth School
at 10 s. M. Services every sabbath at II a. m
and 1t go p. IN. Prayer meeting Wednesday
gt T;30. Al are cordially invited.
sioHN WILSON, Pastor,
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FARMERs ALLIANCE COLUMN

AS large numbers of our subscribers are mem
DeFe OF the Farmers Alliances and as the HERALD
is in accord with the general objects OF that order
we have devoted this space to the publication of
communications and other writings which may
be OF special interest to the Alliance. We solicit
contributions from members of the order who
Let your articles be brief and to the point.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Preaching sec
Ond ana Fourth Sunday in each month, at II a.
m. and p. n. Prayer meeting Wednesday p.
m. Strangers welcome.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD says that the
six problems before the American
people for solution are; Honest gov
eminent, woman RHtIFage. the negro
race, the Flghts Of labor, the govern
mept Of cities and the government of
corporatiOns.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13

The Kansas Railroad Commission
ers have given notice to the lines in
interest that they will give a public
hearing in Topeka on July 18th, on
the reduction of grain rates from
Kansas points to the Missouri river
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-13

TIA Phillips county alliance recog-
nizes ike official organ of the Norton
county alliance this week with nice
printing job of Bylaws of their ship
ping Norton AdUunce.
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TIE spiritualists will boot at the
idea. but it is a fact that beans make
spiritualists. In Boston, where thlf
dish is the fashionable diet, there are
10000 spiritualists.-Atch<soH Gto0s-
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SENATOR PLUNB's powerful plea in
the Senate on Friday for an increase
of the currency stamps HIM as a prac-
tical statesman of high rank.-Atchj-
son ChnmDiO7s.
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BEARaHa..A.M. Neh., q town i.

bRARaaH8AVs NeR,. a town sboDt
900 Inhabitants wae soetrov-
tornado June 4th- About
Twelve persons were killed and as
many more seriously wounded Not
q building was left standing. Con
+r;l,,tions are being taken up IN every
tozvn In that State to aid the sufferers
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special features which the palace WI
claim a. "all its own"-the mine, the
garden and tho waterfall. The pail
ace ia built on three hundred piles,
driven I'm what Is known as the "Sunken
Park" owned by President L. G.. Bal
lingall. Years ago the Dies Moines River
plunged I'm mighty torrents over the spot
the palace now adorns. The 90" came
into this city, and finding no better right
OF way, pushed out on trcstle and en-
bankment across the bend In the river.
This changed the course Of the stream,
and soon n slough was encased, which
was reclaimed, and Colonel Ballingall
became possessor OF IL. II has never
been filled up completely, but has been
adorned and beautified, and thus has
come 10 be known as the "Sunken Park"
Nature seems 10 have Intentionally made
the excavation, for that part OF 10 be-
meath the palace comes in play In a most
fortunate manner as "A miniature coal
mine. which is 10 be one Of the features
of the palace, and the excavation is most
admirably adapted 10 IL. Into the mine
a shaft will lead from the main tower,
over $50 feet above. The tower Is over
forty feet square, and will be reached by
means of two elevators In the semi-circu-
lar towers toward the front, or by flight
OF stairs In either OF the other semi-cir-
cular towers at the rear corners. From
this point the sight-seer Will enter car
just as In a regular mine, when he will
be lowered through dark and forboding
shaft into the "sunkcn park" where the
mules and miners with their lamps and
picks, and the coal in large veins, can be
seen with as much yividness a. II in any
OF the mines near the city. The
sunken garden will itself be one of the
browning features Of the palace. Like
the mine, IL will be below tho level Of
the sidewalks; rare tropical plants and
foliage are utilized 20 add To its beauty,
the whole surrounded by an iron
fence To prevent entrance except
is probably the largest ever seen in
such building. II occupies the space
in the rear Of the sheet. a sheet Of water
thirty feet wide, falling over an artificial
precipicc forty feet high, at the bottom
dissolving into spray. Three hundred
electric lights, artistically arranged in
the rear, will cause a thousand rainbows
10 chase each other with exquisite effect.
One million five hundred Thousand gal
Ions of water will be the daily supply. A
miniature lake, peopled with the most
beautiful representatives OF the flnny
tribe and bordered with flowers, will re-
ceive this great quantity Of water. The
Coal Palace, which opens Sept. l6 and
closes Oct. IL, will be vast agricult-
ural, mechanical, and industrial display;
but the departments Of fine arts, SCI
ence, ethology, ETC., will be by no means
neglected.
Special days will be devoted to the
counties represented, TO labor, the sol
diers, women, school children, etc, while
distinguished statesmen, scientists, and
soldiers have accepted the invitation TO
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IN the midst Of all, surrounded by its
wonderful "Sunken Park, and adjacent
TO the superb new union depot of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road,
towers the massive proportions of the
Coal Palace itself. At Ottumwa all the
roads center upon the river front, back
of which the city rises in lordly terraces
TO the summit of the sweeping bluffs.
The palace is in the very heart of the
city. The great structure rises tower
and pinnacle and lordly nave in massive
and harmonious design, covering almost
a block of ground, and 200 feet in the
clear TO its highest central tower. 1t has
those massive. harmonieusly conceived
graces of architecture which rescue il
from all triviality. It's name is not a
misnomer-it is palace in all its archi-
tectural details.
The cost of the building will be be-
tween $4,000 and $50, 900, 23O feet in
length, 100 feet in width; it has dis
tinct architectural character. The
architecture Is compromise between
the gothic and the Byzantine. The build
ing is two stories in height, the first be-
ing about 20 feet 10 the ceiling, the other
reaching 10 the top of the structure,
varying from 40 TO 90 feet. The main
entrance is on Main street, through the
grand arch in the tower 10 the right,
whose summit is near the tower. That
battlement is 80 feet wide and OF the
same proportions as the one To the left,
which faces the unique and sunlIen gar
den. The rear end is beautified by twin
semi-cfrcular turrets, one of which can
be seen at the extreme right. A couple
of similar towers, somewhat elongated,
jut out from the other side toward the
opposite or Washington street end of the
palace, while a similar tower TO that first
described forming the main street en-
trance, symmetrzes the palace on the
opposite side. In this tower is the stage,
30x36, and the main hall with the bal
comics ascending direct from the stage,
will give the building an auditorium with
a seating capacity of from 5000 to 5000.
On either side OF the main room or
nave of the building are the spaces
above and below for the exhibits of the
surrounding counties and from abroad.
But think of palace of coal Yet
that is what this is. Great hewn blocks
of the glistening bituminous product.
laid in red mortar, form tire massive
walls, veneered over the solid sheeting
OF plank. And the ten counties which
form the coal league-though the cti-
zens OF Ottumwa are building the palace
produce over 100000 tons OF the
bituminous product every year, and
offer To the manufacturer and the artisan
the cheapest fuel in the world. costing
for steam production but 81 cents per
ton In Ottumwa. There will be three
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lSSO-lSOO.

Senator Justin Morrill, of Vermont,
in his speech on the Mckinley bill in the
Senate, presented a table showing how
the prices Of many common household
articles used by farmers have decreased
in the last ten years. He said: 1T is
true that some agricultural products
now bring less price than was current
for some years after the war Of the re-
bellion, but this depression of prices is
not peculiar to the United States. 1t per-
vades the whole world, and is more seri
Gus in Great Britain, where free trade
prevails, than anywhere else. Here,
however, farmers have the satisfaction
10 find that the chief articles of consump-
ton which they have TO buy have been
reduced in price even moro than any re-
duction upon farm products. A bushel Of
corn in New England will buy more cot
ton cloth, or more crockery and glassware,
more salt, and more calico, Bingham and
other dress goods for women than ever
before. / will append list of articles
in common use, which might be greatly
enlarged, 10 show the decline in general
prices ever since 1880"
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SOME ELECTORAL PROBABLE
TIES.
The Democrats VIII Have Hard Work tn
Capture tn. Presidency In 'O2.
fWasbfnoton special.l

Capture tn. Presidency In 'O2.
Washington special.
Some interesting electoral proDaDiil-
ties are drawn from superintendent
Porter's revised census figures. Taking
the actual increase In population In
twenty leading States-ten Republican
and ten Democratic-on the vote OF 1883
IL is shown that the increase in the ten
Republican States was 6,3l3,000, while
the Democratic showing was 3,49s,00
New York with it's million increase
comes under the Republican column.
but the Empire State In making politi-
cal calculations must always be put in
the doubtful column. The proportion OF
gain, however, in the majority OF States
is favorable TO the Republicans, enough
TO make the chances of controlling the
electoral college in 1892 little better.
But OF sweeping advantage there Is
none. IL can safely be assumed in
making guesses that the present basis or
representation will be increased, but
not enough 10 leave the present member
ship OF the House stationary. Were the
present basis, which is $4,000, re-
tanned, there would be an Electoral
College OF 497 members. On the vote or
1883, with the new States added, the
probable Republican States would have
POT electoral votes as against 200 Demo-
cratic ones. On this basis New York
would not hold the balance of power in
'92. There is every probability, how
ever, that the rate of representation will
be nearer 200, 900 than 154, 000 On tho
former basis the Electoral College would
increase only from 40l TO 400, the losses
in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
the Southern States nearly balancing
the gain in the admission of the new
States. Under the new apportionment,
still keeping in mind the electoral vote
of 1858, the chances would be for Pas
Republican electors as against l6l Demo-
cratic 16l Democratic ones This as
sumes that all the new States will be Re-
publican, though the Democrats look
upon Montana and Idaho as their prop
erty. But the Republicans could lose
those two new States and New York
also without losing control of the Elec-
toral College. IL looks as though the
Democrats must carry every State they
did in lsSs in addition to New York and
Indiana, If they are TO win in 1892.
These conclusions are drawn by Mr..
Leslie j. Perry, a census expert, who
fortifies them by tables based on the GEN.
sus returns, as therefore, reported.
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terprises OF similar character seems to
have drafted many original and singu-
larly attractive features.
The Coal Palace is built at Ottumwa,
which has been called the "Lowell OF
Iowa" because Of its great manufacture
ing interests. These manufacturing In
terests are directly due 10 the great coal
beds in which Ottumwa is situated. The
city Is an old one-as Western cities go
dating its history from 1910, or there
abouts, and preserving in its local an
mails the nearby traditions of the great
aboriginal tribes who once made this
their hunting-grounds. The town has a
population Of some 1900, and is just
now growing with that surprising ra-
pidity which seems to be the distin-
gushing characteristic of the West.
The visitor sees on every hand new bust
ness blocks growing up; great force of
men are busy putting down miles of
brick paving; the sixth railroad has
just been added to the lines of rail-
communication leading into the city, and
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be present on different days, when spe-
cial celebration will be accorded them.
Who originated the palace idea? 1t is
doubtful If any one knows, but the honor
is ascribed To an Iowa Senator-Senator
Harsh. With commendable pride and
wide generosity, the public-spirited men
of Ottumwa promptly acted upon tho
suggestion. Colonel p. G.. Ballingall, who
is interested in all the public enterprises
in Iowa, was chosen President when
the association was formed, with 5. A.
Flagler, an extensive mine operator as
Vice President; Calvin Manning, cashier
of the Iowa National Bank, as Sccre-
tary. and w. T. Fenton, cashier of the
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and that Is what tho Constitution or sne
United Stalks says shall not be done.
No people at the close of great and
bloody war can afford to write into ito
Constitution that no man shall be de-
priyed of his vote on account OF race,
color or previous condition of servtude,
and stand by and see that made dead
letter. IL we do not mean To do our duty
by those people we have no right 10 put
that in the Constitution.
You can settle question like that In
but one way, and that Is the right way.
You cannot settle il by compromise or In
any other way; you must give those peo-
pie their rights.
There are evils In our own section OF
the country. There are great cities
where there are serious frauds on cleo
ton, and every fraud so perpetrated
nuiliies my vote and nullitles yours,
All that the Republican party asks, all
that that bill demands, is that we should
spread those elections open SO that all
may look upon them.
They say that the Republicans expect
10 gain seats in Congress by this bill, and
that is all they expect TO gain by IT. We
expect to gain seats by honest voting. III
a party is not cheating it loses nothing
by fair elections. l will admit that we
shall gain by honest elections.
l have been asked will the election law
interfere with the Australian ballot? IL
certainly was not likely that any bill
with which had anything TO do how
ever small part l took, should interfere
with that system, If l could avoid It, l
am a thorough believer in it, and have
witnessed it's good effects in Massachu-
setts, where we have an excellent sys-
TEN. l can say that the election bill
does not interfere with it in the least; on
the contrary, it is arranged TO fit in with
the Australian ballot wherever that sys-
TEN is in vogue.
Mr.. Lodge concluded with a defense OF
Mr.. Reeds ruling in the House, and said:
"Your Representative has led in this
great work; he has shown himself one OF
the greatest political leaders that have
been developed in this country for many
years. We open the campaign here in
this district tonight. No filter place
could be chosen. He lNr. Reed repre-
sents all that is aggressive, progressive,
and statesmanlike, all that is best in the
Republican party, in American public
life, among American public men,"
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Ottumwa National Bank, as Treasurer
Backed by a thoroughly wideawake and
harmonious board of directors, compris-
ing coterie of philosophical and lib
eral citizens, the work was pushed for
ward. The popular subscription of $780,
900 TO begin with was promptly taken,
and the inspiration of the prime movers
was felt by all the citizens of the city
and gradually spread throughout South
erd Iowa, which now looks upon the
enterprise with all the fond pride that a
great commonwealth can feel in pet
project to exploit its wonderful natural
resources.