Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
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AA0A AS0 ElSa05ESs
American tourists are said to be fewer in
italy than for many years, at this season.
Secretary Noble has been to Webb City,
No., to look after his lead and zinc mines.
The presidents train stopned at Indianapo-
lis only forty minutes on the home run.
Travel is suspended on the Midland rail-
road of Indiana; trains are stopped by
strikers.
The little village of Valencia, N. NJ. has
been nearly wiped out by the flood of the
Rio Grande. Crops whereabouts have suf-
fered.
A gusher oil well has been found at Foster,
Iowa. Its flow fills three inch gas pipe,
and is forced fifty feet high by the pressure
from below.
Spain and Portugal are both in financial
trouble.
The worlds fair labor committee at Chi
cago mas decided to take prompt action to
compel the directors to agree to fix mini
mum rate of wages.
A Syrian silk manufacturer has invented
way to make silk out of mulberry leaves and
twigs, independent of the silk worm. He is
about to establish factory in Georgia.
Dr. Linn, of Topeka, has been appointed
member of the board of health of the Dis
of the Office.
Several coal mines in the SchuylkilI, Pa,
coal fields. which have been idle for many
months, have resumed work. Over 5000
miners were given employment.
1t is now plainly stated and quite generally
believed that Emperor William, of Germany,
very often gets drunk.
italian Consul Corte, at New Orleans, says
that he saved the lives of the mayor and
I ms 9th ii
10 XIII after the massacre of the eleven.
Four o. S. war ships are after the CHILEAN
ltata, and another is searching and watching
the deposit of arms supposed to have been
made on an island, for the ltata to take up.
OF the 1000 coal miners of Iowa all are
out except 700 The visible supply of coal is
getting short. Illinois miners have taken
steps to prevent any coal being shipped from
Illinois to Iowa
Of course Sullivan. the brute, got drunk as
soon as he got out of Kansas. At Denver he
got into fight in a saloon.
The jury which tried ex-Treasurer holland,
of Missouri, for embezzlement of state funds,
failed to agree. They stood to g. Gov
ernor Francis and everybody else are shocked.
The mans guilt was scarcely denied.
Forest fires are sweeping northern Michi-
gan. Lake Superior, from Marquette to
Kewconaw Point, is fairly black with smoke
and all the fog whistles kept blowing
constantly. The loss will be very heavy.
The Brinkmans are going to put up an
eighty car day elevator at ROsedale Kansas.
| They have ground leased from the Fort Scott
road for thirty years, and are exempted from
city taxation for the same length of time.
Gossip in the interior department con-
nected the name of Green b. Raum, Jr.,
with small transactions not altogether
| straight and Secretary Noble spoke to old
| General Raum, which brought the young
mans resignation instanter.
Advices from Acapulco state that the Chill
ian cruiser Esmeralda was still oil that port,
waiting to sec If 1t was possible to obtain a
supply Of coal. There Is another strange
| steamer outside. supposed to be the Itata.
| No American steamer was in sight.
The draft of the treaty of commerce be-
| tween the United States and Spain was sent
| from Madrid to the Spanish minister at
| Washington last week. with instructions to
| sign it Immediately. 1t is expected the nee
essary signatures will be appended by the end
of this week.
A magazine exploded at Donaghadee, a
| town in the county of Down, near Belfast.
/ The shock of the explosion shook the whole
| town and broke large number of Windows.
| An investigation was made and a portion of
/ fuse was discovered. An American Is sus-
pected of using dynamite.
Much distress results from the forest fires
| in Michigan. Hundreds of families are
| hungry and have only the clothes they wear
/ left. The losses extend over a vast region,
| including several counties, and the fires are
still burning. Only one small area has as yet
been helped by shower Of rain.
The United States treasury bulletin shows
/ that 6,O4S Immigrants landed in this coun-
| try during the first three months OF the year,
an increase of % OF over the same period
/ last year. In the last nine months over 25O,-
| 900 persons have come to this country who
| cannot speak the English language.
The heir apparent to the British throne is
| sWamped under 81. 500.0 900 of debt beyond
| his resources; mostly incurred by gambling.
This fact coming to the public view, it is be-
| lieved, will force Victoria, rex, to come to
his financial rescue. as the alternative is dis
| grace from compromising with his creditors.
The total gold shipment to Europe last
week was $7,725, 900. 1t is taken there at a
loss to the other side, but must go to meet
| the demand for gold from Russia. The great
bankers of Europe have shut down on loans
| to the Russian government. Gold must
come back 30 America in large amounts
next fall.
The New York Lumber Trade association
| has begun a lockout which Is likely to stop
building operations. They stop delivering
lumber to buildings where union men are at
work. The lumbermen we're tired OF the
| tyranny of walking delegates, who had boy
| cotted lumber dealers who sold to contrac-
| tors who employed non-unlon men
The presidents train ran over scores of
| railroads, under as many local arrangements,
a distance of 10000 miles, without q single
| accident or unpleasant incident. But the
most remarkable is the fact that the time
card prepared before leaving Washington.
with its exact appointments, several of them
| for each day on the trip, was made to the
minute in every case
The Santa Fe road, which was recently
charged by the Rock Island with reducing
| passenger rates through the medium OF brok-
| ers, has retaiiated by filing a complaint with
! Chairman Finley, of the Western Passenger
| association, accusing the Rock Island OF
| systematically cutting the rate from Chicago
| to Denver by the manipulation OF through
| tickets to the Pacific coast.
Edison is expecting to perfect a surprise for
| the worlds fair. 1t will be such comblna-
| ton of photography and electricity that a
man can sit in his own parlor and see de-
picted upon a curtain the forms OF the
players in opera upon distant stage and to
! hear the voices of the singers. He says tins
system can be applied to pr1ze tights. The
| whole scene Withsthe noise of the blows
talk, ETC., will be truthfully transferred.
The United States supreme court, all the
| Judges concurring, has decided case from
| Missouri, in which it is held that when cor
poration created under the laws of one state
| does business in another state, its contracts
and dealings must be IN subOrdinatlon to the
laws of that state. 1t WAS also held that a
waiver in a note or contract. IN such case,
will not stand against the local statute, be
cause the individual has not the right to
rVaiva the beueft of q statute which IS en-