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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
Postmaster Generals Report.


WAsHISGTOS. d. C.. December 5.-The
postmaster generals annual report shows
that the postal deficit of s6.OOO,O 900 Is surely
disappearing, Notwithstanding enormous
losses by reduction of the postage receipts
due to discontInuance of the lottery bust
ness, and that the service will probably he
self-sustaining on July I, 1893. In the intro
duction Mr.. WRnamaker says:
To pursue the vigorous policy of extending
and improving that the department has
adopted, without increasing the def .iency
and in spite of the depreciation of the rev.
enue due TO the suppression of the lottery
business, proves that the tendency of the
system Is toward better service at lower
cost. Much OF the expense incurred within
the last three years is in the nature of estab-
fishing a plant which. being now in full
running order, will not require as much out
lay Tor the next few years, and it Is already
proven by the rate of expenditures during
the past few months that the cash deficiency
for this year will be lowered to not much
over One-half of what il was last year, as
appeared in the financial exhibit; and the es-
Inmates for 1893, which have been prepared
Tor the action OF congress at the coming ses-
sion, show that the service may be made to
reach self-sustaining basis by July l, 1893.
Only once In quarter of a century-in
-'o3, Just prior to the Inauguration of p
cent postage-have the department receipts
met the expenditures
The rural free-delivery is on trial in forty
six communities. In two places, Hillsboro,
n. OAK. and Hanover, n. H, this service was
begun, but was discontinued because the
pOstnasters failed to procure responsible
carriers for the maximum compensation of
S2l2 per annum for one or two hours service
per day. In Appendix A appears a tabulated
statement showing a total increase in thirty
nine out of the forty-six experimental free
delivery offices, amounting to Sc, 2l3.49, and
a total decrease of gross receipts ia seven of
the offices amounting to S1O7.3j. This leaves
balance of So, 5O5-lO of increase of gross
receipts.
If books alleged to be periodicals were
properly classified, ana Sam pie copies of
newspapers, except to reasonable number,
were classified as any other merchandise,
the increased revenue would more than equal
the total amount now collected from pub
fishers for postage of newspapers In other
words, the department would suffer no loss
by carrying newspapers to actual subscribers
free If It rece we'd just pay for the serials and
sample copies General merchandise in the
mails pays l6 cents pound. Books in pack
ages of pounds are carried at cents q
pound; but publishers of serials, so called,
are able to ship their entire production
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Tor cent a
pound.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
a TerrIble Accident.

HELENA, MOST., December a-Saturday
morning the west span of the Great North
ern bridge across a river six miles from Col
umola Falls fell, carrying with it nine men,
three of whom are dead and three fatally in
iured.
The accident was caused by the guy rods
falling from the top and striking the trestle
work. The framing was nearly completed,
and only the last span was TO be bolted-
John Poole waz wheeling the iron rods onto
span was covered with frost and the prawi
got unmanageable and went over the side,
striking one Of the supports of the false
work and the entire span of sixty feet went
down with a crash.
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a Lesson In Pc Itloal Economy.

A Lesson In Pc itical Econ omy.
WASHINGTON December AIN the trade
year recently closed there were exported
from Malaga, Spain, to the United States 80
Os9 pigs of lead. Last year there was no
shipment of lead from Malaga to this coun-
try- 1t Is somewhat queer" writes Consul
NeWsons a. Malaga, to the state department.
that SPAN should ship lead TO the United
States when cur country Is full of 1t, and
now II - done with profit / cannot UNDER
stand, unless 1t may be By very cheap labor.
as Illustrated in the case af iron ore. If an
American. who Knows the resources of his
country, Is surprised at the shipment of 3S,-
Us pigs of lead from SPAN TO the United
states, he Is more surprised to learn that So
$50 tons OF IRON ore were shipped from Mar
bella. IN this consular district, to the United
states during the past fiscal year, the value
OF which was So. 7Of- The ore was dis
patched on twenty-slx vessels How iron ore
from Spain can be carried to the United
States and sold at profit can only be ac-
cJunted for by the fact that it must be a very
pure iron ore and extracted from the mines
at very low price-Wages IN the mines here
are only from 4Oc to soc per day-and that
the vessels which carry il to the United States
must do so at ruinously low rates. The
United states abounds with lead and iron
ore. We pay our labOrers and mechanics and
miners from 81 to IS per day, while here 60
cents per day Is the highest wages and is
considered an extraordinary good price.
This is the reason why the iron ore and lead
get to our country, and this is going on all
through Europe. In the United States day
laborers get from 81 to S1.5O per day, here
- or 40 cents per day; masOns there get from
50 to $3.50 per day, here so or 60 cents per
day. American mechanics get S18 per week,
Spanish mechanics get S3.60 per week. This
Spain to send iron ore and lead to the United
States"
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lies in very critical condition and hil
recovery is doubtful.
Wiehita.-There is widespread dis
may among the stockmen of the Chero-
kee strip. over the law of which they
have just lately become cognizant,
which. it is said, allows a fine of 81 on
each head of stock found on the Indian
lands, and gives half of the amount COL
lected TO the lnformer. The publication
of the existence of such a law has Gre
ated new industry, that of spying, and
the strip Is full of men gathering evil
dence, which they are sending in to the
government, and out of which they ex-
pect to reap fortunes.
Bonner Springs letter: The alliance
exchange store of this place is in the
hands Of a receiver. Some time since
the manager of the store, William
Holm, left for parts unknown and has
not been heard of since. The liabilities
are about $4,000, with assets supposed
to be sufficient to cover Liabilities, by
the stockholders losing their stock. A
mystery surrounds Hohn's departure;
he leaves a wife and two little children
who are here yet. The day before he
left he paid S120 on an account, and he
left some other available money that he
bad Just as we'll taken with him il he
intended to go with a full pocket He
left letter for his wife indicating that
he intended to commit suicide, but this
idea is not credited. 1t is supposed by
close observers that he has left his wife.
and that the money paid on account,
the money left in the store and the let
ter are all q blind, and that he has left
for parts unknown with at least some
money in his pocket; otherwise, where
is the money belonging to the stock
holders?
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Almost Ready.

TAHLEoUAH, I. T., December 3-Informa-
ton is given out by one of the negotiating
committeeman who were appointed by the
Cherokee nation. that nearly all of the pre-
hminaries of the negotiations for a sale of
United States had been settled The United
States commission has telegraphed to Wash
ington for further instructions before pro-
ceeding further, and further conference Is
postponed until an answer can be had from
headquarters
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OnIu o. MIIa Me-

INDIANAPOLIS, ISD., December 3.-The re-
port of Prof. Mendenhall, chief of the United
States geological survey, concerning the
Indiana-OnIo boundary line, has been made
to Governor Chase. It is a duplicate to that
made to Governor Campbell at Columbus
Ohio disputed the correctness of the Indi-
ana line, claiming that il was too far east at
the northern. extremity of the state.
The survey of Prof. Mendenhall and his
assistants show that IL is one mile east of its
proper place at that point, and conyerging
70 its proper point at the southern extremity.
This would give Ohio nearly 100 square miles
of Indiana territory.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
Kansas worIr5,s Ear Roard

ToPEKA, December 1.-The Kansas worlds
fair board of managers were in session two
days and nights at their rooms on Jackson
street.
The board adopted articles of incorpara-
ton and filed their charter with the secretary
OF state. The proper title of the b.ard now
q. The Board Of Managers Kansas Exhibit
Worlds Columbian Exposition Corpora
ton"
The cd officers were reelected under the
new corporation
President. A ". Smith, yice President
Co. A. ). Johnson, Secretary 81, Z. Smith.
Treasurer Samuel 7. HAVE. 10 'som mission
sppe'ntea q Eeesas aassApa e e. g CHI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
Furnishing Avarloious Dealers.


ST. PETERSBURG, December "a large
number of dealers in grain in the provinces
of Riazan and Nazan, who have been seek
ing to make larger profits unlawfully, mixed
fine earth with their flour, which added
greatly to the weight, and then sold the COM
pound to poor people. This came to the ears
of the authorities, and the dealers found SELL
ing the adulterated flour were arrested. and
each of them sentenced to a weeks impris-
onment.
Another class who got into trouble are the
spectators in grain, who seek to put ticti-
tlous value upon cereals. A number of these
were arrested and held for trial on the charge
of buying up rye in the markets and imme-
diately afterward raising the price to the
would be purchasers.
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TREASURY STATEMENT.
Comparative Statements of
Revenues and Expenditures.
The Annual Interest Charge Re
duced Four and One-Third Millions
Reduction of Public Debt-Large
Amounts of Small Notes Issued.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 4.-Hcn.
E. d. Nebecker, treasurer of the United
States, has submitted his annual report in
regard to the operations and condition of The
treasury TO Secretary Foster.
The net ordinary revenues of the govern
ment for the past fiscal year we're 1882, 612,-
AZ, or S10,46s, 5S5 less than those of the year
before The net ordinary exps mixtures, ex-
elusive of amounts paid in premiums on
bonds purchased were 1856, S77. 6s4, an in
crease of S57, 636, l9S. The surplus revenues
were thus cut down from slO5, pa, 4ss to $751;
25s, 769, which las. sum was applied to the
reduction of the pu bic debt
0The postal revenues amounted to S65, 762,-
sos and the expenditures to 81, O67, $50, an
increase of about $500, 600 on both sldee.
The reduction affected during the year in
the principal OF the bonded debt ana circu-
lating notes, which cannot be reissued.
aInt united 10 SIG, So. ga, and the required
expenditures to SI26,55l,69 Including pre-
Inlums on bonds purchased. This sum was
made up by taking SIS, 75l, 75l from the re-
ESrve IN the treasury IN addition to the sur
Plus revenues OF the year. The consequent
reduction in the annual interest charge was
s., 81. U92.
According to the revised figures the amount
of money IN the country On June 80 exclu-
sive of certificates IN circulation for which
the treasury nelu ue posts, was II, blb,UIS luZ,
OF which $50. AZ, Ol9 belonged to the treas
ury and 81, ass, 666 OS3 was in circulation.
There was a net gain of upward of SO, 000-
COO of o her money, and consequent con-
traction of about $4,000 In the whole
volume.
Unusually large amounts of notes Of small
denomination have been sent out to the west
ana south since July ], chiefly for deposits
in the sub-treasury in New York. The aggre-
gate up to the middle of November reached
upward of S49, OOO, OO0, as against Sol, 900 600
for the whole preceding year.
The withdrawal of notes from circulation
amounted to nearly $1,000, 900, while the
redemptions from the fund arising from this
source exceeded 100000.
Deposits of per cents exceeded the with
drawals Of old bonds, and there was an issue
of new notes amounting to about s., 5OO, UOO.
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the preceding year. The cost Of this service
was S5,O72. 10, which is S2<.424 less than the
appropriation for that purpose The num-
her of carriers employed on June 80 was TO-
40, which Is an increase of 1,0j4 during the
year. The local postage for the year
amounted to S11, ia. 754. The number of
pieces of mail handled was 3,6O6. 354, $40.
Considerable attention Is given in the report
to the subject of overtime claims of letter
carriers under the act of May "a, 1888. limit
ing the hours that carriers shall De employed
aur
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10

DENVER, Col, December Authorization
from Sidney, Col, is to the effect that freight
teams which started for North Park last week
via the newly opened road, hauling over the
surplus grain produced in this county, have
returned with their loaded wagons Four
miles from Bear river, on the summit of the
Continental divide. snow drifts were eneoun-
tered from ten to twelve feet deep. After
working with shOvels ana bucking with horse
power Tor days they were obliged to return
to the river. Some hardship will result for
the ranchers who are depending on the pro-
ceeds of gram sold IN North Park for the
purchase of the winter supplies
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
Golden Jubilee parade.

ST. LOUIS, December 3-Over 5000 PEG
pie participated in the grand parade in homo
of the golden jubilee of Archbishop Kenrick
1t was one of the most imposing demonstra.
tons of the kind ever seen in the west, no.
excepting the demonstration last year il
Chicago in honor of Archbishop Feehan
Mass was celebrated in the cathedral and larel
the venerable archbishop held a reception.
The committee appointed by the last Cath.
ole congress at Baltimore, to arrange fol
the next congress, which is to be held in Chi.
cago IN 1893, is holding its session here.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
The Hog Cron

CHICAGO December 3.-The Farmers Re
view says: Reports on the condition and
movement of hogs have been received from
thirteen states In Il per cent. of all the
counties reporting the condition Is good, the
animals heealthy and fattening rapidly, and
little or no disease of any kind exists. About
10 per cent of the correspondents report the
general condition as fair, and only per
cent report the condition as poor and some
hog cholera existing.
ONO, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
the Dakotas make no mention of the exist
ence of the disease.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10

New YORK. December 4--The condition
of Mrs. Lindley, Mr.. Fields daughter, re-
mains about the same. After having tried
to commit suicide, Edward NJ. Field has
been declared insane and placed IN a private
asylum near Mount Vernon. 1t is now
known that Edward NJ. Field not only robbed
and deceived his partners, but stole every
cent his trusting father had. Mr.. Field re-
alizes the fact that he is penniless in his old
age, for as he lay on his death bed he said to
an old friend: 81 am as poor as the day ]
came into the world"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
AImost a Panic

Peoria, Ill, December 3.-While Shipper
& Blocks big dry gOoes store was crowded
with lady shoppers, a fire started among a
lot of cotton in the window. A panic ensued
and some ladies were injured IN the crush.
Miss Brown, clerk, while escaping. was
badly cut about the face, and her neck and
her face was badly burned 1t Is feared she
will lose her eyesight. About thirty women
were caught in the basement and were nearly
suffocated before released.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10

NEw York, December ain regard to the
Field failure Assignee Gould said: ''Thers
Is really nothing new ia the situation. an
somewhat encouraged to find that things are
actually looking brighter in some respects
The TACT that there are no large credIton
appearing with claims, and that no one il
Wall street has been nipDed, leads me to be.
lieve that the only great sufferers are tn,
members of the firm, who have been victim.
Ized by Field. am particularly sorry foI
robbed.n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
A Special Session In Texas.

GALVESTON, December 2--In reply to .
letter address to Governor Hoag, of Texas
from she Leon AMI II. Blum Land company,
as tC whether the Texas alien land law would
be brought up at a special session of the
Texas legislature, so they could ad wise east
ern capitalists, the governor replied: IRE
plying TO your delayed favor, l beg to say
that have concluded to reconvene the legis-
lature in special session and among the sub
jects that l contemplate submitting will be
that of the alien land law"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
Dom Radrn-

PARIS, December 4.-The condition OF
Dom Pedro. ex-emperor of Brazil. is of the
gravest apprehension
He was attacked by a chill and has since
continued to grow worse. The chill Is COM
plicated with diabetes. Countess D'Eu,
Dom Pedro's daughter, is constantly at the
bedside of her father. So serious is his con-
ditiOn that his attendant physicians have
called other physicians with them. They ex-
press much uneasiness regarding the eX-em-
peror's condition.
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A Family Rurned.

DETRoIT, December A frightful fatality
occurred, when in the partial burning of the
two story brick store and residence of George
j. Refs, at the corner of Orleans and Cathe-
rine streets, five perEons lost their lives
The dead include five of Mr.. REFS family
of seVen-Mr. Refs himself, Mrs. Refs and
three sons Eight persons occupied the
apartments above the store, but three of
them, the servant girl ana two sons. escaped.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10

cago and select site for the Kansas exhibit
report that the site set apart for Kansas by
the commissioners was desirable, and that
they had secured space for Kansas products
in all the government buildings.
State Architect Haskell WAS called into the
meeting and asked to suggest plans for the
Kansas building. More time was asked for
and he will present plans for the building.
The managers viii at once advertise for bids
and designs.
Col. A. S Johnson was elected delegate
to represent Kansas at the meeting of the
managers of the various states to be held in
CHICAGO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10
AmerIoan -CattIa for ontarIn

OTTAWA. OST-, December 2.-As some dis
satisfaction exists in British Columbia re-
garding the regulations about the inspection
and quarantine of cattle entered for local
consumption from the United States, the
during the winter months that portion OF the
regulations requiring that cattle De quaEan-
tined for ninety days before entering the
provinces.
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SupportIpR the Strikers

Brazil IND, December 2--Circulars ad-
dressed TO the miners of every part of the
country and appealing for financial support
with which to carry on the present strike
are going out from here. If necessary. the
territory of the appeal will be extended so as
10 cover trades unions of all descriptions
throughout the country. 1t will take SO. 900
every week Of six days to support the men
now IN idleness, and this will only mean 90
cents day for each of the 1000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-10

CITY OF MEXICO, December 5.-The bill
granting the president power to decree the
suspension of duties on cereals and all classes
of animals coming from foreign countries so
as to meet any emergency caused by the loss
of crops in the various states, has passed the
chamber of deputies without a dissenting
vote and was at once sent to the senate where,
unquestionably, it will be pushed through
with haste.
The passing of this bill will furnish the
farmers of the west a good market for their
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The FaII,,ra CorDla+a

NEW York. December 2.-The failure of
Field. Llndley, Weehers & Co. was mplete.
Assignee Charles Gould SAID he had sought
In vain tor assets. There were none in the
cOmpRny's Office. and he could discover no
bank account. He had a faint hope that
there might be some call loans upon which
he might realize to pay some necessary ex-
penses- As It was now, It was impossible to
pay OF the clerks in the Office.
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ne Zee DeIIvery Systam.

WAsHrSoTos. D. c., December 3-W. ].
Pollock, superintendent of the free delivery
system. postofiee department. has made to
First Assistant Postmaster General Whitfield
his report for the fiscal year ended June 80
1891. At shows tina the number of free de-
livery otticea " operation &c the Close df the
Yesr Fea 49, ap inqFesse of HEiy.eFe eFRl
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STOCK AND FARM.

Wetmore Spectator: The acreage Of
winter wheat in Nemaha county this
year was 1868. The yield was 154, ga
bushels.
Blue Mound Sun: There were 1000
acres of winter wheat harvested in
Linn this year, and the yield is placed
at 147, $50 bushels, or twenty one bush
els per acre.
Seneca Tribune: About $4,000 was
the sum paid to the farmers for apples
shipped from Seneca this fall. This
proves that there is something more
than cider in apples.
Conway Springs Star: S. o. Frantz
did not SOW any wheat last fall as some
supposed, but he received 3,450 bushels
for rent. His 11-year-Old son and him.
self sowed 40 acres this fall.
Long Island Leader: The farmers
are marketing their broom corn and re.
aliizng good prices. The yield was good
and the crop quite extensive IN some
neighbOrhoods and is a source of great
profit this year.
johnson City journal: 1t is crafty
ing to the people of the southwest to
see wagon after wagon loaded with
broom corn or wheat on the way to the
railroad bound for the market These
are two never-failing crops, and an in.
creased acreage will be harvested next
year.
Haddam Clipper: A farmer in this
vicinity told us the other day that he
realized Sc per acre as rent for some
land that he rented out for wheat last
year. He received one third of the crop,
making S18 per acre for one years crop
of wheat raised on land that can be
bought for less than So per acre.
Abilene Reflector: E. D. Bullock has
arrived from New Mexico with 2,7OO
head of sheep to be fed here this winter.
They will be fattened on Dickinson
county corn on the Bullock Baker
ranch, and put on the market in the
early spring. The business of feeding
sheep IN the county is steadily imcraas-
ing and is proving a success to all who
engage in it.
Kansas City Gazette: Two horses
owned by Robert Scherer, the north
Fifth street coal dealer, which have ex-
/ hibited unmistakable symptoms OF
CHAMBERS during the past Two weeks.
were killed yesterday afternoon at the
! instance of DR.. Won Bach. the local
veterinarian. The horses have other
wise been in sound health, while under
rigid quarantine restrictions, but as a
safe means of preventing any further
spread Of the treacherous disease they
were killed. There are probably a dozen
cases of CHAMBERS in the city at the
/ present time. Six horses belonging to
a man named Davidson on Halleck ave-
nue. are said to be afflicted and they have
been placed under strict quarantine re-
strlctions.