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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-06

human freight were hurled into the ditch
and the next coach was struck fairly in the
end. and the locomotive pushing under, ele-
waited It to an angle of forty-five degrees, and
there il stood, filed with shrieking people
This car caught fire but Engineer SchWind
and the fireman were able to extinguish the
blaze by the use of hose from the loco
motive. Two cars lay crushed in the ditch.
with mass of MANNED and mangled people
moaning in agony, pleading for aid. The
rescuers set at work at once to extricate them.
Legs, arms and heads could be seen through
broken windows or pinned under the wreck.
Means of helpless sufferers and the means
of the dying mingled with the frantic cries
of mothers seeking husbands and Children
Three persons were killed outright. -Four
more are expected to die.
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Iast Week,s BusIness.

NEW York. August 3.-R. G. Dun Co.'s
weekly review of trade says:
Business continues dragging and dull. In
commercial circles there seems to be very
general and growing confidence that bust
less this fall Will be large and prof table.
Some improvement is seen but not enough
Is yet to justify sanguine views.
Trade at the south is peculiarly depressed
because there is too much cotton. Again, in
parts of the west where crops failed last year
.rade has not recovered from the great de-
preston resulting, and as long as the corn
,rop is in doubt, complete recovery is not to
De expected.
al causes much disturbance. Further col
apse of real estate speculation IN many parts
If the west and south has brought losses
and embarrassment to many.
At the east the monetary, concerns have
powerful influence. Crop failures IN Russia
will only help this country IN the end.
The outQo of currency to the west and
south is felt here and at Boston. Money IS
slose at Buffalo and Cleveland, ard in active
demand at Chicago, Cincinnati and Detroit;
irmer at to 8 per cent at st. Louis; close at
Omaha, Nashville and jacksonville, but easier
at Savannah and in fair supply at New Or
leans.
Chicago reports the receipts of wheat at
seven times last years; of rye, cured meats.
lard and wool double last years; OF dressed
beef a third larger with some increase In
cheese and butter.
Dry goods sales are slightly larger and
good orders are seen for clothing and shoes.
Throughout the northwest the prospects
of crops is exceedingly good, but at Kansas
City wet weather interferes with harvesting.
The great Industries show no important
change for the week, though it must Do sad
that the disheartenment IN the woollen goodl
frade seems to increase, and it is admitted
hat sales are not equal to last years, though
s-ade was DRAGGING then. Much of the trou-
ole Is Attributed to excessive credits in the
clothing trade.
The coal trade is still depressed by eXces-
sessive production, the output exceeding last
year's to date by 100000 tons.
The market for breadstutfs has been strong
owing to the reports Of injury to the crop IN
Russia, and wheat has risen Ia cents and
corn "a l cent.
The business failures occurring Throughout
the country during the past seven days
number 247, as compared with total OF 2I4
last week. For the corresponding week oi
last year the figures were 1S9.
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BUREAU Eirtiras

WAsHINGros, D. C.. July 5O.-The bureau
of statistics has given out several bulletins
this week, among them may be found figures
relating to current commerce.
Since the new tariff law has been in opera
ton the total value of imports of merchan-
disc was $3.50, 2O6, COS, as compared with
responding period in 1880 showing an in
crease in such imports for nine months of
$50, 979, 1872. During the same period ending
June 80, 1851, the imports of merchandise
paying duty was 1894. "a, $40, as compared
with S3S9, 7S6. O32 for the same period in 1880
showing decrease Of such imports of $751;
543, 692.
at will be seen" says the statement, ''that
during the nine months since the tariff law
went into effect of the total value of mer-
chandise imported into this country 46.99 Der
cent. came in free, while during the CORES
pOndlng period IN 1880 "a. 50 per cent were
admitted free. In fact 1t appears that the
value of merchandise imported free during
the last nine months was greater by $50, Co.,
coo than the value of such merchandise i'd
mitted during the whole year of 1880, and
prior nscal year ending June ~, 1883.
Exports of gold and silver during the fiscal
year were Sl0S. S29, 2S3, and the imports $685.
212, 33A Exports OF gold during the last
fiscal year, SIS, 363, 662, imports SIS, DAG, 512.
the excess of exports being the largest in the
history of our commerce
There has been a large increase in the
volume of our immigration during the last
fiscal year. The total number, 555, ass, as
against 451, 219 for the previous year. This
increase IS largely from the following cOun-
tries: Italy, ., 1853; Austria Hungary, Il, $50,
Germany, 21s 122; Russia, including Poland,
2S243.
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For Leisure Moments.

WHAT is so dry as an alderman in
June?
SOME of the actresses do not draw,
but all of them paint.
Bow-LEGGED men are frequently
made the target of arch remarks.
BRooKLYN's window-smashing burg
lar is doing pane business.
WHEN a powder magazine blows up
1t can, We suppose, be called flash liter
ature.
THE saddest consequences of a great
mans death are the verses that are
written to his memory.
MEN who are in favor of abolishing
the tariff cannot be said to approve of
a thing because it Is a custom.
TROJGH a member of a brass band
may be perfectly temperate, he takes
his horn with great regularity.
THE weather is so hot in Washington
that a number of men there cannot re-
ahze that they have been left out in
the cold
Is working we'll mp there. So it works
on Sunday, does it. Is not that rather
an illegal proceeding?
W = AaNG -OAB NolQcEGu WHAT IAN
guage it was the mule speaks so melo-
diOusly, and after much study we are
forced to the conclusion that it Is He
bra-ic-
SOMEHOW or other the Grant fund Is
lnnguishing. There are a great many
people who feel for Grant in their
hearts, but who do not feel for him in
their pockets.
In regard to modern languages. il Is
said that the Chinese is the most diff
cult. We find this out when we try to
explain to our Chinese laundrvnan
that a pair Of socks are missing.
WARS the use of closing the saloons
on Sunday The police won't 90 to
church anyhow. If the saloons are
open on Sunday, the people know right
where to go to when they want q po-
iceman-
AK enthusiastic Western Texas sheen
man writes: -We are perfectly free
from scab, and expect to do big bust
ness" He does not state whether he
intends to shear himself this fall or
not.
A NEGRO who was making night hid
eous near FO-t Worth, Texas. by sing
ing pious songs, was fired at, and re-
ceived more than fifty bird shot in his
person AS the doctor cannot find half
of them, the fact that the negro was
singing, a charge TO keep l have"
seems almost prophetic. -Teras SJt-
ings,
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BOsToN, August 1.-Russian Jews who ar
rived on the steamer Norseman, many of
whom are detained by the immigration COM
missioners. have pitiful stories TO relate of
cruelties perpetrated upon them by Russians.
The Jews of Russia, said one, were ordered
to vacate their houses and betake themselves
away inside of three days. To prevent their
property from falling into the hands of the
Russians they set fire to It. The Russians,
enraged at this, set upon the refugees and
maltreated them by every means in their
power. All families who had bureed their
houses were arrested and convicted and sem
fenced TO Siberia.
Another stated that any Russian who wished
to possess himself of property of Jewish peo-
pie can obtain it by paying one-tenth of its
value to the mayor or government represent
alive, who Will thereupon give him authority
to expel the Jewish owner and install him
self as proprietor. 1t is quite an ordinary
bccufrehes for Jews house TO be burned
over his head, or for jew TO be stoned on
the streets, and it has become a common say
ing in parts of Russia, ''Kill a Jew and pay
twenty rubles" (ten dollars). No other pun
ishment is ever inflicted for the murder of a
Jew, and even this is seldom imposed.
Jews In the Russian army, it is said, are
compelled to do the greatest drudgery and
the most menlal work.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-06

TExAKAsA. Ark, July 29.-HOn. Jerry
Simpson said to a reporters
you may telegraph to your paper that I,
Jerry Simpson, say the alliance men in the
next congress will have a candidate for
speaker. We will nominate him in the eau
Gus, and we will vote for him on the floor.
That has been decided on, and you can give
me as authority for the statement. We
have at least twenty alliance men who viii
go into our caucus'
''Who will be your nominee?' was asked.
The answer came like bullet out of a
Winchester.
''Col. L F. Livingston, of Georgia"
''Why, we were told in Georgia that all the
alliance men in the delegation, with the ex.
ceptiOn Of Tom Watson, would vote for
Crisp"
so we WERE" said Jerry, $50 we were.
They did intend to vote for Crisp for reasons
of state pride, but the north including five
alliance msn from Kansas two from Nebras IA
two from Minnesota, and three or four
others. will call on their southern brethren
course they will The north Will suggest
LivingstOn's name, and We have the votes to
nominate him, too. The south will most
assuredly stand at our backs in appreciation
OF the honor VIC pay distinguished repre-
sentative of this section of the union. Every
alliance man in the Georgia delegation, Wat
son included, will support Livingston on the
floor OF the house. he Will get all of the
alliance vote. And why shouldn't he? The
colonel is one of the most able men in the
country, fine parliamentarian, and natu-
raj leader of men, The southern people
think great deal of Colonel Livingston and
will not be insensible 10 the compliment be-
slowed on him."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-06

TOPEKA. August 3.-Ths executive COM
mIttee of the bureau of promotion made ar
Judgements with Professor Worral to take
charge of the samples of Kansas produce
sent in for the worlds far. The full bureau
will hold session August IL, at which time
all the work that can be done now will be COM
pleted. Twenty-Five counties have sent in
their quota of the worlds far fund. and no
tice has been received from as many more
that their share viii be ready when needed
There viii be delegate convention IN Sep
tember, only those counties contributing be-
ing represented, at which the permanent
board Of managers will be clicked This
board viii haze charge Of all funds and theil
expenditures
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$ August
Flower

Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca.
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: my food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and had
such pains in my left side In the
morning when I got up would
have a flow of mucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. Iached
all day under the shoulder blades.
in the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. IT seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and I could get no sleep
at all. I tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. 1t has done
me a wonderful deal of good during
the time have taken it and is work
ing a complete cure. " o
G. G GREEN, Sole Man fr. Woodbury., NJ.
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KNOXVILLE. Tenn, July 31.-Sixty con-
Victs were taken to Coal Creek, and the East
Tennessee, Virginia d Georgia Railroad
company has orders to provide transperta-
ton for 164. These pa conVicts are for the
mines of the Tennessee Coal and Mining
company. The original trouble came about
over the forty sOnTicts imported by that
company to build stockades. 1t was said
here that the miners will make no resistance
to these convicts, as they will abide the &C
ton of the proposed special session of the
legislature.
1t may be stated, however, that the best
judges here say that this action of the coal
company is Haunting req flag in the face of
the mad bull, and that the action is but put
ting the match to the fuse which il likely to
cause an explosion to the whole barrel of dy-
Mantle. The public need not be surprised to
hear the explosion at any moment.
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American Farms and Homes,


WASHINGTON, d. c., July 31.-The count
of farm and home transcripts. made in ac-
cordance with the mortgage collection clause
of the census act. has been completed by the
census office. There were returned by the
ehumerators 2, 49,, $50, farms and homes oc-
cupied by owners which are incumbered by
mortgages. This number includes some
farms and homes about which the enumera-
tors made no report and which belongs
partly to q class of hired and partly to class
owned free as well as partly to class Of
owned and incumbered. 1t may be regarded,
however, as approximately true that two and
quarter million families out of twelve and
One-half million families of the United States
occupy ana own incumbered homes, and
that ten and quarter million families oc-
cupy farms that are either hired or owned
free.
The preliminary results indicate that the
average debt for farms in Iowa is 81 ,2S3;
homes, S719; the average for farm and home,
81, 40. If these averages hold good for the
union, the encumbrsnce on farms and homes
of the United States, occupied by owners is
about 81, 565; 0O0,0 600. The success of this in
vestigatldn, Superintendent Porter says, has
been far beyond the anticipation of the most
experienced StatistIcianS.
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Eavor the ThIrd Party,

ST. LOUIS, July 3O.-The farmers alliance
and the Knights of Labor of the Third and
Fourth congressional districts of Texas are
holding an encampmeLt at Sulpher Springs
this week.
Among the prominent persons present are
Senator PETER, of Kansas, and Mr.. Powers,
president of the Indiana alliance.
The speeches SO far have all been in favor
of the peoples party movement, and some of
them of quite an Incorporate character. For
example, Lee r. Hood, of Van Zandt county,
predicted revolution in the event that re-
lief fails through the ballot, and said that
John Brown succeeded Lloyd Garrison, and
that the people intend to break the rule of
plutocracy peaceably if they can, but forcibly
if they must.
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A Big Scare,

NEW York, July 3O.-The Journal of
Finance publishes the following special from
London:
An important banking house which, in
May, was granted an extension of sixty days
TO arrange its affairs, Is confronted by a
very serious situation. The two months ex-
tension Is nearly at an endless than fort
night remains.
The relief which was expected has not
come, and friends of the house have little
hope that anything can be accomplished in
the few days remaining.
1t may be possible that a further extension
may be obtained. This, though, is scarcely
probable.
Vast interests are involved; the firms liza
bilities being e6, OOO,O 600.
The house has American relations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-06

OTTAWA, July s1.-At four O'Clock in the
morning the house of commons divided on
Sir Richard CartWright's amendment to Hon
Mr.. Fosters motion to go into s COMMITTEES
to consider the resolution containing tariff
changes.
The amendment which set forth that it be
resolved, THAT, the governments should
forthwith reduce zll duties on ARTICLES Of
prime necessity and more particularly on
those most generally consumed by artisans.
fishermen, miners and farmers, and further
that the negotiations which the house has been
informed are to be opened IN Washington in
October should be conducted on the basis of
the most extended reciprocal trade between
Canada and the United States in manufac-
tured as well as natural products" was de-
featsd. The vote stood 99 yeas to ia nays.
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Iand sIIdaIn coloradn.

COLDER, Coz. July 2s--Ths Colorado
Central has one of the worst washouts, or
land slides. in its history to cope with. A
cloud ourst passed Idaho Springs and struck
the track at place called Fall River.
The slide continued down over the Colo
RADIO Central track and on into the bed of
the creek. There are 400 feet of track com
pletely covered to depth of fifteen feet by
tightly packed sand and powders. One hun
dred and nifty feet OF track are completely
washed away. The Plutus Mining COM
pany's hume which ran close TO the track.
was washed away for distance of 500 feet.
The loss to the Plutus company is about
$4,000. The railroad officials say Washouts
and land-slides are SO common up here as 70
not be noticed. but that this one beats them
all, and 1t would not be a surprise if it were
more serious than at first supposed. The
water came down in a solid wall twelve feet
high.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-06

CHICAGO, August 3.-Over score Of prom
nent corporations throughout the state have
20 far refused to comply with the weekly pay
law passed by the recent legislature and in
nearly every case the employees arc to bring
4 test case in the courts.
The general argument advanced for non
compliance with the law. is that in concerns
which employ a great number of men, the
task Of paying them is quite labor. and
hat. were it done weekly, it would practi-
sally demoralize the steady routine of bust
ness.
In many lines of business. moreover. the
men work in crews, and after every monthly
pay day about one third of each crew is de-
moralized for three or four days. Were this
% occur weekly many employers say that it
would practically force them into bank
ruptcy.
In more than one case the employers have
decided to carry the matter, if necessary, TO
The supreme court on the ground that as
The law specially cxempts railroad compa-
uies from its operation IL lie unconstitutional
~ reason OF such discrimination
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IT almost takes the breath away to
read that Mr.. Sullivan really thinks of
jabbing Mr.. Slavin around a roped-in-
ring. 1t runs counter to all the habits
of thought we have become wonted to
of late whenever We have been led to
contemplate the idol of Boston. One is
really inclined to feel mourafuI when
he thinks of the state of mind in which
art will be if the successor of Mr..
Booth actually turns his big back upon
her. About the only hope she has lies
in the fascination which the bottle has
for the distinguished pugilist turned
blacksmith.
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Bad VICE in OhIo.

DAYTON. OHIo, Suly 29.-Ihe train of IF
teen crowded cars started on a return trip
from WOOdsdale about O'Clock; about an
hour latter the accident occurred A draw
bar about the middle of the excursion tram
broke and they stopped 70 patch 1t up for the
run to Dayton. Brakemen were Immediately
sent out with red flags to flag the approach
sumed in repairing the disabled car. Red
lights were not promptly changed to the rear
OF the car, though the train was pulling out
when theaccidsnt occurred at nearly 8 O'Clock.
Two hundred and fifty men, women and
children were in the last three coaches and
all knew that freight train No. A was fol-
lowing and theS appreciated and talked OF
their danger.
The excursion train was pulling out on to
the main track, and all but the two hind
coaches had left the siding when the Mogui
engine with the heavy train behind It went
ploWIng through The two rear cars and
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Maaaurea AgaInat snles.

LONDON August 3.-Vienna advices state
that, owing to the presence of suspicious per.
sons near the fortress of Caracoy, and al
other places in Galicia, strict orders have beer
given that any person. other than military
coming nearer than 100 feet to a fortress
without special permission, shall at once be ar.
rested and examined by the military authori-
ties, and if there is reasonable cause to sus-
pect espionage. detained for any period such
authorities may deem proper. 1t is believed
that swarm of Russian spies, many oil
them in the guise of refugee Jews, are
infesting Austrian Poland and learning all
they can as to the military strength of the
country
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fhree Thousand VoIeanoea

SAN DIEGO, CAL..July 29.-The San Diegan
publishes descriptive account of Colonel l.
L. Allen the we'll known engineer, of phs-
nomenon in what is known as the volcanic
region of the Cocapah mountains, situated
sl1ty-nNe miles Souln"eSI OF 1uLha' IN Lower
over 5000 active volcanoes there, one half of
which are small cones ten or twelve feet at
the base, the remaining half, five to forty
feet at the base and fifteen to twenty-five
feet in height. The whole volcanic region is
encrusted with sulphur. One particular fea-
ture of the region is lake of water jet black,
which is a quarter of a mile in length and
one-eighth of mile in width, seemingly bot
tomless. The water is hot and salty.
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Small ButImnortant

WAsHneToN, D. c., July sl.-Ths bureau
of American republic has received the Official
returns of the commerce of Salvador for 1880.
The imports were ZOE, pol and the exports
81. 576, TS3. The custom house receipts were
81. 612. 226 and the total revenues of govern
ment 81, ISL ,407. The population of Saliva
dor by the last census was 664, 5l3 people,
which shows seventy inhabitants to the square
mile, and demonstrates Salvador to be the
most thickly populated country on the
American hemisphere. Tbs population of
New York state is 100 to the square mile.
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Catholic indian Schools

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 1.-Cardinal
Gibbons is reported as saying: 81 have every
reason to believe that the president and see
rotary of the interior are benevolently dis
posed toward Catholic Indian schools. We
should remember that men in high places
have conflicting interests to subserve, and they
are required to consider the veiWs and de-
mands not of a section of the community
but of the entire people. The Catholics have
many reasons to thank God for the blessings
they enjoy as citizens of the United States
1t is but just to say, in conclusion, that the
Bureau Catholic Indian Mission schools has
never obtained for itself or anyone ofits en-
ployes one cent of government money. The
expenses of the bureau have been entirely
betrayed by private contributions"
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Illinois Bugs Catch Il

LAWRENCE, KAN, July 31.-AdVices we're
received here from Professor S. A. Forbes,
state entomologist of Illinois; to the effect
that the chinch bug contagion is spreading
rapidly all over the state, and so far it has
been an unqualified success. The station
here sent many packages of infected bugs to
Illinois during the spring and early summer,
and few weeks ago Professor Forbes him
self came here to study the plans of Chan
cellor Snow. He went home enthusiastic
over the scheme. and his first report after
returning home shows that the deadly fungus
has been doing its fatal work and spreading
from germs sent from the Kansas station.
Chancellor Show is now in the Rocky noun
tains on his summer vacation. but he has e
corps of clerks at work here, WIG are send
ing out infected bugs to every part of the
country by each mail