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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

ToPEKA, KAS.-The state executive coun-
ell met in annual session IN the Office of the
secretary of state for the purpose of electing
railroad commissioner to succeed Judge
james Humphrey, whose third term in that
position expires April 1.
There we're several candidates for the com
missionership, but when it came TO the cleo
ton but two opponents to Judge Humphrey
were in the race. On the first ballot James
Humphrey received two votes, William NJ.
Mitchell, of Newton. former Santa Fe con-
ductor, votes, and Tully Scott. of Oberlin,
vote.
The second ballot stood: Humphrey 1,
Mitchell 4. Scott l.
On the third ballot the entire six votes of
declared elected.
The law is such that Judge Humphreys
successor could not be a republican and the
candidates ere all either democrats or alli-
anee men.
Perry B. Maxson, of Emporia, was en-
dOrsed by the Lyon county alliance. Gen
eral w. d. Bradshaw, of Ottawa, formerly
travelling frel mt agent OF the Missouri Paci-
fic, was endorsed by the alliance at large;
while William NJ. Mitchell, a practical rail
road man and democrat, was not only en-
dOrsed by all the prominent democrats in
the state, but was also endorsed by the legis-
IatiVe board of the Confederation of Railway
Employees, who were in session here early in
January, and since the adjournment of the
board petitions endorsing Mr.. Mitchell have
been rolling into the secretary of states
office, until their are now over ], 800 railway
employees of Kansas whose names are his en-
dOrsement.
Attorney General Ives, in speaking of the
election, said: "a better choice could not
be made. 1 am well acquainted with Mr..
Mitchell, and he is practical railroad man,
endorsed not by any of the railroad compa-
mics, but by LOO employees He is about IS
or 40 years of age, and is f self-made man.
His experience in railroad matters has been
large and varied, and he will make an excel
lent commissioner"
Ex-Governor Anthony is the only member
of the board in the city. He SAID: 81 do not
know Mr.. Mitchell, and do not know that I
have ever seen him. We need practical rail-
road men on the board
Judge Humphrey and Al. Greene were
both west at work connected with the seed
grain distribution, and were, at the time,
snOWbound.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
FAsrER rHAN ELYINo.
The Combination OF Principles that 4 Bold
Inventor Suggests

Inventor Suggests
A method of transportation in which
the principles of the balloon, cable
tramways, and electric motors are
combined, has been invented by George
n. Chase, a retired army officer living
in Los Angeles. Cal. By its use.
weight and traction are overcome, and
car may be driven on cables above
the surface at tremendous speed The
car Is surmounted by balloon frame
filed with hydrogen gas that counter
acts the weight of the car and contents.
An electric motor in the car supplies
the motive power, and tightly drawn
cables serve as rails. 1t is the inYen-
tors intention to make the track and
supports as light as possible, to avoid
the necessity of grading, to furnish
means of transit more rapid than has
heretofore been attained, and to reduce
the possibilities of derailing the car.
There's no up and down hill with
us" his attorney says. Its all the
same thing. We could stop on a de-
scent of A degrees Just as easily as
we could on a heavy ascent. In cross
ing streams We would have no ex-
pensive bridges, because We have no
weight to carry. Our cables that form
the tracks viii be in lengths of 200
feet, and will be under a tensile strain
of 10000 pounds per square inch.
They can be taken from five-eighths of
an inch to two inches in thickness.
For transcontinental purposes they
viii be one and one-half inches thick,
while for large spans we viii use two
inch steel tubes, framed into very light
trestles. Our stations viii be on the
ground. AS soon as a point from 500
TO a 1000 feet from the station is
reached. the track is elevated from -
feet above the level to 300 feet above
gulches. and gullies, and river beds.
We would sail along at heights that
would make you dizzy, To traverse
the Grand Canyon of Colorado would
be the easiest kind of a task. The
curves would be made of steel tubes
instead of cables. Switching will be
done as on ordinary roadbeds.
Our cars will be 100 feet long each,
and their weight I estimate at 1900
pounds each. The material used in
their construction will be asbestos
paper, nickel-plated, and all the re-
mainder of aluminium. For motive
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

named John L." The reason thew
call him by that name is because he
can box almost as we'll as the famous
puRiist himself.
This really clever trick was taught
him by his keeper, to whom he is very
much attached. One day while going
IN to clean the cage the keeper noticed
that John L., hitherto morose. show
ed a decided inclination to play. He
reared himself on his hind legs and
put up his props" just like a fighter.
The keeper put his dukes M too.
and advanced on John /. The re-
suit was rather clumsy exhibition of
the manly art.
But this first attempt was enough
for starter, and the big kangaroo
proved a willing pupil, SO that in q
short time he could do almost eyerv-
thing but deliver the knockout blow.
Headkeeper Byrne had a round or
two with John L" recently. and he
had to hustle around the cage pretty
lively TO keep the nimble animal frum
getting in one or two hard punches.
When Mr.. Byrne entered the cage
John i" cooked his hat to one side
and oomically surveyed his visitor.
As soon as Mr.. Byrne put himself In
a lighting attitude the willy kangaroo
did likewise, aud began to fiddle his
paws up and down, much after the
fashion of an old-style pugiistic ex-
ponent. He slowly advanced toward
the keeper, and every move he made
had q suggestion about it of business.
When Mr.. Byrne finally left the cage
John L. fairly seemed to smile de-
risively at the easy manner In which
he had vanquished his foe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
THE OLDEST HOUSE.
The CradOel House at AIedfOrd, Mass
Substantial Structure.

The CradOeIS House at AIedford, Mass.-A
Substantial Structure.
The recent mention of n house built
at Guilford, Conn, in 1910, as the old
est in the United States, has called at
tention to the one at Medford. Mass,
that was erected in 1854, making it six
years the senior of the first structure.
The Medford dwelling is standing with
but little change from its first con-
struction, and is in fairly good condi-
ton 1t Is n twO-story brick with oak
tlmbers and flooring. and was built by
Mathew CradOck, who was later made
Governor of the colonies. The brick
used were among the first made and
burned in the United States, the clay
being found near the site of the build
ing. They are of rough exterior, vary
ing in size from eight to eight and one
half inches long, four to four and one
quarter inches wide and two and
one-quarter to two and three-quarters
inches thick.
The walls of the house are eighteen
inches thick, and there are several
tire-proof closets in the building.
The house stood in an open field for
over century, and was approached
only by private road through gates.
The outside door was cased in iron.
1t was supposed to be built for retreat
and defense, and has always been
known as the Fort" or the Garrison
House" About the only alteration
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

A PIrTsBURG friend of the late Capt.
George Wallace, of the Seventh Cav
airy, thus describes that officer: "He
was a magnificent man in every sense
Of the word. He was feet inches
tall, and of athletic build. He will
long be remembered in the Seventh as
q most fearless rider and crack shot,
as well as a charming companion. That
Captain Wallace died hard and fight
ing to the last is shown by the latest
reports from the seat of war. There
were found lying around him where
he fell five dead Indians, for whom five
empty chambers in his revolver &C
counted He was wonderfully expert
with gun or revolver. remember
that on one little hunting trip we took
together in Missouri he disdained to
use a shotgun on small game, and
brought down more with his rifle than
the rest of us could with our scattering
guns"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
s. August
Flower

For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that I would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least was so weak that 1 could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of friend who had used
your preparations
A Worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, I procured a
Stomach. bottle of August
Flower, and COM
menced using it. It seemed to do
me good at once. I gained in
strength and flesh rapidly; my ap-
petite became good, and suffered
no bad effects from what 1 ate. I
feel now like a new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES E. DEDERICK,
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, St. Georges, S. c.,
writes: I have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. .
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
ReIIef for the starvInR Irlah.

BOsroS, March 27.-William Lloyd CARR
son, who is receiving funds for the relief of
the starving people in the west of Ireland,
prints some extracts from letter written by
Miss Sophie Sturges, who has charge of the
distribution of relief in COnnemara. She
says:
''You will hardly believe me when I tell
you that not one farthlng of the large fund
Mr.. Balfour has collected has come to these
people. But for our private work many must
have died of famine All the government
officials send their cases to US, poor law Off
GERS, police magistrates, besides the priests
and doctors. The people are clamoring for
food and work, and we find that we cannot
supply the increasing need. It is a most de-
plorable state of things because with relief
comes Generalization; and the whole thing
might have been easily prevented, had the
advice of those who understood the question
been taken last year"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade.


Dun's Weekly Review of Trade.
NEW YoRK. March 30.-R. G. Dun & Co Is
weekly review of trade says:
If no news is good news, as concerns the
condition of business at this season, the out
look is fairly satisfactory. Trade has been
rather quiet and hesitating, as is natural at
this season, and there is rather more COM
plant of slow collections, but throughout the
northwest bad weather and the bad state of
country roads supply an ex explanation.
Money is in fair and increasing supply
The outlook for the coming crops continues
unexeeptionally good. 1t has been week
of unhealthy speculation in some products,
owing to desperate efforts of powerful COM
binations to force prices on which they car
unload without loss. The general average
OF prices reached its highest point this year
on Monday, and though now Il fraction lower,
Is still per cent. above last week. b. {
manufactured products do not share in the
advance, except in q few cases. The IRON
market has better tone.
At Boston money is easy and trade dull
because of the weather. At Chicago sales
exceed last years for the same week, and re-
ceipts of wool considerably increased, while
there is a decrease of flour and lard and a
decrease of One-half in dressed beef. At
other northwestern points trade is fair.
Ihe business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days num-
Der zoo, as compared with a total of 275 last
week For the corresponding week last year
the figures were 243.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

CHICAGO, March 3O.-His Holiness Pope
Leo XIII is out with an apostolic benediction
upon the worlds fair and the plan to erect
beautiful stone monument in honor of
Christopher Columbus at Buenos Ayres. He
says: 1T is proper as well as useful to rem
der homage to men who have merited 80 well
of the Christian faith and human society.
Columbus in accomplishing, by his courage
and perseverance, such great deeds, has been
the fountain in both hemispheres of so great
influence upon mankind that few men can
be compared with him. Hoping that the
honors rendered him will serve 70 stimulate
the Columbian exposition at Chicago, we
give to your project the praise it merits, and
at the same time as a token of fraternal love,
We give the apostolic benedichon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

GOLD mining in the colony of Vic
toria shows decided tendency to de-
cline. Between the last two decennial
eensuses the number of miners fell
from "a, 425 to 30, 1s9, and the popula-
ton on the gold-fields from go, 1913 to
$50, 944, and this in the face of an in
crease in the total population of 49,
600. Eight years later-that Is, at the
close Of 1689-the Mining Department
estimated the gold miners to number
25,047 only. The total was very nearly
equally divided between alluviaI and
quartz mining-the latter, however,
slightly preponderating The Chinese
miners, who only count for 1921 in
tets number, are nearly all engaged in
the alluvial mining.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

AN interesting sequel to Miss Elaine
GoOdale's work as a teacher among
the Indians is her engagement to marry
DIR. Charles A. Eastman, full-blooded
Sioux. DR.. Eastman lived among the
Indians till he was IA years old, pick
ing up a smattering of education at
reservation school, and forming an am
bition for something better. He went
to Beloit College. and from there to
Dartmouth, where he took the full
course. After studying medicine at
Harvard he returned to his people in
Dakota, and has been doing useful
work among them. DR.. Eastman aud
Miss GocdAle are both at the Pine
Ridge Agency, and the former has
been appointed house physician of the
little Episcopal Church which now
forms the emergency hospital for In
dams who were injured in the recent
battle at Wounded Knee.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

RACINE Wis, March 27.-Ths wreck of a
Northwestern express tram, near here, caught
fire and the express car was burned. In the
safe of the American Express company was
$4,000 IN currency for northern banks from
Chicago. So intensely hot did the fire be-
come that when the safe was opened half the
currency was found burnt to ashes and the
other half partially burned. The express
company will lose about SIS. 200 of the money,
but enough will be saved of the other half to
insure its redemption. Several thousand dol
lars worth of lewelry was melted and ran into
one lump. The United States Express com
pany also lost a large amount of money.
Not q pound of mail or express was saved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
Pork Packing.

CMCINNATI, o., March 2S-The Cincin-
natl Price Current presents It's usual annual
exhibit of pork packing in the west for the
year ending March 1. It shows an increase
of I, sos, 900 hogs in the winter packing, the
total being 8, la. 900. The decrease in aver
age weight is eleven pounds, while in lard it
is nearly three pounds per hog. Total pack
ing. summer and winter, for twelve months,
17,713,OO0 hogs, against 13, 545, 900 the pre-
ceding year.
Estimates of the supply of hogs point to
reduction of one and half million and pos
slhly two million hogs, as compared with the
supply of last year for the eight months end
ing October, 1880.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

SooN after the battle of Lexington
In the Revolutionary War, Ethan Allen,
at the head of eighty backwoodsmen
from Vermont, known as Screen
Mountain Boys" made a sudden de-
scent on Fort TieOnderoga. near the
south end of Lake Champlain. Enter
ing the fort in the night, he found the
commander in bed. and summoned him
to surrender. an whose name2" de-
manded the officer. In the name of
the great Jehovah and the Continental
COngressl" replied Allen With the
fort Allen secured a supply of powder,
then very much needed by the Ameri-
cans.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
Fire In Cork.

Cork, March 3O.-Whle the judge was
summing up in the court house here. in the
case of the government against Michael
O'Brien Dalton and others, charged with as
sault on the police and with rioting at TIP
perary in the tlme of the trial of Messrs.
William O'Brien and John Dillon, the court
house was suddenly set on fire and scene of
alarm and confusion followed. All the occu-
pants of the building managed to make their
way safely to the street. The police are in
vestigating the affair. The fire was discov-
cred by barrister, who noticed the refec-
ton of the flames on the glass dome of the
roof. The court was packed at the time and
only the GOODNESS of the judge and the police
prevented a panic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

ant democracy held high jubilation in eele-
bration of the election of General John NJ.
Palmer to the seat IN the United States sen
ate which was recently vacated by Charles B.
FarWsn.
1t was such jubilee as the capital of the
state has never before Witnessed. From an
early hour regular and special trains from
all quarters packed with enthusiastic mem
bers of democratic clubs and other organize
tons arrived, and the streets in the center Of
the city were well nigh inpassable-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
splints OF Thourht.

Beauty and truth combined art.
The fool never does as he says; the
wise man never says what he does.
Wit, like unwholesOme sleep, must
come unbidden and unasked.
Three things thou canst not buy at
any price: True friendship, love and
woman's loyalty.
Whenever new savior turns up
there will also be a new Judas.
Happiness is nearly always a thing
of the past. or the future, rarely fact
of the present.
Often nothing but our past stands
In the way of our future.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

NEw YoEE. March 3O.-The funeral of
Charles F. Chiekering, the famous piano
maker, took place at his residence, No. 5
Fifth avenue, and the funeral was delayed
for the arrival of absent relatives.
Mr.. Chickering was noted for his upright
ness of character.
A good illustration of his honesty is found
in the case of the Miser Paine, who, while
dlstrusting all the world, did not hesitate to
deposit his hoardlngs in the care of Mr.
Chickering, never asking for a receipt
Finally Paine died, and then, to the surprise
of every one. the veteran piano dealer an
nounced that he had no less a sum than
SSo0.OOo lying in his safe, which had been
left in his care by the dead man. This sum
Mr.. Chickering. who might have kept every
penny OF 1t without any one being the wiser,
turned over intact to the Iniser's astonished
heirs. Such was the man
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
Texas WON'T Hear Him.

SAN ANToSIo, Tx, March oh. NJ.
Stanley arrived, but will not lecture. HE
manager. Major J. B. Pond, has received a
telegram from Agent McKeown, at Austin,
which says:
Criticism of Stanley so severe that have
been compelled to cancel all Texas dates"
The party will leave the state by the most
direct route. 1t is thought possible that Nc
KeOWn got to Austin, talked to some of the
unreconstructed legislators and they jumped
on Stanley so EaYagely for his alleged deser-
ton from the confederate army that the
agent was afraid to bill him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
A PhnosophIc Merchant.

An Arab water seller who was in
Turkey during the last war with Rus
STA was wandering about the rear of a
battlefield with two freshly filed jugs
Of water, calling out: ~Clear, cool
water, piasters a cupful, when a
shot bounding along smashed one Jug
to atoms. The Arab wandered on
without pausing. but he changed his
cry to @Clear, cool water, 4 piasters 4
eupful- The Jester,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
Alarmed About Gold.

WAsHNeToE, D. C.. March 28.-The alarm
felt in New York over the continued ship
ments of gold to Europe still continues, and
numerous messages have been interchanged
between Secretary of the Treasurer Foster
and New York bankers.
The rule mSde by the department that
gold coin must be taken instead of gold bars
mas not stopped the shipments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
The Cavalier and 10

The Cavalier and John Bull Coming.
WAsHINGToS, D. c., March 28.-The Span
ish government has notified the department
of state that it will participate at the Worlds
Columbian exposition at Chicago.
Minister Lincoln cabled brief announce
ment that the government of Great Britain
had accepted the invitation to make a dis
play at the fair.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
Cattle Men Excited.

ST. LOUIS. March 2s.-DisDatches from
northern Texas say that great excltment pre-
walls among cattle men on account of the
announcement that Government Agent Miles
has sent marshals to the Usage nation to no
tify stockmen that they will not allow cattle
to go on the reservation. The cattle men
have leased large tracts of land in the reser-
walton for grazing at heavy expense, and
within the last two weeks it is estimated that
10000 head have been shipped in.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

JEFFERSON CITY, March 3o.-The Texas
fever now raging among the stock in the
country south of Missouri is causing some
alarm in this state. The state board of sgrl-
culture. in session here, adopted a resolution
requesting the governor TO issue proclama-
ton quarantining cattle from the afflicted
country. The governor announced that he
would issue the proclamation without delay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02

The Birmingham (Ala) Age- Herald
prints the following inscription from a
tombstone. which evidently refers to a
member Of one of the old before-the-
war darky families: ~Henryetta, En-
meretta, Demiretta, Crsamertarter,
Carolina, BAlstic, Daughter of Bob and
Sooky Cottin.1
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
- neueInn Hnndmraa

CHICAGO, March 27.-The Honduras Lun-
Der company, with paid up capital of $685.
900, eco, has been formed here. The com
pany has the control for twenty-five years OF
:. 600, COO acres of timber in Honduras, con-
sisting of mahogany, rosewood. ebony, san
dal wood, sapodilla. pine, etc.
Mills will be erected having a capacity of
l ,00U, 600 feet per day, and in connection with
the mills furniture factories will be erected.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
A Discipline Bill.

LONDON. March 28.-The last act of the
house of lords before adjourning for the
Easter holidays, was TO pass to second read
ing-which is tantamount to the final passage
"a measure entitled ''The Clergy Discipline
bill )" and which gives absolute power to the
bishops, after evidence has been given IN the
consistory court, to remove from their pas
torates clergymen found guilty of leading
immoral lives.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-02
petroIt ana the Q. a. q.

DErRoIr, March 3o.-The accommodations
committee of the G. A. R. encampment have
been notified BY the executive committee
that free quarters for 5000 men will b.
needed.
E W. Cottreil, chairman of the accommo-
dations committees viii ask the park board
70 lay out beds of foliage plants on Belle Iale
the badges of the different army corps.