Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-16
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ers went on a strike rather than submit to
20 per cent reduction
Governor Boyd says ewill call an extra
session of the Nebraska legislature 20 pass
the apportionment bill.
Five hundred plasterers are on a strike in
Chicago for 81 per day. They were getting |
$3.50 for eight hours.
The Beming family, of Drybone, Wis, ate |
raw ham, and the doctors are trying to save |
five of them from DEATH
The committee of the Kansas state board |
of agriculture has made application for space |
at the Columbian exposition.
A syndicate has been formed in London
with capital of ego, 900 to develop petro-
leum wells at Mancora, Peru.
It is rumored that Parnell has married,
and not the O'Shea woman. His friends say
that the mystery of his inner life Will shortly
be explained.
applied for space in the Columbian exposi-
ton.
The switchmens' strike at Lincoln. Neb.,
effeet1ng the c., b. d O., was followed by
like action by the switchmen of that line in
Omaha
General Horace Porter has been elected to
deliver the Grafton at the breaking OF ground
on April % for the memorial TO General
Grant in New York.
the old fishery quarrel with the fishing season.
Canadian fishermen are again refused bait
by their neighboring colonists.
proposition to trade British possession
of Egypt for a relinquishment of French
treaty rights in Newfoundland Is being dis
cusSed III the house of commons.
cyclone passed over Nevada. Mo-, at
p. m. of April 8. II was too high To nit the
main portion of the town hard, but licked up
some houses in the suburbs.
It is now asserted that Anna Dickinson 10
not insane, nor has she been. She was placed
in the asylum by force at the instigatlOn of
her sister. She is now seeking legal redress.
Last week corn was 72 cents in Liverpool
nd 80 cents in New England. Of course
exports of grain practically stopped; and
this slowed up the eastern shipments OF grain
from Chicago and the west.
A bill providing for uniform system of
text books was defeated in the Wisconsin as
sembly. A resolution providing for the Sc
lection of United States senators by vote
of the people was adopted.
Vermonters greatly regret the resignation
of Senator Edmunds. Governor Page VIII
| have quite list to choose from in selecting
a successor. However, the resignation does
not take effect until November.
Chicago election returns were long delayed
as results in precincts were challenged and
the fact OF close vote put both sides tothe
! H.
lots at some precincts we're put under guard.
As soon as it was learned that President
Harrison intended visiting Denver on his
trip west, the Rio Grande rendered him the
use of a special train from Ogden to Denver,
and the president has signihed his accept
ance.
The suit of T. L. Long against the Penn
| sylvania railroad to recover for a trunk lost
| in the Conemaugh food was decided against
| him in Philadelphia. The judge said the
trunk was lost in the results in ian act of
God"
Italian quarrymen at Kingston, N. Y, held
| a meeting to 6enounce the conduct of the
citizens of New Orleans. They then -h@sted
/ an American flag on high pole and rlddled
it with bullets. The quarry owners hearing
/ this, instantly discharged the men.
The Indiana state encampment G. A. R.,
| by resolution, denounced the Century article
on Camp Morton as "false and infamous and
| a libel to the military homer and civil lnteg-
rity of the state" and appointed a commit
! tee of five to procure and compile evidence
of the falsity of the changes made in the
| Century.
The alliance between France and Russia,
recently accomplished, vastly heightens the
| dangers and accelerates the approach OF war.
/ The chiefs of the dreibund will act IN unison
| with Lord Salisbury in reference to the bull
I garian imbroglio. Their policy consists in
/ simply refusing to interfere or to permit III
reference in the Balkans.
General Herbert, the new commissioner Of
| Canadian militia, Is believed to have brought
| instructions from the English war ONCE TO
strengthen the defenses of Canada and pre-
pare for putting large force IN the heid.
| The entire force of 5000 will be drilled by
| June. Never before has the number OF
drilled men exceeded 2O,OO0.
Claus spreckles has secured the greater
part of the sugar crop of the Sandwich Is
| lands and made a largo sum OF money by
the removal of the duty on raw sugar. he
/ purchased $1,000 tons of Java sugar and
stored it on an island in the Pacific ocean
until a few days ago, when he brought II IN
free, saving $500 ton in duties on 1t.
Upon the approval of Leo XIII, Cardinal
| Lavigerie, the primate of Africa, gave a
toast to the future triumph of republics; thus
| giving voice to the pope's desire to cut loose
from the old dynastic and line up Win moo
ern democratic ideas. This brought great
flood of protests and diplomatic correspond
ence from royalIsts everywhere to the Vatl-
can.
Senator John Sherman has been In consul
tation with members of his party In Ohio
over coming politics. 1t is understood that
he desires to retire from the senate at the
end of his present term, and this was talked
about. Senator Sherman is now the father
of the senate, being in his fifth term. Sena-
tor Morrill,, of Vermont has just been elec0eo
to fifth term.
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Kansas building at the Columbian exposition
selected lot $50 by 10 feet fronting on two
streets, also on the canal now under way
Kansas is the fifth state to make selection,
California being the first. General Butter
worth, secretary of the national committee,
and Major Handy. head of the bureau OF IN
formation, will be in Topeka on the I'D TO
address the convention called to raise fund
for the exhibit from this state.
The talk about the flaw in our federal CON
stitution, in that it does not empower the
federn government to fulfill its treaty obliga-
tons with other nations, Is all bosh. James u.
Blaine foresaw this twaddle and, in his hrst
communication TO Governor Nichols about
the New Orleans massacre of Italians, fully
met it by referring TO treaties as declared by
the constitution to be supreme law: Ihat
clause gives the national government every
power required to carry out any treaty.
The Kansas live stock sanitary commits
sioners have completed their work and the
quarantine against Texas and Spanish fever
is now in force. The quarantine line extends
along the southern border of Kansas to
KioWa county and thence south to the oath
degree, thence west TO New Mexico There
+ are six inspectors stationed at Chetopa, Coz
feyville, Wellington and Caldwell, three OF
whom are under government employ, but
under orders from the state commissioners