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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22


Phillips county will have over 7,000,-
900 bushels of corn this year.
One woman has made and sold to
one Wichita family in the last eighteen
ears over 81, 600 worth of butter
Double the amount Of corn will be
eribbed by the farmers this fall than
ever known before in the history Of
Kansas.
The new assessment shows decrease
in the state of $1053,SS5 on real and
personal property, and S2G1, 020 ON rail
road property.
Many of the irrigation plants in Rice
county are being completed for use
next year or some other year when
they are needed.
Miss Strait was nominated for regis
ter of deeds by the Bourbon county Re-
publicans the other day, by majority
over all her opponents.
The report made to the COM
ptroler of the currency by the
l23 national banks of Kansas
If their condition at the close
of business July il, shows: Loans and
discounts, $ls ,6s6, 1851; overdrafts, $685.
I'll; due from national banks not re-
serve agents, 1887 504; due from state
banks and bankers, SIZE, CSC, due from
approved reserve agents, $3,407,63l
gold coin, 81 ,20G, 1882; total specie,
vi, $50, 462 total resources, $32, s71, $40.
surplus fund, 81, 487 ,773; due to other
national banks, 1881 1885, due to state
bank and bankers SOLO, 96s; individual
deposits, $40, 100, 0s4; average reserve
held, 1914.
Eldorado Republican,: Kansas has
-, 069 acres in fax. Kansas has $780,
3O5 horses on her farms. There are
1885, 17 farms in Kansas having an
acreage Of 30,2l4466. The live stock
in Kansas in $50 was valued at $685.
06S,3 1905. Kansas is third in cattle with
3,1ss, 033. In 1850 Kansas raised 094,-
127 bushels of faxseed and 3G,093
pounds of fiber Kansas has 1901
acres planted in barley which produced
1866, 7l5 bushels. The farms of Kan
sas produced in 1890 an estimated value
of Sa5,070, $50. Kansas is third as q
corn producing state. In 1890 she had
| 7,3l4, 765 acres and 259,574, 56S bushels.
In 1865 the valuation OF all taxable
property in Kansas was $3.50, 100, 945; iL
1875, Sl2l ,456, 1858; in 1885, S977, l19, 1888;
IN 1895, 1929, 007, S37. 1t is stated
mat Kansas will this year produce
400, 100000 bushels CT corn. This
means 6G6, 666 car loads Of 600 bushels,
or SO, 900 pounds Counting twenty cars
to each train, it mea IS 33, 1913 train
loads. Surprising that it is shipped
east at the rate OF ten train loads
day, 1888 days will be CURED to get
it out OF the country, If man can
husk fifty bushels GJy, 10000 men
would be kept busy year huslSinS
the crop.
The Kansas commissioners to the
Mexican exposition will usk for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of making creditabe state dis
play, if special session OF the legls-
laturc is held next winter.
The state irrigation commission has
located plant five miles: With Of CHM
maroon in Gray county. J. already is
pumping water, but the board has not
accepted it yet. The reservoir is l25x
sO7 feet and six feet deep, and as it is
made OF sand it will be lined with gyp-
sum. G. +. Vincent, who is in charge
of the plant, has planted two acres adj
iacent to the reservoir in alfalfa and
one in Irish potatoes as an experiment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

How successful he was Is evidenced by
the fact that swlndle succeeded swlndle
and murder succeeded murder until he
had secured and spent fortunes, brought
six victims to hideous deaths, and
twelve years passed without even so
much as a check on his awful career.
When once his troubles began they
came thick and fast, until at last he
Is about to be brought to justice.
The beginning Of the end came with his
arrest in st. Louis last fall. Since then
he has enjoyed but a brief spell Of
freedom and now all of his horrible
crimes are being fastened upon him.
Subtlety and cunning added to the
mans finished education and polished
manner have combined to make him
the most wonderful criminal Of the age,
1t Is not the purpose or this article to
trace his career further than to mar
rate briefly the crimes charged against
him in order to show what a moral
monstroslty he Is. While at Ann Arbor
University he entered into a conspiracy
to defraud an insurance company in
very much the same manner the FL
deity company was fleeced in the Piet-
eel case. His accomplice was fellow
student, and experience gained while
he was a medical student enabled him
to successfully carry out the fraud,
His classmates life was insured for
$4,000, a corpse was secured and plant
ed" and afterwards identified as the
body of his confederate, The company
paid over the money, and with 1t
Holmes, who was then sailing under the
name Of Herman Mudgett, and his
pal paid their tuition through college
The young scoundrel had deserted Mrs
Mudgett and their baby and left them
to drift for themselves in their New
England home in order that he might
go to Ann Arbor.
Flushed by the success of his first
venture, Mudgett, the college scape-
grace, became Mudgett, the criminal,
and thenceforth his ambition in the
world Of shade knew no bounds. Leav-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
LABOR DIFFICULTIES IN FRANCE
The Strikes of 1894 and tho Attempts
to End Them.

The Strikes OF 1894 and tho Attempts
to End Them.
The French Bureau of Labor has re-
Gently made report Of the strike sta
tistics Of that country in 1894. There
were 391 strikes, in which 54,576 work.
men took direct part, and by which
4,467 others were thrown into idleness,
so that in all 1867, 4S0 days of work
were lost. The year before there were
634 strikes, involving 17O,123 men. In
1892 there were 261 strikes, and in the
year 1891, 267. OF the strikes of 1894,
So per cent grew out Of questions Of
wages. The workmen were successful
in II per cent of the strikes, which con-
cerned rs per cent of all the strikers.
Strikes involving 45h per cent of the
workmen failed, and 80 per cent Of the
strikes were partly successful. There
were 101 appeals to the comparatively
new law Of arbitration. Eight of these
appeals, seven by the workingmen and
one by the employers, were made at the
very outset of the strikes, before work
was actually stopped, and 90 appeals
were made after strikes had already
been declared. The number Of appeals
to the law Of arbitration by working
men was 81. Employers made the APP
peal four times, and employers and en-
ployed together twice, while the judge
having jurisdiction interviewed A times.
Employers refused arbitration in "a
cases, and the workingmen In 16 cases.
After arbitration had been refused tho
workingmen in two cases gave up their
demands without actually having quit
work; a strike was declared once, 81
strikes were continued, and five were
ended by the defeat of the workingmen
who abandoned their demands. or %
strikes begun or continued after arbi-
tratlon was refused, six succeeded
seven were compromised, and nine were
defeated. In Ga other conflicts, 65 COM
mittees of Cancellation were constltut-
ed, two In the case of one strike.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
A BOWL OF KAvA.
A PoiynosIan Drink which Is Unploas'
antly Peculiar in It's Preparation,

antly Peculiar In Its Preparation.
Kava Is the native drink, and It's use
and the manner and ceremony of its
preparation being among the most an
cient customs of Polynesia, II merits,
l think, q short description, Kava Is
an indigenous tree, more or less plenti-
full throughout the South Sea Islands,
the root Of which is employed in the
manufacture of the drink. When visit
ors are present much ceremony is OBJ
served In its preparation. A beautiful
round bowl of dark-colored wood Is pro-
duced, Its interior shining with a blue
eAamel-llke coating, caused by the de-
posit Of the root. Generally speaking,
the best bowl Is the property of the
village, and much care Is taken and
time spent in polishing and preserving
the enamel in the interior. Three young
girls with shining white teeth, chosen
usually chosen from the "belles" Of the
village, seat themselves around the
bowl, each having a piece Of the kava
root. This they proceed to break up in
to small pieces, and, putting them into
their mouths, chew the dry root until
1t Is reduced to pulp, which is placed
from time to time in the bowl A suf-
ficiency having been thus prepared
water Is poured In and the whole mix
ture is stirred up; lunches of fine fibre
are then drawn through the liquid to
strain out any small pieces Of the root
which may remain. The drink Is now
complete and is passed around in cups
Of cocoanut shell to the chiefs and
principal people of the assembly in Or
der Of rank. On my first attempt at
drinking kava was strongly reminded
Of soapsuds; but this unpleasant idea
wore off after a time. refusal to
drink, or even not to drain the cup, Ia
considered a grave impoliteness. The
solution Of the kava root is non-intoXi-
eating but, taken in excess, produces
loss Of power in the lower limbs,
Many Of the European residents drink
1t regularly, but, Of course, 1t Is then
prepared In different manner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
Kansas G. A. II.

General order No has been
issued by Commander j, p. Harris
of the G. A. II. department of
Kansas The principal part Of
the order is devoted to an ex-
PLANTATION of matters connected with
The national encampment at Louisville.
Concerning the proposed exhibits 81
Kansas products ut the encampment,
the department commander says:
"This year we have been blessed
with bountiful crops; the largest per
haps in years, and let us show our
comrades, north, south and east, that
Kansas is all right, Where comradeA
are going to Louisville In
sufficient numbers to procure q cc,-.
from given point, by all means have
it decorated, not only with our Kansas
suntlowers, but with corn, wheat, oats
and apples, or any product that would
be of interest. The department is cor
responding with the committe at
Louisville to get room to make
display of that kind.
"Attention of the department has
1een called TO the fact that many per-
sons are wearing the G. A. II. badge
or button that are not entitled to wear
1t. Post officers should see to II that
no person, not entitled to wear the
badge, be permitted to wear it. The
law is plain and explicit and should
be enforced for the protection of our
noble order"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

men much agitated. They said there
was a man in Gertrude's ROOM and
begged him not to go in for fear he
would be shot. Mr.. Phillips says he
grasped the handle of the door, but it
was held on the inside, Some one then
tried to climb out over the transom, but
Mr. Phillips struck at his head and he
desisted. His wife and daughters were
screaming, and his partner, Frederick
Mckinney ran UPSTAIRS with a revol-
yer. At this instant the man who was
in Gertrudes room broke out and rush
ed downstairs. Mr.. Phillips says he rec
ognized Millken. He chased the man
and caused his arrest in the garden,
When taken to the station he proved to
be B. II. Milliken. He appeared to be
intoxicated. Mr., Phillips says his
daughter was awakened by the smell of
chloroform and by feeling some one pass
a handkerchief over her face. Search
was made, Mr.. Phillips says, and it was
found that Millil1en got in by climbing
over roof. A handkerchief and bot
tie were found in the garden. A drug
gist declared that the handkerchief was
saturated with chloroform, and that the
bottle had contained the liquid After
his arrest Milliken was released by one
of the district attorneys. II appears that
he was well acquainted with Miss Phil
lips and was a frequent visitor at the
house. 1t is said he called early in the
evening of July A. but Miss Phillips ask
ed to be excused from seeing him. Mill
liken is said to have left town. Mill
kens explanation is said to be that the
whole affair was a mistake arising out
of too much Fourth of July.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

GaT6 " SSo n5JlS5fr 81 Howard, and half a
dozen other aliases, who is now in jail
at Philadelphia awaiting trial on a
charge Of conspiracy to defraud insur-
ance companies The charge will soon
be changed to murder.
, Slowly, but nevertheless surely, the
coil Is tightening about the neck of this
,fiend in human form. That Holmes
murdered b. F, Pietzel and his three
children there is no longer the shadow
of doubt in the minds of the police.
Evidence showing almost conclusively
that he murdered the Williams sisters
in Chicago before he became involved
in the insurance swindle with Pietzel
was found in Chicago by newspaper
men and detectives last week and this
crime will probably be fastened upon
him. Every step in Holmes career
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
KANSAS NOTES.
Almond the RunInn ThIatle.

Secretary Coburn Of the state board
of agriculture gives cut the following
in regard to the Russian tumbleweed
or thistle:
81 hope no Kansnn will be unmind'
full OF the possibility shat the greatly,
to-be-dreaded Russian tumbleweed or
thistle may, unknown to him, be
growing on his farm or in his garden
and likely to do not only himself but
all his neighbors injury beyond estl-
mate; also that one plant produces
enough seed to stock a township, and
by being tumbler' possesses in itself
n perfect means of distribution over
many miles of territory.
"Tho plants are now generally COM
ing into bloom or forming their seeds,
and should be sought out and eXter-
minated before any have time to ripen.
A majority of the people seem to sup
p sc that because the plant is called
histle' (Which it Is not, that it 10
akin to the Canada thistle, with roots
that live through tho winter and only
destroyed by digging, sailing, burn
ing, etc, which is all mistake. This
Russian importation is an annual, pro.
ducing only from the seed each SEA.
son, and needs but to be pulled up or
cut off at the ground before the seeds
mature to prevent its spread. There
is, to be sure, law in Kansas requir-
ing the destruction OF such noxious
weeds, under direction of the county
commissioners, but no right-mnded
citizen should wait to be commanded
by public officials before beginning a
persistent war of determination ON
such enemies"
The state board OF agriculture haS
an excellent illustrated bulletin telling
all about the Russian thistle, which
Secretary Coburn is anxious to send to
inquirers while the edition lasts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
A Pointer FOR Cnnrnsners.

Gentleman-Why do you always be-
gin to beg on the top floor instead OF
beginning at the first floor
Mendicant-Weil, you see if begin
at the top floor and am thrown down
a flight of stairs can keep right on
beginning at the frst floOr2
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
.Grosyenor's Grave.

The grave of John Grosvenor, in the
town of Pomfret, is one of the oldest
in that section Of Connecticut. 1t has
been marked for generations by a head
stone of peculiar interest, on account Of
the coat of arms displayed on its sur
face. The inscription and design are
still distinct and clear.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

Phillips and attempted to chloroform
the young woman. The affair occurred
the night of July A, at Washington.
Mr. Phillips says his daughter Ger
trude sat up with him until after mid
night, when she retired, Some time af-
ter he had been in bed he heard his
other daughter, Nora, scream. Going
to her room, he found both young wo-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
MILLIKEN's MISTAKE.
Tho Washington Society Man Indicted
for House BreAkInr.

Benjamin II. Mllllken, private secre-
tary to President Harris of Tennessee,
has been indicted by the district grand
jury for housebreaklng and felonlous
assault He is charged with having
broken into the house Of eX-Solicitor
General Samuel f. Phillips, secreted
himself In the bedroom Of Miss Gertrude
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
il. H. HOLMES, FTEND.
DIABoLIcAL DEEDS OF THE IN
SURANCE SWINDLER.
LIFE A MERE TRITLE IN THE WAY
OF HIS AMBITION.
a Score of Murders May BE Traced to
the Cold Biooded Slayer of PIetzcl,
His Three Children, and Minnie and
Annie williams.

URDERERS ARE
Of three classes.
There is the Grimm
al who kills to avoid
capture; the blood
thirsty william who
who Stays for pure
love of the sight Of
blood and the born
murderer. To the
latter class belongs
II. II. Holmes, alias
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
Mrs, Mcdonald in st. Louis.

Mrs. Richard H. Mcdonald, Jr., of San
Francisco, accused of having fed from
that city with 100000 belonging to her
husband, who is awaiting trial there on
charges of forgery and embezzlement in
connection with the wrecklng of the Pa.
cific bank, was found last week to be
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

living with her sister-in-law, Mrs. John
Charlton, at st. Louis. She said she had
not fed with her husbands money; that
his troubles in California grew out Of
a political conspiracy, and that he was
innocent Of the charges against HIN.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22
AS TO BETTER TIMES.
VARIOUS OPINIONS CONCERN
ING THE CAUSE.
What Was Said by Grain Dealer
About tho Crops, by Wall Street Man
About Capital, and workingman
About Labor.

r WAS a dealer In
grain who said:
"The real cause Of
the better I'll m g s
I h t have come
upon the country
within the past few
months is the as
surance that all the
crops of the year
will be big, and can
be marketed more
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-22

The grandfather of the RothschiIds
is said to have scarcely owned penny
in 1870.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-18
END OF A FEUD.
a Sensational TRACED Enacted at
Covington, Ky.
Rank Cashier Sanford Attempts the Life
Of state Senator Goebel and 10
Himself Shot Dead by the
Latter. zg

CONVICTION, KY, April 10. State Sem
stor Goebel shot and killed Cashier
John Sanford, Of the Farmers and
Traders bank, Thursday afternoon in
front of the First national bank
of this city. Senator Goebel, ac-
comparied by Attorney General Hem
drick, of Kentucky, and Frank Helm,
president of the First national bank,
was en- route to the bank. When
they reached the door there stood San
ford. He shook hands with Hendricks,
using his left hand. Then he asked
Goebel If he wrote an article attack
ing him. Goebel answered.: 81
did," Immediately Sanford fred, the
ball passing through Goebeps panta-
looms. Quick as flash Goebel fred.
To do SO he had to place the pistol be-
meath Helms chin. The ball crashed
through Sanford's forehead. Sanford
fell in the doorway Of the bank, blood
oozing from an ugly wound. Helms
chin was badly powder-burned.
For years Theodore Hallam and
Harvey Meyers, two Of the brightest
lawyers in the south, have been
the democratic leaders of this
county. Goebel appeared on the
field while they were at the
zenith Of their career and under
the guise of an anti-ringster, fought
for prestige in the party. He was FREE
quently rewarded most generously and
came deservedly popular. Personal
ill-feeling naturally resulted and it
was not confined to the leaders Parti-
sans sprung from every quarter. San
ford was one of these and he espoused
the cause of Hallam and Meyers.
Personal encounters and convention
fights were numerous. It is not an ex-
aggeration to say that q hundred citi-
zens have constantly carried pistols for
the past three years, expecting an at
tack any moment.
Last Saturday an article appeared in
a Covington paper called the Ledger,
in which bitter attack was made
upon Sanford. The headline of the
article referred to Sanford in the
most depraved language. The publica-
ton aroused Sanford and his friends,
who declared that they would have
satisfaction from the author. It was
generally said about the streets
Of Covington that Senator Goebel
was at least responsible for the
publication of the article, and that
neither MIR. Goebel nor his friends took
the trouble to deny the allegation.
Cov1NeToN, KY, April IA coro-
ner's jury has cleared Senator Goebel
of the shooting of Cashier Sanford
Thursday afternoon. At an inquest
held Friday morning the jury found
wound caused by pistol ball fred
from the hands of William Goebel in
Self-defense.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-18
A TREATY or pEAok.
China and Japan Said TO Have Come To
Terms Satisfactory to Both.

terms Satisfactory to Both.
WASHINGTON April 1t. official adj
vices received here from Japan indi-8
cate chat an understanding has been
reached between the Japan and Chinese
plenipotentiaries and that the news
OF the definite conclusion OF peace
may be expected at any moment The
exact particulars of the terms Of set
Element could not be learned, but it is
understood that in response to the
urgent and repeated requests 81 the
Chinese plenipotentiary for an abate-
ment OF the demands originally made
the Japanese plenipotentiaries have
granted Important concessions. ~
Great satisfaction is expressed here
sats@the information that the peace
negotiations have been practically con-
cluded between China and Japan
eight days before the termina-
ton Of the time fixed for the termina-
ton Of the amnesty. So far as can be.
learned q formal treaty has not been.
signed and may not be before Saturday.
Meanwhile there is possibility that
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese represent
alive, may object at the last moment
and another postponement occur. This
is regarded, however, as only posi-
bility and not a probability, inasmuch
as the plenipotenti aries have devoted q
fortnight to their work, and the con-
illusions have been reached after the
most careful and deliberate considera-
ton. SFI gEESE
It is believed that among the conces-
sions made by the Japanese has been q
decrease in the amount of indemnity de-
manded and that this is their principal
compromise. When the signature of
Ii Hung Chang shall have been affixed
to the treaty, peace will then be for
mally declared. The Chinese viceroy
| was clothed with plenary powers when
he came to Shimonoseki and any action
taken by him, therefore, is de6nitive.
1t is given out at the Japanese lega-
ton that any concessions which have
been made are due to the repeated re-
quests of the Chinese plenipotentiaries.
But there is probably more forcefuI
influence at work than any which can
be exerted from Picking. It looks as if
Japan were yielding before the hostile
attitude Of Russia. sEE#
1t is felt here that Japan cannot az
ford to antagonize Russia to such an
extent as to press for q permanent
occupation of Port Arthur and the
contiguous territory, because if any
power other than China is to
control that district Russia must
be that power. The car needs Pa
cific seaport and China has none to
give that would be thousandth part
as useful to the car as one on the east
coast of Manchuria, which is the Port
Arthur territory. Both Russia and
China have. therefore, the strongest
reasons for opposing this exaction OF
| the mikado. ~ y .ss'....-s
WASHINGTON, April lot is reported
that the final conclusions of the Japan
csc plenipotentiaries have been tele-
graphed by Ii Hung Chang to Picking,
and that Japan has asked for reply
in one day .--.t
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-18

KATE FIELD takes up the club for q
national marriage law, and remarks
that this government should follow the
example of the republic of France in
this matter. That nation says, virtual
ly: Whatever happens, children and
property must be protected. No mar
riage shall be legal that is not publicly
announced days in advance, SO that OBJ
jections may be considered if there are
any. No marriage shall be legal that
is not first performed by the civil au-
thorities and duly registered After
that duty to posterity is complied with
the parties may be married in a dozen
churches il they like.