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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

A MADRID dispatch said the senate
bad passed bill authorizing the con-
clusion of peace on the terms provided
in the protocol.
AT midnight on the 18th mob of 70
men entered the Jail at Liberty, Mo-,
secured Ben amin Jones, q man 20
years old, and hanged him to the
portico of the Clay county courthouse.
Jones had criminally assaulted Annie
Montgomery, ten years old.
The officers of the National w. c. I.
IT,, ON behalf of the 800, 900 members of
the order in the United States, adj
dressed letter to President Mckinley
urging him to have the battleship Illi-
nois christened with water instead of
whisky A similar letter was sent TO
Secretary of the Navy Long.
ADMIRAL CERvERA and his officers
and all other Spanish prisoners cap
tured at Santiago boarded the City of
Rome at Portsmouth, N. H., on the
18th, to sail for Spain.
A WASHINGTON telegram said Com
modore Kurtz had been selected to
succeed Rear Admiral Miller as COM
mander of the Pacific coast station,
and that the battleships Oregon and
Iowa would be attached to this station.
A DISPATCH from Atlanta, Ga, said
Gen. John b. Gordon would not serve
on the war investigating committee,
owing to i'll health.
OVER 1000 deaths have occurred at
Tampico, Mex, from yellow fever and
the number of new cases is increasing
daily.
In an interview at Detroit Mich,
Secretary Alger expressed himself as
we'll pleased with the presidents Sc
lection of the committee to Investigate
the conduct of the war department.
A WASHINGTON dispatch said Robert
T. Lincoln and Daniel Lamont would
probably not accept positions on the
war investigating board, owing to a
press of business matters
SECRETARY ALGER has ordered win
ter hospitals built for 5000 soldiers.
The president has urged the follow
ing named gentlemen to accept places
on the committee requested by Secre-
tary Alger to investigate the conduct
of the war: Lieut. Gen. John M. Scho-
field, Gen. John b. Gordon, Gen.
Greenville M. Dodge; President d. G.
Gilman, Gen. Charles +. Henderson,
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Daniel s. La
mont, DIR. w. w. Keene, Col. James A.
Sexton.
ELIZABETH, wife of Francis Joseph,
emperor of Austria, was assassinated
at Geneva, Switzerland. by an Italian
anarchist, who stabbed her with q,
stilettO. The murderer was arrested.
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Hood'e pills cure Indigestion, Olliousnes'
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
Had to he Recognized
as Such,

The necessity chat there shall be only one,
man who "has the say" in a military COM
mand is thoroughly recognized in the United
States army. A story is told of Gen. Shat.
ter, commander of the American expedition
airy force for the invasion of Cuba, which il.
Illustrates the punctilo of the regulars in this
regard.
At certain frontier post at which Shafter,.
who then held an inferior rank, was COM
mander many years ago, a discussion arose
among several officers as to the exact time
of day. A captain, with his watch in his,
hand, said:
at is now exactly three o'clock"
ooh, no, said lieutenant, "by my time,
it's eight minutes past three"
A third officer drew his watch out Of his.
pocket. 81 know my time is exactly right"
he said, land my watch says two minutes
past three"
At this juncture Mai. Shafter looked at.
his silver watch.
II don't know what your watchessay, he.
remarked, but | wish you to understand
that in this command it is five minutes past.
three"
Then the young officers remembered that,
the authority OF the commanding officer ex-
tended even to the time OF day.-Pittsburgh,
Dispatch.
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QUICK RETRIBUTION.
A Mob at Liberty, Mo-, Hangs a
Man Seventy Years Old.
HAD ASSAULTED A YOUNG GIRL
Taken from jail at Midnight by Less Than
One Hundred Masked Men and Swung
Up on the PortioO Of the Clay
County Courthouse.

Liberty, Mo-, Sept 12.-Benj amin
lynched just before midnight last
night for the alleged assault last Sat-
urday of Anna Montgomery, ten
year-old girl Between II and II
o'clock about rs masked men rode into
the town from all directions. They
went Immediately to the Jail and bat
tered down the heavy iron door. They
went in and, finding their man, escort
ed him to the front door on the south
side of the courthouse. There, on the
portico of the Clay county courthouse,
Benjamin Jones forfeited his life for
one of the foulest crimes ever commit
ted in Clay county.
On Saturday morning Jones was
asked to escort Anna, the ten-year-old
daughter OF James Montgomery, of
Randolph, to the Clay county fair.
Jones brought the girl to Liberty in a
big wagon. He took care of her all
day, taking her shopping in the morn
ing and out to the fair in the after
noon. After the fair was over, they
started on the return trip to Randolph.
During the trip, the crime for which
Jones was lynched was committed.
When the news of the crime became
public, the indignation OF the Clay
county people knew no bounds. Ben
jamin Jones was brought to Liberty
and placed in the Clay county Jail Sun
day morning. All day groups of men
and boys could DO seen standing
around on the square and side streets,
talking in low tones. Horses were
hitched at every convenient hitching
post. The male population had de-
termined looks on their faces and any
one with an experienced eye could see
that something was to happen that
would cause a sensation in the little
town of Liberty.
Shortly after Ii o'clock the electric
lights were put out and the sound of
horses feet was soon heard Gathering
over the stony Streets leading to the
square. They surrounded the court
house and it seemed that there were
nearly 100 masked men in the mob.
Blows dealt by strong arm did tell
ing work on the Jail door and few
minutes afterward Benjamin Jones
was lead forth to face the avengers of
the foul crime that had been COM
mitted on the person of little Anna
Montgomery.
A rope was thrown over the railing
on the top of the stairway, and the
moose placed around Jones' neck.
Willing hands grasped the ends of the
rope and Jones was suspended in the
air. A few gurgles, one pistol shot
rang out convulsive shudder, and
all was still. The lynchers dispersed
as quietly as they had come and Clay
county had atleast succeeded in aveng-
ing one more of the foul crimes which
have darkened her history.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A WASHINGTON dispatch on the 9th
said that work on the democratic cam
paign textbook was progressing rap
idly and by October /, at latest the
book will be ready for distribution.
GRADUAL reductions will be made in
the army until the number of men in
the field is reduced to about 10000
men, and they will be concentrated at
posts which will be established at
Jacksonville, Fla; Middletown, Pa
Admission, Ala, and Lexington, KY
The number of army corps will be re-
duced to four and the troops will be
concentrated at these four points, to
be put in shape for garrison duty in
Cuba and Porto Rico
SECRETARY AuGER has determined to
20 on tour of inspection of the army
camps throughout the country.
GOVERNORS of states will have little
to say in the future regarding the vol
unteer troops now in the field. Troops
selected to be mustered out will be
discharged and those chosen for future
service will be retained in the service
regardless of the clamor to have them
released, interference on the part oil
governors of the states having demon
allied the troops in many instances
Ex.SEoRETARY SHERMAN explained
his recent visit to the white house and
said that he informed the president
that in his opinion the people would
not be paci6ed until there had been q
thorough investigation and the re-
sponsibility placed where it belonged
for the Encouragement attributed to
the war department.
SECRETARY AuGER has requested the
president to order searching investi'
cation of the war department. In
this request the secretary was joined
by Adjt. Gen. Corbin. The president
has not yet determined whether he
will grant it or not.
THE commissioner of pensions, in an
appendix to his annual report, states
that the pawning or pledging of pen
sion certificates is n growing evil and
some stringent measure should be
adopted to reach the offense, and, il
possible, to effectually stop it, He
says the present law governing the
matter is inadequate to reach the Of
lenders.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has rendered
places to Gen. Scho6eld and eX'Sena
tor Gordon, of Georgia, on the pro-
posed commission to examine into the
commissary and medical departments
of the army in the recent war.
THE president has appointed Senator
Gray, of Delaware, as the fifth mem
Der of the peace commission.
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UNTRANSLATABLE.
The American Phrase, "Gct There,"'
Is Difficult for Foreigners to
Translate.

"What gives me most trouble" said a for
eign military attache, lis trying to translate
your American language into English first,
and then into my own language, so as to-
give my government correct understand
ing OF the spirit and character of your SOL
diers. find the phrase get there for ex-
ample, difficult. When saw your infantry
going forward against the opposing troops in
the forts and ntrenchments, | said to the
officer with me that the infantry should not
attempt such movement without the artil--
lery. 'You'te right, he told me, but the
boys will get there At night, when we were
all so hungry, vcntured to inquire if fur
Their movement were contemplated till your
army was provisioned. Then the officers,
who were gentemanly, all laughed, and said
the army would think about rations whenS
they got there The second day we met
many of your wounded men coming back;
as we were going forward. When the colo
mel asked them about the fighting, so many
times l heard them say we got there And
afterwards l also heard those words used
very often. But it is so difficult for me to
explain so my own people will understand it,
what nature of tactics is get there. "--Bos-
ton Transcript.
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SEXTON FOR COMMANDER.
The Illinois Man Elected co tho HIghO0l
ONCE Within the GIFT OF the
National @. A. II.

Cincinnati, Sept 9.-Illinois and
Pennsylvania celebrated their victo-
ties at their respective headquarters
last night The one secured the COM
mander-in-chief in Col, James A. Sex
ton, Of Chicago, and the other the lo-
cation of the thirty-third annual en-
campment OF the G. A. r. at Philadel-
phia next year. While heated con-
rests were going on inside of the
guarded doors of the encAmpment all
the demonstrations on the out
side in the city were in accord
with the peace jubilee. The pa
rade of the civic and indus
trial organizations in the afternoon,
with all the Illustrations of peace and
prosperity and happiness that could
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

GRANNY THOMAS, aged 97, the oldest
eolored woman in Mclean county, ILL., b,
was burned to death in her room.
THREE large tobacco barns near Hop
kinsville, Ky, were destroyed by fire,
together will all their contents, in
GLIDING $4,000 pounds of tobacco.
In view of the irritation in France
Russian politicians and newspapers
are seeking to present the czar's peace
circular in a new light They urge
that it has been misconstrued and as
.sert that the imperial government
never contemplated the immediate
eonvocatiOn of a conference, being
fully aware of the difficulties in the
way. IL was only hoped they con-
tinue, to sow good seed which would
gradually terminate and bear fruit
when circumstances are more favora-
bic.
MRS. II. M. WINsLOw and daughter
Jessie, aged ls, were poisoned by eat.
ing watermelon at Terre Haute, Ind.
The daughter will probably die.
A. j. HAHN, clerk for the Webster
Manufacturing company at Chicago,
while carrying S629 for the payment
of the FIRMS employees was attacked
by three men on the Ashland avenue
bridge and robbed His skull was
fractured and he may die.
The American Agricu1turist says
that the worlds hop crop shows a
shortage this season that may possibly
be reflected in sensational advance
in prices. 1t is probably so, 900 to 1OO,-
900 bales less than last year.
AN aerolite fell at Richview, ILL.,, re.
Gently. 1t weighed over 81 pounds and
was composed principally of iron,
marble and granite. 1t was presented
TO the high school at Nashville, III.
A FIRE occurred at Prescott, Ariz.,
the other day which resulted in the
death of two persons and the serious
injury of three others, the victims be-
lag suffocated.
JAMES RYAN was overcome by the
heat at his breakfast table in JERSEY
City, N. j., on the 5th. His wife called
~A - Rhy SlOlauI anu WhlAe Ino uOcJOr
was trying to restore the man to con-
seriousness, Mrs. Ryan became much
agitated. suddenly collapsed and died
of heart failure.
A DISASTROUS wreck occurred the
other morAing four miles west of
O'Fallon. Ill, on the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern railway. Eight ears
were derailed aud completely demol-
ished. Three were loaded with lum-
Der and others with timothy seed fer
tilizer, zinc plate, cast iron, sinks and
baled cotton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
Gen. Alser Goes Home.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 19.-Secretary
Alger arrived from the east Saturday
morning. Accompanying him were Mrs.
Alger and their son, Capt Fred Alger,
who is gradually recovering from
fever, contracted in Cuba, also Col.
HeclSer and Maj. Hopkins, the secre-
tary of wars aids, both Detroiters.
The general upon alighting warmly
greeted Gov. Pingree. To reporters
Gen. Alger remarked all he would say
now was that he was glad to get home,
and especially 10 breathe the Michigan
cir again.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
Estlmates of Town Crop.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept 1o.-The
monthly report of the Iowa weather
and crop service estimates Iowa's crop
for this year as follows: Corn yield,
$50, 900, 600, increase of 40, 100000 bush
els over last year, average "a bushels
per acre; wheat "a, 1884; increase,
9,524, 100; average per acre winter
wheat, is; spring, 16. Oats, total
yield, 141, s75, 900; increase, 1904, 900;
average IS per acre.
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Williamsport, Pa, Sept 10.-The
Grand View hotel, the largest hostelry
at Highland lake, a summer resort,
was totally destroyed by fire yester-
day. The hotel was practically closed
for the season and it is believed that
the fire was of incendiarv origin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
Gold Reaerve stIu Climbing.

Washington, Sept. 1O.-Another gain
in the treasury gold yesterday OF
81, 800, 6O3 brings the total net gold up
to $3.50, 1914, S94 Considerable of the i'm
crease is due to the payments for the
new war bonds and further additionR
from the same cause will result.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15

Instructor-"There is no point to this
theme" 1901 (confdingy(-"o always
was bad at punctuation. Harvard Lam
pooh.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-15
MRS. PINKHAM'S ADVICE.
What Mrs. Nell Hurst has to Say
About It.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-When Iwrote'
to you had not been well for five years;
had doctored all the time but got no
better. had womb trouble very bad.
My womb pressed backward, causing
piles. 1 was in such misery could
scarcely walk across the floor. Men"
situation was irregular and too pro-
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fuse, was ALSO
troubled with
leucorrhoea. L,
had given up ALI
hopes of getting
well; everybody
thought 1 had!
consumption,
After taking
h five bottles Of
Lydia L. Pink.
hams Vegeta-.
BILE Compound,
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TelB very Iuucn DeCCer
and was able to do nearly all my own,
work. Icontinued theuse of your medi--
cine, and feel that owen recovery to-
you. cannot thank you enough foryour
advice and your wonderful medicine.
Any one doubling my statement may
write to me and I will gladly answer
all inquiries. Mrs, NELL HURST, Deep
water, Mo.
Letters like the foregoing, con-.
stantly being received, contribute not.
a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs.
Pinkham that her medicine and COUNSEL
are assisting women to bear their heavy
burdens.
Mrs. Pinkham's ADDRESSES Lynn, Mass.
All suffering women are invited to-
write to her for advice, which will be
riven without charge. 1t is an ex-.
perienced woman's advice to women.
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THE WORLD AT LARGE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Risks and Premiums.

Net amount of risks writ
ten during the year,.
Net amount of risks ex-
pired during the year..
Net amount in force De-
cember 81, 1S97.....-...
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DEMOCRATIC OFFER SPuRNED
NEGOTIATIONS GUT OFF BY A
DECISIVE VOTE.
Dittmar Announces SThat BE Shall
Decline the Nomination for
Congress in the First
District
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDDING, Aug. 27.-The County
Central Committees of the Democratic
and Populist parties set the date for
the county nominating conventions of
each party for the same day, August
q, with the end in view of accomplish
ing fusion of the two organizations.
Both conventions convened in this city
at 10 o'clock this morning, and up TO 8
o'clock in the evening nothing had been
accomplished. The proceedings were
characterized by sceres of confusion
never eQualed in the political history
of Northern California.
Early in the day the Democratic con-
vention appointed a conference COM
mittee to meet with a like body from
the Populist convention, and 1t was not
until o'clock that they got together
At Z o'clock the Populists rejected the
whole fusion proposition by a decisive
vote. The Populist platform was then
taken up and read in the convention.
During the confusion of the afternoon
a plank in the platform was read in
dorsing T. w. Shanahan for Governor,
Fowler for Lieutenant Governor and
DR.. ]. A. Cole for Congress in this dis
trict. While the convention was wait
ing on the conference committee a
more pacific plank was substituted, in
dorsing the entire middle the-road
State ticket. The substitution of this
plank without the conventions con-
sent was singularly not noticed by any
of the delegates, though the middle-of-
the-road declaration went through
with a rush.
Upon the adoption Of the platform
NJ E. Dittmar, the FUSION nominee for
Congress in the First District, arose
and in a calm and dispassionate speech
declared that while he should decline
the nomination for Congress, he would
support the Mcguire ticket and take
the stump in it's behalf. His newspa-
per, the Morning Searchlight, would
support Democrats and Populists alike
throughout the campaign. He then re-
fused to take further part in the DELHI
erations Of the conventions.
The failure of the fusion proposition
will insure a clean sweep for the Re
pubHcans in county affairs and give
to Henry T. Gage large plurality for
Governor
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REFORMS ARE IN ORDER
VARIOUS SCHEMES TO RE-
STRICT EXPENDITURES.
Investigating Committee Appointed
by the Supreme Lodge Is Still
Probing Alleged IT.
Irregularities.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. H-The SUI
nreme Lodge, knights of Pythias, is
about all that remains of the biennial
encampment. All of the Uniform Rank
and subordinate lodge companies have
left the city, and Camp Colgroye Is de-
serted.
The Rathbone Sisters and knights
of Khorassan held their final sessions
to-day. The investigating committee
appointed by the Supreme Lodge is
still holding meetings, but will prob
ably not report at this meeting. The
Supreme Lodge has much business to
consider vet and may be in session a
week longer.
REPRESENTATIVE w. l.. Scism of Ne
braska, who has been fighting the OIL
GERS of the Supreme Lodge vigorously
for several months and is reported to
have made charges of excessive ex-
pense accounts, has introduced num-
Der of resolutions and documents at
this session, all having a tendency to
restrict all the officers.
One resolution aimed at the su-
preme keeper of records and seals, says
he shall keep an accurate account,
showing the exact financial condition
of the Supreme Lodge at all times
keep the accounts of the Grand Lodges
and of the deputy supreme chancellors,
and shall not draw any orders on the
supreme master Of the exchequer until
the bill for the particular service shall
have been approved by the committee
on finance.
Another resolution directed at the
supreme master Of the exchequer states
that he shall keep an account in de-
tailed form of all receipts and disburse-
ments, and shall each quarter prepare
a detailed report. showing the date OF
each remittance from the supreme
keeper Of the records and seals, and the
amounts of money paid out, together
with the name of the payee. These re-
ports are to be sent to the Supreme
and Grand Lodge officers and to the
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COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN.
MANY of the Plants In Massachusetts,
Suspend Operations.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. T-The
Merchants Chace and Staffords cotton
nils shut down to-day, in order to curtail
tho output for time. The Merchants
corporation will remain closed until Sep
ternber II. The others will be idle all next
week, and may shut down later in the
eason. Sycamore mill also closed OPP
erations to-day for week or more. The
granite mills announce shutdown Sep
+eu,her 5..and the linen and Seaconnet
soiiis are expected to close later. 1t is
Injected several other plants will stop the
"a me time as the Granite mills do. The
SIada and Robinson mills have been on
tha c,,rfailment list for some time The
Wampanoag mills, which are closed this
week will resume next Wednesday. Work
at Borden City mill has been stopped
for two weeks by strike.
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Ladies' tailor-,--de SUITS latest designs; We
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OF Interest to the Coast.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Extensions
have been granted as follows:
California: Original - William Walter,
San Diego, Sc. Reissue and increase
William II. H. Baxter, Tulare. Sc to s12.
The following Postmasters were ap-
pointed to-day in California:
Artesia. Los Angeles County, c. 3.
Scott, vice David McKeen, resigned;
Jamestown, Tuolumne County, S. r. F.
Butterf1eld, vice Patrick Whyte, re-
moved.
Army orders-Captain Charles B.
Thompson, assistant quartermaster, is
detailed as a member of the examining
board convened at the Preside at San
Francisco Cal, by special orders, vice
Major Thomas NJ. K. Smith, First In
fantry, who is relieved.