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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
GENERAL, NEWS.

Six Mormon elders were conducting
a meeting in a schoolhouse at Pine
Bluff, Tenn, when the building was
Stormed by a mob of over 100 men.
Eggs and rocks were thrown through
the windows and the building almost
entirely demolished. Those present
fled in a panic to save their lives
Miss May Harden, popular young
woman who was leaving the building
with the elders, was hit by a bullet,
and killed. Burton Vinson, a promi-
nent young farmer and superintendent
OF a Sunday school, wrote confession
that he had killed the girl, but that it
was an accident, and that he wished to
rid himself of remorse of conscience
He then committed suicide.
THE Thirty-first infantry, the first of
the new volunteer regiments, reached
San Francisco from the east on the 1st
and will sail for Manila in a few days.
YELLOW fever broke out at Key West,
Fla, and the health officials instituted
rigid quarantine against the place.
The congress of blind people, in ses-
sion in Kansas City, Kan, decided to
ask the next congress to establish uni
Versities for the higher education of
the blind and make liberal appropria-
tions for their support.
THERE are in Oklahoma territory g.
SSS, 1873 acres of vacant public land sub
ject to homestead entry.
A PETITION from the Netherland
Woman's Disarmament league was pre-
scented to Queen Victoria praying her.
in the name of womanhood and moth
erhOcd, to avoid war with the Beers,
and saying it would least a frightful
blot on your majesty's most glorious
reign"
S. w. Winfree, of Missouri; Hugh L.
johnson, of Oklahoma, and Robert L.
Robinson, of Nebraska, successfully
passed the examination and were adj
mitted to West Point.
NEWS of two remarkable deaths comes
from Delta county, Tex. Two cotton
pickers made a wager that they could
pick more cotton in one day than the
other. They made an early start and
refused to go to the farmhouse for dim
ner. In the afternoon both were found
dead in adjacent burrows.
THE ''Keol1uk express on the Rock
Island railroad was wrecked a mile
west of Eldon, Ia. Four cars were de-
molished and the engineer, fireman.
mail clerk and baggageman seriously
injured.
AT Dubuque, Ia, Idolita won the
$40, 900 Futurity stakes for three-vear.
old troteers, making the mile in 2:121<.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


OFFICERS of the treasury department
declare that the government will not
issue fractional paper currency for re-
mittances. They say silver is prefer
able.
ADJT. GEN. CORBIN said there was no
foundation for the report that the war
department proposed to organize three
more regiments of volunteers, and, in
that way, utilize the entire volunt eer
force of 80, 600 men authorized by con-
gress.
A PRACTICE to bar women out of the
government service at Washington is
growing.
SECRETARY Roof says the hospital
facilities at Manila are inadequate for
an army of 63, 900. Five hundred hos
pital tents will be forwarded for i'm
mediate use and the number of sur
geons and female nurses will be great
ly augmented.
SECRETARY Root and Gen. Miles left
Washington on the 3Oth for New York
to witness several important tests of
high explosives and other munitions of
war at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has sent to
Gen. Brooke at Havana a proclamation
ordering the census of Cuba to be
taken.
THE treasury statement August 81
showed the amount of net gold on hand
was $247. $50, COL, the largest in the his
tory of the government.
The annual report of H. Clay Evans,
commissioner of pensions, shows that
during the year there were added to
the pension roll 40, 229 names and 49,
1s6 were dropped, "a, 345 of these by
reason of death. The annual value of
the entire pension roll amounts to $751;
617, 961, being $649, 496 more than it
ever was, due to the higher average
annual value of pensions. The roll is
made up of 753, 451 surviving soldiers,
237, AS widows and dependent rela-
tives and 653 nurses. During the year
1O7,919 claims of all classes were re-
jected, large percentage of this being
claims for increase.
THE comparative statement of gov
eminent receipts and expenses show
that during August, 1899, the receipts
from all sources amounted to $40, 97S,-
173, an increase over August, 1898, of
about SIS, 80, 900. The disbursements
during August amounted to $40, 522, 311,
as against SOC, 260,71 for August last
year. This left a surplus for the
month of $4, 455, 1862.
The August statement of the United
States public debt showed the debt,
less cash in the treasury, amounted to
81, 1877, SOC, $50.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
STORY SOUNDED WELL
But There Was Reason to Believe
That 1t Was Not Wholly
True.

ssWken I first went west" tells retireGs
business man. who now does nothing in the
way of work except to NOV the lawn ana,
: see that the cat is in the barn at night.
''this manned hand saved my hfe.
''Is that SOP" asked the visiting neighbour
who knew that this form of invitation would
be sufficient to insure the story.
eyes, that's right. If l hadn't lost that
first finger when l was boy / wouldn't be.
here now. Jim Dixon and me were tradlnS
with the Indians. We exchanged beads, fake.
jewelry and bright calico for furs. All the
buffalo were not gone then and we did a.
good business. One time we happened to-
strike a wandering band of savages that
held us up on sight and it was plain from.
the way the red devils danced around us
that we were to be put to death after the
Indian fashion. All at once / recalled that.
a good many of the Indians knew me as the
four fingered trader who was always on
the level with those wild merchants, so I
held up the hand and kept it up till one of
and then hurried to the chief in cGseSaend
He came TO me in a dignihed manner, ex-
amined the hand, gruntcd about 10 times
while celebrating, said How and released
me as well as my partner. We were treated
right up to the handle and permitted to de-
part when we wanted to. 1t was the closest
squeak and the worst scare had out in that
country when near calls and heart-failure-
rights were the rule.
Brave man." said one neighbor to an
other, as they walked away.
Yes, regular big injun, if you accept all
he tells. Between me and you he lost that,
finger two years ago while examining hay
cutter. Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
THE GRAND BRACE.
Pathetic Plea of the BibuIous Head
of the House Next
Morning.

One of the Bohemian citizens of the town
went home the other night after having
donned pair of skates that would have slid
him over an Arizona desert with the mer-
curry bubbling out of the top of the thermom-
eter. He had no recollection of how he got
home, and even the next morning he was
not certain whether he was on a storm
tossed Atlantic liner or making leap from
a balloon minus a parachute. He went
down to the breakfast table with enough wet
towels wrapped around his head to make
turban for the mahdi. His wife met him
with reproaches in her eyes, but she did not
scold him; She wanted to inform him of his
conduct the night before, however
My dear" she said, did you know that
you came very near killing US all when you
went to bed last night?"
Nope" said her husband, thickly, as he
felt his hot forehead:
well, you did. You Knocked over the
baby's cradle. Then you blew out the gas
and we were nearly asphyxiated. What do
you think of that ?"
Her husband is usually resourceful man,
but the fumes of many cocktails taken the
night before somewhat ciouded his intellect.
He made grand brace and tried to look pa
thetic.
''M'loye," he said, as a ray of inspiration
burst through his foggy brain, wasn't ]
here to die with you?''-Washington Post.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
FAST MAIL WRECKED.
An Eastbound Train the Wabash
Crashes into Freight Train Ten
Miles East of Kansas City.

Kansas City, No, Sept. 4.-The east
bound fast mail on the Wabash,
which left Kansas City at 6:15 Saturday
night, crashed into the rear end of
eastbound freight No. SO near Birming-
ham, Mo-, ten miles east of this city, at
6:S5 o'clock the same night. The en-
CINE of the passenger train was
wrecked and the caboose and three
cars of the freight were totally demol-
ished. Fireman Merit Gallagher, of the
passenger, and Porter Bert Cooper,
both of this city, were seriously in
jured. Gallagher is not expected to
live. The wreck was caused by the
freight train breaking in two, leaving
the rear section stationary on the
track. Before the passenger could be
signaled it had crashed into the ca
hOOSR
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Key West Cut OF.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. Com
munication with Key West by the rest
of the world has been cut off by the
orders of DR.. j. Y. Porter, executive
officer of the Florida state board of
health, on account of two deaths and
several cases which have been dag
nosed as yellow fever. The order was
issued Thursday night. DR.. Porter,
who left Key West one week ago on
a brief vacation. was reached in Vir-
ginia and left Immediately for Florida,
wiring his orders to quarantine the is
land city.
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Says Otis, Health Is critical.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 2.-Among the
passengers arriving by the Oriental
steamer were several direct from the
Philippines, including among them E.
Burton Holmes, the Chicago lecturer.
Holmes, while in Manila, was the guest
for some days of Gen. Otis, whose
health, he says, has become seriously
affected by the difficulties and ankle
ties of the campaign and the outspolzen
criticism INDUCED in by the home
newspapers, which, for the present, his
physicians have advised him not to
read. He has become a victim to mel
ancholia and insomnia, and his condi-
ton is declared to be critical.
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Cinnamon ARRESTED.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 2-W. l..
Gammons, attorney for the II China
men arrested at Portal, N. D., claims
that they are not laborers being SNUG
gled in. but Chicago merchants who
speak English and have business in
this country, returning from a trip to
China. He says their Photographic
passports were sent to Pembina, n. D.,
and he is trying to get them back.
They courted arrest he says in order
to test their rights. He takes no stock
in the story that hundred more
Cinnamon are waiting over the Cana
dian border to see how the IL get
along before making the attempt to
enter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
THE KLoNDIKE COUNTRY.
It Is Estimated There Are 5000 ..Broks-
Men Who Must Get Out or BECOME
Objects Of Charity.

Vancouver, B. c., Sept 2.-The Diri-
go arrived from Alaska yesterday with
200 passengers and gold dust estimated
at $3.50, 600. The biggest winner is
Barclay, of North Dakota, with $780,
600. Since the opening of navigation
to passenger steamers 9.447 people have
left Dawson and 2,S99 have arrived
there. This aggregate ocoes not include
LOCO or 1900 men who f1oated down
the river to Cape None. 1t is esti-
mated that there are 5000 ''brolze''
men in the Klondil1e who must get out
OF the country or become objects of
charity next winter.
The government is building a wagon
trail from Caribou crossing to a point
below White Horse rapids, through
Walton valley and around Thirty Mile
river. This will lessen the distance on
the Edmonton trail fully 100 miles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
CAVALRY IS NEEDED.
Gen. Funston Thinks the Country Around
Manila Superb for Such Operations
Says We Must Whip the Rebels.

Kansas City, No.. Sept. "A special
to the Star from Manila saws: Gen.
Frederick Funston and Mrs Funston
are with the Kansas regiment. Gen
Funston has undergone an operation
necessitated by an injury resulting from
a fall from his horse while serving in
the Cuban army with Gen. Gomez. In
an interview Gen. Funston remarked
that if he was in good health he would
not mind staying in Luzon. He dis
likes war, but inasmuch as there is
fighting he would like to remain and
aid in bringing it to a close. Speaking
Of the future, he said:
1.-The only solution of the problem will be
through whipping the insurgents. I do not
think they will surrender. When we begin ac-
tive operations against them on a larger scale
in the autumn will scatter them into small
these bands see that they are perSistently pur-
sued they will throw away their arms and return
TO their pursuits of peace. a year hence small
bodies OF armed men will be able to go anywhere
IN Luzon. The island was always infested with
bandits and was never safe for Europeans to
travel In Cavalry is greatly needed here. The
country. when dry, is superb for cavalry opera
tionS The insurgents have none. One OF their
strong points is their ability to retreat rapidly
Cavalry could overtake and hopelessly scatter
and punish them and could Subsist largely on
q try
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
The Trouble at St. Patrick's Church.

st. Louis, Sept. FEATHER Cluse, the
German-American priest appointed
rector of st. Patrick's Roman Catholic
church in East st. Louis despite the
protests of its members, who are now
resting under the ban of eXcommunica-
ton, resigned yesterday and Bishop
Jansen accepted his resignation.
Pending decision by Mgr. MARITIME ELI,
in Washington, to whom the trouble in
the disaffected parish has been referred,
Bishop Jansen appointed Father Har-
kins, of st. Mary's parish, administra-
tor of st. Patrick's. To those who
know this appears to be back down
on the part of Bishop Jansen, who
persisted in appointing German priest
over an Irish parish
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
A GLOOMY PICTURE.
Business ParaIyzed at Johannesburg.
Prices OF Food stufr< Going Up and
People in a Panic.

London. Sept. 4.-The Johannesburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail. who
paints gloomy and pitiable picture of
the condition of things there, says: 1t
is almost case of absolute exodus and
panic. Business is paralyzed, the prices
of food stuffs are rapidly rising, half
the houses are empty and the others
are tenanted by people who do not pay
rent, the landlords being glad enough
to have them as occupants in order to
insure some sort of protection to the
property. The tension has reached
the swapping point. Bankruptcy and
starvation are staring people in the
face. Another fortnight OF suspense
will result in a complete commercial
collapse. The banks are thronged
with people anxious to withdraw their
gold and the railways are besieged by
those who wish to get away.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
How the Dreyfus Court Stands.

Rennes, Sept. 1.-The Dreyfus court
martial stands at five to two. Of them,
Commandant Prof1let and Capt. Par
fait are in favor Of acquittal. The re-
mainder, Lieut.. Col. de Breon, Lieut..
Col. de Brogniart, Commandante Merle,
Commandante Beauvals and Col.
Jouaust, are against Dreyfus. in the
order named. De Breon and De Brog-
Mart have been the most hostile and
Jouaust the most undecided. This in
formation is furnished by young Off
Ger of the garrison here who knows all
the judges personally and all their cir
Giles of friends.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 2.-Notwith
standing the fact that the projected
combination of the glass table ware
companies into the National Glass com
pany had been abandoned, there is
probability of new combine being
formed. At meeting yesterday it was
decided to reduce the proposed capital
ization from 81, 600, 900 to So, 600, 900 and
form an organization under the origi-
nal name without the cooperation of
the United States Glass company-the
stumbling block in the way of the first
nla0
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Sold a 4O.OOO-Acre Ranch.

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 2.-Frank
Tornlinson. of Burns. Kan, and Gus
O'Keefe, of Colorado City, have con-
summated one of the largest ranch
deals made in west Texas this season.
The ranch consists of 10000 acres in
Terry, Dawson, Gaines and Lynn coun-
ties and was sold to Chicago parties.
Seven thousand head of cattle. not in
Guiding calves, were also sold at $40
per head. The total sale amounted to
S165 600
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Jerry simpsons Advice,

Chicago, Sept. 4.-Ex-Congressma
Jerry Simpson. of Kansas talked from
an open barouche to a State street
gathering Saturday night on single
tax as the solution of all political and
economic questions of the day. He adj
vised his hearers to make Henry
Georges writings the textbooks of
their political faith. Then Labor
days and parades will not be necessary.
The 1aboring man will work out his
own salvation without such aids as
bands of music and mock heroics.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Government Receipts and Expenses.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The compare
tive statement of government receipts
and expenses show that during August,
1899. the receipts from all sources
amounted to $40, 97S, 173, an increase
over August, 1898, of about IS, $50, 900.
The disbursements during last month
amounted to $45, 522, 81, as against
$50, 26O, 7l7 for August last year. This
leaves a surplus for the month,o So, 1885,
862. The receipts from customs dur
ing the last month amounted to $780,
$40, 697 against SIG, $40. 500 for August,
1898
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
EouaI WAGES for EQUAL work.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. ITO secure
equal wages for equal work, whether
performed by men or women, white
persons or negroes, is the purpose of a
new organization which came into ex-
istence yesterday. It has another fea-
ture new to organized labor. Its con-
stitution makes no provisions for
strikes. The new organization is the
American Equal Wage union. Its Off
GERS are R. D. Kathrens, president; Ar
thur S. Lyman, secretary; Robert S.
Owens, treasurer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
For the Confederate Monnment-

st. Louis, Sept. 2.-James B. CAN'T,
chief justice of the Missouri supreme
court, is very much interested in rails
ing a sufficient sum of money to put
up a suitable monument in the Confed-
crate cemetery at Springfield, Mo.
The st. Louis camp of veterans has al
ready raised $1,000 and the ladies of
the organization will add another
$1,000. The camps throughout the
state are raising funds, and altogether
it is expected that about SIS, 900 will be
cOntri huted
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Mckinley Returns to Washington.

Canton, O., Sept. 2.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley and the party accom-
panying them left here at nine o'clock
tonight, going directly to Washington.
The president took an early walk un-
attended this morning which ended at
the Mckinley block, a door in which
still bears the sign: civilian McKin-
ley, Attorney-at-Law."J He had short
visit with number of his old friends
and tenants
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Celebrated German Dav.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 4.-Yester-
day SO German societies of this city,
with 500 guests from outside points,
celebrated German day. in accordance
with an elaborate programme that in
Guided magnificent street parade in
the forenoon of 5000 members of the
various German societies and in which
We're many floats descriptive of great
events in American history, in which
German-American citizens have taken
mart
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07

Spokane, Wash, Sept. 1.-Two
masked men at four o'clock yesterday
morning walked into Harry Green's
gam bling rooms on the second -four of
a block in the very heart of the bust
ness district and held up Is men, looted
the tills and safe and escaped with
81, 900 in cash and bills. In the chase
and subsequent capture of one of the
thugs, Policeman Gemmrig was shot in
the groin and perhaps fatally wounded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Fighting the Cattle Syndicate

Austin, Tex, Sept. 2.-From cattle
men who arrived here from points in
the Indian territory and Kansas, it is
YER evident that the efforts of Charles
B. Loving and associates, of Fort
Worth, to organize their big $40, 600, 600
cattle syndicate is going to meet with
strong opposition from the cattle in
terests of the territory and Kansas
City, as well as from many interests in
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Cape None Fields Attractive.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Consul Nc
Cook, at Dawson City, reports to the
state department under date of July 8
that no less than 1000 persons have
gone down the Yukon from that place
within month, bound for the most
part for the Cape None gold fields. He
says that 1.-The poor mans chance, so
far as this country is concerned, is
gone -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Militia service wan Rot Count.

Washington, Sept. 2.-The war de-
partment is making up the lineal rank
of the officers recently appointed in
the first Is volunteer regiments. Length
of time in which officers served as Off
GERS in the service of the United States
will determine the rank of the new Off
GERS. Service in the militia will not
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Fatal Accident at Iron Works.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. "A boiler
explosion at the iron works on South
Twenty Fourth street shortly before
daylight killed five men and seriously
injured seven. Fire which broke out
following the explosion added to the
horror. The mill was partly wrecked
and the entire plant was compelled to
close down
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Date of sampson.s Retirement.

Washington. Sept. AT the con-
clusion of the Dewey celebration at
New York Admiral Sampson will be
relieved of the command of the North
Atlantic squadron. This action is to
be taken at the request of the admiral,
who has already had much more than
his portion of sea service in his grade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
Congo Free state Troops defeat Rebels.

Brussels, Sept. News has been re-
ceived here of sharp fighting between
the Congo Free State troops and the
Batetla natives, beyond Songola. The
rebels were driven back with a loss of
100 men. The Congo troops lost 25
native soldiers. The rebels were not
followed, because they retreated over
famine and smallpox devastated tracts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
An Unexpected interruption.

Falls City, Neb., Sept. a. L. Mead
ows, a iveryman of this place, started
for Mound City, Mo-, last night, but
returned home unexpectedly and at
tackled his hired man, whom he found
in the house, with a butcher-knife.
The man escaped with the help of Mrs.
Meadows, who was cut badly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
What He Had.

Guest-What have you got?
Waiter-I've got liver, calf's brains, pigs
feet.
Il don't want description of your phys
zeal pecullarities. What you have got to eat
is what want to know"-Boston Traveller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07

New York, Sept. THE sixtieth an
niversary of the birth of Henry
George was celebrated yesterday after
noon at the Grand Central palace under
the auspices of the Manhattan Single
Tax club. About 1000 persons were
present including representative of a
number of labor organizations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-07
A wider brigade Monument.

Cincinnati, Sept. 4.-The famous
Wilder brigade meets at Chickamauga,
September IS and 10 to dedicate a
monument which the brigade survivors
have erected. It is proposed to make
a prominent attraction of this event
for veterans returning from Philadel-
phia as well as others.