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The times., 1899-02-21

at 1911 Fourteenth Street The liabilities
listed by the petitioners amount to sIi.-
0Ji90, and the assets $500.
The largest creditors are Nina Klughei2
& Co. to whom is due $5,243.6i, which is
secured by judgments, and Lewis Clarke
No. 80 Maiden Lane, New York, S3722.44
which is also secured by a judgment. The
majority OF creditors are local dealers, &c
whom are due amounts ranging from 81
TO $500.
The times., 1899-02-21
Protest Against wheel Tax.

hearing on the proposal to tax bicycles was
granted 10 number of local dealers by the
District Commissioners Yesterday. Those present
maintained that the proposed taxation would he
unjust discrimination against owners uf wheels
and that IL would also be unconstitutional
Among those heard at the hearing were Mrssrs
A. Girouard, W. ID. Hadger, W H. Coleman "
u. Carpenter, and Z. f. Clapp.
The Commissioners have taken the statements
of these gentlemen under advisemcnt
The times., 1899-02-21
DON'T FAIL To CONSULT

The noted and gifted southern Pamist and Mind
Reader; this lady is much in little: see her and
be convinced; the wonder uf the age FLORENCE
JUDSON, lll2 G. st. NV; fee 81 ielo-7t
The times., 1899-02-21

Engineer Commissioner B,sch has directed that
an enquiry he made by his department into The
failure of the City and Suburban Railway COMPANY
TO operate its lexington line
The times., 1899-02-21
Ladies' Souvenir Week.

Each lady visiting the great ''Trlhy'' thi,
week will be- presented wilt beautiful ''Tnlby
Heart lace pin. 1909 IA. ave. Admission sill
only 10 cents tc2J-2t-em
The times., 1899-02-21

Two petitions i"t Injunction were filed in the
Supreme Court al the District Yesterday asking
the court 10 restrain the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company from removing lis telephone
instruments from certain premises.
one petition was ly George ". Cochran. doing
business at lII5 PENNSYLVANIA Avenue. and the
other by V. Baldwin johnson. doing business At
81 Street northeast, First and Streets north
east, and at the northwest corner of Eleventh aud
Il Streets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
ARMoRED TRAIN WRECKED.
Beers Plan and Execute Another Disaster
to the British, and 100 soldiers
Are Missing.


London, Nov. 1S--The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
Gen. Butler:
Cape Town, Thursday, Nov. I7.-Have received
from Hildeyard, Pietermaritzburg telegram
dated November 10, OF which the following is
the purport:
court reports. at midday, that an armored train
left Estcourt this morning with a company Of
the Dublin fusilierS and company OF the Dur
ban volunteers. North of Frere they encoun-
tered party of Beers and began TO withdraw.
While retiring some of the trucks were derailed.
The DublinS turned out and advanced towards
the enemy, while the rest of the train appears
to have returned without them to Estcourt
The oh1cer commanding the troops reports
that he was sending mounted troops in order to
cover their withdrawal, but that about 100 are
missing.
The earliest accounts of this affair
differ in details, but it is evident that
the train was suddenly fired upon be-
tween Estcourt and Colenso, and prob
ably derailed. The trains gun was
disabled, according to one account,
and the men were forced into hard
fight, in which there were serious
losses in killed and wounded, and pos
sibly prisoners as we'll. 1t was a good
Boer trap, and the British force was
apparently surprised. Estcourt has
already been REINFORCED, and it is not
likely that the Beers will attempt to
invest it. Among the prisoners is
Lieut.. Winston Churchill, son of Lady
Randolph Churchill.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
CONFESSED TO AN OLD CRIME.
j. F. Meninger, After His Conversion. Said
He Caused Girls Death and Had an
Innocent Boy Sent to Prison.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Nov. Isl. F.
Mellinger, of this city, has made a pub
lie statement that he was guilty of
burning barn about Is years ago for
which another person, named Charles
Sumeskey, suffered punishment. Both
were but boys at the time of the occur
renee. Mellinger and a young sister
were playing in the barn and the boy
set fire to a small pile of straw. The
fire made such rapid Roadway that the
girl did not escape from the building
and was burned to death. The Sumes-
key boy was near by and Mellinger
put the blame upon him, and at the
trial was the prosecuting witness. The
Sumeskey lad was sent to the reform
school and served several years. At
revival meeting recently Mellinger was
converted, and he has made this public
announcement in the hope that the
wrong did an innocent person may be
at least partially righted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

Visitors in the Presbyterian Gene
terry at Dover, Del. found in distant
section of the cemetery, some 20
feet apart, graves Of three young woIn-
en-. They are the wives of Alexan-
der McClayment, a former assembi
man and well-known citizen of the
early part of the century. On the slab
of Sarah, who died in 1911, is inscribed
''Oh. monsteri Ny heart is torn
asunder by this CHASTITY wound. +"
In 1916 Elizabeth, the second wife
died, aged %, and her tomb contains
words even stronger:
''Insatiate archerl Would not one
sufice?''
But in 1925, when Elizabeth, the
third wife, died at the age of %, the
sorrow-striclken husband wrote:
Thy shaft fell thrice and thrice my
peace was ainP'-Chattanooga Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
HIS SON CONVICTED HIM.
Testimony of a 11-Year-OId Boy Sent MI
chael ROlIinger, of Chicago, to the
GaIIOws for Wife Murder.

Chicago, Nov. 1s.-Michael Emil
Rollinger was hanged here Friday for
the murder of his wife, Theresa, at
their home in this city December 16,
1898. The manner in which he is said
to have disposed of his wife was first
by choking her and then building a
fire with some furniture and placing
the body on it. Suspicion was aroused
by his actions and an investigation by
the police resulted in his arrest for
murder. The motive for his crime, it
is said, was the love of Lena Hecker.
a woman who sailed from the same
country (Austria) as Rollinger. It is
supposed that he killed his wife in
order that he might marry the girl.
One of the chief witnesses against him
was his 11-year-old son, who declared
all the children had been sent away on
slight pretext the day the crime is
said to have been committed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
INSURGENTS MAssING.
Two Thousand FiIipinos Congregated at
Corona and One Thousand in the Noun
tains Proposing to Make Raids.

Manila, Nov. 1s.-Two thousand in
surgents are reported to be massing at
Corona, above Tarlac, and Gen. Mas
cardo is said to be in the mountains
west of Angeles with 1000 more, pro
posing to make raids. Rain has been
falling throughout the month and for
the past week there has been heavy
dOwnpour. The whole country is in as
bad condition as at any time this sea-
son.
Gen. MacArthur's and Gen. Lawton's
command are now near each other.
Gen. Macarthur is getting supplies in
Tarlac over the railroad from Bamban
with an engine raised from the river
by the Ninth cavalry.
Col. Howe, who occupied Victoria
with six troops of the Third cavalry,
has advanced to Rosales. A letter was
found at Victoria from Private Des-
mond, of the signal corps, one of the q
American prisoners held there. These
prisoners, the letter said, were expect
ing to be taken to the mountains be-
fore the army arrived.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
Macdonald Agreed with Him.

It is related of Rev. George Macdon-
aid, Rudyard Kipling's maternal grand
father, that in the days when he was
counting the lady whom he afterward
married the father-in-law to bean
aged Methodist with extremely strict,
notions in regard to the prOprieties-
was injudicious enough on one occa--
sion to enter the drawing-room with
out giving any warning of his APP
proach. The consequence was that he
found the young lovers occupying a
single chair. Deeply shocked by the
spectacle the old man solemnly said:-
''Mr. Macdonald, when I was counting
Mrs. Brown she sat on one side of the
room and 1 on the other.'' Mr.. Mac
donald's reply was: THAT'S just what
1 should have done, sir, if 1 had been
counting Mrs. Brown. ''-Chicago Times
Herald
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
al Famous Star Shot.

There has lived for many years past
in the forest of Loeb Rosque a famous
stag known as the Switcher (although
he carried five or six points,, because
he had been a Caber Schacht in early
life. In 1894 Mr.. Bingold gave him his
life, and since then the hill orders
have been, ''Take a hummel or hav-
ior if you can, but don't shoot the
Switche-." The stag seemed really to
understand, and seemed to delight in
getting in the way of a rifle. How
ever in 1898 he went to Kinlochawe,
and was fred upon; even this lesson he
did not take to heart, and passed the
summer near the Long Loeb. The
other day he was shot, and though
neither his head nor weight was quite
equal to former times, still he scaled
% stones clean, and carried massive.
beam. --ScOtchman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
DARING BANK ROBBERY.
Four Men Looted the Institution at Carl
Junction, no.. of About $4,000
and Escaped on Foot.

Joplin. Mo-, Nov. 18-Carl Junction,
a little town ten miles north of this
city, was the scene of most daring bank
robbery yesterday morning at three
O'Clock. Four heavily-armed men broke
into the bank building and blew open
the safe with dynamite and secured
cash between the amount of So, 900 and
81 600. The robbers started on foot,
after securing the booty, toward this
city.
In a few minutes citizens gave the
alarm, and 81. R. Chitwood and three
men secured weapons and started in
pursuit. The robbers were about &c
minutes ahead, and when within fou1
miles of this city made for the heavy
timber in Central creek bottoms.
They were plainly seen. There were
four in the gang. Several shots were
exchanged, but none took effect. The
robbery was one of the most daring
ever known in these parts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
Greater stiII.
Scinniter.

At an agricultural show in Dublin a.
pompous member of parliament, who:
arrived late, found himself on the out
skirts of large crowd. Being anxious,
to obtain a good view for himself and.
some lady friends who accompanied.
him, and, presuming that he was well.
known to the spectators. he tapped
burly coal porter on the shoulder and
peremptorily ordered:
make way there!''
''Who are ye pushin'9'' was the unex--
pected response.
''Do you know who 1 am, STRIP cried
the indignant M. P. Pm a represent
alive of the peoplep'
''Yahr' growled the porter, ''but
we're the bloomin' people themselvesP''
Irish Independent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
KANSAS BANK LOOTED.
The Cashier Was Bound and Gagged, the
Safe Blown Open and About 81, 900 Se-
cured-Escaped on Stolen Horses.

Parker. Kan, Nov. 1s.-Two men en-
tered the Parker state bank by means
of skeleton keys about two CLOCK a.. m.
Friday and reached the bed of Cash
Ter Slaughter, who was sleeping in
the bank, without arousing him.
When he awoke he was immedi-
ately covered with revolver by one
of the men while the other blindfolded
him. Mr.. Slaughter was then taken
to the safe and told if he did not open
it in three minutes they would bind
him on the top of it and then blow it up.
He told them that he would open it if
he could, but it was time lock and
could not be opened until seven o'clock
this morning. After examining the
safe and finding this to be true they
took Mr.. Slaughter into another room,
bound and gagged him. Then they
blew the safe open and secured about
$1,000 in currency and about $500 in
silver. Going about mile south of
town they stole two farm horses.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
DEMOCRATIC ISSUES.
Senator Jones Says the Convention VIII Re-
affirm the Chicago Platform and De-
clare Against imperialism.

Chicago, Nov. Ex-senator Jones,
shortly after his arrival at the Sher-
man house, went into executive session
with Chairman j. g. johnson. of the ma
tional executive committee. After the
conference he was asked what he had
to say about candidates and issues for
next year. He replied:
There is no doubt that Mr.. Bryan will be the
democratic nominee. The democratic conven-
ton in my opinion, viii reafirm the Chicago
platform believe the democrats will declare
against imperialism and in favor of legislation
regarding trusts and some com binations. II is
too soon yet TO say just what viii be the domi-
Tant issue.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
NOT OF ONE MIND.
omcials of the Post once Department De
Not Agree as to the vaiue of Rural
Free Delivery of Mail.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-There is diff
ference of opinion in the post Office de-
partment as to the value of the rural
free delivery service. In his report
Assistant Postmaster General Heath
speaks enthusiastically of what has
been accomplished during the year in
the line of supplying to country dis
tricts mail by carrier. Mr.. Heath pro-
nounces the experiment an unqualified
success, and advocates appropriations
by the coming congress for the contin-
uance and extension of the new sys-
tenn. On November 1, 1899, rural free
delivery was in operation from S83 dis
tributing points, radiating over 40
states. When carefully established
rural free delivery, Mr.. Heath believes.
can be made self-supporting In his
annual report he gives reasons and
figures for this belief. He says the
rural free delivery service contains
great possibilities of social, industrial
and educational development, and
should receive the encouragement OF
congress.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow, in his annual report just out,
has short paragraph which is gen.
orally referred to as a ''b1ach eye'' for
the new service. Mr.. Bristow says
that the extension of the rural free de-
livery service throughout the country
has resulted in the discontinuance of
80 post Offices, the salaries of the post
masters of which aggregated $4,719.
While Mr.. Bristow makes no comment
upon these facts, the inference which
is naturally drawn from them is that
while $780, was spent during the
current year for the rural free delivery
service, the saving in postmasters'
salaries through the Inauguration of
the new system was less than SIS, 900.
His report would indicate also that the
popularity of the rural free delivery
service over the old system of country
post Offices is questionable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
FATAL COLLISION.
Five Persons Killed and Several Others
Seriously Injured by Work Train
Backing into Hand-Car.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 2O.-A COLI
sion on the Omaha railroad yesterday
near Hum boldt. q miles from Sioux
Falls, resulted in the death of five per-
sons and the probable fatal injury of
number of others. A party of men
were on hand-car, about quarter of
mile out of humboldt, when they
discerned work train in charge of
Conductor Higgins, backing down upon
them. In the work train were num-
Der of fiat cars, upon which were
hundred or more workmen, principally
Italians. The men on the hand-car
jumped off, leaving the car on the
track. When the rapidly backing
work train struck the obstruction the
force of the collision threw four of the
fat cars from the track, killing five
of the workmen and injuring many
more. Five of the injured are ex-
pected to die.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
He Carried His Point.

A three-year-old boy who is sporting
his first pair of trousers ''got away
with his mother several nights ago.
His nurse, who is so black that char
coal would make a white mark on her,
was going to church, and the lad
wanted to go too.
''You can't go wild me, chile. Them
niggers I'D put you out. You'se too
white.'
This ended the matter for a time.
After few minutes the boy broke.
forth again:
'Say. Nannie,' he said, ''det dat
stove polls and black my face; den L
ten do wifi you.''
The boy went to church. Memphis.
Scimiter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

SOME months ago the Mexican Cen
trail Railway company imported several
hundred Chinese laborers to work on
its road bed, and it is now reported
that many of them, having become
hOmesick, have entered the United
States by way of Texas in order to Sc
cure free transportation home under
the provisions of the Chinese exclusion
act Unless the federal authorities
shall find some means of circumvent-
ing the designs of the willy Cinnamon
the United States government will be
a heavy loser, as the cost per head of
deporting the alien Cinnamon is about
$500
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
A Race Question.

''What are the most important races
that have gone to make up the great
American people?" asked the visiting
inspector in one of the east side schools
of New York.
For the first time since school had.
opened Sportyboy's hand was eagerly
lifted and the teacher tremb1ingIy gave
him his chance.
''The Brooklyn handicap, the
Brighton Beach races, Gutenberg,
Saratoga and those at Norris park, -
proudly answered the young hopeful.
Golfers Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
vice President Hobart's Condition.

Paterson, n. J., Nov. 2O.-Vice Presi-
dent Hobart passed the greater part of
yesterday sitting at the bedroom win
dow, at times reading the newspapers
and having Mrs. Hobart read to him.
He took less food than usual. This
seems to indicate that his stomach
trouble has returned Mr. Hobart APP
peared to be as cheerful as ever and
took a lively interest in the topics of the
day as presented by the newspapers.
There is no perceptible change in his
condition, but his friends are not as
hopeful as they have been. They be-
lieve that the vice president is gradual
ly growing weaker.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
THE BODY OF MAJ. LOGAN.
This Country Now, and 1t Has Been
Buried in Manila.

Washington. Nov. 18.-A dispatch
was received at the war department
Friday from Gen. Otis saying that it
was impossible to send the remains of
the late Maj. John A. Logan to this
country now and therefore the body
has been buried at Manila. Five days
elapsed before the body could be sent
from the battlefield to Manila. Gen.
Otis says that the servant of Maj. Lo-
gan, with the effects of the major,
sailed on the Sikh for the United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

THE brief call of the president of the
United States on the secretary of state
after hours a few days since recalls the
fact, it is said, that Mr.. Mckinley is
the first president to visit the state de-
partment in many years. It is said that
Cleveland was never in the department
in either of his administrations. Presi-
dent Harrison visited Blaine there once.
And before him there had been no pres
idential visit to the department since
the time of Grant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
VerdIct tor NIrs. HIIImon.

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 20.-After
having been out ten hours the jury in
the Hillmon insurance case returned a
verdict for Mrs. Sailie E. Hillmon-
Smith, the plaintiff, who was awarded
S33, 122. OF this S22, 06S was against the
Mutual Life, of New York and SIi, O54
against the Connecticut Mutual The
insurance companies, according to the
verdict, are to pay the costs of the 20
years. litigation, which are said to
reach $50, goo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

In an article on ''Women and the
Emotions" by Prof. Mantegazza, in
the November Humanitarian, there are
some interesting statistics showing
that those modern sociologists who hold
that women are mems equals in the
held OF criminality are wrong. Here
are some of them: Man bears false wit
ness 100 times to woman's II. Man for
forgery and counterfeit coming was
convicted 100 times to woman's II.
In France women are summoned before
the tribunals four times less than men.
In 1871 Dr. Nicholson found in the pris-
ons in England s.21s men and 1,217
women
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
Want e1.oOO.ooO Damages.

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Eighteen insur-
ance companies were sued for nearly
81, 600, 600 by Joseph Fish, an insurance
adiuster, and Samuel Freeman, of the
Freeman Fur company. After the
burning of Freeman's store the men
were indicted for arson and for con-
spiracy to commit arson. They were
acquitted of the second charge and
they claim that the insurance compa-
MES caused their arrest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

MAJ. JOHN A. LoGAN's death while
leading his battalion in action ends the
direct male line of a heroic family.
Gen. Logan went through a storm of
shot and shell for years, but survived
TO serve his country in civil life. His
horse was shot under him at Fort
Henry and he was severely wounded at
Fort Donelson. He always led his
men, and no one who saw him in bat
tie can forget the spectacle. Mai. Lo-
gan has fallen in his first fight in the
Philippines. The supreme sacrifice of
the patriot has come TO him and the
sympathy of the coun try goes forth to
his family.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
WiII send AII the Troops.

Washington, Nov. 1s.-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin expressed the opinion that the
instruction in the Philippines will be
ended before January 1, 1900. Secre-
tary Root is also confident of an early
end, but he viii make no change in the
plans for forwarding troops, and re-
news his former prediction that all the
65, 600 men ordered to the Philippines
viii be there before Christmas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
Civn war in New Guinea.

London, Nov. 2O.-A dipatch to the
Daily Mail from Sidney, n. S. W.,
says that a DISASTROUS civil war has
broken out in the British possession of
New Guinea, II villages having been
obliterated. with a heavy slaughter of
the inhabitants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

THE Beers are credited with being
great hunters and chief of them in his
younger days was President Kruger,
whose daring in attacking lion single
handed with hunting knife has many
times been told. When the Beers
migrated from Cape Colony to the
Transvaal, says the Scientific Ameri-
can, they were forced to clear the way
by killing 5000 lions, many of which
were killed by Kruger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

The queen of Italy weighs 176 pounds,
Queen Victoria 1914 pounds, the queen
of Belgium 143 pounds, the German en-
press 1864 pounds, the queen of Portu-
gal 132 pounds and the late empress of
Austria weighed but 96 8 pounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23
Twenty BuiIdings DESTROYED.

Magnolia, Ark, Nov. 1s.-After a
hard fight by the citizens the cotton
compress and warehouse in which was
stored s. 600 bales of cotton, and which
was seriously threatened by last nights
fire, was saved. Some 20 stores and
buildings were destroyed, entailing a
loss of SIS, OOO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

APRoPos of the way the mules acted
at Ladysmith, the Hartford Courant
says that ION the eve of the battle of
Lookout Mountain, in the civil war,
stampeding union mules broke up a
confederate camp, the soldiers fleeing
for dear life under the impression that
body of cavalry was upon them. I'm
fortunately for the federal side, the
charge of the mules was not well sup
ported -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-23

POWELL BUXTON: The longer live
the more deeply am 1 convinced that
that which makes the difference be-
tween one man and another-betwe cen
the weak and the powerful, the great
and insignificant, is energy-invincible
determination, purpose once formed
and then death or victory.