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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
B. FAY MILLS PRESIDED.
Senator John LaughIin. r. 8. Thompson
and George Fred Williams Addressed
the Buffalo Reforsaa Conference.


Buffalo. n. Y, July Rev B. Fay
Mills, of Boston, was chairman at yester-
days session of the national social and
political conference. The subject for
the days discussion was Reform
Through Party Action This morn
ing the question considered was What
Can the Parties Do?'' Former State
Senator John Laughlin presented the
claims of the republican party,
which he said was born to meet
great emergency to free and elevate
mankind, TO unshacl1le 1000, 900 slaves.
The republican party had always been
the friend of labor and the oppressed.
Never called out some one. This
brought forth a rebulze from Chairman
Mills, who advised the interrupter TO
retire or be more courteous.
COntiuping, the senator upheld
President Mckinley and his policy
in the Philippines. He declared
he would be reelected in 1900 and that
the empire state was going to present
Gov. Roosevelt to the nation in 1904 as
its presidential candidate. r. S.
Thompson, editor of the New Era
published in Springfield, O., and who
is Also national chairman of the union
reform party, presented the claims of
that party. He said it stands simply and
solely for direct legislation; in other
words, government by the whole peo-
pie and not by a party which is but a
part of the people. George Fred Will
dams expressed his unbounded conf
dence in democracy, which he said was
great enough to accommodate every
reformer and every fad among them.
Chairman Mills called for Eugene ".
Debs to speak for the social democrat
ic party. Mr.. Debs did not respond
and Mrs. tO0rrine B. Braun, of Chicago,
was asked to represent the party. The
necessity for the abolition of wage
slavery was the keynote of her address.
She declared she was for the basic
socialistic idea, the whole of socialism.
,John,G. Wooley, of Chicago, spoke for
the Tprohibitionists. He attacked
the republicans and the demo
cratic parties and Senator Han
ma, Platt and Quay, Richard
Croker and others. His remarks be-
came 30 sarcastic and scathing that he
was called to order. John w. Breiden-
thai, bank commissioner of Kansas,
champiOned the cause of pOpulism.
Prof. Richard Ely, of Cambridge, ac-
knowledged being "a mugwump and
said. he would like. as republican, to
vote for Dewey for president of the
United States and heAed in a tremen-
dOus applause and cheering for Dewey.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
CHICAGO WANTS THEM ALL.
The Windy City win Lake Effort to
Secure All Four of the National
Political Conventions.

Chicago, July 1.-The officers and di-
rectors of the Coliseum have consti-
tut ed themselves a committee to revive
Chicago's prestige as ''the convention
city" and an active campaign for Sc
curing the great political nominating
gatherings of 1900 is about to be
inaugurated. Proceeding on the the
CRY that Chicago's advantages, geo
graphically and otherwise, long ago
ceased to be matter of de-
bate, the Coliseum managers will
argue solely from the standpoint
that their convention hall is without
a peer, present or past Representa-
tive j. A. I. Hull, of the Seventh Iowa
congressional district, is a director of
the Coliseum company, and is pulling
the necessary wires with the repub-
lican powers, while National Commit
teeman Thomas Gahan is commissioned
to keep an eye on the democrats. The
populists and prohi bitio1ists are on
the wanted list too, and Secretary
Spalding said last night there was rea-
son to believe Chicago would land at
beast two, anG perhaps all, of the big
meetings
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
THIS IS A BIG SCHEME.
Kansas Fields into Kansas City-Op-
ton on 5000 Gas Wells.

Kansas City, Mo-. July IA com
pany with an authorized capital of
S., 600, 600 has been organized to build
a pipe line from the natural gas fields
of Kansas to Kansas City. If the plans
of the company are fully realized Kan
sas City will be burning natural gas
before snow flies again: The Consoli-
dated Light and Fuel company pro-
poses to build the line and now owns
or controls 100, 900 acres of gas lands.
1. N. Merrifeld, late of Galveston,
Tex, is general manager of the COM
pany. For the past six months the
company has had representatives in
the field leasing or buying the gas and
oil privileges and now possesses prac-
tically all the best land between La
Harpe and lola, southwest to Neodesha,
Kan. 1t has the ground for 5000 gas
wells, and is at work with its own
drills and force of men sinking shafts
in several localities. An abundant
flow of gas has been found.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
RESOLVE AGAINST FUSION.
O1d-Line PopuIists of Nebraska Decide to
Nominate Middle Of-the-R Road
State Ticket This Fail.

Kearney, Neb., July 1.-Old line alli-
ance men and populists met here yes
terday and decided to reject fusion and
nominate a middle-of-the-road state
ticket this fall They issued an adj
dress to Nebraska populists denounc-
ing the existing fusion arrangements,
the present state officials and board of
transportation, declaring that democ-
racy had swallowed up populism and
the latter had received nothing from
the deal, and declaring their intention
to keep in the middle of the road.
They declared against supporting a
national ticket with Bryan at the head
unless a pOpulist is given second place.
The address is a scathing denunciation
of fusion
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.


CONFEDERATE veterans of Washing
ton were said to be seriously consider
ing the advisability of removing the
AL bodies of confederate soldiers now
buried at Arlington cemetery to the
confederate cemetery at WOOdside, Md
AS a result of a conference between
the president and Secretary Alger on
the 27th it has been decided to begin
the enlistment of volunteers for two
years service in the Philippines. 1t is
proposed to arm and equip at once
three brigades, or about 10000 men,
and to continue the work until the
whole 35, 600 men authorized by law are
secured.
Mrs. MCKINLEY, whose illness cut
short the presidents stay at Adams,
Mass, stood the journey back to Wash
ington on the 27th very well and was
slightly better on arrival. She con-
tracted a cold while in New England
and the change in the weather seemed
to affect her so that it was deemed wise
for her to return to the white house.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY contradicted
the reports that he had abandoned tn e
idea of going west this summer. He
still intends to go unless circumstances
should intervene to prevent, but he
mas been unable as yet to consider de-
tailed plans and both the time and ex-
tent of his trip are matters for future
determination.
MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHw0RI4,
the authoress, died at her residence in
Washington on the 3Oth, aged 70.
IN view of the outbreak of yellow
fever at Santiago Gen. Leonard Wood,
the governor, who has been visiting in
nCrfn haS n &c
duty to return there at once.
The first order was issued at Wash
ington on the 30th for recruiting the
troops under the clause for authOriz-
ing the enlistment of $4,000 men 1t
contemplated enlisting men for the
three skeleton regiments in the Phil
ippines.
GEN. Otis notified the war depart
ment that the transport Morgan City
left Manila for San Francisco with 1854
sick.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
DREYFUs REACHES RENNEs.
The Noted French Prisoner Back from
Devils ISLAND for a RetriaI-Arriyed
Without Incident.

Rennes, July Capt. Dreyfus has
arrived here. The famous prisoner
landed at Quiboron and was conveyed
by train to Bruz, Ii ki1ometers from
Rennes. There he entered landau,
accompanied by the chief of the detect
ives OF the project department, and was
driven to Rennes, where % gendarmes
waited his entrance into the town.
Ten of the gendarmes entered wagon
and followed the carriage. The rest
followed on foot. The party arrived
at the prison without incident. A large
crowd assem- bled and witnessed the
arrival in silence and without mani
feStatiOn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
FOR A Two-YEAR SERVICE.
The President Says That VIII BE the Limit
for the Volunteer Soldiers for the
Philippine Campaign.

Washington, June S0.-The only or
Ter which the president has given CON
eerning the enlistment of a larger army
is that recruiting shall continue at all
of the pl esent recruiting stations until
further orders. The 65, 600 quota for
the regular army has already been ex-
ceeded, so that all new recruits will have
to be charged to the provisional army
of 35, 900 men. No limit IS to be put on
the number of enlistments. There are
20 recruiting stations in the United
States. These have been furnish
ing on an average of about 1000
men a week for the regulars. The
term of their enlistment has been for
three years. The president and secre-
tary of war have decided that the vol
unteerS' term shall be for two years
instead of three. This shortened time
will, it is calculated, stimulate the num-
Der of applicants for service abroad.
The military authorities believe that
the entire additional force will be re-
cruited in less than two months with
out increasing the number of recruit
ing stations, but a much better record
than that is possible. The war depart
ment has determined to avoid the
demoraliZing effect of influence" as
much as possible. The enlisted men will
be mixed so thoroughly that one state
will not have any more interest in a
regiment than another. Consequently
the volunteer regiments will be as free
from the interference of congressman
and state officials as the movement OF
the regular is. Individual discharges
will be refused in the volunteer service
as in the regular except on the recon-
mendation of the officer imm ediately
in command of soldier or for some
cause disabling a man from military
service. In other words, the new force
is to be in as close imitation of the
| REGULARS as can be.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
SENSATION IN COURT.
The Trial of August Becker at Chicago for
Wife Murder COllapses Because of
a Faulty Indictment.

Chicago, June 3O.-The trial of Au-
gust Becker, the South Side butcher,
charged with having murdered, then
dismembered and boiled the remains
of his wife in order to leave him free
to marry Ida Sutterlin, 17-year-old
girl with whom he had become infatu-
ated, came to sudden end to-day
when it was found that the indictment
named Mrs. Becker as Elizabeth, when
it should have been Therese. The
court at once nolle pressed the indict-
ment. The jury had been sworn in
and the defense asked for discharge
of the prisoner on the ground that
Becker had been placed in jeopardy
and therefore he could not be tried
again. The court denied the request,
however, and a bench warrant was is
sued and Becker rearrested. A new
Indictment will at once be drawn up.
The discovery that the Indictment was
faulty created somewhat of sensation
in the court room. The result may be,
however, that Becker will escape pun
ishment, as the case is now in such
shape that the prisoners counsel are
confident of a reversal by the supr eme
court if a verdict of guilty is returned.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
GENERAL NEWS.

THE failures in the United States for
the week ended the 3Oth numbered 1S1,
against 254 for the corresponding week
OF last year.
HUGH GERAH, a saloonxeeper, was
shot and killed at Tecumseh, Ok, by
Wade Crank, policeman.
THE Forty-ninth district republican
convention deadlock was broken at
Sheldon, Ia, on the 3Oth by Sioux
cOunty's Is votes being cast for G. w.
lister for state senator, making IS for
Lister against II votes for E. c. Roach.
THE ministers of Marshalltown, Ia,
announced that they will not preach
sermons at the state institutions for $3
each and that the rate must be So per
sermon, and the state board of control
refused to pay that price.
ALL south, west and central Texas
on the Goth was visited by terrific rain
storms, which practically tied up all
the railroads around Houston. Many
hundreds of acres of farming land were
under water and much cotton was bad
ly damaged.
A TERRIFIC storm visited the section
around Morgantown, w. Va, the other
night and dozens of houses were I'M
rooted. The wind blew like a hurri-
cane. Bransom Troy was struck by
lightning and killed. Tremendous
damage was done to crops of every de-
seriptiOn. Bridges were washed away
and roads were impossible.
FIRE in the convent of the Sacred
Heart at New Haven, Conn, the other
night caused the death from suffoca-
ton of Sister Mary Aloysius.
THE st. James Gazette on the 2Tth
appealed to the British admiralty to
stake immediate steps to counteract
the plans of the representatives of the
Clan-na-Gael from the United States,
who are now at Pretoria with view
of obtaining authority to start fleet
of privateers under the TranSvaal flag
with the object of footing cape liners. y
THE steamer City of Macon, which
arrived at New York on the s7th from
Savannah, reported that she passed the
burning wreck of the steamer Pawnee,
40 miles from Cape Henry. The fate of
the Pawnee's crew was unknown. The
Pawnee was freight steamer and had
a crew of about "a men but no passen-
gers.
THE sovereign grand consistory of
the thirty-third and last degree of An
Gent and Accepted Scottish Rite Ma
sons for the United States of America,
its territories and dependencies, opened
at Buffalo, N. Y, on the Goth.
BENJAMIN LANG, aged 81, killed his
wife with an ak at Boston on the 9th.
Col. GROSS Won SCHwARZHoFF. of the
German delegation to the peace con-
ference at The Hague, declared ON the
18th that Germany could not enter IL
to any engagement not to increase her
naval and military electives.
MISS IDA OGLESBY was fatally shot
by Mrs. W. K Martin at bloomington,
Ill, on the 2Sth. Jealousy was the
cause. They were from Paola. Kan
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
MANY DEATHS REPORTED.
Remarkably Heavy Rains in Texas Have
Played Havoc With Crops and Several
Persons Are Said to Have Drowned.

Houston, Tex, July 1.-The remark
ably heavy rains of the past four days
in Texas have done damage which viii
amount to hundreds of thousands Of
dollars Railroad traffic is suspended
in south TeSas because of the numer-
ors washouts and many bridges are
gone. At calvert the rise was
So sudden .aat when the water
weat thH5ugh the town sew
eral a4EzDes were drowned and
five bodies have been recovered. 1t is
rumored that many farmers, white and
colored, living in the Brazos bottoms,
have been drowned, but neither names
nor reliable particulars are yet obtain
able. It is reliably stated that one
family of six persons persisted. The
loss in cotton and corn alone will reach
81. 600, 900, while another million will
Tot cover the loss to railroads and other
prOpertV
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Is a Syndicate After IT.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 1.-The stock
of the Metropolitan Street Railway
company has advanced ten points with
in two weeks. This remarkable jump
is the foundation for the belief that
some one is trying to get controlling
interest in that company's stock, and
there is rumor among brokers here
and in the east that this ''some one'' is
the big -Ellzins syndicate,
which holds controlling interests in
nearly all the street railways of Pitts
burgh, Chicago, Buffalo and Indianap-
oils
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Travelled Over 10000 Miles.

Lynn, Mass, July ARTHUR F.
Cary reached here to-day after tour
around the world on a wheel. He left
Lynn June 1, 1896, for San Francisco,
where he was at work until October,
1897. Then he sailed for Japan. He
wheeled through Japan and China,
Australia, Egypt, Italy, Switzerland,
France, England, Ireland and Scot
land. He was at work in Melbourne
for while. His record shows IL. 500
miles ridden on one wheel, and Is, 600
miles covered by sea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
From Cable to ELECTRICITY.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 1.-The Met
ropolitan Street Railway company let
two contracts for overhead work, one
on the Brooklyn avenue and the other
on the Westport line-both of which
are to be changed from cable to cleo
tricity. These contracts aggregate
500, 900. The contract on the West
port line is for an overhead trolley
over the tracks of the Westport cable
road from Thirteenth street and Grand
avenue south to the southern terminus
of the road at Fortieth street.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Harvard Won Them AN.

New London, Conn.,, June 3O.-Har-
ward won all of the boat races yester-
day-three victories over Yale in three
hours-and the western sky glowed
crimson when the Harvard varsity
crew pulled over the finish line 81
lengths ahead of Yale. After eight
years of defeat, the students of Cam
bridge are tasting the sweets of sue
cess. Harvard's university eight won
from Yale over a four-mile course by
81 lengthsin 20 minutes and SO seconds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
HUGE smokestack Dynamited.

Kansas City, Kan, July IA smoke
stack, Is feet square at the base, 1877
feet high, and containing 72O, 900 bricks.
was blown up by dynamite on the site
of the odd Kingan packing-house, Ar
mourdale, yesterday evening. It was
the most amazing sight the 2, 900 spec
tators had ever seen, and the vast
crowd held it's breath when the i'm
mense chimney began to fall. The big
chimney was wrecked because the
plans of the Cudahy Packing company,
in building its new plant, necessitated
it's removal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

Springfield, Ill, June 30.-Gov. Tan
ner yesterday announced the appoint
ment of ex-State Senator Theodore S.
Chapman, of Jerseyvil1e, as pure food
commissioner under the new pure food
law. Discussing the appointment,
Gov. Tanner said: 1.-The law creating
the office of pure food commissioner is
a very drastic one, giving to the com
missioner extraordinary and arbitrary
powers 1t affects quite a number of
very important interests of our state,
namely dairy, creamery and butter,
the packing-houses and oleomargarine
interests, the wholesale and retail
grocery interests and many others"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
WAN Rnild to SABINE Pass.

Omaha, Neb., July Herman
Kountze, of this city, announces that
the long and bitter fight between the
interests at Sabine Pass, Tex, and the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf road
has been settled. The settlement was
reached with Receiver Fordyce, of the
Port Arthur route. By it's terms the
road is to be built from its present
terminus at Port Arthur to the deep
water harbOr at Sabine Pass, a distance
of 20 miles
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Anxious to Get volunteers Home.

Washington, July Under direct
orders from the president, every nerve
is to be strained to get the volunteer
regiments away from the Philippines
without days delay. Even the i'm
portant work of sending reinforce
ments is to be considered secondary to
the necessity of returning the volun-
teers. The president feels that they
have been kept too long already and is
anxious to see the last man homeward
bound
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Overruled Motion to Discharge Becker.

Chicago, July 1.-When the hear
ing in the Becker wife-murder trial
was resumed to-day before Judge
Stein, Attorney Leon Hornstein for
the defense made a formal motion that
his client be discharged. He alleged
that Becker had been placed in jeopardy
once for the murder of his wife and
that Mrs. Elizabeth and Mrs. Theresa
Becker were one and the same person.
The court, however, would not enter
tain the motion. He at once overruled
it and ruled that the hearing would
T0rOoaa6
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Cannot visit Kansas civ.

Washington. July Gen. Joe
Wheeler accepted the invitation to ac-
company Postmaster General Smith to
Omaha and st. Louis, July and 4, re
spectively. Gen. Wheeler was asked
if he would pay visit to Kansas City
in the interest of the confederate mon
ument enterprise, but said it would be
impossible for him to include Kansas
City in his itinerary.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Takes a Hopeful View.

Otis, of Los Angeles Cal, who arrived
in Chicago en- route for Washington
discussed the situation in the Philip
pines at considerable length and took
the hopeful view that, with the addi-
tional troops to be furnished, the war
would be terminated before the next
rainy season sets in.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
First Recruiting Order Issued.

Washington, July 1.-The first orders
were issued yesterday for recruiting
the troops under the clause authoriz-
ing the enlistment of IS, 600 men. The
order contemp1ates enlisting men for
tho three skeleton regiments in the
Philippines. Recruiting officers have
been instructed to enlist men with this
understanding.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
RemarkabIe Contest Ended.

Sheldon, Ia, July 1.-The Forty
ninth district republican convention
deadlock was broken on ballot 3,273
by Sioux county's Is votes being cast
for 6. w. Lister, of Osceola, making,
with Osceola's five votes, Is for Lister
for state senator, as against the II
votes cast for E. C. Roach, of Lyon,
by the counties of Lyon and O'Brien.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Negroes Fired Upon.

Murphysboro Ill, July At nine
O'Clock yesterday morning Conductor
William Bryan's train on the johnson
City branch of the Illinois Central,
bearing AZ negro miners from Pana,
was shot into by crowd of miners at
Lawder, in Williamson county. One
negro woman was killed by bullet
through the heart
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Now 1t Isa Preachers, Trust.

board of control is in trouble with a
new trust. The ministers of MARSHALL
town have announced that they will
not preach sermons at the institutions
for So each, which is the boards sched-
ule. The Ministerial association of
Marshalltown insists that after July 1
the rate must be SIS per sermon. But
the board of control is composed of
men qualified to meet any emergency.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
yellow Fever Cases at Santiago.

Washington, July Ia report sum
marizing the yellow fever situation in
Santiagc up to June &c has been re-
ceived. 1t states that mp to that time
during the present season there had
been 35 cases and IL deaths, all but
four of which were among American
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Plotting to Get Dreyfus Condemned.

Brest, June 3O.-Desperate as the
struggle may seem, the military party
is making strenuous efforts to knife
Dreyfus with a second condemnation.
The "a generals who at first merely en-
tertained an antipathy for Dreyfus and
selected him as a scapegoat, are now
fighting to :'save their own scalps."
On their success or failure at the COM
ing trial hangs the fate of MERCER,
Gonse. PcllieuX and even Boisdeffre.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
WRIT OF CUSTER GRANTED.
Seventy-Three Foreign Fire Insurance
Companies at st. Joseph, Mo-, Under the
Ban of the Antitrust Law.

Jefferson City, Mo-, July 1.-The
Missouri supreme court has awarded a
writ of custer on the information of
Attorney General Crow, against IS for
eign fire insurance companies doing
business in ST. Joseph, Mo-, for viola
ton of the state antitrust law act of
1895. Under this decision the rs COM
panies cannot continue business in the
state.