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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
DISASTER TO BRITISH.
Gen. Clement Forced to Retreat Before
$500 Beers Under Gen. Delarey,
Sustaining Heavy Losses.

London, Dec. 15.-Lord Kitchener
reports that after severe fighting at
Nootgedacht, Gen. Clements forces
were compelled to retire by Command
ant Delarey with force of 1850
men. Five British officers were killed.
Other casualties were not reported.
The scene at the war office Friday
recalled those witnessed in the early
stages of the war. A constant stream
of excited people filed the Hobbies,
all seeking details of the disaster.
The absence of the names of any of
the officers of the Northumberland
fusiliers in Gen. Kitchener's dispatch
leads to the foreboding that four COM
panies of the fusiliers are in the hands
of the Beers. The war officials evil
IDENTIFY expect a heavy casualty list
but they are hopeful, from the fact
that the dispatch does not mention the
capture of the Northumberland, that
such great catastrophe has been es-
capped. Orders were issued at Alder
shot, Malta and other military CEN
tiers to dispatch all the available
mounted infantry to South Africa.
1t is reported that Gen. Knox, CO.
operating with the British column at
Reddersburg, has stopped Gen. De
wet and that battle is proceeding.
The report adds that many of Gen.
Dewet's followers have been cap
f11rad
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
What They WIN ASK For.

The authorities of the state agri-
cultural college at Manhattan will
this year ask the state legislature for
$276,O0O, sum which will put the in
stitution on it's feet in creditable
shape to handle the ever-increasing
demands made upon It. A chemical
and physical laboratory is an abso-
lutte necessity, horticultural hall
and armory have long been needed,
the question of chapel enlargement
has too long gone begging and has
now reached the point where it can
not be longer put off, library accom-
modations are altogether insufficient,
and well-equipped gymnasium has
been crying need for these many
years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
ImagIned Himself a Counterfetter.

Edward Gillespie, living at Garden
Plain, west of Wichita, was taken
to Wichita on a lunacy warrant. The
man is under theimpression that he is
the leader of a gang of counterfeiters
and that the United States secret
service men are after him. He went
to a secluded part of his farm, built a
fire and was in the act of destroying
good United States greenbacks when
found by his wife. He informed her
that he had burned $24O and was
about to consign to the flames the
last of a $500 roll when his wife
found him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
BOND INVESTMENT SCHEMES.
The Assistant Attorney General for the
Pest Office Department Renders De
cisiOn CONCERNING Them.

Washington, Dec. 14-Harrison J.
Barrett, the assistant attorney for the
post Office department, has rendered q
decision which las been approved by
the assistant attorney general for the
post Office department., holding that
while the basic principles upon which
the called bond investment schemes
are Ebunded are not unlawful, yet the
schemes as at present operated ara
lRimical to the postal laws. The opin-
ion states that the schemes are in the
nature of lotteries. Most of the prom
Uses made in these contracts being
impossible of fulfIlment under the
known and recognized rules of invest
ment, unless many 1apses occur and
unexpected earnings accrue, it is fur
ther held that inasmuch as some of
the contract holders viii lose on their
investments, the schemes are fraudu-
lent under the provisions of the stat
utes which forbid the use of the mails
in the promotion of such enterprises.
The post Office department viii notify
all companies operating schemes of
this character and require them to
make such modification in their plans
as will eliminate the features which
give unequal advantages to persons
similarly situated and to make their
promises so that the last man will be
provided for without depending upon
contingencies before any further ac-
ton is taken in this matter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
THE CHINESE SITUATION.
England signifies Her willingness "a slg2.
shs Agreement Reached by the For
eign Ministers

Washington, Dec 1.-THE latest adj
vice from Pekin, from official
sources, is that England has signf-
fed willingness to sign the agree
ment reached by the foreign minis
tiers with a slight amendment which
is said to be rather in the nature OF
a mere change in form, rather than
an amendment of the scope of the
agreement at any material point. 1t
was the understanding that England
was the only power that was holding
back, and as, according to the adj
vices received here, the slight changes
made, or proposed to be made by
the principles held out for by our
government. From the point of view
of the state department, there seems
to be no substantial obstacle to an
almost immediate closure of the ne
gotiations concerning the preliminary
agreement.
Mr. Conger's last advices to the
state department indicated very clear
ly that the German minister at Pekin.
Mumm Won Schwartzenstein, was liv-
ing up to the spirit of the promise
of the German government to abate
It's demands for the imposition OF
the death penalty upon Princes Tuan
and Chwang, Duke Ian, and other
Boxer ringleaders. 1t was upon this
very point that the United States
made the issue with England and
Germany, and was said to have pre-
vailed, so that if any demand is still
made by Germany in the line indicat-
ed, it is contrary to Mr.. Conger's re-
ports, and would be distinctly sur
prise to the state department. here.
Therefore, the officials are fully pre-
pared to hear at almost any moment
that the plenipotentiaries at Pelin
have signed the agreement and that
the latter had been laid before Prince
Ching and Ii Hung Chang.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Young and old Veterans.

The presentation of medals of honor
to members of company NJ, Twen-
tieth Kansas, was made at Salina
Thursday. The occasion was made a
general reunion of young and old
soldiers. Among the visitors were
Department Commander Martin, of
the G. A. r.; Sidney G. Cooke, judge
advocate of the G. A. R.; o. H. Coulter,
eX-department commander and Gen.
WILDER S. Metcalf, of the Twentieth
Kansas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
McGovern the champion.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-Terry McGovern
is now the undisputed ightweight
champion of the world. He knocked
out Joe Cans, of Baltimore, after two
minutes and five seconds of fighting
in the second round. Cans put up a
very poor exhibition and was never in
it any stage of the game. Meow
ern started rushing him at the sound
of the gong and never let up until
Cans was counted out. He never de-
livered an effective blow during the
fight, and for man of his reputation
he made a fight which will gain him
no friends among lovers of true sport
in the ring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
WHILE REFoRMERs TALKED.
Hotel Safe Looted During a Banquet at
Which the Need of Better Police
Protection Was Discussed.

Beloit, Wis, Dec. 15.-Sixty business
men of this city gave dinner at the
Goodwin house to discuss more ade-
quate night police protection. The
money they paid for the dinner was
almost Immediately stolen from the
safe of the hotel where the banquet
was held. The supposed thief, an
employe of the hotel who was in sole
charge of the office, called in the night
Waterman to guard the strong box
which had just been looted and then
walked out of town. The money ta-
ken amounted to 1925.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
The Old Ladr Got Him.

Joseph Kimmel, the Leavenworth
boy of 10 who married Il widow of 40
one day last week, was engaged to a
young girl named Wolfsperger, of
Leavenworth, but her mother refused
consent to the marriage, intimating
that the boy could have her if he
wanted He transferred his affections
from daughter to mother, and they
eloped to Kansas City, she from her
= Children and he from his guardians,
and were married
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
FIIIplnOs Swearing Allegiance.

Manila, Dec. 14.-Gen. Kobbe, with
the Twenty-eighth volunteer regi-
ment, Col. Birkheimer commanding,
landed at Kagayan, on the northern
coast of Mindanao, Monday and rein
forced the six companies of the
Fortieth volunteer regiment stationed
in the town. An aggressive movement
had been planned. From Iloilo it is
unofficially reported that the insur-
gents in that part of the island IF
Panay are swearing allegiance at the
rate of ] 900 a day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
INTO cANADA's w1LDs.
Expedition Travelled 5000 Miles and Dis
covered Rich Forests Where Only Bar
rem Prairie Was Supposed to BE.

Vancouver, B. c., Dec. 15-Prof j.
W. Tyrell, the celebrated explorer of
Canadian wilds. has returned from an
expedition through the barren lands
of northern Canada. He travelled ever
5000 miles on the tour. His expedi-
ton met with many perils in the long
journey to the northwest of Hudson
bay. Prof. Tyrell made the important
discovery that the barren land gen
orally supposed to be treeless prairie
is covered in many places with rich
northern forests and there were
stretches of timber land 200 miles in
extent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Bold Robbery in Armourdale.

Masked robbers held up and robbed
the superintendent and cashier of
Peet Bros oil mill in Armourdale at
$3.50 o'clock Saturday evening and Sc
cured $500 in cash. The hold-up was
one of the boldest that has taken
place in the neighborhOod of Kansas
City in many months. 1t was accom-
plished during business hours and at
a time when more than 100 men were
at work in the mill only a few feet
away from where the cashier and
superintendent were making up their
pay lists to pay off the employees. The
job was done expeditiously, though,
and the robbers had secured their
booty and fed before the men in the
mill knew what had happened.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Breidenthars Biennial Report.

State Bank Commissioner John w.
,Breidenthal last week completed his
biennial report and submitted it to
Gov. Stanley. It contains much in
teresting information concerning the
banking business of Kansas. The re-
port shows that SO new state banks
have been organized in Kansas during
the past two years with combined
capital of $63O,OOO. Twelve private
banks, with $175, 400 capital, have re-
organized as state banks, and II state
and private banks, with $4,000 CAPT
tai, have gone into the national sys-
tenn. Twelve state and five private
banks, with 1892, 900 capital, have gone
into voluntary liquidation. Five banks
have failed during the past two years,
but the depositors did not lose a cent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Receiver for order of Chosen Friends.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 14.-Attor-
ney General Taylor, on behalf of the
state of Indiana, will file suit in tie
superior court of Marion county this
morning, asking the appointment of a
receiver for the Order of Chosen
Friends, one of the largest fraternal
insurance associations in the United
States. The filing of the suit will af-
feet 80 states of the union, as the as
ISOLATION has been authorized to do
business in that number.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
County consolidation scheme Revived.

County Consolidation Scheme Revived.
The talk of a wholesale consolida-
ton of western Kansas counties has
been revived. Ever since the collapse
of the boom this question has come up
before every legislature, but the only
result so far has been the wiping out
of one county. Garfield county was
abolished and the territory was an
nexed to Finney county. 1t is the
opinion of many of the leading men of
the state, however, that something
should be done to relieve the situa-
ton. For instance, eight counties in
southwestern Kansas, with total
vote of 2,175, have as many represent
atives as eight counties in eastern
Kansas with a combined vote of A.
654. In other words, a representative
from a sparsely settled county of the
west represents 272 voters, while the
representative from eastern Kansas
represents 5,216 voters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Jumped the Track.

Burlington, Ia, Dec. 1.-THE Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railways
fast mail which left Chicago Wednes-
day evening was wrecked two miles
west of Kirkwood early yesterday.
Fireman Shannon was killed and En-
gineer Samuel Dove was badly hurt
The engine jumped the track and was
demolished. Two mail cars with their
contents were burned The mail
clerks were not injured severely.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
LAYING cable in the PhilipD,ner.

Manila, Dec. 14-The United States
cable ship Burnside will next week
proceed to DamQguete, island of
Negroes, to begin the laying of 600
miles of government cable to connect
Negroes, NIindanao and Jolo. At pres
ent there is scarcely any telegraphic
communication with southeastern Luz
zon, owing to the persistent wire cut
ting. It is proposed eventually to con-
meet that section and the larger is
lands adjacent by cable with Manila.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Don't Like These Law,

w. v. Church, superintendent of in
surance, will ask the Forthcoming
legislature to repeal the law provid-
ing for the organization of mutual
live stock insurance companies. Mr.
Church will also ask that the law
providing for the organization of mu-
tual hail companies be repealed or sc
amended that the insured will be
given protection against loss of in
surance because of the inability OF
+ the company to pay its claims.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
cRoKER's NEW POSSESSION.
The Tammany Chief Purchssss an English
Estate. and May Make 1t His Per-
mRnent Home.

New York, Dec. IA dispatch
from London says: Richard Croker
has bought Moat house, Vantage,
with much of the surrounding land.
The price is withheld but it does not
exceed $4,000. The house is in the
hands of workmen, who are building
new additions and completely remod-
cling the interior. The improvements
will cost $500. It looks as if Mr..
Croker intended to make his perma--
nent home there.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Only One Llcense Requir.d

Attorney General GODDARD has rem
dered an opinion holding that it was
not necessary for each member of a
local insurance agency to take out a
separate local agents license. In the
past each member of local agency
has been required to take out local
license. The attorney general says
that one license for the firm is all
that is necessary under the law.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
The Pension ApproprlatIon Bin.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE pension
appropriation bill was completed yes
terday by the house subcommittee
on appropriations having it in charge,
after hearing from Commissioner
of Pensions Evans. IT carries about
$145, 250, 900, of which about $144, OOO,-
900 is for pensions and the balance
for administration. It will be report
ed to the full committee to-day and
get before the house probably to-mor-
row.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Ballots Reached There Too Late.

Chairman Albaugh received a mes
sage from the war department stating
that advices from Gen. Macarthur
announced that none of the Kansas
soldiers outside of Manila got to vote,
as the ballots did not reach them in
time. This practically knocks out
the hopes of the four republican con-
testants who expected to win by that
vote, including Wheatley for congress
in the Third district.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Train Robberx on COTTON Belt Ra,Iwa,

ST. Louis, Dec. IA special to the
Post-Dispatch~ from Texarkana, Ark,
says: A bold robbery on the Cotton
Belt railway occurred yesterday at
Bassetts, Tex, 90 miles south OF Tex
arkana, on the train coming north,
in which the postal clerk, John Fl.
Dennis, was almost killed by the rob-
bers and the mail pouches of his car
rifed of their contents. The amount
stolen is not known.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
A Fast nIati Train Held Up.

New Orleans, Dec. 14.-The north
bound Illinois Central fast mail train
which left here at 7:35 p. M, was
held up a mile above the city last
night and Conductor Kenebrew shot
in the back. The passengers were not
molested. The robbers got nothing,
as the express company does not send
out a safe on the fast mail train leav-
ing here at night.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
a Report About Dead soIdIers Denied.

Washington, Dec. 14.-The follow
ing statement was posted at the war
department yesterday: 'The United
States transport Hancock arrived at
San Francisco December 10, 1900, with
the remains of IL soldiers, ten of
whom died en- route and one was
transferred to the Hancock from the
hospital ship Relief at Nagasaki. The
report that 800 remains were brought
over is without foundation and it is
requested that this statement be
given the widest circulation by the
press"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
When Love Turned to Hate.

For two years Miss Maggie O'Brien,
>of Newton, has pursued one Valentine
Davis with the result of causing his
arrest last week in Quincy, III. Miss
O'Brien alleges that in 1898 Davis
wronged her under promise of mar
riage, disappearing on the eve of his
wedding day and leaving her to bear
~dishonor. With love turned to hate,
the girl has followed clew after clew
until at last she has caused the cap
ture of her betrayer.-Kansas City
journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Objected to Lees Name in Hall of Fame,

New York, Dec. 14.-The New York
university senate recently received a
protest from the Association of Sur
vivors of the Sixth Army corps in
Washington against the placing of
Gen. Robert E. Lees name in the Hall
of Fame because Gen. Lee, who was an
officer in the United States army, de-
serted his government in the face OF
the enemy and was not, therefore, an
example worthy of emulation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Asks se15,ass for the Ktokauoos

Representative Miller, of Kansas,
has introduced a bill in congress to
pay the Kickapoos $215, 239, represent
ing the difference claimed by the In
dams on 1873, 965 acres of land sold to
the government at 80 cents an acre
and afterwards sold by the govern
ment to settlers at $3.50 per acre.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Fen Into a Kettle of Soup.

Elwood, Ind, Dec 1.-THE two
year-old daughter of Peter Elder, sa-
loonkeeper, fell into q ten gallon ket-
tie of soup, made for lunch at the
place, yesterday morning and was
literally cooked before her screams
brought assistance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Three Passengers Killed.

Helena, Mont, Dec. 14.-Coast train
No. 3, westbound on the Great North
ern railway, was wrecked at Brock
town, 235 miles east of Havre, yester-
day. Three passengers were killed
and several slightly injured. The ac-
cident was caused blythe breaking of
a truck as the train passed over
switch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Fund Raised tn supnrees .ToInts.

Citizens of Topeka have raised a
fund of $25,175 by popular subscrip-
ton at a law and order meeting to
be used to suppress joints and it is
placed in the hands of special com
mittee with authority to use the
money in securing evidence and en-
ploying counsel where necessary to
convict joint keepers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
JOPLIN GETS A SHOCK.
Distinct Seismic Disturbance Felt at the
Missouri Mining Center About 7:45
O'Clock Friday Morning.

Joplin. Mo-, Dec. 15.-An earth
quake shock was distinctly felt in this
city at an early hour Friday morning.
The shock lasted from two to three
minutes at about 7:45. The motion
was from north to south and of
quivering nature.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Congress Is Arter tho KIondike.

Reports received at Leavenworth
from Washington state that the
house committee on military affairs
has agreed to report favorably bill
prohibiting issue of government Ii
censes to sell liquor within two miles
of any soldiers home or government
reservation. This bill is aimed to shut
out the dives in the Klondike district
at Leavenworth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
wage Contracts Renewed

Pittsburg, Dec. 14.-The 5000 en-
ployes of the Jones & Laughlin iron
and steel plants have been notified
that the individual wage contracts
made two years ago will be renewed
for the ensuing year with no reduc-
ton in pay. 1t is believed that sim
liar action viii be taken by the Car
negie company and the worlmen are
jubiIant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
A Monument to Her Memory.

Gettysburg, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE
Woman's Relief Corps of Iowa has ar
ranged to erect monument here IN
honor of Jennie Wade, the only woman
killed during the battle OF Gettys-
burg The monument viii be erected
in the spring and viii be dedicated
on July 3, 1901, the thirty-eighth an
niversary of the battle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Wants Seed. from Kansas.

Capt. A. S. Rowan, who carried
the message to Garcia" and who is
now located on the island of Cebu, in
the Philippines, has written to his
home in Atchison for onion, lettuce
and radish seeds. He writes that the
troops have no fresh vegetables ex-
cept onions and potatoes shipped
from the United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
clay Center Won rh,. rrme.

Clay Center has won the sixth legal
fight in the Parsons asylum case. The
state supreme court refused Saturday
the writ of mandamus asked by Par
sons to compel the state board of
charities to begin the construction of
the asylum at Parsons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
&c Treat Consumptlves b. New detloa

Boerne, Tex, Dec. "A sanitarium
for the treatment of consumptives
by new liquid air method has just
been opened here by the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company. It is called
the anti-phymin institute. The treat
ment used is the discovery of a Texas
physician.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Want southern cattle Taxed.

The state live stock board, in its
report submitted to the governor, adj
vises the enactment of a law levying
tax of two cents per head for the
inspection of southern cattle, the
: amount collected to be turned over
inc the state reasury.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
HessIan FLY Resumes yyork

1t appears reasonably certain that
very little wheat will be raised in
Atchison county this year. Farmers
from all over the county say they VIII
pillow up their wheat on account of
Tthe depredations of the Hessian fly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-20
Covered the CAKE with Gold Pieces.

Rev. John NJ. Rankin, rector of the
Episcopal church at Burlington, and a
resident of the city for 40 years,
with his wife recently celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary. A
feature of the anniversary was a we'd
ding cake covered with gold pieces,
contributed by friends.