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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
FAIRLY WHITE WITH TENTS.
The Country Around BIoemfontein shows
the Enormous Force at the Com
mand of Roberts.

London, April 14.-Lord Roberts
preparations for an advance are ap-
parently proceeding apace. The coun-
try around Bloemfontein is fairly
white with British tents, and the
enormous force under his command
is growing in strength and receiving
the much needed supply of horses and
mules. 1t is calculated that Lord Rob
erts now has $4,000 effective troops,
with 1900 more af1oat or under or
ders.
1t is reported that the Beers lost
heavily in the recent fighting at
Wepener. There is much weeping
among the women and an urgent mes
sage for assistance has been sent to
the Rockville commando.
Reichnan Not Helping the Beers.
Pretoria, Wednesday, April H.
United States Consul Hay, in an in
terview here, says that the report
that Capt. Reichman, the United
States military attache, participated
in the fight near Sannos Post is alb
solutely false.
Nothing to Cause UneasIness.
London. April 1.-THE Bloemfon-
TEN correspondent of the Daily Mail,
te1egraphing Thursday. says: There
is nothing whatever to cause uneasi-
ness. 1t will presently be seen that
the Beers are just where we want
them. In a word, we are all right
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Our Troops in the Philippines.

Washington, April 13.-Adjt. Gen
Corbin has prepared a statement
showing the strength of the troopf
in the Philippines on the 1st of April
the date of the last returns. Accord.
ing to this statement there were on
the date stated 63, 585. Officers and
men there, being an increase of sos
since March 1, the date of the last
previous report. The increse is due
to the arrival of recruits, mainly mem
bers of the hospital corps and other
staff departments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
A Kansan 40 Years.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wells, who died in
Marshall county recently, came to
Kansas with her husband As years
ago and were the first white settlers
in that region. They lived among
the Indians and Mrs. Wells biogra-
pher relates that ''the husband held
the pillow while the young wife drove
the oxen, and the child, wrapped in a
blanket, waited at the end of the fur
row. It was in this way that the
first sod was turned and the first
farm was put under cultivation on
the Vermillion."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Monument for Soldiers Kl1led Long Ago.

Washington, April Representa-
tive Griffith, of Indiana, presented
resolution for the erection of a monu-
ment near the mouth of Lochrey
creek, Ind, where are buried the
bodies of Col. Archibald Lochrey,
four officers and SO privates, who
were massacred by Indians in the
northwest territory July "a, 1878
Twenty thousand dollars is aDpro-
priated for this purpose.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
The CommIttee was Assured.

members of the democratic national
committee came here to-day to ascer-
tain whether Kansas City would have
a hall and would otherwise be pre-
pared for the democratic national
convention on July 4. They were as
ready and if there were any chance
of the convention going to some other
city it was apparently lost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Is Gompers Behind 1t9

Chicago, April 13.-Labor leaders
are urging the Chicago Bricklayers
and Stonemasons' union to strike the
name of President Mckinley from the
roll of the organization. The reason
assigned is the use of the United
States troops against union miners in
Occur d'Alene district in Idaho. The
plan is said to have the Endorsement
of President Gompers, of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
ChInese LANDING bY. Thousands.

San Francisco, April 14-Thou-
sands of Chinese are passing the bar
riers of the custom house and not
only are being landed, but are being
made native-born citizens of Califor-
MIA. 1t is asserted that during the last
"a months over 10000 Chinese have
been landed and of these at least 100 a
month have been admitted on the
ground that they were born in this
state, which fact being admitted, en-
titles them to the rights of citizen
ship
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Found SAG in silver Coins.

A son of o. H. Staples, south of
Parker, found SAG in fractional sill
yer coins while recently cleaning out
his fathers barn. The barn is one
from which a team of horses was
stolen the night the Parker bank was
robbed last October, and this money
has been hidden in the barn ever
ssince. 1t was restored to the bank
and the finder was given $40 reward.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Why He was Defeated.

sons DR.. J. M. Cunningham, candidate
for the board of education, was the
only republican defeated. 1t is said
that he lost the office because he is
"a confirmed cigarette smoker. Some
time before the election the women
of the city quietly organized to turn
DR.. Cunningham down. They took
the stand that cigarette smoker on
the school board would encourage the
habit of cigarette smoking in the
schools
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Gold Find at Ga1ena, Kan.

Galena, Kan, April 14.-The town of
Galena is in a whirl of excitement. 1t
has been learned that gold assaying
from $41 to $81 per ton has been dis
covered within two miles of the cor
poration limits of the city. People
who know whereof they speak predict
that within the next 80 days Galena
will be mining camp of not less than
$4,000 people.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Etarried bv TeIeeraph.

Kansas City, Kan, April 13.-A
marriage service by telegraph, with
the bride and groom 200 miles apart,
was carried out between this city and
Mulhal1, Ok, to-day. The groom was
Andrew NJ. CandeI, an entomologist
attached to the department of agri-
culture, and the bride was Miss Pene-
lope Cundiff, of Perkins, Ok, the
daughter of prosperous farmer Of
that place.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
To Aid Famine-stricken India.

Des Moines, Ia, April 14.-Gov.
Shaw will be the leading speaker at
a mass meeting Monday evening to
start an Iowa movement for the rails
ing of aid for ADMINISTRATION India.
The Ministerial union and state and
city officers have become interested
and the intention is to have a state
commission appointed by the governor
to take charge of the work and or
eaniZe it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Kansans In ChIcago Have a reunion.

Kansans of Chicago held an enter
tainment and social recently in the
Y. M. G. A. auditorium there. The af-
fair was under the auspices of the
Chicago alumni of Bethany college,
Kansas, and concluded with a ban
quet at the Sherman house. Members
of the Kansas association of Chicago
participated in the celebration and
the auditorium was decorated with
gorgeous sunfowers, the emblem of
the state.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
G. A. r. Post on Dewey's Trail.

Lincoln post of Topeka, the largest
Grand Army organization in Kansas,
adopted resolutions denouncing Adj
miral Dewey and demanding that his
invitation to attend the next national
,encampment be revoked. They claim
that his presence there under the cir
-cumstances would be regarded as an
attempt to drag politics into the G. A.
r., and imply that the soldier organ
ization was DESTROYS of booming his
candidacy for the presidency.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Sad Accident in FRANKLIN county.

The six-year-old daughter of
James Simms, near Ransomville, was
burned to death by prairie fire. Mr..
Simms was burning off field and the
whole family was assisting. The
wind sprung up and the blaze caught
the little ones clothing. She was
burned almost to a crisp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Charges Agalnst Cxrus Iceland.

The pension bureau sent an inspect
or to Topeka to investigate charges
against Pension Agent Cyrus Leland.
The charges are that Leland used
his office to promote the candidacy
of Mr.. Bailey for congress, as against
Mr.. Curtis, and that he also removed
democrats for purely political rea-
sons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Defeated Breidenthal INSTRUCTIONS.

The populist convention of Sedg-
wick county to select delegates to
the state conventions to be held at
Fort Scott and Clay Center, and to
the Seventh district congressional
convention at Great Bend, defeated a
resolution to instruct the state dele
CATION for BriedenthaI for governor.
The fight on Briedenthal was led by
ex-GOv. LeWelling.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
History of the Nineteenth Kansas.

In reviewing the history of the
Nineteenth Kansas, the regiment that
went out on the plains to fight In
,dians, George. Martin recounts that
in 1868, in the western region, 159
men were murdered, 16 were wounded,
Al scalped, IA women outraged, and
1 man, women and "a children car
ried into captivity-an by the Indians.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Internal Revenue Receipts.

Washington, April 13.-The March
statement of the collections of inter
nal revenues shows that the total
receipts for the month were $24, $780,
SIT, an increase as compared with
March, 1899, of $1,5sS, 22S. For the
nine months of the present fiscal year
the total receipts were $219, 935, 1856, an
increase over the corresponding
period of last year of S18.413.412.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
ola soldiers Dying Rapidly.

The death rate at the Leavenworth
soldiers home is very high at pres
ent, more than double that of any
other spring. In the first IL days of
this month there were Is deaths of
veterans. OF these one was by sui
eide. Most of the old soldiers died of
pneumonia. Since the beginning of
the new year there have been 155
deaths of veterans at the home This
is an average of more than one day,
or nine a week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Fifty Cents on the Dollar.

Another ten per cent. dividend will
be paid depositors of the defunct First
national bank, Emporia, making so
cents on the dollar for creditors. Re
ceiver Albaugh will sell the remain
ing assets, consisting of thousands of
dollars worth of notes, overdrafts
and real estate, April %.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Conditional Pardon for a Youth.

Gov. Stanley last week granted a
conditional pardon to Robert Love,
an Emporia youth who in 1897 killed
his father, who was chasing him with
an ak, and was sentenced to five
years for manslaughter. A petition
signed by nearly all the leading citi-
-zens of Lyon county asked for the
pardon and the boy was promised a
position in Emporia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Another Gift from NIIss Gould.

A proposition has been made to
'CoffeyviIle to locate an $4,000 railroad
Y. M. c. A. building on the Missouri
Pacific property there if the citizens
will give $500 toward the enter
prise. The railroad company gives
81, 800, Miss Helen Gould $1,000 and
the employees $1,000. This with the
$1,000 given by the town will make
the full amount.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Clark WIN Seek YIndication.

Washington, April Ex-senator
Clark, of Montana, will in few days
resign the seat he now holds in the
senate and return to Montana and
seek a yindication 1t is understood
he will not present himself at the
door of the senate or again occupy
the seat where he has been almost
continuously seen for four months
mast
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Have q Pol of the voters.

On Monday the republican state
central committee opened headquar-
tiers in Topeka, with Charles E. Lob
dell, chief of the bureau of literature,
in charge. The committee has COM
pIete poll of the voters of the state
and recently it was revised by sup
Elementary canvass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Reform In Live stock Inspection.

Gov. Stanley will ask the next leg
islature to pass a law regarding live
stock inspection. He claims that a
state live stock veterinarian can at
tend to the work just as well as a
live stock board composed of three
men, and that it wall be a saving in
that respect.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
VIII Soon Need More Room.

Gov. Stanley received report from
the penitentiary at Lansing showing
that the institution is fast filing and
we'll early need additional room.
During March 81 convicts were re-
ceived and 27 dismissed by reason of
pardon and lapse of sentence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Government to Run a Farm.

Washington, April 13.-Uncle Sam
will soon own an up-to-date farm
which Will be located west of Airing
ton, the national cemetery. The sen
ate passed bill setting apart por-
ton of the Arlington estate for ex-
perimental agricultural purposes,
placing it under the jurisdiction of
the secretary of agriculture. It con-
tains about 400 acres.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
LIQUOR Dealers On in Arms.

Liquor dealers and brewers of Kan.
sas City and ST. Joseph have combined
to test the validity of the Kansas pro-
hibitory law under which many
travelling statesmen for liquor firms
have recently been arrested in Kan
sas, convicted and sent to jail. They
will set up the plea that the law in
terferes with interstate commerce.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Get the Carnegie Library.

The Emporia presbytery in session
last week pledged so cents a member
to pay $4,000 of the $4,000 debt
hanging over the college of Emporia.
Citizens of Emporia will pay $4,000,
and this will insure the Carnegie
gift of $4,000 for public library for
the college, promised on condition
that the debt on the college was
lifted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Bought hx an EngItsh Syndicate.

The $1O,OOO,OOO English mining
syndicate recently organized at Oma
ha, Neb., made it's first big deal in zinc
property last week by purchasing the
South Side Mining company's IS
mines and ten mills at Ga1ena. Con-
sideration, 100000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
A Cali for Mr.. Low.

The latest gossip among politicians
is that the republican state conyen-
ton by resolution will invite M. A.
Low, of Topeka, to accept the posi-
ton of national committeeman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
WoIeott Urged for the Vice Presidency

Colorado Springs, Col, April IA
In its leading editorial this morning
the Colorado Springs Gazette strongly
indorses Senator Wolcott for the vice
presidency. Tt prophesies that he
would take away from Bryan the
vote of the real bimetaIIists of the
country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Profit at the State Prison.

The earnings of the Kansas peni-
Tertiary at Lansing for March were
49, 1866 and expenses of $14,742. Over
200 cars of coal were taken out of the
prison mines during the month.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Purchases from Yucatan.

Deputy Warden Thomson, of the
state prison, has just returned from
Yucatan, where he purchased $780,
600 pounds, or 35 carloads, of sisal for
price below the New York quotations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Texas rown Cut on by FLOOD.

Columbus, o., April 13.-The big
Southern Pacific railroad bridge over
the Colorado river at this place was
entirely swept away last night. All
wagon bridges are gone and the town
has no outlet except by rail west
ward. Half the town is submerged.
all crops are destroyed and all cul-
tiyabIe land overfowed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Young Bride Dead in South Africa.

A few months ago Mrs. G. C. Cress,
a bride of 16, went from Abilene with
her missionary husband to South At
rica. Now she is reported dead from
a fever and her husband was sick I'M
to death also.-Kansas City Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Roekefener.s SECOND Daaghter to wed.

New York. April 14.-Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Alta, to
E. Parmalee Prentice, of Chicago. Miss
Alta is 81 years old. She is the
second daughter and her older and
younger sisters are married.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Banker DreYer AIust Go 60 PrIson.

Chicago, April 1s.-Judge Dunno
refused the writ of habeas corpus
asked in the case of Banker E. S.
Dreyer, under astate's prison sentence
for the enlightenment of $4,000, and
recommitted him to the custody of
the sheriff
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
So Thex Gan PIant Their Crops.

Pretoria, April 13.-The Free State
Gazette publishes orders to the ef-
feet that ten per cent. of each COM
mand viii be relieved by BALLOT for
periods OF II days. This is intended
to meet the wish of the burghers de-
string TO plant their crops
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Republ.cans LIke Mr. Lonr,s speech.

A Washington dispatch said the re-
publican congressional committee
has ordered an additional 100000
copies of the speech of Representa-
tive Chester I. Long, of Kansas, on
the Porto Rican tariff, for distribu-
ton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Fisherssurrenders to the Police.

San Francisco, April 1S.-Alonzo
Fisher, who is wanted at ArmourdaIe,
Kan, on the charge of embezzIement.
surrendered to the police yesterday.
He will be held awaiting the arrival Of
an officer from Kansas City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
She Sold Liouor to Indians.

Barbara Hast, of Holton, pleaded
guilty in the federal court to the
charge of selling liquor to Indians
on the Pottawatomie reservation.
Judge Hook sentenced her to 60 days
in jail and fined her 800 and costs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
WIN Re GIiok9

The latest political rumor is that
ex-Gov. Click will accept the fusion
nomination for congress in the First
district and oppose Charles Curtis.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
WAS a3 Years Taking the Deerees.

Thirty-three years ago George A.
Bowles, of lola, took the first degree
in masonry and last week he took the
last degree. This is probably the
longest time on record between the
beginning and ending of the work of
making master mason.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19

New York, April Ia Grieving over
the death of her husband and her lit
tie daughter, Mrs. Matilda Quitmau.
1882 Fifth avenue, has wept 50 con-
tinuously that she has cried her eys4
eat. She now is totally blind-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
on for south Africa.

DR.. Crosby, an Arkansas City yet-
Urinary surgeon, has gone to South
Africa with a carload of mules for
the British army. DR.. Crosby will be
gone three months and will get $500
for his services.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Suspected of being CounterfeIters.

New York, April 14.-Upon the arri-
val of the steamship Trojan Prince
yesterday an immigration inspector
arrested four Sicilians from Mareneo,
Sicily, who are suspected of being
counterfeiters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
frisco Geta the Kansas Midland.

The Kansas Midland railroad, run
ming from Wichita to Ellsworth, log
miles, has been sold to the Frisco.
The road is in fair condition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Gov. Stanley Was Toastmaster.

The second annual stag banquet of
the state university Y. NJ. C. A. was
held at Lawrence the other night.
About 200 were present and Gov. STAN
Iey acted as toastmaster.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
Charges Against Funston and Netcalf.

A copy of an order by Gen. Otis
for a board of officers to investigate
charges against Gen. Funston and
Gen. Metcalf, connected with the
shooting of Filipino prisoners, has
just been received at Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
EIaven hTan nrowned.

London, April 13.-As the result OF
the wreck of fishing boat on the
North Cornish coast yesterday morn
ing three fishermen and eight ifeboat
men were drowned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-05

action in sending from his palace his splen-
did examples of the French school of the last
century, and it is worth while to recOlect as
significant element in the situation that these
pictures not the spoils of conqueror but
were purchased under legitimate circumstances
by a former King of Prussia. To the student
eager for a comprehensive survey of the cele-
brated Potsdan collection it is disappointing
to find that some of it's principal pictures are
missing. Two of the Chardins and Pater's
Picture Shop of Gersaint" are visible only in
photographers. But the canvases present are
numerous enough and important enough to fill
one with sense of profound gratitude to the
Emperor. In these stately rooms fitted up
as are the rooms in Prussia, one may observe
the exquisite French art Of the eighteenth CEN
fury in all its delicacy of color in all it's elegance
Of composition, in all it's rare charm of style
The subjects frivolous and sometimes the
frivolty borders mere hcerse; but it was
one of the strange gifts of the earlier French
men that they really adorned slightly dubious
themes, and often lifted profigate motives into
a species of fairyland where the most Purtani-
cal of critics would find it hard to be Puri-
tanically critical. With every desire, however
and with every temptation to linger over this
casket of Jewels the duty of the present mo-
in the Grand Palais.
1t has certain very obvious limitations The
Barbzon school is unsatisfactory Illustrated
Millet in his most characteristic phases is WIS.,
ibe in a considerable group of drawings: but
among the six examples of his painted work
there is only one production of distinct interest,"