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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11

pangs inflicted by the bullet of a
cowardly assassin while his life hangs
IN the balance.
Standing in the midst of crowds
numbering thousands, surrounded by
every evidence of good will, pressed
by motley throng of people,
showered with expressions of love and
loyalty, besieged by muItitudes, all
eager to clasp his hands-amid these
surroundings and with the ever re-
curing plaudits of an army of sight
seers ringing in his ears, the blow of
the assassin fell, and in an instant
pleasure gave way to pain, admira-
ton to agony, folly turned to fury
and pandemonium followed.
While President Mckinley was re-
ceiving in the Temple of Music yes
terday afternoon he was approached
by man with a dark moustache and
with one hand covered with hand
kerchief. AS the man extended his
hand to the president, apparently with
the intention of shaking hands with
him, he fired a shot which entered
the presidents right breast, lodging
against the breastbone. Another
shot was fired at once, which entered
the presidents abdomen. The assail-
ant was Immediately arrested.
Detective Geary was near the
prisoner and the president fell into
his arms.
''Am 1 shot?" asked the preside MT.
The officer opened the presidents
vest and, seeing blood, replied: eyes,
am afraid you are, Mr.. President
There was an instant of almost
complete silence. The president stood
stock still, look of hesitancy, almost
of bewilderment on his face. Then
he retreated a step while pallor be-
gan to steal over his features. The
multitude, only partially aware that
something serious had happened,
paused in surprise, while uecl1s were
craned, and all eyes turned as one to
the rostrum where a great tragedy
was being enacted.
Then came a commotiOn. With the
leap of a tiger three men threw
themselves forward, as with one i'm
pulse, and sprang toward the would
be assassin. Two of them were
United States secret service men who
were on the outlook, and whose duty
it was to guard against just such a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
GREETED WITH Kisses.
Resolution to Draw the Color Line in Sta
tionary Engineers Convention Voted
Down by Large Majority.

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 5.-De1egate
Denton, of Georgia, sprang a sensa-
ton at stationary engineers conven-
ton by handing up written resolu-
ton to change the constitution so as
to limit membership in the associa-
ton to white engineers" Immediate
" after the reading of the resolution
there was storm of Kisses and pro-
tests. A vote was quickly taken, only
five delegates voting in the affirmative,
and the defeat of the resolution to
draw the color line was greeted with
q storm of cheers.
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TO BRING HOME MORE.
Two Regiments of Infantry and Nine Bat
terIes of Heavy Coast Artillery VIII Be
Returned from Philippines.

Washington, Sept. e.-The war de-
partment has decided to bring the
Twenty-third infantry now in the
Philippines home on the transport
Buford, which sails for New York
via Suez on the 18th inst. The Kill
patrick, which sails the same day for.
San Francisco, will bring the Eigh-
teenth infantry. On her next trip in
December. the fitzpatrick will bring
home the nine batteries of heavy coast
artillery. When these commands
reach the United States there will be
left in the Philippines about $4,000
officers and men and the present plans
do not contemplate further reduc-
ton of that force. Both Gen. Mac
Arthur and Gen. Chaffee have ex-
pressed the opinion that about 10000
men will be required in the Philip
pines for an indefinite period.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Five Men KilIed.

Jamestown, n. D.. Sept. 9.-Five
men were killed and six others Sc
riously injured, two of whom have
since died, in collision which oc-
Cured early yesterday. A mixed
train on the Northern Pacific railroad
came in from Cakes, carrying II men
on fiat car. AS the train passed the
station a road engine was struck
and the force of the collision caused
the fat car to collapse. The names
of the dead and injured could not be
learned. They were harvest hands
who had boarded the car at Lamoure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
TRAGEDY AT Topeka.
EOlah HOunsorn. Who Lived Alone, Burned
to Death in Her HOme-Robbery
the Probable Motive.

Topeka. Kan, Sept. AT an early
hour Friday morning Miss Eolah
Hounsom was burned to death in her
home on Kline street. The body was
not rescued from the flames until it
had burned fully half an hour, and
when recovered was little more than
a charred mass of human flesh. and
absolutely unrecognizable.M Miss Houn-
som was SO years old, and lived alone
in a one-story frame building. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Murder
with robbery in view is suspected by
the police as she was known to have
had some money.
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rllIplno 1nsurgents surrender:

Manila, Sept. 9.-The insurgent
leader Angeles has surrendered, in
the Camarines, with 10 officers, AZ
men, a number of rifles and guam
tity of ammunition. Numbers of
other small surrenders occur daily.
The only active forces operating
now with any number of men are
those of Malyer and ukban. The
capture or surrender of the former is
expected at any time. The latter. the
Filipinos believe, viii hold out as
long as he is able to get ammunition.
Lukban will never surrender.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11

calamity as had here befallen the
president and the nation. The third
was a bystander, a negro, who had
only an instant previously grasped in
his dusly palm the hand of the presi-
dent. AS one man the trio hurled
themselves upon the presidents as
sailant. In a twinlling he was borne
to the ground, his weapon was
wrested from his grasp and strong
arms pinioned him down.
Down at police headquarters, sur
rounded by stern-faced inquisitors of
the law, is a medium-sized man of
commonplace appearance, with his
fixed gaze directed on the floor, who
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
DO NOT EQUAL RECEIPTS.
Although Government Expenses Are In
creasing, There Was Surplus OF Nearly
s13.OOO,OOo In July and August.

Washington, Sept. 6.-AIthough the
expenses of the United States govern
ment are increasing year by year, yet
the expenditures during the months
of July and August last were nearly
$13, 600, 900 less than in the same
months last year. The decrease in at
tributed partially to the reduced ex-
penses of the military establishment,
the costly campaign in China being
over, and war in the Philippines prac-
tically ended. Upward of 100000
of the reduction in current expendi-
lures, however, is due to decreased pay
ments for civil and miscellaneous pur-
poses. The failure of the river and
harbor bill at the last session of con-
gress is responsible for the saving.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN.
Mother of the Late Walter o. Gresham
Prepares Dinner for Guests Her Nine
ty-Eighth Birthday Anniversary.

New Albany, Ind, Sept. Mrs.
Sarah Rumley, mother of the late
Walter Q. Gresham, 90 years old, yes
terday, unaided, tasked herself to pre-
pare dinner for her so guests who had
assembled to celebrate the anniver-
sary of her birth. All of her five
sons entered the federal army, two
gaining distinction. Col W. @. Ores
ham rose to major and afterwards
secretary of state. Mrs. Rumley still
lives on the same farm and in the
same house to which she came a
bride 70 years ago. Her husband was
killed while sheriff of Harrison coun-
ty, and she married John Rumley, who
died several years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
The Ulster Team Won.

New York, Sept. THE Ulster
team defeated the representatives of
the New Jersey Rife association by
81 points in the special challenge
match at Sea Grit. The final scores
were: Ulster, 1920; New Jersey, l.
55S points.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Vote Against Women Delegates.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. THE Central
conference of the German Methodist
Episcopal church, by a vote of 1O4 to
3, declared against the adoption of the
proposed new constitution which per-
mitted women to become members of
the general conference.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Negroes Ia 30 paneer.

Stroud, Ok, Sept. 6.-The report
from Oklahoma City that negroes are
organizing against Stroud is mis-
take. All the negro citizens of this
vicinity are acquainted with the fact
that the recent trouble was caused
by gamblers and toughs. Stroud BUSH
ness men condemn the action and will
urge the officers to protect the ne
orOeS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Catholics Fight Free Text Books.

Chicago. Sept. 9.-The fight of the
German Catholic societies against free
textbooks in the public schools cu1-
minated when Judge Vail, of the cir
cult court, issued temporary injunc-
ton restraining the purchase of free
textbooks by the board of education
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
.nrornment r. cen. LaWton.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. s-The Gen.
Lawton monument will be located in
the middle of the approach to the Del
aware street entrance of the court
house. It will probably be full
length bronze statue of the dead sol
der, modelled by Sculptor French.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Postmaster nIaIIed obso.ne Letters.

Guthrie, Ok, Sept. ii. n. Nor
rison, the Nagle postmaster, was re-
leased from the fedaral Jail here I'M
der $4,000 bond. He is charged with
mailing obscene letters to women in
every portion of the United States,
getting 1900 replies.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Cen. MeKeever Dead.

Washington, Sept. e.-Word was re-
ceived at the war department yester-
day of the death of Gen. Chauncey
McKeever, q. s. A., retired, at a
health resort near Emden, Hanover.
Germany.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Now Use for Vheat Binders.

Red Bud, Ill, Sept. 9.-The farmers
of Randolph county are using their
binders to harvest corn fodder. The
stocks are short, making this unusual
method of fodder harvest possible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Must Ampntate Nelson,s Log.

New York, Sept. 7.-Gangrene hav-
ing set in, the surgeons at Bellevue
hospital have decided that John Mel
son, the cycIist, mus have his leg
amputated in an effort to save his life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Oklahoma Populntion statIstics.

Washington, Sept. THE total pop
ulation of Oklahoma territory is $685.
331, of whom 214,359 are males and
1s3,972 females; negroes, 1881; In.
dams, taxed and untaxed, I1,945.
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murder and snieIde.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept, 7.-Charles
Green, a butcher and later a saloon
keeper, MORALLY wounded his wife
and killed himself with a revolver
early yesterday morning.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland

Reunion OF inc AFIIly OF Inc OuIliDsE1lsLI4
Washington, Sept. 6.-Gen. S. D.
Stanley, president of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland, an
nounces nat the annual reunion Of
that ss5ciety and the veterans of that
army will be held at Louisville, KY,
on PerrYviIle DAYS, October s and 9.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
The CuIprit Confesses.
WHAT NIrs. Parsons Saws.

Chicago, Sept. Mrs. Lucy Par
sons, whose husband was executed for
his part in the Haymarket riot, says:
that no man who has the true prin-
cipIe of anarchy in his heart would
attempt to injure President Mckinley
and that he was a good president
and tried to do his best for the peo-
Dle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-11
What Congressman Intends Doing.

Cumberland, Md, Sept. 9.-In dis
cussing the attempted assassination
of President Mckinley Congressman
George A. Pearre, of Maryland, said:
81 will offer bill in the next con-
gress of the United States amending
the constitution so as to make an I'M
successful attempt upon the life of
president of the nation treason and
the penalty death. The man who
strikes at the nations head is pub
lie enemy and should be treated as
c11cln g
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-12
MoseEp SOCIALIST.
Melko Meyer Made insulting Remarks
on Late Gov. Pingree.

Detroit. Mich. July s.-Riot ana
bloodshed Saturday night resulted
from an attempt by Meiko Meyer the
sociallstic labor leader to defame ans
besmirch the memory OF the late ez
Gov Pingree. in an address or the
Campus Martius.
The crowd on the Campus. many d
whom had earlie~ in the day w9tche.
the cortege of the lamented dead wa
shocked Then surprise turned e
rage The hot.headed ones sought &c
wreak mmediata vengeance upon the
man who had blasphemed their most
cherished Idol Meyer and several o.
his associates had a narrow escape foi
their lives. Never being finally rescued
by Patrolman McDermott and lodged
in Woodbridge street police station,
charged with disturbing the peace.
Those who overheard Meyer 5
speech on the Campus agree in con
demnng t. They assert that the
speaker in the course of his remarks.
applied 10 the deceased ex-governor
such terms as "robber," "0lackleg
and the like
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SEAsIcK BRIDES.
Eighteen Of Them Affected, Vet Only
Two Put OFF Marriaae

St Joseph Mich, July Several
thousand eXcrrsionists who came
from Chicago TO escape the heat were
caught by the spell of frigid weather
here yesterday with their light cloth
ing on. The cold weather was caused
by north gale, which sprang up early
In the morning and lowered the tenn
perature 35 degrees in an hour. Resi-
dents appeared on the streets in heavy
overcoats ana furs.
The gale also caused a heavy sea
on the lake. and the bridal steamer.
City OF Chicago, due here at noon, did
not arrive until after o'clock in the
afternoon.
She had on board 500 excursionists,
among whom were Is couples on their
way 10 Gretna Green All of the
brides-elect were seasick and for this
reason two OF them refused TO be mar.
ried The others went through the
ceremony with severe headaches.
County Clerk Church reports so mar
riages for the week ending yesterday
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SETTLEMENT PROBABLE,
Conference May Settle the Great
SteelWorkers' Strike.

Pittsburg, July S.-The strike of the
American Sheet Steel Co. and Ameri
can Steel Hoop 90 mill employees vii
probably be terminated next week
ARRANGEMENTS were made in this CITY
for the holding of a Joint conference,
in Pittsburg between representatives
of both companies. which are com
ponents Of the United States Steel
Corporation, and representatives OF
the Amalgamated Association Of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers, for the pur
pose of adjusting the existing labor
troubles.
The agreement to meet in confer
ence means virtually a settlement OF
the strike, inasmuch as the operating
officials of the hoop and sheet com
panies would not have consented to
meet the workers committee unless
there was good prospect of immediat.
settlement, and it may be accepted a.
a settled fact that all the mills now
idle will be in operation by the end Of
next week. and the strike which
threatened the steel industry general
ly will be averted in its incipiency.
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Jny GOuId's First Trade.

Two boys who became distinguished
in widely different ways were Jay
Gould. the multimillionaire, and John
Burroughs. the naturalist. They attend
ed together the humble school in Rox
bury, n. Y. John loved books, and
Jason was fond of making trades
Young Gould had some books which
his school fellow wanted very much TO
own. The more Burroughs thought
about the coveted books and more dill
gently he strove TO save up his pennies.
Finally be had so cents boarded. TAX
ing his wealth TO Gould he found that
thrifty young gentleman quite willing
to do business The books were traded
off for the mOney-mostly big copper
pennes-and both boys were made
happy. Mr.. Burroughs never regretted
his end of the bargain.-Success.
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there was look OF terror in his eyes,
and he couldn't keep his chin still. A
number Of boys followed him as "a
living curiosity" and now and then a
pedestrian asked him where he got his
jag, but he made a bee line for home
and finally shut his front door behind
him. All he brought back with him
was one leg of the kodak frame AS
he stood before Mrs. Bowser with bulg-
Ing eyes and wabbling chin she real
lied what had happened but, like the
good wife she was, she refrained from
adding TO his sorrows.
Eyes, l know" she quietly observed.
cts all my fault, of course, and your
lawyer will see my lawyer, and there'll
be a divorce and all that, but mean
while you'd better go up and take q
bath and change your clothes and lie
down for half an hour before dinner.
You have evidently run across some
landscapes too big for your artistic
temperament and had q bad time Of
it."
And Mr.. Bowser went up stairs with
out a word in reply. NJ. QUAD.
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Use of NettIes.

Nettles are as a rural remedy highly
calculated, | should say, TO make the
patient "onaisy." Whipping with net
ties has been used in case of lethargy,
numbness and palsy, with what effect
l cannot say, but this | do know
handling nettles regardless of their
sting produces numbness which de-
stroys for a time further sensitiveness
to their poison. Culpepper enumerates
no less than ~ diseases that are cured
by an application Of nettles in one form
or another, among them leprosy, govt,
sciatica, itch. wounds and sores Of all
sorts. He also informs us that the
Juice is effectual 10 settle the palate
Of the mouth in its place." Has any
one experience of the palate shifting
elsewhere? | have not heard of it.
Curtis says that Gin Arran and other
islands of Scotland n rennet is made of
a strong decoction Of nettles. \ quart
of salt is put to three pints of decoc-
ton and boiled. \ spoonful will CO.
agulate a large bowl of milk"
Oh, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into dewl
Little did Hamlet think when he
gave utterance to this desire that he
had only to 60 TO the nearest ditch
where grew nettles and periwinkle to
bring il about, and yet Gerard. quoting
from Dioscorides first century,, says
that "nettles boiled with perrywinkles
maketh the body soluble and doth it by
q kind of cleansing quality" Few who
believed it so would care to try the ex-
acknowledgements
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Visitors to Pan-American.

Buffalo. July S.-President McKin.
ley will come to the exposition in Sep.
TENDER. There will be a president
day in honor of his presence. The ex.
act date has not been settled, but cor.
respondence on the subject has been
exchanged and it is certain that the
president will be here some day during
that month
Senior Don Luis Felipe Carlo, Ecua.
doris envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary, arrived in the city
yesterday. He is here to arrange for
the furnishing of the Ecuador pavilion
and to assist in the dedication Of the
structure
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finally got mad and smashed things.
What on earth possessed you TO get
another?"
my dear woman, il was no wonder
] couldn't take pictures with that thing
they called a kodak 1t was a rank
swindle and little better than a corn
shelter 1t was inevitable that | should
make a failure. In this machine, how
ever
you've got something different|
she finished
Il have. | can take a photograph to
knock the spots off the best Of them. l
was practicing all the afternoon, and
I'm ticlled 10 death. The pictures are
so lifelike that you can see every hair
on dogs tail. In a weeks time we
will fill our parlors with works Of art,
and you can point to them with pride
and say that your husband did them
all"
Mrs. Bowser sighed and turned
away, and Mr.. Bowscr gathered up his
outfit and left the house. saying that
he would be back i'm the course of
couple Of hours.
He started off down the street with
the ambition Of an artist surging up in
his SOUL and the family cat sat on the
steps and looked after him and won
dered whether he'd come home on the
gallop or in the a.abC.ance. Mr.. Bow
ser did not have TO g ar before find
ing something that appealed to his ar
tistic temperament. An old umbrella
member who had taken a seat under a
shade tree had fallen asleep His hat
had fallen off, his legs were stretched
out on the sidewalk, and the pictur-
esque attitude would make a famous
picture. Mr.. Bowser stopped and set
up his kodak. and as he did so various
appropriate titles for the picture ran
through his head. 1t could be called
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"a Modern Brigand," Innocence In a
Great City" Not Dead, but Sleeping"
or "Wake Him Not" He had just got
the range when a man crossed the road
from a saloon and asked:
"What We goin to do to old Petrol"
"Take his picture"
"What fur"
"Oh, just to make one of my collec-
ton. I'm out taking snap shots, you
know. l think the old man will work
out beautifully"
"But l don't fink So De old man is
me friend, and nobody's goin to play
dirt on him if / can help it. Git along
wild dat squirt gum
"But don't you understand that !
simply want picture of him as show
ing my own work with the Kodak"
protested Mr.. Bowser.
81 understand all about It, De old
man may take away yer umbreller TO
mend and furgit TO bring 1t back, and
We run to de coppers wild his pictur'
and make him trubble. Git along or
dere'll be n row."
The man squared of and looked so
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THE YOUNG GAMBLER.
lie Had an Even Chance, hut Fate
Was Against Him.

I remember one handsome young fell
low whom | used to meet occasionally
ON the staircase who captured my
youthful fancy. i met him only at
midday. as he did not rise till late, and
this fact, with certain scrupulous ele-
gance and neatness In his dress, ought
TO have made me suspect that he was
gambler In my inexperience 1t only
invested him with "A certain romantic
mystery.
One morning as / was going out to
my very early breakfast at cheap
Italian cafe on Long wharf | was sur
prised to find BIN also descending the
staircase. He was scrupulously dress
ed even at that early hour, but / was
struck by the fact that he was all In
black. and his slight figure, buttoned
TO the throat in tightly fitting frock
coat. gave, fancied, a singular melan-
choly to his pale southern face.
Nevertheless he greeted me with more
than his usual serene cordiality. and
| remembered that he looked up with
a half puzzled. half amused expression
at the rosy morning sky as he walked
a few steps with me down the deserted
street | could not help saying that
was astonishel to see him up so early,
and he admitted that it was break in
his usual habits, but added. with a
smiling significance | afterward re-
membered that it was "an even chance
/ if he did it again"
! AS we neared the street corner man
in a buggy drove up impatiently. In
spite of the drivers evident haste my
handsome acquaintance got in leisure
ly and, lifting his glossy hat to me
with a pleasant smile, was driven
away. l have a very lasting recollec-
ton of his face and figure as the buggy
disappeared down the empty street. l
never saw him again. 1t was not until
a week later that l knew that an hour
! after he left me that morning he was
lying dead in a little hollow behind the
Mission Dolores, shot through the heart
! in a duel for which he had arisen so
early.-Bret Harte's Under the Red
woods" Fr--