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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
LONGEST SPAN IN WORLD.
New Bridge Under Construction over
the St. Lawrence River
Near Quebec.

A bridge which will have the longest
span in the world is being constructed
over the ST. Lawrence river about
61s miles south of Quebec. The great
st. Lawrence flows between high,
rocky cliffs, at that point, and varies
according to the tide. The water is
about $50 feet deep in the channel, and
flows by at swift rate. The channel
will be crossed with suspended span
and two cantilever arms, making the
unsupported structure 1880 feet long,
which will be by far the longest span
in the world, reports the New York
Sun. 1t will be 200 feet longer than
the span of the new East River bridge,
New York. The length of anchor arms
on each side of the main spans will be
500 feet, with one approach span of
220 feet at each end between anchor
piers and terminal abutment. The
length of the structure, including
abutments, will be $500 feet. The
bridge will have two railway tracks,
a single electric motor track and
highway for vehicles. The depth of
the suspended span at the center will
be 120 feet. The substructure will
consist of two main piers, two anchor
piers, and two abutments. One of
these anchor piers is founded on solid
rock and the other on hard blue clay
-'- The sinking of the caisson for the
main pier was great engineering
feat. The caisson was sunk through
compact mass of granite powders
bound together with cobblestones and
81 e
caisSon was so slow that on some days
the distance could not be recorded;
on other days it was scarcely more
than four inches, though it bore a
load on its roof of more than 10000
tons. Owing to the immensely of this
load, and its attendant danger, this
method was finally abandoned, and
concreting in the working chamber
was begun. Progress by this method
was rapid, and in II days the pier was
built. The caissons for the two main
piers are each $50 feet long, 40 feet
wide and % high. They are of southern
pine. The caisson for the north pier
was built on the north shore, about
1000 feet east of the pier site, and
1T was successfully launched and
towed into position and made fast in
berth previously prepared in the
short space of 20 minutes. At the site
of the two main piers the water has a
depth of only about ten feet at low
tide, and as the casson draws about
~ feet unloaded, it grounded at low
tide and fOated at high tide, the water
then being about 30 feet deep. The
concrete was being placedin crib work
On top of the working chamber of the
caisson for the north pier lately, and
excavation in the chamber was being
carried on only during low tide, and
it was continued until sufficient con-
crete was put in to overcome the buoy
ancy of the air pressure, after which
the excavation was continued without
interruption.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
TO MISSOURI FOR BURIAL
Body OF Jim Younger Left st. Paul Tues
day Morning and the Funeral VIII
Occur at Lees summit.

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 22.-The body
of James Younger, who committed
suicide here Sunday, was shipped to
Lees Summit, Mo-, at 10 o'clock Tues
day morning, at the telegraphed re-
quest of Mrs. Ella Rollins, of Dallas,
Tex, sister of the deceased. c. Hull, a
nephew of Younger, who lives in Kan
sas, accompanied the body. No serv-
ices were held in st. Paul. Cole
Younger was not able to go with the
body for two reasons. He is con-
fined to bed by illness and the terms
of his parole do not permit him to
go outside of this state. When alive
Younger frequently expressed the
wish that his body be cremated when
he died. This plan will be carried out,
The parents OF the Youngers and
other deceased members of the fam
lily, including Bob Younger, who died
in the state penitentiary, are buried
in n cemetery near Lees Summit.
Ultimately Jim Younger's mortal re-
mains will undoubtedly rest in the
family burial lot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
TO CORRECT DEFECTS
Congress Will Strengthen the PEN
atty Clause of Trust Bill.
No Constitutional Amendment Needed to
Provide ImprisOnment for Those Who
Violate the Law-COal Strike Has
Aggravated the Situation,

Washington, Oct. 21.-One effect Of
the coal strike and the methods
chiefly employed in its settlement will
undoubtedly be the consideration of
legislation by the coming session of
congress looking to the correction
of existing defects in the laws that
were framed for meeting such condi-
lions as those which have prevailed
in the anthracite regions for nearly
six months. That there will be legis-
lation looking to the correction of
trust abuses is now accepted with
out question. Attorney General Knox
has made it plain that an amend
ment to the constitution is not nee
essary to provide means of reach
ing the trusts and it is now expected
that the public sentiment aroused by
the operations of the coal trust, the
meat combine and other combina-
tons of that character, will compel
congress to take action.
An effort will be made to amend
the antitrust law, so as to bring into
force the criminal features, which,
for some reason, have been allowed
to remain imperative, though section
2 of the act of 1890 fixes a fine
of $4,000 or one years imprisonment,
or both, for every person who shall
monopolize or attempt to monopolize
or combine or conspire with any 9TH
er person or persons to monoplize
any part of the trade or commerce
among the sereval state, etc. If buy
ing up the coal mines and operat-
ing them in connection with railroads
under a system of freight rates which
precludes competition does not come
within this provision of law an at
tempt will be made to frame law
which will meet the case.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
WEARY OF LIVING.
James Younger, Ex-Bandit, Com
mitted Suicide in St. Paul, MINI.
Wanted to Wed Young Woman, But He
Was Legally Dead and Couldn't Get q
License-Not ON Speaking
Terms with Cole.

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 2O.-James
Younger, formerly member of the
notorious James band of outlaws,
which infested the western country
a quarter of a century ago, commit
ted suicide yesterday by shooting.
He left letter to the press in which
he gives as a reason for his act de-
spondency over continued i'll health
and separation from his friends.
Younger, since his parole from the
state penitentiary In July of last
year, had led an exemplary life. His
first employment was a travelling
agent for tombstone dealer, and on
one of the trips he made about the
state he was quite seriously hurt
by fall from a wagon. Old wounds
he had received earlier in life also
gave him much trouble and, al
though he soon obtained lighter en-
ployment, his health was extremely
precarious and this caused him much
worriment. He was 81 years of age.
On bureau in the room was found
a long Manila envelope, one side of
which was written: ''To all that is
good and true I love and bid fare
well.-Jim Younger" On the other
side of the envelope were these
words: "Oh, lassie, good-by. All
relatives, just stay away from me.
No crocodile tears wanted Report
ers: Be my friends. Burn me up
Jim Younger"
The envelope contained a package
of letters that had passed between
Younger and a lady with whom he
is said to have been much in love.
The lady, who is prominently con-
nected, is said to have reciprocated
his affection and it was reported at
one time that they were to be mar
ried. The lady's relatives raised
strenuous objections to the wedding
and further obstacle was the fact
that it was pointed out that a pa
rolled prisoner could not legally con-
tract a marriage. The couple deter
mined to disregard the objections
of relatives and an effort was made
to overcome the other obstacle to
their marriage by securing from the
state board of pardons a full pardon
and restoration to citizenship. This
effort failed and this, it is thought,
had much to do with Younger's deter
mination to end his life 1t is also
said that relations between Jim and
Cole Younger were very much
strained-in fact that the brothers
had not been on speaking terms for
the past six months.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Commissioners of Education Makes His
Annual Report to the Secretary
of the Interior.

Washington, Oct. 20.-The annual
report of the commissioner of edu-
cation, just submitted to the secre-
tary of the interior, shows that the
grand total of pupils in schools, ele-
mentary, secondary and higher, both
public and private, in the United
States for the year ended June 80,
1901, was 17,299,23O, an increase Of
27s,52O pupils over the previous year.
Adding the enrolment in special
schools to that for general education,
the aggregate is something over IT,
100000 of our population that re-
ceivcd education for a longer or
shorter period during the year ended
June 30, 1901.
In 1870 the expenditure for schools
per capita of the population was
S1.64; the past year it was $293 per
capita of the population, the highest
that it has ever been. It was an in
crease of ten cents to each man,
woman and child over the year previ-
Gus. The average attendance of each
pupil for the entire number enrolled
was 80 days for the year, an increase
of 24 days over the previous year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
SIlas HulIn States in Court That He Is Alive
A Man Convicted of Kill
Ing Him.

Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. 21.-Just as
the case of Clarence Peake, charged
with the murder of Silas Hulin at
Clinton, Tenn, was about to be called
in the supreme court here yester-
day a man entered the court room
unannounced and, addressing Chief
Justice Beard, said: 81 am Silas
Hulin, who was not killed by Clar-
ence Peake." Peake, who is the son
of a prominent family, had been SEN
fenced in lower court to ten years
in the penitentiary, but is now in the
insane asylum near here, a raving
maniac, as a result of his troubles.
Hulin claims that Peake shot an
other man, whose name is now I'M
known, and that he (Hulin) escaped
on the first train and went to Colo
RADIO, from which state he came back
here to prove that he was not dead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
GO BACK TO WORK.
The Coal Strike Officially Declared
Off by the Miners.
Unanimous Vote to Accept President Roose-
VeIt's Proposition to Submit All GrIev-
ances to q Board of ArbItrators-
Early Action Expected.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 22.-With
shout that fairly shook the conven-
ton building the representatives of
the $4,000 mine workers who have
been on strike since last May Off
cially declared off, at noon yester-
day, the greatest contest ever waged
between capital and labor, and placed
all the questions involved in the
struggle into the hands of the arbi-
tration commission appointed by the
president of the United States. When
the news was flashed to the towns
and villages down in the valleys and
on the mountains of the coal regions
the strike-affected inhabitants heaved
a sigh of relief. Many days have
gone by since more welcome news
was received. Everywhere there
was rejoicing and in many places the
end of the strike was the signal for
impromptu town celebrations. The
anthracite coal region from it's larg-
EST city, Scranton, down to the lowli
est coal patch has suffered by the
conflict, and everyone now looks for
better times. While the large army
of mine workers and their families,
numbering approximately 100000
persons, are grateful that work Is
20 be resumed on Thursday, the strik-
ers have still to learn what their re-
ward will be. President Roosevelt
having taken prompt action in call
ing the arbitrators together for their
first meeting on Friday, the miners
hope they will know by Thanksgiv-
ing day what practical gain they
have made. The vote to resume coal
mining was a unanimous one and
was reached only after Il warm de-
bate. The principal objection to ac-
cepting the arbitration proposition
was that no provision was contained
in the scheme to take care of those
men who would fail to get back their
old positions or would be unable to
get any work at all.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
THEY BELIEVE 1T IS TAYLOR.
Atlanta Ohcers Confident the Man Under
Arrest Is the Meeks Family
Murder Fugitive.

Atlanta, Ca, Get. 2O.-AtIanta Of
GERS are positive that George Burrus,
the United States army soldier ar
rested at Fort Mcpherson, is George
Taylor, wanted in Sullivan county,
Mo-, for the murder of the Meeks
family in 1894. The man enlisted from
Butte, Mont, but now admits that
he came from Sullivan county, Mo.
Burrus, or Taylor, had letters and
pictures, and other documents which
indicate that he is Taylor, the fugi-
tive. He is said to have confessed
to fellow-soldiers who betrayed his
confidence, cauring Burrus' arrest.
Among Burrus' effects were two fine
bookmarks inscribed &c. B. T." He
says they belonged to a friend. The
man made no resistance but denies
that he is the murderer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Am Enrinaer SerIonslv Scalded.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 2O.-Failure
on the part of Lee Machon, the engi-
neer in charge of the second division
of freight train No. 81, westbound,
over the Chicago & Alton railroad, to
properly warn the keeper in the
lookout tower where the Chicago q
Alton crosses the tracks of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
road, eight miles east of the city,
last evening, resulted in the derail-
ment of the locomotive and the scald-
ing of Machon so badly that there
is no hope for his recovery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Want the Bible Read In Schools.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 22.-The
question of putting the Bible back
into the public schools came up for
a short time before the afternoon
session of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society, which closed it's ma
tional convention here yesterday.
Had it not been that the conven-
ton is quite n little behind in it's
work the matter would have received
much more attention than it did. AS
it was, resolutions were adopted to
use every endeavor to secure moral
instruction and the responsive read
ing of Scripture selections in our pub
lie schools.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
ARMOUR IS DICTATOR
Chicago Packer Has "COrnered" Some
3O,OOO,OOO Bushels of December Corn
and the Price Is Advancing.

Chicago, Oct. Colts a one-man
market and j. Ogden Armour is the
absolute dictator of the situation"
said a close follower of the grain
market, speaking of the December
option in corn. II am inclined to be-
lieve Mr.. Armour has something like
10000, 900 bushels of December corn.
1t is not extravagant to say that
he has accumulated this immense line
at something like A cents a busheI
on the average. December corn rose
to 50 cents. There you have a profit
of nine cents a bushel, which, ,eX-
pressed in dollars. is $2,7OO,OOO."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Land Seekers Rush to seminole Country

Guthrie, Ok, Oct. 22.-The recent
decision of the interior department
that provides for the making of five
year leases on Seminole Indian al
Iotments is attracting a sudden and
widespread interest to that portion
of the Indian territory, one of the
most fertile of the southwest. The
immigration is something wonderful
and the rush for lands equals that at
many of the public land openings in
Oklahoma and other portions of the
west. Wewoka, the Seminole capital,
is crowded with land seekers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
ITALY SENT THE MOST.
Immig grafton Report for the Last Year
r Shows That 648,743 Foreigners Land
ed in United States.

Washington, Oct. 2O.-The annual
report of the commissioner of immi-
grafton has been made public. 1t
shows that of the 648,743 immigrants
who arrived in the United States dur
ing the last fiscal year 466, 1863 were
men and 1884 women. Of the en-
tire number of arrivals Italy supplied
the most, 178,375, an increase of A.
$40 over the number for 1901; Aus
tria-Hungary came next, 171,9S9, an
increase of SIS, 500, and Russia 10Y, 347,
an increase of $4,000. Most European
countries showed an increase, but
there was a falling off of 1,423 in the
arrivals from Ireland. The total
from that country was 29,13S.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
PHILL1PsBURG, KANSAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 1902
MANY CHURCHES AIDED.
Reports to the National Christian Church
Convention on the Work OF Home
Missions.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 2e-The Coliseum
was well filed when the first session
of the American Christian Mission
airy society section of the convention
of the Disciples of Christ began. The
work of this section will last three
days, and will have to do with the
home field.
The report of the board of church
extension shows receipts for the year
of $54,s66, with S345,O44 in the ex-
tension fund September 30. From con-
tributing churches S17,635 was re-
ceived and ASP churches were added
to the contributing list. Seventy
three new churches were assisted
with $79,939, and $37,55O was received
from return on loans.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
wouId Be READY for War.

Washington, Oct. 2O.-Secretary
Root is a firm believer in the wis
dom of the old adage, I'm time of
peace prepare for war;" and in his
report to congress will recommend
the purchase of military equipment
sufficient to supply an army of $780,
600 men. He will also again recon-
mend legislation providing for gen
eraI staff. Secretary Root made such
Recommendation last year, but con-
gress failed to act upon it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
May Cremate Ynunger's Bod,
Dumped Human anatomy.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 21.-The at
tention of the police department has
been called to the fact that on Sat
urday an old negro unloaded a wagon
at the dumps in the extreme north
west part of the city. His peculiar
actions and hasty departure from the
dumps" aroused the curiosity of
people living in the neighborhood
and an investigation revealed the
fact that included in the several
barrels of trash the negro had
thrown out were many pieces of hu-
man anatomy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
WIN Make a Good Kansas Exhibit.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 22.-The Kansas
worlds fair commission met here
yesterday and called for bids for the
Kansas building at the fair, which
will cost $4,000. Arrangements
were completed to make the Kansas
exhibit one of the most interesting
at the fair. No expense will be
spared in the effort to have all the
resources of the state placed in an
attractive manner r.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
RAILROAD CASUALTIES.
The Interstate Commerce Commission Is
sues Bulletin Founded on Reports
Made by Railroad Companies.

Washington, Oct. 22.-The number
of persons killed in train accidents
during the months of April, May and
June last, as shown by a bulletin
issued by the interstate commerce
commission yesterday, giving the re
ports made by the railroad compa-
MES, was 40 and the injured 1910.
Accidents of other kinds, including
those sustained by employees while
at work and by passengers getting on
or off cars, ETC., swells the aggregate
to GIG killed and $500 injured, or
total of 1916 casualties. The total
number of COLLISIONS and derailments
was 2,O1O, of which 1904 were COLI
sionS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
GLAD He IS HERE.
Russian Exile at st. Joseph, Mo-. Receives
Word That His Third Brother Has
Been Executed for NIhiIism.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. 2O.-Alexander
Nabakof, aged 80, received a cable
gram from friends in ST. Petersburg
announcing the execution of his
brother, Lurimir Nabakof, in St.
Petersburg yesterday, by orders of
the car. Alexander Nabakof is a
nihilist who was forced to flee from
his native heath under fear of arrest.
Three brothers have been killed by
the government, a sweetheart had
been so cruelty treated in prison that
she was forced to take her own life,
and a brother and several cousins ar
rested. The last mentioned were
taken with 158 others for an attack
upon the cars train.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
jim YoUNGER's SWEETHEART
Miss Miller Says the Paroled Convict Was
Driven to Suicide by His
Prosecutors.

Boise, Ida, Oct. 21.-Alixia Mueller,
the sweetheart and betrothed wife
of Jim Younger, who committed sui
eide in st. Paul Saturday night and
addressed to whom the suicide left
an affecting note, has been a resi-
dent of this city since last August,
when she came here for rest and to
avoid the publicity that her associa-
ton with the parole of the Younger
boys gave her. Yesterday she said:
Jim wrote me under date of Oc-
tober 16, stating he had given up all
hope and was out of work. Saturday
he telegraphed me don't write He
was driven to this act by his perse-
cutors. / am his wife, understand,
spiritually. No scandal has ever at
tached to my name. But before God
he is mine and mine alone. My life
will be to place him right before the
world. 1 have wired the authorities
to cremate his body 1t was his re-
quest"
Miss Miller is 80 years of age and
is now writing a novel. She left yes
terday afternoon for ST. Paul. She il
a woman of independent means.
May Cremate Ynuugsr's Body.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 21.-The dis
position to be made of Jim Younger's
body has not yet been determined.
The body has been embalmed and
will be kept here until Mrs. Eta
Rollins, of Dallas, Tex, sister of the
Younger brothers, can be heard from.
When alive Younger frequently ex-
pressed the wish that his body be
cremated when he died. This plan
will be carried out. The body may
be cremated here or taken to Kan
sas City, Mo-, before cremation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
4 Rival to the Beef Trust

Chicago, Oct. 2O.-That the United
States Packing company, incorpo-
rated in New Jersey on Friday, is not
the nucleus of the much-discussed
merger of the huge packing plants
that have headquarters in Chicago,
but rather rival independent com
pany, with a packing plant now build
ing in Mexico and with plans to figure
prominently in the wholesale beef
trade of this country, is the common
ly accepted view of the case taken
here
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Would Require s4ss,ooo,ooo.

Washington, Oct. 1s.-A plan to
form a company to own and operate
all the anthracite coal railroads is
now occupying the attention of some
of the financial monarches of Phila-
delphia and New York. This COM
binations of interests, involving $43s,-
100000 in capital stock, has been the
subject of discussion on the part of
the three great railroad groups of
the east, the Pennsylvania, Wander
bits and Morgan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Famous 1rish Family.

The opening of the Bronte museum
at Haworth is a reminder that Char
lotte Bronte's husband, Rev. A. B.
Nichols, is still living, as hale oc-
togenarian, at Banagher, in Kings
county, which was once the seat of
q famous Irish university. The Bron-
ties themselves were an Irish fam
lily which migrated in the seventeenth
century to the north of England
from County Down.-Portland Orego-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Delegates from All over the world.

Cleveland, o., Oct. 22.-Two thou
sand delegates and large number
of visitors were present when the
first general missionary convention of
the NJ. L. church was called to order
by Bishop Andrews, of New York
The delegates represented all parts
of the world. Among the bishops
present were Foss, Fowler, Hartzell
Moore, McCabe and Thoburn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-25
Grsat Ga.herlnr Of Edueatnrs.

Chicago, Oct. 22.-The three days
celebration in honor of the installa-
tion of DIR. Edmund James James as
president of Northwestern univer-
sity eliminated yesterday with the
formal ceremony that made him the
head of that institution. The occa-
sion drew 10 the university the great
est assemblage of educators that it
ever entertained as guests.