Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-15
CAPITOL TOPICS.

4A0 y. o. 16nSlOn ONCE mas DeSn re-
moved to the Government building.
Mrs. Lucy Hankla, mother of the Han
kla Brothers, proprietors of the Windsor
hotel, is dead.
The Civil Service examination, for To-
peka, viii be held on the oath instant.
Commissioner Gregory is to conduct the
examination.
The Railroad Commissioners have de-
cided that three dollars day is enough
for any shipper to pay a railroad compa-
ny for OBTAINING a car on the side track
The Mass Temperance meeting at To-
peka, May Sd, was well attended. The
speakers were r. B. WEIGH, Judge
Thatcher, M. V. B. Bennett, A. B. Camp
bell and Ex-Gov. st. John.
Justice Hurd of the Supreme Court
has granted writ of babeGS corpus to re-
lease the saloon keepers recently arrest
ed at Salina. This will bring up the
question of the authority of Jos. Moore,
who was appointed county attorney by
Judge Prescott to succeed John Eos
tor.
Mr.. o. I. Beck, of Melvern, Usage coun-
ty, sends a complaint to the Board of
Railroad Commissioners, in which he
alleges that the section men on the Kan
sas City, Emporia & Southern Road have
caused his timber, houses, barns and
their contents to be destroyed by fire,
therefore he is anxious that the Board
shall render him some redress.
The petition of citizens from Emmett
a station on the Missouri Pacific Road
in Marshall county, praying for the es-
tablishment and construction of depot
at that point, has been revived. The
Board has rendered two decisions in this
case, both of which were against the pc
titioners, so now they come forward and
On the night of May some unknown
person or persons attempted to burn the
Methodist Church at Wichita.
Governor Click has issued his proclama-
ton offering 5000 reward for the appre-
hension and arrest of the parties.
For the first time in his life, Governor
Click became a grandfather yesterday.
Sunday night son was born to his
daughter and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. W. Orr, of Atchison. The little fell
low is said to be full-fedged Democrat
already, and knocks the scales at ten
pounds.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners
has decided a case in which the COM
plant alleged that the A. T. & S. F.
R. R. had made an overcharge in the
shipment of bale of sheeting from Kan
sas City to Newton. The charge was
$1.128 per cwt. The Board found that
there was no overcharge.
Contracts for the erection of the new
Montezuma hotel at Hot Springs, near
Las Vegas, were let yesterday by Gen
eral Manager Robinson, of the AtchisOn,
Topeka and Santa Fe. The successful
bidder was P. Gumry, of Denver, but the
price is not announced. This gentleman
Is said to have built the Denver Court
House and to be very responsible con-
tractor. The work is to be completed by
January LIST, 1885.
Some time ago a shipper at Franklin
on the Central Branch road sent a COM
plant to the Board of Commissioners
charging that the company would not
! furnish what cars was necessary at that
station, and also throwing in several
other little complaints regarding inef-
ficiency and bad side track, poor manage
ment, etc. The Board has received
letter from w. w. Pagan, the Superin-
tendent, denying in toto the whole
thing.
The State Board of Railroad Assessors
has completed the work of making
the levies, per mile, for 1884 on all the
lines of road in Kansas, and they are as
! follows: