Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
Kansas NEWS.

Governor Martin has directed two
companies of militia to be held in read
iness for action upon a moments notice,
to go to Stevens county in case any
trouble should arise between the par
tisans of HugotOn and WOOdsdale over
the canvass of the vote cast at the re-
cent railroad bond election, by the
county commissioners, who were last
week ordered by the supreme court TO
make such canvass on the 22nd instant.
Friday afternoon while workmen
were employed in hosting the heavy
iron girders for the third story of the
state house, two Of the girders weigh
ing half ton, which had been nearly
raised TO the desired position at the
top Of the wall, and directly over the
walk leading from the east TO the west
wing, slipped through the moose which
had held them and went crashing ED
wise through the upper floor walk and
landed across the walk below, crush
ing the ratings on either side ike pipe
stems. Fortunately no one was under
the spot at the time the accident Oc-
CURED or they would have been in
stantiy killed Within the space of 3
minutes from the time Of the first acct
dent, while the large derrick, on the
north side of the building, 100 feet in
height, used IN raising the huge blocks
OF stone TO the upper walls, was being
moved to another position on the tenn
porarv track built for that purpose, one
OF the guy ropes slipped and the i'm
meuse structure fell with "a crash to the
ground. utterly running it. Only an
instant before team and wagon had
been driven across the place where the
derrick fell
Sunday afternoon Sim Diamond,
aged y years, accompanied by his two
sisters aged respectively s and Is, the
children of i. Diamond, who keeps a
second hand store on Kansas avenue,
Topeka, went down to the river near
the Rock Island bridge. Sim went in
bathing, and getting in over his depth
he commenced calling TO his sisters for
help. They could do nothing to save
their brother, and ran screaming to
their home OH Kansas avenue, after
having seen him sink for the last
time. The boy was recovered after
life was extinct
An amendment to the charter Of Gar
field university, at Wichita, was filed
Tuesday That portion of the charter
relating to the purpose for which the
university was incorporated, reading
as follows, For the purpose of estab-
fishing and maintaining a university of
learning and education" is amended
so as to read as follows; For the pur-
pose of establishing and maintaining a
university of learning and education,
for both sexes, including colleges of
literature and science, of Biblical the
OlOgy and law, of medicines and sur
gerry, with the right to procure by pur-
chase or otherwise and dissect dead
bodies for the purpose of teaching
anatomy and studying the pathology of
diseases; of the fine arts, of normal and
preparatory training. of Polytechnics
and such other schools as may be estab-
Iished from time to time, having the
power to confer all degrees, whether of
merit or honor, pertaining to these sew
eral colleges and schools with such
rights and privileges with respect to
each and every such college and school
as shall be proper or necessary, or APP
pertaining to, or bearing upon the sue
cessful housing or conduct Of said col
leges and schools and the pupils there
Of
Awell was being dug on the farm OF
H. II. Miller near Rossville, on Monday
and work had already progressed to the
depth OF siXty-tive feet. While one OF
the employees, "A young man named Grant
Mccoy, was being lowered in a bucket
into the we'll, and before he had de
scended n distance of more than ten
feet, he suddenly Ioosened his hold on
the rope and fell to the bottom of the
well and was instantly killed. The
accident is thought to have been due to
foul air which had collected in the we'll.
and which overcame him and caused
the fatal fall. Up to n late hour his
body had not been taken out owing to
the fears of the neighbOrs to descend
into the foul air of the well. Mccoy
leaves a young wife to whom he had
been married hut a few months.