Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-13

year. The license clerk, treasurer and city /
engineer were elected A big bon IRE is 4
being enjoyed by the VictOis.
WET MAJORITY.
EDGAR, April AT the city election the /
license party elected the mayor and Two /
councllmen which makes a majority of the /
board in favor of license.
CHESTER FOR LICENSE
CHESTER, April 4 This village, which last /
year was prohibition, elected board OF I
trustees for the ensuing year, the majority /
Of which favor license. The nigh license /
people are jubllant over the result
BOTH CIAnI VICTORY.
FALLS CITY. April 4-This city is all ablaze
tonight over the alleged success OF the no
license ticket The vote on license in the /
new council is a tie. Shelly. the boom can
didate for mayor, was elected, and both the
license men and the nO-hcense men claim
that he VIII vote the tie on IN their FAVOR
The prOhibitiOnists in this city are jubilant,
and consider that they have achieved great
victory.
WORKED HARD.
KEARNEY. April 1.-The city election
/ passed of quietly with a small vote pOlled
ONLY 800 license or whisky tickets went un-
der the wire The license people put IN
hard work all day, but the proh1DlGlonlsUs
did but little
FOR REFORM IN GOVERNMENT.
O'NEmL. April 4-ONeilI has redeemed
/ herself The vote here resulted in the cleo
/ ton of the citizens ticket, which is for high
| license and a thorough reform in our village
/ government Five OF our best citizens and
/ heaviest taxpayers were elected, a victory
/ which is a great surprise to the saloon men,
/ who have supposed they had a lease OF
\ power here.
A SHOOTING TRUSTEE
! CONVICTION, April An anti-prOhibltiOn
/ board OF trustees was chosen here, one
member being a saloon keeper who recently
| shot a man in his saloon.
ANTIIICENsE CARRIED.
| PAwNEE CITY, April 4 The municipal cleo
tiOn passed off quietly. The ant-hcense
ticket, in opposition to the straight repuDn-
can ticket, carried by twenty-five majority.
HIGH LICENSE
STROMsBURG. April 1.-The city election
was the first under the city organization,
| and resulted in the election of the entire
high license ticket by majority OF nifty
four.
A STRAIGHT ''wEr' BOARD.
COPELAND, April AT the municipal cleo
ton here a straight license board was
elected without opposition. The new board
is also favorable for considerable internal
improvements during the coming year.
LICENSE BY TEN MAJORITY.
TEcUaIsEH, April 4-Tecumseh goes wet"
this year by majOritles ranging from two to
thirUy-seven- The license mayor was cleo
ted by ten majority. Both sides worked
hard
THE PASSAGE OF ARMS.
FmLEY, April 4-The election for town
officers was held Tuesday. Considerable
excitement was manifested, it being the
| passage of arms between the regulars and
! INDEPENDENTS the former being opposed to
saloon license and the latter favOring 1t.
The independents were successful
woRKNGA1EN TAKE HAND.
NoRFoLK, April 1.-Two tickets were in the
held-the citizens and wOrklngmens s, pollt-
zeal affiliations not being taken into &C
count The result was mixed
PROHIBITION BOARD IN a SALOON TOWN
FIrT,- fAfv,r- vii
lage election In the history OF Taimage re
1 suited in the choice of prohibition board
! with majority of five. From two TO tOu1
! / saloons have been in active operation here
for the past six years, and five different
parties gave notice that they would apply
for saloon licenses for the coming year.
Z THE STRIKERS DEFEATED.
AICCooK, April 4-The hottest contested
! | election since its birth occurred in McCOOE
! yesterday. The feature was the stand the
B. & NJ. strikers took against the business
men. The latter were victorious by an
average of seventy-ive votes out OF UoUal
s OF 800
= WHISKY MUST GO.
4 BLUE SPRINGS, April 4-PrOhibitiOn carrie
3 the day here, and whisky must go. IN
20 entire prohibition ticket is elected. I.hi
was the hottest fight ever seen IN tn
county.
SIDNEY. April 4-The entire peoples Uicke
: was elected The members OF the cit
ii council for the ensuing year are James
Mcintosh, Joseph Oberfelder, Michael 4C
bin Charles TrOgnitZ and Hugh McFaddeL
Atthe school meeting held yesterday JOSEF
D. Oberfelder and Francis H. DecastrO Wer
ID | elected to the board of education to serV
three years.
Dry BY A SWEEPING MAJORITY.
re- CENTRAL CITY, April 4-The anti-salOO
10 ticket, with the exception of one council
he man, was elected by a sweeping mrJorIU'
No saloons and policy OF encouragenel
of public improvements are assured
~ THE ORDER REVERSED
Or NORTH BEND, April THE general Ordt
Ig of things in our town will be reverse,
nearly the whole prohibition ticket bein
elected
IN COMPOSED OF GOOD MEN.
7, GENOA April AT the village electiO
lG held here the license ticket was electe
" with the exception of one man, and wit
one or two exceptions, is composed OF u
best business men of the town
rh OAKLAND.
gh OAKLAND, April 4.-The license ticket w
es elected by from five to eleven majOrit
= This makes prohibition for Oakland for OF
year at least very gloomy. We viii ha7
two saloons paying $1,000 each for u
privilege of running.
III A FIGHT BETWEEN BANKS.
he HoIDREGE, April THE election in th
city resolved itself into fight between Il
Drinks. The republican ticket was su
as ported by the Commercial State, and t.
Use citizens ticket was supported by the Eli
-as National The citizens ticket swept t.
Use field by an average majority OF 10.
A Presidential Letter.
Ie WASHINGTON, April president Cley
IA land has written a long letter to Re