Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-07-28
State Fair Affairs.

ASSOCIATION, besides so literally assisting
in interesting the farmers of the state
more directly in the worlds fair exhibit
is going to present this year probably
the best all around fair Kansas has ever
seen.
Premiums in all departments have
been very liberal, and will attract the
best class of exhibitors.
Secretary Pounds has been doing
some earnest and telling work that the
people will have to wait till next Sep
TENDER to appreciate; but they will do
it then. The speed ring, especially,
has never seen SO many tempting offers
and will be big feature of the fair
every day.
The state auditor has sent out the
warrants for the county normal insti-
tutes in about fifty counties.
The employees of the United States
pension agency are unusually busy at
this time transcribing their sold law"
rolls for use by the department at
Washington, which necessitates the
Nriting of $4,000 names, with the ser
vice, rank, rate, number and date of
certificate and date CT commencement of
pension.
Lucky Baldwin's palace horse car No.
100 was turned out of the Santa Fe
shops, where it had been for the past
month receiving a general overhauling.
The car on the outside is finished the
same as a Pullman sleeper, and on the
inside it is fitted up with stalls for the
horses and sleeping rooms for the at
tendants.
A committee consisting of L. @. Was
son, T. L. Stringham, L. II. Pounds,
M. Mohler, w. II. Smith, H. K. Rowley,
John r. Mulvane ana w. P. McNair, of
Wichita. went from Topeka to Kansas
City to appear bsfore the Transmissouri
Passenge association and ask for
cent mile rate to the state and south
ern Kansas fairs.
The report of the treasurer of the
Columbian educational fund shows that
$3.216.01 have been received. Shawnee
county and Topeka head the list as
sending the largest contributions of any
county or city, respectively. The
amounts are: Shawnee county, $780,;
Topeka, $500: State Reform school, 81
so; total. $424.4O.
Secretary Mohler, of the state board
of agriculture, stated that in the major
ity of counties through the central
wheat belt harvest hands were busy
Sunday, and that hands were changed
and worked through the night. '|rhe
farmers could not have asked for finer
wheat" said he, "and [ don't feel
alarmed about their ability to take care
of the crops"
The state military board considered
the ACCESSIBILITY of purchasing new artil-
lery for the state. The old guns now
in use are very old-fashioned, and even
dangerous. It is probable that the gov
eminent appropriation of $4,000 will
be used to secure several Hotchkiss
guns. The application of the Topeka
division of battery to be transferred to
cavalry was also considered. and General
Roberts will go to Fort Riley soon to
see if arrangements can be made for the
change.
A P Wilder, manager Of the new
Missouri and Kansas Car Service asso-
citation, has established his headquar-
ters at room 10, Office block, on Fifth
street, Topeka. The roads interest
ed are the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe; Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific; st. Louis & San Francisco
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield
Union Pacific; Kansas City, Osceola
Southern, and the Missouri Pacific
The association has jurisdiction at al
junction points on these roads. Mr.
Wilder will soon move his family tt
Topeka.
The prohibition state convention
spent the evening between its two days
in session in a meeting in the nature q
ratification of the nominations by the
national prohibition invention in Gin
cinnati. The delegates wore badges
bearing the names of Bidwell for presi
dent and Cranfll for vice president
Over the speakers chair was fine life
size oil painting of Ex-Governor st
Johh. Prayer was offered by Rev. "
E. Woodward, pastor of the M. E
church of Sterling. The Hendricks chill
dren of Topeka sang a very clever sons
entitled, 1.-THE Brewers Big Horses Can
Run over Me- Chairman Botkin, il
Opening the exercises, made shor
speech in which he said the democratic
party could no longer be referred to a
one of the political parties of this state
He said it: had gone out of bushes
and was dead Short addresses wer
then made by Rev. E. g. Paxton, o
Garrett; Mrs. s. F. Grubb, presiden
of the W. @. T. q. of Kansas; Rev.
NJ Monroe, OF Wichita; n. d. johnson
of Topeka; W. E. Atchison, of Eskridge
Mrs. II. H Geyer, of Ottawa; Rev. n
E. Woodward, of Sterling; E B. Went
worth, of Kingman; E. a. BruneT, c