Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-03-24
Kansas STATE NEWS.

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hall has been fitted up.
Kansas City.-A frighttui explosion
of powder occurred at the powder mag
azine north of the city, in which two
persons were badly injured.
Ottawa letter: The new court house
has been commenced under the direc-
ton of the county commissioners; the
drawings of the architect indicate that
the building viii be an ornament to the
county.
Independence Reporter: The Virdi-
girls river is very high and there is con-
siderable water ali over the bottoms.
Ali the streams and creeks tributary to
the river in the county are backed up
with water.
The only woman who ever made an
argument before the supreme court of
Kansas is also the oldest white settler
Of Atchison county, Mrs. Sarah Wilkins,
who lives in Mt. Pleasant township,
seven miles below Atchison-
Topeka Capital: The city electric
light plant report shows that the total
cost of light for the month was 81, 148.-
81. The average cost per light per
month 1924; total cost, per day, 49,
81; the average cost per light, per
night, s2.15.
At Topeka during the recent heavy
snow storm, an electric wire fell and
caught a carriage driven by J. H. Wood
ford. One Of the horses was instantly
killed and Woodford was knocked sense
less. A passenger in the carriage was
also badly shocked.
Wichita Eagle: The Burton car works
are pushing the work on new cars rap
idly. They are working large force of
men and have increased their days work
to ten hours. Over sixty men are en-
ployed, and there are now orders for
cars for two months ahead.
Atchison. supposed gold find
ten miles north of Atchison has turned
out to be a vein of galena. A great
deal of land in the vicinity has been
leased and an investigation to ascertain
the extent of the vein is now being
made. Samples of the ore show a very
large per cent of lead.
Lawrence.-On application of the
eastern stockholders, Judge Benson ap-
pointed Hon. Edward Russell, of this
city, receiver of the Western Farm,
Mortgage and Trust company. Mr..
Russell will take charge of the affairs of
the company IN Kansas, a receiver hay-
ing already been appointed for Col
orado.
La Cygne Journal: The George J.
Miller Mercantile Co. recently paid $3.50
for small hickory poles which they load
ed into a car, Tuesday, manufactured
into hoops worth $500, the difference
between $3.50 and 5000 representing
mostly labor. This is a good illustra-
ton of the benefit to town in manu-
featuring raw materials into articles
ready for use. In this case 5000 is kept
in La Cygne and vicinity, whereas if the
poles had been shipped before manufac-
tured into hoops the sum would have
been $50.
Hon. 7. p. Harmon, ex-mayor of Kan
sas City, Kan, is in Washington for the
purpose of obtaining the Intervention
of the secretary of war in a matter
which is of considerable interest to the
people of Mr.. lannon's city. 1t So
the Missouri river improvement commits
sion has planned to make various i'm
provements at the mouth of the Kansas
river. If these plans are carried out,
the channel of the Kansas river will be
so diverted that the mouth of the river
will be thrown over into Missouri, in
stead of in Kansas as it now is. Mr..
Harmon thinks it is of the highest i'm
Portance to his city that the state of
oh afair1 oh Int ~
over the river, which it would not have
if the mouth of the river is in Missouri
Topeka Journal: John @. Harris,
better known as Harris the printer"
who has been running a small job print
ing establishment, has mysteriOusly
disappeared. Harris was considerably
involved in debt and had been acting
very strangely for some time. He told
his wife that he was going to Kansas
City and would be back the next day.
Instead of coming back, the next she
heard from him was when she received a
long letter mailed at the union depot at
Kansas City. The letter was full of ex-
pressions of affection and stated that his
health had broken down and he was no
longer able to support her. There was
only one way left; he would commit
suicide, and she would get his $4,000
insurance. Harris published the West
ern Wigwam, the organ of the Red Men.
He had been married about five months.
His wife was formerly Miss Nettie
Soule.
From Kingman: Quite panic wac
created among the pupils in several
rooms at the High school building in
this city. Just as the pupils of the
eighth grade were taking their seats
the balance of the room were already
seated) it was discovered that some mis-
creant had poured handful Of cayenne
pepper on the stove, which was filling
| the room with a smoke that was so
powerful that many of the pupils were
| nearly suffocated. AS soon as it was
| discovered what was the matter the
teacher had the door opened, and got
the boys and girls out as quickly as
possible. The fumes of the smoke pen
| etrated several other rooms, some up.
stairs, almost strangling the occupants
! They were emptied as soon as possible
! The affected rooms were opened up anC
in the course of half an hour order wa!
restored and the machinery of the schOo
was going as usual.
Washington, D. C.--The judiciary com
nittee of the house has favorably report
ed the bill OF Representative Funston Il
create a third division of the district o
Kansas for judicial purposes. Th'
measure combines Johnson, Miami
Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, Neosho
Allen, Anderson, Coffey, Woodson, vii
son, Montgomery, Chautauqua, Elk anc
Greenwood counties in the third diyi