Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| Inc WORKS OF Jne western coal com.
pany at Fleming are burned. Three
hundred miners were thrown out OF EN-.
ployment.
Washburn college Of Topeka has IL
instructors, membership Of over 300
scholars and a library containing over
5000 volumes.
The University OF Kansas has forty
four instructors and last year 1850 schol-
nrs were entered. The library contains
| 1928 volumes.
Gypsum City special: The postofIlce
safe in this city has been dynamited.
About SO in money and $3.50 in stamps
was taken. Some campers are suspect
ed and are being pursued.
Fort Scott will be given tho next state
meeting of the Y. M, @, A. of Kansas,
which will convene October 10, 20, 81
and %. This will bring together about
800 delegates and means big thing toI
Fort Scott
On account Of recent agitation, the
clubs of Lawrence have decided to close
up and quit business. All were notified
that il they did not, prosecution would
be begun by the county attorney under
the nuisance clause OF the prohibitory
law.
The Atchison electric street railway Is
an assured fact. The city council has
passed the necessary ordinances, and a
sito for the power house has been pur-
chased. Work will be commenced at
once, and the line will be in operation
December l.
Topeka Capital: City Assessor Oscar
Bishoff is making thorough search Of
the records in the various courts and
elsewhere to discover all the judgments,
mortgages, ETC., subject to taxation. A
list will be compiled and submitted to
the board of county commissioners who
will see that those not returned by the
owners are properly taxed.
From Newton: The preliminary of G..
w. Shirley and G. Wash Rogers, which
has absorbed the people of this city
since Tuesday last, is finished. These
two men were charged with destroying
the county records on March 20, ana so
much evidence was produced that JUS
tice Lupfer bound them over for $4,000
to appear at court next November.
Thomas H. Cavanaugh, formerly OF
Topeka, who it has been known has
been conducting experiments in raising
sunken vessels by means Of placing large
canvas sacks in the hold and pumping
air into them, has made great success.
He raised the Glenola near New York
within one hour after the sacks were adj
justed. The New York papers contain
long accounts Of it,
From Beloit: The state board of
charities made an investigation Of the
management OF the Industrial school for
girls at this place, to inquire into the
charges made by Mrs. Kungle, of To
| peka, that great cruelty was practiced
upon the inmates The charges were
sustained and the matron and ali her
subordinates were discharged. Mrs.
Waite, wife of one of the members Of the
board, has been installed as matron.
A vein of coal has been discovered
near the mouth of Whisky creek, one
mile south of Atchison. A committee of
citizens visited the place and it was
found to be twenty-four inches in thick
ness. The vein starts in ravine only
100 yards from the Missouri Pacific rail-
road tracks, and is of good quality. A
force of men will be put to work at once.
The coal privilege has been leased to a
coal operator. Old miners who have ex-
amined the vein say it is undoubtedly a
good one.
From Holton: A ten-year old son of
Louis Roebke, furniture merchant, died
from the effects of burn. The little
fellow, with younger brother was play
ing with "cattails," saturating them in
gasoline and then setting them on fire.
In some way the front of his shirt had
become saturated and took fire. He ran
out into the street and was seen by w.
J. Werner, who ran to his rescue and
smothered the fire, but not until he had
been fearfully burned. Mr.. Roebke, the
father, is in Germany, visiting his old
home The child's mother was at the
store and no one was about the house
except the children and an aged grand
mother. Mr.. Werner in smothering the
fire, burned his hands until they were
badly blistered.
From Larned: Five separate clouds,
whirling with great velocity and with
their points reaching toward the earth,
made their appearance nine miles south
Of here and were watched with anxiety
and apprehension by the residents of
this place who gathered in the streets
and upon the housetops. Wherever one of
the tunnels struck the ground it cleaned
up everything as though the section had
been run over by giant moving ma
chine. The farms of Thomas Barby. Pc
ter Rupe, Amos Reece and John Payton
were visited and their houses, barns and
outhouses completely destroyed. No
fatalities are reported, but every stitch
of clothing was torn from the body OF
Mrs. Barby, including her shoes and
| stoclxin ora and she was badly hurt about
the head and shoulders. Her son es-