Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Of tho order cannot join the Pythlan Sis
tiers without violating his obligation. All
knights who have joined the auxiliary
will be notified 10 withdraw and If they
refuse they will be discharged from the
local lodges OF the Knights OF Pythias.
Harry Root says that this year, 1898,
has been an extraordinary one for tho
sale Of fruit trees, principally apple and
peach, in north central Kansas countless
Ono agent has sold tho following
amounts this year; In Nemaha county,
$1,000 worth, Marshall, $1,000 Wash
ugton, from $4,000 to $4,000; Repub-
lie, $4,000; Cloud, $4,000; Jewell, $4,000;
Mitchell, $1,000,
From Fredona: Oscar Vancamp,
charged, with stealing cattle and selling
to butchers here, who was arrested at
Jacksonville, Mo-, was brought here and
placed in jail, with two others OF the
supposed same gang recently arrested.
This makes the seventh man very re-
Gently jailed, including the three
charged with holding up The Frisco and
Santa Fe agents at Seyery and Howard,
Kan.
From Williamsburg: This city was
thrown into state of great excitement
when Thomas w, Hagan, postmaster re-
Gently appointed, shot at his wife with
II revolver, just grazing her left cheek
and filling one side Of her face with
burntpowder which was extracted by DR..
james. For some time past Hagan has
been on spree and his wife had left
him, She had been staying at her moth
er's, Mrs. Combs, whore the shooting oo-
Cured. Hagan will be arrested.
Topeka Capital: Architect j. c. Hol-
land says there is going to be a large
number of bids presented for the build
ing of the Shawnee county court house
from present Indications. 1t is gong to
be a handsome gtructuretha will attract
considerable attention in this capital
city and there are many contractors who
would like to have the name OF its build
ers. Applications are coming in from all
parts Of the state from prospective build
ers asking for complete blue print copies
Of the plans
From Fredona: The romans OF the
9-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs j.
w. Moss, who died at Polo, Mo-, while
on a visit, were brought home and
largely attended funeral was held Be-
sides the deep mourning OF the parents
at the loss of their only child is that Of
Master Shinn, of the same age, near
neighbor and ever constant playmate,
who, upon learning Of his so much at
tached ones death, at once gave away,
became FRUSTRATED and is still in criti-
cal condition.
Arkansas City special: A white man
who came in from the Kaw reservation,
twenty miles south Of here, says that
the Indians of that tribe are in a starv-
ing condition and that about twenty Of
them have come into the eastern part Of
this county on begging and stealing
expedition. A large part Of their reser-
walton is leased to cattle men, one Of
whom deposited $4,000 with the gov
eminent some time ago to be paid to the
Kaw Indians December |, but for some
unknown reason their funds are still
held. While there is no fear Of an out
break, the whites in this county are
alarmed because Of the marauding bands
who would rather steal than starve
Arkansas City special: Early in Octo-
Der, w. A. Kaiser, the secretary of the
Arkansas City Building and Loan asso-
citation, left here, so he said, to attend
the worlds fair, and to make brief WIS.,
it with his parents in Defiance county,
O. AS the time has long since expired
for him to return, letters were sent to
him in Ohio, which were returned with
the inscription, mot called for" These
suspicious circumstances caused an in
vestgation of his accounts, and the re-
suit was that he is short about 81, 800
1t was learned that friend of his re-
ceived letter from him which has Meth
or date line nor postmark, which says
that his populations will cover period
of four years.
The Kinsley Mercury in discussing
the action of the Santa Fe company in
litigating the assessment Of its property
says: In addition to this the new tax
law has SO reduced the penalties for non
payment of taxes that many individuals
are taking advantage of it to retain the
use of the money at less penalty than
they would pay for borrowed money.
The result will be that less than half the
usual amount Of taxes will be paid by
residents and the county, as well as the
various school districts, will be seriously
embarrassed for funds. 1t is doubtful
il our city schools will be able to pull
through and the country districts that
rely largely upon the railroad tax will
probably be compelled to close for a
time at least. IF the county had refund
ed its outstanding warrants and was
now paying cash the difficulty would
not be great, but as We have about
twenty thousand dollars of warrants
outstanding, county scrip will be hard to
sell, and worth much less than it now is.
Last month the county deposit ran down
to about four hundred dollars, and it