Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Ofs n, N. MIMI, vi ioTpuIOi WOOu-
son county, took enough corrosive sub
Innate by mistake to kill a dozen men,
but tho immediate boiling OF the whites
OF big setting Of eggs saved his life.
An attempt was made to burn tho
Cherokee public school building, a large
two-story brick. The flames were dis
covered and oxtinguished but not until
the main stairway was nearly consumed.
Wichita Special: Mrs. j. @. Hyde,
wife of a prominent farmer Of the north.
ern part Of this county, was instantly
killed by windmill, which was blown
over by the wind and fell on her.
The Home of Redoemng Love "a
rescue home for women, has been char
tered for Wichita. The purposes are to
provide a homef for penitent fallen women,
to rescue them from life Of shame, to
reclaim and instruct them in industrial
pursuits, and to restore them when pos
sible unto their homes and parents.
Jewell City Republican: o. N. Gray's
18th birthday anniversary was celo-
brated with a family dinner, which
gathered together his children and his
children's children even unto the third
generation, the fourth generation being
in Oklahoma and Iowa. Mr. Gray is
still hale and vigorous man.
Topeka Capital: Poor Commissioner
Hale says since the county commission
ers have adopted the policy of sending
paupers to the county poor farm, he
meets people on the street every day
who were kept by the county up to the
time of the boards action. They now
manage to live somehow without asking
aid, rather than go to the poor farm.
From Newton: Unknown parties en-
tered r. II Farr's orchard east of the
city and stole two wagon loads Of APP
pies. The orchard is some distance
from Mr. Farr's residence, and the thieves
drove into it and helped themselves to
the finest apples on the place. 1t is the
supposition that the apples were taken
to Wichita and sold there.
lola letter. The Palmer Oil company
has struck a strong flow of natural gas
at this place at depth Of about 800
feet The flow is go strong that further
drilling is impossible. The outfit will be
moved west of the Neosho river, about
one and half miles from town and
new we'll put down. This is the sixth
we'll here, but the last one is much strong
or than any Of the others. The gas es-
capes with such force as to be distinctly
heard mile away.
Two well-dressed Incorporating
young men were arrested at Fort Scott
by officers from Parsons, charged with
having burglarized two or three stores
at Parsons. They are Hugh Mcconnell
of Baldwin, Kan, and Arthur Nordyke,
Of prominent family of Kansas City,
Kan. They were identified by means of
copper cut of the trade mark of one OF
the houses that was robbed. Other
stolen articles we're found on their per-
sons. The burglary was bold one on
the part of the robbers. They were
taken back to Parsons.
There is conflict of authority be-
tween the state board OF health and the
board Of education of Kansas City,
Kan, over the matter of sanitation in tne
public schools. The state board claims it
has the say in all matters pertaining to
sanitation in the state and the board of
education is compelled to adopt any
measures in that line it may suggest.
The board of education claims under a
recent law passed by the legislature it
has the sole power in reference to san
itary matters in the schools and that the
state board has no right to interfere
with any plans it may suggest.
The seventh annual state convention
Of the Farmers alliance has been called
to meet in Topeka on December 5. Del
egates have already been elected by
county organizations, each alliance being
entitled to one delegate for each 200
members. In number of counties the
alliance has gone out Of business, and
in Shawnee and many other counties its
membership has decreased more than
one half. President Hanna says that a
great effort will be made at the coming
convention in Topeka to revive the alli-
ance and make it the active organization
that it was two or three years ago. He
says that the republican politicians have
misrepresented the alliance and steps
will be taken at the next convention to
overcome the opposition to the order.
The state Of Kansas has 10, 149 school
teachers, 1894 males and 1893 females.
OF these 80 males and 40 females are
colored. There are 212,S11 male pupils
and 200,370 female pupils OF these,
1856 are colored, making a total of 423,-
036 pupils in the state, 1883 of whom
arein the public common schools. There
are 1892 pupils in private schools of
whom 126 are colored, and there are
1888 pupils in parochial schools of whom
So are colored. Kansas expends for her
public schools annually S4,972,967, her
teacher receiving $3,021, 066 of this,
the remainder being used for the con-
struction and care of buildings, libraries,
apparatus, etc. The state has buildings
and other property valued at $10,61T151,
and a debt of $6,0S6,929 less the sink
ing fund. The population Of the state
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