Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-15
HESITATE OF KANSAS.

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girl to drink cup of poison with him,
saying that she would see her dead
mother. The child's life was saved.
Willis Persons was brother to cx-
Banker Persons of Belle Plain who
committed suicide Mt Chicago few
weeks ago
The Modern Woodmen have clause
in their policies which provides that
the order shall not be liable IL the in
surcd commits suicide within one year
after it Is issued Judge Dale OF
Wichita decided recently that the Or
der did not have to pay loss In case
where the insured committed suicide
within week,
Miss Curina, eldest daughter OF Hon.
Sidney e. Cooke OF Harrington, was
suddenly stricken blind while visiting
friends in Topeka. The disease is
paralytic in its nature and has affected
the young woran's limbs MS well. She
graduated from the state university
last year and is highly accomplished.
Miss Annie Goodyear of boston has
written to Secretary Coburn asking
for information of the agricultural
facilities Of Kansas She is interested
In scheme TO start a colony, either in
the west or south, which has for its
object furnishing homes TO 5000 un-
employed men,
Miss Jessie Lewelling, who has
taught dancing school at Wichita
during the past three seasons, Is now
u teacher in the Iowa State Industrial
School for Girls, the institution which
her father, Ex-Governor I.ewelling, SUI
perintended for fourteen years,
james Croetsch, business man of
Plainville, Kan. became financially
embarrassed In Illinois and went to
work in harvest field under the as
sumed name of Joseph Koenig, He
died from overeXerton and his body
was sent home last week
1t is announced that the coal miners
OF Kansas will not join in the strike
now In progress in the East When
they were striking on their own ac-
count in 1904 they received no assist
ance from the Fasteners, and they
owe them no recompense.
Captain L. A. Thrasher Of Lawrence,
recently appointed internal revenue
Inspector, found on going to San Fran
cisco that the deputy collector was
5000 short. The next week he
checked up another deputy, finding
him $50, 400 short
''As we go to press, says the editor
of the Caldwell Advance, "we hear
that the price of harvest hands is 50 o
day, so If you do not get your paper
next week you will know we have
gone to the harvest field
Anderson Gray OF hypnotic murder
notoriety, who was pardoned by Gov
ernor Morrill,, will take steps to re-
cover big farm, which went TO the
mortgagec by foreclosure sale while
he was in the penitentiary
The buffalo and the Indian were the
first occupants Of western Kansas, -
Kansas City Star. Western Kansas
was formerly a lake and was first oc-
cupied by fishes and whales lei
Dorado Republican
The state census reports an increase
Of population in Cherokee county OF
4, liza This was nearly three times as
great increase as any other county had
except Crawford, which had an in
crease of 4,96s
Col James H. Hallowell is dying
from the effects Of protracted ill
ness caused by diabetes, In an inland
town in Indiana. He was at one time
Republican leader of the Seventh Kan
'sas district,
Another member OF the Caldwell
family has received foreign appoint
ment. Harry G. Caldwell, son of Gen.
eral j. C. Caldwell, has been appointed
travelling auditor of the Mexican Gem
tral railway.
The Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific
have filed replies with the state boasd
OF railroad commissioners, In which
they decline to reduce rates as re-
quested at the time Of the recent con-
ference
Warden Lands took every prisoners
stripes off July and gave him new
gray suit These the prisoner will
retain rs long as he violates none OF
the rules. The stripes will only DO
used as a punishment
The Emporia Republican proposes
the leveling OF the Rocky Mountains
in order that westerne Kansas should
receive a proper share OF moisture
bearing winds.
The Denver papers contain n story
that an army OF $4,000 tramps in four
divisions is passing through Kansas.
Who has seen any division OF the
army?
Ex-Governor Lewelliny has an
nounced that he will resign as Senator
within q few days He will probably
be succeeded BY Colonel Webster, a
farmer of his county.
After paying the police force and all
expenses of the department for the
month of June, the police commits
,ioners of Wichita turned over $3.50 to
he city treasurer
Topic for Sunday school lesson in
my part of the state: There is not
newspaper man in the Kansas peni-
entiery.
Since last January 100000 head OF
.attle have been brought to western
Kansas from New Mexico, Arizona and
Did Mexico.
Strong City Derrick; 1t require two
persons to see the fast mail go through
own Thursday morning--one TO see II
ONE and another to see it go.
The town OF Chanute was named
,fter Octave Chanute. the engineer in