Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


reported In Gray county.
Sumner county voted to issue S9C 900
bonds to build a new Jail.
A rich find of jack was reported on
the Gilbert farm near Xenia
Counterfeit dollars bearing the 1890
date were circulating in Topeka.
1t cost S4,953 ii to run the Dodge
City soldiers home during October
The Salina board OF education de-"
clared against football in the public
schools.
A high grade OF petroleum was
struck by drills at Kincaid, at depth
OF 955 feet.
The receipts of the state coal oil in-
spector for October were Sl,514.3l and
the expenses S87O.77.
Attorney General Boyle, 1t is said,
will locate in Kansas City, Mo-, when
his term of Office expires.
Wolves are destroying live stock
near Independence and bounty of
$3.50 for each wolf scalp has been
offered,
1t is said that in one township road
overseer fight in Lyon county the con-
test was so bitter that both Leedy and
Stanley were traded off.
For the first time in many years
Baker university, at Baldwin, is out
of debt. President Murlin has raised
S35, 900 of it since June 1.
Attorney General Boyle led the pop
ulist state ticket in many counties OF
the state. Godard's majority will per-
haps be 5000 or 1000 less than Stan
ley's
II. G. Adams, of Maple Hill, sold
over $lOO, 900 worth Of fat cattle on
the Kansas City market last week.
He still has $500 feeding steers on
hand
Hereafter all cattle north of the
present federal quarantine line may
come into Kansas without inspection
This abolishes the fee of two cents per
head for inspection.
Elmer Hathaway, of Fort Riley,
Kan, member of the hospital corps
at Santiago, died of consumption
while on board vessel coming home,
and was buried at sea.
j. c. Mack, county school superin-
tendent OF Harvey, succeeds Phil
Knowlton as editor Of the Newton
Kansan. Knowlton will start daily
paper at Cripple Creek, Col.
The recent discoveries OF natural
gas, lead and zinc ore and small flow
of petroleum in and near Fort Scott
have aroused an interest in the de-
velopment of these resources.
State Auditor Morris recently re-
corded $3.50, 900 worth of four per cent.
refunding bonds which are the prop
erty of the state school fund commits
sion. The bonds formerly drew seven
per cent.
At Wichita 20 children have died of
diphtheria and several families have
moved out of the city to escape the
epidemic. The doctors were confident
on the 10Th that they had the disease
under control.
"King Herod," negro said to be lO7
years old, died in the Atchison county
poorhouse recently. He came from
Virginia several years ago and If he
had any name other than king
Herod" it was not known.
Peter Ort and Nicholas Ditchen,
two farmers near St. Mark, Sedgwick
county, are under arrest charged with
robbing and attempting to kill S. l..
Hutchinson, a wealthy stockman, on
the latter's ranch near Goodland
Frank George and wife, who run a
confectionery store at Wichita, were
arrested for harboring stolen goods.
Six hundred yards of bolt cloth, vari-
GUS articles of iewelry and numerous
other things of value were found in
their store.
1t is rumored that Gov. elect Stan.
lev will abolish a number of state
offices when he ia inaugurated.
Among those slated to go are the
state board of pardons, the adjutant
general and assistant uperintendent
of insurance.
Samuel Kelly and wife, who live on
a farm near Atchison, are under arrest
charged with bigamy. The complain
ant is Frank Gains, Mrs. Kelly's
former husband, who alleges that the
woman married Kelly without having
been divorced.
The Kansas commission which had
charge Of the exhibit at Omaha has
81, 600 cash on hand, the balance left
of about $22, 900. The railroads put up
$4,000 of this amount The Kansas
building at Omaha will be used as a
farmhouse near Omaha.
The Kansas State Horticultural So
ciety will hold its annual meeting in
Topeka, December 1929. The prin.
cipal fruit growers of the state will
read papers at the meeting. The effect
of animal life on fruits will be fea-
ture of the programme.
Gov. Leedy last week held a confer
ence at Topeka with half hundred
fusion leaders regarding the extra leg
islative session. The sentiment of the
meeting was against the extra session
and it was announced as practically
certain that Gov. Leedy would not call
one.
The total library of the Kansas State
Historical society now consists of 2l,'
OF books, 90, 1913 volumes of newspa'
pers and magazines and 6O,417 pam
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