Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

be allowed on the state e, A. r. re-.
union grounds at Topeka this fall.
The contract for the erection Of a
new bridge over the Kaw river at lie.
compton has been awarded and work
will begin soon.
Ex-senator PETER and James A.
Troutman were the principal speakers
at the Ottawa chautauqua assembly
Temperance day."
A late Washington telegram said
the Kansas boys Mt Camps Alger and
Thomas would be sent TO Porto Rico
under Gen. Coppinger.
G. w, Harmon, proprietor of the
Huntington house, the second largest
hotel in Fort Scott, fed from warrants
issued for his arrest for selling liquor
Several Kansas banks have failed to
comply with the state banking law,
and Bank Commissioner PRESIDENTIAL
threatens to- use harsh measures with
them.
George Fowler the Kansas City
packer, increased his donation to the
new Fowler machine shop building at
the state university from $4,000 to
$2l, 900.
Owners of the Lawrence street rail-
way have decided not to tear up the
track us contemplated some time ago,
but will extend the line to the Haskell
Indian school.
Zinc in alleged paying quantities
was discovered near Neodesha Speci-
mems were sent TO st. Louis for anal.
ysis and was reported to be rich
quality of zinc.
Albert Fergus, of Yates Center and
Orville Knight, of Fort Scott, mem
bers of the Twentieth Kansas, died in
camp at San Francisco. Their bodies
were brought home.
Over 1000 people heard w, j. Bryan
speak on bimetallism at the Winfield
Chautauqua assembly recently. Mr..
Bryan received one-half of the days
receipts, amounting to $40,
A 81, 900 wheat crop is ripening ON
an abandoned farm in Cove county.
1t grew from volunteer" seed. 1t is
on land sold by the school land COM
missioners, but never paid for.
The attorney general declares that
the law passed by the last Legislature
for the taxation of judgments is un.
constitutional, for the reason that
taxation under ii is not uniform.
For consideration of 500, 600, the
Davenport, Ia, owners of the street
railway lines in Fort Scott decided the
entire plant to the Citizens Railway
company, composed of home men.
Lightning struck the home of j. g.
Stevens, in Newton, and four children
standing on the porch were severely
shocked by the bolt. One of the boys
had his clothes torn off and was per-
haps, fatally burned.
At the Kansas state shooting tour
nament at Olathe the state team cham
pionship was won by olathe, who
scored 50 out Of possible 30, The in.
dividual championship cup was won
by Frank Hodges, of 0lathe.
Republicans of the Sixth Kansas dis
trict, in convention at Beloit, nomi-
mated William A. Reeder for congress
on the fourth ballot His opponents
were II. L. Pestana, w. II. Haskell, s.
N Hawkes. and Theo Sternberg.
John T. Delaney, q travelling whisky
seller, while on Rock Island train
near Phillipsburg accidentally slipped
on banana peeling and fell, striking
his head on u car seat. He has sued
the company for $25, 900 damages.
The annual convention Of the Kan
sas Christian Endeavor societies was
held at Topeka. Rev, M. b. Harlan,
pastor of the First Christian church.
Topeka, was elected president and
Arthur Wood, Lawrence, secretary.
The 1890 meeting will be at Wichita.
The state textbook law, passed by
the last legislature, was declared
valid by the state in the case brought
TO compel the Topeka board Of educa-
ton to cancel the contract entered in.
to with the American Book company
and to purchase books adopted by the
state textbook commission.
The supreme court upheld the $1O,-
900 Judgment secured by Mrs. Martin,
whose husband was killed in the Lin.
wood wreck in January, 1894, against
the Rock Island and Union Pacific
railroads. Each road tried to lay the
blame for the wreck on the other, but
the court held that both were to blame.
The state board of railway assessors
have completed the assessment of the
Kansas railroads for 1898 The total
amount is 500, 3O5, 466. In 1897 it was
$50, $50, 1874 and in 1896 $50, 2T9, S40 The
increase over 1897 is S925,272 There
was S1O6, 900 worth of track taken up
during 1897, which would make the
increase amount to S1,03i, 272.
Recruiting officers have been at vari-
Gus towns in the state securing volun-
teers for the Twentieth, Twenty-frst
and Twenty-second Kansas regiments.
There was no trouble in securing sol
diers, the supply for exceeding the de-
mand in every instance. Recruits Sc.
cured for the Twentieth Kansas were
taken direct to San Francisco.
1t took the following amounts to run
the Kansas charitable institutions for
May: Idiotic and imbeeile asylum at
Winfield, So, 229. 45; school for the blind
at Kansas City, 1923 So; deaf and
dumb school at Olathe, So, O46 IS; sol
diers' orphans home at Atchison, ST.
q17 90. RaIoit industrial school for