Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


for Sl6,6ss
Stafford claims to be the smallest
town in the country having tele-
phone exchange.
George g. Cole, of Girard, is seeking
denomination for state auditor on the
republican ticket
Popoulists of the Sixth district|will
hold their congressional convention ut
Smith Center June Z,
George Abrams, a Brown county
farmer, while visiting Atchison was
robbed of $500 by negress.
The examining board of Smith coun-
ty revoked the certificate OF teacher
who was found intoxicated.
The republican state committee will
meet in Topeka, March s, to issue a
call for the state convention.
Miss Maude Wise, aged 81, was
burned to death ut Fort Scott by her
dress catching fire from the stove.
The annual convention of the Kan
sas College Press association was held
at Lawrence, closing with a banquet
II. G. Lindsay Topeka's chief of po-
lice under Gov. Lewelling, has re-
nounced populism and embraced de-
mocracy.
Maj e. j. Peck, deputy revenue coll
lector and n well-known republican
politician, died at Fort Scott of paraly-
sis, aged SO.
The democratic reunion and banquet
Mt Topeka on the cath was a success,
over 600 representative men of the
party being present
The prohibition state convention
will be held at Emporia June T. ALI
s religious and temperance societies are
requested to send delegates
A Wellington paper charges that
officers of the Hutchinson reformatory
put hot irons to the young incorrigi-
bles to bring them under subsection.
Two large skeletons, supposed to be
the remains of Indians, were found in
arocl5 crevse near Larned, The bones
were in an almost perfect state OF
preservation.
The democratic state convention
this year will be held in Atchison,
time to be fixed by the state commit
tee The move is made with the idea
of complete fusion with the populists.
Ella Bradfeld, young colored
woman, was convicted in the Wyan.
dotte county district court of highway
rob bery. She is said to be the first
woman convicted in that county of
robbery in the first degree.
Hutchinson merchants refuse to aid
Wichita in her efforts to prevent irri.
cation bitches on the upper Arkansas
river from taking all the water from
the stream, to the damage of farmers
along the river in southern Kansas.
Eleven car loads of mich cows and
mules were shipped from Fort Scott
on the 25th to Havana. The cows
will supply milk for Spanish hos
pitfalls and Spanish officials and the
mules will be used in the Spanish army.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance com
pany, of Wamego, has been chartered,
with capital of $4,000 1t is formed
along the line of State Insurance Su.
perintendent McNal's plan, who adj
vocated that farmers insure one an
other.
The populist state committee will is
sue a manifesto to the various county
committees recommending that the
county conventions to select delegates
to the coming state convention be held
on the same day in each county in the
state.
1t is said that in the interest of Maj.
Hood for governor, Judge c. b. Graves,
of Emporia, has withdrawn from the
race for associate justice. This leaves
two republican candidates for this place
in the field-Elrick Cole, of Great Bend
and Nelson Case, of Oswego
The Kansas grand lodge A. O. U, W.,
in session at Wichita reelected j. II. |
Crider grand master workman and e. |
M. Forde recorder. Other officers
chosen are: Grand foreman, w. w.
Kincaid, Beloit; grand overseer, L. B.
Slime, Rosedale; grand receiver, NJ. d.
Light, Winfield
The state board of railroad assessors
assessed the Anthony branch of the
Frisco at $4,000 per mile. The branch
is operated by a receiver, and he says
that if he is compelled to pay the
amount it will close down the opera
ton of the road. He will seek relief
from the federal court.
The university chapel at Lawrence
was filled to overlooking on the 22d at
the dedication of the Gov. Robinson
bust. The programme was patriotic
one. Gov. j. w. Leedy, B. w. Wood .
ward and Regent c. F. Scott gave short
addresses eulogistic of the personal
character of the late governor.
State Superintendent StrylIer has be-
gun the distribution of school fund in
terest money among the various schools
of the state. He has 1928, 1877. % to give
to the schools. The school population
of the state is 405, $40, so that the per
capita this time will be 40 cents. Six
moi 20 it was 43 cents and one
year'a 81 cents.
Township and city assessors will list
judgments this spring under new
law All judgments are to be taxed as
personal property and assessors must
fix their real value for taxation pur.
poses, regardless of their face value. .
Assessors are also required to go to