Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The free silver republicans will hold
a state convention at Topeka, June 10.
DIR. WJ.Gillett, of Parsons, resigned
as n member of the state board of
health.
A heavy snow prevailed at Scott City
and other western Kansas towns on
the 9th.
The Topeka school board will prob
ably abolish the system OF whipping
unruly school children.
L. G. Gilmore, cashier Of the defunct
National Bank of Paola, has been ar
rested for alleged crooked financial
transactions.
William j. Bryan made two speeches
at Peabody on the 18th, and while there
he and Mrs. Bryan were guests of j..
G. johnson, democratic national COM
mitteeman for Kansas.
The war department at Washington
instructed Lieut.. Clark to muster in
the Kansas troops at Topeka instead
of Fort Leavenworth, in Difference to
the wishes Of Gov. Leedy.
Capt. John Seaton, candidate for the
republican nomination for governor,
says If he Is nominated and elected
governor his first reform will be to
abolish the state board of pardons.
In the annual oratorical contest be-
tween the normal schools of Kansas,
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, held at Normal, ILL.,, first prize
was awarded to A. Il. St Clair, of EN-
poria.
The Marias des Cygnes river was SO
high at 0sawatomie that attendants
at the state insane asylum had to use
boats to get to and from the town.
The river grew into lake over a mile
across.
j. M. Freeman, an old soldier and
large property owner of Fort Scott,
was convicted of running place that
was the rendezvous for burglars. Free
man is a cousin of United States Attor.
ney Lambert.
The court of appeals, sitting at To-
pela, declared invalid the law passed
by the last Legislature providing for
the transfer of prisoners from the state
reformatory to the penitentiary for
incorrlgibility.
Harvey county has four young men
in Commodore Dewey's squadron at
Manila. They are Cliff Mcdonald,
Charles Cavanangh, William Hamann
and Charles Pramme. All were born
in Harvey county.
Fall river, in Greenwood, was higher
last week than for 40 years and great
section of country was inundated. 1t
was thought 500 cattle and several
Thousand hogs were drowned, while
crops along the river were destroyed.
Daniel Bitter, who died at Emporia,
aged so, was pioneer and one OF the
wealthiest men in Kansas. For 25
years he was director of the Emporia
national bank and was also president
of the First national bank OF Eureka.
District Judge Myers, of Leaven-
worth, affirmed the constitutionality
of the prohibitory law by declaring
that parties selling liquor to Kansas
customers do so at their own risk and
have no recourse in law to collect for
same.
The prize flag of the Kansas State
Teachers association will be present.
ed to the First regiment of Kansas
volunteers. For seven years this flag
has been awarded to the county hav-
ing the largest attendance at the state
teachers meeting.
The volunteer company from Mont
gomery county contains rs sons of vet
Grams, 3 sons of eX-confederates, 5 mar
ried men, SO natives of Kansas, and Is
natives of Montgomery county d. 8.
Elliott, the captain, is 30 years of age
and served three years in the rebellion.
Adam Treat, of Hays City, recently
celebrated his 101st birthday. He
joined the masons in 1928 and was one
of the masonic committee appointed
to receive Lafayette on the occasion
Of his visit to America in 1896 He
cast his first vote for President Mon
roe.
The continued heavy rains made the
Arkansas river at Wichita higher than
since 1898, and greatly damaged city
and farm property. At Wellington, Ar
kansas City and other points the river
spread over city houses and adjacent
farms and the damage to crops is
great.
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William Buck, of Paxico, organized
company of negro volunteers and of
fered them to Gov. Leedy for service
in one of the Kansas regiments, There
is no provision for negro troops and
they could not be accepted. Buck will
try to get place as servant to one of
the white officers,
Col. Fred Funston recently received
q summons from Secretary of War
Alger and Adjt. Gen. Corbin to come
to Washington Immediately for the
purpose of giving information concern
ing Cuba to the strategic board. He
secured six-days' leave Of absence
from Gov. Leedy and left immediately
for the national capital.
Senators Baker and Harris and ex-
Gov. Crawford called on President Nc
Kinley and asked for the appointment
of j. X. Hudson as brigadier general
to command the Kansas troops. Sena-
ator Baker recently Endorsed Hughes,
but transferred his Endorsement to
Hudson. He told the president that