Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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worth soldiers home, has resigned
Republican editors of the Seventh dis
trict will meet at Hutchinson April 5.
The populist state convention will
be held June 10, place not yet named.
1t is reported that valuable deposits
of coal and nickel have been found al
Fontana.
1t cost s3,14109 to run the Kansar
soldiers home at Dodge City during
February.
Bert Ludlum, Sedgwck county
school-teacher, was arrested for whip.
ping pupil.
DIR. Richard Morris, resident Of
Lawrence 40 years and apioneer physi.
clan, is dead.
Over $4,000 head of cattle are on full
feed in Marshall county and their
value is $780, OOO
The South Kansas M. e. conference
at Ottawa voted to hold the next ses-
sion at Columbus.
There is an epidemic of mumps and
measles among the students at the EN-
pora state nomal.
The Seventh congressional district
populist convention will be held at
Hutchinson May 10.
March 20 will be observed as "Tem-
perance Sunday" by all the prohibit
tionists of the state.
Voters of lola defeated the PROPOSE
ton to issue $3s, 900 in bonds to buy
the natural gas plant
The republican congressional con-
vention of the Sixth district will be
held at Beloit June 10.
George Parker, cattleman, was
robbed of Sl1O by girl in a question
able resort in Chanute,
A nine-year-old Wakefield girl who
weighs 2S4 pounds is being chased by
eastern museum managers.
BILLY" Jamison, notorious joint
keeper at Clearwater shot and killed
w. u. Nutting, rival jointist
A special election will be held in
Topeka to vote for or against bonds to
purchase the waterworks plant.
The state school fund commission
has bought $4,000 of Clay county re-
funding bonds, bearing five per cent.
Short-time money loaners at Fort
Scott will fight in the courts city
license ordinance taxing their bust
ness.
A new Mennonite church, to cost S.
600 and to have seating capacity of
1000, will be erected in southern Nc.
Pherson county.
The present attendance at the state
normal in more than 1900 and Presi-
dent Taylor expects an enrolment of
400 more at the spring term.
Workmen tearing down building
in Topeka discovered piece of a $1OO
bill in the lining of mouse's nest.
But it was confederate money.
The receipts of the state grain in
spector's Office for February were 49,
1928 and the expenditures $2,713. The
has a credit of about SIS, 900
in the state treasury.
The earnings of the Kansas state
for February were $13,-
5O9.22 and the expenditures $12 963. 81.
Of the earnings $50, 1859 were from
the sale of penitentiary coal.
Insurance Commissioner McNall sent
out circular letter to all insurance
doing business in Kansas
advising them that they must obey the
valued policy law or get out of the
state.
Ex-State School Superintendent
Stanley has been granted state GER.
5i6cate to teach for life. There is
only one other in existence and is
leld by ex-Superintendent Winans, of
The jubilee celebration of Baker uni
1ersity's 4Oth anniversary begun at
on the 10th. The Kansas and
south Kansas Methodist conferences
net there and speeches were made by
Bishops Fowler and Cranston.
The indictments against Ex-senator l.!
Rush, of Larned, charging embezzle-
nent and misappropriation of bank
unds, were quashed by Federal Judge
Williams at Topeka. Rush was for
nerly rich man, but misfortune over
ool him.
f. S. Bakersfield, of Leroy, state
Ill inspector, committed suicide at
leroy because of domestic troub (
lie had been arrested for murderously 1
ssaulting o. w. Decker, whom he &C
used of undue intimacy with Mrs. I
,
The republican state central COM I
littee met in Topeka and decided, 25 &
o 10, to hold the state convention at q
hutchinson June s. Marshal Sterne |
'anted the convention at Topeka. I
he convention will be composed of q
IL delegates. '
Seven new companies of militia,
roperly organized, have applications
ending for admission into the Kan
Is national guard. The companies
re located at Wilson, Coffeyville,
obinson, Chanute, Burr Oak, Wells
lille and Girard. I;
State School Superintendent Strv- v
er is receiving many letters from v
'hool directors who have been Ii
ctimized by chart fends," as he a
Ills them. This class of people is 7
Testing Kansas and pursue the same I,
cities that are so familiar tn tho viz -