Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-08-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Leroy has no negro residents.

| EX-Judge Theo Bottin gave upa pens
rion of S12 per month to go the war
Wichita was greatly excited over tho
mysterious disappearance of Miss May
Harrison, pretty miss of II.
CIV. EslSridge denies the report that
he had sold his Emporia Republican
to B. e. Coughenor, of Lacrosse.
An Illinois capitalist has made a
proposition to build eight miles OF
electric street railway in Lawrence.
The attorney general holds that the
state is not liable for the value of
horses which are quarantined against
Theo Sterpberg, of Ellsworth, a
poultryman of national renown, has
been appoint ted paymaster in the
army,
The two battalions of Kansas col
ored troops, now camped at Topeka,
have organized regimental band of
20 pieces.
The United States district attorney
says it is not necessary for old soldiers.
to attach war revenue stamps to PEN
sion vouchers.
Nomination papers require ten
cent revenue stamp In this matter
Kansas will contribute her share to-
ward war expenses.
District Judge Randolph, OF Empo-
ria, says city taxes against premium
stamp agencies are invalid, because
virtually prohibitive.
The United States attorney says that.
revenue stamps are not required on
school teachers certificates nor on
school district warrants.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal,
who has Travelled over the state extern
sively, says the Kansas wheat crop
will average $25 per capita.
Young couples who have marriage
certificates not decorated with ten
cent war revenue stamps don't know
whether they are clear married yet.
Department Commander Eastman,
of the Kansas G. A. r., says 1000 Kan
sans will attend the national encamp-
ment at Cincinnati September to 10.
August 1927 are the dates for hold
ing examinations for state teachers
certificates, atsuch places as the various.
county superintendent may request.
Wyandotte county's population is
65, 557, a gain of 6,O7S over last year.
Kansas City contributes 46,02S of this
number, Argentine 6,34l and Rosedale
2,244.
The first death in the Twenty-second
Kansas, at Camp Alger, was B. L.
Flint, of company G, who succumbed
to complications following an attack
of measles.
Twelve persons, members of the.
families of George and William Berg,
man, three miles west of Leavenworth,
were poisoned by eating decayed butt
termilk. A boy aged four died.
1t is alleged that pith of grasses in
diseased pastures, on which there were
found millions of small worms, was.
the cause of the death of several
horses in Harvey and adjoining coun-
ties,
Thirteen towns along the Lincoln.
branch of the Union Pacific railroad,
from Salina to Colby, complain of.
wholly insufficient passenger service.
The state railroad commissioners will
investigate.
Charles Stackhouse, of Usage City,
who enlisted in company G, Twenty
first Kansas, and was elected captain,
has resigned, owing to his preponder-
ance of flesh, being unable to stand
the drills and marches.
A Topeka telegram said Gov. Leedy
and other populists who will speak
for the fusion ticket had determined
that so far as they may be able to di-
rect it the campaign would be fought
entirely on local issues.
s. P. Pullum, who was serving a
penitentiary sentence from Neosho
county for forgery, was pardoned by
Gov. Leedy through the influence of
an appealing letter written to the
governor by Pullum's little girl.
Two Missouri Pacific passenger
trains collided on straight stretch of
track at West Wichita. The engines
and tenders were thrown from the
track, the boiler heads blown out and
eight persons were injured. The train
dispatcher had given the wrong Or
ders.
Frank Rynard was mysteriously shot
and killed near hatfield Green, Chase
county. Several parties who heard
the shot rushed to the scene, but could
see no one. Recently three murders
have been committed in that same
neigborhood and no arrests have been
made.
There are in Kansas about $50 manu-
featuring concerns with an aggregate
capital of SIT, 9O6, 456. They employ
Is, O51 persons, and the average wages
to each employe was S413 per year, or
81. SO per day, ranging from $3.50 year
for laundresses to $519 for packing
house labor.
The Burlingame & Northwestern
Railway company has been chartered.
1t proposes to build and operate a
railroad from Burlingame to Alma,
running through Harveyville, Brad
ford, Eskridge and Halifax. The road
will be "a miles in length, the capital
stock being placed at $40, 900.
Ninety-two privates of company D.,
Twenty-6rst Kansas, petitioned Gov.
| r ID, % non, n,;cs;oD Mai II Rov6