Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-02
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
what Gen. Funston sacrificed.

I What Gen. Funston Sacrificed.
A recent dispatch from San Francisco
to the Kansas City Star said:
Now that Gen. Funston's immediate future is
settled, it is not out of the way to tell of some
OF the tempting inducements for financial gain
which he unheSitatingly renounces to take up
again his military duties. At the time
that Gen. Funston received the telegram from
| the war department he received by telegraph
offer to represent in Venezuela great financial
house of New York at an annual salary of S8,-
OOO He has been urged to accept an offer Of
S25 900 and all expenses deliver 100lectures in
| the United States The offer comes from the
best-known lecture bureau in the country A
New York newspaper has asked him to act
war correspondent in the Philippines at a sala-
| ~ Of his own naming, and with the intimation
that 1t need not be less than $4,000 a year. He
has offers from almost all of the leading maya
zines for articles at from $500 81, 900 each. In
addition, numerous other opportunities for rich
| financial reward are open to him.
LiberaIity to Mr. Cross Widow.
When c. S. Cross, the proprietor of
the Sunny Slope farm near Emporia,
killed himself a few months ago, his
wife turned over every bit of property
to his creditors. At the Hereford sale
at Kansas City the other day Bonnie
Prince, calf owned by Mrs. Cross, and
all she had left of the Sunny Slope farm,
was sold at auction. Cattlemen run
the price up to 500 and it was sold to
Marshal Field, of Chicago. In addi-
ton, the cattlemen present made up q
purse of 800 silver dollars and gave it
| to Mrs. Cross.
Want a Kansas Exhibit.
/ The United States department of
agriculture will try to secure from
Kansas an exhibit of cereals for the
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ture declined to make an appropriation
for this purpose. The department has
placed with F. D. Coburn, secretary of
the state board of agriculture, franked
shipping tags and small bags which
Mr.. Coburn will distribute to those
who will give samples of their prod
ucts for the exhibit
Divided into Factions.
The citizens of Kansas City, about
As, 900 in number, are divided over the
question of the location of public build
ings, and the south side, including Riv-
erview and Armourdale, with about
half the population of the entire city,
have declared a boycott on the north
side. The north side has recently Sc
cured the high school building and the
new government building over the pro-
test of south-siders.
Unpaid Warrants Are PiIing Up.
State Treasurer Grimes has stamped
warrants not paid for want of funds in
the sum of over $196, 777.63. The stamp
ing process will continue till the latter
kpart of December. There is at present
cash in the permanent school fund in
the sum of 1852 O59 80. The school
fund commissioners are very anxious
to loan this money. They have loaned
about 5000, 900 since October 1.
He Charges Conspiracy.
w. A. Leech, of Akron, O., has
brought suit in the federal court to re-
cover a judgment of $500 against
George S. Hartley and other officers of
the First national bank, of Arkansas
City. Leech charges that the officers
used the assets of the bank for their
personal use and that they made about
$500, 600 for which there has never been
an accounting.
Stole Diamonds by Wholesale.
Lee Calm. son of a well-known st.
Joseph (Mo.) couple, travelling sales
man for candy house, was arrested
for stealing from residences and bust
ness houses in Wichita In Cahn's
room in st. Joseph was found large
amount of plumber, mostly diamonds
and watches. It is said he had two
accomplices. He was taken to Wichita
for trial.
Must Pay Fare Walk.
The various Kansas railroads decided
to give out no passes to attaches of the
state administration to go home and
vote. 1t has always been the custom
of the roads to give every official around
the statehouse who wished to go home
and vote a round trip pass. But the
roads concluded that there was no
reason why they should continue the
practice.
Deserted a Babe.
A well-dressed young couple, driving
a team, left a three-weeks' old baby at
the farm of James Nelson, four miles
east of Hutchinson. They said the
wind was hurting the child's face and
they would leave it until they went to
Hutchinson and back. They did not
return, and officers found them at Burr
ton. They refused to give their names.
Horse Kicked Him into the River.
Charles o. Frye, a young married
man, was kicked into the Neosho river
near Burlington by a horse and
drowned. He had put wagon in the
| river TO soak and mad horse there TO
pull it out. While he was standing be-
tween the horse and the river the horse
kicked him.
Many Cattle Killed in a Wreck.
A Santa Fe cattle train was wrecked
the other night at Argonia, Sumner
county. Two hundred head of cattle
were killed and 100 more crippled.
They were being shipped by a Texas
cattleman to the Kansas City market.