Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-10-05
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.

uSpDn OF SUU Feet.
Bishop Millspaugh recently conse-
Grated new stone Episcopal church
at Augusta.
Ex-Gov. Lewelling has purchased a
dairy near Wichita and will take
charge of it.
c. S. Scott, of Chanute, has been
elected secretary of the National Anti
Horsethief association.
lola opened her schools with con-
siderable ceremony. Chancellor Snow
delivered the address of the occasion.
The potato crop of Kansas this year
is estimated at 5000. 900 bushels, one
third of which was grown in the Kaw
river valley. The average yield is AS
bushels per acre.
George W. Wiley, of Meade county,
state fish commissioner, was arrested
on the charge of misusing public funds
while treasurer of that county. His
shortage is said to be about 81, 900.
Over 10, 900 people attended the thirty
first A. o. U. w. anniversary at Galena
the other day and $50 new members
were publicly initiated. Galena has
the largest A. o. U. w. lodge in the
country.
The Sixth Kansas Cavalry associa-
ton, in reunion at Kansas City last
week, selected Galena as the next meet
ing place. Miss Pearl Holderman, of
Chetopa, was chosen daughter of the
regiment.
Col. A. G. Stacey, the well-known
newspaper man sent up for a year and
half for sending obscene matter
through the mails to his divorced wife,
has been released, having served his
sentence.
| At the state convention of the Chris
tian church denomination at Topeka
statistics were read showing total of
398 churches in the state, with MEM
bership of 46, 900. For missions, $31, GOO
was raised last year.
| Now it is charged that Robert June,
the Dickinson county farmer who re-
ported that he was robbed month
ago of So, 100 by masked robbers, told a
story of pure fiction. He has been ar
rested on the charge of trying to evade
his credi tors.
f. w. Elliott, editor of the Troy Times,
was convicted of criminal libel for re-
printing a statement about a brother
in-law of Cyrus Leland, Albert Perry.
The item said Perry, as chairman of
the democratic county committee, ran
the party as Leland directed.
The trades and industrial parade at
| Salinas street fair was composed of so
floats and the Abilene, Junction City,
| Beloit, Peabody, Marysville, COncordia,
Salina and Solomon fire departments
in uniform. The fire departments
were in Salina to attend the state fire.
mems tournament.
A reception and banquet was given
at Parker for Chris Clapp, Jr., of the
Twentieth Kansas, who was wounded
at San Tomas May and invaded
home. John Meel1s and William Tull,
two other members of the Twentieth,
and Felty, of the Eleventh infantry,
were also present.
The w. c. T. q. state convention at
Newton passed resolutions denouncing
the army canteen and the law estab-
fishing police courts in six cities of the
state, which are elected by a com bina-
ton of city and township, which dis
franchises 30, 200 women from a vote on
the liquor question"
The soldiers reunion at Topeka last
week was largely attended, over 1900
tents being set up at Camp Funston.
Conspicuous among the prominent
speakers was Col. Albert D. Shaw, of
Watertown, N. Y, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R. Department Com
mander Coulter had charge of matters.
A trophy cannon, captured at Fort
Felipe, Manila, arrived al Leavenworth
from the Mare island, Cal, navy yard
and will be mounted at the soldiers
home. Six trophy cannon are now in
the city, four from Santiago and two
from Manila. One will be mounted in
the city and the others at Fort Leaven-
north.
A conservation service led by Mrs.
Emma Somers opened the twenty-frst
annual convention of the Kansas
w. C. T. U. at Newton. Addresses
of welcome were made by Mayor
Young, Superintendent of Schools
Cooper, Rev. w. L. Garages, Mrs. S. R.
Peters and Mrs. Lillian Kitchener.
The response was by Mrs. Tinney, of
Kirwin.
Wesley Cummings, president of the
State bank at bingham, was found
dead in his bed the other morning.
The day previous his son-in-law, who
was cashier of the bank. was discovered
$3.50 short and resigned. This precipi-
tated a run on the bank, but the Ex-
change national, of Atchison, stopped
it by Offering to cash all deposits. It
was given out that the Effngham bank
would quit. The trouble connected
with his son-in-law's shortage and the
run on the bank was thought to have
caused Mr.. Cummings death.
At the recent session of the grand
chapter of the Grand Cross of Constan-
tine, q. S. A, held at Philadelphia, the
grand cross was conferred upon DR..
W. T. Kuhn, an oldtime resident of
Eldorado, but recently of Kansas City,
Mo. The honor of this Masonic dis
tinction can be appreciated from the
fact that under the ancient regulations
A. d. 1119, which are still in force, the
number of grand crosses are limited to
80 in the Jurisdiction of a grand chan