Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
a SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Death of Mr.. ingalls,, FavorIte Chlld.


Death of mr.. Inxalis' FavorIte Child.
Mrs. r. P. Shick, daughter OF ex-
Senator John J. Ingalls,, of Atchison,
died at Reading, Pa, of pneumonia.
She had been i'll little over a week.
Mrs. Shick was Constance, the young
est daughter in the ingalls, family.
Her husband is president of the Read
ing stove works and a quite wealthy
man. Mrs. Shick was born at Atch-
ison in 1874 and was the youngest
daughter of the senator. She was the
favorite of the family and a great pet
snnd chum of her father.
Because Shs NaggedSHIm.
At Wichita, w. T. Shepherd sets
up in his petition for divorcethat his
wife has nagged him. until he hasn't
the heart to say grace at the table.
As second cause he charges that she
has threatened to take the whole
family to the creek and drown them.
AS the children are all grown up, the
youngest being more than II, the
spectacle of this woman drowning
the whole litter would be rare one
.indeed.- Kansas City Journal.
Killed by an Irate Father.
j. A. Foley, station agent at Perry,
ON the Union Pacific, was shot and
Instantly killed by Tom Kerby. the
postmaster and hotel keeper of that
place. Tt is reported that the shoot
ing followed dispute which the two
men had concerning the relations of
Foley and Kerby's 17-year-old daugh-
ter. Foley was unmarried and lived
Sat Kerby's house.
Enormous Taxes at oswegO.
The people at Oswego are probably
paying the highest taxes of any in
the state. Several years ago the
town voted bonds to get couple of
railroads. The bonds are now COM
ing due In order to meet them the
people this year are paying IA per
cent. taxes. It will take two years
at this rate to pay the bonds.
Senator Matthews Acquitted.
Royal Matthews was acquitted at
Mcpherson of the charge of receiving
deposits after he learned the First
state bank of that plate was insolv-
sent. Mr.. Matthews was president of
the bank. Nineteen per cent. is all
that has been realized from it's as
sets. Mr.. Matthews is the state sena-
COR from GnaC Q1SGr1cC.
Black Eye to the ePromoters."
r. r. Dunbar and his coterie of
''promoters, who were laying claim
to all the property in Argentine and
the surrounding country by virtue of
an Indian deed, received a black eye
in the federal court at Topeka when
Special Master Wicker filed report
holding that the deed held by them
was worthless.
Bank Deposits Still decreasing.
Bank Commissioner Breidentha1
. says the reports of the state and pri-
waite banks now coming into his de-
Tpartment under his last. call, when
tabulated, will show combined de-
posits of over $25,0OO,OOO. This will
be an increase of $1,OOO,OOO over the
deposits as shown by the call three
months ago.
ATOrmOns in Southwest Kansas.
In southwest Kansas Mormons have
a large settlement, their headquar-
tiers being at ST. John, Stafford coun-
ty. Recently about 60 elders held a
conference at Attica. 1t is rumored
that headquarters will be moved to
Attica, where a temple will be built
Can Pull Fourteen Coaches.
The new passenger engines on the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road are attracting much attention.
They are said to be the largest four
wheeled engines west of the Missis-
:sippi and capable of pulling IL
coaches at a speed of mile a minute
over ordinary track.
Would Abolish One Branch.
Bank Commissioner Briedenthal
advocates constitutional amend
ment abOlishing one branch of the
IS tate legislature. He says one house
is sufficient to enact laws for the
state. Now, one house acts not as a
the other.
War on Newton Saloons.
The w. G. T. U. at Newton has com
menced war on saloons there. In
i one day three bartenders were ar
rested and their places closed. Elk
] County Attorney Allen is the legal
counsel of the temperance element.
Railroads as Taxpayers
In Woodson county the railroads
pay taxes to the amount of $1S,413, OF
about one-third of the total receipts
in the, county treasurer's Office. In
some of the western counties rhe rail
roads pay more than half the taxes.
Place for Ralph Ingalls,.
The president will in a few days
make several nominations as paymas-
ters, with rank of captain, in the ar
my. One of the men decided upon is
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