Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.
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Two cases of smallpox were reported
at Emporia.
Bonds were voted for new school
building at Havensville.
An Atchison woman says slippery
elm poultice will cure smallpox.
Geuda Springs has been sued for ST.
900 defaulted interest on city bonds.
Congressman Curtis, of Topeka, will
support Sherman, of New York, for
speaker.
In 1880 there were 146 democratic
newspapers in Kansas. Now there are
only 43.
The electric lignt plant in Lexington
was closed down because it was too ex-
pensive.
The salary of Brig. Gen. Funston will
be So, S75 per year. That of colonel is
$4,375.
The claim is made that Gen, Fred
Funston is too young to be United
States senator.
Gel, Fred Funston received slight
wound in the hand while in battle near
San Tomas on the 18th.
b. II. Tracy, of Wamego, will be
special assistant to Attorney General
GODDARD. The place pays $4,000 per
year.
Topeka has abandoned it's usual fall
festival and will devote all its energies
to welcome of the Twentieth Kansas
boys
The recent high winds blew the soil
away from the roots of wheat to such
an extent that the crop estimates are
considerably lowered.
Gov. Stanley addressed an audience
of 1900 people in the NJ. E. church at
Lawrence and raised $3.50 for Y. M.
G. A. building in that city.
Capt, William Albright, of company
G, reported wounded near Manila, was
until he enlisted paying teller in II ma
tional bank at Leavenworth.
w. A. Griffith, of st. Louis, was
elected to the chair of art in the Kan
sas university. Griffith is an Emporia
boy and has Partisan education.
The three state medical societies in
session at Topeka last week decided
that in future each of the schools Of
medicine would hold separate meet
ings.
The machinery for the new cotton
mill at Independence cost $50, 900. The
mill will draw supplies of raw mate
rial from the surrounding part of
southern Kansas.
Lieut.. William McTaggart, killed in
battle near Manila, was q son of Sena-
tor Dan McTaggart, who was muir
dered two years ago by tenant near
Independence.
C. j. Peck, of Salina, was appointed
assistant superintendent of the state
reformatory at Hutchinson and George
G. Price, of Hodgeman county, princi-
pal of the schools.
Gen. Otis reported these deaths in
the Twentieth Kansas on the Cd:
Henry Morrison, of Salina, died Of
wounds; Albert Terry, Kansas City,
Kan, accidental drowning. 4
Petitions were being signed extern
sively throughout southern Kansas
to make May 2, the date upon which
Col. Funston was made brigadier gem
eral, legal holiday in Kansas.
Masked robbers entered the post
Office at Cheney, Sedgwick county, and
demolishing the safe with dynamite
carried away 1000 two-cent stamps
and half hundred dollars cash.
w. Y. Morgan state printer-elect,
has purchased the printing plant Of
State Printer j. S. Parks, which was
formerly owned by Gen. j. X. Hudson.
Mr.. Morgan will take charge June l.
&. j. Dalke, Baptist missionary at
Hillsboro, who has wife and five chill
dren, eloped with the wife of G. b.
Funke, prominent business man.
The woman also deserted four children.
Curtis Orwell, who entered West Point
from Independence several years ago,
has been promoted to first lieutenant in
the Seventh regulars, now at Detroit,
Mich. The regiment has been ordered
to the Philippines.
Wilder S. Metcalf, the new colonel
of the Twentieth Kansas, is a graduate
of Oberlin college. In 1897 he gradu-
ated from the law department of the
Kansas university and began the prac-
tice of law in Lawrence.
Adrian Smith was arrested at Earl
ton, Montgomery county, for throwing
stones at moving passenger trains.
When taken into court he insisted on
being given the full sentence, saying
he had been in the penitentiary before
and liked prison life.
George Taylor, former cashier of the
Argentine bank, sent to the Kansas
state penitentiary nearly two years ago
for misappropriating the banks funds,
has returned to his home in Turner.
Taylor was pardoned by Gov. Stanley
after serving about twO-thirds of his
time.
Two young ladies in Greeley county
had to fight a prairie fire to save their
home and succeeded in stopping the
fire when it was within foot Of the
barn and feed stacks. One of the girls
had her clothing almost burned off her
back and was compelled to roll over on
the ground to extinguish the fire.
Gov. Stanley appointed delegates to
the annual session of the Transmissis-