Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-03-02
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.
Atchison ice dealers put up enough
8-inch icA In last two vaars.


Fort Scott is iubilatiug over the dis
covery of an l1-foot vain of jack ore
near town.
Two well.developed cases of small
pox were discovered at 81 Coy street,
Kansas City.
Miss Eleanor F. Smith, of Hutchin-
son, is hospital nurse with our troops
at Cienfuegos, Cuba.
On April Geary county will vote on
the proposition to erect $40, 900 court
house Mt Junction City.
superintendent Mckinley and his
assistant, Mr.. Scott, of the state in
sane asylum at Topeka, have resigned.
Since January over 800, 900 has been
collected by the state insurance COM
missioner OF this sum $50, 900 was for
taxes under the recent special legisla-
tive enactment.
The temperance people at Hutchin-
son have begun afresh the war on joint
keepers. The immediate cause of the
agitation is the release of jointkeepers
who were unable to pay fines.
An organized band of horse thieves
is still committing depredations near
Lawrence. Five separate raids have
been made recently on farmers, and no
trace of the perpetrators can be found.
At Lincoln a divorce was granted to
George Soldiers and wife, the woman
receiving alimony. Less than year
ago Soldiers was divorced from his
first wife and married the second one
at Boone, Ia, through the medium OF
matrimonial bureau.
In addition to having coal COM
bine, Atchison citizens complained OF
short weights to small consumers and
the city council directed the chief of
police to weigh coal at any time, and
if the weight is short the dealers
name is to be publicly announced.
The Kansas republican delegation
in the next congress called on Presi-
dent Mckinley the other day to pay
its respects, also to thank the presi-
dent for nominating Judge James Il.
Gill, of Colby, to succeed William X.
Springer on the Indian territory
federal bench.
State Bank Commissioner Brieden'
thai had serious trouble with the
cashier of the Bank of Leon, Butler
county, who refused to allow an in
spection of his books and continued
business after his charter had been
revoked. Finally Mr. Breidenthal
went into court and had receiver APP
pointed.
At Ottawa 400 school children piled
over each other in frantic effort to
get out of one of the ward school
buildings which was on fire. 1t was
a miracle no one was hurt, but, aside
from few scratches and bruises, they
all escaped. The fire caught in the
basement and had made good head
way before it was discovered.
The agents of an eastern syndicate,
supposed to be the one which has re-
Gently purchased the Lanyon smelling
properties and gobbled up all the gas
lands in the vicinity of lola, have
been at work in Crawford county
buying up all the coal lands they can
get. They have made several pur-
chases outright, paying $50 per acre,
and have secured options on many
farms.
Vandals entered the Emporia Ave-
nue. Baptist church at Wichita and
frightfully mutilated all the furni-
ture, including fine organ, with an
ak. The seats and carpets were hacked
to pieces and every book in the extern
sive library was burned. Not satisfied
with their work of demolition, the
vandals entered the baptistry and
turned on the water, flooding the en-
tire basement.
The senate allowed the following
special bills for legal services: Judge
David Martin for services as assistant
to Attorney General Boyle, in the
stocllyards case, $4,000. G. c. Clemens
and A. M. Harvey, for services as at
torney for Senator II. p. Farrelly in
the extra session case, $500. A. E.
Helm, Of Wichita, for services as as
sistant to Attorney General Boyle in
the scrip and screen case, $1,000
rTduh ATphJ Wtll-huO"h yOuuR
man of Lawrence, entered the Law
renee national bank the other night
with key he had when he formerly
worked in the bank. The police found
Apps coat and hat in the bank, but
could not find the young man. Later,
Arps was found at his fathers gate,
without coat or hat. and admitted he
had been in the bank, but that he
could give no reason for his strange
wanderings.
A. C. Northrop, of the Kansas Wes-
leyan university, Salina, won first
place at Ottawa in the Kansas inter
collegiate oratorical contest, with f.
w. Games. of Baker university, close
second. The other colleges ranked as
follows: Sherman G. Elliott, Kansas
university, third; c. w. Meyer, Win
field, fourth; &. w. Trout. Ottawa,
fifth; Karl Rankin, college of Emporia,
sixth; Clarence N. Swihart, Atkinson,
seventh, and William r. Arthur,
Washburn, eighth.
Gen Otis reported this additional list
of casualties in the Twentieth Kan as
on the 14th: George II. Monroe, COM
pany f, killed; Lieut. W. A. Callahan,
company L, slight wound; John NJ
Weber, company l, slight wound;
James Riley, company c, slight wound;
Herbert Sands, company f, severe