Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-23
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calls for three days in Kansas Sep
TENDER %, % and 80.
| A Leavenworth woman obtained a
divorce from her husband because he
i refused to take her into society.
The gas company at Caney, south
west of independence, has let the
contract for the drilling of gas to sup
/ ply that town.
William McLelland, who escaped
from the state prison at Leavenworth
II years ago and returned volunta-
rily, has been pardoned by Gov.
Stanley.
The warehouse of the United Sash
and Door factory at Wichita was
burned, destroying 20 cars of paint,
10 cars of oil, II of doors and other
material, amounting in value to $40,-
900. Insurance amounted to $4,000.
General superintendent Resseguie,
of the Santa Fe, who has just re-
turned to Topeka from a trip over
the Santa Fe lines in Kansas, says
the drought and extreme heat of the
past several days has severely in
jured the corn crop.
Frank Prouty, of Newton, while re-
friend, was held up by two masked
men and asked to hand over his
money. Prouty refused to do so, and
started to leave the buggy when one
of the robbers shot him.
While swimming in the river near
Lecompton, a boy stepped upon a
human skull and recovered it from the
water. The flesh was all gone from
the bones and the under jaw was
missing, but a bullet hole in the fore
head goes to show foul play.
William j. Bryan will receive noti-
fication of his nomination for the
presidency by the United States Mon
etary league, at Topeka, on August %,
the date of the peoples party Motif
cation exercises. Mr.. Bryan has as
sented to the arrangement.
Gov. Stanley has honored a requisi-
ton from the governor of Iowa for
Harry Stevens, convict now confined
in the penitentiary, whose term will
soon expire. He is wanted in Iowa for
forgery. He was at one time in the
Nebraska penitentiary for the same
offense.
Lawrence Zeitz, aged II, died at his
home in North LeavenwOrth. Years
ago he had his monument made and
placed on the site for his grave. 1t
is an anvil, with hammer and chisel,
all full-sized, carved from stone. Mr..
Leitz was a blacksmith. He came to
America from Germany in 1915 and to
LeavenWorth in 1858.
At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Kansas Exposition COM
pany at Topeka, John E. Frost, form
erly land commissioner of the Santa
Fe, was elected president. The OBJ
ject of the association is to hold an
exposition in Topeka in 1904 in cell
ebration of the semi-centennial of the
states admission to the union.
The city council of Leavenworth has
repealed the ordinance granting W.
E. Winner franchise to build an
electric line in the city of Lawrence.
The reason for the action was Mr..
Winners failure to keep his agree
ment in the construction of the line
or in paving the street where his
proposed line was to be built.
A baby incubator is now being used
at Topeka. Mrs. r. A. Demart gave
birth to a three-pound daughter. The
physician said the only way the child
could live would be by the use of an
incubator, so one was procured. The
Demart home is now the center of
attraction. People go there to look
at the baby in the incubator just as
they would go to geological garden.
The directors of the penitentiary
have asked leave to take up $40, 900
more of the binding Irvine bonds now
held by the state school fund. The |
legislature provided for $15O,O0O bond |
issue for the revolving fund, to be
used to purchase raw material. The
management used only $4,000 Of
this amount and the state issued |
bonds in that sum and sold them 20 |
the school fund. Some months ago |
the prison officials took up $4,000 of |
the bonds, and, with the $20, 900 to be |
taken up now, it only leaves $4,000 in |
bonds outstanding. The prison plant |
made little money this year, but the |
management says it will make more |
next year, as a better system will be |
devised to handle the Irvine.
SchwarzchiId & Sulzberger Pack
mig company, in ArmourdaIe, is pay |
ing its employees in non-negotiable re-
ceipts, which are cashed only by the |
company's paymaster at the Armour
dale bank, instead of using the check
system. If the new system works sat
isfactorily others may adopt it or
improve upon it. The saloon men
who are in the habit of cashing the
checks of the pachnghouse and rail-
way employees regard the new law
with some misgivings, as it may, to
a certain extent, affect their revenues.
Men who get their checks cashed in