Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

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Postmasters of Kansas viii meet in
Topeka May FL to form state or
ganization-
Gov. Stanley, by proclamation, has
asked the people of Kansas to con-
tribute to India's famine relief fund.
Measles recently appeared in the
Soldiers orphans home in Atchison,
and now rs inmates are afflicted with
the disease.
Lieut.. Col Ed. C. Little positively
declares he is out of politics. He
says he viii not even attend state
convention as delegate.
Unknown fends tried to hamstring
three horses belonging to NJ. C. Cal
houn, five miles from Cherryvale.
One animal had to be killed.
The Citizens bank at Yates Center
was closed by the state bank COM
missioner. 1t was said there was
heavy shortage of bank funds.
Free delivery service will be estab-
ished at Galena on August 1, with
four letter carriers and two substi-
tutes, and 20 street letter boxes.
Kansas university won the third
annual debate with Missouri univers-
ity, the decision of the judges being
two for Kansas and one for Missouri.
The debate was held at Lawrence.
Accounting for the fact that Mrs.
Dewey, wife of the admiral, owns
considerable property in Wichita, the
Eagle says that some of this was
won by Gen. w. B. Hazen, Mrs.
Dewey's first husband, in a poker
game.
The representatives of William jew
ell college, of Liberty, Mo-, suffered
defeat for the third time in success
sion at Ottawa, in public debate with
the representatives of Ottawa uni
versity. The decision was unanimous
in favor OF Ottawa.
A reward of 5000 has been offered
by the CowIey county commissioners
for the conviction of the murderers
of D. G.. Coates, the Santa Fe opera
tor at Winfield who was shot by some
unknown assassin on the night of
April 2. The state will offer 5000
more, it is expected, and the Santa
Fe $500.
G. B. Hoffman has begun an ex-
tensive experiment in tree raising in
the Smoky Hill river bottom near En-
terprise. They are planting $4,000
catalpas, and will allow the trees to
grow for decade before touching
them, estimating that by that time
they will be worth hundreds of dol
lars per acre for posts and railway
ties.
Shoughnassee, the famous and
venerable chief of the Pottawatomie
Indians, died in the Pottawatomie
reservation near Nadeau, Jackson
county. He was over 90 years old
cent years, was tenacious of alb
original customs and privileges, and
jealous of white encroachment and
dictation.
Gov. Stanley arrived at the Kansas
~penitentiary at Lansing the other day
to inspect the institution and to have
a personal talk with a number of
prisoners seeking pardons. Gov.
Stanley inspected the new binding
Irvine plant and he expressed himself
as we'll pleased with the way it was
operated and the amount of Irvine
turned out.
The state board of charities or
dered improvements made at the fol-
lowing state institutions: A $4,000
brick cottage at the Industrial school
for girls, BeIoit; $31, 200 brick and
stone administration building at the
Topeka insane asylum; a $4,000 brick
industrial building at the state re-
form school, Topeka; a $50, 446 brick
and stone custodian building for the
state imbecile asylum, Winfield.
The Central Congregational church
at Topeka, of which Rev. Charles NJ.
Sheldon is pastor, has adopted plan
for the organization of a Church
Brotherhood after the features of
fraternal orders. The idea is Mr..
Sheldon's. He says that a church
should look after it's members as
faithfully as does the lodge. He re-
CARDS the lodge scheme as a good
one, and proposes to adopt it in
church work.
G. C. Clemens, of Topeka, an
nounced that a call would soon be
issued for a state convention to elect
Sc delegates to the middle-of-the-road
populist convention, to be held at
Cincinnati, May 9. The social demo
Gratis believe that Eugene Debs will
be nominated for president. Debs
has promised to make Is speeches in
Kansas during the coming campaign
provided the social democrats put up
state, congressional and electoral
tickets.
The Western Football league, com
posed of the universities of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri, which was
threatened with disruption two or
three times last fall, has at last been
broken up. Nebraska first pulled
out, and Kansas and Missouri could
not maintain the league. The break
ing up of the league, however, does
not mean that the three universities