Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-31
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPBED.

The first term of United States
court at Salina was held last week,
Judge Hook presiding.
Democrats will try to nominate
Senator Hugh Farrelly, of Chanute,
for congressman-at-larg
Topeka has raised $4,000 for a site
for the new Santa Fe railroad shops,
which will cost nearly 100000.
At Emporia an auction sale of $780,
900 in securities of the defunct First
national bank brought only $645.
Wichita will offer $4,000 for the
railroad shops and terminal facilities
of StilwelI's new Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient railroad.
EX-Congressman Jerry Simpson has
sold his Wichita newspaper, the Bay
onet, and will devote his time to the
canvass for United States senator.
Attorney General GODDARD accepted
the invitation of Kansas lumber deal
ers to aid in the fight against rail-
roads to secure an adjustment of
freight rates.
The republican state committee met
at Topeka and organized for the cam
paign by electing Morton AIbaugh,
of Kingman, chairman and Thomas
L. Kelly, of Paola, secretary.
The 13-year-old son of A. SCOTS,
near Healy, Lane county, while riding
a horse home from pasture, put the
halter rope around his neck. He was
thrown and dragged to death.
The temperance people of Assaria,
Saline county, offer a reward of $25
for evidence to convict jointists, and
a further reward of $25 for the con-
viction of witness in liquor case
for perjury.
Insurance superintendent Church
will ask the courts to restrain the
agents of insurance companies which
are not licensed to do business in
Kansas from coming across the line
and insuring business concerns in the
state.
Representative Calderhead has sue
ceeded in having released from mill
tary prison at San Francisco a Kan
sas boy, Private George Barrett, of
company D, Sixteenth infantry, who
was court-martiaIed in the Philippines
on the charge CT sleeping on post and
sentenced to dishonorable dismissal
and five years at hard labor.
The democratic and populist Third
district congressional conventions at
Parsons decided in short order to hold
a joint convention, and after SIX hours
of balloting nominated Judge A. NJ.
Jackson, of Cowley county, to sue
coed E. R. Ridgely. The nominee is q
democratic attorney at Arkansas City.
He is a law partner of j. Mack Love,
chairman of the Kansas democratic
state committee.
At Caldwell, Mrs. Rosa Lusk sued
the city for $4,000 for the loss of
her husband, who, while intoxicated,
fell on the sidewalk and was killed.
She alleged that because the joints
were permitted to sell liquor to her
husband the town was Indirectly re-
sponsible for his death. The court
held that the town is not response
bic for the illegal acts of it's officers
who permitted the saloons to run.
While Guy Tyrrell, 15-year-old boy,
was sharpening his poclletknife on the
power grindstone at jackson Bros
mill near Cawker City, he lost his
balance and fell over on the belt,
which carried him up into the wheel
room, where he was tossed about
among the machinery and flung back
to the floor with both legs and one
arm literally ground to splinters, his
collarbone, shoulder and one rib
broken.
Kansas postmasters met at Topeka
and organized permanently hy elect
ing John Guthrie, of Topeka, presi-
dent; F. r. Lanter, of Olathc, secre-
tary; E. F. Caldwell, of Lawrence,
treasurer, and the following vice presi-
dents: NJ. NJ. Murdoch, Wichita; A.
NJ Wasser, Girard; Madge L. Long,
Belleville; George c. WetzeI, Linwood.
The executive committee is composed
of one postmaster from each congress
sional district.
Joseph Schinzell, who lives near La
Crosse, is losing his mind. He is 70
years of age and for so years was pub
lie eXecutioner of Austria. He has be-
headed thousands of the emperor's
subjects in his time, and finally his
nerves were so shattered that he had
to resign and leave the country alto
gether. Although that has been ten
years ago the scenes still cling to
him, and he says his mind is giving
away under the strain. He was forced
by the emperor to take the job. He
has the old guillotine at his farm
home now.
Cyrus Leland has brought suit
against the owners and publishers of
the Wathena Republican, Pool Grin
stead, P. ". Grinstead and G. NJ.
Bean, for $4,000 damages for libel,
and has attached the plant of the pa
per, alleging that P. w. Grinstead,
the owner, is a nonresident of the
state. The plant is now in the hands
of the sheriff. The trouble grows out
OF articles in the Republican against
Leland, the principal one having
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