Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-01-18
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.

A meeting of the republican state
committee will be held at Topeka jan
uary 20.
John Robson, of Dickinson county,
was robbed of S1OO and killed at Sioux
Falls, S. D.
Abilene wants a federal building to
and cold storage plant.
Theodore Poehler, wholesale gro
Ger of Lawrence, will start a similar
institution at Emporia.
The Missouri Pacific railroad will
build a $4,000 depot at Wichita, to be
constructed of white stone.
A number of Dickinson county citi-
zens will ship corn to missionaries in
India to be given to famine suffers.
Lieut.. Col. E. C. Little, of Abilene,
is being doomed for elegate-at-large
to the populist national convention
There were rs per cent. more birds
on exhibition at the Kansas state
poultry show at Topeka last week
than ever before.
The supreme court has declared I'M
constitutional the law passed in 1897
making judgments taxable as other
personal property.
The Kansas Cattlemen's association
will take it's grievance against the
railroads, on the 1OO-pound shipping
rate, to the court of visitation.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, of Topeka,
objects to the dramatizatiOn his book,
SIN His Steps," which is being ac-
complished by theatrical manager.
Henry Franklin, of Thayer, was
robed of $40 by three strange men in
Kansas City, Mo-, who gave him poi
soned whisky to stupefy him. The
police surgeon with difficulty saved
rranklin's life.
It is not expected that decision
from the federal court as to the con-
stitutionality of the court of vista
ton law will be given until after the
present term of the officers of the
court has expired in January, 1901.
From Topeka came the following
dispatch: The temperance people of
Kansas will not be caught mapping by
the resubmissionists in the political
campaign next year. They will be just
as alert as their antagonists, and will
put up a hot campaign.
In accordance with the request of
Andrew Carnegie, plans of the library
building wanted by the college of Em-.
poria have been sent to him. 1t is
expected that besides the building the
books for it will be his gift also. The
plans call for a $4,000 structure.
The first ball of binding Irvine
made by the penitentiary plant was
delivered to Gov. Stanley last week
and will be deposited with the State
Historical society. It weighs five
pounds and contains 500 feet of firmly
spun Irvine, made of Yucatan sisal.
Col. W. B. Stones foundry and ma
chine shops at Galena were entirely
destroyed by fire, causing a loss of
$4,000; no insurance. The foundry
was one of the old landmarks of Ga
lena. The works will be rebuilt at
once on a more extensive scale than
ever.
Congressman Calderhead, of the
Fifth district, is chairman of the house
subcommittee on invalid pensions.
This gives him more power in pension
legislation than has been held by any
Kansas member since the Fifty-frst
congress, when Congressman Morrill,
was chairman of the committee on in
valid pensions.
William Wingfield was found guilty
at Olathe of violating the prohibitory
law in the sale of malt ale. Sheriff
Jones purchased four bottles and took
them to Prof. Cady at Lawrence for
analysis, and he testified that they
contained four per cent. of alcohol,
as much as is found in lager beer.
Upon these purchases the jury found
Wingfeld guilty.
On account of the smallpox scare
at Wichita, as well as all over south
ern Kansas, the Wichita board of
health ordered a pesthouse built and
selected a site within the city limits.
Citizens in the vicinity of the loca-
ton protested and brought suit for
Injunction. Judge Daily granted
permanent injunction against the
scheme and ordered the pest house
taken from within the city limits
State Auditor Cole still refuses to
register the $4,000 of six per cent.
refunding bonds recently issued by
Delaware township, Jefferson county.
Auditor Cole has computed the inter
est on the bonds and hnds that if they
run till maturity the interest will
amount to 100000, but if they were
sold to the state school fund, which
will take them at Az per cent, the
township would save $4,000 III the
same length of time.
A number of republicans who are
fairly disposed toward both Congress
men Curtis and Bailey propose that
no nominating convention be held,
but that both men be placed on the
ballots as independent republican can
didates for congressman from the First
congressional district. Therepubhcans
have 5000 majority in the district and
it is believed that even with the re-