Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
STATE NEWS pARAGRApHED.

II Is the canyons VIII
build big smelter at Pittsburg.
Five burglaries and one hold-up
occurred at Newton in one night re-
Gently.
Friends of Senator Baker carried the
republican primaries in Sedgwick
county.
Samuel johnson, of Elmdale, while
hunting accidently shot and killed
| himself.
r. E. York, bool1leeper in a bank
at Mount Hope, killed himself be-
cause of poor health.
The failure of the hay crop in the
central states viii cause big demand
for Kansas hay this fall.
The three republican legislative cam
didates in Cherokee county were in
| structed for Burton for senator.
The annual reunion of the Sixth
Kansas Cavalry Veteran association
will be held in Galena, August %, "a
and %.
Ex-Constable Dean Rakestraw, of
Galena, who had gotten into some Sc
rious trouble, committed suicide to
| avoid arrest.
Arthur Thompson, ten miles west
| of independence, claims he was held
up and robbed of $50 while on his
way to town.
Hundreds of Kansas farm hands,
the same kind of men that composed
! the fighting Twentieth Kansas under
Funston, are now joining the army
for service in China. Fifty enlisted
under Lieut.. UEne in three days at
| Wichita.
Iola's issue OF $4,000 in bonds for a
municipal waterworks and electric
light plant has been decided invalid.
The flaw lies in the petition which
called the election, not enough tax
payers having signed to make the re-
quired two-ffths.
August Gallagher, of ST. Louis, edi-
tor of the Modern Miller, recently re-
turned from a tour through western
wheatfelds. He says there is more
wheat in the stack in Kansas now
than was ever seen stacked in the
history of the state.
The manufacturing of heavy Irvine
for the binding of corn is expected
to commence at the Kansas peniten-
tiary Irvine plant within a few days.
1t is said that the Irvine will be sold
to dealers as well as farmers, and, in
fact, all who order it.
I. P. Campbell, of Wichita, popu1ist
nominee for congress in the Seventh
district, has refused to entertain the
proposition of Mr.. DuvaI, the demo-
cratic candidate, that the populist
congressional committee be allowed
to designate the candidate.
Hub Johnson, who broke pairie in
Republic county in the early days, is
now worth 100000. He went bare
footed in the early times, and the
sole of his foot became so hard that
he could strike match on it as easily
as he now can on the sole of his shoe.
The new federal building in Kansas
City, Kan, will be IT'S by 100 feet in
dimensions. 1t will contain two
stories and a basement, without
dome. In appearance it resembles the
public library building in Kansas
City, Mo. 1t will be made entirely of
gray stone.
The Northeast Kansas Epworth
assembly met at Cawker City last
week. Judge Postlethwaite, of jew
ell county, is president of the assem-
bly,. This is not only a great re-
igious, but an an educational event
as well and is largely attended, many
people tenting during the session.
Robert Johnson, negro who
claimed to be upwards of 100 years old,
died recently in Kansas City, Kan.
He claimed to have lived until he was
20 years old among cannibals in South
Africa and to have on several Occa-
sions eaten human flesh. He was
brought to this country by slave
traders.
Emma Vowel, a young woman of
Topeka, tried to end her trouble by
taking poison and jumping from the
Rock Island bridge into the Kaw
river. A railroad employee saved her
from drowning, but she was in
critical condition from the poison.
Dependency after carouse was re-
sponsible for the act.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the
Putnam bank at Richmond was made |
about three o'clock the other morn
ing. The robbers were frightened |
away by W. B. MacFarlone, who ex-
changed several shots with them. The |
outside door of the safe was broken
open with nitroglycerine. The force |
of the explosion blew the door into
the street.
An attempt to plant a branch of the
Mormon church at White Church, |
Wyandotte county, has caused a bit
ter feeling, which is growing more |
intense all the time. Already there |
have been several clashes between fol- |
lowers of Brigham Young and the |
anti-Mormons. Men go to worship |
with weapons of defense in their pock- |
cts and dnrinn the dar ,,-lor. tie