Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-24
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.

the treasurership of the American
Tobacco company.
The fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the Presbyterian church
at Salina was celebrated recently.
w. Hullinger, of Kansas City, has
been made principal of the Dickinson
county high school, at $1,000 per year.
w. A. DeFord, of Ottawa, has been
appointed a chief assistant secretary
of the democratic national convention.
Mrs. Cordelia Serviss, of Linwood,
this state, became violently insane at
Toledo, o., while travelling to Bucyrus,
that state.
a charter was issued for the new
railroad that will run from Columbus,
Baxter Springs and Galena to Joplin
and Webb City, Mo.
A Topeka dispatch said Thomas T.
Kelley, assistant state treasurer,
would be secretary of the new repub-
ican state committee
The Arkansas City Waterworks
company has compromised with it's
creditors, paying $4,000 to cancel old
obligations, and starts on new basis.
Kansas is enjoying a bank boom,
the state bank commissioner receiv-
ing no less than ten applications last
week for charters to start new banks.
The Kansas State Temperance un-
ion has re-engaged Prof. George r.
Kirkpatrick, Rev. II. G. Fraser and
Prof. A. D. Wilcox to be field lee
turers.
A New Hampshire firm with head
quarters at Hutchinson has shipped
out of western Kansas this season
no less than $50 car loads of eggs, at
a gross cost of 100000.
Ewing Herbert, who recently
bought the Atchison Champion, has
offered John J. Ingalls, the editorial
control of the paper. The Champion
was ex-Gov. John A. Martins paper.
DR.. John P Wood, of CoffeyviIle, is
80 years of age, and cast his first vote
for Andrew Jackson. The Lawrence
Jeffersonian has invited the old fell
low to attend the Kansas City conven-
ton at its expense.
Two of the youngest lads ever be-
fore a court here were in Salina po-
lice court, charged with petit lar
ceny. They were Bud HeIwick, aged
six, and Harry Worth, aged five.
Judge Wagstaff administered a short
lecture and turned them loose.
George E. Teed, druggist at $50
North Seventh street, Kansas City,
was bound and robbed in his store the
other night by two masked men who
entered the store while iced was
alone. The robbers secured several
dollars in cash and a gold watch.
The Salina Military band is to be
enlarged from an organization of 35
members to one of so members, and
steps are soon to be taken to secure
the additional members by Offering
free instruction. The band at pres
emit is the second best in the state.
The Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, pastor
of the Central Congregational church
at Topeka, accompanied by his wife
and little son, left Tuesday night for
Europe. They will sail from New
York May 21 on the Teutonic. He
expects to return early in August.
W. H. Barrett, lessee of the Kansas
& Texas Coal company mines in the
Weir City district, and his employees
have reached an agreement settling
year. Between 500 and 600 more men
will be put to work as a result of the
agreement.
A masked man entered the Frisco
depot at Pittsburg and compelled
the night Waterman, Mr.. Hotchki-
son, to march outside, cross the track
and climb into box car. Then the
door was locked. The robber then
entered the Office and succeeded in
opening the safe and taking its con-
tents.
The circuit court at Kansas City,
Mo-, handed down a decision giving
David Atchison the title to Leaven-
worth island, a body of land contain
ing 1000 acres of rich land lying be-
tween Leavenworth and Platte coun-
ties in the Missouri river. The island
was claimed by Vinton Stillings and
has long been in litigation.
Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff to Gen.
Wood in Cuba, has asked to be re-
lieved, and also for a furlough of
four months. a Havana paper says
he gives no reason for his request
except that he needs a change of eli
mate. He probably will spend his
leave of absence with his wife's folks
in Junction City.
The disposition of the Kansan to
get to the front was illustrated many
times while the soldiers of the famous
Twentieth volunteer regiment were in
the Philippines, but since the regi-
ment's return to America the dignity
of the state is being upheld by few
Kansans belonging to regiments of
regulars. A case in point in which
many Kansas City people are inter
ested is that of William L. Litcheld,
soldier of Company L, Eighteenth in
fanfrv who is now chief of notice Of