Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-03-01
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81 delegates.
There have been 500 cases of ''Cuban
chickenpox' in Topeka since last Octo-
Der, but the epidemic is subsiding.
Elcorado will vote on bond propo-
sition to build $4,000 high school
building of native stone, two stories
high and with all modern improve
ments.
o. P. Ergenbright, of Montgomery
county, has entered the republican
contest for congressman-at-lar He
is a lawyer and has lived at indie
pendence 30 years.
After the state convention of KAN
sas grain dealers at Topeka March z,
about $50 members will take trip
through the south on special Santa
Fe train. During the trip Fort
Worth, Galveston, Port Arthur and Ell
Paso viii be visited
James r. Colean- the Fort Scott
banker who recently completed term
in the Kansas penitentiary for wreck
ing his bank, went to Chicago and Sc
cured a position with an insuSance
company, but he was discharged when
his employers learned he had been in
prison.
Gen. Funston, writing to his parents
from the Philippines, says that he and
his aide, Bert Mitchell, are both we'll.
They are stationed in the central part
of the island and he has 1000 men,,
scattered about in small garrisons,
trying to introduce some idea of civ
ilized government into the towns.
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opera house and an opponent of W.
J. Bailey for congress, threw open
the doors of his theater the other
night and invited the. public to wit
ness the play free of charge. Polit-
zeal speeches in favor of Charles Cur
tic for congress were made between
the acts.
Kansas occupies third place among;
the states in order of salt produc-
ton. New York retains first place
and Michigan second. The annual
product of the Sunfiower state is
about 100000 barrels. The 100000
people of the United States in the
course of IL months season them
selves with 100000 barrels of salt.
Joseph L. Weber, the well-known
Osborne philatelist, last week made
valuable addition to his collection of
stamps by the purchase of a 10000
stamp catalogue, valued at $1,000
Joe's collection is now one of the fin
est in the state, and he values it at
$1,000. Altogether, he has some 2O0,-
900 stamps representing some Is
countries. He has so to rs varieties.
Several weeks ago Miss Vida Bush,
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while out driving with a young man
near Topeka was seriously injured by
being struck by a Union Pacific train.
She brought suit for damages for
$4,000, but her case was thrown out
of court, the judge sustaining the de-
PENDANTS plea that Miss Bush was
guilty of contributory negligence.
A Topeka association of tradesmen
threatens to boycott the Santa Fe
railway unless the order transferring
the division point of extra trainmen
to Argentine is rescinded. It was
stated that instead of taking only 10
men away from Topeka, as had been
announced, the change will cause 200
heads of families, or nearly 1000 men,
women and children to move to Ar
gentine.
The state oratorical contest at EN-
poria was participated in by the fol-
lowing colleges: Southwestern, at
Windfield; Baker, at Baldwin; Mid
land, at Atchison; Kansas Wesleyan
at Salina; Washburn, at Topeka; Col
lege of Emporia; Ottawa university
and the state university. The first
prize was won by J. Frank CeH, of
Washburn. The state university took
second and Kansas Wesleyan third.
Rev. Joseph Denison. one of the
founders of Manhattan, and for IS
years a prominent figure in Kansas
history, died at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. I. T. Goodnow, in that city.
He founded Blue Mont college and
was the first president of the state
agricultural college. In 1873 he be-
came president of Baker university
at Baldwin. In 1855 he was associated
with Eli Thayer in the Emigrant Aid
association and the company settled
at the mouth of the Big Blue, calling
the town Boston, now Manhattan.
James Drury, widower, aged about
so, brought suit at Alma against Mrs.
Fanny Campbell to set aside deed to
so acres of land and to recover $235.
Mrs. Campbell is a blooming grass
widow from Pueblo, Col. Drury
decided to her his farm and made to
her bill of sale for his horses, hay,
corn, wheat, and everything he had
in the world on her bare promise to
marry him in Kansas City. The wom-
an took him to Kansas City and they
put up at a hotel, then before marry
ing him she skipped out. The gay
widow was located in Pueblo, Col,
and brought back and landed in Jail
here, where she now awaits charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
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