Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-03-22
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

ing in prayer. She had rheumatism
of the heart
The joint funeral of Henry Morri-
son and Sam Wilson, Kansas heroes
who fell in the battles of Luzon, was
held at Salina.
Sheriff Simmons, OF Kearney coun-
ty, and Miss India Harris, superin-
tendent of Hamilton county, were
married recently.
Walter Johnson, aged 10, accident
ally killed himself while out hunting
near Galena. When found the whole
left side of his face was torn of and
an exploded shell in his gun told the
story.
Since J. r. Burton was elected a
delegate from the Fifth district to the
republican national convention his
friends are urging that he be selected
to make the speech nominating Pres
ident Mckinley.
John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia
merchant prince and ex-postmaster
general, presented the new Presby-
terrain church at Chetopa with enough
fine velvet carpet to cover the whole
church floor.
Fort Scott has decided to build
convention hall at cost of $4,000, in
time for the populists and democrats.
Jessie Lewelling, daughter of the ex-
governor, has gone to Costa RIGA in
the interest of a Chicago paper.
Thomas Gill, who was sent to the
penitentiary from Kingman county
for four years for stealing four bot
ties of beer, has applied to Gov. Stan
ley for pardon. promising to never
again touch another drop of liquor.
The library end collection of the
Kansas Historical society reached
these proportions January L, 1900:
21,967 books; 65,349 pamphlets; %, 426
volumes of newspapers; 22,555 manu-
scripts; 4,517 pictures; 5,493 relics;
1851 aliases and maps.
The home of II. f. MoOtz, proprietor
of a cigar factory at Arkansas City,
burned to the ground. The damage
was 5000. In addition to the damage
to the house and furniture is the loss
of $615, which had been placed under
parlor carpet for safe keeping.
Great crowds attended the funeral
at Hope of Ernest Ryan, company L,
Twentieth Kansas, killed in battle in
Luzon. Lieut.. Col. Little and Lieuts.
Sampson and Callahan took part in
the services. Members of company L
will erect monument to Ryan's mem
Dry.
A distressing accident occurred at
Topeka recently. While going at
high rate of speed an undertaker's
ambulance was upset and the casket
containing dead baby was thrown
10 10
pieces and the baby's body rolling out
in the mud.
A special from Topeka to Kansas
City paper said: Two new booms
have come into fusion speculation
since the recent conference of the
three committees: Col. E. G. Little
and Judge David Martin, and both for
governor. John w. Leedy is respon-
sible for Little, and, unintentionally,
J. w. Orr for Martin.
A Topeka dispatch said the Daily
Capital would be continued along the
line pursued by Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon,
who published it week as Chris
tan daily The receipts were so large
under Sheldon's management that the
owners of the paper We're led to be-
lieve it would pay big dividends to
pursue the same policy permanently.
According to the reports received by
the state labor commissioner, Marion
county is one of the few counties in
Kansas whose poor farm is self
sustaining. Another well managed
poor farm is that in Dickinson coun-
ty. There the farm almost pays ex-
penses of maintaining the poor de-
1o 0OTsf
The attorney general ruled that a
justice of the peace is authorized by
law to commit boys to the reform
school. The question was raised by
the superintendent of the reform
school who refused to receive three
boys from Marion county because sem
tence had been pronounced by a JUS
tice of peace, claiming that a justice
court is not court of record.
Misses Carolyn A. Hall and Nina
Clark, of Emporia, whose popularity
is due no less t their winsomeness of
form and face than to their charm of
manner and mental attainments, have
created sensation by visiting dis
reputable resorts in search of testi-
mony against violations of the Murray
prohibition law, and they have sue
ceeded in presenting two cases in
court here which are practically GER
tain to result IL convictions.
Guy Sexton, who enlisted in the
Twenty-first Kansas at Fort Scott for
the Spanish-American war, got into
trouble at Denver, Col. the other day
and was sentenced to state prison.
He was in Denver hospital and stole
watch from fellow-patient. He
cried when he wss taken to Jail. His
discharge papers were shown and in
the remarks it was stated the boy had
shown ''excelleI.t character and in
service was faithful and honest His