Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-07-17
STATE NEWS PARAeRAPHED.

posed an occupation license tax on ali
trades, professions and occupations in
that city, TO raise money for running
the city government.
While trying to initiate balloon at
Forrest park, Atchison, the workmen
set fire to the grass, which was very
dry, owing to the drought. The fire
swept 20 acres of the park, running
many trees
During June the state employment
director secured places for 1,249 per-
sons. He has many requests for posi-
tions as clerks, bookkeepers and stem
ographers, but finds it impossible to
place any of them.
Henry j. Allen, president of the
state board of charities, says that
work on the new insane asylum
to be erected at Parsons will be COM
menced within SO days. There is
$15O.OOO available for building.
The cellmate of Jessie Morrison at
Krebs, who was sent up from juno,
ton City for killing another woman
because of jealousy of her husbands
attentions to the woman. Mrs. Krebs
has been a model prisoner.
Gov. Stanley will have 10 district
judges to appoint as a result of the
supreme court decision holding the
biennial election law constitutional.
Five of the 10 judges presiding at pres
ent are fusionists, so they will surely
ego" to make room for republicans.
Frank West, a Kansas young man.
is publishing the Daily Bulletin in
Manila. In letter to his home folks
he says he has no difaculty in train
ing the natives to set type, and that
they are glad to work for him at
wages of SIS week in Mexican silver.
While Mrs. NJ. Flynn was sitting on
the porch of her home near Branch
ton with her baby in her arms,
black snake 61A feet long crawled
from under the porch and started up
the steps toward the house. Mrs.
Flynn grabbed a piece of scantling
and still holding her baby made a
quick finish of the snake.
Judge Altman, at Eldorado, ap.
pointed committee of attorneys TO
investigate charges against Redden &
| Kramer, the lawyers who defended
Jessie Morrison. It is charged that
they sought conversations with pros
| pective jurors before the trial COM
menced and tried to ascertain their
| opinions in the case.
At Winfield Mr.. Brown has fled suit
for divorce against Mrs. Brown, in
which he tells a sad story of how
that lady deceived him. He had
| courted her and married her under
the belief that she was a maiden.
but now that three years have elapsed
he finds, he says that at the time
of the marriage she had an undi-
vorced husband living.
In Smith county jury returned a
verdict which required Tracey Zim-
norman to pay Emma Schuster $50
n year for five years and $4S a year
for ten years for the support of her
| child. Furthermore Zimmerman was
required to give a bond of $500 in
| guaranty of these payments, in de-
fault of which he was to be commit
ted to jail for one year. He chose to
go to Jail.
Six months ago a man was found
! guilty of murder by the district court
in Finney county. He appealed to the
supreme court on error, and the SUI
preme court sent the case back to
the district court for a new trial.
And thereupon the prisoner walked
into court and pleaded guilty, the APP
pearance being that he didn't object
| to be punished for his crime, but
wanted it done right and in good
order.-Kansas City Journal.
The law passed by the Legislature
in 1899, providing that a man who
was compelled to take his children
three miles or more to school could
recover Is cents day from the dis
/ trict school fund, will be tested in
the case of John Atzenweiier against
the board of trustees of school dis
trict No. Q, Atchison county. The
board claims the law is unconstitu-
tional and also that it is meant to
apply-to sparsely settled localities
The state tax commission has
added a chapter to the proposed new
law which provides for the imposition
OF a tax of five per cent. on inner
itances left to collateral heirs and leg
atees. The tax constitutes lien on
the estate and must be paid 10 the
county treasurer In the county in
which the heirs reside. The county
treasurer is required to pay the tax
into the general fund of the state
treasury. Direct heirs are exempt
from the provisions of the chapter
taxing inheritances.
Prophet Andrew Kropff, of Dickin-
son county, who had vision last win
ter that there would be no wheat,
has figured up what it cost him.
Two weeks before harvest he sold
his so acres for $1.25 an acre. S. A.
Cooper, the purchaser, has just I'm
ished thrashing it and took from the
field 1,441 bushels, which he sold for
so cents busheI, netting on the deal
over $500. Kropf is very much dis
couraged at the outcome and de-
clines to discuss it further than to
say that he was inspired by the devil
instead of by the Lord In making
his prediction.
The drought has not hurt the al
fa1fa crop. On the contrary. condi-
tons have been unusually favorable
for it this year, and the farmers are
getting a tremendous yield.
S. J. Peterson. claim agent of the
Union Pacific, says 1900 acres OF