Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
STATE NEWS p autographed.

Dickinson county will spend $4,000
to remodel its present courthouse.
The Ottawa Herald thinks the bust
ness men of the city should give
bonus of $1,000 and a site for first
class hotel.
Julius Peterson. q farmer near Lam
caster, is building a modern frame
residence which will cost Sd, 900. The
building will be heated with furnaces,
| supplied with water from reservoir
and will have baths, acetyline gas
lights, etc.
The wise men say that J. L. Bris-
tow, who is now fourth assistant post
master general, is looking for a
chance to run for congress in the
Second district, and that he will get
in if J. D. Bowersock enters the race
for United States senator.
Fred Seibert, assistant secretary of
the Y. NJ C. A at Fort Scott, who
came to that city recently with Evan
gelist Williams, was convicted in
court of frequenting immoral places.
AT the time of his arrest Seibert was
| drawing $50 a month from the Y. NJ.
C. A.
Prof Hamlin, on trial at Medicine
| Lodge for criminally asssaulting a
young girl pupil, was found guilty,
the jury celebrating only 80 minutes.
Feeling was very stro ng against Ham
lin at the time of his arrest and he
was removed to the Harper county
| Jail for safe keeping
Judge Hook convened the federal
court at Salina Tuesday, the first time
the court sat in the Salina federal
building which has been furnished by
the government for court purposes.
E. D. Anderson, ex-postmaster at
Arvonia, was fined $1O0 and costs for
fraudulent cancellation of stamps.
The legislature appropriated $4,000
for the purchase of FLOODED cattle for
the state agricultur al college. The
| regents of the institution wanted to
| buy some horses, also, and asked At
| torney General GODDARD if it would be
| legal to stretch a point in that direc-
ton. GODDARD ruled that under the law
they could buy only cattle.
Proceedings were begun in the SUI
| preme court to test the constitution
| atty of the biennial election law. The
test case is brought by A. H. Wilson,
fusion nominee for Judge in the Thir-
ty-third judicial district. Secretary of
State Clark refused to file the paper
and a mandamus to compel Clark to
act was filed and hearing set for
June 8.
Frank Murphy, n Topeka jointist,
filed suit against the city for $75S.65
| damages sustained on account of Car
RE Nations raid on his joint. The
raid was made on February II. Mrs.
Nation was convicted recently for the
malicious destruction of MurphY's
property. Now he wants the city to
reimburse him for the damage Mrs,
Nation did his joint.
A Union Pacific freight train was
wrecked by washed out bridge three
miles east of Sharon Springs. Engi-
neer Herman and brakeman Osborn
were killed. Two ira ok walkers who
were at the bridge have disappeared,
and it is feared they have also lost
their lives. The engine and several
cars went into the river. The engine
and one car of cattle were entirely
submerged.
The members of the state board of
charities are visiting the various
counties and checking up their pauper
insane accounts. This duty was
thrown upon the board by the new
law. The object of the provision is to
cut down the expense 1t is estimated
that under the new act the expense
of maintaining pauper insane outside
of asylums this coming year will not
aggregate over $25, 900. In the past it
has run from 100000 to 100000 a
year.
It is noted by the Emporia Gazette
that Miss Estelle Marshall, zone of
the prettiest young women that have
been IN the dining room of the Whit
ley hotel for years." has fallen heir to
$4,000 willed to her by her grand
mother in Ohio Furthermore, Miss
Marshall is to receive large sum
from an uncle's estate when it shall
have passed through probate, and
from waiter girl she becomes lady
of independent fortune.
The Kansas grand chapter o. z. s.,
held its state convention at Topeka
last week. Among the visitors was
Mrs. Hattie Ewing, of Orange, Mass,
most worthy grand nlatron of the or
der. Reports of officers showed sub
stantial growth in membership and
finances. These officers were elected:
Grand matron, Mrs. Lou NJ. Olmstead,
Anthony; grand patron, Arthur Ed.
son, Abilene; grand treasurer, Mrs.
Ely MCGEE, Girard; grand secretary,
Mrs. Della Bennett, Hutchinson.
James F. Legate, of Leavenworth,
the noted Kansas politician and pio-
nee, has retired from participation i'm
the active affairs of life and has be-
come an inmate of the national sol
diers' home. Advanced in years, fee
BILE in health and almost blind. Mr..
Legate has taken to the seclusion Of
| the soldiers home to undergo an
operation to save the remaining dim
, sight of his eyes and for rest from a
long and arduous political career, COW
J ering among other things a service
; of II sessions In the Kansas iegisia-
ture.
Mrs. Eliza ]. Grismo ore, of Topeka.
accompanied the Rebekah lodge degree
team to Tonganoxie to give an exc
eTnplification of the work. She took
prominent part in the drill and
soon after died of apoplexy.