Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

Asa Kerr has been appointed post
master at Blackstone, Sumner county.
Kansas has 200 free mail delivery
routes. Applications for 300 more are
under consideration.
Charles w. Ruckman, of Fay. o. T.,
has been appointed farmer at the
Pottawatomie Indian school.
The Kansas Grain Dealers associa-
ton has Endorsed R. R. Rees of Otta-
wa county Tor railroad commissioners.
W. H. L. PeLperell, secretary of the
Democratic state central 91mmittee,
has been mentioned for secretary of
state in 1902.
Mrs. ]. Fred Augustine, wife of one
of Abilene's leading merchants, died
Wednesday afternoon of blood poison
ing, after brief illness.
Charles A Manning, of Neosha
Rapids; Hugh Foster, of Independ-
ence and William Peterson, of Os-
satra, have all been appointed railway
mail clerks.
Warden Tomlinson says he is not
going to be candidate for anything
when he leaves the penitentiary on
May 1. He will return to Minneapolis
and take up his practice.
The contract for carrying the mail
from Conger to Yates Center, Kas.,
has been awarded to w. V. Pearsall, of
Conger, and from Osisia to Curtis, o.
T., to c. L. Chigerman, Of Curtis.
The following postoffices will be-
come domestic money orders offices on
April 1: Bland, Calderhead, Goessel,
Odens, Quindaro, Saxman, Schroyer,
Shaffer, VOlland, Yorktown, Zeandale.
Salina will make an effort to secure
the location of the Maccabee head
quarters, which are to be located some
where in Kansas soon. Salina has one
of the largest camps in the state. Con-
cordia, Beloit, Clay Center, Topeka and
Kansas City are all in the race.
The Abilene State Bank, started
three years ago today, has new pres
ident, G. A. Rogers, president of the
Abilene National Bank who has pur-
chased the interest of the principal
owner, c. N. Prouty. Mr.. Prouty will
go to Kansas City. The bank will
continue in business.
The supreme court has ordered the
release of Andrew ]. Francis, slayer
of Cy Manley, on bond Of $1,000.
The killing occurred in Russell county
over a bame of cards. and the justice
of the peace before whom the prelim-
mary hearing was had held that it
was not a bailable offense. Francis
had his bond ready.
A husband in Neodesha, who caught
another man hugging his wife, said
that if he caught him doing so again
he would slap him in the face. "And
thus in Kansas" remarks the Kansas
City, Journal, "do we see the growth
of that wild, barbaric rage-that
fierce, unmastered passion-which
leads up to deeds of violence"
II
A. C. Fisher, one of Edwards coun-
tvs oldest citizens and a prominent
implement dealer, committed suicide
Monday. He had been sick several
weeks, but during the last few days
was better. Monday morning, while
no person was in the room, he got
out of bed and secured bottle of car
bolic acid and drank it, and died in
very short time.
Bank Commissioner Albaugh receiv-
Cashier Brown, of the Lakin bank,
stating that the burglars who broke
into the bank there got something
over SIS 900 in cash. The bank had
burglar insurance to the amount of
$4,000. The directors will meet to-
morrow and either make good the loss
or close the bank. u---l-
r. "
Judge R. B. WEIGH, of Topeka, has
announced to few of his intimate
friends that he will be candidate for
associate justice before the Republican
state convention next year to succeed
Judge Doster. Judge WEIGH was a
candidate for one of the four new SUI
preme court judgeships recently, but
was knocked out because Topeka was
cut out of the appointment.
H J. Ormsby and Postmaster H R.
Van Nest Wednesday laid a rural
mail route southeast from Peabody.
The route is twenty-six miles long
and serves 100 families. VIM. JOlliffe
was appointed carrier This makes
four routes that have been laid out of
Peabody 1t is thought that service on
the route will commence about May L.
Inspector Ormsby, Tuesday, laid two
routes at Marion and on Thursday one
south of Florence.
L. L. Garten, who has been living in
houseboat on the Kaw and has been
depending on Lawrence people foI
Handouts" this winter. was arres ed
Wednesday by Deputy United States
Marshal Prescott on a charge of send
ing obscene matter through the mails
The crime was committed ct Canadian
Tex, where he Will be taken if hello
for trial by the United States commits
sioner, before whom he will have his