Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-12-18
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.
The post Office at Empire City win
be consolidated with Galena January

/ vision of the Santa Fe railroad.
The Great Western Plaster company
at Blue Rapids has sold controlling
interest in its plant to the plaster
trust.
Judge W. D. Gilbert, of Atchison,
has been appointed a special agent
of the free rural delivery service in
Kansas.
The state agricultural college at
Manhattan has issued pamphlet on
"blaclieg." incubation is stated to
be the only preventive.
C. P. Fullington and Harvey Grace,
of Wichita, have purchased 10000 acres
of land in Meade county for 81 an
acre. The greater part of it viii be
made into wheat farms.
Emporia officers raided joint kept
by ''Tobe'' Wallace, negro over so
years old. After a long search two
cases of beer were found in the pig
pen where Wallace hid them.
It is reported at the governors of
fee that up to date SO prisoners have
been liberated from the penitentiary
on parole, of whom but three have
been returned for bad conduct.
ne dnnudl Oh Tic AdnSd6
Day club will be held in the house
of representatives January 20. The
excuse is that there is no unoccu-
pied hall in town large enough.
Joseph L. Speer, who was acciden-
tally killed by falling from wagon
near Chandler, Ok, was a noted char
acter in the early history of Kansas.
His remains were buried at Topeka.
The Fort Scott, lola & Western has
the steel rails laid as far west as lola.
The line extends from Moran to
Piqua, distance of 25 miles. It con-
meets with the NJ. K. & 7. at Moran
and Piqua.
Clarence Bird, who killed Joshua
Linton with a ballbat at a country
schoolhouse near CherryvaIe, was SEN
fenced to 3h years in the peniten-
tiary. Linton was annoying young
women and Bird interfered.
John Randolph, of Pittsburg, one
of the best-known men in southeast
ern Kansas, is dead. He graduated
from the Paola normal school in the
early sos and for years afterward
was prominent educator.
S. j. Nicholson, a farmer living near
Leroy, was found dead in field sew
eral miles from his home. He had
been to Neosho Falls, and on his way
home fell from his wagon. He wan
dered around until nearly morning,
when he fell and died from exposure.
The Fredonia Gas company brought
in their second well with flow of
! 10000, 900 feet. Well No. 1 has flow
| of 100000 feet. These wells are To-
Gated eight miles southeast of town.
| The pipe line is laid and Fredonia ex-
poets to burn natural gas in a few
days.
Nine hundred dollars was received
in Atchison the other day for Her
man Beenken from his fathers estate
in Germany, but over a year ago
| Beenken became insane worrying be-
| cause the money didn't come and
tried to commit suicide. He is now
in the asylum.
The Kansas Day club has less trou-
BILE every year in finding native of
| the state to respond to the toast,
Kansas" And one of these days it
will be able to enlist for its orator
the son of native Kansas-making
the state feel grizzled and old.-Kan-
| Sas lily journal.
Francis E. Baker, appointed by
President Roosevelt judge of the
| United States court of appeals of the
states of Illinois, Indiana and Wis
consin, is a nephew of ex-senator Luz
Glen Baker, of Leavenworth, and has
frequently visited in Leavenworth.
The judge lives in Indiana.
Pliny Z. Soper, now United States
attorney for the Northern district of
Indian territory, has been appointed
general attorney of the Creek Indian
nation and he will resign the fed
eral attorneyship. Soper is a former
| Kansas boy and is a nephew of Cy-
rus Leland. He graduated from the
Kansas university and was assistant
to United States District Attorney
Joseph w. Ady from 1889 to 1898.
The annual contest of the schools
composing the Kansas State Oratori-
cal association will be held at Win
field Friday, March 2. The following
| judges have been selected: For
thought-Prof. Scott, University of
Michigan; President SIocum, Colorado
college; Prof Jesse Macy, Iowa col
Iege. On delivery-Prof William Sin
| cldlT, Oh SIaOTaQOs 0SOEy6 w. " AlloA4Sy
of Hutchinson; Rudolph Hatfield. Of
Wichita.
Frank Nelson, state superintendent
of public instruction, will recommend
the passage by the legislature of a
new compulsory education law The
present statute is q dead letter for
the reason that no penalty clause is
provided and there is no way to en-
force the act. Mr.. Nelson fayors the
creation of trHaney officers in each
city and county to enforce the attend
ance of children at school, and says
that this is the only way compul-
scry educati law can be rendered
effective.
Wichita voted 100000 to the Orient
railroad IN return for being made its
division headquarters Now the COM
pany has located its shops so far out
OF town they might as well be some
where else.
Senator Burton requested the post
master general to give Peter Foley,
postmaster at Parsons, an opportuni-
ty to defend himself against charges
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