Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-13
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

viii build a new stone church.
The binding Irvine plant at the
state prison viii be started in a few
days, probably before December 1.
A vein of good coal and traces of oil
were found on the farm of II. II. Dew
ey near Wichita at depth e. 76 feet.
Fifty farmers west of I6wrence
joined in wolf hunt one day recent
ly, the eEtire bag" aggregating one
wolf.
Rev. Henry E. Thayer, of Wichita,
succeeds Rev. L. P. Broad as superin-
tendent of Congregational church
missions in Kansas.
John Martin, of Topeka, the ex-
United States senator, was the first
lawyer admitted to practice before
the state supreme court.
Haskell county has compromised its
indebtedness and recently issued $751;
Oo0.in bonds to take up warrants and
/ judgments aggregating $4,000.
The Coffeyville council has pro-
tested against clemency for Emmett
Dalton, who is serving life sentence
for participating in the Coffeyvile
raid
There have been 81 new national
banks organized in Kansas since
March 1, with a combined capital of
$69O,O0o. Six of them were converted
from state banks.
W. R. Lynch, Wellington shoe
maker, has received word from
Wabash, Ind, that through the death
of his uncle he is one of 20 heirs to
fortune of $25,0O0.OoO-
Julia F. V Harris, of Emporia, APP
peared as counsel in a case in the SUI
preme court recently. She is the only
woman lawyer in Kansas who prac-
tees in the supreme court.
Wichita bloodhounds went to Great
Bend to trace Jail breakers. They
found the scent and soon discovered
the hiding place of the fugitives, who
were captured by the officials.
The state board of charities has
held up the $4,000 which was to be
paid for the site for the Parsons asy-
lum until the local committee of citi-
zens will guarantee to furnish cheap
water and gas.
Frank Doster, chief justice of the
supreme court, at the request of the
burg, has agreed to act as arbitrator
scale of wages paid coal miners.
Jessie Morrison, who was convict
ed of having killed rival, Mrs. Olin
| Castle, has returned to her home in
Eldorado. She has been at Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, since the day she was
released from the Lansing peniten-
tiary.
George Greenfield, arrested at
Hutchinson for stealing a horse in
Rice county, made the unique plea
that the horse followed him when he
was taking his brothers team to pas
| ture in Rice county, from Pratt cOUn-
ty.
Judge Sl1idmore, of Columbus, has
announced his candidacy for congress
| in the Third district. So far the Third
| district has only 10 candidates for
the place, but it is thought enough
will get in later on to make the race
interesting.
Mrs. Cynthia A. Moore, aged 90, who
| died in Atchison recently, was the
oldest surviving resident of that
| county. She was the widow of James
| W. Moore, who came to Atchison in
1854 and located on a farm ten miles
south of that city.
The state board of agriculture re-
ceived from J. D. KrelI, of Oxford, a
fine sample of growing wheat, taxi
en- from field on his Sumner county
farm. The wheat was sown the last
week in September and now measures
more than % incres in height.
In the Shawnee county district
court Judge Hazen handed down
! decision holding that an assistant at
torney general cannot punish those
who refuse to give him evidence in
accordance with the inquisition law.
The law applies to county attorneys
only.
This telegram recently came from
Washington: Information brought
to Washington of alleged utterances
by Senator Burton, of Kansas, severe
| ly arraigning the secretary of the in
| terror and George B. Cortelyou, secre-
| tary to the president, created sur
prise.
| ''No deficit will exist in the state
treasury after November 49," said
Frank Grimes, state treasurer. 1.-THE
delinquent taxes and other funds
now being received will be more than
sufficient to pay all warrants until
the new taxes begin to come in next
| January
Ex-senator John A Fulton was
granted divorce at Hiawatha from
! his wife Mrs. Fulton had said she
could not live on farm, but if he
would go to Kansas City she would
| live with him. But Mr.. FuIton's bust
ness interests kept him on his Brown
county farm.
A thunderstorm passed over Jewell
county few days ago, and two
reliable farmers say that directly
after a terrible cannonade from the
heavens the earth on their farms was
found to be cracked open. One claims
that the crack on his farm is six rods
long and four feet deep and wide
enough to admit mans body.
The electric street railway compa-
ny at Pittsburg will extend its lines
| to several mining camps north of
Pittsburg, and to Midway and Min
den, Mo.
j. W. McCIeIland, of Washington.