Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
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land near PaoIa.
Patrick Jordan, who is dead at Be-
lott, aged 81, built most of the first
houses in that town.
At Caney the foundation is being
prepared for a new brick plant which
will be the second in capacity in the
state. Waterworks are also being
built.
dr. Love. of Beverly, who pleaded
guilty and paid fine of $50 for prac-
ticing medicine without license, was
an hour later arrested for bigamy. He
furnished $500 bond.
The Kansas supreme court has rem
dered an important decision in regard
to homesteads. In effect, it is that
widower with no family cannot hold
his homestead from his creditors.
Carlos Diamond, the three-year-old
son of Charles Diamond, of Wichita,
has gold medal, the highest at the
children's show in Paris, France. The
medal was given for perfection of
form.
After sitting ten days the grand
jury at Fort Scott, called at the in
stance of prohibitionists returned on
Iy four indictments against joint
keepers. The prohibition element is
much disappointed.
It is rumored that the NJ, K. & T.
road will in a few months discontinue
the use of the Frisco tracks from
Paola to Kansas City, and will use
the Missouri Pacific road from Osa-
watomie to Kansas City.
There's this satisfaction: If the
Garden of Eden is located at the
North Pole, as Prof. Dyche says, an
other Kansas man-Evelyn Baldwin
will be the first to break into it after
these 5000 years.-Kansas City Star.
Gen. Funston will probably be I'M
able to attend the Kansas Day clubs
banquet at Topeka January 20. He
writes from San Francisco that he
will have to go through another sur
gical operation and can make no
promises.
S. o. Spencer, state oil Inspector,
turned into the state treasury $1743
in fees collected for the inspection of
oil during December. The expenses
of the department during the period
mentioned aggregated $64O.79, leaving
a surplus of $1,102.21.
Word was received at Fort Scott
master Campbell, of Bronson, Bour-
bon county, and former Bourbon
county resident, but who now lives in
San Jose, Cal, is soon to marry Prince
Kawananokoa, of Hawaiian islands.
A barn in Emporia, occupied by w.
Freiberg, a hermit, caught fire from
the explosion of a gasoline stove and
burned to the ground. Freibcrg
rushed in the flames and tried to res
cue some old clothes and was almost
burned to death. He is worth SIS, 900.
Miss Julia M. Graf and William d.
Shepherd were married at Salina in
the sick chamber of the groom, who
is in critical condition as the result
of an accident received in wholesale
grocery store. The date of the we'd
ding was hurried because Miss Graf
wished to nurse him.
Andrew Arnold, colored, and J. C.
Prentice, who live on adjoining farms
about IS miles southeast of Paola,
met on public highway and got into
an alteration over some chickens.
Arnold beat Prentice into uncon-
seriousness, threw the body into the
weeds and went away. Prentice died
and Arnold is in Jail.
The reward of $500 offered by Mrs
C. L. Wiltberger, of Winfield, for the
arrest and conviction of the murderer
of her husband, was paid to Cal Fer
guson. The county has paid its 5000
reward and the state will soon pay
$500. Clyde Moore, the 17-year-old
boy sent to state prison for the muir
der, was captured by Ferguson.
Gov. Stanley, accompanied by Sem
ator Burton, visited the white house
the other day in the interest of Lit
Crum for United States marshal for
Kansas. Gov. Stanley took Crum a
strong Kansas testimonial of charac-
ter signed by all the elective state
officers and practically the entire SEN
ate as well as the state committee
membership.
In his first report to Gov. Stanley, |
T. B. Gerow, director of the state la
Dor bureau, will show that for the 7H |
months the bureau was in existence |
prior to January 1, 1902, there were |
2,s22 applications made to him and |
that n 2-3 per cent. were provided |
for. An analysis of the report shows |
that 2,0S4 men and 10 women secured |
positions through the different agen-
cies of the bureau.
The two Crawford county fusion |
commissioners appointed i. Colean,
populist, county clerk, to succeed
John Vets, republican. Claiming that |
a vacancy existed, L. D. Herloczer, |
democrat, was appointed county |
treasurer, to succeed T. NJ. Montee, |
republican, and George Weisbrode |
register of deeds, he being the pres
ent incumbent. The republican Off |
cials will hold their positions in spite
of the appointments.
Mrs. Maude Smith, an attractive |
widow at Parsons, has sued James j. |
Caravan for $4,000 for breach of |
promise of marriage. Mrs. Smith is
a stenographer and she alleges she
gave up a $9o-a-month position to
make preparations for her marriage |
to Caravan, and he failed to fulfill |
his agreement.
Nelson Grill. in boring a we'll on his