Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-29
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Congressman Scott, who attended
reception at the white house the other
night, says the prettiest woman pres
ent was from Kansas.
At union meeting OF. the churches
of Tonganoxie, led by Robert Lay
field, an evangelist, 40 persons made
public confessions of faith.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Editorial association viii be
held in MANHATTAN, February 3 and 4.
Papers will be read by Grant Harring-
ton, C. A. Kimball, J. E. House, S. G.
Pipp, Annie L. Diggs, Victor Murdoch,
George w. Martin, j. F. Smith
Charles Leonard Overla1ider, of the
first class at the Harvard university
medical school, has been awarded the
Isaac Sweetzer scholarship at Har-
ward. Overlander is graduate of the
University of Kansas, class of 1898,
and received the degree of bachelor
of philosophy there.
The state board of charities has de-
cided to keep the school for the deaf
and dumb at Olathe open despite the
fact that all the water for its use
must be brought from Kansas City
at daily expense of $3.50. Sufficient
funds are now on hand to meet this
expense until March 1.
R. NJ. Wright, state forestry COM
missioner, says that last year ne dis
tributed among the farmers of the
state over 100000 trees and al. least
third more than that number will be
distributed this year. The state has
two forestry stations-one at Dodge
City and the other at Ogallah.
In New Mexico on Christmas day
Gov. Reynolds reduced the sentence
of Convict Ernest Hart from 90 years
to 80 years, of which the prisoner has
already served nearly nine. Hart was
reared at Larned, Kan. He went to
New Mexico with his parents about
IL years ago and there fell in with
evil companions.
James A. Troutman, of Topeka, has
announced his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for governor. He
was formerly lieutenant governor and
is a lawyer of prominence. The other
candidates are George F. Cole, pres
emit state auditor; H. b. Miller, of
Usage; H. E. Richter, of Morris; E. A.
Enright, of Wyandotte, and w. j.
Bailey. of Nemaha.
The Kansas Sheriffs' association adj
yocates the establishment of a quar-.
antine at the state penitentiary. I'm
der the present regime a man who is
sentenced to the penitentiary is held
in the county Jail certain length
of time before he is taken to Lam
sing. This is not only big expense
to the county, but causes unnecessary
inconvenience and delay.
A recent dispatch from Emporia
said: J. Q. left, who was a heuten-
ant in the Twentieth Kansas regiment
under Gen. Metcalf, is a student here
in the state normal school. left says
he was an eye witness of the shooting
of the Filipino prisoner, which is
charged against Metcalf, and at the
time the shot was fired Metcalf had
his back turned toward the prisoner.
Alexander K. PheIon, the founder
of the town of Neodesha, in Wilson
county, died recently in Idaho. In
the fall of 1867 Phelon and DR.. Allen
Mccartney established a trading post
near Little Bear mound. This YVES
before the Osages ceded that region
to the whites, and Phelon and Nc
Cartney were trespassers, but they
were not molested and the Indians
were their best patrons.
In Kansas there are 100 newspapers
with over 1000 circulation, accord
ing to a leading newspaper directory.
The daily papers reporting more
than 1000 circulation in this state
are eight in number, the lola Regis,
ter, Atchison Globe, Leayenworth
Times, Pittsburg HeadightsseTopeka
Capital and State Journal and WichE:
ia Eagle and Beacon. Of the 100
publications having circulation
above 1000 in the state Is are pubs
lished in Topeka.
The Armour Packing company bee
gan work On the erection Of new
smokestack at the big packing es
tablishment In Kansas City KaIsssi
which, when finished, will be the tale
est stack in either Kansas City. Tt
will be $50 feet tall, resting on stone
base so feet in diameter. The ext
terror diameter win taper from 29A
feet to IS feet, while the inside diam
eter will be IA feet throughout Il.
will be built of brick. The talleeks
smokestacks in Kansas City are from
200 to 215 feet.
At Mcpherson, Charles Roberts was.
held for trial in the district court on
the charge of murder in the first de-
gree. He is accused of having killed
his infant child. Roberts and his
wife, who moved in the highest social.
circles of Mcpherson, were married.
in June of last year. A few days be-
fore Christmas a fully developed ina
FAINT was found dead in the pasture
adjoining Roberts father-in-lavv's
home. Physicians declared the child
had died of exposure and not from
premature birth.
In Kansas it seems that the favoritef
way of taking a gun from wagon
or buggy is to grab it by the muzzIe
and drag it out by main strength and
awkwardness. This habit is of ma
terial assistance in enabling the
coffin trust to declare dividends
Topeka Capital.
Lizzie Wooster, of Salina, instituted
a suit in the district court of Shaw
nee county against the Crane Pab-