Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-18
: KANSAS STATE NEWS.
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shown by the assessors report is
10,254, a gain of PAS during the last
year and of nearly 1000 since the
government census of 1900.
Charles S. Bath, postmaster at Ka-
nopolis, is under arrest for unlaw-
fully increasing the cancellation OF
postage stamps during his term of
postmaster at that place.
Three republican candidates fol-
the next house have already beer
mentioned. They are George j. Bar.
ker, of Douglas, who was speaker
of the last house; Emil Grosser, OF
Dickinson, and Cyrus Leland, of DOM.
phan.
The University of Kansas loses two
professors this year-Dr. Samuel D
WilIiston, professor of medicine, who
goes to the University of Chicago;
and e. d. Adams, professor of Euro
pean history, who goes to LELAND
Stanford university.
Wolves have been numerous
throughout northwestern Kansas
this spring, farmers trapping and
killing them in great numbers. Near
ly 100 scalps were presented to the
county clerk at Oberlin in one day
by farmers who find they can rid
themselves of pests and make good
money by capturing the marauders
of the plains.
Fifteen Masonic lodges in southern
and central Kansas will make a pill
grimage to the Masonic home in
Wichita next ST. Johns day, June
24, and ] 1000 persons are expected to
participate in it. 1t will be the first
Masonic pilgrimage in the history
of Kansas, and it is thought that it
will develop an annual event for Kan
sas Masons.
Philip P. Campbell, of Pittsburg,
was nominated for congressman by
the republican convention for the
Third district al Winfield on the 1O5th
ballot. o. p. Ergenbright was within
two votes of the nomination when
George w. Wheatley quit the fight
and threw his strength to Campbell.
Ergenbright probably would have
been nominated on the next ballot.
In making his farewell address be-
fore leaving Kansas university for
the University of Chicago, DR.. Willis
ton declared that the instructors of
the Kansas college were not paid
enough and that the institution
ought to pay less attention to Latin
and Greek and more to the scientific
and industrial specialties which fit
students for a busy life.
j. e. Kulp, treasurer of Decatur
county, was elected cashier of the
Obcriin National bank, but was COM
PEELED to resign the latter. The bank
has $4,000 OF county money on de-
posit, and the law provides that no
bank in which either the county
treasurer or county commissioners
have any stock or pceuniary interest
shall receive any of the county funds.
d. r. Anthony, Jr., did not expect
to be reappointed postmaster OF
| Leavenworth and it was thought Con
| gresham Curtis would recommend
the appointment of Fred Willard
within the next ten days. 1t was
also believed that Curtis will rec
ommend Mr.. Bergman for post
master at Atchison, to succeed j. NJ
| Chishom. Leavenworth and Atchi-
| son counties lined up for Bailey II
the recent state convention and dis
| pleased Mr.. Curtis.
After living 80 years in Kansas,
John Ostlind went back to Sweden,
his native country, to make long
visit In a letter to the Mcpherson
Republican he says: Everything is
so different here that I feel uncom-
Portable all the time. Even the ris-
ing and setting of the sun is so I'M
usual. We can see daylight until
after II o'clock at night, and also
as carly as two in the morning.
don't think my stay here will be very
long. l am not fit for this country
John w. Haughey, state fish com
missioner, is after the sciners in q
way that indicates that seining viii
not be so popular in the future. 81
far he has appointed 55 deputies, ant
in each case gave instructions to &c
after violaters of the fish laws. VI
to this time there have been II con
| victions and the average of fines i:
S25. The largest seine captured anC
destroyed was $50 feet long. Mr.
Haughey has on file $50 application
for fish at the fall distribution, ant
has the promise of two cars of fisl
for this state.
At Abilene the other day the off
Gers arrested a middle-aged nal
who was travelling about the coIEntr.
with 14-ycar-old girl whom he la
entfccd from her home near Hutch
inson. The girl was dressed in boy
clothes, and her sex was not sun
pected until attention was attractc'
to the awkward manner in which
she carried n big pipe in her moutl
without ever lighting or smoking il
She told the officers that the ma
had suggested the pipe as sur
means of fooling the inquisitive, bu
it proved the means of her undoing
The girl is billed for the reforr
school and the man for the peniter
tiary.
Jesse Ross, aged 10, son of a farm
er near Riverdale, was seized wit
cramps while bathing in pond an
drowned.
Wade Doster, son Of Chief Justic
Frank Doster, recently graduate
with honors from Wentworth mil
taIv academy at Lexington Mo.