Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-14
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day previous his three-year-old
brother was drowned in a well on the
farm.
w. r. Bigham, of White City, who
was lately appointed consul general
at Cape Town, South Africa, has
through Congressman Miller applied
for-san. increase of salary, which is
now $4,000 a year.
Rev. ]. d. NJ. Buckner, a Metho-
dist clergyman of OIathe, called on
Attorney General GODDARD and asked
him to suppress the joints of that
town. He says the joints are called
Clubs" but they are openly and de-
family violating the law.
w. a. Roberts, the man who swim
died Isaac Campbell out of a valuable
Bourbon county farm and all of his
personal property by persuading
him to trade it for claim in Okla
homa and some Oklahoma stock that
was not worth five cents, was arrest
ed in Osceola, Mo.
Prof. Blacltmar, of the University
of Kansas, accompanied his sociology
classes to Lansing and Leavenworth
to visit the state penitentiary, sol
diers' home, Fort Leavenworth and
the federal prison. The students
have schedule for visiting several
of the state institutions in order to
make a practical study of the
pathological classes of society.
About rs students went on the trip.
The Kansas contingent to the Kan
sas City (NIo.) May festival was full
of wrath over the awards. They de-
clare the Topeka chorus should have
had first place instead of Joplin, and
there were several other awards that
did not suit them. At an impromptu
gathering after the performance it
was unanimously agreed that the
Kansas City May festival should have
no support from Kansas hereafter
In Ellis county a quarrel between
a man and his wife as to what color
their house should be painted result
ed in the filing of a suit for divorce.
Still, it might have been worse.
There is man in the Lyon county
jail awaiting trial for murder, and
he killed his man in row resulting
from a dispute as to whether a
house they were passing was new, or
only freshly painted.-Topeka Cap
ital.
The first spike of the Kansas City,
Mexico &, Orient railway in the
United States was driven at An
thony Thursday. The first rails of
the track that is to reach from Kan
sas City to the west coast of Mexico
were spiked down hard and fast and
the work of construction thus be-
gun will go steadily on as fast as
men can build it. The road bed is
graded from Anthony to a point 100
miles southwest.
Senator Burton is opposed to the
republican members from his state
on the reciprocity question. In a
recent interview he declared that
the Cuban reciprocity proposition
was "a sham and fraud. 1t is mas
querading in the garb of national
charity. 1 deny that we owe any
thing to Cuba. On the contrary,
Cuba is our debtor. l shall, there
fore, oppose this fraud and sham to
the utmost of my ability"
The Wamego city council, a ma
| jority of which had been elected on
so-called wet ticket, has passed
one of the most stringent liquor
ordinances ever in force in that city.
This prohibits the sale, gift or barter,
without a druggists permit, of all in
toXicating beverages. The penalty
for the violation of this provision, is
a fine of not less than 800 or more
than $500, with Jail sentence of
from 30 days to six months for each
offense.
All of the republican members of
the Kansas delegation have decided
to attend the state convention of the
party at Wichita, on May %. This
| decision is the result of the latest
developments in the Cuban reciproc-
ity situation. President Roosevelt is
apparently determined to force reel
procity legislation with Cuba at this
session if possible. This position of
the president is causing some worry
among the Kansas members, and will
result in sending them to their state
convention for instructions.
Rev. Vernon J. Rose, nominated for
congress from the Seventh district
of Kansas by the democratic and
populist conventions at Hutchinson,
has lived in Newton eight years. In
his residence there he has been en-
gagged in the ministry for the Chris
tian church as state evangelist. Mr..
Rose was born in Jasper county, Ia.
in June, 1870. Mr.. Rose worked two
years in printing office. He has
never held public Office and has
only once been candidate for po-
Iitical honOrs. He was defeated two
years ago for the democratic and
populist nomination for congress
from the district by Claude Duval, of
| Hutchinson.
The peoples party congressional
convention of the Second district is
to be held in Fort Scott, possibly on
the same day the democratic con-
vention meets there-May 20.
1t is probable that Rev. c. NJ. Shell
don, author of I'm His Steps," will
be chosen president of Washburn col
lege at Topeka.
A telegram from Jewell City said
a great number of cattle were dying
from feeding on alfalfa. The farm
ers were so short of feed that they
were compelled to put their cattle