Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-02
! KANSAS STATE NEWS.


L.. D. truman was nOfS6WniI)DGU Oh
the streets of Woodston by Mrs.
Harry Mccoy, who alleged that
Graham had been defaming her char
acter.
The story has started that T. }.
Schan, editor of the Troy Chief, is
to be w. ]. Bailey's private secretary.
Who is going to be Mr.. Craddocl1's
private secretary?
Something of a sensation was creaS
ted at Lawrence when it was an
nounced that recount of ballots in
the Thirteenth legislative district
showed that j. L. Brady, editor of
the Lawrence World, had defeated
George J. Barker, who was speaker
of the last house. Two weeks before
Barker had been declared the nomi-
nee.
The state teachers association viii
appoint a committee to revise the
course of studyin the common schools
of the state. A number of changes
will have to be made to bring it in
line with the recently adopted text
| books. An effort will be made to
make place for the Kansas his
tory so that it will be taught with
other texts.
Recently the Kansas City, Law
renee & Topeka Electric line was sur
veyed from Kansas City to Topeka
and the right-of-way secured. Now
it develops that the line is to be
railroad, and the name is the Gulf,
| Oklahoma &c Kansas Short Line.
This is believed to be Rock Island
line, a continuance of the st. Louis
Kansas City line to Topeka.
The republican nominee for
delegate to congress from Oklahoma
is a formerly of Kansan man. He
served two terms as prosecuting at
torney of Chautauqua county, and
at the time of his election in 1890
was the youngest man who, up to
that time, had held such a position
in the state. Mcclure is a graduate
of the Kansas state normal and of
the law department of Kansas uni
versity.
George E. Cole, auditor of state,
has issued a patent to Charles E.
Perkins, of Burlington, Ia, for T.
12O acres of school land in Graham
county. This land was contracted
for by Mr.. Perkins in 1885 at So an
acre. June II, this year, he paid S21,-
700 for the land and now the patent
has been issued. From time to time
he has also paid interest on the pur-
chase price, amounting to nearly
SEC, 1000.
It is understood that Senator Bur
ton has been receiving letters from
Kansas requesting him to address
a public meeting at Topeka as soon
as convenient after congress adj
journs. He has been considering the
advisability of making a statement
of his position on reciprocity, and it
is not improbable that he may give
) his views to the public through a
speech instead of prepared state
ment.
At a recent meeting of the Clay
Center council an ordinance was
passed requiring the trimming of all
trees in the city so that no limbs
hang over the walks. A general
crusade against low hanging limbs
resulted. Cotton-bearing cottonwood
trees have been practically eliminated
from the city and the cotton nuisance
was this year not experienced. The
streets of Clay Center, in regard to
their trees, now present an appear
ance probably equalled by no other
city streets in Kansas for beauty.
While returning home from church
at Centropolis the other night with
: a member of his congregation, Rev.
l G.. 7. ZumwaIt was attacked by q
blacksmith named Anglemyer. The
blacksmith hit the minister a heavy
blow on the head after having lured
him away on the pretense that he
wanted to speak to him. Zumwalt
some time ago succeeded in having
one of -Anglemyer's friends turned
out of the church and deprived Angle
myer of the office of deacon. This,
it is thought, started the trouble.
Col. II. C. Loomis and Gen. o. II.
! Coulter, of the G. A. R. of Kansas,
while in Washington recently ar
ranged for the accommodation of
the Kansas veterans who will attend
the encampment of the G. A. r. in
Washington next October. The Kan
sas veterans will be accompanied by
r Caman's military band, of Winfield,
and Mai. Thomas Anderson's Modoc
Singing club. Each veteran will
5 carry a sunfower umbrella. Col.
LOOMS says the Kansas delegation
will be one of the largest the state
has sent to G. A. R. encampment.
The United States senatorship to
be filled at the coming session OF, the
legislature is for what is commonly
known as the long-tenure succession,
it having been filed by but four men
since the admission of the state
Pomeroy, Ingalls,, PETER and Harris.
The other line commencing with Jim
Lane has had no less than ten differ
} ent observation-disclosures, Ross, Cald-
? well, Crozier, Harvey, Plumb, Per
kins, Martin, Baker and Burton. OF
2 these Ross, Crozier and Perkins held
: by appointment, though Ross was
/ later elected to fill vacancy.-Kan,
sas City Journal
Arrangements are completed fol
a monster celebration at Parsons on
August 10. That day is the twenty
l fifth anniversary of the installation
3 of Parsons lodge, No. 1, A. o. o. W.
: the first lodge of workmen organized
ia Kansas. From this original lodge