Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-04-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

the popuESt state convention to meet
on June "a. There will be over 700
delegates.
DR.. F. W. Montgomery, of Talmage.
was arrested on charge brought by
Miss Olive Laney. Montgomery was
recently married to another woman
Fort Scott has accepted the offer
| recently made by Andrew Carnegie
of an $4,000 library building and the
city has donated a well located lot
to put it on.
Rev. Lowther, of Mcpherson, who
was convicted of heresy at the recent
session of the Southwest Kansas NJ:
E. conference, has given notice of an
appeal to the general conference.
Congressman Curtis has been sue
cessful in securing increased appro-
priations for the national soldiers
home in Leavenworth county He
has obtained $s74,OOO for the insti-
tuition.
w. V. Church, state superintendent
of insurance, is distributing the fire
mems relief fund to the various cities
in the state entitled to share in it.
The fund this year viii amount to
about $22, 900.
The validity of the fee and salary
law enacted by the legislature of
1898 has been attacked in the supreme
court. C. w. Fairchild, of Kingman,
is the attorney for the county officers
who are endeavoring to knock out
this law.
The people in and about Douglas
have organized a burial association.
1t has 1000 members. When a mem
Der dies an. assessment of II cents
is made against each member, realiz-
ing 500 for the expenses of the fu-
neral and $40 for the expenses of
maintaining the organization.
E. B. Jewett, warden of the state
penitentiary, will endeavor to secure
lower freight rates for the transpor-
tation of binding Irvine. The bind
ing Irvine trust has been able, it is
claimed, to secure low rates while
the state has been compelled to pay
the full local tariff.
DR.. f. W. Colegrove, who attempted
to cut his throat while snowbound
recently in North Dakota, was presi-
dent of Ottawa university from 1892
to 1896. The last year he was at OF
tawa he had a sick spell which affect
ed his mind and rendered him for a
time violently insane.
The state board of assessors has
employed Wiley Cook, of Labette
county, to take charge of the detail
work of assessing the various rail-
| roads in the state this year. The
railroad property last year was as
sessed at $57, S7S, 294; Pullman car
property, $315,169; telegraph and tel
ephone property, $1,124,O97; total,
| $59, 317, $50.
The Kansas worlds fair commits
sioners are not satisfied with their
salaries, and they will ask the next
legislature to raise them. They are
allowed S. a day for time actually
put in. They must pay their own
expenses. They say that when they
are travelling around looking up a
site and selecting exhibits the per
diem will not meet expenses.
The gypsum plaster trust has in
vaded the Kansas field and probably
will wage war on Senator A. Henley,
of Lawrence, who controls most of
the Independent gypsum plaster
mills. The state charter board grant
ed the United States Gypsum COM
pany authority to do bushes in the
state. It is capitalized at $7,5oo,0oo.
For its license the company paid into
the state treasury $1,7OO.
Concordia is the home of a young
Napoleon of finance who has been
getting goods at the stores, charging
them to his fathers account, and then
selling portion of the stuff about
town. Keep your eye on him. Some
day he will be a promoter" He viii
organize companies and foolish peo-
pie who work hard for. living will
give him their savings in exchange
for worthless stock.-Topeka Cap
itaI.
The attorney general holds that
city. of the third class might pass
an ordinance forbidding the operation
of billiard tables for profit but that
it could not prevent the setting up of
tables where they were used for
pleasure purposes only and where no
charge for playing upon them was
made. A little town in Edwards coun-
ty it seems desires to absolutely pro-
hibit billiard tables being set up in
the town by anyone.
While she was making her profess
sion of faith just prior to being bap-
tized-in the Central Christian church
at Wichita, some sacrilegious person
entered the vestry and stole a basket
full of dainty and expensive garments
belonging to Miss Laura Donnell.
Their absence was not noticed until
the end of the regular service, when
the immersion was to take place.
The young woman then discovered
her loss, Rev. Mr.. Dubber, the pas
tor, said the ceremony would have to
be postponed until some future date.
There is move to build railroad
from SaIina northwest through Lin
coin, Upton and other points to Os-
borne.
In order to keep down the weeds
and at the same time help the poor,
the county commissioners viii allow
lots in Wellington which the county
has bought in for taxes to be plowed
up and planted in potatoes.
The contest for railroad commits
sioner Ivas ended when T G. q Morse