Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-16
: KANSAS STATE NEWS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

SV1NSu PIODdDly 1GIal IN uElcS Dy DC
ing run over by an automobile.
Prof. w. H, Hoyt, formerly an in
structor in the Chamberlain insti-
/ tute, of New York, has been elected
acting president of the Kansas Wes-
teyan university at Salina. to succeed
A. Gridley. Prof. Hoyt is graduate
of the Ohio Wesleyan university.
n thrashing machine boiler ex-
ploded near Hutchinson, killing
Abram Dierks and seriously injuring
| four members of his family. The
engineer had let the water get low
and the steam got up to 200 pounds
pressure, the escape valve stuck and
the explosion occurred. The care
less engineer skipped out.
The Kansas wheat crop this year is
| estimated at 100000 bushels by the
Kansas millers. 1t is also estimated
that there are 100000 bushels OF
old wheat in the state. The new
crop has been damaged 100000
bushels or more by the late rains.
James O'Neil, of Webb City, Mo-.
drilled on his holdings, six miles west
of Chanute, one of the greatest gas
wells in that district. The well
showed a 100000 cubic feet flow,
mercury test. This is practically
new territory and is owned largely
by Mr.. O'Neil.
The traction engine belonging to
Anderson Wilson, while thrashing
near New Albany blew up, scalding
Leo Anderson, blowing him 60 feet
away and throwing pieces of iron in
the opposite direction to the separa-
|
his leg completely off. Two horses
were killed and several persons in
| jured. Anderson is fatally hurt.
DR.. Brownfield, who created sem
| sation at the recent trial of Jessie
Morrison in Eldorado by testifying
that he had heard Mrs. Castle call
| Miss Morrison from the street on the
day of the fatal fight between the
| two women and who was arrested,
| charged with perjury, has been
bound over to the district court. In
default of $4,000 bail he was sent to
jail.
Committees from IS towns in that
section will hold a meeting at Os-
borne for the purpose of organizing
an association to promote amuse-
ments in northwestern Kansas. I'm
der the plan now proposed the 25
| towns will combine and offer induce
ments for high class lectures, con-
| certs and theatrical attractions in
| each of the towns or in several towns
centrally located.
/ Warden Jevett believes that the
state ought to buy additional ground
at the penitentiary for farming pur.
poses. I'VE could raise enough pota-
| toes, corn, wheat and fruit to run
the institution" said he, 'if we had
just a little more ground. Staiger's
island should be purchased. We
could farm it on top and mine the
coal from under it-could work both
sides of it, SO to speak"
Secretary F. D. COburn, of the
state board of agriculture, does not
think that the people of Kansas
| should be worried over the appear.
| ance of the Russian thistle in their
| fields He says that the thistle
makes good stock feed and it is ex-
ce1lent served as green's. North.
western Kansas is the section Prin-
cipaIIy troubled with the weed and
it has not been allowed to spread
| over the state.
Kansas has Jared exceedingly well
at the hands of Andrew Carnegie.
Up to date he has bestowed $2s5,OOe
upon her. The money all goes or is
to go into libraries. The gifts are
scattered among these towns: Kan.
sas City, SIS, 900; Lawrence, $25, 1000;
Leavenworth, $4,000; Newton, So.
600; Ottawa, $4,000; Salina, $4,000:
Winfield, $4,000; Emporia, $4,000;
Emporia college, $4,000; Fort Scott
| $4,000; Blue Rapids, $500.
The discovery of coal in Jewell
county has set the northwestern
| part of the state to digging holes
| for mineral. Those who have exam.
ined the Jewell county coal say that
| it is the finest yet found in Kansas
The vein is 81 inches thick. The
| coal is said to burn like Pennsylvania
| hard coal and is classified by the ex.
| perts who have seen it as anthracite
coal. The owners of the mine are
now sinking two shafts and expect
soon to be taking 1000 tons of Goa:
day.
The Kansas City journal contained
the following from its Topeka cor.
respondent: A proposition is under
| consideration for the wholesale con.
solidation of G. A. R. posts in Kan.
sas. During the past five years the
order has made no increase in Kan
sas. Only by the most untiring ef-
forts on the part Of its officials has
| it held its own. From now on it viii
be impossible to hold up the member
ship. The easiest way to decrease
the expense is to cut down the num-
Der of posts and increase the mem
bership of the remaining. So prop
osition to consolidate all posts in
each county and make one large
county post is being considered.
This would give Kansas los posts in.
stead of 300.
| Agnes Ballard, three years old.
lies dead at her fathers home in
Hutchinson, as the result of the acct
dental discharge of shotgun in the
hands of her 1s-year-ofd sister. One
half of the head was shot entirely
away.
recently at Lawrence, was the widow
of Thomas Barber, who was killed