Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-10
! KANSAS STATE NEWS. 5:


insanity was caused by exposure OF
his two years campaign in the Phil
ippines.
A deputy United States marshal
went to Galena and arrested Elihu
Commack, who is charged with steal
ing $500 from Wiley Null, minor
child, for whom he was acting guard,
ian.
DIR. Charles Lowry, of Topeka, has
been chosen to succeed the late DIR.
W. B. Swan as president of the state
board of health. DR.. Lowry is pres
ident of the Kansas Homeopathic so
ciety.
Mrs. Stella Guiname, wife ola con.
Wet, and a man who refused to re-
veal his identity were arrested al
Chanute charged with the murder in
that city of E. v Dickey, a stockman
from Dewey. 1. T., who was killed
for his money.
While the family of ]. A. Travis,
of Manhattan, were watching at the
death bed of a 14-year-old daughter,
their older daughter, Miss Sadie,
suddenly disappeared from home
and has not been heard from. 1t is
thought Miss Travis brooded over the
sickness of her sister till her mind
became unbalanced.
Last July near WakeGny, G. H.
Hillman, farmer, accidentally shot
and killed his wife while removing
his shotgun from the house to kill
some crows. Since her death he has
constantly grieved over the affair
and declared he was to blame, and
last week he committed suicide with
the same weapon that killed his wife
He left large estate.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new insane asylum at Parsons. Five
buildings are now being erected
| They will be ready for occupancy by
January 1. There is no appropria'
ton for maintenance, so the new in
stitution will not be put into use un'
til next March or April. The state
board of charities this winter will
ask for an appropriation of 100000
| for new buildings.
| The Frisco railway officials attend
ed the Baxter Springs reunion last
week and were so deeply impressed
with it's magnitude that they sound
ed the management on making it q
Frisco concern. If the company gets
it they will spend much money inn
proving the grounds and viii put il
a Chautauqua and other attractions
/ besides the reunion. However, they
viii make the reunion the big event
each year.
The weather report for August, is
sued by DR.. F. II. Snow, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, shows that the
/ b,
was 77.74 degrees, slightly below the
average for the last 81 years. The
rainfall was 6.62 inches. 2.62 inches
above the August average. Rain feI
on Is days of the month, and the
| number of thunderstorms and fogs
was in excess of the average for the
month. There were only four en-.
tireIy clear days during the entire
month.
President Roosevelt will visit only
/ three places in Kansas and then only
briefly He will arrive in Topeka at
six o'clock a, m. Sunday, September
| % and remain there until Monday
morning at ten o'clock. He will &C
from Topeka to LeavenWOrth, reach
ing there at 4:4O p. m A Commute
| stop will be made there, to give the
president time to make a speech from
the tailend of the train. From there
the train will go to Atchison, arriv-
ing at the last named place at 5:3s
o. m and leaving at $3.50.
Secretary Coburn. of the state
board of agriculture, is rendering
valuable service to the G. A. r. vet
Grams in collecting fine display for
the Kansas building at the national
encampment. Secretary w Fl. Barnes,
of the state horticultural society. is
collecting samples at the various
fairs in the state and will go to
Washington and take charge of the
horticultural display. There will be
two. possibly three, receptions helc
at Kansas headquarters during the
week Commissioner Ware and Sec.
rotary Ryan, both members of the
Kansas department, will assist, the
comrades and ladies of Kansas in ex-
tending. the courtesies of the coca
sion.
Commander Loomis, of the Kansas
/ G. A. R., has notified his comrades
throughout the state that the mex
national encampment viii be held IL
Washington city October 6 to II
Tickets will be on sale from Kansas
points October 2, good for return
limit November 8. Kansas headquar
| tiers at the national capital viii bs
at the Oxford hotel, Fourteenth ane
New York avenue, where ian opeI
house and Kansas welcome" vii
be extended to all. Five hundred
Kansas soldiers are expected in the
grand parade October 6. The exhib
It of Kansas products viii be made
in the ground floor rooms and il
front of the hotel The Oxford vii
be made a Kansas paradise. The
amount of material now offered in
| sures a success of the movement.
The county commissioners OF
Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties
will establish an old ladies' home in
:. Topeka for the benefit of both coun-
ties. They have agreed to each beat
one-half the expense
Thomas A Bone, father of Harry
Bone. ex-assistant United States dis
trict attorney. was killed at Wichita
His foot caught on one rail Of the
Santa Fe track. He tripped and
| struck his head on the opposite rail.