Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-07
BRIEF KANSAS ITEMS.


There has not been prisoner in
the Haskell county Jail since 1887.
The new $4,000 Carnegie library at
Leavenworth was formally opened to
the public Thursday night.
The populist central committee
| called the Fifth district populist con-
| gressional convention for July 16 at
Junction City.
John Sumbler is dead from a
horses kick at his home near Re-
| public. Sumbler came to America
from England when boy with no
property, and leaves an estate Of
$4,000
Senator Harris, of Kansas, has been
designated by the committee on
oceanic canals to prepare a state
ment of the cost of construction of
both the Panama and Nicaragua ca
nails and the cost of maintenance of
each.
Rev. Mr.. Osborne, of Hope, has
discovered that the people of that
town paid $500 for tobacco during
1901. For the same period the pub
lie schools cost $1,747, and the Meth
odist and Presbyterian churches to-
gether cost $1,4O9.
| Maj. j. B. Remington, department
commander of the G. A. R., recently
issued two orders-one calling the at
tention of the old soldiers to the en-
campment at Fort Scott on May %,
and the other requesting a general
observance of Decoration day.
J. D. George, an Emporia business
man, left town, it is alleged, to avoid
marrying Mrs. Francis, who came
last week from California for that
purpose. Mr.. George secured his
bride-to-be through marriage pa
per. He bought property and fur
nished a home and why he did not
marry is unknown.
This dispatch comes from Topeka:
Bill Mcclure and his wife have fallen
out. Each wants a divorce. When
they quit living together they had
600 pounds of flour on hand. Nc
CURT took it. The wife raised a row
about it in court, and Judge Hazen
ordered the flour divided evenly be-
tween them. The divorce case is still
pending.
State Treasurer Frank Grimes is
arranging for the issuance of a sin
gle refunding bond in the sum of
l-$15O,O0Oto take up $50 refunding bonds
amounting to $1,000 each, which were
foated by direction of the legislature
in 1897. The new bond will bare
per cent. interest, and will be pur-
chased by the state school fund COM
missioners.
Capt. Eugene F. Ware, recently APP
pointed United States pension COM
missioner, was elected commander
of the Kansas commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States. His selection was
unanimous. 1t had been decided to
confer on Eugene Ware this honor
before he was appointed pension
commissioner.
The plans for the new asylum at
Parsons have been completed. The
principal building is detachable
ward hospital building, 1877 feet by
1O1 feet, three stories, including the
basement. There are two cottages,
60 by SO feet, three stories and base
ment; two cottages, SO by so feet,
two stories and basement, and one
boiler and power house.
Relatives of Miss Barbara Cats
chett, of Solomon, were in Salina-
searching for her. Upon investiga-
ton it was found that she was mar
ried in Salina few days ago to w.
w. Lancaster, formerly of Solomon,
but now of Oklahoma. The young
woman is only II years old, while the
groom is 10. They are supposed to
be in Oklahoma.
The five buildings to be built this
summer to form a nucleus for the
new insane asylum at Parsons win be
i constructed of penitentiary brick.
The contract for the erection of the
buildings will be let May7. The spec
ifcations provide that the state shall
supply the brick. In order to be on
time, the prison officials are already
shipping in brick. They are being
stacked up on the asylum site. The
brick are said to as fine as those
made by any private brick company
in the state. They are pressed and
are as smooth as glass.
Speaking of the twenty-first ami
versary of prohibition in Kansas,
Gov. Stanley said: Prohibition in
Kansas has been marked by very
ent to anyone who win travel
| through hduSdS anu "a
the license states that may be Sc
lected and note the differences in
the types of young men in the two
8 states. There are thousands of young
men in Kansas who never saw a sa-
loon and will avoid it, if for no other
reason because it is under the ban
of the law. There are thousands OF
men who would probably patronize
the saloon if sanctioned by the law
and conducted with state approval,
who avoid it and will avoid it as long
2 as the law brands it as an Ishmaelite
among the legitimate enterprises Of
the community"
John dcFarlane, of Burlingame.
has returned from the Philippines.
His last duty while serving in the
army was to guard Aguinaldo after
his capture of Funston.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
for public library at Emporia. On
i " a few months ago Mr.. Carnegie