Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-26
! KANSAS STATE NEWS.
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ton will be held at SaliRa May 1915.
Pearl Fucker, aged IL, daughter OF
a Parsons hotel man. fell ON the ice
while skating and resolved probably
fatal injuries.
T. g. AIcCanz, a wealthy farmer,
while in Gypsum City pulled loaded
shotgun out of his spring wagon.
The trigger caught, the. load went
into his abdomen and he fell dead IN
the street.
G. s. Lowell. of Salina, is the invent
or of a new center-hung windmilL In
stead of the wheel being hung at one
side, 1T is hung directly in the center
of the tower. The idea is 70 utilize
the weight of the wheel, and to sim
/ pity the construction thereof
In the house of representatives as
Washington the other day Congress-
man A NJ. Jackson (dem. Kan.p spoke
in favor of agitation against the SEN
/ ate to compel it to pass the joint res
| oIution for a constitutional amend
ment for the election of senator's by
! direct popular vote.
! The Kansas grand lodge, a. f.. and
A. N, in session at Fort Scott, voted
I to hold the 1908 session at Wichita
/
! Thomas E. Dewey, of Abilene, grand
master; Bestor G. Brown, of Topeka,
deputy grand master; Albert K. Will
i son, of Topeka, grand secretary.
W. Y. Church, state insurance SUI
/ perTntendent, says the receipts of his
/ Office for February for taxes on in
surance companies and licenses. to To-
cal agents will aggregate $4,000, and.
| the total for the year $125,0Oo. The
average yearly expenditures of the
! department. are less than $4,000.
Poultry week. at the Kansas state
agricultural college last week proved
even greater success than expected.
Three hundred and twenty-five stu
dents studied scoring poultry under
the direction OF Judge C. Fl. Rhodes,
of Topeka Many visitors, both Ia
dies and gentlemen, took the work
with students.
The first celebration of the found
ing of the Kansas state normal school
took place at Emporia Monday, which
was the thirty-seventh anniversary of
| the important event. Judge L. B.
Kellogg, who was the first president.
told some of its early history. The
school is the largest state normal
( school In the world.
Some parties, in Lacrosse proposed
to conduct a guessing contest. The
scheme was to sell tickets to a con-
cert for 81 each and to give the pur-
chaser of each ticket a guess on the
votes for mayor in Kansas City, Mo-,
on April s. Attorney General GODDARD
holds that such contests are pro-
fJ1o lot
law.
Under a law passed in 1901 requir-
ing physicians to register before prac-
ticing in the state, DIR. NJ. w. Wilcox,
of Barton county, applied for certifi-
cate to practice but was refused on
the ground that the diploma he pre-
sented was not issued from repu-
table college. DIR. Wilcox thereupon
attacked the law and the case has
reached the supreme court.
The Wellington city council viii
join with the city Federation of Clubs
and the Masonic orders in the erection
of a three-story brick or stone build.
ing 5OX1O0 feet, to contain fire de-
partment headquarters and city off.
ees on the first floor, a reading room
for the federation on the second,
while the third will be occupied by
the various Masonic bodies. The
building Will cost SIS, 1000.
The latest town in Kansas to dis
cover gold is Neodesha, the oil and
gas town In Wilson county. On the.
farm of T. j. Myers, 51s miles north
west of Neodesha, three workmen and
an overseer are at work taking out
a carload of sort of limestone that,
as the result of a small assay made
three months ago, is believed tor com
tain gold In sufficient quantities, to
insure working it proftably.
While DR.. Cyrus D. Lloyd, Surgeon
in the Forty-fourth volunteers, was
located at Fort Leavenworth three
years ago ne e1oped to Jackson cougl-
ty, Mo-, with Miss Mary E.. Hiatt,
daughter of Oliver S. Hiatt, prom
inent Leavenworth county republican,
politician, and the couple were
married. DR.. Lloyd Immediately
sailed for the Philippines and the
marriage was kept secret until last
week when the doctor returned and
| claimed his bride.
The Kansas Dairy association, or
ganfzed in 1887, will hold its annual
meeting in Manhattan March to- c.
Railroads have arranged a L 1-3 fare.
An exhibit of creamery butter and
/ cheese viii be one of the mosb IN
strnetive features. The maker OF the
highest scoring tub of creamery butt
ter the creamerymen OF Kansas win
present a 500 silver cup. The associa~
| tion offers cash prizes. of $50 and 81
to the highest scoueg besides di-
a ~, -
making viii receive cash prizes of $11
and IS which go Go the two highest
/ scores.
DIR. W. H. Richards, Of Lyon eoun-
| ty, has received from Newark, O, nine
Percherop, belgian aad French
horses. valued at $4,000.
Eugene. F. Ware, of Topeka, is one
of six members of the board of vis-
itors appointed by the president to-
attend the examination at West Point
| IN June.