The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-07-03
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

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winfield has iso miles Of stone side.
VAN. This 10 the record n Kansas.
An eisht-ineh vein Of coal has been
struck In the new Atchison coal shaft
1t depth NJ 1i1 feet -
The PopulIst county central commit
tee, of Salina county, has selected June
o. the date for the county convention
to elect delegates TO the state, congress
sional and judicial conventions.
Warden Jewett. Of the penitentiary,
says that on account OF the high price
Of sissii and hemp that prison binding
twine will sell this year for 10 cents. in
large orders. and 1oh for small mail
orders.
The Pittsburg Daily Journal. n Popu-
list paper which began It's publication
q month and q half ago. has suspended.
II was closed to satisfy a chattel mort
Eage held by J. r. McKim. who owned
the plant
Topeka is to have another large col
lege. Under the will OF Eliza Crisman.
the town will get 100000 for q Meth
odist college, providing they raise an
equal amount for the purpose. ihis
amount has about been raised and the
college Is about assured.
James A. Davis. superintendent Of
the Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas railway
at Parsons, has resigned to accept the
OF the Iowa Central,
with headquarters at Oskai,'osa. Ia. He
will have supervision OF 500 miles Of
track from Oskaloosa to Peoria Ill.
Frank @. Sommers. travelling repre-
OF Parke Davis q Co.. whole
sale druggists OF Detroit was found
dead In bed In his room nj GoOdlander
hotel, Fort Scott. He retired Wednes-
lay night In apparently good health.
Heart disease was assigned rs the
cause.
The contracts for building the new
insane asylum at Parsons have been
let to q. l.. Mcclellan OF that town.
Work will be commenced within the
next ten days. The contracts let were
bid In for $4,000. The buildings In
cluded are a power house. one ward
and two cottages. The time
limit is January 1 next
The board Of education of yelling
ton has reelected II. +. M. Bear super
Intendent at a salary Of $1,000 year
and the following teachers: Misses
Jennie Rosencrans. Lou Bybee. Bertha
Nina Hansen, Ida v. hoge.
Lillian O'Brien. Kate A. Chase. Lucin-
In Replogle. Nellie Wilson. Nellie Pal
mer, Ella Havens. May TibDerd, Mry-
lie Nelson and Lee Burcham.
Adam williams. a young farmer who
says he lived at Strong City, and who
has been working In Oklahoma for
some time, In stranded In Wichita. Hn
was relieved of his railroad ticket az
about $45 In cash by manipulators of
he three-card monte game. Miss Anna
q Wichita girl, was likewise
relieved OF $95 In cash l.. stranger
whom she met on the train. He bor-
rowed the money OF her TO pay on
bill Of lading. -s.
The Kansas Medical Society Mt It's
session In Lawrence elected the follow
ing officers: DIR. J. w. May. Kansas
City. Kas.. president: Y. 8. Briefly.
ilasco. first vice president; G. q. Hotf-
man. Columbus. second vice president;
W. r. McVey, Topeka, recording secre-
lary; H. O'Donnell. Ellsworth. cores
secretary: II. Munnat, Topeka.
treasurer; 8. q. Stewart, Topeka,
librarian. The meeting for 1908 was
given to Concordia.
The Barry Brick yards on South
Tenth street. Atchison, were complete
y destroyed by fire Wednesday. The
Try kiln. engine room and press room
we're ruined. also two big engines. No
oss TO the boilers. The loss Ia esti-
mated at go, 1000; only 5000 insurance.
Mr. Barry has a big contract with
Kansas City people. but will be able TO
,tart up again In the course Of about
our weeks. About forty-hve men were
.hrown out Of work temporarily.
Murray Myers, steward NJ the Topeka
insane asylum. says that In Ills opinion
he Kansas City packers are not ship
ping any "embalmed" beef to his in
'titution. as was intimated at the beef
rust hearing at Jefferson City. Mo-.
One witness testified that
he packers were palming on embalm-
ID beef on the Kansas board Of chart
les for use In the institutions. While
he beef we get Is not the choicest. by
my means" said Myers. Friday. 1t Is
We have have never had
'ccaslon to complain about IT,"
Postmaster Ferguson ~ Wellington
las received from Washington the re-
ult OF the recent civil service examIn-
Ition for positions az mail carriers
here. The three passing with tho
'lghest grades were Dewitt Dey. Her
'ert Burcham and Warren Brumley.
nd these, together with John Millard,
4 the old carrier force. will receive the
Both Dey and Burchsm
we're soldiers In the Spanish war. the
ormer In the Twentieth regulars.
While the latter saw two years Of ser.
ice In the Philippines. Tho free de-
livery will he established there June I.
And what makes you ten times mad
cr Is that the beef gets tougher In the
ame proportion that the price doea--
)etroit Free Press.