Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-12
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.


A. H. McRoberts, formerly Of Os-
,wego, died in the Osawatomie insane
asylum the other day. He had spent
twenty-five years behind the walls OF
the institution.
The coal dealers Of Kansas will meet
in Salina February 10 for the purpose
of seeing what can be done in the mat
ter of preventing the confscation OF
coal by the railroads.
The Kansas papers report the case
of a young couple at Salina who bet
1000 kisses on the result of the sena'
torial election. The girl lost and is
paying the bet In installments.
Charles r. Mills, special agent OF
the postoffice department, is investi-
eating proposed rural routes in Mar
shall county. He will probably lay out
all of the important routes in the Fifth
district.
Kansas will use voting machines.
Both houses of the legislature have
favorably reported bills authorizing
the executive council to contract for a
machine that will fill all the require
lments Of the state elections.
Several towns are beseeching the
legislature to make $4,000 appropri-
alton for state fair" each in the
anticipation OF getting 1t. They should
try the Atchison Corn carnival plan. A
town that cannot pay for its festivities
deserves none.
Above Springs, four miles north OF
Blue Rapids, is quite an historic place
as on the rocks surrounding the spring
are a number Of names and dates,
carved by people crossing the plains
in an early day; some Of the dates are
as far back as 1840
An old man giving his name as
Mike Walsh was shot in the head In a
drunken row last week at Usage City
by a tramp who gives his name as
Frank Morgan, Of Springfield, Ill. The
attending physicians say that the
wound received by Walsh will prove
fatal.
A petition has been signed by two
thirds of the resident taxpayers ask
ing for an election to vote bonds to
bore for gas OF oil at Emporia. Mayor
II. B. Morse Is said to be unwilling to
call the election upon the ground that
the city already is in debt in excess OF
the lawful amount.
Mrs. Laura Williamson, wife OF Al
len Williamson, who was killed Dy
Charles James, the joint keeper, has
brought suit in the district court to re-
cover damages from James for the KILL
ing Of her husband. James had about
81 900 on deposit In the First National
hank of Cherokee and this has been
attached.
The Citizens Alliance, comprising
all the business and professional men
of Pittsburg and workingmen indie
pendent Of the unions, have issued q
manifesto declaring against boycotts
and the tyranny Of local trades unions
The alliance has nearly 500 members
and has raised fund with which to
prosecute boycotters.
A preacher at Wellington announces
that he will deliver a sermon on a
theme suggested to him by the ques-
ton Of a lawyer. The lawyer recited
the case OF highly moral man, not a
church member, who had been muir
dered by the most vicious man In his
community. While in jail awaiting
trial the murderer protested Christian
ity. The question was: Did the
moral man who was not a processing
Christian 20 to hell, and did the man
who murdered him and was afterward
converted 90 to heayen2" The min
lister says he can show that the muir
derer went to heaven.