Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
KANSAS NOTES


taches with the Japs.
Sometimes the wages of sin is even
worse than death. MARCEL, the High
land bank robber, has received two de-
layed comic" valentines.
Chief McCollom Of, the Topeka po-
lice department DISCUSSES himself by
wearing a golf cap which is described
as "of the dimensions of buckwheat
cake"
The Salina Journal was SO years old
this week. Its last three years were
prosperous enough to make it forget
the thirty years that were lean.
There has been nothing developed
in the st. Louis cases to show that
Senator Burton was identified with the
get-acquitted-quick concerns.
Gabriel, in Doniphan county, has
been discontinued by the postoffice
department, which evidently does not
regard the Day of Judgment as very
near.
bill" Rudolph, who assaulted a
guard in the Kansas penitentiary Mon
day, went to unnecessary trouble in
trying to escape. He will be brought
to Missouri Immediately.
AS soon as Attorney General Cole
man gets through with the Dewey trial
out in Norton there wild be no objec'
ion if he resumes his death struggle
with the Coal trust.
No wonder 1900 pounds of strych'
nine and half ton of potassium cyan.
ide have killed the prairie dogs in
Western Kansas. 1t is enough to kill
all the men in Western Kansas, too.
The Coolidge Federation of Women's
clubs has decided to send memorial
to Congress protesting against the use
Of cinder beetles by the Japanese to
destroy the Trans-Siberian railway.
A Jackson county man who Is can
didate for the legislature has para.
mount issue all his own. In his an
nouncement card in the Holton Record
er he advocates the passage of law
providing for the nomination Of can
didates for all offices by direct vote OF
the qualified electors and prohibiting
caucuses and delegate conventions"
In ottawa the city physician was
called upon the other day to set a
broken arm for boy who belonged to
a family of movers. When taken to
the physicians office the boy had on a
red sweater, which he didn't want to
have removed. That will have tc
come off" said the doctor. well,
suspect it will be pretty hard to take
off" said the boys mother. 1T has
been pretty cool and he hasn't had II
off for about two months"
An Anthony man has placed brand
of Orient cigars on the market, nance
in honor of the Stilwell railroad-no
the scene of the war.
The Salvation Army has arranged t
open Working Mems hotel in Law
renee, which may cut in somewhat
upon the profits Of the Free State
hotel.
On the strength of the events Of the
last few weeks in the Far East TregC
county has half a mind to change III
name to Togo county.
Before deciding whether or not tc
support Mr. Grass of Rush county fol
state treasurer, the Coolidge Enter
prise wants to know II he is related tc
Secretary Hay.
However, the Orient brand OF cigars
which a Harper county man has put
on the market are not made In the
Orient, any more than the ordinary
brand OF Havana cigars are made In
Cuba.
. A little boy in Solomon stole the
contents of the collection plate nj one
Of the churches, and the Solomon
paper says 1t isn't much surprised
because the boys father Lasnt palC
cent on his subscription since the
. present owner took charge OF tn'
paper.
! Judge Adna p. Gristlebone expresses
the belief that the wretched condition
Of the Trans-Slberian railroad is due
to cinder beetles placed there by thu
Japanese. He judges from the pict
ures of the dismantled bridges that M
dynamite was used, or the ironworl
would be bent upward. The fact tina
long stretches Of both rails and bal
last have disappeared convlnces hin
that the beetles have been turned
loose along the rightof.way. He think
the Japanese have taken an unfair ad
vantage OF the enemy.
An old swinGe in a somewhat neN
guise has made It's appearance In tn
southeastern part OF the state.
stranger appears on the road apparent
ly diligently searching for lost Walt
able diamond ring. Soon after his do
parture tramp appears and picks u
what seems to be the lost damon
ring. The person who has been o.
fered 500 for its return to the owne
sees an opportunity to make a it'll
stake, and by giving the tramp libel
al sum obtains possession OF the dii
mond. He then goes about to find tn