Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-12-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

nent school fund. This purchase In
cluded $50, 900 issued by the city OF
Wellington for new school building.
. The State Treasurer has received from
the United States Treasury q draft for
$3.50, 06L 81, being Ave per cent of the
sales Of public lands within the State.
The amount goes into the permanent
school fund OF the State.
WILLIAM L. ALBRIGHT, about % years
OF age committed suicide the other
evening near Eudora by taking NOR
phine. He was in comfortable circum-
stances and was engaged to be married
to tho daughter Of farmer with whom
he lived.
The Governor has issued call for q
special election. December 80. in the
Thirty-second Senatorial district COM
prising Cloud and Republic Counties, to
fill the vacancy caused by the suicide
OF Senator T. f Swearington.
A NEW organization is reported to
be forming in the West, which may
in some localities take the place OF
the Farmers Alliance. The members
areknown as the Knights of Reciprocity,
and the first lodge was organized few
weeks ago at Garden City, 1t is UNI
derstood that about dozen lodges
have since been instituted in Congress-
man Peters district, and that the or
der is rapidly extending.
A WICHITA street electric car was
struck by o train at crossing the other
night and knocked forty feet and badly
dcmoralized. Two passengers, John
Rood and Mrs. Coleman, were reported
to be fatally injured.
Two boys, W. w. Davis and Frank
Boo, recently attended q turkey shoot
ing near Chanute and had dispute about
a turkey. The next morning they met
in the road and renewed tho trouble,
Boo on the head, killing him instantly.
THE house of Edward Farris, colored
Alchison County farmer, burned tho
other night and one of his children per-
ished in the flames.
R l. HARPER wealthy cattleman
Of Kiowa was recently found dead in
bed at his hotel in Kansas City, Mo-
no uuu uleu VI COuSutuDLiOHs
THR other day Dewitt and William
Mcdowell, prominent butchers and
stock dealers of Arkansas City, were ar.
rested charged with getting away with
$1,000 worth OF cattle Some time ago
Beach & Fagn, cattlemen, located in
the Territory mortgaged their cattle to
the Arkansas City Bank. The Mellow
ellis are charged with buying the cattle,
smuggling them past the inspector and
selling them to Kansas City dealers.
Warrants were issued for the arrest of
Beach & Fagin.
THE elevator and mills of Thayer &
Gilmore, at lola, burned the other night.
About 9, 900 pounds of -four and several
hundred bushels of wheat and corn were
destroyed The loss was probably
$40, insurance. 1000.
The Supreme Court has refused to
grant the writ Of mandamus applied for
by c. E. Lobdell, who demanded q certif.
icate Of election for Representative
from Lane County. Lobdell based his
claim on provision OF the Constitution
which gives each organized county in
the State casting $50 votes a represen-
tative in the Legislature. II Lobdell
had been admitted seventeen others
elected as delegates would have been
entitled to the same privilege.
WILLIAM MORSE, aged about 20 years,
was found dead in an ice house at Law
renee the other morning. His skull
was crushed and he had evidently been
murdered for his money. He was from
Iowa and had been visiting q son at
Linwood, eight miles east OF Lawrence,
who stated that his father was known
to have about SS5 in his pocket The
general belief in Lawrence seemed to
be that the old man was murdered by
crowd of negroes similar to the old
Vinegar gang" three OF whom were
hanged by mob on the Kansas river
bridge eight years ago. The murder
was committed in the same locality.
ABRAM BEAcHER, q stockman OF
Barnes, recently suicided by taking
laudanum. Financial trouble was the
cause.
TIE annual convention OF the Episco-
pal Church for the diocese of Kansas
was recently held at Topeka The an
nual address OF Bishop Thomas showed
healthy growth OF the church for the
past five years In 1856 there were in
the diocese iS6 combinations, 80 clergy
men, 2,2t9 communicates, with offer
ings amounting to SS,7S6 For this year
he showed that there were 4SS conhrma-
tions, s, 500 communicates and offerings
to the amount Of SO, 400
JOHN N. IVES, Attorney-G eneral-elect
is reported as saying that the action Of
the State Board OF Canvassers in declar-
ing Rood elected to the Legislature
from Marion County over Maxwell by
lot to settle a tie vote, does not finally
dispose OF the case 1.-THE Board OF Can
vassers said he tJs not authorized to |