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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14
(FIrst published May II, 1890.
Notice of Opening of Subscrip'
ton Books,

In compliance with the requirements Of the
law, notice Is hereby given that the books of The
baxter Springs Manufacturing Company arr
now open at the Office OF said company In the
city of Baxter springs, Kansas, for receiving
subscription to The capital stock VI said named
corporation.
TnI BANTER STRINGS MAxUFAcTUITvG Co,
By order Of the Board OF directors,
BENZ. S. WARNER, Src'y.
Dated Dexter Springs, Kansas, May 10, lSa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14
The following bills were allowed:

On motion of Mr.. Connor the mar
shall was instructed to have two water
closets provided for use at city park /;
committee on streets and alleys in
structed 10 select site for same.
CITY marshal was instructed to no.
tify G.. w. Daniels to at once fix side
walk on south side of River street
near Military.
Adjourned.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14
First published May "a, 1891
AdIninistratOr's Notice,

Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the probate court ri
= herokee county, Kansas, administrator Of the
estate OF tMrs.l NJ. W Larney, deceased, late
debied 10 said rslaie aud all persoa> having
claims against said estate are hereby notified
that prompt set; ement OF the same Is desired In
wv JAMES a. CARNEY,
Administrator, etc,
Bgxicr Springs, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

June IL, 1851.
Council met with Mayor Harvey in
the chair and councilmen Gregg,
Slater and Conner present. Absent
Scott. -,
Owing to absence of clerk Saml
H. Smith was appointed clerk pro
tenn.
No minutes were read owing TO
journal not being in hands of clerk
pro tenn. r
Councilmen Gregg upon request OF
III. r. Crowell presented to council
for its consideration what purported
to he No. 81 of city hall and Jail bonds
of said city conditioned for the pay
ment of the sum of 500 with l0per cent
interest. sDate of instrument Jan. l.,
1872, 10 years to run, seven 50 coupons
attached.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14

SThe Leading Western NswspaOer."
M KGnsds CITY Times has earned the above
GiIie By always being In the foremost rank Of
the metropolitan western newspapers In Id
VocatIng the interests Of the West In theease
srn money centers the Times Is looked upon
A the BEST reflector Of the condition OF the
West and this puts Is In the position Of being the
best advocate the WEES can have It has mos
Is ~ opportunities pass, but on every occasion
has done al In ils power toward the upbulding
Of thIS great Western country. Among thOprtn-
Opal things Is has advocated. soma Of Whish
have been successful. aroi
Opening Of Oklahoma;
Opening o. the Cherokee strip;
Irrigation for the arid regions;
Cheap transportation for KansaA
N this good work the Kansas ouU Tn0
solIcils The support Of every Western man. N
Daily b the brightest and best edited IN The
WosS and IT, Weekly, with its twOlvs large
pages, ranks with any weekly Newspaper In the
world
Zhs Konsas cuv Timss was Also TIE nrSt 70
insugurats the system Of fast trains out q
Kansas Cily carrying the regular edition Of the
Sunday Time and distributing q lover Kansas
I've hundred miles wet b eight o'olOokA n.
three houEs bsioD tbs regular RDin l1lFll Ian
0l0lA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14
or Fighting Stock

or Fighting Stock.
Bacon-I understand your wife comes
from fighting family?
Egbert-Yes.
"Her grandfather was IN the Revolu-
tionary war, was he notP"
eyes"
''And her father was in the Rebellion.
I believer"
"Quite right; but don't forget her
mother. She's living with US, you
know!"-Yonkers Statesman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-14

When Baby was sick. We gave her CassoriA.
When she was Child, she cried for castoriA.
When she became Mir, she chung 70 CAstOria
When she had Children, Ghe gave than CastCriA
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
NAY CLERGYMAI MARRY HINSELPS
Il Has Been Done in Ireland and Nay b
Done Here.

"There are some curious things in the
law books" said a gray bearded lawyer
to a Commercial reporter as they came
down the court house steps. at is set
tied law that a clergyman may perform
the ceremony at his own marriage when
none is present but himself and bride,
and upon the most solemn judgment
fixing the legitimacy Of the offspring and
the descent Of the estate.
1.-THE Rev. Samuel Swayne Beamish
was clergyman Of the united churches oi
England and Ireland, and the 9th day Of
November, 1882, he went to the house Of
Anne Lyons, in the city Of Cork, and
there performed the ceremony Of mar
riage between himself and Isabella Fra
ger, using the form Of the book Of COM
mon prayer, but adapting the words To
the unique condition Of the affair, and
using also the wedding ring. They sup
posed that they were having the wedding
all to themselves, but Catherine Coffee
was the 'Peeping Tom Of the occasion,
and saw the performance Of the ceremony
from an adjoining yard, but did not hear
the words. The marriage was pronounced
valid as one performed by a minister in
holy orders in the presence Of witnesses,
although it was irregular and clandes-
tine"
"Would such a marriage be valid in
Tennessee2"
Don't know" said the lawyer, eau.
tiously, "but why should IL not be, II he
first procure license? The statute says
no formula need be observed except q
declaration in the presence Of the minis
ter or officer that they accept each other
as man and wife. and all ministers Of the
gospel may solemnize the right Of matri-
mony."
could a justice Of the peace marry
himself also?"
Certainly, and all the judges and
chancellors; they all have this advantage
over us common folks, and It would be q
mere matter Of economy to do it,"
"Have you any case in court, or are You
about to bring case on this pOint?"
"Ah, my friend, don't ask too much.
Wait and see."
"Will you notify me and give me q
SCOOP"
"Yes-if l bring the suit. Memphis
COmmercial.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
Fs Was q Gentleman Farmer.

Old Colonel Maynadier, of Ann Arundel
county, Maryland, was q large slave
owner, says the Baltimore Herald. The
colonel spent good deal Of his time away
from home. One time upon his return
he took drive over his property, and on
his return met small colored boy.
"Whom do you belong to, boy?" the
colonel asked.
"Why, sir, I-I-'longs to Colonel
Maynadier, sah."
"Who's her" inquired the colonel, to
see what the chap would say.
"H-h-he's O farmer, sah."
"What sort Of q faTmerr'
"Ge-gentleman farmer, sah."
Gentleman farmer" repeated the col
onel. "What kind Of q iaTmeF's Q gen.
tleman farmer?"
"W-well, sab, spoke up the colored
boy, "he's q farmer dat don't raise no
'baccO, sab, a-and has to buy his con,
sah."
Thecolonel enjoyed the joke, IL Is said,
and afterward told Il upon himself with
much amusement.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21

process Of long division shows that King
and Pierce counties would naturally be
entitled to six senators each, and frac-
ton over. Though the corrected returns
from King county will probably reduce
the estimate, still 1t may have enough
larger fraction to get one more representa-
though there can be no reasonable ground
for giving it one senator more than Pierce.
There are, however, several counties such
as Chehalis, Columbia, CoWlitz and Kit
titas whose population is not quite large
enough for a senator, but which may get
one. This may reduce the number for
the other counties so that Pierce and
King will be entitled to five each and ten
or eleven representatives.
OF course q number Of counties will be
consolidated into senatorial districts, but
the smaller counties which now have q
representative apiece, will vigorously re-
sist the cutting down Of their representa-
ton by consolidation. While Okanogan
and Douglas, for example, would make
one good representative district, and
Franklin and Adams, AsOtin and part Of
Columbia, San Juan and Island, and
Klickitat and Yakima could be similarly
Jumped into four districts instead Of eight.
They will strain every nerve to hold their
power and they now claim that they have
enough voters to carry their point. There
is common talk Of a combination between
the east Of the mountain counties and the
smaller ones all over the state to make
terms with the Sound counties, especially
Pierce and King, for a representative not
based strictly on population, which would
give the Sound a preponderating infiu.
ence in legislation. There will be an
attempt to play King and Pierce against
each other in this fght.-TaeOmG Ledger
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21

According to these figures the repre-
sentation in the last Legislature was one
representative for every 1922 inhabitants
and one senatorio every 6s44. This pro-
portion wasfairly we'll preserved as far as
senatorial representation was concerned,
though a small county was usually given
the benefit Of doubt in its favor. But
no county, no matter how small, was
without at least one representative, so
that Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Franklin,
Island, Mason, Okanogan, San Juan,
Skamania and Wahkiakum, with q COM
bined population Of 1881, had ten rep
resentatives. This left for the rest Of the
state one representative for every S77s in
habitants.
1t will be noticed, also, that the sena-
torial and representative districts were
divided only by county lines, and that
several representatives or senators would
be elected on one ticket from county /;
but it is the duty Of the legislature to
divide the state into definite districts, one
for each senator, and though there is no
district statement in the constitution, it is
generally understood that there are to be
separate representative districts. No rep
resentative district can lie partly in one
and partly In another senatorial district.
The census tables upon which this
reapportionment is to be made are ap-
proximately as follows:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
Chatting the CuztSR House.

A good story is told Of q clever trick,
by means Of which some Russian Jews
have cheated the custom house. Stimuli
taneously at two frontiers q very large
case came to each, but was not claimed.
After the regulation time had elapsed
they were opened and found TO be
gloves and ordered to be sold at auction,
according to law. A Jew, on looking al
them, cried out that they were all right.
handed gloves and Of no use TO any one,
Consequently they went for next to moth
ing and for far less than the tax would
have amounted to. Needless to add that
the case at the other frontier contained all
leit-handed gloves, and, Of course, they
were bought by a confederate.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
DRAMATIC INCIDENT At NIAGARA.
The DrummG'S Unpleasant Little Adventure
With a LuRatic.

~ have seen three or four suicides at
Niagara Falls" said the drummer to o
New York Sun reporter, "but the first
was the queerest and gave me the great
est shock. had made the acquaintance
Of a guest at the hotel as we sat on the
veranda-a man Of handsome look and
soft, low voice-and at about 10 O'Clock
he proposed that we go over to Goat
island together on foot. | readily as
sented, and we were crossing the bridge
when he suddenly stopped and looked
over the railing. Naturally, followed
suit. He had been in Brazil, and began
telling me Of the customs and manners
Of that country; but after about ten
minutes he suddenly stopped short and
queried:
"'Would you mind taking swim with
me this morning?'
ga swim! Great heavens, man, but
where could you swim here" gasped.
"'Here in the rapids.'
"'But you'd he swept over the falls in
ten seconds
"'0f course he laughed, showing his
white teeth, and before the words were
fairly uttered he struck the water. Al.
most before could breathe twice he was
over the falls and out Of sight forever,
and l stood there, rubbing my eyes and
wondering II was asleep, until crowd
came and began to ask questions. In the
afternoon the keeper Of q private insane
asylum arrived and identified the man as
an escaped patient, and when he had
heard my story he asked:
"'Did he lay hands on yCs.9
ono
"'It's q wonder. He was always plan
ming to get here and compel some one to
60 over the falls with him. Excuse me,
but do you chew?''
"T do
"YOu didn't offer him anyr
"'But l did-while We were leaning
over the rail-
"'That accounts for IL. He always de-
clared that 4 man who used tobacco was
hog, and that to die with one meant
eternal disgrace. The ft csme upon him
as he looked at the rushing waters, but
your tobacco saved your liie.'"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21

Almira Journal: The man who wipes
his nose on his sleeve, picks his teeth
with fork, squirts tobaccOjuice on the
cook-stove hearth, rides to mill with corn
in one end Of the sack and 4 stone in the
other, drives with raw-bide lines, de-
posits his money in his last winters sock,
fastens his one gallus with q wooden peg,
and wears "brosdfall trousers" is the
same old rooster who has no use for the
home paper, and his brother is the fel-
low who tries to do business without ad-
yeFtising,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
Happy HoosIsrs.

VIM. Timmons, postmaster at Idaville,
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines com
bined for that bad feeling arising from
kidney and liver trouble" John Leslie,
farmer and stockman Of the same place,
says, Find Electric Bitters 10 be the
best kidney and liver medicine; made me
feel like q new man." ], W, Gardner,
hardware merchant Of the same town,
says! "ElectFlc Bitters d Just the thing
for Q man who d all run down and don't
care whether he lives o. dies; he found
new strength, good appetite, and feel Just
like he had . new lease on life" Only
SOC. bottle ct Janeck's Pharmacy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain6eld, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught cold,
which settled on her lungs she was
treated for q month by her family physi-
clan, but grew worse. He told her she
was hopeless victim Of consumption and
that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption; she bought a
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from the first dose. She con-
tnued its use and after taking ten bottles
found herself sound and well, now does
her OWE housework and Is as well as she
ever was. Free trial bottles Of this great
discovery at Janeck's Pharmacy; large
bottles Soc. and 81.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
XTRALEGELAfIVE SESSION
Some Estimates for RsappOrtiORinS The
State.
How the East side will stand off
the West side Under the
New APPOFtIOnment.

As the time for the extra session Of the
legislature approaches, the question Of re-
apportionment assumes more and more
prominence, not only in the talk Of the
politicians, but Of the people generally.
The constitution fixes the number Of
representatives between 63 and 90, and
declares that the number Of senators shall
not be more than one-half nor less than
one-third Of the number Of members Of
the house. Last years legislature was
composed Of seventy representatives and
thirty-fiye senators, divided among the
counties as follows:
SENATORS.
Stevens and Spokane !, Spokane 8,
Lincoln l, Okanogan, Lincoln, Franklin
and Adams /, Whitman 8, Garfield and
Asotin l, Columbia l, Walla Walla 2,
Yakima and Douglas l, Kittitas l, Kick
itat and Skamania l, Clarke l, Cowlitz l,
Lewis l Pacific and Wahkiakum ], Thurs
ton /, Chehalis l, Pierce 8, King 8, Mason
and Kitsap !, jefferson, Clallam and San
Juan ], SDohomish l, skagit and Island
1, and Whatcom /.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Adams /, Asotin l, Chehalis ,, Clarke
8, Callam !, Columbia 2, Cowlitz l, Doug
las l, Franklin /, Garfield /, Island /,
Jefferson 2, King 8, Klickitat ., Kittitas
2. Kitsap l, Lewis 2, Lincoln 2, Mason l,
Okanogan l, Pacific l, Pierce Q, San Juan
!, skamania l, snohomish 2, Skagit 2
Spokane 8, Stevens l, Thurston 2, Walls
Walla 8, Wahkiakum /, Whatcom 2
Whitman 8, and Yakima l.
That apportionment, which was com
paratively rough affair, was based on the
following census returns and estimates
for 1890:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
A6ulk Il Wisdom.

Almira Journal: II the people who
complain Of what the newspkper man
writes Of them would only consider what
he does not write about them they would
enshrine him in the dearest corner Of
their hearts.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21

tinued from year to year the place soon
went to ruin. A number Of persons re-
siding in that locality have seen the phan-
tom race to death down the long, dark
lane, and the place is Stunned as though
q curse was upon 1t.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21

Is the best salye In the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulOeys, salt Ehelm, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblainel
coTns, and all skin eFuptions, and posi-
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or money refunded, PFiop 25 cents PEI
box, For sale at Janeck's pharmacy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
Hay and HOD Insurance.

We Insuna HAY IN the stack end Hops In the
Kiln against loss by FIRE, q logest current rates
YsEina Ave. Fred R. Reed 4 Co.'S former oahcR
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
The Burchell Case.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, March o.
Government Detective Murray, in
speaking of Burchell in an inter
view today, says he has the strong
est case Of circumstantial evidence
he ever had, and when presented it
will be impossible for him to e.
cape the clutches Of the law.
This is not the first, second or
third young Englishman lured
TO this country by him, he says,
and before the case is finished the
fate Of all will be cleared up. Within
the past three or four years two
other bodies were found in the
vicinity of Blenheim swamp, and
neither identity nor manner OF death
was established; then there was
Young Pickthall. All these are re-
called now, and the events OF the
Benwell murder give them new
significance. 1t is impossible To
describe the feeling OF horror that
Jervades the community which has
been the scene Of the incidents con-
nected with the awful crime. Dew
elopments have sprung up so thick
AMI fast that every one Is constantly
on tip-toe Of expectancy. The opin'
ion is general that Mrs. Burchell i:
innocent Of any completely in the
crime. Her forlorn condition has
excited sympathy. If she is guilty,
they argue, it is only Of shielding
her husband for crime Of which
she knew nothing until after it was
committed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
Dis<rared Himself.

LONDON, March 9.-The New
York Journals correspondent ca
bles: The American colony Is
grieving over the disgrace and i'm
p.isonment yesterday OF w. p.
'rilghmau, who halls from Balti-
more and comes Of an old and hon
orable English family. He is also n
connection Of the Secretary Of the
Interior Department, and began
life rs n lawyer. President Cleve-
land appointed him one Of the
thirteen consular clerks, and he was
detailed first TO Berlin and next Ia
Rotterdam. At each place he made
money by one confidence game or
another. He pledged his years sala-
~ with a banker, whom he cheated,
and then was arrested and put in
prison. Some compromise was ef-
fected, and he was let out, and ''be-
ing removed for cause'' from his pO'
sition, returned TO New YORK to sue
newspaper there for n libel sent
from this side. He went q
Bristol, where, by sudden
piece Of luck, he was employed
as a clerk by the new consul, q
son Of Olive Logan, who was ignor'
ant Of his antecedents- He issued
cards as an attache Of the Consulate
and on the credit which he thus in.
spired he obtained fifty dollars worth
Of furniture, which he paid for with
a large draft on san Francisco, and
got some cash I'm change. When the
cheek was dishOnored he fled tC
Southampton, where h. visited the
American Consulate and stole some
bank checks from Consul Brooks.
He passed merTily ON to Brighton,
where he met green youth named
Gritten, who, after "A brief acquain-
lance, introduced him at his club,
where they obligingly cashed his
bogus checks. Next he made trip
to Ghept where he ina very short
space OF time got 500 from the Vice
Consul there.
He next turned up in London,
where he stumbled across one Of his
victims in the street, who quickly
called n constable.
Tilghman was arrested and tried
at Middlesex sessions and sent TO
prison for n year. I saw him in
prison last night Altogether his
last rounds netted him about $1,000
He is a good SUCCESSOR Of Ross Ray
mond, who is now undergoing term
Of penal servitude.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
In the Swim.

SAN FRANCISCO, March S.
George w. Gregory and John r.
Ewing We're arrested this afternoon
for rObbing the Wells-Fargo box on
the Oakland boat 4 couple Of months
ago. They have confessed plot for
an extensive system Of rObberies.
Gregory was formerly messenger for
Wells-Fargo, but resigned in Decem-
Der, after securing a key which
would unlock the treasure boxes and
another for express cars. He took
Ewing into partnership and on jan
uary 9TH they robbed the cars on
the Oakland ferry boat between here
and Oakland. Gregory had also
learned the combinations of the
safes in many country Offices and
they next tried to rob several Of
those. Unfortunately for the schem-
ers, the combinations were changed
after Gregory resigned. Then they
planned to hold up an express mes
senger on the overland train, but
while hesitating, through lack OF
courage, were nabbed by detectives.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
Too True;

KANSAS CITY, March 9.-The
charges made by Alderman Ford
concerning the frightful condition
of prisoners confined in the work
house are found TO be true. Two
reporters Of the Times investigated
the matter yesterday and found
about seventy-five male prisoners
crowded into narrow and filthy cells,
reeking with vermin and not pro-
vided with sanitary regulations. The
men are constantly manacled with
shackels weighing from five to
twenty-three pounds, and are there
fore prevented from bathing.
For these seventy-five prisoners
there are but two guards. The
guards say that on account Of the
desperate character Of the men, it is
necessary TO shackle them TO prevent
their escape. 1t is thought likely
that n new brick prison will be
erected, provided with proper sani'
tnry regulations and a sufficient
number of guards to do away with
the shackles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
Prom Berlin.

BERLIN, March S.-The govern
ment has decided to open the bust
ness Of the Reichstag with projects
prepared by the Council of State,
the most Of which will be bills regu-
latiDg the work Of Sunday and re-
stricting the hours of labor Of women
and children. The more complex
measures relating to the hours Of
male adults and miners work will
be reserved until the autumn ses-
sion. a bill will also be presented
aiming TO control strikes, and an
anti-anarchist measure, designed TO
replace the anti-socialist.
1t is impossible to foresee how the
heterogeneous elements of the
Reichstag will group themselves
upon the governments proposals.
The official opinion is that the pro-
jects of the Council Of State will be
quietly discussed and accepted, and
the army credits and the anti-an-
archist law will test the position Of
the government toward the major
lty.