Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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THE petitioners of Riley County for
the removal OF the county seat from
Manhattan could not secure within 200
names OF the necessary number to Sc
cure an election.
FRANK La FAvER, OF Rosedale, re-
Gently shot his wife and then shot him
self. Neither received fatal wound.
The cause of the act was the infidelity
of the woman.
TIE State Normal School at Emporia
has closed o very successful year. The
number enrolled in the normal depart
ment was DOS, and in the model school
2l9, limited number only being adj
mitted to the model school. Over 400
students held teachers certificates on
entering. Scventy-five held first grade
and 600 second grade on entering. More
than 500 are over twenty-one years OF
age, lOs being over twenty-five years OF
age. The graduating class this year
numbered fifty-three. The average age
of the class is twenty-five years, the
youngest being seventeen, the oldest
thirty-6ve.
EIGHTY-FoUR delegates met in con-
vent!on ut Representative Hall in Tope-
ka on the 18th and organized 1.-THE Peo-
Plies party" Its convention to nominate
a State ticket will be called not later
than August and straight ticket will
be placed in the field in each Of the
seven Congressional districts. The del
egates present represented the Farmers
Alliance, Knights of Labor, Farmers
Mutual Benefit Association, Patrons OF
Husbandry and Single Tax clubs.
PROF. Snow was recently installed as
Chancellor OF the State University with
appropriate ceremonies The trustees
OF Princeton College have unanimously
conferred the degree OF Doctor OF Laws
upon Chancellor Snow.
+. +. HOPKINS was awarded 81, 800 in
the United States court at Leavenworth
the other day against the ST. Louis ~
San Francisco railway for injuries re-
ceived at lebanon, Mo-, while riding
in caboose on pass.
TITLE EHRuARDT, aged five years,
was recently sent by her mother with
some milk to neighbor at Topeka and
in passing several young street hood
lums they threw stones at her. which
frightened her, and in attempting to
avoid them she got lost and wandered
ten miles from home and was found the
next afternoon half famished, still
wandering further from home. She
slept in the grass at night.
TIE other morning Thomas Gallagher
attempted to jump from q Santa Fe
train at Emporia and was killed. He
was twenty years old and beating his
way from Carbondale to Oklahoma.
THE Governor has offered reward OF
5000 for the arrest of William Z. Alex
ander, who is charged with assaulting
the twelve-year-old daughter of Shaw
nee County farmer. Two other young
toughs are in Jail at Topeka for the same
offense.
THE grocery store of Charles Gardner,
at Leavenworth. was burned the other
day. The family occupied the second
story, but was absent at the time. The
stock and building were fully insured.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
TIE Fifth Avenue Hotel at Liberal
was recently burned. Loss, $1,000; in
surance, $1,000.
JoHN w. LYONS, the colored ianitor OF
the Washington Avenue NJ. E. Church
at Kansas City, Kan, was killed by a
Northwestern passenger train while
crossing the track at Ninth street the
other morning. The deceased was thirty
years old and leaves widow and six
children.
AUGUST WAGNER, who for sixteen
years had been a prominent business
man of Wichita, went home the other
evening seemingly as cheerful as ever,
and having asked his wife something
about where the children were walked
into another room and moment later
shot himself in the mouth and fell dead.
Four years ago he was one of the
wealth est men of the town, but lately
had lost considerable money. The day
of his death suit had gone against him
for $4,000.
JEFF MERCER, a worthless negro who
had separated from his wife because OF
his worthlessness, recently returned to
Argentine and going to where his wife
was employed, dragged her into the
yard and shot her dead. He then fed
before he could be arrested. The Gov
ernor has offered a reward Of $500 for
his apprehension.
JOHNNIE STEWART, boy OF twelve
years. was drowned while swimming in
the Kansas river at Topeka the other
day.
THE eighteen-montbs-old child of S. E.
Thomas, living north OF Lawrence,
strayed away from home the other
morning, became lost in the woods and
was not found until it had wandered for
three days and nights. When found
the child was alive but completely ex-