Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

THE Governor has pardoned Charles
Browning, Of Douglas County, who wal
D convicted Of robbery in February 1885
J and sentenced to the penitentiary foI
: ten years Browning, who was then
only about sixteen years OF age, and an
other boy robbed German OF $50 while
: stealing q ride in box car between
Lawrence and Eudora. The pardon was
recommended by the officers of the dis
: trict court and many citizens.
TIE other night Rudolph Meyers, an
old German farmer living about three
miles south OF Elk City, shot at his
head with revolver, but the bullet just
grazed the skull. He then lay upon the
bed and fired two more shots, both 60
ing clear through his body and lodging
in the bed. He said that his property
was all gone and that he did not wish
to be charge upon any one or 20 TO the
poor house. He was at one time q
wealthy man, but was ruined by litiga-
ton with tenants.
ARTHUR GREEN, a Topeka boy Of
twelve years. was badly burned by
electricity the other day. He and two
other boys had telegraph line reach
ing between their homes and had been
experimenting with electricity and at
tempting to learn telegraphy. In play
ing with tho instrument young Green
put the wire around his head and neck,
and when the current was turned on he
was shocked and burned in very serl-
GUS manner.
Hon. ID. j. BREWER, Associate Justice
OF the United States Supreme Court,
was recently in Topeka and in speak
ing of the Original Package bill, said:
THE amendment as passed by the
House is far reaching and will prevent
Armour from shipping into Kansas his
dressed meat; will drive out Louisiana
sugar, and prevent the shipment OF
Texas cattle through Kansas il dis
eased."
DENNIS HALL, an engineer on
thrashing engine, was descending hill
with the engine, near Sabetha. the
other evening when the brake on the
tender following gave way and he was
caught between the tender and the
boiler. Two steam guages were broken
by the collision and he was so badly
scalded by the escaping steam that he
died in less than an hour.
SILAs LEIBERT went to sleep in his |
room at Kansas City, Kan. at four
o'clock the other afternoon. As he did
not make his appearance the ne xt morn
ing, an entrance was forced to his room
and he was found unconscious from the |
effects Of morphine A physician was
summoned but the man died soon after.
Family trouble supposed to be the
cause.
L. j. USHER, of Lawrence, has begun
criminal suit against the Omaha
(Neb Bee claiming $50, 900 damages
for the story lately published by that
paper in which one Mrs. Russell al
legged that she had been robbed of SlO,-
900 by men in the interest of Usher,
and that he was implicated in the MUIR
der OF his (Usher's) clerk. He alleges
that the statement is utterly false.
Other papers that copied the article, it
is stated, will also be sued
JOHN COVE, an iron worker on the
State capitol building at Topeka, fell
from the top of tho dome the other day,
a distance of 1870 feet and was instantly
killed. He was about forty years of
age and has family that was expected
in Topeka in day or two at the time
of the accident
THE other day Thomas Mantle, Rob-
ert Swetzan, John d ffenbaugh and Silas
Reed, farmers, were riding in a wagon
near Clearwater, when they were struck
by lightning. Mantle was killed and
the other three were thought to be IA
tally injured. The team was also killed.
The other morning young man who
had registered at the Commercial Hotel
In Kirwin as Charles Stein, OF Atlanta,
Ga, was found dying from dose OF
morphine and strychnine taken for the
purpose of committing suicide. He died
in short time. He left letters stating !
that his name was Homer Reed, of
Louisville, KY, and asking the land a
ord to have his body shipped to Mr.. !
Martin, at Fredonia, Ky. :
Mrs AUGUSTUS NADER was killed by
lightning at Wichita the other morning
while standing near pump close to the
zitchen door. The lightning first struck
! tree, tore it to pieces. jumped to the q
pump and shattered it and then struck {
Hrs. Nader on the head, killing her.
II E Governor has pardoned James I.
Murphy, OF Cherokee County, who was
N October 4, 1888, convicted of grand
arceny and sentenced to five years
Murphy, who is young Z
nan Of good education, through the in Z
luence of evil associates acquired the
labit Of drinking and while intoxicated
ook horse and cart belonging to his
ather. The unnatural father relent-
essly prosecuted his son and had him n,