Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-11-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

across the Track at hanShS OiJy, hhn,
the other day and died in few hours.
TIE English Lutheran Synod of Kan
sas held an interesting session ut So.
lima recently. The report Of the gen.
eral secretary showed that the organ
ization in the United States and Canada
has 4,O9s ministers, 7,04s churches and
6500,000 baptised members. Under
jurisdiction of the Kansas Synod there
are 40 churches, 3,023 communicate
members 3.s47 Sunday School scholars
and church property to the value OF
1884, O50.
THE Indian Office has decided to erect
number OF new buildings Cor the In
dian school at Lawrence. Haskell In
stitute is only few years old, but Its
growth has been very rapid and 1t Is
now ono OF the most important schools
under the Indian Bureau. The Com
missioner OF Indian Affairs and tho Sec
rotary of the Interior have decided to
increase its capacity, and to that end
number of new buildings will DO erect
ed ut once The estimates agreed upon
provide for o block of new industrial
shops to. cost SO. 900; store and ware
house. $4,000; an Office building $500;
O mess house, SO. 500; three cottages,
$1,000 each, and two lavatories, 81, 900
each. The total cost OF improvements
will be Ss3, 900.
The contract has been let for the dam
across the Kansas river at Topeka,
which is to furnish water and electrical
power to the city. 1t is estimated that
the dam and machinery will cost 81, OOO,-
900.
TIE other Sunday the Methodists Of
Wellington raised the amount necessary
to clear them of their church debt (Sl1,-
1907 in one hour, and in consequence the
following evening built huge bonfire
in front OF their handsome now church,
erected q platform in the street and had
ageneral jolli6cation.
The other morning A. R. Bancroft,
formerly sheriff OF Lyon County, shot
and killed himself at Emporia- He
went to the barn ostensibiy to shoot
rats, and whether the killing was acct
dental or intentional was not known.
The evening before he took out two life
policies for IS, 900 EACH good for twenty.
four hours as he expected to go on
brief business trip that morning.
A MOTION was made in the Supreme
Court OF the United States on tho 9th
to advance the three cases from Kansas
growing out of tho late decision regard
ing tho Prohibitory law las to original
packages), when the Chief Justice said
the cases would not be taken up until o
successor to the late Justice Miller has
been appointed.
A PARTY OF Kansas City. Kan, hunt
ers recently found the dead body OF
man lying on the bank Of the river at
Pomeroy. The body was perfectly nude
and was lying partially in the water.
About twenty feet away were clothes
supposed to be those Of the dead man.
The body showed no marks Of violence
and it was thought that the man COM
mitted suicide with some poison.
Doc RAYMOND, a hack driver, was
found the other morning in the water
of Three-Mile creek near Leavenworth.
He had on no shoes or coat and was in
a partially demented condition He
could give no account of how he came
to be in such a plight.
THE old canning factory on the levee
at Leavenworth operated by the Michael
Doyle Elevator Company OF Rochester,
n. Y, burned to the ground the other
morning. The Missouri Pacific freight
depot caught fire several times An
evaporating kiln started the fire. The
loss was about So, 900, with SIS. 900 insur-
ance. So 800 on tie building and 81, 500
on the machinery and other contents.
THE other night safe-crackers visited
Mount Hope and cracked the safe .ot j.
T. Frost, a merchant, and got $780,
They also broke the safe OF c C
Thomas, a merchant. and got 500. The
first door to the safe Of the Mount Hope
Bank was blown off and two drills were
found stuck in the second and inner
door. They were unable to get any
money from the bank. One Of the
thieves. who is Chicago crook by the
name Of Billy Morris, was arrested the
next day at Wichita
THE twonty-second annual meeting Of
the A. o. u. w. OF Kansas was held re-
Gently at Hutchinson with delegations
in attendance from all parts OF the
State The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: j. A. Rea,
Hutchinson, president; Thomas B. AL
len, Hays City, vice-president; W. N.
Wallace, Kingman, secretary and treas
urer; A. W. Mckinney and +. NJ. Chap
lain, members Of tho executive commit
tee The next meeting will be at King
man.
PENSIONS were granted to the follow
ing Kansas veterans on the 2Sth: John
n. Jones, of Moline; Henry c. Jewett