Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

brought by Charles Rahrer. OF Topeka,
agent for Maynard, Hopkins d Co.,
Kansas City liquor dealers, who was ar
rested, charged with selling liquor after
the passage Of the Wilson bill The
defendant admitted that he had sold
the liquor as charged, and applied for
writ OF habeas corpus before the United
States Circuit Court on the ground that
tho Prohibitory law OF Kansas was
passed before the Wilson bill was en-
acted by Congress, and consequently the
Wilson bill did not apply The judges,
Foster and Philips, sustained this view.
and in rendering their decision, granted
the writ
THE other afternoon David Hausner,
q boy Of sixteen years, was standing in
the door OF his fathers store at Atchi-
son, when William jackson, negro
boy, began stealing apples from bar
rel. Young Hausner caught the negro
by the shoulder, when jackson drew
his knife and plunged 1t into the breast
OF the other in the region OF the heart
inficting probably a fatal wound. jack
son escaped to the woods.
WILL HOPPER. alias Walter Breese.
was shot and probably fatally wounded
by Richard Wilson, special policeman
OF the Livestock Exchange. at the Kan
sas City, Kan, stock yards, the other
morning. Hopper was cattle thief and
resisted arrest by drawing revolver.
when the officer shot him. Hopper had
stolen o herd from Hedderman, OF Cow
ley County.
JAMES LARKIN was arrested ut
Wichita the other day charged with
having assaulted Mrs. Holman, seven
miles west of Oklahoma City, few days
previous. He was trying to evade ar
rest He formerly lived at Wichita.
TIE Grand Lodge ]. O. o. j., lately
in session at Topeka, elected the follow
ing officers: Grand master. William
Matthewson, OF Wichita: deputy grand
master. NJ b. Ward, OF Topeka; grand
warden, w. II. Pond, of Fort Scott;
grand secretary. George w. Jones, OF
Mound City; grand treasurer. L. c
Slime, OF Ottawa.
THE United States grand jury ut
Leavenworth indicted Mrs Rou.zahn
and Benson for the murder OF Mrs.
Mettman, but discharged John Nett
man, the husband.
A RECENT fire in the furniture factory
OF II. w. Klemp. at Leavenworth, de-
stroyed tho building, machinery and q
large stock Of lumber Loss, $4,000;
partly insured.
NEAR Wichita the other day market
gardener named John Funeriay was
hauling q cultivator by rope and pull
ley when the rope broke and the Guilt
vator fell on him, one shovel almost
completely passing through his neck.
It was some time before the victim was
found. His injuries were pronounced
fatal.
PERRY POWELL, aged thirteen years,
while out hunting the other day near
Emporia, accidentally shot himself
through the breast, dying in few min
utes
CHAIRMAN CHASE, of the Peoples
party, has addressed letter to Governor
Humphrey, asking him to call an extra
session OF the Legislature for the pur'
pose OF meeting the late decision OF the
Federal court in regard to original
packages
Ara bawdy house in Junction City the
other night quarrel occurred between
several soldiers belonging to troop / and
G, Seventh cavalry, and John Lewis, OF
battery E, First artillery, Familiarity
known as Jack the Ripper" Lewis
was armed with o dirk and stabbed Mes.
ser Smith, OF troop /, on the left side
from the rear in such manner that he
died OF internal hemorrhage in few
minutes
A SHOOTING ARRAY occurred in Hart
ford the other day, in which Henry
Reed was fatally wounded by either
Hal or Mat Scroggins, both OF whom
were shooting at him Reed began the
ARRAY in fulfillment OF threat to shoot
Hal Scroggins on sight, charging that
the latter had been intimate with sis
ter OF Reeds All parties are we'll
known and have been considered among
the best families in the county.
BEFORE the adjournment Of the Unit
ed States District Court ut Leavenworth
an indictment was brought in by the
grand jury against Alfred Bigquest of
Fort Riley. Bigquest lived in tent
on the Riley reservation. He was
strangely morose man and in his tent
hung a motto which read: "Malice to-
ward all mankind" In the entrance to
the tent he constructed q rife trap
John Autman, q soldier, stepped into it
one day and received bullet in his
right thigh, from which he bled to
death.
OK the 21st Governor Humphrey sum-
marily removed the newly-appointed
police commissioners Of Leavenworth
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