Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-11-22
Miscellaneous.

GEORGE w. JONES Assistant State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
has resigned, having been elected grand
secretary of the Odd Fellows. The
headquarters of the secretary will be
removed from Leavenworth to Topeka.
SECRETARY MoHLER, OF the State
Board of Agriculture. has received re-
ports from every county in the State
showing that 81, $40, 401 bushels Of win
ter wheat and $50, S13 bushels OF spring
wheat were harvested in Kansas this
year. Saline is the banner county, with
9,14S 256 bushels of winter wheat Over
2,000 600 acres OF winter wheat were
sown in the State this fall
BoTH constitutional amendments
were defeated at the late election. The
amendment increasing the number OF
Supreme Court judges was defeated by
about 10000, and that extending the
sessions Of the Legislature by still
larger vote.
Miss LILLE INsLEY. daughter OF
Captain H. NJ. Insley, OF Leavenworth,
was recently poisoned by eating candy
containing q noxious drug After eat
ing the candy she became violently i'll,
but prompt medical attendance saved
her life.
E. B. DENUNE, a farmer and an old
settler of Sheridan County, committed
suicide by cutting his throat with q
razor the other day. He arose from the
dinner table few minutes previous to
the other members OF the family and
went to the stable, where he was found
dead. lie was 60 years old and leaves
wife, two sons and three daughters.
Financial embarrassment supposed to
be the cause.
Mrs. JOHN SWANSON, OF Topeka, who
for some time had been q confirmed
hypochondriac, concluded that she soon
must die, and in order that she might
not 60 without her five-year-oid daugh-
ter the mother the other day admins
tered chloroform to her child with fatal
effect the little one dying while the
husband and father was absent at his
work in the Santa Fe shops The UNI
fortunate mother, who is regarded as
Insane, WI he sent to an asylum.
SooY after DARK the other night
Charles r. Russell was run over at the
Santa Fe crossing at Emporia by
switch engine and his head cut clean off
from his body. Both his legs were also
cut oil. He was single and about 80
years old.
A FREIGHT train, on the Northwest
ern road, broke through bridge across
the Kaw river at Kansas City, Kan,
early the other morning. The train,
which consisted Of an engine, car lead
OF hogs, q car OF corn, one Of milling
machinery and q caboose, went to the
bottom of the river, carrying the engi-
neer, fireman, conductor, stockman
and number of other persons A col
ored man, who had jumped on to ride
over the river to his work, and Fireman
Allen were killed and a number OF
Others had narrow escapes The loss
to the railroad company was estimated
at 100000.
THE official vote in the several Con-
gressional districts had not been an
nounced on the 10th except the Second
and Fourth districts. The First dis
trict, except one county, gave Broder-
lex, 10, 7SS; Moonlight 1902; Clark,
5,929; Woodruff, So The Second dis
trict complete, gave Funston 1918;
Allen. 12,2TS; Chapman, 10 $50; King,
900 The Third district, except one
county. gave Clover 30. 2l7 and Per-
kins 10, 761. The Fourth district COM
pleted. gave Otis "a. COS and Kelley 49,
99A The Fifth district except two
counties, gave Davis 1888; Phillips
11,O66; Warner. S,O42 The Sixth dis
trict except two counties, gave Baker
II, Dos; McNall. 10, All; Scott 224. The
Seventh district except Sedgwick
County. gave Simpson %. pa and Halo
we'll 21,376
AT the late election the Legislative
amendment to the constitution was de-
feated by near 10000 majority and the
l. I'll A