Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-22
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THE Grand Encampment ]. O. O. F.,
recently in session at. Kansas City, Kan,
elected tho following officers: Grand
patriarch. d. NJ. Ferguson, of Paola;
grand high priest, +. II. IIcttop, of Pom
eroy: grand senior warden, II. E. Pyle,
of Mcpherson; grand junior warden, S.
Fl. Glenn, of Harper: grand scribe, Sam
uel L. Burdett, OF Leavenworth: grand
treasurer, c. II. Schaffer, of Council
Grove; grand representative. Thomas
Beattie, Of Atchison. 1t was decided to
hold the next annual encampment Mt
Arkansas City on the second Tuesday in
March.
AT the late meeting in Lawrence OF
the order OF tho Eastern Star, grand
chapter of Kansas, the following officers
were chosen: Grand matron, Lillian A.
Wigs, OF Lawrence; grand patron, Will
liam A. Julien, of Olathe; associate
grand matron, Mrs. Lizzie Gabriel, Of
Parsons; associate grand patron, Thomas
X. Mcfarland, of Parsons; grand treas
urer, Mrs. Jessie NJ. Pearsall, OF Fort
Scott; grand secretary, Kinda Z. Ches-
ney, of Topeka; grand conductress, Mrs.
Olive Clark, Of Lyons; grand A. con-
ductress, Mrs. 7. Hays, of Osborne;
grand Ada Mollio Pratt, of Burlington:
grand Ruth, Virginia v. Carter, Of jew
ell City; grand Esther, Mrs. Aida j.
Reed, of Carbondalc; grand Martha,
Miss Abbic Gibson, Of Emporia; grand
Electra. Mrs. Elizabeth Magee, of Pitts
burgh; grand warder, Ellen A. Kenner,
of Eureka; grand sentinel, ID. c.
Welch, Of Mcpherson: grand marshal,
Mrs. Cassia A. Getty, of Ellsworth;
grand chaplain, Eudora L. Hall, of
Wichita; grand organist, Miss Amanda
Duele, OF Galcna.
A PRINTER named George Brown fell
dead at his case in the office of the Demo-
crat at Wichita the other evening.
TIE Boston Cash Store at Hill City
was destroyed by fire the other day.
Loss. $50, 900; no insurance.
BY order OF the Secretary of War the
headquarters Of the department Of the
Missouri have been transferred from
Fort Lcavenworth to st. Louis.
THE residence of DR.. J. Il. Mcpherson
at Cherryvale was recently destroyed by
fire.
/. II. RAIRDIN, postmaster at Morgan
vile, was found dead in Peach creek,
four miles north Of that place the other
day.
THE stock Of millinery OF Mrs. G. May,
at Atchson, was totally destroyed by
fire tho other morning. The loss was
$4,000 and tho stock was insured for
$500.
At Leavenworth the other day as the
dummy train was making its last trip to
the north, an old soldier, member of
tho side Of the track, was struck by the
pilot and killed. He was under the in
iluencc OF liquor at the time.
1T is stated that DIR. Thwing, who was
recently elected chancellor OF the State
University. has declined to accept.
SAM WILSON, the young Pawnee who
created tho disturbance recently at
Haskell Institute, ut Lawrence, was
tried on the charge of assault. found
guilty and sentenced to ninety days in
the county Jail.
THE State BOARD Of Health mot re-
Gently at Topeka and plans were con-
sidorcd for sanitary measures during
tho year all over tho State with view
Of preventing the introduction Of cpl
denies Of contagious or pestilontial
t.. Al
or controlling all cpidcmics Of any char
acter.'
TUE citizens Of Monmouth township.
Shawnee Cnurty. havo voted Sl5. 0OO in
hOUds rs a Subscription to the stock of
the Topeka Sugar Company. The COM
pany's sugar factory was destroyed by
fire last season, causing heavy loss TO
tho cane growers. who could not find
market for last years crop. Tho COM
pany will add Str, 400 to the amount of
tho Subscription voted by the township,
ana will rebuild the factory.
THE Farmers Alliance will open a
St orc ut NortOnvillc. Jefferson County.
IL is the iointcntcrpriso Of the Alliances
of Atchisun and Jefferson COuntios, who
will give IL their exclusive patronage.
wnIIE explaining a windmill at Ien-
nings tho othrr day hoard on tho plat
form CAV" way. pr'ripitating the owner,
Wesley Emahiz"r. and Thomas Quinn 10
tho ground. The latter fell first and
struck on the pump rod, impaIing him
and causing bis death In few hours.