Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-12-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Wichita by eating cheese. Inc young
est, about three years old, It was feared
could not live. The cheese had been
purchased Mt q store and the doctors
said there was no doubt that some
poisonous substance had found its way
into the food.
The National Citizens Industrial Al
lance having issued q call for n general
convention to be held at St Louis
February 90, two days before the in
dustrial council convenes, in pursuance
to the national call, w. +. Rightmire.
secretary for Kansas, has issued call
for each assembly, in the state, number
ing 200, to elect one delegate.
The large frame dwelling house be-.
longing to the estate Of the late Hon.
d. G. Campbell, Of Merriam. was
burned to the ground the other
night with most of its contents Ten
barrels of fine cider were stored in the
basement of q portion of the house.
The loss will reach several thousand
dollars with but 81, 900 insurance.
Charles Gage was recently arrested
ut Wichita upon the charge of robbing
farmers of Cowley, Sumner and Harper
counties of their wheat He would
boldly drive onto farm after night,
load up one or two wagons with
wheat. drive off and sell it Mt the near
est town. 1t is estimated that his steal
ings in the past month have aggregated
1900 bushels.
f. W. Starboard, prominent farmer
Of the vicinity of Conway Springs,
Sumner county, has been missing for a
month, and his relatives are convinced
that he has met with foul play. Star
board owned large quantity Of corn,
and went home month ago to con-
tract for its delivery. Nothing more
has been seen or heard of him. When
he started he had $500 with him. and
said II he could not find good market
he would 60 on to Kansas City.
The following Kansas banks went
into voluntary liquidation during the
past year: First national OF Hill City,
First national of Frankfort, West Side
national of Wichita, Anthony national
of Anthony. National bank OF FL Do
RADIO, Citizens national of Medicine
Lodge, United States national OF Atchi-
son, First national of Ashland and
First national Of Burr Oak Four Kan
sas banks obtained an extension of their
corporate existence during the year.
While recently clearing some timber
on the farm of James Dougan, in the
southern part of Atchison county,
James Saunders found petriied hui
man body, which the successive rains
had evidently unearthed. The petri-
faction is almost perfect in form, one
hand alone being missing. Old settlers
say it is the body Of "Willow Twig,"
not orious Kickapoo Indian, who made
his home with 'Frenchman named
Pensinau, and who was minus hand.
The report OF the comptroller OF the
currency shows that dividends have
been paid to the creditors of insolvent
Kansas national banks during the year
MS follows: State National. of Yelling
ton, IS per cent; Harper National, OO
per cent; First National, of Abilene, 20
per cent; First National, of Belleville,
IS per cent; Kingman National, G2.5O
per ceut.: First National, of Ellsworth,
Is per cent Pratt County National, 20
per cent: American National, OF Ar
kansas City, 90 per cent.
The stockholders of the Bethel coll
lege, which the Mennonites are erect
ing ut Newton, held meeting in that
CITY recently. Most of them are resi-
dents of Kansas, though a few are
from other states, it being national
institution, in which Mennonites from
every state in the union are contribut-
ing. The endowment of the college is
now SIS, 900. 1t was decided that the
college should be opened in the fall OF
1892. Three new directors were elect
ed: p. p. Steiner, of Indiana; Christ
Showalter, of Iowa, and j. K. Toeys,
of McLain, Kan. The following Of
ficers were elected: President, j. j.
Krehbiel; secretary, Rev. d. Goerz;
treasurer, b. Warkentin.
Charles +. johnson, state bank eX-
aminer, has completed his first state
ment of the condition of the state and
| private Oanhs uhuoi "i'O ~"
The report embodies the statements OF
249 state and 165 private banks. This in
cludes all banks in the state except the
125 national banks. The report shows
total resources of the state and private
banks aggregating $50 600, 900. OF this
amount $50, OOO, 900 isrepresented by the
state banks and $4,000, 900 by the pri-
vate banks. Bank Commissioner John
son stated that the banks were in much
better condition now than when the
first examination was made and that
the banks all over the state are de-
creasing their real estate holdings.
Mrs. Eliza Came recently attempted
to kill her husband, Robert Came, q
wealthy farmer of Salina county. Came
is much older than his wife and they
were married two wears ago. Through