Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-12-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

will hold conference at Ne wton, jan
ury s.
Kansas had strong delegation to
the western waterways convention re-
Gently held at Kansas City, Mo.
The annual report of the Missouri
Pnci6c railway system has been sub
mitted to the board Of railroad commits
sioners.
The general store OF H. C. & Fred
Brochman, at Yates Center, has been
closed on chattel mortgages for
s., 433. SO.
Mrs. Alice Black, of Linn, Washing
ton county, disappeared the other day.
and later her body was found in pond
near town. 1t is supposed that she
committed suicide while demented.
Capt B. J. F. Hannah, one Of the
pioneers Of Kansas, prominent editor
and politician and member Of the
legislature from Trego county two
years ago, died at the residence Of his
SON in Washington City the other night
at the age Of sixty-seven years
Two freight trains. one on the Union
Pacific and one on the Santa Fe, coll
lided at the intersection of the tracks
at Abilene the other evening, owing to
the Santa Fe engineer not seeing the
crossing. A dozen cars of cattle were
smashed and q brakeman fatally in
jured.
II. NJ. johnson, a farm hand, was
knocked down by unknown persons ut
Parnell the other night and robbed.
His assailants placed him on the rail-
road track, but he was discovered and
removed, still in an unconscious condi-
ton, about fifteen minutes before q
train came along. He was reported as
being in very precarious condition.
The old stone and wood warehouse
on the levee at Fort Leaveuworth was
burned the other night together with
its coctents, comprising old government
wagons, condemned harness and other
stores. The building was one Of the
historical landmarks of the place, and
in the old steamboat days was the head.
quarters of the post commissary. il
was built by the government in 1910.
Mr.. PETER has introduced in the sem
ate bill providing for the taking of q
special supplementary census of the
United States for the purpose of asking
each person, firm, association and cor
poration questions relative to their
property, debts, etc. Their answers, it
is provided, shall be published as
quickly as possible in order that the
people may know how to legislate ON
the money question.
Mrs Lew Hanback, and Mrs. Robert
Mitchell, members of the state ladies'
board of worlds fair commissioners,
met a large number of Lawrence ladies
the other day, and after explaining the
object OF the work being done an or
ganization was affected. 1t is proposed
to hold Queen Isabella ball at Law
renee some time during the winter that
will eclipse anything of the kind at
tempted elsewhere.
EX-Gov. George W. Click, of Atch-
ison, who is u member of the state
board of agriculture, has lately been
making an extensive investigation as
to the condition of the wheat crop in
Kansas and says the prospect
IS worse than he has ever seen il. Dry
weather and late seeding are assigned
rs causes. 1t is thought, however, that
ate rains improved its condition some
what
The five men who on October 90 en-.
sered the express car of a Central
Branch accommodation train ut Lenora,
Norton county, and stole the messen-
yer's safe, containing $1,000, have all
been arrested and are now In Jail.
They are Charles O'Connor, of Atch-
son; O. j. Burwell and two sons. Jim
md Bill, of Norton county, and Alouzo
Franks, who recently escaped from
he Logan county jail
A Rock Island locomotive is charged
With destructive fire which recent
Y destroyed a great quantity of
Wheat corn, hay and several buildings
ear Haysville. One farmer lost his
tables and granaries containing much
machinery, 1000 bushels of corn and a
ot of wheat; others lost considerable
uantity of wheat and their corn fields,
till unhusked, were badly damaged
thousands of tons Of hay are said to
ave been burned.
c. A. Benson, under sentence of
cath ut Leavenworth for the murder
Mrs Teresa Mettman, =.ade an
unsuccessful attempt to escape from
Ill the other night He had fixed
p q dummy that bore q remark
BILE resemblance TO a man and placed
in his bed while he was hid in the
ii of another prisoner who was to es-
lpe with him. 1t was only by acci-
mt that the scheme was discovered
hen he found that his scheme had
lied Benson pretended that he was
lly playing joke on the jailor.
The Kansas Alliance Cooperative
ortgaQe association has fled its