Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

BENSON, the Leavenworth convicted
murderer, has yet a chance to die OF
old age. A writ OF error having been
granted the case will be heard by the
supreme court of the United States.
Robbers continue to do their work in
Atchison county. The other night
young farm hand named Hughes was
sandbagged near Effingham and rob
bed OF s55, his wages for the past six
months.
Dannie Marshall, the ten-year-old
SON of Jerome Marshall, OF Kansas
City, Kan, was run over by car on
the West Side electric street car line
tho other day and received injuries that
are almost necessarily fatal, both hips
being crushed, both legs broken, be-
sides serious internal injuries
Kansas congressman are assigned TO
the following house committees: Judi
ciary, Case Broderick; agriculture, =.
II. Funston; Indian affairs, B. II.
Clover; territories, Jerry Simpson;
railways and canals, John Davis; labor,
John Davis; printing, Case Frederick;
eleventh census, william Baker; irri-
CATION, Jerry Simpson; immigration. +
II. Funston; private land claims, j. G.
Otis; laws, Case Frederick; eXpend-
iturcs. treasury department. b. II.
Clover.
In Doniphan county short time ago
John Delany completed a new house
and moved into it. A few days later
he died and was buried. On the day of
the funeral his wife became sick and
within twenty-four hours she was dead.
Two sons, who lived in California, were
telegraphed for and arrived in time for
the mothers funeral. They became
sick and both died. All four apparently
died from the same disease, which Is
supposed to have resulted from sleep
ing in the new house.
X. ID. Jameson, who seems to have
several aliases, and who had been
working the merchants of the country
towns in Missouri by selling them
rights to several patent articles in
which he has no interest was lately
arrested at Wichita on complaint OF the
Albany. Mo, police and taken back to
answer long list of charges from diff
ferent places in Missouri. A letter sent
by Jameson's wife from Cameron, Mo-,
to Robert ID. Hobbs, Wichita, was capt
ured by the police and led to the ar
rest
At n late hour Monday night two
masked men entered the house of Mrs
Jonathan Davis, u wealthy widow re-
siding in the western part of Atchison
county, and demanded her money. She
told them she had none and they COM
PEELED her at the point of revolver to
sign number of checks, aggregating
5000. They then poured coal oil on her
clothes and set fire to them and fed.
Mrs. Davis grabbed quilt and wrap
ping herself in it eXtinguished the
flames. She was alone at the time, her
children being at q neighborhood party.
Chancellor Snow, of the state uni
versity. has issued his meteorological
summary for 1891 from observations
taken during the year. The year was
marked bv an abundant aggregate
rainfall, although the distribution was
uneven, four months OF excess-April,
May, June and July-being fol-
lowed by four months OF de-
ticieucy. The entire fall was
a. ~ inches, as inches above the
annual average. The year was made
ncteorologically memorable by having
the coolest summer on the record and
by being the only year in which the
temperature failed to go to the zero
point
Mrs. Matilda Sebboyer died at Argen-
tine the other day from the effects OF
burns which she received while kind
ling FIRE in her cook stove the previous
morning. Mrs. Sebboyer attempted to
start fire and procuring can Of coal
oil, poured large quantity OF 1t into
the stove When she touched match
to the oil the blaze flashed out and
her dress caught fire. She was soon en-
yeloped in flames and ran wildly about
the house screaming AMI in great
agony. Her husband ran to her assist
ance and in smothering the flames was
himself burned severely about the face
and one arm. She was only twenty
four We ars Of oge.
Newton Howe, twenty-five years old,
took charge of the Sumner county poor
farm on the last OF the year, and the
following day was shot by John Meeker,
one of the inmates Meeker is cripple,
having had both legs cut off by train
about two years ago, and had been
permitted to do pretty much as he
pleased. The authority attempted to
be exercised by the new superintendent
angered him and he became insolent.
Superintendent Howe, It Is said, threat
ened to knock Meeker's brains out
when the latter, remarking that he
would not give him n chance, took a
double barreled shotgun from the wall
and fred both charges at Howe, blow
ing his head OF.
The state board OF railroad commits