Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-02-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

j. Is. Livingston has been arrested
Mt Wichita on the charge OF having
stolen large quantities OF grain from
the farmers of the vicinity.
Miss Sarah Rodgers has begun suit
ut Topeka against Charles Kennedy,
farmer of Granville, for $1,000 dam
ages for breach Of promise.
The handsome residence of N. F.
Follett, Of Yates Center. was burned
the other night together with most OF
the furniture. Partially insured.
The annual session OF the Masonic
grand lodge OF Kansas opened at Leav-
enworth on the 18th with large at
tendance. Delegates were present rep
resenting all the subordinate lodges In
the state.
A ten-year-old boy has brought suit
Through his next friend" against
business man of Kansas City, Kan, for
SANDER The man called the boy
thief and the boys friend thinks he
ought to have $1,000 damages.
A boiler explosion on IN island sew
eral miles west of Ottawa the other
day resulted in the death of q man
named Dennison and the injury OF sew
eral other persons. The men were
cutting wood and using q threshing
machine boiler in their work. which
exploded with great force.
John Er.he, well-known farmer
residing in the southern part of Atch-
ison county. became insane the other
night and, fastening himself in barn,
defied his family with shotgun. The
sheriff finally surprised and overpow-
cred him, and he was taken to Atchison
and confined in Jail. A sunstroke was
the cause of the malady.
The monthly statement OF the war
den of the penitentia-y shows that the
state institutions during January re-
:eived 81, 245 bushels of coal; cash sales
and royalties were received on 75.O57
bushels, making total of l59, 800 bush
els for the month. Since the reniten-
tiary mines were opened 1000. 1888
bushels of coal have been taken out
A thrilling story comes from Sher-
man county (by the way of Wichita
which gives it a flavor OF fish) to the
effect that a stockman named Pratt
and his daughter had been killed by
wild dogs, after a conflict that lasted
for some time. in which the man killed
a number of the dogs. The team was
also devoured, according to the story.
Educational circles at Emporia were
lately very much excited by the dis
covery that the markings of one of the
Judges in the state oratorical contest,
which took place in Topeka, had been
changed, which change resulted in CIV
ing the state normal fourth place in
stead OF third. to which it was entitled,
and putting Emporia college in third
instead of fourth place.
The case OF the widow OF Patrick
Cullen VS.. the Union Pacific railway
which was recently tried at Lawrence,
resulted in a verdict in favor Of the
railroad. This was a case of damages
for the death of her husband by a col
lision OF the Rock Island and Union
Pacific on the former road, of which he
was an engineer. The former trial
gave her SO, 600, 900 damages.
Henry Butler, wife and mother were
found dead in their beds in the north
ern part of Marion county the other
day, having been dead several days
when discovered The house was shut
tight and the lids were taken from the
stove, filling the building with gas. 1t
was thought Butler took the lids from
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were asphyxiated by coal gas.
Lille, the six-year-old daughter c
II. Fl. Kern, farmer residing near
Bonner Springs was burned to death
the other day in the presence of her
older sister. The children started to
drive up the cows from pasture near
by and stopped on the wav to play
around pile of burning rubbish, from
which the child's clothing took fire.
Her father was at work short distance
away, but before he could reach her
she was dead.
John l. Sullivan, the champion slug
ger, was welcomed by his admirers at
many points during his recent flying trip
through Kansas. At Dodge City many
enthusiastic tmirers were at the de-
pot with q band of music and banners
bearing legends OF welcome" John
went to the door attired in pantaloons
and undershirt. made his bow and went
back to his seat At several other
places on the route his welcome was
equally as cordial.
Prof. Blake, of the state university,
has succeeded in a series of remarkable
experiments by which he now has q
loud speaking telephone. The pro-
fessor has been working at the matter
for long time and has the satisfaction
OF hearing the voices in the telephone
at distance OF ten or fifteen feet from
the receiver. At an experimental ex-