Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-10-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

man of Atchison, was killed Mt St Louis
during exposition week.
Edward Brent steam filter, was
caught In the machinery of the Phoenix
packing house at Armourdale and in
stantly killed.
The State bank ut Arlxalon, Seward
county, has failed, with no assets. The
county had $4,000 in the bank, which
the treasurer demanded, but could not
get
The post Office at Baldwin City was
broken into the other evening, the safe
blown open and 5000 worth of postage
stamps taken, besides a considerable
sum Of money.
The case against j. w. Briedenthal.
chairman of the peoples party state
central committee, who was arrested
for illegal banking, was dismissed when
called for trial
The liveryman who shot three of the
Dalton gang ut Coffeyvitle was not
"Jim Spears" as there is no such per-
son there, but the real name Of the
bandit extcrminator Is John j. Kloehr,
q German and member of the local gun
club.
]. S. Bryant. travelling man, is in
Jail at Wichita charged with bigamy.
He had one wife at Winfield and an
other at Wichita. He quarreled with
one wife and she sued for divorce. The
other wife read the proceedings and
had him arrested.
1t is now thought that Emmett Dali
ton, the wounded Coffeyville bandit,
will recover The express companies
have agreed to pay handsomely to the
families of the citizens killed in the
fight, though there was no outstanding
reward for the Daltons.
About fifteen miles west of Sedan
the other afternoon, Charles Taber shot
and killed William Bassinger The
two men, with some others, were work.
ing on the public roads. Tabor and
brother-in.law of Bassinger quarreled
and Bassinger took it up.
Fred Bassett, son of Judge O. A. Bas-
sett, of Lawrence, shot w. E. Higgins
and John Craycroft, students at the
university, the other day because they
crossed his fathers yard contrary to his
orders. They will recover. Young
Bassett, who is only IS years old, was
arrested.
Jack Dougherty drank eighteen
glasses of whisky within five minutes
at Leavenworth the other afternoon on
a wager and then asked for more, which
was refused him. He got up on chair
and danced n jig to show that he was
all right Half an hour later Dougherty
was carried home and died next morn
ing.
Mrs. Sarah Milne, an elderly lady,
was burned to death at, Newton the
other night. She was going into her
cellar with lamp in her hand and at
the foot of the stairs tripped and fell,
the lamp breaking into fragments and
setting her clothes afire. No one was
in the house with her, save four-year-
old granddaughter.
The worlds fair board of managers
for Kansas announces that the Kansas
building in jackson park, Chicago, will
be completed and ready for dedication
October -. A programme is being pre-
pared, consisting of speeches and music.
and the Kansas visitors to the formal
opening of the grounds will be well
coined and entertained in the states
magnificent building.
When Judge Anderson sentenced
Thomas Monroe to the penitentiary at
Kansas City, Kan. the other day his
wife, who was sitting by his side, at
tempted to give him the contents Of
small vial of poison which she took
from the pocket of her dress Monroe
was an Armourdale barber who owned
a vicious dog that bit policeman. The
officer shot the dog and Monroe shot
the officer, inficting an ugly wound.
The national republican committee
has written offering to let Gov. Nc
Kinley make two speeches in Kan
sas on condition that ex-senator In
gals be permitted to make one speech
in New York and one in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ingalls, has placed all his time ut
the utSpOodt Vi Tic SItIC CChOLbt SOAh-
mittee, who have the proposal under
consideration 1t has not yet bsen de-
cided whether the offer will be accepted.
Mrs. Abigail Gregory, mother of ].
W. Gregory. editor OF the Garden City
Sentinel, died in that city the other
morning from the effects of u dose of
corrosive sublimate given her by q
practicing female physician. 1t is
charged that the doctor knew nothing
about medicine. as she left ten doses
each containing seven grains of the
above poison compounded with three
grains of citric acid. The county attor-
ney will bring criminal action.
The supreme court recently handed
down decision of much interest: Pro
ceedings in quo warranto were brought |
by the assistant encouragement Of
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