Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Inc uepreuuJlOnc OF u nhu uOR IN tho
vicinity of Sterling lately cost one farm
er about S40O.
Johnny Baker, the thirteen-ycar-old
son Of n farmer living five miles south
east of Topeka, took his fathers revolt
yer the other day to shoot some ducks.
The revolver was accidentally dis
charged and the bullet passed through
the boys abdomen.
Andrew II. Stall. an aged member Of
the soldiers home, dropped dead the
other day at the dinner hour at the
home. Deceased was late member Of
Company Ii, Seventeenth Ohio infantry,
and his sudden death is supposed to
have resulted from heart disease.
Three young half-brecds, boys from
fifteen to eighteen years of age and
students ut Haskell institute, Lawrence,
recently ran away from the school and
were picked up ut Bloomington, Ill.
They were attempting to work their
way east. Three others, who escaped
with them, were also caught at an ad-
joining town.
The democratic state central commit
tee met ut Salina on the 10th and de-
cided upon July as the time and Pitts
burg as the place for holding the state
convention for nominating candidates
for state officers. The apportionment Of
delegates is the same as the Salina con-
vention, viz, one delegate for each 800
democratic votes cast at the last elec-
ton and one delegate at large for each
county.
In the district court at Leavenworth
the other day divorce was granted
Mrs. Anna Il. Halderman from her hus-
band, John A. Halderman. eX-United
States minister to Siam. Mrs. Halder!
man is the daughter of the late Gen.
Doris, of st. Louis. and is reported to
be worth s5OO,O 900 in her own right much
of which is real estate ut st. Louis. en-
bracing some of the best business blocks
in that city. They have three children,
daughters. all about grown.
There were two fires at Atchison the
other morning which came near result
ing in the loss of life. The house of .
colored man named johnson burned.
When discovered the house was in full
blaze, and johnson and his family were
yet asleep in it. They awoke barely in
time to save themselves. The other
house was situated on the island"
strip of land extending into the Nilsson.
ri river just outside the city limits, and
occupied by Asa Boyd and family. coll
ored. The inmates escaped in theif
night clothes.
AL Neal, mailman, set fire to his
house at Lawrence the other morning
by pouring gasoline over the floor and
igniting it, after driving his wife away
from home. When the fire department
and the officers arrived they were horri-
fed on seeing the crouching form of the
mailman in the center of the house.
where he could command the doors and
windows. Every effert to dislodge him
proved futile. The maniac remained
until stream from the hose cornered
him, when he sprang through the
flames out of window and escaped.
He was captured after u long chase.
His home was consumed.
Gov. Robinson's new book, "'Thc Kan
sas Conflict" has made its appearance
and is well worthy of perusal 10y all
Kansans, especially those who were
present or are familiar with the stir
ring times that characterized the early
settlement of Kansas. The work gives
n complete history of the struggle be-
tween freedom and slavery in the terri
tory, and introduces evidence to show
that some of the actors on the stage of
that drama were not the heroes that
some local historians had painted them.
The book is written in the forcible
style that is known to characterize the
writings and speeches of the war gov
crnor of Kansas, and will be found to
be extremely interesting to those who
may wish to read up on early Kansas
history.
A delegate convention of the peoples
partv of Kansas, is called to meet in the
city of Wichita, on Wednesday, june 10,
1892, at 10 o'clock a. m, to elect twelve
delegates Mt large to the national con-
vention to be held in the city OF Omaha,
Neb.. on July 4, 1892, and also to nomi-
nate ten electors and candidates for gov
ernor, lieutenant-governor secretary of
state, encouragement. auditor of state.
state treasurer and superintendent of
public instruction, and one congress
man-at-largc. The basis of representa-
ton is one delegate for every 500 votes
or major fraction cast for the combined
vote of ]. n. Ives for encouragement,
and j. +. Willis for governor. in 1890.
The convention will consist of 562 dele
gates. 1t is recommended that county
conventions be held on Saturday, June
IL, 1892, to elect delegates.
A mass meeting of the citizens OF
Wichita adopted resolutions requesting
N. NJ. Murdoch to reconsider his with
drawal from the gubernatorial race and