Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-11-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

II is stated that the famous Dodge
City cowboy band has arranged to make
tour around the world, which will oc-
cupy four years
In the district court ut Russell W. T.
Sprngue was sentenced tn two years in
the pcnitentiary for killing John Dris-
coll ut Dorrencc last August.
X. f. Wilcoxson. republican. claims
his election to the senate from the
Thirty-ninth senatorial district by 10
majority over Griebel, populist.
The Social Science club of Kansas
and Western Missouri recently held
their semi-annual meeting ut Topeka.
Papers were read by number Of
ladies.
John Tapp, aged II years, was ar
rested at Salina the other day charged
with stealing money from the Lee Mer-
camille Co, during the past two months
by systematic work. II is said the boy
had appropriated over $500
Dandy O., the phenomenal four-year-
old PAGER, lowered his record III fiol,on
Review Driving park the other day /
seconds. The mile was made rs fol-
lows: 0ne-quartcr in 30. one-half in
los, threc-quartcrs in 1885,. finishing
in 2:l1.
Footpads have lately been so bold at
Hutchinson that all able bodied citi-
zens were compelled to carry arms.
One night j. +. Plate. Il merchant, was
stopped on his way home and relieved
of about 5000 by two footpads. The
next night stranger was held up on
Main street, and an aged lady named
Hardicastle was robbed of about $500,
leaving her in destitute circumstances.
At the late meeting of the Social
Science club ut Topeka, Mrs. George
W. Winans, of junction City. presented
petition asking railrond companies to
abolish the smoking compartment in
sleeping cars Mrs. Noble Prentiss Of
fered petition asking for legislation
in favor of women. 1t asked the lcg:s-
lature to enact n law requiring the gov
ernor to appoint two women rs MEM
bers of the state board of charities. and
that at least one woman physician be
employed in each insane asylum.
The official returns OF the late cleo
tions in the state, except four counties
give w. A. Harris for congressman ut
large 1856. SO: George T. Anthony. 1907
DIG. Plurality for Harris, 5.91T1 which
will be slightly increased. The plural
ity for Lewelling and che other peo-
Piles party candidates is about $500
dwellings, absolute majority is about
500 The legislator. will stand: Sem
ate, populists, %: republicans, IL.
House, republicans. O.; populists IS:
democrats. 8; independent, /: tie, |, Civ
ing the straight-out democrats practi-
cally the balance of power.
The. Forthcoming report of the super
intendent of public instruction will
show that there are o. 1913 organized
school districts in the state and Il total
school population between the ages of
and 81 years of 49S. sol. of which aj4.-
SIS are males and 244 l23 females, This
is an increase over the school popu'a-
ton of last year of 1910. There are
enrolled in the public schools 3S!,235
pupils of which 1904 are males and
1SG, 1S2 females. The number of teach
ers employed in the pubic schools is
11,15l. The average wages of male
teachers is s42. - per month: female
teachers, So. IL per month.
The vote on the constitutional con-
vention was very close--probabl not
over 800 either way. The lawyers dis
agree in their Interpretation of the pro-
aision for calling convention. Attor-
Sky-Gcncral Ives holds that the clause
which reads: If majority of all the
electors voting mt such an election shall
vote for Il convention, the Legislature
shall. ut the next session, provide for
calling the same" means the vote on
the constitutional proposition and not
the total vote cast Other lawyers in |
terpret it to mean u majority of all the !
electors voting However, later returns |
seemed to defeat the amendment.
Following is comparative report Of |
the mechanical and mlnufactUring in |
dustries of Kansas City, Kan. us shown |
by the census office in Washington:
For year lSSO-Number of establish
ments reported. 81; capital invested,
81, 093, 395; number of hands employed.
1,705; wages paid, S404,0l1; value of
materials used, s4,06l,1SJ: value of
product, s0,O25, a99; population, 800;
assessed valuation, si34,OJO For year
1s9O-Number of industries reported,
80; number of establishments re )rtcd,
9S2: capital, $40, 4O4, OjG; hands en-
ployed, 1900; wages paid. s4,OSl, GS5;
cost of materials used, S34,235, 4l5: mis-
cellaneous expenses, $3,GS5,G3l: value
of product, ga, Or, $50; population, 49,
S16; assessed valuation. go, iG3, 49,
The anal estimate of the cora crop
Of Kansas made by correspondents to
ten state board of agriculture places
the average yield per acre and the total
nrOduct for the STATE nv sections ne !