Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-11-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

canvassers.
Senator PETER failed to register and
consequently lost his vote. The books
closed while he was away from Topeka
making speeches.
Considerable wheat has been sown u
second time in Reno county since the
rain, the first and early sowing having
failed to come up well, owing to the
dry weather prevailing Mt that time.
Mrs. j. Z. WILDER, of Barber county,
takes the cake on beets. She believes
in raising beets for cow food, and re-
Gently she exhibited one from her farm
that weighed 10 pounds and was 81
inches long
A sensation was created ut Wichita
the other day by the arrest of Arthur
Z. Allen, prominent citizen, on a
charge of embczzling sl,735 from the P.
c. Holmes estate, of which he was adj
ministrator until recently. Allen is
special agentpf the New York Life In
surance Co., nd lives in a handsome
residence.
An accident occurred on the Central
Branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad
ut Pennington, the other night, killing
Engineer Hall Wheeler and fatally in
juring his fireman, n. Il. Graves, both
of Atchison. The accident was caused
by the west bound freight leaving the
track on siding and running into an
east-bound freight train.
The nine-year old son of j. w. Clark
son, who lives five miles south of New
ton, was dragged to death by COW the
other afternoon The boy was leading
the COW to pasture with a rope tied
around his arm. She became fright
cned and ran, dragging him through
hedge. His father ran to him and cut
the rope, but the boy lived onlya few
hours.
A number of Chicago bankers had a
gold medal made to be presented to
John Kloehr, who killed three of the
+ Dalton gang in their recent raid on
Coffeyville. The medal was recently
forwarded to Mr.. Kloehr. 1t is of gold
with large diamond set in the center.
The inscription reads: John Kloehr-
the emergency arose, the man 'ap-
peared."
! The Kansas Undcrtakers' association
1.-THE coffin trust has gotten into
trouble. There are fifty-eight members
of the association in Kansas, all of
whom have been arrested by the United
States authorities on the charge of vio-
lating the antitrust law. A hearing of
the case has been set for November "a
before United States Commissioner j.
c. Wilson at Topeka.
John Remley, locomotive engineer
Of the Santa Fe, has commenced pro-
ceedings in the federal court at Topeka
for $50, 900 damages for the loss of an
eye. He lost his eye one year ago by
the bursting of water gauge attached
to the boiler of his engine and he al
leges that the company was negligent
in not replacing the defective gauge |
with good one, which it promised to
do
The other afternoon three masked |
robbers entered the town of Spearville,
seventeen miles east of Dodge City, and
halted in front of the only bank in
town. Two of them went inside and,
presenting a Winchester at Cashier
Baird who is a cripple, compelled him
to hand over all the cash on hand,
about $4,000 They then mounted
their horses, fired several shots in the
air and galloped out of town.
Thomas McDougal, Leavenworth |
pension agent, was recently arrested
on the charge of violating pension laws.
He is accused of OBTAINING and refusing |
to give over papers belonging to an old |
veteran named George w. HUT The
arrest was ordered from Washington.
McDougal claims he went to consider
able expense to secure Hutts papers |
and that he was simply holding them
until paid for his outlay and trouble.
LII Driscoll, the balloonist of Hutch
inson, made an ascension ut the fair at |
Harper the other afternoon. When the |
balloon had reached a height Of 400 or |
500 feet it collapsed. Driscoll cut his |
parachute loose but it had scarcely |
filled before it was struck by the fall
ing balloon, causing it to careen and
the helpless aeronaut fell distance Of |
sixty or eighty feet. He struck on the
railroad track and was picked up in an
insensible condition. His injuries were |
thought to be fatal.
Mrs. Clara Siegar, aged about G5 years
and almost blind, shot and killed her
four-year-old grandson, Frank volclSens,
at Kansas City, Kan, the other day |
and then killed herself The child was
the son of her daughter who resides in
New York, but had been adopted by
another daughter and her husband who
lived in Kansas City, Kan. The grand
mother was opposed to this and had
threatened to kill the child, which was
kept away from her.. On the day of
the tragedy, however, she succeeded in
getting the little one to her house when
she carried out her murderous threat
When found she and the child were