Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-02-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

other morning of 10 grippe. She was
in her ninety-third year, and had been
resident of the county for forty years.
r. NJ. Blair. lats postmaster ut Stat
ford, was recently captured at Tacoma,
Wash, and taken to Wichita to answer
to the charge Of embezzliug 5000 An
indictment was found against him last
fall
w. F. West was arrested the other
morning ut his fathers home, near
Pleasanton, charged with robbing tho
post Office at Prescott on the night OF
January 30. When arrested he had on
his person postal cards and stamped
envelopes stolen from the Office robbed.
Secretary ButterHeld, of the state
republican league, has issued the call
for the annual convention Of the league,
to be held in Topeka March 1. The
call requests each republican club in
the state to elect three delegates be-
sides the president, who is delegate
ex officio
At the regular monthly banquet OF
the Daughters of Rebeka at FL Dorado
the other night about forty people were
poisoned by drinking coffee. Two
doctors administered antidotes and
none Of tho cases will prove fatal.
What the poison was or how it go into
the coffee no one knows
A FIRE ut Larned the other night
wiped out property valued ut Sl35, coo.
The. heaviest losers were n. s. Sunder-
land, who lost three business houses
and stock of clothing oil valued at
$50, 600: insurance. $4,000, and Louis
Wolf, dry goods, whose loss was $4,000
with insurance of Sl3, 200.
George w. Strannahan, formerly a
merchant taller of Atchison, was re.
Gently sentenced to the penitentiary
for seven years. He was convicted OF
forging his wife's name to q certificate
of deposit for one thousand dollars.
Stranahan secured the money AMI dis
appeared, and was atterward arrested
at Salt Lake City, where he was living
under an assumed name. He had been
married but little over year, and his
wife refused to pardon his offense. He
is sixty Yeas old.
John and Marshall Birdeye, twin
brothers of johnson county, were re-
Gently adjudged insane and taken &c
an asylum When the sheriff attempted
to arrest them they retreated to the
second story of the dwelling and, with
o pistol and shotgun each, deied the
officers, declaring that their father
died in lunatic asylum and that they
would rather die than be taken. They
were finally smoked out with burning
sulphur They were thirty-tive years
old and had become quite dangerous.
Rev. Joseph Wayne, local colored
minister, and father-in-,aw of eX-State
Auditor McCabe, died Mt Lsayenworth
the other day as the result OF bite
from vicious dog day or SO pre-
vious. by invitation he called at the
house of colored man named Turbin,
when large dog sprang on him. The
brute secured n firm hold on Mr..
Wayne's cheek to which he held until
pried loose by the efforts of couple OF
men. Rev. Wayne was 81 severely
hurt and frightened by the dog that he
had commissions every few hours until
his death
The presidential postmastcrs OF the
state met in convention ut Wichita the
other day and organized n permanent or
ganization to be known as the Kansas
association of presidential postmasters,
which will meet annually on the sec.
ond Tuesday in February, Topeka be-
ing the place selected tor next years
convention. Officers were elected n
follows: Morgan Carraway, of Great
Bend, president; ]. NJ. Simson, of Nc.
Pherson, vice-president; ]. L. Junkin,
of Sterling, secretary: 0. X. Serviss,
of Kansas CITY, treasurer. This is the
first organization of presidential post
masters in the United States aud is in
tended to advance the interest of the
service.
Department Commander Mccarthy
has issued circular letter announcing
that arrangements have been made for
reduced rates TO the Atchison encamp'
ment. The rate will be one fare for
the round trip from all Kansas points
and from Kansas City and ST. Joseph.
Tickets will be- good from February 80
to 90, inclusive. Reports from all the
posts must be in the hands OF
the assistant acknowledgement prior
to February 20, at which date
the headquarters at Larned will
be closed. Post commanders, whose
posts are now delinquent, will see that
all reports are forwarded without
further delay. Delinquent posts can
not be represented in the encampment
On the sth Mr.. Otis, of Kansas,
introduced in congress n bill to
create a national union loan fund
to consist OF 81, 900, OOO,OO or a. much
thereof as may be necessary OF legal
tender paper money, to be issued by