Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-04-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Bill Wells, colored, who aided in the
murder of Edward Cannon at Leaven-
worth last June, has been captured in
Texas
Kansas drew one fourth-class post
master on the 18th, X. Il. Miller being
appointed postmaster ut Galesburg,
Newton county.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal is
getting in reports from the state and
private banks of Kansas showing their
condition at the close of business April
s. With rare exceptions they show an
increase in money on hand.
John Hudson. a negro, was arrested
at Salina. charged with being the per-
son who few nights previous so afro
ciously assaulted Mrs. Frost. He was
identified by his victim rs her assailant
when mob attempted to lynch him
but he was rescued.
Judge C. q. Foster, of the United
States district court, has left for In
dianapolis to place himself under the
treatment of specialist in that city.
Judge Foster, while no worse than he
has been for some time, is not thought
to be improving any.
The county commissioners OF Harvey
county have offered reward of $4,000
for the arrest and conviction OF the
party or parties who entered the court
house, broke into the vault and burned
the books of the register OF deeds on
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Bulletins received mt the Office of the
state board of agriculture on the 18th
and crop intelligence from other sources
continued to be discouraging. The
wheat prospects were no better in the
west and many farmers were blowing
their fields preparatory to putting in
corn.
The Santa Fe strike situation ut To-
peka showed no change on the 18th.
The company had taken no steps to
make peace with the men, and the men
had settled down to wait until the re-
pair shops must have their help. The
general manager issued a circular Civ
! ing the men one more day to return to
work or be discharged.
Gov. Lewelling has appointed as
Kansas delegates to the Transmissis-
sippi congress at Ogden, Utah, April
"a: John n. Ives, of Topeka; A. c.
Shinn, Ottawa: A. II. Mccormick, Par
sons: Charles W. Goodland, Fort Scott;
A. b. Cook, Paola; Quincy A. Glass,
Winfield: John p. johnson, Highland,
and j. L. Todd, Eldorado.
Rev. ID. c. Miner has issued Il card to
the temperance people of Kansas sug-
costing that the twelfth anniversary
of prohibition inlay u be celebrated by
special meetings in all parts of the
state. ut which demands shall be made
for more complete enforcing OF the
law. mot only against lawless liquor
dealers. but also against perjured OIL
Gals"
In the case of Senator Martin. whose
right to seat in the senate is contested
by J. W. Ady. the senate committee ON
privileges and elections has decided to
report favorably II resolution author
izing the committee to sit during the
recess by subcommittee or otherwise
and look into the claim of Mr.. Ady to
the seat. to go to Kansas ii necessary
and to send for persons and papers
Grant Whirlow. living at Vinland,
six miles south of Lawrence. committed
suicide in horrible manner the other
night. The deed was deliberately done.
He took shotgun, loaded it and
placed it on chair. the muzzle point
ing toward his head, and pulled the
trigger by means of string, blowing
his head off. He was 23 years OF age
and no cause for the deed is known.
The board Of regca:s Of the state
university met recently at Lawrence
and reorganized by electing Gov. Rob
inson vice president, Charles +. Scott,
secretary. and c. x. Mitchell, auditor.
Chancellor Snow is president OF the
board. Prof. L. NJ. Hopkins and Prof.
T.. II. Holder were raised to full pro.
fessorships. and W. {. Stevens and "
L. Kellogg to associate professorships
Information was recently received at
Topelsa of the destruction OF much
property by prairie fires in Graham and
Phillips counties. Only meager par
ticulars could be learned. 1t was
known, however, that a great deal OF
hav, several head of horses and about
fifty head of sheep persisted, and that
Mrs. Bowen and three children were
caught in the flames and so badly
burned that they would not recover.
Justice Allen, of the supreme court
has fled his dissenting opinion in the
Gum habeas corpus case by which the
legality of the house OF representatives
was determined. At the time OF the
decision. Justice Allen delivered an Oral
dissent and announced that he would
file a more extended opinion in the
future. The opinion filed by him is
the larges that has ever been writer
by a Judge of the supreme court. II
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