Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-02-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


made demand for an increase of pay.
The sandwich peddlcr was more pop
ular mt Topeka last week than the
Sandwich islands commissioner.
The people of Salina have offered to
give 100000 and twenty acres of land
providing the state capitol be removed
to that town.
John Dubois, Liberal livery man,
was horribly burned the other morning
by vitriol thrown into his face by a Mrs.
Krudwig, wife of plasterer. 1t was
the result of scandal The woman
was arrested.
The executive council has approved
the bond of p. u. MaXson, w. ID. Vim
cent and John Hall. the new railroad
commissioners r. C. Bradshaw, whom
the council recommended for secretary
of the board, will not accept
Leland J. Webb died in his office in
Topeka the other afternoon from IN
overdose of cocaine. He was found
lying on his Office floor between 5 and 8
o'clock. 1t is not known whether he
committed suicide OF misjudged the
amount of the drug which he took.
Mrs. Laura NJ Johns, of Salina, and
Mrs. w. A. Morgan, of Cottonwood
Falls, were sworn in as sergeants-at-
arms of the republican house during
the late rumpus at Topeka. Mrs. Johns
addressed the house in favor of female
suffrage ut one o'clock on the morning
of the 18th.
The only blood that was drawn in
the late war at Topeka was the result
OF the accidental shooting of Erwin
Convey, sergeant of company H, of FL Dor
ado, by private Davis, of the Clyde COM
pany. A pistol was accidentally dis
charged while in Davis hands and the
ball took effect in Covey's thigh infiict-
ing painful wound
George NJ. Howell, Of the Howell
Lumber Co. of Atchison, convicted OF
violation of the Interstate commerce
law in the United States court ut St
Joseph last December and sentenced to
imprisonment in the penitentiary for
one year, has been pardoned by the
president. Howell will be compelled
to pay q fine of 81, 900.
Charles and Edward Valid, followers
and believers in the doctrine taught by
David Deem, and who were recently de-
clared insane by jury in the probate
court at Columbus, were denied new
trial and have been sent to the state i'm
sane asylum. 1t is generally consid-
cred that Charles and Edward Valid
were no more insane than their teacher,
David Deem.
The governor has removed John
Smith, Sol Miller and j. 5. Emery as
members of the state board of public
works and appointed in their stead 5.
NJ. Scott, of Mcpherson: William
Wykes, of Sumner, and r. 5. Keppley,
of Shawnee The latter is n democrat
and succeeds ]. S. Emery. The other
two are populists. They will assume
their duties on April l.
Because his children had been taken
from him by an order of court, d. u.
Flack, an Armourdale cooper, ended
his life the other night by taking lau.
danum. His body was found in box
car. He and his wife had separated
and he had brought suit against his
wife for divorce, charging intimacy
with an Armourdale physician. The
court had given the custody of the chill
dren to the mother and he had suit
pending against the physician, claiming
$4,000 for the alienation of his wife's
affections.
A hot debate took place in the state
senate over Senator Senn's resolution
declaring that ''mob of republicans
have unlawfully broken open the door
Of the hall of representatives" and re-
solving that the senate hereby declare
its purpose to stand by the legally
elected and legally organized house
presided over by Speaker Dunsmore and
to support the governor in his efforts
to preserve law and order" The de-
bate was very fiery, and each side &c
cused the other of being anarchists
The resolutions were finally tabled.
The governor made clean sweep in
the Office of police commissioners at
Topeka. He had asked the members OF
the old board to send in their resigna-
tions to take effect March 1, which they
did, but q few days later he desired
their designations to be rendered at
once This they declined to do. The
governor. however, peremptorily re-
moved Mr.. BonebraSe and appointed q
new board, consisting of Col Allen
Sells. chairman; L. T. Yount, secretary,
and Oscar Krauss- The appointments
were confirmed by the senate The
other two old commissioners gave mp
the fight
In the injunction proceedings brought
before the district court at Topeka
against w. H. Biddle as state treasurer
and Van b. Prather as state auditor, to
prevent the paying out of money on the
aupropriation bill passed by the popu-