Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-04-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

TOUR OarnS Inree nOrScS periSueu
Kansas school children have contrib
uted $1,000 to the Columbian exhibit
April was clear and spring-like. 1t
was evidently woman's day in Kansas
A new gas we'll of very heavy pres
sure was recently struck at Cherryvale.
The state board of railroad assessors
are making their annual tour in spe-
cial train.
The women of Kansas exercised the
right of suffrage Mt the spring elections
pretty generally.
The seventh congressional district re-
publican editorial association will meet
in Pratt on April "a and %.
The army of liberty" is said to be
a new organization in the state that is
working against prohibition.
For the week ended April there
were thirty-five new fourth-class post
masters appointed in Kansas
A Leavenworth boy won first prize in
the oratorical contest between the
Michigan and Wisconsin universities ut
Ann Arbor
1t is stated that the wheat which was
sown last fall among the corn stalks is
standing the dry weather better than
that which was planted on open ground.
The pupils of the city schools Of New
ton have taken it upon themselves to
assist various poor families that they
have discovered to be worthy objects of
charity.
The population of the penitentiary
was increased the other day by the
addition of sixteen United States pris-
oners lately convicted of various crimes
at Wichita.
The secretary of war has. through
Senator Martin. requested OF the his
torical society complete list of the
newspapers published in Kansas and
the politics of each.
Mrs. Potter, who ran as an indepcnd-
ent candidate for mayor of Kansas City,
Kan, had about $4,000 tickets printed
When the polls closed her tickets were
well nigh exhausted, but she was about
5000 votes short of an election.
Dr. O'Brien, secretary of the state
board of health, says he is receiving
reports from all over Kansas that the
cities are cleaning up. Cholera will
find little to entice it in this state. The
general health of the state, he says, is
good.
The old union depot at Leavenworth,
built in 1862. and ut one time the best
west of the Mississippi river, has been
demolished and freight house erected
which excites the ire of many of the
people because Missouri scenery is OBJ
scured
Martin p Smith was struck and in
stantly killed by the Osceola & South
ern transfer train on the Northwestern
road at Kansas City, Kan, the other
night. Smith was Swede, 36 years
old and had been employed in the
Wyandotte gas works.
1t is suggested that convention OF
of delegates from every county in
southwest Kansas meet ut some central
point for the purpose of discussing
ways and means for protection from
the greatest enemy known to south.
western Kansas-thc prairie fire.
A sand boat belonging to Virgil Ores
ser capsized in the Missouri river at
Leavenworth the other day. causing the
death of one man and nearly drowning
two others The boat was manned by
three men ard was heavily loaded with
sand. John Fletcher was the man
drowned.
In the district court at Topeka the
other day County Attorney Curtis, upon
the recommendation OF Attorney-Gen.
eral Little, dismissed the criminal pro-
ceedings against James Billingslea,
charged with defalcation in office while
assistant insurance commissioner under
ID. w. Wilder.
Emporia schools last year sent Sc
for relief of tornado sufferers at Well.
ington and Harper. $40 to the orphans
home ut Leavenworth, gave about four
tons of provision and clothing to the
needy in Emporia, purchased and raised
eight large and beautiful flags and
raised $3.50 for the educational exhibit
at Chicago.
Col. Townsend, commanding the post
at Fort Leavenworth, has received or
ders to hold in readiness for immediate
movement the four troops of cavalry
stationed there. 1t is understood that
the cavalry is to be sent to Antlers, /.
T., in case of further trouble there or
in that section of the country. The
four troops comprise 24O men.
The National Union Co, which has
been furnishing dry goods and gro
ceries to the farmers of the country for
the past year, is in the hands of re-
ceiver. The union had six stores in
Kansas, one of which was located at
Topeka. All the stores except the one
at Topeka have been sold out and the
stock of that is being disposed of by