Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-04-01
miscellaneous.

Four inches of snow fell along the
Central Branch railroad between Downs
and Lcnora the other morning. The
ground in that section has had but lit
tie moisture of late, and the snow will
put it in good condition for spring plow-
ing.
The total registration of Kansas City,
Kan, for the spring election was Ii, 7GS,
of which 3.S42 were women. Topeka
follows with 10000, of which 200 were
women; Wichita, 1897, with 2,464
women, and Leavenworth, 6,955, with
2,354 women.
The governor has issued proclama.
ton designating April Is rs arbor day.
He calls upon the county and city super
intendents of schools and mayors and
councils of cities to assume charge of
the work, prepare programmes and
give general directions.
Recently man named Mcintyre,
wanted for burglary at Clay Center,
who was being taken back from Smith
Center where he was arrested, evaded
the sheriff and Jumped from the train,
which was running at full speed. lie
succeeded in making good his escapA
Mrs. 7. A. Frazier shot berself at
Wichita the other night. probably
fatally. She was said. 20 be jealous OF
her husband and when he arrived home
late in the evening they quarreled and
Mrs Frazier finally pulled II revolver
from under the pillow and it was dis
charged, the ball passing through her
breast. Whether the shooting was ac-
cidental or not was not known.
II. NJ. Northrup, the veteran banker
of Kansas City, Kan, died in that city
the other day ut the age of IS years.
He was one of the earlier border pio-
neers and esta blished the first whole
sale house in Kansas City, Mo. He
married into and was adopted by the
Wyandotte Indians when n young man.
He was very successful in business and
died possessed of large fortune.
Last spring n temporary editorial as
ISOLATION for the state of Kansas was
organized by the Kansas newspaper
men attending the national meeting.
In order to effect a permanent state So
ciety, working in accord with the Ma
tional Editorial society. ID. A. Valen-
tine, president, has issued call for all
the newspaper publishers of Kansas,
regardless of politics, to meet in con-
vention ut Topeka Friday, April 81.
Besides the new officers to be elected 1t
will he necessary to select delegates to
the national meeting to be held in Chi
cago in May.
Speaker Douglass has filed with the
state auditor his conclusions, as one OF
the "arbitrators" to settle the question
of pay for contestants for membership
of the legislature He finds that as to
the contests from Atchison, Coffey,
Morris. Ness, Mcpherson and Linn
counties the vote was very close and
that the contests were brought in good
faith. He, therefore, favors the pay
ment of their claims He reports against
the claims of the claimants from Doni-
phan, Shawnee, jackson and Reno. The
Grant county case Mr.. Douglass would
not decide until he conferred with Mr.
Dunsmore.
A business meeting of the North Gen.
trail Kansas Editorial association was
recently held Mt Salina and officers for
the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows: President, S. II. Dodge, OF the
Beloit Gazette; vice president. w. II.
Nelson, of the Smith Center Bulletins;
secretary, John Mcbride, of the Cawker
City Record, and treasurer, c. b. Kirt-
land, formerly of the Salina Journal.
An executive committee, consisting OF
]. S. Parks, of the Beloit Call; w. L.
Chambers, of Rocks county, and c. II.
Sawyer, of Cloud county, was chosen.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Beloit