Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-10-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Frank Smith, of the Wichita Beacon,
is dead. He was born in Ohio in 1852.
Roland Huff, a deaf mute Il years
old, was fatally injured by train near
o,.!he the other day.
The Santa Fe road has discovered
that many forged employees passes are
in circulation. They are supposed to
have been issued from Chicago
William Hart, young farmer who
resided with his parents near Yelling
ton, shot and killed himself the other
day. The deed was committed in q
field and he was dead when found with
pistol by his side.
DIR. Jones' late mayor of Topeka, has
been installed as chief surgeon at the
I.eavenworth soldiers home. DIR. Nc
Nary, who has been assistant surgeon
since the home was started it is said,
has been politely dismissed"
The findings of the board of man
ayers of the Lcavenworth soldiers
home in the case of charges preferred
against Gov. Smith have been made
public. The board found the charges
not sustained and acquitted the gov
ernor.
The state board of railroad commits
sioners lately decided the Wichita
freight rates case in favor of the com
plainants and ordered Il reduction of
nearly.as per cent in the rates on agri-
cultural implements from the Missouri
river to Wichita.
In the district court at Wichita DR.
George L. Lewis was acquitted of the
charge of criminal libel preferred
against him by his cousin. Col. Hiram
w. Lewis, until lately president of the
Kansas national hank and of the Inter-
national Loan Il Trust Co.
Charles II. Godfrey, a butcher, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself at
FL Dorado the other morning. He had
been an inmate of an asylum some
years ago. and from dependency and
temporary insanity committed the act.
lie leaves widow and two small chill
dren.
Miss Belle Knowles. daughter of ].
G. Knowles, wealthy ranchman, COM
mitted suicide at Belle Plaine Il few
days ago by taking strychnine. She
was 10 years of age and graduate of
Garfield university. ut Wichita. No
cause could be given. She attempted
suicide two years ago.
Miss Nellie Smith. daughter of II. ].
Smith. residing about nine miles south
east of Topeka, died very suddenly
about o'clock the other night. She
was getting supper and complained OF
not feeling well. With that remark
she turned and walked upstairs to her
room. She lay down on the bed and
was dead in five minutes
ii. u. Noll, Il merchant of Joplin,
Mo. was shot and fatally wounded by
highwaymen mt Wichita, the other
night. Ie had been out to Goddard
collecting, and was attacked while re-
turning to town. There was an uneX-
planned mystery about the affair, gath
cred from utterances by the wounded
man during periods of consciousness.
The other night man by the name
of Bedford Smith. who resided ut Ga-
lena, while stealing chickens ut Belle
vile. an adjoining mining camp. had
his head blown off with a shotgun.
lie was married man and leaves a
wife and small family. The coroner's
jury found that the killing was done
by j. W. Sigler. and was not justiti-
lble. Sigler was jailed.
George i. Lasseur, supposed to be
from Vernon county, Mo-. from papers
found on him. was found dead the other
morning in the eastern part OF Sedg-
wick county. lie had evidently been
in camp near where his body was found.
No marks of violence were discovered,
and heart disease was supposed to have
caused his death. A boomers outfit
and some horses and oxen were found
short distance from the road where the
body lay.
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
Grams: Additional George Cannell,
Devon; John B. Ross, Leavenworth.
Renewal and Increase, William Frank,
Greenleaf. Increase, George w. Rose,
Junction City; John o. Wheeler, Nick
erson: Abram II. Fox. Haddam: Gideon
w. Smith, Great Bend: James II. Craw-
ford, Burden. Reissue. William ii.
Preston, Offerle. Original Widows,
etc, Sarah Venard, Concordia; Fanny
Fustin, North Topeka.
The state assembly, A. o. U. W., re-
Gently in session at Topeka, elected the
following officers: Grand commander,
W. T. Bancroft, Kansas City; vice grand
commander, ID. c. Cassell, Belleville;
lieutenant grand commander, George
W. Leak, Leavenworth; grand recorder,
&. NJ. Forde. Emporia; grand treasurer,
f. II. Nettleton, Ottawa; grand stand
ard bearer, r. J. Ste wart, Topeka;
grand senior workman, c. s. Bixby,
Osawatomie; grand junior workman,
j. T. Almond, Kingman; grand trustee,
ID Sbaan rrro nd vt,adiral