Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-07-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The treacherous Missouri river Ii
playing havoc with land in tho vicinity
of Atchison.
An inmate of the Topeka insane
asylum, by the name of johnson, COM
United suicide few days ago by hang
ing.
John Kay has been appointed post
master at Randolph, Riley county, and
Erastus Clements at Parker, Linn
county.
Acknowledgement Little has removed
Assistant Acknowledgement Noah Allen
and appointed George w. Clark as his
successor.
Six Kansas banks, located at us many
towns, failed on the nth as u result OF
the suspension of the Kansas City
National bank.
Acknowledgement Little has decided
that county boards cannot loan money
to farmers to buy seed, as proposed by
Gov. Lewelling.
The financial furry resulted in the
suspension of the Northrup bank ut
Kansas City, Kan, and also the Ar
mourdale bank.
Joseph Ebler was terribly mutilated
with razor while Supplied by liquor,
at his home in Kansas City. Kan, the
other night and bled to death. His
wife is under arrest charged with the
crime. Ebler was 30 years of age and
his wife 40.
The Bankers Life association, of Des
Moines, has applied to the superintend-
ent of insurance for license to do busi-
ness in Kansas. 1t is an assessment
company, and both superintendent
Mcbride. and Wilder have denied it adj
mission on that ground.
The state military board has formal
ly ordered disarmament of six compa-
MES of the state militia. The compa-
MES are A, of Olathe: c, of Topeka; G, of
Marion: II. of Sterling; &, of Seneca. and
A, of Clyde. One more company, yet
to be selected. will be mustered out in
the near future.
The encouragement has directed
Secretary of State Osborn not to char
ter any more "bond investment COM
panies. Several of these concerns are
already in operation. They promise to
make people rich in short time. but
people who have investigated their
manner of doing business claim they
cannot do what they promise.
The Kansas department of the Grand
Army of the Republic is making ar
rangements to go before the national
court of claims with test case, involv-
ing the recent dropping of names from
the pension rolls from the Topeka
agency. 1t is thought decision can
be reached through the court of claims
earlier than through any other trib-
unal. The authority of the secretary
of the interior to pass upon the merits
of existing pension allowances is to be
tested.
The striking coal miners in the diff
ferent mines of the state continue to
hold out for their demands. The oper-
ators seem determined not to make any
concessions and matters are assuming
serious shape. In many instances
strikers wives have entered the field
and are doing missionary labor among
men who show disposition to return
to the mines by inducing them to quit
work. Several coal companies have
erected stocllades and propose to pro-
tect those willing to enter their service.
J. r. White, of the state board OF
live stock commissioners, said recently
that the scare of stoclSmen of Chautau-
qua county over Texas fever appears to
be without cause. The commission has
made thorough investigation there
and found that eleven cattle in herd
of $50 had died from some unknown
cause. They had mingledwith bunch
of cattle brought from Texas and nat
urally the disease was supposed to he
Texas fever. That it was not the
dreaded epidemic is evidenced by the
fact that no more of the cattle have
been affected.
Warden Chase, of the penitentary,
has completed report of the habits
and inclinations of the inmates of that
institution, which shows some queer
facts. There are more country boys
than town boys. They are divided
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Profanity is common among 53S of the
convicts, while 40 do not swear. Seven
hundred and six want to reform and
one says he does not. Three hundred
and ffty-six say they were led to
crime through drink. Tobacco is used
by 8OS of the men there, while 10l
neither smoke nor chew.
The clerks in the state auditors of
fee have carried out the figures of the
state board of railroad assessors on the
lines of the Santa Fe and the grand to-
tai valuation is SEQ, 727,71s. The COM
pany's own valuation as reported to the
board was s,75O,Oa0 Last year the
boards valuation was sl6, ~, 300. Be'