Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


its way again Mt Topeka on the 2lst.
The Santa Fe road discharged fifty
more shop hands ut Topeka on the 2lst.
Gov Lewelling has appointed the
following delegates to the international
irrigation congress to be held Mt Los
Angeles, October 10: +. II. Moses and
ii. U. Everett, of Great Bend: Judge
Emery, of Lawrence; ID. NJ. Frost and
A. w. Stubbs of Garden City; ii. NJ.
Lester, Syracuse; ]. L. Brestow. Sa-
lima; II. ID. Gregory ingalls,: NJ. Mohler
and Z. V. Cowgirl, Topeka, and L.
Baldwin, Great Bend.
The Salina Commercial club has made
preliminary arrangements for the great
Interstate irrigation convention called
to meet in that city September %. Five
| thousand invitations will be sent out at
once as a preliminary measure and q
systematic course of advertising and in
formation has been arranged to follow
the invitations. The plan of the con-
vention is n gigantic one, embracing
Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, New Mex
leo, Kansas and the Dakotas.
The permanent school fund of the
state amounts to little over 5000, 900
and the semi-annual interest is payable
on February Is and August Is of each
year. The interest this year is larger
than usual because of sales of land dur
| ing the last year, and the amount the
school fund commissioners will appor-
ton to the different counties is about
s255, 900. The money is distributed to
counties according to the school popu-
lation. The per capita is 81 cents.
Comrades in the department of Kan
sas are cautioned by Department Com
mander Kelly mot to pay money to any
persons or associations who claim to
have special privileges for soldiers in
the opening of the strip. These per-
sons who are making this claim can do
you no good, and every dollar paid to
them will be thrown away. They are
obtaining money under false pretenses,
and are thus perpetrating fraud upon
every soldier from whom they take
money"
Chester Weiricl, of Sedgwick county,
attempted suicide in novel manner
the other day. He had been missing
from home all day and search discov-
cred him in distant corner of the
farm sitting in hole in the ground
and quietly pulling over himself with
hoe the fresh earth he had just dug
out. On the ground near his head lay
u bottle of laudanum which Weirick
evidently contemplated emptying when
he had buried himself sufficiently deep
to suit his fancy.
In the makeup of the house COM
mittees as announced by Speaker Crisp.
Kansas congressman showed up as fol-
lows: Mr.. Broderick got place on the
judiciary and printing committees; MIR.
Baker mines and mining and pensions;
Mr.. Simpson, agriculture and terri
tories: Mr.. Funston, agriculture and
private land claims; Mr.. Davis, public
lands; Mr.. Curtis, mines and mining
and Indian affairs; Mr.. Hudson, pri-
vate land claims and railways and
canals; Mr.. Harris, Pacific railways.
Pensions granted Kansas veterans on
the II: Original-John Millikan, Chap
man; Alfred johnson, Peoria: George
w. Sain, Nickerson; Rufus DeGarmo.
Oswego; George E. Cole, Wellington;
Ephron Nichols, Elk Falls, George N.
Hodge. Sterling; Albert q. Holmes,
Bluff CITY. Increase-Jeriol NJ. Hoss,
Coffeyville. Reissue-John Hamilton,
deceased, Oberlin. Reissue and in
crease-John Lake, deceased, Colwick.
Original widows, etc.-Caroline Dodge,
Cottonwood Falls;Catharine 7. Resting,
Ottawa; Catharine Messer. New Cam
bria: Sarah Koofer, mother, Prairie
Center; Elizabeth Goodrich, mother,
Bluff City. Widows Indian wars-Nancy
w. Martin, Garden Plain.
Department Commander Kelly has
issued general order giving informa-
ton to veterans who expect to attend
the twenty-seventh encampment of the
G. A. r. at indianapolis, September
too. Arrangements have been made
to take the department of Kansas to
the encampment via Santa Fe route to
Chicago. thence via Pennsylvania lines
TO indianapolis, leaving Kansas on
Saturday, September ., arriving at In
dianapolis Sunday evening. Arrange
ments have been made with all lines in
Kansas to sell through tickets to In
dianapolis via Kansas City in connec-
ton with the A., Il. Il 5. f., Kansas
City to Chicago, thence Pennsylvania
lines to Indianapolis Reduced rates
have been secured from all Kansas
points
The G. A. II. reunion at Hutchinson
was a great success fully 10000 people
being present. R. NJ. Campbell on be-
half of the citizens of Hutchinson, well
coined the visitors. Col A. b. Camp
bell, of Topeka, responded. j. F.
Greenlee, member of the legislature
from Reno county, welcomed the mem
bers of the G. A. r. on behalf OF Joe
Hooker post, of Hutchinson. This was