Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


into Office us county superintendentso OF
public instruction In twenty counties
Of the state.
George Morgan, IA years old, was
shot and killed Mt Topeka the other
by the premature discharge OF pistol
which he was loading.
The Little case, in which A. w. Lit
tie killed Lawyer johnson Mt Kansas
City, Kan. and was tried In johnson
county on change Of venue and acquit-
ted, cost Wyandotte county the neat
sum Of 50, 46G35.
Carson Carver we'll known citizen
Of Kingman county, was shot fatally
by Pearl Drury at schoolhouse socia-
bic the other night. Several years ago
the men fought about girl and the
trouble was renewed when they met at
the schoolhouse.
E. II. Snow, state printer. resigned
several days ago, because he discovered
that "there was cloud on his title"
because of irrcgularity OF his election,
and the governor Immediately reap
pointed him TO fill the unexpired term
ending June 30, 1895. Mr.. Snow also
fled new bond.
Philip Crow. Kansas City, Kan,
jointist 81 years old, filed himself full
Of whisky the other day, went homo
and quarreled with his wife, who was
ut the wash tub. and finally shot her.
lie then shot himself. Crow died in .
few minutes, and his wife lived only
about four hours. They left several
children.
The report of an expert in regard to
the accounts of the treasurer OF Wyan-
dotte county, showed that NJ. j. Nc
Lean, late county treasurer. was short
SIS, G3i.O9. The greater part OF this
sum was in the Citizens bank Of Ar.
mourdale, when 1t failed and about
$4,000 remained otherwise unac-
counted for. The books Of the probate
Judge and other county officials are
also to be examined by experts.
Physicians of the different schools OF
medicine formed an association Mt To-
peka some days ago, for the purpose OF
mutual protection against quacks and
pretenders of all classes" DIR. e. Ivan
Pohek. of Wamego, was elected presi-
dent; DIR. C. +. Menninger, Of Topeka,
secretary; DIR. j. L. Furber. OF Topeka,
treasurer; Drs. s. Stewart, OF Clay Cen
ter, and Furber and Menningcr, OF To-
peka. were appointed us committee
to prepare suitable laws.
William Bruins. a German farmer liv-
ing near Atchison, who had been in
the habit of passing his evenings Mt q
railroad station near by, much against
the wishes of his wife, was recently
greatly frightened by Mrs. Bruins. who
put on n suit of his clothes and jumped
out Mt him from behind clump OF
bushes as he was returning home about
midnight. Since then Bruins has been
demented and II was feared might per-
manently lose his reason.
The state board OF agriculture will
set apart one evening probably Thurs
day. the 10TH ut its January meeting
for the benefit of the ladies, at which
Mrs. Nellie S. Kcdsie, Of the state agri-
cultural college, will give an INTEREST,"
ing talk upon domestic Science" and
Miss Gertrude Coburn, Kansas girl
and graduate of the state agricultural
college, who has for four years had
charge of the Stout manual training
school Mt Menomonie, Wis, will lecture
on Manual Training for Our Girls"
Other speakers will entertain those
who may attend.
The sugar factory at Fort Scott has
fled claim with the secretary Of the
state board Of agriculture for the
state bounty under the new law on
PAS, 200 pounds of sugar produced dur
ing 1894. In filing this claim the COM
pany says IL does so under protest, rs 1t
claims to be entitled to u bounty OF ?
cents per pound under the law Of 1887,
which provided that the 9 cent bounty
was to run seven years. In 1891 this
section was repealed by the y cent
law, and the sugar companies claim
the INV Ol 1905 WAC W thS hesoiS VI -
contract, which cannot be abrogated.
Mrs. Alice Stevenson was recently
arrested at Kansas City, Kan, for
fraudulently obtaining pension. Sew
eral years ago at Atchison, her hus-
band, John Stevenson, died. After
ward she was married to George f.
Rocco. but, she says, he had another
wife living. from whom he had not
been divorced, and she refused to live
with him. In making application about
two years ago for pension as the
widow of John Stevenson she was adj
vised by her lawyer that no attention
would be given the second marriage. as
II was illegal and void and would be
no barrier to her securing pension.
She acted upon this advice she alleges
in good faith, never doubling that she
was innocent of wrong doing until ar
rested.
An effort Is being made to place the
names of the Lane Frontier guards on
the files Of the war department. This
was an organization Of Kansans in
Washington in 1861, headed by Senator
Lane as captain, whose purpose was to
assist in defending the capital. Sena-
tor Martin has introduced bill direct
ing that the secretary of war be author
lied to place upon the files of the war
department the names of the officers
and men composing the organization
and issue discharges to such of them as
shall furnish satisfactory proof that
they rendered military service and
were honorably discharged, provided
that none of the said officers or men
shall be entitled to pay, an allowance
or bounty, or pension by reason OF ser
vice in such guards.
The Kansas Horticultural society, ut
its late annual meeting Mt Fort Scott,
elected officers as follows: President,
]. I. Wellhouse, of Paramount: vice
IL