Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-11-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

gentry destroyed oy nre.
The large millinery cstab lishment o.
Mrs J. NJ Tresslef. AZ Ftft Scott, has
failed,
Fire at Pittsburg the other day dam
aged the stock OF clothing In Harris
store to the extent of s35,0 900.
Thomas Mcneil. n switshman, wa,
recently killed by the cars at Newton
lie was about so years Of age.
The. Grand Army posts OF Topeka
havs liid6rsed Gen. j. {: CALDWELL for
department commander of Kansas.
Atchison has brought forth q
healer" who is bidding fair to rival
Schlatter He Is a railroad fagman. q
years old; and said To lie rereiving ovei
pee lSttcfs day.
Gov. Morrill, has made requisitiou
upon the governor OF Iowa for Bill
Heddy, wanted In Norton county upon
the charge of being the murderer Of
Albert Applegatc, who was recently
found dead In his cornfeld.
A wreck took place on tho Kansa:
Central foad near Eastoh, Leaven
worth county; the other night which
resulted in the smashing Of mail and
express car and the injury OF the con
dnctor; james Lake, who jumped from
the train.
State Treasurer Anterior, as one Of
the officers Of the John L. Waller re-
liri organization, has forwarded a Pc
tition to congress praying for some
action looking to the release of Waller
from his French prison. The petition
contained 5000 signatures.
usahd ARMY riion have taken hold OF
the recount OF old soldiers Of the state.
II Is claimed that tile enumeration at
furnished by assessors to the state
board OF agriculture Is incorrect and
makes the number Of old soldiers In
| the state less than 1t should be.
An inmate Of the insane asylum N
Nortn Topeka; named bennett; recent
~ shot at superintendent Bedwell. lie
was disarmed. lie had been considered
harmless and had secured an old pis
toll. He had In his pocaet list OF per
sons he thought II necessary TO kill.
Ms. Alice Truelove was knocked
down and robbed on one Of the princi
pal streets OF Leavenworth the other
day by negro, who made his escape
and left the police at sea-" She had
Just cashed check for SIS at bank.
She was found in n helpless condition
with tvs ribs bsoGcn.
A late Topeka special says that Adj
Gen. Fox has been checking up the
PROPERTY b! tie Kansas national guard
and finds that the state Is short in it,
account with the government In the
sum os 81. 600 In other words. prop
erty valued at s1,oJo drawn BY the
stats from the government cannot be
accounted for.
The Kansas Rqutl Suffrage associa.
lion. lately in session ut Eureka, elect
cd Mrs. Katie R. Addison, president;
Mrs Robbitt, vice president; Mrs. L. O.
Case, treasurer; Mrs. Laura Greggs,
recording and Ray Mcintyre; corre'
spending secretaries: Delegates were
tiioseh TO nttsnd Tie Rational conven'
ton in Washington in February.
Officials OF the Central Branch road,
who have made an inspection OF north
trn WansRsl thtorgh shich the road
runs, report that more corn Is being
cribbcd tais year than ever before.
Farmers decline to accept the prevail
ing price of Is cents per bushel, and
have filed all the old cribs and built
and filled thousands OF new ones
int6rest In tic cases Of Harvey ddd
Arnold. the murderers Of Mayor
Marsh, of Kinslcy, n year ago. con-
tinues great in Edwards county aud 1t
Is reported that the county attorney,
aided by Judge vandivert, who SEN
fenced the prisoners, Is ut work on d
case to be taken 10 the supreme cour,
TO test the validity OF the present law
In regard to capital offenses
The official count OF the vote at the
late election has been compiled. The
total vote on chief justice was l67,4 40,
nj .sfidh Martin reccived 124,o73 Hol-
liday, 42, SIS; scattering, $40. The re-
publicans elected judges in the Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Twenty
ninth districts, and the opposition in
the Eighteenth district. The four Va.
cancies in the state senate and two in
the house were won by republicans.
The clerk Of the United States court
at Topeka recently received draft for
s., 900 from man named Back, farm
err in the northern part OF the state
who had been arrested for fraudulent
" cutting several bills in halves and
having them redeemed by the treasury
department. He had pleaded guilty in
the United States district court nj
Leavenworth. In anticipation OF a
fine of 81 .OO0 he sent the clerk draft
for the amount
Henry NJ. Leonard, c. years Of age.
was found dead the other morning in
the rear OF his home at Wichita. The
body had been horribly mangled and
partially covered In a manure heap.
A trail of blood was followed 10 the
kitchen OF Leonard's residence where
his wife and her son were found wash
ing blood stains from tho floor. 10th
the woman and son were Immediately
arrested and lodged In Jail. Leonard
was n secondhand dealer and an old
soldier. Several months ago he secured
4 divorce from his first wife and mar
rled Mrs. Williamson. Later Frank NJ.
Williamson, FIRST husband OF the
woman, was arrested. At the inquest
the woman confessed that Williamson
and her son committed the crime. The
jury held all three to answer. The sup.
position was that Leonard was killed
70 secure bis life insurance.
The expense account filed by Charles
X. Holiday shows that he made the
race for chief justice OF the supreme
court on si25. The most Of the money
was spent in getting up letter ac-
cepting tho nomination rendered to