Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

the lace or his dead wife.
The late heavy rains In the state
greatly benefited the wheat and other
growing crops and put the ground In
good condition for planting corn.
An unknown man attempted to
board Santa Fe freight train at Hol-
liday the other night when no fell be.
meath the wheels and was killed Hs
was about 25 years OF ago.
Samuel +. Filson, foreman Of the
composing room OF the Atchison Daily
Globe, was found dead in his home the
other night His death was due to
heart disease. Mr.. Filson was 80 yeara
OF age.
Edward Fenlon, of Leavcnworth, a
Kansas pioneer well known us sue
cessful business man, died ut Midland,
Tex, the other day, whittier he had
gone few days before to visit his
ranch.
Mrs William Allen shot herself, per.
haps fatally, at Wichita the other day.
She said she was not good enough for
her husband. Temporary insanity
thought to be the real trouble. She
was only 10 years OF age.
Vice President Warner, Of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific railroad, has notified the
state board OF railroad commissioners
that his company would restore the
the old rate on cattle, rs required by
I'M order OF the board made recently.
Goorro nuaps nm ox,old;or o,,t thn
throat Of his sweetheart, Cora Barton,
! ut Lcavenworth the other day and then
attempted to escape. Being closely
pursued he cut his own throat with
razor and died instantly. The girl
may recover.
The scmi.annual convention OF the
county superintendents OF Kansas will
be held ut Newton, May L., l3 and IA.
The scmi'annual address will be de-
livercd by Edward Stanley, state su.
pcrintcndcnt The association has
about 90 members.
The supreme court has affirmed the
sentence Of X. c. Meade, the Atchison
high flying insurance agent who en-.
bczzlcd funds left with him for invest.
,ncnt, deserted his family and ran off
TO England with his stcnographcr. His
sentence is five years
Rev. Joscoh Silbcrman, pastor of the
German jhcran church OF Wichita,
has been asked to resign. The aid So
cioty of the church gave hard times
ball ut which beer was sold, and Mr..
Silbcrman scored them severely about
It, That was the cause.
AS William Milford, farmer living
six miles west Of Kingman, was re-
Gently returning home in company
with some reighbors his home was dis.
covered TO be on fire. They all ran
some distance, when Milford staggered
and fell dead. The home and contents
were destroyed.
Auditor Of State Cole has refused to
allow bill for printing material Or
dered by the board OF directors of the
pcnitentiary and bought upon the
recommendation of Gov. Morrill,. Mr..
Colo stands on the law, which says
the printing for tho state shall be
done by the state printer.
A question of much Importance TO
grain shippers was decided by Judge
Thompson in court Mt Salina recently.
The decision is in reference TO the law
which compels railroads to provide car
scales at every station shipping con-
siderable amount Of grain. and which
Judge Thompson has decided unconsti-
tutional.
T. NJ. Rodman, n brakeman on the
Union Pacific, was killed in the Union
Pacific yards at Kansas City the other
day. He was attempting to make an
air coupling on wcstbound fast
freight. Just rs he had finished the
coupling and stepped from between
the cars no was struck by Missouri
Pacific train OF parallel track.
Patents recently issued to Kansas
inventors: Daniel Blair, Burns, corn
harvester; Joel II. Canaday, Elsmore,
car coupling; Isaac N. Fickes, Holland,
fruit gatherer's staging; John W.
Goodall, Hayes City, plow; Charles A.
Gordon, Bonner Springs, vegetable
cutter; Aaron ]. Hunt, .Hiawatha, fod.
der loader; Peter NJ. Linquist. Els.
more, gate; John A. Minor and j. ].
Hover. Baileyville, sub.soil pillow; Will
liam X. Mottram, Ottawa, thill sup
port
George T. Anthony, state superin-
tendent OF insurance has sent out
checks aggrcgating sl3,i76.35 to the
treasurcrs of cities maintaining fire
departments for tho firemcn's relief
fund, created by the late legislature
for the year 1895. This amount repre-
sents tho reciprocal tax" from fire in
surance comprehensive per cent. on tho
business done in cities. Kansas City,
Kan, leads, receiving so,ls5.73. To-
pelxa comes next with sl,09l.09 Leav-
enworth Is third with 81, 20L5a
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
Grams: Original, George L. White,
Bellville. Additional, John Gerard,
Cherryvale. Supplemental, John ].
Ross, Yates Center. Increase, Alden
X. Munson, Marysville; Isaac l. Wag-
ner, Topeka. Original widows, ETC.,
Elizabeth Wicker, Winfield; minors Of
Alonzo Champion, Garden Plain; Mary
E. Hinclsley, Topeka; minor of Ben
jamin +. Weaver, Severance; Mary A. |
jackson, Elmont; minors OF Thomas
Emmitt, Pawnee Station. Mexican
war survivors, increase, John S. Elklns,
National Military Home.
While recently visiting Mrs Smafley |
at Fort Scott Mrs. benjamin Crealsley |
was shot and perhaps fatally wounded
by Mrs Smalley's little boy, who was
playing with revolver, which was ac-
cidentally discharged.
John Parker and ]. NJ. Madison re-
Gently escaped from the Jail ut Salina
In broad daylight It was thought
friends outside furnished them with
skeleton keys Parker was charged
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