Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The great musical Jubilee opened at
Hutchinson on the Goth.
The Kansas City, Kan, board Of
trade Is seeking q reduction Of grain
rates
All the Santa Fe mines In Usage
county have closed, throwing COO
miners out Of work.
Arthur Foster, o barber, was recent
ly drowned while bathing In the Kaw
river ut Kansas City, Kan.
Large fields Of grain were flooded by
late rains In southern Kansas rs far rs
the Indian territorial line.
The Osawatomie Journal Is now
republican paper launched by ]. Fred
Whiting and s. A. Luesing.
A jury ut Emporia the other day
fixed tho lawful and reasonable price
for boarding dog Mt 81 week.
The corner stone Of tho new Kansas
university "a Methodist institution
was laid with appropriate ceremonies
at Kansas City, Kan, on the 25th.
II. C Mcllctte, ex-governor Of South
Dakota, died ut Pittsburg, this state,
on the 25th Of heart trouble. The re-
mains were shipped to South Dakota.
A waterspout In Coffey, Anderson
and Linn counties recently precipitated
ten inches OF water and washed out
ten miles Of railway track near Gar
nett
Mrs. Thompson, wife Of n Douglas
county farmer residing near Eudora,
committed suicide the other day by
jumping into the Kansas river. Tenn
porary insanity the cause.
Lightning struck one Of the build
ings Of the Laflin.Rand Powder Co,
near Fort Scott the other night, caus-
ing q terrific explosion that demol-
ished tho building. No one was hurt
Two largo business houses ut Coffey.
Vile were wrecked by an explosion
caused by natural gas accumulation the
other day. David Carter was instantly
killed, Mat Atkinson and Eliza Purs-
ley, colored, fatally injured, while q
large number Of others were more or
less hurt.
The suit brought by the state against
the NJ, X. & T. railway for refusing to
maint tain general offices In Kansas has
been dismissed. The company not
only maintains general Offices Mt Par
sons, but has erected In that city the
most commodious railway structures
in the state.
At Fort Scott the other day Sam Da.
Wis escaped ten-year sentence In the
penitentiary for burglary by the over
sight OF the prosecuting attorney In
not having Davis in court when the
verdict of guilty was read by the jury.
Under the Kansas law the court was
required to grant an arrest OF judg'
ment and discharge the prisoner.
The attendance at the Emporia state
normal school the past year wns 1889,
IN increase OF 90 over last year. The
graduating class this year numbers
100, aud tho prospective graduating
class for 1897 numbers ITO. Eighty.
nine Kansas counties and Is states and
territories are represented In the
school. Outside OF Kansas, Missouri
leads with 12 counties
The committee on prizes for the
Knights Of Pythins grand lodge drill
ut Topeka the other day awarded
prizes ns follows: First prize, largest
nunber OF men in line, Carbondale
second, Kansas City. First prize, mos,
miles travelled In reaching Topeka
Kansas City 6rst, Carbondalo second
Largest number Of past chaucellors In
line, Lawrence FIRST, Carbondale second
A tornado passed through the west
ern part OF Wilson county on the
morning OF the a5th La Fontaine, q
village of 200 souls, was almost de-
stroyed. Two business houses, the
Missouri Pacific depot and the Chris
tinn church were entirely wrecked,
and almost every house in the village
was damaged. A score of farm house:
north, east and west were destroyed
Aaron Edwards, farmer, was fatally
injured, and many Others were severe
ly hurt
Justice Herr, OF Argentine, recently
attended ball game and during hi.
absence mn ex.convict nRped Christie
pher Schaeffer robbed him OF sos and
left ScLaeffer was sent to the pen
itentiary two years ago for stealing
from tho smelter company. Justice
Herr interceded for him and secured biz
freedom almost year before his time
hnd expired. He had given Schaeffei
board and bed since no was released
and expected to keep him until he
could secure q position.
The latest statistics show that there
are in Kansas 406,O pupils Of schoo
age, though but ISL, ls3 attend school
There are 9,a37 schoolhouses and IL,
Dl3 teachers Tho average wnges Il
male teachers are $40. 40 and to female
teachers s3a73. There are los coun
ties in tho state, which makes IN aver
ngc Of IS schoolhouses and 113 teachers
10 the county. The people pay in loca
taxes to support the schools each yeal
70, 400, 3o4.7l, not counting the divi
lends from the permanent school fund
Il 1uc oucTLIo VI W COuubAco Al hohon'
were recently busy lowing upon thu
property OF d. NJ. Ferry & Co, Of De
troit, Mich. This seed firm had con
tracts with farmers OF southwestern
Kansas TO raise seed for them, and re
Gently, It is alleged, refused to pay FOL
the seed crop Of last year. In oil the
towns Of Kansas Of any size the seed
belonging TO this firm, which hav'
been placed on sale with merchants
on commission, have been or will be
seized for payment Of these claims
The costs will exceed by moro thar
tenfold the amount In controversy.
Henry Shindler, Of Leavenworth
was elected national commander Of thu
army and navy union recently In ses
sion In Washington city. The 1s97re
union will be held In Kansas City II
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