Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

George Van Alta has been appointed
postmaster ut Clay Center to succeed
G. Z. Clifford, deceased.
John w. Breidenthal Is trying to
raise his share Of $4,000 for the popu'
list national campaign fund.
Rev. Edith Hill, the eloquent woman
Baptist divine, was married ut Pitts
burg recently to ]. C. Booker.
Tho government has presented tho
agricultural college at Manhattan with
so2, 600 for experiments this year.
A severe windstorm at Ports, near
Atchison, recently damaged every
building In town, but killed no one.
Over 1000, 600 tons of coal were mined
In Kansas last year, giving employment
ut the mines to 5000 men and $50 boys.
The state board of health was called
to Russell again the other day to take
steps to eradicate second outbreak OF
black diphtheria.
d. o. McCray, n well.known Topeka
newspaper man has gone to Mexico TO
write up the silver question from re.
publican standpoint.
Fire destroyed the slaughter and
packing house Of William Born at EN-
poria tho other day. A number OF
hogs were incineratci.
Editor 4. Is. Murdoch, OF the Edo.
RADIO Republican, has again been nomi'
mated for the state senate by the re.
publicans OF his county.
Anti-free silver democrats OF Chcro-
lkee county held a convention the other
dry and sent Capt. NJ. II. Eastman to
the indianapolis conference.
A freight train Of FIVE cars was
wrecked four miles east Of Fort Scott
on the NJ, X. & T., damaging NOR.
chnndisc to the extent OF $4,000.
Wheclmcn Of the state have prepared
n plank in favor of good roads which
will be submitted to the coming re.
publican convention for adoption.
q. c. Richardson. Of Kansas, was
elected vice president Of the Apple
Growers Association Of America at the
annual session in Chicago recently.
Ex-Consul John L. Waller Is ut the
head of n movement 10 form IN indus.
trial college in Kansas for colored
people. The school may be located ut
Winfield.
Rev. A. Cornish, pastor Of the U. u.
church ut Fort Scott, has brought suit
for $1,000 damages against woman
member OF his flock, alleging defama.
ton Of character.
Republicans OF Woodson and Allen
counties nominated G. II. Lamb, OF
Yates Center, for state senator TO sue.
coed Charles +. Scott, who would not
accept denomination.
The most hotly contested republican
primary in the history of Wichita was
held the other day, resulting in the de-
feat Of Mayor l.. NJ. Cox, who was
fighting Gov. Morrill,.
Topeka has sold 100000 OF her
bridge bonds To the state school fund
commissioners, and n new bridge across
the Kaw ut that place is among the
immediate certaintics.
Populists OF the Twenty-Sccond sem
atorial district met mt Abilene the
other day and nominated George
Hanna for senator. He is no relation
to McKinlcy's manager.
Three families at Fort Scott drank
but,crmilis together one evening re-
Gently and soon several members were
seized with commissions. Physicians
said tho buttermills was poisoned.
The new democratic state central
committee Is Differed us follows: Mac
Love, OF Arkansas City, chairman; w.
II. L. Pepperill, Of Concordia, secre'
tary, and Frank Thomas. Of Topeka,
treasurer.
Henry Wells, an attorney, Tom Hob
son and w. NJ. Brown, Of Girard, were
arrested recently by United States off,
GERS, charged with completely in the
Cleveland third term swindle, which
defraudcd many people in Kansas and
Missouri.
At Elk City the other day two chill.
dren OF p. l. Swatzell, aged six and
three, were given matches TO play
with. In few moments their CLOTH
ing caught fire and before help could
arrive the little girl was burned to
death. Tho boy may recover.
John ]. Ingalls, formally launched
his candidacy for the United States
senate in q speech at Lyons, Rice
county. the other day. He declared in
favor of bimetallism and against silver
and gold recommendation. lie also de-
clarcd hostility TO the retirement of
greenbacks
Dudley c. Flint has sold his interest
In the Girard Press to his partners
son. A. NJ. Wasser, and will start q
daily and weekly paper ut Pittsburg.
Flint and Z. A. Wasssr were in part
ncrship on the Girard Press II years,
and they made II one OF the best OF
Kansas papers
d. NJ. Frost, OF Garden City, chair
man of the state board Of irrigation,
says western Kansas farmers have
never seen q more unfavorable year
for agriculture than 1896, owing to
lack Of moisture. He says the only
remedy is to utilize the underfow OF
the Arkansas river for irrigatiny or
farmers must abandon their farms
The complaint Of the board Of trade
Of Kansas City against certain Kansas
railroads in the matter OF alleged grain
rate discrimination has been laid be.
fore the board of railroad commission
ers and 1t will DO investigated The
complaint alleges that the Santa Fe,
Rock Island, Missouri Pacific and
Union Pacific charge less for hauling
grain and produce from Kansas points
to st. Louis and Chicago than they do