Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-07-11

II was stated recently that stealing
cattle and shipping them to market
had become so common in Greenwood
county that when man missed steer
from his herd he Immediately took the
train for Kansas City.
The As teachers of the Fort Scott,
Kan, city schools have signed con.
tracts to teach next year at salaries re.
duced five per cent from what was paid
last year. The reduction includes the
superintendent and all grade teachers
Chairman Leland has invited Senator
Thurston, OF Nebraska, and ex.Con-
gresham w. Z. Mason, OF Chicago. to
open the republican campaign in Kan
sas The meeting will be held at To-
pcla the night following the state
convention.
Five desperate prisoners escaped
from the Columb bus jail one afternoon
recently, and on their way out Of town
held up citizens In buggies and on
horseback and took the vehicles and
horses and made good their escape into
the territory.
The $40, 900 libel suit brought at To.
pelia by Ben II. Henderson against ex.
State Printer Snow, was dismissed the
other day. The suit was brought in
1894, and was the outcome of bitter
quarrel between the two men over pol.
tiles, although both were populists.
ii. c. Orr, who was well known by
nearly all Kansas travellers as the as
sistant passenger agent of the Bur.
lington railroad Mt Kansas City, has
resigned that position to accept the
general freight and passenger agency
Of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf.
T. F. Carver, Judge of the court oil
appeals, Central division, Is said to be
a candidate for judge of the supreme
court before the republican state con
vention. The other candidates, be
sides Judge David Martin. are c. b.
Graves, of Emporia, and Nelson Case
of 0swego.
A man giving his name rs A. j. Sib
ley went into Watkins bank Mt Law
renee the other day and attempted tc
cash forged check. lie was arrested
and 1t was soon learned that he was {
lunatic who had several weeks ago es
capped from the state insane asylum o.
st. Joseph, Mo.
One of the boilers in the Rex mill II
Kansas City, Kan, exploded the othe
day, completely demolishing the en-
CINE room and seriously injurin.
Charles Hollis, fireman The fore,
of the explosion was terrific. and part
of the boiler were found in the Kav
river, 100 yards from the mill.
Gold standard republicans In tn,
Sixth congressional district were re
ported as organizing opposition to A
Ii. Ellis, nominee for congress, becaus,
of his well-known leaning toward sill
yer. Business men OF Topeka wer
trying the same ''disciplining" process
on Congressman Curtis. who had IN
nounced his opposition to the st. Loui
money plank.
The 18th annual report Of the stat,
labor commissioner has been issnet
and contains $50 pages It shows tina
the capital invested in packing house
In the state aggregates $40, 275, 900; to
tai value OF their products for the year
$50, O44, 77e; amount paid In wages, 50,
43i, s94.G2- During the year these pack
ers slaughtered l,352, 467 cattle, SO, II
calves, 1,022, ST. hogs and 7e7, e2O sheer
August Mietzer, n young German o
Paoln, went to Wichita the other da,
in quest of Miss Fanny Minnick, witt
whom he was infatuated, and who ha,
rejected his attentions Reachinl
Wichita, Meter secured q revolve
with the determination OF killing tn
girl and then himself II she refuse,
him. But before he could carry on
the tragedy the wicked police locke
him up
Prof C. NJ. Light, n professor In tn
Kansas normal college ut Fort Scot
and n prominent educator, has nc
cepted the presidency Of the New Mex
leo territorial normal college at Silve
City.
Republicans OF the Twenty-Secon
senatorial district met at Clay Cente
recently and nominated s. s. Smith, O
Abilene. fot senator. He was not In
structed, although from J. R Burton
own home.
The agitation Of q curfew for Law
renee revealed the fact that the tow
has had such an ordinance for 10 years
but was not generally known. Il wa
said that It would now DO enforced.
Roy Hoover, ten years old, livinl
with his parents on the Pottawatomi
reservation in Jackson county. wen
out riding on his pony one day recen,
" and IS minutes later both boy an,
pony were found dead, without n mari
to indicate the cause. The affair
shrouded In mystery.
Fire Ut Russell the other day Dc
stroysd ths First national bank, @. A
r. ball and ]. z smith's store. Loss
$4,000; Insurance., $4,000
The trustees Of Ottawa unlvsrsit,
have elected Prof ]. d 4 Riggs o
Dome sesdsuy. Granville, @, as ppssI
dent If the institution