Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

&. 8. Kirkpatrick has been renomi.
mated for congress by the republican,
OF the Third district.
Ex-Lieut Gov. M. ]. Salter died NJ
his home near Fort Scott the other
day OF the grip, aged 6s years.
Police Commissioner Keck, Of Wich'
ita, has resigned and the reorganized
police board has re.established the 50.
loon revenue system.
The four-ycar-old daughter OF MIRA
Mary Goss, n widow Of Weir City, was
missing the other day and at night the
body was found in water closet
The annual conference Of the Metho.
dist church ia session ut Atchison, by
vote OF 30 to IA decided to admit
women to the general conference.
About 40 men met at Topeka the
other day and laid the foundation for
the now silver party. II was decided
to hold . delegate state convention NJ
Topeka July 10.
The International Pacific Railroad
Co., with headquarters at Kansas City,
Kan, and capital stock Of $40, 600, 600,
has fled articles of incorporation with
the secretary OF state.
1t is stated that arrangements have
been made by which the Kansas en-.
campment G. A. r. will receive q ono.
fare rate to the encampment to be
held Mt Beloit in April
Miss Kate Wrinkle, residing IL miles
south of Wichita, was recently burned
TO death by the explosion of an oil can.
Mrs Meyers, who tried to save her,
wns also probably fatally burned.
William Mattox and Charles Clark
were recently arrested at Anthony
charged with the murder OF Charles
Rodman year ago. Mattox is .
brother.in-law Of the murdered man.
Thomas b. Bowling, ex.sheriff OF
Wyandotte county, was decided on TO
take temporary charge OF the Kansas
City, Kan, post Office by tho bondsmen
OF Postmaster Mapes, who committed
suicide because of shortage.
At the late session OF the Kansas NJ.
T. conference, held ut Atchison, Rev.
Edwin Locke, of Kansas City, was
elected secretary; Rev. Z. Z. Tarbell,
OF Abilene, treasurer, and Rev. A. j.
Coo, OF baldwin, statistical secretary.
The secretary of war has detailed
Lieut. Harry A. Smith, Of the regular
army, for duty on the governors mill.
tary staff. Ills duties will be TO drill
the Kansas national guard and to
teach officers and men to be real
soldiers.
Nellie Smiley, who worked In the
trimming department of Swift's pack.
ing house, ut Kansas City. Kan,
slipped and fell upon large knife the
other day which penetrated the abdo.
man and inflicted what was thought
to be fatal wound.
The Kansas NJ. f. conference elected
the following delegates to the general
conference ut Cleveland: Rev. A. s
Embree, Of Topeka; Rev. W. II. Under.
wood, Clay Center; Rev. J. A. Molter,
Baldwin; Hon. ]. NJ. Miller, Council
Grove, and w. p. Fryhoffer. Randolph.
Frank Mapes, postmaster ut Kansas
City, Kan, committed suicide by shoot.
ing himself at his home In that city on
the 18th. Inspectors had been going
over his accounts and he was short
about $4,000. For year past, 1t was
said, he had been drinking and living
beyond his income.
The juniors Of the state university
gave party some nights since. and on
their way to the entertainment they
were attacked by another portion OF
the students who treated them very
roughly. Tho result was that tho stu.
dents who wanted to be funny" were
called before the faculty and number
suspended for periods ranging from Is
70 60 days
. An opinion was recently rendered
by the supreme court against the
Carroll Qa.) First national hank,
which sought to collect 5000 and in.
terest from the Medicine Lodge Sugar
Co. The sugar company borrowed
money from the bank, assigning MS Sc
curity the sugar bounty that was to be
earned by the sugar growers the fol-
lowing year. The supreme court holds
that the sugar company has no right
to the bounty, and therefore could not
assign IL to the bank.
Fire in the Star hotel ut Fort Scott
the other morning occasioned some
what OF panic among the 80 occu-
pants The proprietor and his wife
had narrow escape. q. L. Mckee, of
Colony, and j. d. Depew, OF Ohio,
jumped from front second story win
dow to the pavement Depew was
badly burned on the face and neck in
attempting TO save money aud jewelry
in his room. All the guests were final.
ly cotton out without serious injury.
The loss was over $40, 200; insurance
light
Pensions, were lately granted to the
following veterans: Monroe Brown,
Pleasanton; Daniel Plum, Walnut; Byron
o. Witter, National Military Home; vii.
liam Devolid, St Marys; Camm I. San
dcrs, Marion; Isaac N. Strohn, Ian.
sing. Increase. Erastus n. Emmons,
Washington; John McHaley, Dexter;
Patrick W. Gilligan, National MILL
tary Home; Andrew j. Sullivan, Coffey-
vile; Pleasanton 7. Ellis, Uniontown.
Original widows, etc, Mary NJ. Triggs,
Topeka; minsr of Isaac Burroughs,
Shaw and Erie; Mary NJ. Marsh, Rus
sell; Eliza Thompson, Leavenworth;
minors of Edward Evans, Concordia;
Maria Craig, Lawrence; Josephine 4. |
Henry, Upton: Irene Sipplo. Chautau-
qua; Sarah {. Holler, Manhattan. Re-
newal and increase, Barchal Y. Moss,
Arcadia. Reissue and increase, Chris.
topher c. Lyon, Lincoln.
A Wyandotte county farmer dug sew
eral ncres Of potatoes recently that he
planted last year, and which he left In
the ground last fall because they were
so cheap that he did not consider them
worth digging. He now hnds TINT the
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