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


4, lie, 900 last year.
The wife Of Albert Bigelow Paine
the Fort Scott poet and author, ha,
brought suit for divorce.
The state school fund commissioner,
have decided to invest the So0s, 900 cash
on hand In government bonds
John BALI, l2 years Of age, ran In
front of an electric car ut Kansas City,
Kan, the other day and was killed.
II is proposed to build large hall In
Topeka capable Of seating 5000 people
for conventions and other large gather.
ings.
Kansas Is at last forgin ing TO the from,
on the gold discovery business. A
gentle fever was recently started In
Stafford county by reported gold
find in the sand hills.
The state temperance union will try
to secure pledges from $4,000 voters 70
support no candidates for Office who
are not prohibitionista They hope by
this action to secure the balance OF
power.
The Southwest Kansas Methodist
Episcopal conference ut its recent SEES
sion at Wichita, decided to make q
strong effort during the coming year
to lift the Indebtedness from the Meth
odist college Mt Winfield.
The removal of the post office acros:
the street came near causing riot nj
Hill City some days ago. There seems
to be two factions in the town caused
by q county seat squabblo and they
also took hand in the post Office re.
moval.
Representative Curtis IL preparing q
bill for the distribution to the Muncie
and Chippewa Indians Of Franklin
county Of the $4,000 now to their
credit in the treasury and to issue pat
ents to them for the allotments they
have SO long occupied.
Pensions lately granted Kansans;
Additional-Samuel Morgan, Law,
renee. Increase-William Ilanselman,
Severy. Original, widows, etc.-Mlary
T. Ingersoll, Blue Rapids; Sarah Scott,
Arkansas City; minors of Levi Seals,
Quindaro; Mary Ann Parkey, Milton.
Vile.
w. W. Huddleston, a farmer and
stock raiser residing near Douglass, re-
Gently visited ut Wichita and failing
to return search was instituted. Sew
eral days later his body was found in
the Walnut river with bullet hole In
his head. lie had probably been
robbed and murdered.
The Kansas delegation ut Washing.
ton is making an effort to reimburse
the state Of Kansas for amounts nj.
ready paid for Quantrell raid claims
and to secure further appropriation
from the national government to pay
the balance of the claims. The state
has already paid part Of those claims,
but sia6, 1854. So still remains due.
The Southwest Kansas NJ. L. confer
ence, in session ut Wichita, adopted
almost unanimously the Baltimore and
Colorado amendments favoring more
power and liberty for women in the
church councils. DIR. j. w. Martin.
dale, Dr. Lowther and DIR. Rose were
elected clerical and James Allison and
Thomas Hutton lay delegates to the
general conference.
Gov. Morrill, has appointed John Il
Vincent, Of Reno county, to succeed j.
w. Moore, of Marion, on the live stock
sanitary commission; DIR. Thomas
Blakeslee, Of Fredonia, to succeed j.
D. Barker on the state board of char
tiles; DIR. E. b. Packard, of Usage City,
on the state board of health to succeed
DR.. A. Clifford, and Dr. S. tanning, OF
Kingman, to succeed himself on the
same board.
The monthly examination Of the
state treasury for March showed ST.
172, SEA. "a cash on hand belonging to
all accounts, OF which sS72. $50 "A was
in the banks of Topeka and the re-
mainder in the vaults Of the treasury.
OF the cash on hand the largest item
was $3.50, SOC 70 belonging to the gen.
eral revenue fund. Another big item
was Os,al4O0 belonging to the per
manent school fund.
George Austin, Of Kingman county.
was killed in a peculiar manner the
other day. He had rushed to the home
of his neighbor, which was on fire, TO
assist in saving the household effects.
The heat was too intense to enter, and
as Austin stood looking at the burning
building q double barreled shotgun,
hanging on n rack in the house. was
discharged by the heat, the contents
Of both barrels entering his head and
body.
At q recent meeting Of the Central
Kansas Live Stock association at EN-
poria with over 100 members present,
resolutions were adopted condemning
unjust and discriminating rates by
railroads and asking for radical re-
adjustment and reduction. The meet
ing also decided that the railroad COM
missioncrs have permitted unnecessary
delay in adjustment of these rates,
and demanded that prompt hearing
be granted them, and fair decision
rendered.
Mrs. Foster, divorced wife Of Hon. c.
G. Foster, United States district judge
for the district Of Kansas, died in the
poor house in Atchison county the
other day, where she had been an in
mate for eight years She ut one time
was one of the reigning society and
literary leaders in Atchison, and was
married TO Judge Foster when he was
n struggling young attorney and she q
dashing widow. But trouble and d.
vorce followed years ago, and the judge
over 20 years ago was happily married
to lady in Lawrence. The deceased
was over 60 years Of age.
j. C. Williams, Of the Argentine Re-
public, formerly Kansas stockman,
arrived in Atchison the other day to
organize colony Of 500 Kansans TO re-
turn to South America with him
George A. Sells, chief clerk in the
Office of the secretary Of state died
suddenly of heart disease the other
day.