Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-11-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


appoint W. II. Upton, Of Coffcy coun.
~, private secretary.
Six thousand cattle have been sent
to Smith county for the winter, and
more are on the way.
The Aichison Daily Champion, the
Oldest morning paper in Kansas, has
changed to m evening paper.
Col. Calvin Huntington, who started
tho hotel Mt Fort Scott that bears his
name, died recently at Rochester, N. Y.
A. NJ. Harvey, of Topeka, lieutenant
governor-elect, is probably the young
est man ever elected to that Office In
Kansas.
Horace Salisbury, Of Jewell City, 10
credited with having huslsed l67h
bushels Of corn in II hours and 20
minutes
Fred Deirking, well-to-do farmer
near Marysville, hung himself because
Of trouble with his township trustee
over culvert
Tho big zinc smelter ut lola to be
run by natural gas Is now In full oper-
alton. The daily output will be about
12 tons. About 60 men are employed
In the smelter.
Miss Boyle, in Miami county, and
Mrs Briefly, in Cloud county, 10th re.
publican nominees for county superin-
tendent. were the only ones on their
tickets elected.
A large force OF men is ut work on
the Maple Leafs new grain elevator in
Kansas City, Kan. 1t will hold 1885,
900 bushels and will be the largest in
the Missouri valley.
James Falcon, fusion candidate for
senator In the Doniphan-Brown dis
trict, will contest the scat Of Senator
elect John Fulton on the ground that
Fulton is not resident Of the district.
The handsome new Congregational
church at Atchison, which is to sue
coed the old edifice presented to the
society by ex-senator Samuel c. Pome-
roys will be ready for worship in. Janu-
airy.
Daniel ]. Greenwald committed sui
eide ut Bonner Springs by hanging, In
q fit OF dependency. lie was formerly
q preacher of the Reformed church and
served rs clerk of the court ut Beloit
four years.
State Treasurer.elect Hcflcbower Is
n practical farmer OF Miami county.
He came TO Kansas q poor man, and
now owns 2,i00 acres OF land, valued
at $4,000, without dollar OF incum-
brance against it.
Gov. Morrill, pardoned from the PEN
itentiary George Elliott, who was sent
up from Ottawa for larceny. Elliott
was n stranger and was convicted on
circumstantial evidence, but investiga-
ton proved that he was innocent.
L. S. Crum, of 0swego, is credited
with a desire to be United States mar
shall OF Kansas under Mckinley.
Farmer A. w. Smith. of Mcrherson,
wants 10 succeed Click as pension
agent Mt Topeka, There are others.
So far the following populist repre-
sentativcs-elect have announced their
candidacy for speaker: Edwin Taylor,
of Wyandotte; w. p Trueblood, of
Usage; w. L. Brown, OF Pratt, and w.
d. Street, of Decatur. And there are
others.
I. Z. Lambert, Of Emporia; Attorney
General Dawes. Judge I. i. Carver,
Mike Sutton, of Do igc City; Charles L.
Lobdell, OF Dighton, and r. b. WEIGH,
OF Topeka, IRE talked Of us candidates
for United States district attorney Of
Kansas.
The report OF State Treasurer Ather-
ton for October shows the total re-
ceipts were $40, ss7. sc and expenditures
sei3, s57. %; total cash balance on hand
October 81, s46s,5o6 81. The earnings
OF the penitentiary were s2,727.o3 and
the disbursements Sl3,js3.7l.
The election returns show that Rev.
]. d. Botkin, for congressman-at'large,
ran about 5000 votes ahead OF his asso-
ciates on the fusion state ticket. His
majority over Congressman Blue is
placed ut 1000. His big vote Is cred
tied to the third party prohibitionists,
who had Endorsed him ut their state
convention.
William A. PETER has announced his
candidacy to succeed himself in the
United States senate. Ex-Gov. Lew
cling, ex-Congrcssman w. A. Harris,
George Munger, of Eureka; Ed c. Lit
tie, of Abilene, and Il. w. Turner, OF
Mankato, are also In the race. Chair
man Breidenthnl. who was reported
MS likely to enter the contest, said he
would not be candidate.
An abstract Of the latest reports from
the 1l6 national banks in Kansas shows
that the average reserve held by them
increased since July IA from 1884 per
cent to SO. II per cent; the loans and
discounts decreased from slT,974, sos 70
sl7,O06. 3is, and the reserve increased
from s4,003, 1858 to s5,7l4, 677; deposits
decreased from SIS, 065, 1884 TO $780,
555; gold holdings increased from si,-
lis. 465 to l,1s5 SOS.
One of the ballots taken out OF the
box ut Arkansas City had written
across the face of It: 81 don't know
how TO vote this ballot, but want to
vote the straight republican ticket
Fix Il up yourselves" After long dis
cussion the judges counted the ballot
on the theory that 1t came within the
meaning of the law which provided for
the counting of ballots (which clearly
showed the intention of the voter"
II this view should be sustained by the
courts the process of voting in Kansas
will be vastly simpli6ed.
A. P. Boswell, n pioneer citizen and
ex-mayor of Coffeyville, was found
dead In his room ut hotel in Nowata,
1T. Paralysis was the cause.
The supreme court has upheld the
life sentence OF Marion Asbell, who
was convicted in Labette county oi
wife murder.
Ex-senator Ingalls, will devote the