Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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and killed by Union Pacific train
near Abilene while herding cattle on
the right-of-way.
Matte Borden, 40 years old and un-
married, In 1T Of dependency caused
by sickness, jumped into the Kaw
river at Argentine and drowned her.
self.
At Fort Scott recently William
E,ans, who held up and robbed man
OF o poclset-knife and lead pencil, was
sentenced TO ten years in tho pcniten-
tiary.
Congress has acted favorably upon
Mr.. Longs bill to donate to the SOL
diers' home ut Dodge City 1880 acres
Of the Fort Dodge military reserva-
ton.
The State Temperance union has Sc
cured the noted temperance evangelist,
Francis Murphy, to make several
speeches In tho state during the sum-
mer and fall.
The house committee on agriculture
has reported favorably Mr.. Curtis bill
to place the silk station ut Peabody
under government control and provid-
ing an appropriation OF $4,000
j. u. Adams, ex-editor Of tho Au-
gusta Press, is an aspirant for the leg
stature from Butler county. He Is but
&c years old, but has been actively on.
gagged In politics for several years.
Maggie Sinclair, Of Herington,
committed suicide In q disreputable
resort ut Kansas City the other day.
Her husband, who was barber, com.
mittcd suicide ut Fort Worth, Tex,
recently.
The masonic lodges Of Salinn have
bid for the proposed masonic home
soon to be erected. Tho bid offers to
furnish the home Of the late Col. w.
A. Phillips, with grounds and other
considerations.
George T. Challis, who built the first
house in Atchison, is dead. He was for
years q member Of the wholesale gro
Gerry firm of Challis Bros, widely
known in early days At one time no
was rich. but died poor.
Speaker Lobdell, of the house, who
is q candidate for reelection, an
nounces his intention OF supporting
Judge Vandervcrt, OF Kinsley, for
United States senator. Two years ago
hS.voted for j. II. Burton.
A special grand jury at Fort Scott
recently returned indictments against
10 jointists, who had fled the city and
were living in tents across the state
line in Vernon county. They could not
be arrested except on acquisitions
The cattlemen of Lyon and SUR
rounding counties are organizing to
ship cattle direct to liverpool, Eng.
They say the market there is II cents
and the difference in freight is not
enough to cut down the price much.
The Union Liberal Christian confer
ence, under the auspices Of the Mis-
souri, Unitarian conference, held an
interesting meeting ut Lawrence re-
Gently, about IS ministers being
present. Rev. J. L. Roberts, OF Kansas
City, Mo-. delivered the sermon.
DIR. L. j. Jones, u prominent physi-
clan OF Wichita. was recently arrested
for drowning an infant whose mother
he attended in childbirth. The child
was found in the Arkansas river
weighed down by a fat-iron, and a
mate for the iron was found In DR..
Jones Office.
At Topeka the other day Judge Eos
ter appointed three receivers for the
Investment Trust Co. Of America,
which has headquarters at Topeka.
The outstanding debenture bonds OF
the company are over $1,000, 600. said
10 be amply secured. The company Is
said to own $4,000 acres Of land near
Hutchinson.
In the interstate collegiate debate
ut Lincoln, Ncb., recently between
Kansas and Nebraska universities, the
subject for oratory being the merits OF
the initiative and referendum, the
Kansas boys were beaten. They took
the affirmative side. and the speakers
for Kansas were Il j. Mccall, Arthur
McMrrray and U. 5. Guyer.
Reports from number Of counties
TO tho agricultural department indi-
cate that worms are creating consider
able havoc In the fruit trees. Where
spraying is regularly kept up, how
ever, the trouble is not OF long dura-
ton. Tho counties which have COM
planned Of this pest are barton, Butler,
Coffey, Cowley, Chautauqua, Crawford,
Doniphan, Elk, Greenwood, Linn,
Montgomery, Lyon, Riley and Wilson.
Several days ago number OF Law
renee people wrote to Congressman
Blue urging him to hurry up the PEN
sion claim of Mrs. Anne Jenkins, OF
that city, rs she was old and infirm and
so poor that she would soon have to 20
10 the poorhouse. In her mail recently
Mrs. Jenkins received notice that her
pension had been granted ut IS a
month from 1890, which gives her
about $500 to start with.
Farmers in four counties OF the
southwestern part Of the state have
brought suit against the seed house OF
d. NJ Ferry & Co, Detroit, Mich, al
lcging abrogation OF contract For
several years these farmers raised
watermelons, pumpkins, squashes,
etc, by the train load simply for seed
under contract from Ferry & Co. Now
the Detroit company charges that Inst
years crop was worthless and refuses
to take this years crop. The farmers
have banded together and hired an at
torney 10 enforce the contract Ho
went Ia Detroit recently and procured
samples of all the seed said to be
worthless. lie planted them and 1t Is
said they IRE growing finely.
The large mill and elevator ut Wa
mego was totally destroyed by fire.
The mill had capacity of $50 barrels.
and the property destroyed was valued
at $50, 600
Al Kansas Citv the other day George