Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
PeouIiar Leeal OuestIou.

Peculiar Legal Question.
At tho May term Of the Dickinson
county court Mira Mary Harming was
granted q divorce from her husband,
Jacob Harming. There was consider.
able property and the wife secured the
larger share. Mira Harming died
within the six months required before
the divorce became effective, and 1t 10
argued that rs neither party could
have married within the six months
Mr.. Harming Is entitled to a husbands
rights In the property division. 1t will
make an interesting case for the courts
to settle.
A Knotty Legal Problem.
The Kansas statutes provide that
means Of free education must be pro
vided every child Of school age In the
state. In Barber county last summer
one school district was entirely do
serted and no levy could be made for
running school. Now q man with
two children OF school age has moved
into the district and demands school
facilities for them. He refuses to send
them to an adjoining district, as the
county superintendent suggested. The
matter was referred to the attorney
general.
Warden Must Keep the Money.
Attorney General Boyle decides that
the warden of the state penitentiary
must retain control Of money belong
ing to convicts who are sent TO the In
sane asylum before their sentences ex.
pire. The attorney general raises the
question: What would the warden do
II an insane convict should recover
and be returned to the penitentiary TO
serve out his time after his money had
been spent by the asylum authorities?
New Trial on Fiimsy Technicaiity.
William Dietz, the young German
who killed Russell NJ. Lindsay April 90
in Wyandotte county and was con.
victed OF murder in the second degree,
was granted new trial by Judge
Alden on the mere fact that the court
bailiff was not sworn by the clerk
when he took charge Of the jury when
the trial closed. Lindsay, the muir.
dered man, was q brother-in-law Of w.
A. White, the Emporia, Kan, editor.
Another Assault ON "Personal Liberty"
Topeka school teachers have declared
boycott on onions. Pupils of the
public schools who eat onions for
breakfast and dinner after this will
be sent home to give their breaths
chance to weaken. The teachers
claim that the smell is very offensive
to the rest of the school, and that I'M.
der rule OF the board of education q
teacher has q right to expel pupil
who is offensive in any way.
Cattle at Agricultural College Sold.
The indefinite postponement Of the
sale OF the state agricultural college
herd OF cattle was reconsidered last
week and the cattle were sold at Man.
haitian. The 40 head were sold for
1900. The regents had thorough
examination made and the cattle sold
were proved sound by the tuberculine
test made by an expert from the United
States bureau of animal industry.
Tough on Probate Judges.
The probate judges in Kansas coun-
ties, especially western counties, will
almost have to eat soup after the new
fee and salary bill goes into effect In
January. The fees of the probate
Judge in more than 90 per cent Of the
counties of the state are not as much
Us those Of justice OF the peace in
rural district.
Must Not CritIcise superiors.
Subordinates employed in the state
asylum ut Topeka recently preferred
charges against Superintendent Hart,
and threatened to revolt II Hart was
not removed. The state board OF char
tiles stood by Hart and requested the
designations OF the leaders in the dis
turbance. The designations were
Forthcoming.
Dlsarmed Three Omcers.
A deputy sheriff, n policeman and
detective attempted to arrest a man
named Kooken, Newton horse thief,
in the Emporia post Office. Kooken
drew revolver, showed 1t into their
faces and demanded their weapons
which they gave up. He then rushed
through the crowd and escaped.
Ex-Goveruor's Niece Running . "Joint"
The niece OF an ex-governor OF Indi'
ana is running a saloon at Wichita,
She was educated in one of the leading
colleges Of the country and Is highly
accomplished musician. She says the
Kansas boom caused her downfall.
Her husband lost all his money and
died, leaving her penniless.
Rive School DIstrlcts Consolidate.
In Reno county five rural school dis
tricts have decided to consolidate.
They now each maintain an ungraded
school. They propose to make the
consolidated school n graded school
and provision will be made for the
transportation Of pupils to and from
school.
Glad He Was Whipped.
Garfield post, G. A. R., Of Topeka,
gave a banquet the other night In
honor Of the confedcrates residing In
that city. In responding for the lat
ter Capt Shields said: "The war Is
over. You licked us and am glad
Of It"
Mrs. Lease Declines q Preferred Gift.
Ignatius Donnelly and other popu'
lists Of St Paul, Mimi, offered to pur'
chase home for Mrs. Mary E. Lease,
near that city, but she declined the
offer.