Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-10-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Pittsburg has dyptheria scare,
bordering on an epidemic.
The state irrigation convention will
DO held at Lawrence November IL.
Seven mules were burned to death In
q mine that caught fire ut Weir City.
Local capitalists will build q $4,000
vitrified brick plant at Independence.
The Olathe Herald has been sold by
J. +. Herman to George Foster, an at
torney.
George Fox, aged Sc, was married ut
Lincoln Center to Mrs. Mary Smith,
aged 81.
The father OF E. w. Hoch, the we'll
known editor, died at Marion recently,
aged IS.
The annual convention OF the Y. W.
G. A. of Kansas was held at Baldwin
recently.
Indications Of the presence Of sill.
yer and copper ore have cropped out
near Parsons.
Rev. w. j. Martindale has sold the
Western Methodist, of Wichita, to p.
A. Rohrbaugh.
The safe in the Oberlin roller mills
was blown open with dynamite, but
only SEQ was secured.
The 10th annual state convention OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. will be held at Law
renee November II to II.
Complaint was made that the state
normal school regents were not using
the states new textbooks.
A Topeka telegram said Senator
Baker and Cyrus Leland had fallen
out over federal patronage.
Policeman II. C. Reeder, Of Wichita,
was bound over to the district court on
the charge OF stealing corn.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Editorial association will be held
at Kansas City February Z next
A vitrified brick and thing plant
will be built ut Humboldt, to be fred
with gas and make 100000 brick daily.
Since the murder of Sheriff Lord by
a jointkeeper, citizens Of Leonardville
have organized Law and Order league.
John Piester, q German farmer near
lola, while violently insane tried to
kill his two sons. After resisting ar
rest for two days Piester killed him
self.
The government fish commission
placed over 1000, 900 black bass and
trout in the Pawnee river this week.
Other Kansas streams will be literally
supplied.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Linn, of Russell county,
named her triplets William Bryan,
John Leedy and Jerry Simpson. She
wrote to each OF the men suggesting
contributions.
Blackleg appeared among Lincoln
county cattle, but radical steps were
taken to stamp 1t out, diseased ani-
mails being slaughtered and healthful
ones vaccinated.
The W. II. c. of the Fifth district re-
Gently elected Mrs. Ella Brown, Vim
ing, president; Miss Hardness, Clay
Center, secretary, and Mrs Billings
Clyde, treasurer.
Mrs. J. c. Smith, of Moline, will be
crippled for life as the result OF her
sister-in-law swapping "didn't-know-
it-was.loaded" revolver ut her, the
charge striking Mrs. Smith in the
shoulder.
A consistory of Scottish Rite Masons
has been established at Fort Scott 1t
will be authorized to put on the 3S de-
gree. Its jurisdiction will be 10 coun-
ties Topeka and Wichita have the
rest of the state.
At Nashville, Kingman county, Rev.
j. T. Litsey, aged 20, Baptist preach
err, was married to Isabel Lukers, aged
90. The groom gave reception to
four children, % grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
A satchel containing the body of a
little child was found by boy while
walking along the railroad track near
Parsons. An inquest was held, but no
trace of the history Of the satchel or
its contents was discovered.
The large barn of John II. Alloway,
near Lebanon, was burned the other
night and six horses persisted. The
night previous John Kennedy's barn,
in the same neighborhood, was de-
stroyed, nine horses perishing. lncen-
diarism was suspected.
The Fifth district G. A. r. reunion
ut Clay Center recently was big sue
cess, fully $4,000 people attending and
$500 school children taking part In
the parade. Ex-senator John X.
Wright, junction City, was elected
president of the association.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal says
less than n dozen of the 800 Kansas
state banks have loans in excess Of the
amount allowed by law. Banks are
also complying with the law prohibit
ing the loaning of stockholders over
80 per cent. OF the banks capital.
Breidenthal says bank failures will
soon be thing of the post in Kansas.
by Mr.. Breidenthal's August reports
the state and private banks of Kansas
held $1,000. 900 more in deposits than
year ago. With eight banks yet to
hear from the present deposits exceed
those of year ago by s6,000,000. The
gain over october of last year is 40 per
cent, which is sensational and I'M
precedented. Deposits now amount to
approximately ss2, 100000 and for all
banks Of the state will hardly fall
short OF $40, OO0, 900. Adding the capt.
tai and surplus, the money available
in banks is probably in excess OF $50
per capita in this state. Loans showa
healthy increase Of about sl,5oo,o 900
over year ago. Cash and sight ex-
change exceed year ago by "a, 5oo,o 600.
Many farmers in Barton county are
blowing up alfalfa fields and will put
the land in corn. They claim that
grasshoppers hatch in perfect swarms
in the alfalfa and greatly damage ad-
ioinin0 crODS.