Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-03-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| 49, tVScutiy anu ocubt"CSu W ikic itn
prisonment for numbering his wife
has beeasac raving maniac.
Fred Humphreys, n student ut ths
state agricultural college at Manhat
tan, is under arrest for stealing vari
oas articles Of clothing from fe,,,,S'
students.
Gov. Leedy refused to pardon Rev.
]. L. Loffd5h, who was convicted ID
The Shawnee county district court and
sentenced to the peniten.iary for Sc
ducing young Eir!.
The family OF II. s. Humphrey, II
I.arncd, consisting of father, mother
and three children, took morphine by
mistake for qu!nine and all had a mar
row escape from death.
| A. Is. Fisher, OF Fort Sra.,. was con.
victcd and fined hnf breaking into one
of his hoascs Occupied by tenant who
who failed to pay rent He will test
the case in higher courts
The Kansas conference OF the NJ. z.
church, w Session Mt Manhattan, ex.
pellcd from the ministry Rev. John d.
Knox, the former preacher-hankef oi
Topeka, charged with defraudina
members of his flock,
From 10000 TO isNdoe head Of cattle
arc being N,d Ia every county in Kan.
sas this winter. 1t does not take much
81 q calculator to realize to what I'm.
mense proportions the cattle Business
| In the state has reA,,hc,i.
Cyrus Leland, Jr., is in Washington
assisting Senator Baker In distributing
patronage to Kansans. Mr.. Leland says
he is after no Office for himself, though
he is credited with an ambition for the
place Of minister to McSica
Rev. ]. T. 1,fanL who has been pre-
Gliding elder OF the Fort Scott district
M.E.church, for six years, will soon we've
to Indiana to accept the Passionate of n
church. Rev. Rrcnt is one of the best
known Methodist preachers in Kan.
sRs.
Ex-Gov. Morril has traded GA, 900 Of
stock in the FIRST nutlonal bank an
Leavenworth TO ex-United states seiis
ator Caldwell for IN sorncre farm in
Wyandotte county. Mr.. Caldwell also
succeeded Morrill, Us president Of the
bank.
Work on the new federal reniten-
tiary at Fort Leaveaworth will begin
soon. Congress appropriated si50.OO0
for tbe work, but the 500 convicts will
be utilized and IN institution repre-.
senting an outlay of sG00,00 viii, he
erected.
Prof. Z. q. s'ssoi, graduate Of the
state agricultural college at Manhat-
tan and later principal Of the Mound
City schools, was recently elected pres
ident of the Bradley polytechnic In.
stitute ut Peoria, Ill. The school has
just been endowed with s., 800, 900.
County officers and other prominent
citizens OF Harper county petitioned
Gov Leedy 10 remove ex.Gov. LEVEL
ling from the board of railroad COM
missioners. alleging that he betrayed
his party pledges when he voted
against the maximum freight bill.
The general fees and salaries bill
passed by the Legislature requires that
all fees, with certain exceptions, be
turned into the county treasures. II
also fixes the amount of fees in all
cases and provides in nearly every
office for salary fixed in ratio to pop
ulation.
Warden lands report Of the peni-
Tertiary shows that the institution
during the first month Of his manage
ment WINS more than sclf-sustaining,
the receipts above expenses being
s1,l0i6l. This is the first time in sew
eral months that such showing has
been made.
The New York Life Insurance Co.
will resist the order of Superintendent
McNall expclling it from the state for
refusing to settle the IIillmon policies.
The company declares that Mrs. Hill
mon long ago disposed Of all her in
terests in the policies and that syn
dictate of Kansas lawyers are now fight
ing for them.
Representative Gates, OF Jackson
county, sent note to the house the
other day saying he was too sick to up
pear and requesting that his friend,
the bearer of the note, be permitted to
occupy his seat. As the constitution
recognizes no proxies in legislation,
Mr.. Gates friend was not permitted to
represent him.
Gov. Leedy has signed o number Of
bills, among them being: For bust of
ex-Gov Robinson in the state uni
vcsity chapel; distributing the sii, 4ao
reciprocal tax insurance fund among
the fire departments Of the state; COM
polling street car companies to provide |
vestibules for cars; making divorces
harder to secure by providing for the |
competency of husband and wife to |
testify against each other In divorce
case.
On the 9th Gov. Leedy sent scorch-
ing message to the Legislature vetoing
the Harris freight rate bill, which had
passed both houses. The message was
q lengthy one and he gave many rea-
sons for his disapproval Of the meas
ure, principal among which was that
IL uoes uot give the FchcA sho PSoPo
demand and expect. An effort was
made to pass the bill over the govern
Drs veto, but 1t failed. II was said
that no effort would be made ut this
session to pass any railroad bill, and
that Gov. Leedy would call an extra
session In April and try again to enact
4 maximum freight bill.
State Labor Commissioner Bird tried
10 prosecute Gov. Leedy and other
state officers for alleged violation Of
he eight-hour law, but the county at
.orney refused to issue warrants.
A bitter school war at Ellinwood
In q fight the other day
when Superintendent Of Schools Har-
.ison visited the town. He was egged.
rnocl,sd down twice and marched out