Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The farm products of Kansas this
year are worth siO,Ooo,OOo more than
In 1896.
There are over 600 Baptist churches
in Kansas, with an aggregate member
ship Of $4,000.
Republicans Of Coffey county nomi-
mated woman, Miss Gilman, for reg
lister Of deeds.
The stucco mills at Hope are being
enlarged and worked upon q larger
scale than ever.
Tom Milroy, a mere boy, Is under ar-
rest at Chanute charged with passing
counterfeit money.
Living Checkers" with "a girls rs
the ''men," was an attraction ut the
Brown county fair
The Lawrence Journal takes Kansas
farmers to task for sending their chill.
dren to school outside of Kansas.
No saloons will be allowed on or
near the reunion grounds at Leaven.
worth during the G. A. II. reunion.
At Wichita recently Mrs. Frank vii.
liams, the white wife OF negro, was
caught setting fire to liquor house.
The junction City Tribune, EXON
gresham Davis old paper, has been
taken possession Of by the mortgagee.
]. W. Moore, of Marion county, is q
candidate for the republican nomina-
tion for congress In the Fourth district.
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs is in Indiana or.
ganizing lodges of the Patriots OF
America, an organization inspired by
''Coin" Harvey.
At dance near Atwood Charles
Peoples and Henry Hall fought with
revolvers to settle long-standing
feud. Both are dead.
Gov. Leedy has pardoned p. L.
Manning, who was serving Jail SEN
tence ut Wellington for wife beating.
His wife had forgiven him.
Shippers from Canada IRE in eastern
Kansas buying apples for their trade,
us the Canadian crop is failure. The
Canadian tariff is 40 cents barrel.
Cattlemen at Whiting, jackson coun-
ty, were alarmed over the appearance
of what was thought to be Texas fever
among several head Of cattle there.
The Wichita board Of education also
declined to accept the new state school
books, and ordered the pupils to buy
the old series. A lawsuit will result.
Registration Of new students ut the
state university last week exceeded all
records in point Of numbers. 1t was
expected that 1900 students would en-
roll.
The chief of police, police judge and
two patrolmcn at Fort Scott were re-
moved by the police board, which is
said to be the beginning Of bitter
fight
The school trouble at Hope has been
finally settled, the new board retiring
and giving the board chosen ut the
regular annual school meeting full
sway.
Farmers of Dickinson county believe
crows carry disease from sick hogs &c
we'll ones, and will ask the commits
sioncrs to put bounty on the killing
of them.
Prof. Engle, OF the chair of German
at the state university. has been
given a leave OF absence and Miss
Florence PARROT, Of Lawrence, will
supply the vacancy.
The Tenth judicial district will wit
ness a political battle royal. The fu
sion nominee is Judge John I. Bnrris
of Olathe, while the republicans Sc
lected Sperry Baker, Of Paola.
The largest wheat yield in Kansas
wns thrashed on A. II. Stickford':
farm near Abilene-6l bushels pei
acre. He sold the wheat for $40 pei
acre, twice the value Of the land.
At German picnic near st. Mark:
the other day three men were cut &c
pieces and others were badly bruised
In a row that occurred over horse
race on which the stakes for both
sides were only 50.
While visiting in Kansas City, Mo.
recently Sheriff King, Of Dighton, wa.
taken for "bunco steerer" who had
robbed q Belleville KAN farmer. but
when the sheriff established his iden
tity the policemen were profuse with
apologies.
Last spring nine families OF Mennon
ties near Great Bend sold their farms
and moved to Minnesota. They no
Gently returned, declaring that Kansa.
lust suited them. They bought bach
their farms, but had to pay about q
per cent. more than they sold them for
Over 81, 600, 900 bonded indebtedness
in Kansas will be refunded this year
and interest reduced from Z, Sand
per cent to 4 per cent. These arr
mostly railroad bonds, voted by the
people in 1887. The annual saving In
interest will be between $4,000 and
100000.
Single tax advocates In Kansas will
hold n state convention in Topeka
September 80. Prominent speakers are
announced. The call invites the ut
tendance of "all who believe that the
present system OF taxation Is unjust
and that all taxes, fines and restriction,
should be removed from labor and the
products Of labor"
Galena is in the throes Of liquor
war which promises to assume larg'
proportions. A recent raid was made
on the joints, by order of the county
attorney. who says he Is determined T.
enforce the law. Unless he does, the
temperance people threaten to take
the law into their own hands, ant
there are rumors Of the secret organiza
ton Of o vigilance committee to cope
with the lawless element
Julius Stencil, n barkeeper, has dis
appeared from Atchison, taking will
him $500 belonging to Miss Dors
Rickert, TO whom he was engaged Il
be married.
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