Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-10-15
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
rhs Jury nsysnd the Court.

Tho jury Bsyond the Court.
In q damage case ut wichita the jury
reached verdict by the "quotient
method Each Juror wrote the
amount 10 which he thought the plain
TIL was estitled. These were added
together and divided by 1sr The SUI
preme court affirmed the verdict
Judge Doster wrote IN exhaustive ar
gument against permitting or requir-
ing jurors 70 tell anything that took
place In the Jury room. He asserted
that 10 is enough when they have
reached the decision and no explaua-
ton OF how It was reached ought to DO
required by any court.
Christian Church Boards Combined.
The state Christian church conven-
ton ut Wellington took the important
step Of combining all the different
boards for state work In single or
ganization, with auxiliary depart
ments for church extension, home
missions, Sunday schools and Chris
tian Endeavor work. The statistical
reports indicate present membership
of 80, 900 for the denomination in this
state.
More Than They Can Harvest.
Reports from Mcpherson, Dickinson,
Harvey and other counties in the Kan
sas wheat belt say that the farmers
are unable to get enough thrashing
machines to take care OF the great
crop. Gangs Of thrashers are travel
ing through the country, but there ara
not enough machines to thrash the
wheat between this time and January
]. Tho wheat has very long straw,
which makes thrashing very slow.
All Soldiers Being Reinstated.
Santa Fe railway men who enlisted
in the volunteer service last spring
are being given their old positions
back as fast as they are mustered out
They 20 direct to the general office at
Topeka from their mastering out
camps and the company furnishes
them transportation to the place along
the line where they formerly worked.
Kansas Youngest Soldier.
It has been decided that the young
est volunteer soldier from Kansas Is
Norman Ramsey. OF Topeka, a member
of company E, Twentieth regiment
He enlisted May 10 last, being IS years
and ten months old that day. Not
withstanding his age, he passed the
physical examination, stands six feet
high, and weighs 100 pounds.
Met q Horrible Death.
Charles Whalen, aged 90. of Wichita,
while trying to ride on Fort Scott d
Memphis train from Merriam to Kan
sas City, fell beneath the cars and was
literally ground to pieces, six cars
passing over his body. 1t was not
known what the boy was doing In that
vicinity. His father was said to be
wealthy citizen Of Wichita
want to Give Cigarettes Away.
A number of tobacco dealers OF Fort
Scott have defed the city authorities
in their attempt to enforce q prohib-
tive cigarette ordinance. The ordi-
nance forbids the giving OF cigarette
papers with packages OF tobacco. The
tobacco dealers allege that they can
not be prohibited from giving away
what they would.
Said It Was Unhoiy to Eat.
Mrs. California Hunter, of Wichita,
was taken to the insane asylum. She
was found at her home in that city
starving to death. When asked why
she did not eat, as she had plenty OF
money, she said she was spiritualist
and was obeying the spirit Of her dead
husband, who told her it was unholy
to eat
Patriotic Young Man.
Frank Zook, of Winfield, member
of company f, Twenty.frst Kansas
regiment, has been transferred to the
Twentieth regiment at San Francisco,
and will 60 with Funston to Manila
He is only 10 years old, and his petit
ton reached President Mckinley be-
fore the transfer was made.
Terrible Fall to Death.
Nose Stansbury aud John Estey,
working in the Mossback mine at
Galena, fell back into the mine, dis.
lance Of rs feet The tub turned just
rs It reached the top. Stansbury's
neck was broken by the fall, causing
instant death. Estey escaped death,
but his leg was broken.
Four Youths and an Arsenal Captured.
The police ut 0lathe captured four
young fellows, ranging from y to %
years, who evidently contemplated
some criminal effort. They were
armed with a revolver each, q butcher
knife, razor, two billies, masks and
caps and large number OF keys OF
ali descriptions.
says There IL . Kansas Flour Trust.
G e. Parkhurst sued Otto Weiss at
Wichita because the latter refused to
sell him flour. Parkhurst has filed
suit under the Kansas antitrust law,
allep ing that the -four dealers OF Kan
sas have entered combination to keep
up the price Of -four and wheat
Serious Wreck Near HiawathA.
In Missouri Pacific freight wreck
near Hinwatha two unknown men
were killed, Is cars were derailed and
badly damaged and three cars OF
wheat and corn scattered over the
ground n considerable distance.
To Garry ballots tn Cuba.
Gov. Leedy has appointed Rev. G. d.
Olden, of Topeka, q Baptist negro
preacher, as commissioner to take the
ballots to the Kansas negro soldiers In
Santiago.
A Love Affair Caused IL.
Ethel Henry, q i6-year-old high
school girl of Topeka, committed sui
eide because she was crossed In love
affair which originated ut school.
Crnssd by y Dream.
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