Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-10-29
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
Women May No Select knishss.

Women May No Select Knights
At the twelfth annual session of the
Kansas Select Knights. A. O u. w.,
held ut Leavenworth last week, 1t was
decided TO drop the letters, A. o. U.
w., and DO known rs the Independent
Order Of Select knights. The report
Of Grand Recorder Forde showed s5S
beneficiary certificates issued the past
year; SOS, 1858 collected on beneficiary
funds and s8,447.s5 received in the
general fund. 1t was decided TO hold
the next meeting in Kansas City, Kan.
New officers chosen are: Grand COM
mander, William Cross, Kansas City;
grand recorder. Ed II. Wheeler, Kan
sas City; grand treasurer, L. w. Net
tleton, Ottawa. Several changes In
the laws of the order were made. 1t
was decided to admit women to full
membership; to raise the assessment
on members over IS years old; to waive
vaccination In some cases; to require
three instead OF two black balls to re-
ject an applicant for membership. and
to make the pay of the grand COM
mander "a q day and expenses while
working actively for the order.
Badly In Need OF Courthouse
At the regular election in November
the people of Woodson county will
vote for the sixth time on the PROPOSE.
ton to build courthouse and jail.
The present courthouse Is q dilapi'
dated old frame structure, built %
years ago, in the now extinct town OF
Defiance, and later on moved to Yates
Center when that town was laid out
In June, 1897, proposition to issue
$50, 600 In bonds was defeated by 1o7
majority. In August Of this year the
same proposition was defeated by
seven majority, and the same PROPOSE.
ton will be voted on ut the coming
election. The county has never had q
Jail, prisoners being cared for either
at lola or Eureka.
The Presbyterian Church In Kansas
At the thirty fifth annual synod OF
the Presby terrain churches Of Kansas,
held at Hutchinson recently, the fol-
lowing statistics were produced:
During the year tiSo sia 81 were expended by
the Freedmen board and the present indebted
ness Of the board aggregates ;bs. 06sb0 Minis
ters under care Of the board. 1877; churches and
missions. So; members added on examination,
i.6s0: members added on certificate. 10: whole
number OF members, 1904: Sunday schools.
3s2: Sunday school scholars, is,iel; day and
boarding schools. SO: teachers, cob pupils. s,0ii
The reports OF the work OF the Sunday school
missionaries show that In the state the four
missionaries have organized 50 now schools.
with 2O6i students: that In doing this they
had Travelled q. 67s miles, visited = SO families.
distributed III 1903 PAGES Of tracts They made
$40 addresses aud had SO additions to the church
Kansas ". G. r. q. Convention.
The annual convention OF the
Kansas w. c. 7. U. was held ut Hor.
ton last week. All the present Of
ficcrs, including Mrs. Ella W. Brown,
of Holton, for president were re.
elected. Delegates to the national
convention at St Paul. Mimi, next
month are: Miss O. p Bray, Topeka;
Mrs. Talmage, Hutchinson; Mrs L.
i. Kellar, Marion; Mrs. NJ. E. Haines,
Augusta; Mrs. L. A. Case, En- terprise.
Back to His Old Home.
Gen. John II. Rice, the veteran editor
of Missouri and Kansas, who few
days ago resigned the position of ed.
itor OF the Sedalia Capital, will return
to Fort Scott The generals eyesight
is failing him and his retirement is
due to this fact For half q century
he has been in the newspaper bust
ness, and. although 20 years OF age.
he has lost none of his youthful vigor
and forceful expression.
Kansas Fquai suffr ,ge Oncers. .
The Kansas Equal Suffrage associa.
ZION, In session at Paola, elected these
officers:
President, Mrs Abbie WEIGH. Cedarvllle;
corresponding secretary. Mrs Alice Young.
Downs; recording secretary Annie Waite,
Lincoln; treasurer Mrs Henrietta Turner,
Paola: state organizer. Mrs Laura Gregg.
Garrett; delegates TO the national convention,
Mrs wardcll. Mrs Johns. Mrs Turner Mrs
Dlggs. Mrs Maher; editor OF the Reveille. Mrs
David Leroy.
weli-Known Knnsan Dead.
John NJ. Price, a resident Of Atchi.
son since 1855, Is dead. He held many
positions OF trust during his life and
was very popular citizen. He served
in both branches of the Legislature and
in 1879 was o candidate for the repub-
lean nomination for governor, being
defeated by Thomas A. Osborn. He
also served us mayor and postmaster
Of Atchisol.
Gave Up Hopes with Rlfies.
The last hopes of the members OF
tue Twenty-second Kansas regiment
TO be retained in the United States
service were abandoned when six COM
oanies marched to the Fort Leaven-
worth arsenal and surrendere 1 their
r.Aes and other ordnance equipment
To Instruct Young Indiana
The following Kansas appointment
nave been made in the Indian service
Miss Lucy @ Palmer o teacher at the Pierre
In iian schools Miss Emma l.. Kaufman, Grand
Junction, Col, SCHOOL, Miss Lolita NJ Fisher.
Serer COLONY Indian school, Ok. and Miss
Sylvia Call, nurse ut the Usage agency
school, Ok.
Victim OF Aroplexv.
Il. B. Spillman, who was serving his
fourth term as Judge of the Twenty
first judicial district, died at Manhat-