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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
CHECK ON CLERKS.
A Time Clock In q Washington Departmer
Causes Indignation.

Causes Indignation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Great was the
establishment of the clerks in the sixth
auditors Office yesterday when they
were called upon to check their time
by means Of a Bundy time recording
clock. As each clerk arrived he was
required to take a number and turn
the corresponding key in the CORE
spending hole of the mechanism, thus
recording the Sin" time. On going
away in the evening each employe had
to let himself out by n similar record
ing movement upon the 'out" board.
On the sidewalk an impromptu in.
dignation meeting was held by the
angry clerks. Nothing Of the sort had
ever been used in the government
service before, and it was an insult to
their dignity, SO it was. But the
clock will stay, and it is said the same
device will be introduced in other
bureaus and departments Of the gov
eminent as well Us in the government
printinp office,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

THE figures compiled by the Rail-
road Gazette show that the new rail-
roads built in the United States in the
year 1887 amounted TO about 1,9Ss
miles These figures are partly esti-
mated and are subject to small correc-
ton. The number Of miles Of new
railroads built in the year 1896 was
1897, and in the year 1895 i.o2s miles
California built more track than any
other state in 1897, namely, 100 miles,
and the largest amount built by any
one railroad was $685., by the Kansas
City, Pittsburg & GULF Missouri built
10 miles of new track, but On Kansas
not n mile was laid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
TWO rival mnnufncturers Of Frencl

Two rival manufacturers OF French
coffee met before judge. The latter
took up one Of the contestants empty
cans. II do not consider" affirmed the
Judge. "that this Is an honest label. On
the front you place, in large letters
Pure French Coffee and on the back,
in small letters, In very small letters,
You print: "A Compound Of Chicory,
etc" The person thus addressed unused
for a moment. Then he said, quite
l1ecltiy; rDut Vim youF lordshlp Kind.
+ tr1'e|n a ~ I1rI ~ FI1i r.'rr'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

PROF. GATES, Of the Smithsonian
institute, at Washington after years
of scientific investigation, declares
that science will put an end to
NIL crime. This is the calm judgment
Of the deeply learned man who has de-
voted his life to research. He an
nounces, not as q possibility, but as
o fact, that the murder in q mans
brain can be removed by the surgeons
knife. II the diseased part can be
definitely placed 1t can be either cut
out altogether or treated SO Us to be-
come healthy, when the victim be-
comes a normal man.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

The Rainy Day club Of Syracuse, N.
Y, which was organized with q -four.
ish Of short skirts last spring, has col
lapsed, owing to the sensitiveness OF
the members to criticism. A news
paper cartoon broke the spirit Of the
girls. This represented that the club
had been formed for vulgar display
rather than for the promotion OF dress
reform, and was SO pointed that the
members concluded to abandon the
'object lesson" promenades on rainy
dnvs
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
A Younr Glautesa.

Mary Exley, daughter of a Geary
county farmer, is probably the largest
child of her age in the world. She
was born in 1889 and now weighs .69
pounds, Is SO feet tall and 3D. feet
around the waist. In spite Of this alb.
normal growth, the child is perfectly
healthy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

THE Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company recently gave mortgage
for si65. O00, 900. 1t covers 3,Ts2. 90 miles
Of road in actual operation, and rail
way 115 miles long under construction
from Big Suamico, Wis, point on the
Michigan Wisconsin boundary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Want TheIr Pen.Iona Cancelled.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Since the agi-
tation concerning the publication OF
the list Of pensioners has commenced,
Commissioner Evans has received sew
eral letters from pensioners requesting
q cancellation OF their pensions One
pensioner in Michigan inclosed his
certificate and stated his desire to have
the same recalled as he was not en-
titled to the governments bounty. He
added he would endeavor to return all
the money drawn since 1895, when the
pension was granted.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Senator Mason
will soon prepare and INTRODUCES bill
In the senate for special appropria-
ton for corn exhibit at the Paris ex-
position. He hopes by this means to
second the efforts of the United States
representatives In Europe in widening
the markets for the abundant corn crop
of the United States. In the fiscal year
ended June, 1897, the United States ex.
ported 81, 900, 900 bushels OF corn and
1000, 900 barrels Of corn meal
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
NOTED REPARTEes.

Several years ago q French horse
won the Derby. waterloo avcngedi"
cried n Frenchmnn. rushing down the
course. True" called out a Driton;
ain both cases you ran very welli"
An freshman, N. y. for Cork, was
forced TO have his leg amputnted. A
friend coming to his bedside exclaimed;
.syvell. am very sorry for you"
~IVhyY- wns lhe answer. ~ilecause now
rou rrn'i stand FER The city rHure 7
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

The apple crop Of 1896 on this
coptinent, the New York Sun says,
was by far the greatest ever known.
It is now estimated to have amounted
to 10000, 900 barrels. The apple crop
OF the present year will be, it is said,
about one-third as large as that Of last
year; it is now estimated ut 10000, 900
barrels. This, however, is more than
m average crop.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

An English prophet announces for
1893 the discovery Of the north pole,
the opening of communication with
Mars, war in Europe, a revolution in
South America, riots in London and
the kidnapping Of the young king Of
Enain
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
To Abroeate sIu,sIated Currency.

State Bank Commissioner Breiden-
thai says there is great amount OF
mutilated and filthy currency held by
Kansas banks and he requests that all
such be sent TO the treasury depart
ment ut Washington for redemption.
1t would be only a short time until all
mutilated currency would be replaced
by new, clean bills.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

The members Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union have organized
q vigorous campaign against the sale
of liquor in the official restaurant at
the congressional library Mt Washing
ton. The women propose to lay the
matter before the president.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
A Pioneer Educator.

DR.. Joseph Denison. OF Topeka, now
so years old, has attended every meet
ing Of the state teachers association
since it's organization ut Leavenworth
IS years ago. lie was one Of the found
ers of the state agricultural college
and preceded ex.Congressman John A.
Anderson as president of that institu.
finn
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

VEEDERsBURa. Ind, Jan. Q. The
schoolhouse at Yeddo was burned yes.
terday. Reports from the scene say
that It is feared two children are In the
FIRE. Two were thrown from n second
story window and badly injured. The
building cost 81, 800.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
WrzARD EDISON has q schemc for thu

WIzABD EDISON has q schema for the
application Of o modified form Of his
ore separator, now used In the develop
meut Of iron ores Of poor quality, TO
the treatment of gold ores Of the same
grade. He IL convinced that there Is
not single abandoned gold claim In
che country, where gold was ever dis
covered, from which the precious ore
cannot be extracted In quantities TO
nag = big margin Of profit This pro
t6,r IN The Development Of gold ores,
8. ..|I. r'II uoI 1lfIor substantially
1' Nc|f|nT
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Want q County Auditor.

The county clerks Of Kansas, in state
convention Mt Hutchinson, discussed
various questions Of interest 1t was
urged that there be an auditor for
each county, and that he be the book
keeper for all the various departments
Of the county. 1t was thought that
all road and bridge matters should be
referred to the county surveyor instead
OF the county clerk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Two More Dorus IiIiIs round.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-TWO Of the
counterfeit 500 silver certificates have
made their appearance in this city.
Detectives purchased one from bank
where It had been received in the ordi-
nary course OF business. The sub
treasury received the second note.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

ABOUT 1,10O post offices throughout
che United States were assigned to the
money order class on January 3. This
makes approximately $4,000 post offices
Mt which money orders may be now OBJ
tanned or cashed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

In IN address before the Illinois
State Teachers association ut Spring
field, President E. benjamin Andrews,
of Brown university, strongly urged
free textbooks and favored free
lunches in the schools.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

GEN. MILES has recommended, 1t was
reported, that the uniform OF the
United States army be changed to cor
respond with the more gorgeous uni
forms of European armies, but Score.
tary Alger does not think favorably OF
the recommendation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
sn.cIal nIlI TOR Col. cloud.

Senator Baker has introduced In
congress 4 special pension bin for Col
W. +. Cloud, who served bravely in the
Mexican war at IS and In May. 1851,
raised q company Of Lyon county
young men which was company H,
Second Kansas infantry. Col. Cloud
now lives In Kansas City, Mo
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Fined for Expressing m Opinion.

The exclamation in the district court
at Seneca, II have reverence for the
court, but it might be increased" cost
+. w. Jacobs q contempt-of-court fine
Of IS, and n reiteration Of the state
ment of $40 more, Judge Emery order
ing him to Jail till the fines should be
paid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
would Dcstroy tho Joints.

Mrs. II. C. Lindsay, wife Of Topeka's
ex-chief of police, is ont in an open
letter advocating the destruction OF
Topeka joints by the women. She de-
clares there are $50 joints in Topeka
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

GUTHRIE, Ok, Jan. 6-The annual
meeting of the Oklahoma Bar associa-
ton began here yesterday with a
fairly good attendance. The annual
address was made by President John
w. Shnrkel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
WYNN Not AnpoInt County A.aIstanta.

Attorney General Boyle still adheres
to the rule laid down by him several
weeks ago not to appoint any assistant
attorney general, holding that the
county attorney in each county should
carry out the will of the people.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Litigation Not So Large.

The supreme court is about year
behind in its business. Not very long
ago the judges were four years behind.
While some relief is given by the mp
pellatc courts, the main reason for the
catching up" is that litigation is not
SO large as 1t formerly was. Previous
to 1902 about 500 supreme court cases
were fled annually, while now the
average Is only about 300.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Locomo,Ive BoIler Explodcs.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 6-The
boiler Of IN engine drawing freight
train No SO between Cincinnati and
Chattanooga exploded yesterday caus-
ing the death Of Engineer Lenahan
and Fireman Denham, besides the de-
struction of IL cars of freight
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Wand Toun.end Dor auditor.

About so negro representatives from
different counties in the state met in
Topeka and Endorsed w. b. Townsend,
of Leavenworth, for state auditor on
the republican ticket next fall
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
No Authnrltx for IL.

For several years prior to January I
the probate judges in many counties
were allowed a salary Of $500 n year,
but the attorney general says there
was no law for any such expenditure.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Ahducted a Proacher's Dnughter.

d. Harmon, travelling salesman, Is
in Jail ut Fort Scott charged with en-
ticing Ella Bum, aged II, away from
home. The couple tloped from Fort
Scott and were captured at Springfield.
No The girls father Is q preacher.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Public spirited BusInsss Men,

The Anthony Security company,
made up of business men Of that place,
has been formed to purchase outstand-
ing city bonds and refund them ut q
low rate. This week So, 900 In bonds
and accrued interest were purchased
for $500 The company hopes 20 re-
duce the town indebtedness to SIS, 900
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

NEARLY 1000 persons took part in q
progressive euchre party in Philadel-
phia the other evening for the benefit
of St. Tcresa's Roman Catholic church.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

AMERICAN property owners in Cuba
have lost, II is stated, $40, ZOO, 900
through Spain's maladministration Of
Cuban affairs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

The New York Herald says that co.
900 families in New York receive their
sole support through the efforts Of
women,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

THERE were 1859 marriage licenses
Issued in Kansas City, Mo-, during 1897
or ut the rate of 80 a week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

The commissioner Of pensions says
there are $4,000 pension attorneys in
this country.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
Kansas Board of Education.

The state board of education has
made several changes in the plan OF
conducting state examinations for
teachers certificates. Questions re-
garding photography and penmanship
will be omitted, these grades to be
determined by the character OF the
manuscript In grammar the ques.
tions will be reduced one-half, and 80
per cent OF the examination will DO
ON composition. In reading 10 per
cent. of the examination will be ques-
tions and 40 per cent oral exercises
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
The state Tsaehsrs' Association.


Nearby 400 teachers attended the
annual meeting OF the state associa-
ton at Topeka. The expected tilt
over the textbook law did not materi-
alize and the meetings were harmonic
GUS and profitable. John Mcdonald;
Of Topeka, was elected president and
Frank Baker, d. b. Bone and Il. G.
Van ostrand vice presidents. The
county supcrintendents passed reso-
luton commencing superintendent
STRIKERS efforts TO secure law pro-
viding for township schools; also urged
q more rigid observance OF grades In
district schools. The general resolu.
tions adopted declare for q uniform
curriculum for high schools; n uniform
school tax law; consolidation OF weak
school districts; better county high
school law; uniform course OF study
for rural schools; reaffirm loyalty TO
temperance and good citizenship and
indorse the proposed gathering OF
teachers ut the Omaha exposition next
year
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
PrI.on h. 4 Coed PIneo for Him.

In the jail at Larnsd Is i7-year-old
boy named Morrill, Sharp, who had 70
b overpoWered and bound By neigh
ho'a 9 RssEsa. h|u k''1qg ne ','as'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
State horticultural Society.

The annual meeting Of the state
horticultural society at Topeka was
largely attended. An effort will be
made to have the name changed from
society" to board" W. II. Barnes,
secretary of the society, submitted .
report, which, summarized, shows the
following average yields Of fruits and
vegetables:
Apples. 20 per cent; pears, 80; peaches. y;
plums, OF: cherries, o.; mulbcrrles, 30; black.
berries, TN; grapes, 73h; raspbcrries. 10;
strawberries. 75 currants, n; nuts, co. Irish
potatoes. AN; sweet potatoes, G6h; veseta'
bles, 63n.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08
MELp AN ACCIDENT POLICY.
A Cyclists Disgust ut Not Being Hurt
I'm q Collision.


In q Collision.
Tkis Il the story Of q somewhat. unusua!
accident. II happened on the CONDUIT roeo
who told me about II was an eyewitness.
II In, singularly appropriate, by the way,
that he should be an eyewitness, Tor ne y
an oculist by profession: A man on d.
cycle was scorchiug checrily along on the way
10 town, when suddenly there doomed up
ont Of the darkness in front Of him heavy
wagon and q team headed straight for him:
There was no time to turn out. The wheel
crashed into the wagon POLE, and the rider
was thrown completely over the horses, TALL
ing between them and the wagon. The ocu-
list ran to the rescue, expecting to see .
limp mass Of bleeding and UNCONSCIOUS nu,
manity. Instead, he saw q kicking ana
swearing person who was apparently nn'n 2;
twisted wire. ,
care you hurt!" asked the oculist.
The swearing person picked himself up
and stopped swearing. He gazed at what
had once been fair young bicycle. :.
Hurt" he said in tone OF deepest DIS
gust. "Hurt? Me? OF course amt hurt.
I've got an accident policy. Washington
Post.
Mr.. 4. @. Pearse, OF Apicola, Alberta,
Canada, passed through Chicago recently en-
route to England. He paints in glowing
colors the advantages Of Western Canada,
and says that large number OF tenant farm.
ers from the old country are making their
homes there, and those who, during the
past few years, have gone TO that district
from the United States are doing remark'
ably well. They find the climate delightful,
and, although in very poor circumstances
when they arrived, they are mostly doing
well and have excellent farms, some OF them
being able to loan money to the new set
tiers.
AS an example Of what has been done By
colonists this year, he says Hugh Irvine,
who has been in the country five year,,
threshed 800 bushels OF wheat and received
~ cents per bushel for it. James Fitzgerald
raised 5000 bushels in the fourth year Of his
settlement, while james Atkinson had
crop Of $500 bushels. These men started
without any capital, and were induced to 60
through the representations Of the Canadi.
an Government Agents. The development
OF the Edmonton. klondikc route has ere.
ated a home cash market. Hundreds OF
square miles OF magnificent farming country
vet remain for cultivation in the Saskatche-
wan Valley and is sold at low prices.
Accounted For.-"What's all this Austri
IN trouble about, anyway" Its oil over
a question of national language" "Oh,
| ,nn that occounts for tho war of yy0rda -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-08

Accounted For.-"What's all this Austri
IN trouble about, anyway" Its oil over
a question of national language" "Oh,
see, that accounts for the war OF words. -
Philadelphia North American.
The times., 1898-12-03

down Broadway with him, gave him a
cigar and asked him to have a drink
Didn't you ask him for Gods sake not
to disgrace you for the sake of your wife
and children and promise never to so near
his wife again?'
No. SIR
Mahon said he drank and smoked with
Moore because he was not conscious what
he was doing.
Lawyer Levy asked him If he had ever
been accused of being fool, aud Mahon
said he did not know.
Moore and his wife smiled.
District Attorney Mcintyre then asked
Ellis to stand up.
Mahon said he had been on friendly
terms with Ellis. He said once at the In
perial Hotel he saw Ellis send check
for $3.50 to Mrs. Moore to pay for seal
skin sacque. Two days after the affair
at the Grenoble came out he said Ellis
told him he thought the Moores intended
to rob him. Ellis had said that several
days before Mrs. Moore had come to his
office and asked him to her apartments
at the hotel.
Mr.. Levy then asked the witness If at
any time his relations with the woman
had been what they should not have been.
Mahon appealed to the court, and Re-
corder Goff said he could refuse to answer
if the question would tend to degrade
him.
'.As a married man refuse to answer
the question" said the witness.
'Why?"
Because 1t would degrade me-"
1t was brought out that Mrs. Moore had
told Mahon her husband had beaten her
until she was black and blue.
Alonzo w. Foster. manager of the New
Amsterdam Hotel. of which Mahon is pro-
prietor, took the stand. He corroborated
The times., 1898-12-03

He was, however. for many months en-
tirely unsuccessful in his fight.
Finally. the Capital Railway officers
assert, Mr.. Griswold sought the influence
of certain Washington newspaper by
placing on his board of directors George
III. Harries. AT any rate the Commis-
sioners first act after Mr.. Harries was
elected, and had visited them in his Of
fetal capacity, was to order the Capital
Railway to abandon its underground sys-
tenn and take it out of the ground within
thirty days. This meant the loss of the
road and its franchise to the company.
Senator Mark Hanna Is said to have
saved the underground system from this
fate. He was one of the persons inter-
ested in the success of the Brown sys-
tenn. and he visited the Commissioners
in its behalf Immediately after the Com
missioners had made the order. The or
der was then at once countermanded and
the road allowed an extension of time in
which to install the system.
The next step taken by Commissioners
Wight and Black, 1t is alleged, was their
order forcing the railway people to give
up the management of their property to
an officer appointed by the Commission
ers.
People who know the history of the
Capital Railway troubles express the be-
lief that if Capt. Black is not allowed
to return to Washington as Engineer
Commissioner he will owe his defeat
partly, at least-to his part In this SEEM
ing persecution of the railway.
The times., 1898-12-03
District building yo,.s

A. I. Lewis has offered to sell to the
, District a lot in Square 5s3 as a site for
the proposed new. central police station.
The site is opposite the court house. The
Commissioners have informed Mr.. Lewis;
that the site Is not in the desired neigh
borhood
Gen. William Grout, chairman of the
subcommittee of the House in charge
of the District appropriation bill, asked
the District Commissioners yesterday to
inform him, If possible, how soon the new
bridge on the line of Massachusetts Ave
nue. extended will be built across Rock
Creek. Commissioner Wight replied that
the completion of the contract would in
his opinion, require about a year and a
half.
Theodore w. Noyes. the president of the
Free Public Library, submitted mis- first
annual report to the District Commission
ers. 1t contains statement of the cash
contributions for the support of the insti-
tuition, as well as the books and pam
phlets which have been donated by public
spirited citizens.