Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-09-17
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.

SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
A Place for Psppersli.
Gov. Leedy has appointed w. b. L
Pepperell, Of Concordia, o member of
tho penitentiary board Of managers.
Pepperell Is secretary Of the demo-
cratic state committee.
Was Gov. Rssdsrs Private Secretary.
8. A. Treat who died ut Atchison
recently, came TO Kansas In 1859 and
was private secretary to Gov. Reeder,
the first territorial governor. He had
lived near Atchison since 1856.
Tho Usuai Result
At Topeka the other day Walter En-
gland, aged two, played with matches
in hay and was burned to death. The
boys aunt and grandmother were
burned to death few weeks ago.
Owes Much, but Has Nothing 70 Pay.
j. M. Harvey, q Topeka real estate
speculator in boom times, has applied
for divorce from his debts under the
bankruptcy law. He says he owes s7O,-
900, while his assets consist OF sl2
suit of clothes and q pension Of 60 per
month.
Town Ownership In Kansas.
There arc ~ waterworks plants
owned by the towns in which they are
located and A owned by private cor
porations In Kansas In few months
there will be more plants under mu.
nicipal control than under private
ownership, as Topeka is preparing to
buy its plant and Neodesha has recent.
ly issued bonds to build waterworks.
To Vote on Municipal Ownership.
Petitions for an election to vote on
the proposition OF municipal owner.
ship Of street railways and electrical
light plants have been signed ut WITCH.
ita by the requisite number of voters
and Mayor Ross will issue PROCLAIM.
ton for q special election to decide
whether bonds shall be issued by the
city.
Twenty-second Reaches Home.
The boys Of the Twenty Kan.
sas regiment, who were ordered home
to be mustered out, reached Fort
Leavenworth Sunday night, but ow.
ing to the Indictment weather did not
60 into camp until Monday. At nine
o'clock Monday morning the regiment
proceeded through the streets Of Leav.
enworth and were given an enthusi.
astic reception.
Claims She Was Robbed Of $4,000.
Mrs. Eli Potter, who once ran for
mayor of Kansas City and created
much notoriety thereby, claims to
have been robbed Of $4,000 the other
night She claims that while out
riding in her buggy two negroes
stopped her and after striking her
stunning blow. secured the money
from her understands, where she had
quilted It for safe keeping. The rob-
bers escaped.
Disastrous PraIrie Fire.
A prairie fire the other day crossed
the southeastern part Of Hodgeman
and the northwestern part OF Pawnee
counties. 1t swept over wide terri.
tory and farmers had hard work saw
ing their homes and stock. Couriers
were sent ahead to notify and rouse
the people who Immediately began to
back FIRE and pillow fire guards. Thou
sandE If tons Of hay, feed and straw
wer9 burned. The loss is about $40, 900.
The City Had to Compromise.
BY request Of local merchants the
Topeka council passed an ordinance
levying tax Of $4,000 q year on trad.
ing stamp concerns. This was done
to drive them out They fled suit to
enjoin the enforcement Of the ordi-
nance, claiming the license was pro.
hibitive. The city attorney saw that
the council was sure to be beaten and
he agreed to have an ordinance passed
making the tax only $3.50 and the suit
was withdrawn.
Insanity Plea Let Him Out
Frank O. Brown, who had forged
checks, stolen property and been con-
victed of assault ut Topeka, was last
week discharged from the insane asy-
lum as cured. Brown had been assist
ant city attorney of Topeka and his
escapades afterwards became notori.
GUS, but he always escaped by plead
Ing youth and innocence. Last spring,
however, he got tangled up in very
serious scrape and he successfully |
worked the insanity dodge. Less than
nix months treatment at the asylum
cured him.
Church People Demolish Joints.
Some Of the church people OF Milton.
vale started out to rid the town OF
Joints They first visited Joe Benoit's
Joint and smashed up everything.
Then they proceeded to Peter Hammer
lies joint and found it locked, and
with axes broke down the door. Just |
then some one on the inside fred two
shots, one shot striking B. r. Miller,
editor of the Press, in the face, wound
ing him badly. After the shooting
escaped, but later was
found in cellar and arrested. The
church people proceeded to demolish
erything in the joint
Wants Co start Even Again.
The largest bankruptcy case yet
Filed under the new bankruptcy law
was that Of Angel Matthewson, of
Parsons He says his liabilities are
si52, 900 and his assets nothing. A few
years ago Matthewson erected q big
hotel and other buildings at Parsons.
He also conducted q private bank and
was regarded rs wealthy, but in the
crash Of '93 he was forced to
The wall. He has many creditors,