Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-09-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

wellington opened with over $50 pu-
pila
Holidays band OF Hutchinson will
lead the parade at Denver's big festival.
October l.
Speaker Reed will make several 70.
publican speeches In Kansas during
the campaign.
PrivateJ. D. Bancroft, of tho Twenty.
first Kansas, died OF fever In camp ut
Lexington, Ky.
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster
general. will speak Mt Topeka October
7and Wichita on the Sth.
Newton now has telephone connec'
ton with every town, large and small,
within radius Of 100 miles
Tho attorney general decided that
police judges Of Kansas cities cannot
issue search and seizure warrants.
Dale Gear, the young man who
pitched in the baseball game that
brought the pennant to tho Kansas
City Blues, lives Mt Greeley, this state.
The receipts OF the state coal oil In.
spector's Office for August were sL'
DISCO, the salaries were sS79, leaving
5000 to DO turned into the state treas
ury.
United States Senator Harris can.
celed all his campaign dates and
started for Camp Wikoff, N. Y, where
his son, soldier recently back from
Santiago, was very low with fever.
Secretary Coburn. Of the state board
OF agriculture, thinks that fully rs
good melons can be raised along the
Arkansas river In Kansas rs in the
famous Rocky Ford country in Colo
RADIO.
About 80 OF the soldier boys OF the
Twenty second Kansas regiment were
given a reception by the citizens oil
Manhattan on their arrival there.
Capt. Lester was in charge Of the COM
pany.
Ex-Gov. Lewelling and DR.. A. NJ.
Pratt, prominent populists Of Wichita,
but members Of opposite factions, en-
gagged in street fight over q remark
that Pratt had made regarding the ex-
governor.
A sensational breach of promise suit
ut Olathe, wherein Miss Mary Brink
was plaintiff and A. r. Thompson de-
PENDANT In q contest for $1,000 dam
ages, resulted in verdict Of S+75 for
the woman.
Over 80 preachers attended the NeO.
sho conference OF the U. B. church ut
Garnett +. n. Gillett was made
presiding elder Of the Independence
district and j. r. Chambers OF the Fort
Scott district
In 1893 Kansas produced 4G,oll acres
OF Kafiir corn. The acreage OF the
present year is 535,7l3. In 1901 the
state grew 3i,3Is acres OF alfalfa and
this years returns show TN aggregate
of 231, 5Ss acres.
Albert Emmett, private OF the
Twentieth Kansas, in camp near San
Francisco, resisted the provost guard
sent to take him from saloon, knock
ing the captain OF the guard down.
Emmett was arrested.
The trial of County Attorney Norris,
of Saline county, for alleged illegal
practices, resulted in his disbarment
The charges were :nstigated by II. N.
Gaines, ex-superintcndent Of schools
Both men are populists
1t took So, 0402s to run the several
state charitable institutions during
August, not counting the state insane
asylum at Topeka OF this sum, s.4,-
4902l was for maintenance and ST.
550.07 for salaries OF officers and Mt.
tendants.
The Kansas appellate court, sitting
In session at Leavenworth. upheld the
Sunday-closing law, the suit being
brought by the labor unions OF the
city to close the barber shops on Sun.
day. The decision also affects Sunday
baseball and theaters-
The district and appellate courts at
Leavenworth held that wholesale
house in Kansas City that was trying
to collect liquor bill from Kansas
jointist had no legal standing In the
courts as the business of selling
liquor In the state was prohibited by
statute.
Chautauqua railroad bonds for s4o,.
900, voted in 1887, have been refunded
ut Eve per cent The bonds were
voted to the D., NJ. & A. railroad,
which was originally designed to run
between Denver and Atlanta, Ga, but
alas for the boom, the road reaches
neither place.
There were on July 4last S64 state
and private banks in Kansas, q de-
crease since 1891 OF so, but the total
deposits were so2, 1894, 9563l, IN in
crease Of 1884 per cent over 1891.
There are SO banks In the state whose
surplus equals 30 per cent OF their
capital stock.
On June 20, 1898, there were 7s3 pris.
oners In the Kansas penitentiary, IN
increase OF 80 over the preceding year.
OF this number Wyandotte county fur.
nished the greater number, Shawnee
second, Scdgwick third and Mont
gomery fourth. The expenses OF the
institution the past year were si4s..
ga.
Crime, criminals and the cost OF
punishment for crimes in Kansas Is
the subject Of an investigation now
being conducted by State Labor Com
missioner johnson. Under the head
of cost he will seek answers TO these
questions: Cost to convict cost to
keep. cost Of trial when there Is no
conviction and the value of labor by
the convict
At Fort Scott n warrant was Is.
sued for the arrest OF 4. L McDer.
mott, one of the Oldest lawyers OF the
city, charging him with embezzle-
ment