Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-02

ing Of the stores.
Prof. w. d. Kuhn, of Holton, has
resigned rs n member OF the state
board Of education.
The feeding In transit privilege ON
live stock was not withdrawn by the
railroads in Kansas April 1.
Republicans OF Butler county will
present 8. G. Pottle, county clerk OF
that county, for state auditor.
In the Wyandotte county district
sourt Judge Alden declared the Cubbi-
BON anti-pool selling law invalid.
William Golloby, 4 youth near
Yates Center, was accidentally killed
by the discharge Of q shotgun, tho
shot almost severing his body ut the
waist.
Capt Jack" Curtis, father Of Con-
gressman Curtis, died recently in the
Indian territory, where he had been
living Is years. lie settled In Topeka
In 1855.
1t was reported that a heavy frost
after the recent rains had badly dam
aged fruit in the vicinity Of Emporia,
particularly peaches, pears and
plumbs.
Col. Thomas Moonlight, the we'll
known democratic politician, has re-
turned to Leavenworth after four
years absence as minister TO Bolivia.
He will locate in business at Galena,
this state.
Gov. Leedy named John Dryden, OF
Greenwood county, to succeed j. w.
johnson as member of the live stock
sanitary commission. Dryden Is fu-
sion democrat and was member OF
the legislature in 1901.
The Glenelder post Office was en-
tered by burglars who wrecked the
building with dynamite and got con-
siderable money and stamps. The
building burned and the postmaster
narrowly escaped death.
Theo Botkin, department command
err of the Kansas G. A. R., Is out in an
other interview attacking Pension
Commissioner Evans. Botkin says II
Evans should die or resign he would
confer favor on the public.
B.P. Boyd, Of Reading, has sued o
half dozen residents OF that city for
SIC, 900 damages. alleging that the de-
PENDANTS circulated petition against
his being postmaster and his character
was damaged to the extent OF $4,000.
Justices Of the peace in several east.
ern Kansas counties are accused Oh
having had bogus fee lists printed in
their dockets. The fees In this list are
about so per cent higher than the law
allows. Attorney General Boyle will
investigate the charges.
Gov. Leedy has named the following
commission to raise funds and arrange
Kansas exhibit ut Omaha: Ex-Gov.
Click, Atchison; A. W. Smith, McPher-
son; John E. Frost, Topeka; A. II.
Grief, Pittsburg; A. c. Lamb. Yelling
ton. From six to ten other commits
sioners will probably be named.
The attorney general decides that
where a school.teacher Is thrown out
of employment by circumstances for
which he or she is not responsible, the
district will be compelled to pay wages
for the full term. The attorney gen.
eral says district school boards should
make provision against such emergen-
cies In the contract.
Mennonites in Harvey and adjoining
counties were taking out "non-resist-
anti papers from the county clerks, to
prevent their going to war with Spain.
It is q part of the Mennonite belief
that no one shall participate In strife
of any kind, or resist an attempt to use
violence in any manner Especially
with horror do they look upon warfare.
A sensation was created in Kansas
recently when the widow Of ex-Gov.
Charles Robinson wrote letter pro-
testing against placing the likeness OF
ex-senator Preston T. Plumb In the
statehousc dome rs one Of 10 represent
alive Kansans. She said It was in
Plumb's power to stop the Quantrell
raid ON Lawrence, but he refused TO do
Il. In other free state troubles she
saws Plumb was not true Kansan.
Over 500 Pratt county citizens signed
n protest against pardoning Ellsworth
Hacker and Green Roberts, now serv-
ing life sentences in the penitentiary
for numbering Jacob Baker. The state
pardon board is considering an appli-
cation for their pardon. Hacker and
Roberts were notorious border charac-
tiers who lived In the sand hills west
of Pratt Baker lived near them and
In August, 1894. was riding with them
In a wagon from town. After the open
prairie was reached the two despera-
does put q gun to Bakers head and
killed him. then robbed him Of 500
and threw the body into an old well.
Fort Scott will vote on q proposition |
10 issue si25, 900 In bonds TO pipe nat |
ural gas from Laharpe, SO miles The
idea Is TO revive cheap fuel rs an in
ducement 10 manufacturers
It Is said that Kansas will establish |
stations for the inspection Of all cattle |
coming into Kansas from the south |
and southwest ut Amarillo, Tex, and |
La Junta, Col, within the next six
weeks
The annual debating contest be-
tween Washburn college and Drury |
college, Springfield. No, occurred at
Topeka the other night and was won
by Drury, which gives that college
two out Of three victories
The city council ut Hutchinson IL
taking steps to move its big out-of-
town auditorium into the city.
Speaker w. d. Street has withdrawn
from the race for the populist nomina-
tion for congress In the sixth district
The weather observer 1t Fort Scott
says March, isoS was the wettest
March in the history ofsoutheast Kan