Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-07
Some KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
ror.y-sl. Under Death sentence

Following are their names, ages ana
counties:
Martin Jarbcrs, johnson county. age 90; John
Drake, Dickinson county. ace %: John Rog-
ers. Bourbon county. age %; John Ycrdy.
Bourbon county. ago %; John Pierce, Lyon
county. age Il; Elmer Reed. Lyon county. ago
g. Moses Chambers Leavenworth county, age
Is: Henry Tutwiler. Mcpherson county. arc 80;
Aaron Wells Cloud county. age 81; Tobias
Taylor. Clark county, age -; Willie Sell, Ne
osho county. age 20: Albert Demham. McPher-
son county, age 81; Charles olin. Sherman
county, ago IS: Tom Morgan. Dickinson coun-
", age %; Taylor Cook. Osborne county. age oO;
Samuel Thomas. Wyandotte county. age ";
Charles Burnside. Shawnee county. age 30;
Isaac Van Brunt. Harvey county. age %; d. u
Davis Leavcnworth county. age 30; Ben Nc
Lean Shawnee county. age %: Frank Lewis,
Corey county. age 20; WILDER Norton, Cowiey
county. age s3; Morgan Wright Cowley county.
nge "a: james Walker Ford county, age q;
Hnme Hydrick. Labette county, age III; Ells-
worth Hacker, Pratt county. ago 20: Jap Raj
ney. Miami county. age 81; Christopher Car
pentcr. Wabaunsee county. age 49, Jeremiah
Carpenter Waubaunsec county. age 30; George
Ellis Miami county. age &c; Isaac G. Reed
Sumner county, age Sc Carl Arnold, Edwards
county, agc %: William Harvey, Edwards
county, age "a: Cal C. Conley Linn county, age
a.; John Quinn. wyandotte county, age 81; Ed
Anderson. Neosho county, age 70; Marion As
bell. Labette county. age 81. George Stevens
Montgomery county age 30; Rudolph Brock
man, Labette county. age 10: William Grim
NETT, Marion county. ave 2s George Stafleback,
Cherokee county. age ~; Ell Staficback, Cher
okec county. age 20; George W. Finch, Bour-
bon county. age "a; Isaac Warren, Clay county,
age a: John Dodd. Wyandottc county, age IL;
Sam Smith, Butler county, age 81
Meeting of Kansas Pedagogues.
The annual meeting Of the Kansas
State Teachers association at Topeka
last week was one OF the most success
full ever held. In an address before the
association State Superintendent Stry'
ker advocated free tuition for every
child, from Kindergarten to univer.
sity," and urged teachers to agitate for
legislation to bring this about Elk.
State Superintendent Stanley advoca-
ted legislation for the establishment OF
county high schools, which would do
away with the local strife for location,
which lie said killed many a high
school proposition, and the licensing
of teachers without further examine
tion after they have taken one exami-
nation and proved their ability to
teach. Prof Frank Dyer, of Wichita,
was elected president OF the associa'
ton. Geary county won the silk flag
offered to the county with the largcs
number Of teachers enrolled in pro
portion to the number employed. Pot
tawatomie county was awarded the
Tellurian globe offered the county
with the greatest attendance Mt the
convention in proportion to teachers
employed and the superintendent OF
the county a Standard dictionary for
the same reason.
Items from the state Universitv
The annual report of the regents and
faculty of the Kansas state university
has been published. The attendance
this year aggregates l, 100, which is the
largest in the university's history.
The geographical distribution Of these
students represents 10 different coun-
ties Of the state of Kansas, and
90 different states The university
OF Kansas, during the entire pc.
Rod OF its existence, has enrolled
q total OF 1885 students; of this num-
Der 1915 have completed their courses
OF study and received the degrees ap.
propriate thereto. The distribution
Of the graduates among the different
schools OF the university is Us follows:
School of arts, COS; school of law, 444;
school Of pharmacy, 1914; school OF en-.
cheering. 95; school Of fine arts, Sc;
graduate school, 100; normal depart
ment discontinued in 1855, IS.
stopped Runaway Couple.
A dispatch from Nevada Mo-, said:
]. w. Border, OF Pittsburg, Kan, mr..
rived here IN search Of his wife, who
with her children had eloped in COM
pany with John Hehner, q much
younger man. The fugitives arrived
an hour before the irate husband, and
were ut the depot prepared to take the
train for Kansas City. When Mr.. Bor-
der arrived he espied Heffner standing
on the platform and at once gave chase.
Heffner ran and succeeded in making
his escape. Border then sought his
wife and by means Of tears and threats
prevailed upon her to return with him
to Pittsburg. Heffner Is about 25 years
old, while the woman Is fully a, and
by no means prepossessing in appear
ance.
Pay Of Kansas school-Teachers.
In his address before the state teach.
ers' association President John Mac.
Donald said the Kansas people have
their nerve with them in wanting
more competent school-teachers at the
present salaries paid. The average
salary paid Kansas teachers is s32
month, Eve months in the year. Di-
viding sl80 by 19 we have siSSsh per
month. President Macdonald advo.
Gated n SO poll-tax law to provide more
money for teachers.
Re Was Insaneiy Jsaiou<
Thomas Greene shot and killed his
wife at Furley, Sedgwick county, and
then fatally wounded himself by plant
ing bullet in his breast Greene and
his wife went to Wichita on the same
errand, to file suits for divorce. They
met ON the train going back, and quar-.
relied. The shooting occurred ON the
depot platform. Greene was insanely
Jealous OF his wife.
He Deceived Everybody.
W. B. Yates, q young business man
of Larned, absconded with about 81, 800
which he secured from his wife on the
pretense that he was going to buy
cattle. Yates also secured money
from his father and his mother-in.law
on false promises He also sold sew.
eral mortgaged cattle.
Was n Son of Gov. FEEDER.
Judge Howard X. Reeder, q son OF