Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-09-09
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gress In the Seventh district, II Is said.
Noble Prcntis' history Of Kansas Is
receiving lot Of mighty kind words
from the papers Of Kansas. 1t should
be in every home in Kansas.
The board of regents OF the state
agricultural college has practically de-
cided to let E. Il. Nichols, the tempo
rary president OF the college, run the
institution this coming school year.
Mrs. Ed Walsh, wife Of Ed q. Walsh,
q timer. was killed by Missouri Pa
cific passenger train ut the foot Of La
fayette avenue in Kansas City, Kan,
while rescuing little child from death.
The child was saved.
The cornerstone Of the new state in.
dustrial school for colored people ut
OUR iaro, to be known as STANLEY In
dustrial Hail." was laid with appro-
pirate ceremonies on the 9th. Gov.
Stanley made speech.
The comptroller of the currency closed
the doors of the Atchison national
bank, of Atchison. The bank had n
capital of $4,000; total resources and
liabilities, S295,5is The suspension OF
the bank is due to bad investments.
The attendance at the Baxter Springs
reunion last week exceeded all previous
years, as high as $4,000 people being
present some days. The reunion asso-
citation reelected Col. L. c. Weldy COM
mander and J. NJ. Cooper president.
Maurice Bartleson, one of Beloit's
prominent young men who has been in
Klondike for the last 10 months. re-
turned last week. lie says the climate
and social conditions about Beloit are
good enough for him. The other fell
low may seek fortune and fame in the
frozen soil.
The Santa Fe railway has agreed to
transport the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment from San Francisco to Topeka
after the regiment has been mustered
out and wait for payment until the
next session of the legislature. The
agreement was made at the solicitation
OF Gov. Stanley.
Ed NJ. Brown, Of Westmoreland, who
was one of Roosevelt's rough riders.
has taken bride In the person OF Miss
Jessie Clark. The preacher grew
facetious at the ceremony and said
that in capturing rough rider Miss
Jessie had done something the Span
iards were unable to do.
Clarence Z. McClung. Of Kansas City,
o professor in the Kansas state uni.
vcrsity. eloped with Anna A. Drake,
also of Kansas City, and they were
married ut Council Bluffs, Ia. The two
are first cousins and on that account
could not get a marriage license in
either Kansas or Missouri.
Marcus Daniel, the younger Of the
desperadoes who killed Marshal Wilson
at Sedan, was put in the Montgomery
county Jail. Glenn Darnell was taken
to Winfield. Marcus was turned over
TO the officers by his father. There
was n reward of $500 on each OF the
boys. The father will get the reward
for Marcus.
Angel Matthewson, of Parsons, who
failed some years ago for $3.50, ZOO, and
was recently formally charged with
having made false returns of his prop
erty in order to secure his discharge in
bankruptcy, was indicated in the fed
eral court at Fort Scott by Judge
Hook, who reversed the referee and
discharged Mr.. Matthewson.
Near Rose, seven miles south OF Yates
Center. a freight train running at the
rate of 90 miles an hour crashed into
spring wagon containing four Of Fred
Upson's children, killing Bessie, aged
ten. and probably fatally injuring two
others, Clarence, aged seven, and Ethel
aged II. Dan, the Oldest boy, saved his
life by jumping. One of the horses was
killed outright an the wagon wrecked.
Gov. Stanley announced that he
would pardon Fuller Rhodes, who was
sent to the penitentary from Sedgwick
county in 1897 for three years for horse
stealing. In 1894 Rhodes stole horse,
sold it to an innocent purchaser and
then left the country. The officers
could not locate him. Three years
later he wrote from North Dakota that
he had become converted to Christian
ity and wanted to surrender. The
sheriff brought him back and his con-
viction followed.
The young democrats of Kansas met
in large numbers ut Hutchinson last
week and organized the "Sunfower
League of Kansas" The Chicago plat
form was Endorsed. L. L. Brown, the
Parsons man who called the meeting,
resigned from the executive committee,
owing to some friction. The officers
chosen for the first year follow: Presi-
dent, William +. Sapp, Galena; vice
president, William Matthewson, Wich-
tia; secretary, Marion Watson, Hutch
inson; treasurer, +. p. Hettinger,
Hutchinson.
Every balancing of her books en-
phasizes anew the fact that Kansas is
pre-eminently a stock-producing re-
gion, and the compilation of assessors
returns just now completed by the
state board of agriculture, showing the
value of meat animals slaughtered or
sold for slaughter and the poultry and
eggs marketed in the year ended
March 1, make an exhibit that is very
gratifying, indeed. For animals
sla ughtered or sold for that purpose
The total exceeds $50, 600. 900, which is
$1,000, 900, or three per cent. more than
in the previous year. The value of
poultry and eggs marketed during the
year was 24.24l, $50, an increase Of $780,
1876. or s.s6 per cent, also the largest
yearly amount ever returned for the
state.
Congressman-at-Large Bailey helped
celebrate the golden wedding of his