Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-09-16
STATE NEWS pARAeRApHED.

mer.
The Twentieth Kansas band will
make a tour of Kansas the coming
winter.
George NJ. Munger, Of Greenwood
county, the wealthy laundryman, is In
the Klondike.
Frank Brooks, prominent repub-
lican politician of Topeka, was mystic
riously missing.
Rural free delivery service has been
esta blished at Merriam. The popula-
ton served is 700.
Fredonia has new three-story brick
roller mill. The power plant is two
miles away on Fall river.
BY vote of five to one Parsons re-
jected the proposition to vote sis5,OOO
in bonds to own the waterworks plant.
The waterworks plant at Greensburg,
Kiowa county, which was erected dur
ing boom days at cost Of Zoo, was
sold to Alva. Ok, recently for $1,000.
President W. F. Sapp, of the demo-
cratic Suniiower league, appointed Z.
L. Brown, of Parsons, as state organ
izer. The pay is 500 month and ex-
pcnscs.
1t Is claimed that Hutchinson re-
ccives and sends out more freight than
any other city in Kansas. About 30
carloads of salt are sent from there
every day.
Lieut.. Ralph ingalls,, of the volun-
tecr army, who was at Wichita recruit
ing for the Philippines, thought he
would get company of soldiers from
that place.
Edward II. Hook, a Lawrence soldier
In the Twentieth Kansas, died soon
after reaching San Francisco from Ma
Mia. lie was wounded in one OF the
first battles in the Philippines.
An engine pulling Rock Island
freight exploded while making full
speed near Fairview. The engineer
and brakeman were seriously injured
and the locomotive thrown from the
track.
A letter from an officer of the Twen-
ticth Kansas states that Lieut.. Col.
Little, during his visit in Japan, was
engaged in writing history of the
Philippine war, to be published when
he returns.
Miss lngraham, n woman doctor ut
Marquette. was arrested at the instance
of the county health officer, who al
legged that her diploma came from
college that made u business OF grind
ing out diplomas.
Two negroes from the Twenty-third
Kansas received commissions in the
new volunteer negro regiment-Capt.
W. NJ. Hawkins to be n captain and
Second Lieut.. George L. Payne to be
second lieutenant.
Private L. X. Thompson, Of the Fort
Scott company, in the Twentieth Kan
sas, has been sentenced by a court
martial to one years Imprisonment and
dishonorab!e discharge for the double
crime Of larceny and forgery.
Mary Phillips, three-year-old Kan
sas City child, lost the sight OF her
right eye by singular accident. The
child, while asleep, fell out OF bed and
struck her head on lamp, cutting a
frightful cash and lacerating the eye.
I'LL. Walker, farmer near Piper,
Wyandotte county, sold a part OF his
crop for $500. He went to Kansas City,
paid few bills and then visited sew
eral Joints. A fey hours later he re-
ported that he had been robbed Of $780,
The expenses of six state institutions
for the month of August were: Peni-
tertiary, sl4, $50. %; Topeka insane asy-
lum, so. 76l. OF; Hutchinson reformato.
nv, s5,477.67; Atchison orphans home,
s.. 4Os. Is: Beloit school for girls, ST.
sos. 40; Kansas City blind institute,
81, SO0.S5.
There were more bankruptcy cases
fled in the Kansas federal court during
August than in any previous month
since the law went into effect. Labor
ing men are taking advantage Of the
law. Railroad men are, in particular,
for three garnishments loses n railroad
man his job.
]. II. Brewster, the courthouse con-
tractor at Yates Center. is having much
trouble with his laborers He imported
gang Of negroes to take the place OF
white workmen recently and every ho-
tel and clearinghouse refused to lodge
them and they slept outdoors. Yates
Center has no negro citizens.
The report Of the Twentieth Kansas
for July places the total membership
of the regiment at 95l-46 officers and
COS enlisted men. Eighty-two men
were discharged in July. Nearly all
of them re-enlisted in the companies
forming in the Philippines. There
were no deaths during the month.
Mrs. Adam Hewitson, Of Argentine,
wife of Santa Fe railroad conductor,
was alone in her home the other night
when she was awakened by burglar
in the house. She was so frightened
that she Jumped from the second story
window to the ground. breaking her
arm and otherwise injuring herself.
Hull Reed, for many years a grain
buyer OF Wichita, committed suicide
in the county Jail there by hanging
himself. lie was in Jail waiting to be
taken 10 the insane asylum. He
hanged himself with n piece Of wire
and a towel. During the boom days
he was considered one Of the richest
men in the state.
Fire started in one of the business
blocks of Caney and before 1t could be
extinguished five buildings were de-
stroyed.
Mrs. Minnie Morgan, mother Of State
Printer Morgan, was elected a member