Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-08-19
Honors for Kansas volunteers.

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Secretary of War Root, Gov. Stanley
recommends eight officers of the four
Kansas regiments organized during the
Spanish war for positions In the new
United States volunteer regiments to
be sent to The Philippines, as follows:
From the Twentieth Kansas-capt William
J. Watson. OF Pittsburg; Lieut.. Burton ].
Mitchell, OF lola.
From the Twenty first Kansas-,i,pt. Vernon
l. Everett. OF Wichita; Lieut.. Howard n
Koontz, Of Garden City.
From the Twenty-sccond Kansas Capt.
Clyde B. Parker. Of oberlin; Sergt Robert d.
Mitchell of Florence.
From the Twenty third Kansas-capt. Sher-
man A. Harvey, Of Lawrcncc Capt William N.
Hawkins, Of Topeka
Moro Soldiers Promoted.
Gov. Stanley has issued commissions
for the following officers Of the
Twentieth Kansas on recommendation
OF Col. Metcalf:
Charles b. Walker, Kansas City. lieutenant
and ndjutant. TO be captain. vice +. Z. Buchan;
J. r. Whisncr, Kansas City, first lieutenant; b.
Z. Northrup. Kansas City, second lieutenant;
Clad Hamilton, to be captain, vice Glasgow, dis
charged; L. Guy Simpson, Beloit, to be first
lleuttuu0ts OnuTlcS ~. StIupsuu, odiiHu, bCcoho
lieutenant; A. II. Conlcy, Fort Scott, hrst lieu
tenant. vice Agncw. discharged; Philip Fox,
Manhattan, second lieutenant; o. II. Burton,
Fort Scott, first lieutenant, vice Green, dis
charged; Charles p. Barshneld, Kansas City,
second lieutenant.
Witnessed Many Exciting Events.
Mrs. Eliza Dotson, who died ut Con-
cordia recently, was born in 1900,
married in 1916 and became widow in
1861 She was the mother Of II chill
dren, the grandmother Of 81 and the
great-grandmother of 10. Three OF
her sons were soldiers in the civil war
and three of her daughters married sol
diers. She died ut the age Of % years,
three months and 90 days, and there
fore had lived 80. ISL days and nights
In her lifetime 20 presidents came and
went and the nation passed through
eight wars.
New Onicers In the Twentieth Kansas.
Gov. Stanley received cablegram
from Col. Metcalf, of the Twentieth
regiment, recommending the following
appointments, which were made nj
once:
Lieut.. E. j Hardy. Of Salina, to succeed Capt
H. b. Orwig, OF company d, who resigned 10 be-
come major in one Of the new volunteer regi-
ments; Burton ]. Mitchell, OF Fort Scott first
lieutenant: ]. Q. Tefft, second lieutenant; AL
bert II. Krausc. captain; Samuel g. Hopkins.
first lieutenant, and Chauncey S. Pratt, second
lieutenant.
Awful Charge Against Young Farmer.
Mrs. Charles Fisher, wife of n farmer
living near Atlanta, Cowley county,
was shot and killed early the other
morning. and circumstances indicate
that the deed was done by her husband.
He is in Jail at Winfield. Fishers story
was that the shot was fired by strange
man. Fisher is stranger in the COM
munity and but little is known about
him.
Two Kansas Postmasters In Trouble.
Warrants were issued for the arrest
OF two Kansas postmasters on the
charge of embezzling government
funds. The postmasters are Capt
John G. Ellis, Of Quenemo, and Ireneus
g. Myers. OF Mayetta. Ellis is accused
of being short over 5000 and Myers over
5000. lIondsmen paid the shortage in
each case.
He Feels Much Encouraged.
DR.. S. Z. Pendleton, of Herington,
who is announced rs candidate for
the republican nomination for con-
gressman-at-largc, says he is much en-
couraged with the situation. He is the
Methodist preacher Mt Herington and
is brother-in-law of ex-Congressman
J. D. Botkin, the populist.
An Aged Man Missing.
James Grimes. wealthy retired
farmer of Bern, Nemaha county, left
st. Joseph, NO., for home August 4,
and has not been heard from since.
He had 81. OO0 in currency and $500 in
notes with him. He is So years old.
The Champion Tomato-Grower.
Green Clay, living near Frankfort.
picked from his patch tomato that
measured 10 inches in circumference.
II was as smooth as an apple, without
blemish, and looked more like o
small pumpkin than q tomato.
Stalking Land ut Fort Hays.
There was much excitement be-
cause, in spite Of orders from Washing
ton. 1000 acres of land on the Fort Hays
military reservation has been stalSed
for homesteads. The land Office re-
fuses to file the claims.
Eight Ears on One Stalk.
Henry Ceaser, a Marshall county
farmer, has stalk OF corn in his field
upon which are eight good cars and 1t
promises to produce peck OF good
corn.
A CITY Attorney In Trouble.
Impeachment proceedings were COM
meuced against o. NJ. Seward, city at
torney of Winfield. Seward was elected
by the temperance people and he Is
charged with betraying his trust.
Wants to Raise Regiment
Gov. Stanley received a letter from
Col. Allen BuclSner, Of Baldwin. the
well-known civil war veteran, asking
that he might raise a regiment for
service in the Philippines.
Salaries of Teachers Higher.
State Superintendent Nelson reporta
that the salaries of Kansas school,
teachers for the ensuing school year
will range from to 90 per cent. higher
than ever before.
There sIay he Two Reunions.
The annual state g. A. r. reunion ut
Topeka in September may be double
headed affair. Department Commander
Coulter's committee selected the old
fair grounds as the site, which dis
pleased number of people, who threat
ened to hold reunion the same week