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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Only one man In aos IL over ak feet
in height
modern locomotive
An inch Of rain means 100 tons Of
water On every acre.
Ifkspt going the wheels Of watch
travail Z b5sk miles In year
The csylon yellow silk spider has
body that weighs nine onnosA
England holds the honor of having
nrst formed societies for The proven.
ton Of cruelty 70 enimalA and Of hav.
ing arst iegislatsd for e. ppplfhme1t
~cIp,lapsh El7al-sA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Line from Kaasas city 20 Dss n olasa

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. io-Kansas
City Is TO have q short line to Des
Moines II Is expected that trains
will be running between this city and
the Iowa capital before November.
The connecting link will be 50 miles 10
length and will extend from Pattons-
burg, ON the Kansas City a Northern
connection TO Gainesville. on the
Keokuk & Western. The Gulf road
owns so pcr cent Of the stock Of the
Keokhk q Western. and when the con.
necticn 10 finished Il l. expected that
the Keolruk road wiz be merged into
the Gulf system.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Washington, Jan. Il. President Nc
Kinley has signed the special bill pro-
viding for the retirement Of Judge
Foster. of Topeka, and the appoint
ment Of his successor. Kansas politi-
clans here predict that William C.
Hook. Senator Bakers law partner.
will succeed Judge Foster. although
Congressman Curtis is making fight
for ex.Chief Justice Horton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Tbe olrls, Indu,trlal schooL

The total number Of girls admitted
to the state industrial school at Beloit
since its opening in 1889 Is sos, OF
whom 1855 have been disc harged, leav-
ing 1913 at the institution. By far the
largest proportion were admitted at
ages ranging between IL and Is years,
and the matron in charge says these
are the ages at which girls are most
easily led astray.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Hold. Do Extra session warrapr.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. lL-State Audi
tor Cole declined to audit warrants pre-.
sented which were drawn to pay the
expense of the extra session Of the
legislature. There Is question as to
the constitutionality Of that body, and,
TO be on the safe side, Cole decided to
wait until Attorney General GODDARD
could look mp the matter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
why Hs Couidn't.

"You are late this morning. Tommy
said the teacher.
"Yes'm, responded Tommy. "They
was lot Of bad boys chasin' me along
q fence, an was runnin' away from
'em, an"
"Tcll straight story, TommyP
IL can't, ma'sm. II was q rail
fence. "-Chicago Tribune.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

C p. ADAMS and w. w. Hall, tele-
graph company officers, have succeeded
In arranging appliances by which q
single wire may do duty for telephone
and telegraph purposes at the same
time. While telegraph messages were
sent over wire between Crookston,
Mimi, and Laramie, Wyo, CONVERSE
ton was at the same time carried on.
The two have invented apparatus for
this purpose which they propose to
adopt practically.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
A MAX at Cleveland, O., has invented

A MAN ut Cleveland, O., has invented
. ramie defibrator, which Is said to be
q success in every particular and will,
II Is believed. revolutionize the manu-
facture OF fabrics. The machine can
be operated by boy and has q capa-
city of 400 pounds day, against two
pounds per day, which Is the output
Of . man in China. The capacity OF
the machine can be increased accord.
ing TO requirements Ramie. which 10
grown very largely In South America
and the southern states, is q possible
substitute for cotton. fax and silk.
The fiber produced from 1t is the
strongest in the world.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

An unfortunate old woman has just
been sold at auotioo to the lowest bid
der by the overseers of the poor Of
Laclawnnna township, Pike county,
p. Her sale 1t auction was In pursu-
nDce Of = custom which has long pre-
vailed In that township The bidding
started 1t 81 = week and was very
6pirited The auetioneer was about
% 'knocls down. the woman to back
noodsman for sl.59 a week when she
arose end said. Il will bid IS q month.
1 will hngs no trouble tn maintain my.
..II On that amnuht.n No one seemed
willing 10 70 hrloW her bid and ths
'.rt,r,lF lq|i ,hl Npp1n y herself
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Jadre Foster viii BE Retired.

Judge C. G. Foster, of the Kansas,
federal court, will soon be retired ON
full pay. His successor will be named
by President Mckinley. William C.
Hook, of Leavenworth; s. r. Peters. Of
Newton. and Judge Albert Fl. Horton,
OF Topeka, are candidates for the
place. Judge Foster has been on the
bench since 1874 Only two federal
judges now living are older than Judge
Foster In point Of service.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
ApJr. GEN. CoRBry, in a recent letter

ADJT. GEN. CoRBrN, in recent letter
10 Chairman Hull, Of the house mill.
tary committee, compares the cost Of
the proposed army reorganization un.
der the Hull bill, reported to the house,
and the present regular military estab-
lishment The adjutant general gives
the present cost of the regular army at
ga, AS, $50 and the cost under the pro-
posed Hull bill, S., O53, S65.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

A RECENT dispatch from Nashville.
Ill, stated that the inventor of the
national chinch bug exterminator had
perfected the new machine with which
he expects to completely exterminate
that most injurious OF all agricultural
pests The recently perfected machine
has the appearance Of hand lawn
sprinkler. 1t is pushed from row to
row in the cornfield and the bugs are
killed in countless numbers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
A,,emp,ea wife Murder md su,o,d..

Columbus, O., Jan. 1i.--A special to
the Dispatch from Hamilton, O., says:
Henry Bante, grocer and saloonkeeper.
shot his wife twice and then. going to
coal shed, he blew out his own
brains One ball penetrated the wom-
ems back. the other her arm and.
though seriously injured. she has o
chance for recovery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Jas.los for an IIIsgitimass 0hiid.

John Judd, IN eight-year-old boy,
born out of wedlock on . farm near
Fort Scott. has just been awarded by
the supreme court half interest In the
estate of wealthy farmer named WI.
liam Judd, who committed suicide be-
fore the boy was born and on the day
he was to have been married TO the
child's mother a.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Inaisnat,on AZ Fort Scott

Gov. Leedy has committed the sem
tence OF J. R. Colean who. while cash.
Ter OF the State bank at Fort Scott In
1895. stole s5a, 900 OF its funds. wreck
ing the bank. His sentence Of five
years was reduced to four and he will,
under the good behavior rule, be out
in about three months The announce
ment of the Communication here created
indignation among the stockholders
and depositors Of the bank.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
1T rs GOV. STANLEY.
Sixteenth Chief Executive Of Kan.
sas Indicted into Office.
Great Crowds Attend the Ceremony which
MARKS . Change In the Political Man.
agemsnt OF the states Affairs-Ths
New 0overnor's Addrss.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. io.-Yesterday
William Eugene Stanley. the sixteenth
governor Of the state Of Kansas. was
inducted into Office by taking the oath
before Frank Doster. chief justice Of
the supreme court At 1855 the new
officers and their escorts took seats
reserved for them on the right of tho
speakers stand. On the rostrum In
front of the stand were seated Gov.
Leedy, Gov. Stanley, ex-Gov. Morrill,,
ex-Gov. Lewelling and Chief Justice
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

The Waco Karnival Klub, an organ
ization composed Of business men, has
arranged to hold the southwest in
terstate 1900 jubilee and exposition In
Waco, Tex, next November and De-
cember. The club will buy 200 acres
Of land for the exposition, part Of
which will be converted into lake.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

An international beauty competition
Ii to be one of the features Of the
Paris exposition. Possession Of genu-
inc beauty is to be the only passport
70 participation, the matter Of costume
will not be taken into consideration.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

GEN. JoBS BARON left Washington
on the 9th for Porto Rico to undertake
the supervision of education in the
island. As superintendent OF freed
men under Gen. Grant he organized
schools In several states and was for
10 years United States commissioner of
education. He was consulted in shap-
Ing the educational systems Of Japan,
Egypt, Bulgaria, Chilli and other South
American countries.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Aibaueh 20 Ne = Bank Receiver.

A Washington dispatch said that c.
s. Jobes, receiver of the First national
Cross bank ut Emporia, would soon
resign to resume his duties rs national
bank examiner. and thai Mort AL
baugh. chairman Of the republican
state committee, would be made re-
ceiver OF the bank. ..r.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
IAws Passed st the spsoiaI ss.sIon.

laws Passed st the Special seasion.
The special session Of the Kansas
Legislature ended Monday. It assem-.
bled on the afternoon OF December 81,
and after 10 working days II quit with
= record Of having passed IS bitla Fol-
lowing are the more important bills
passed and signed by the governor:
To authorize trvasurcrs OF cities OF tho third
class 70 compromise delinquent road taxes
Creating the court Of visitation for the con-
troll OF railroadR
Providing for tho taxation Of insurance and
guaranty companies four per cent Of the gross
premiums OF foreign companies md two per
cent Of tho gross premiums Of American COM
panies
Repeating the metropolitan police law.
Creating court OF common pleas for Craw-
ford and Cherokee counties, subject 10 q vote Of
the people
Requiring state society Of labor and indus
try. whose secretary shall be the state labor
commissioner
Creating tho State Association Of Miners
whose secretary shall DO the state mine In.
spector.
Authorizing mutual companies 70 insure
against loss by hail
Providing for the organization and regulation
Of fraternal beneficiary societies
Amending the Stock yards law In relation 70
cnarges
Reducing Telegraph Tolls ana placing tele.
graph companies undcr the controi OF the court
OF visitation.
Amenuing inc schooipook law.
rrovioihs ior tue election OF city attorney
anu city assessor IN cities OF the second CLASS
repeating the oid railroad commissioner law.
40 oe.ermihe ties IN the eiection Oh omcers 10
Cities OF tne second CLASS
Iiacins express companies unaer the controi
Vi tne COURT OF VISITATION
Reducing the iees OF state printer.
treating the ooaro OF nrc ana ponce COM
m,ssioners Oh cities Oh over WV innaoianh
ror inc creation OF priva.e corporations.
fhIs NC, requires, anong o.ner tnInss. tnh'
corporations snali pay . Zee OF one-tentn OF one
per cent OF 'neir capi'ai stock 70 ootain
cnarter. -,
FroViaing ior inc election OF state superin'
scnuen. VI insurance IN WV
tut tne correc.ion VI eVhs ot 'no Aust!aiinp
election law Inc piii PROVIDES tnat only one
local TICKET may % piaceu unuer 'ne same
party nppenat'oh' go,
toilowlng are some Oh the oills In
troduced that failed to pass:
To abolish the live stock commission
To abolish the board Of pardons
To prohibit the sale OF cigarettes TO minors.
To reduce the legal rate OF interest
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 1o.-Gov. Stanley,
rs commsnder-in-chief Of the Kansas
national guard, will issue an order
temporarily suspending the work of
recognizing the guard. Republicans
allege that Adjt Gen. Allen has mus
tered In many companies and put them
under control of populist oficera
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

GREATER CHICAGO is in sight, steps
having been taken to secure legisla-
ton TO consolidate the city and county
governments and abolish the township
organizations To accomplish the de-
sired result an amendment to the con.
stitution will be necessary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Ja,,Ie, n,,v,r Fan, FOR Eoroue.

New York, Jan. ia-Justice Brewer.
of the United States supreme court
sailed on the White Star line steam
ship MEjestic. yesterday for Liverpool.
His visit abroad Is In connection with
q meeting in Paris of the Venezuelan
boundary commission Of which he is a
member
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

A TRAVELLER named Daniel Bruun Is
organizing an expedition in Denmark
TO start during the coming summer in
search Of traces in eastern Greenland
of Prof. Andree. who left Sweden In
balloon to reach tho north pole.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

THERE was conference at the In.
terror department at Washington the
other day between Secretary Bliss and
certain officials over Indian territory
problems and 1t was decided to APP
point superin tendent Of schools and
inaugurate system OF thorough edu-
ton In the territory.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
New Set OF Stamps for Cuba.

Washington, Jan. Il. The post Office
department has decided 70 issue a
new set Of stamps for Cuba and the
bureau of engraving and printing has
been called on for designs. Tho de.
nominations now contemplated are /,
9, s. band 10 centavoS
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

A CANADIAN expedition will try to
reach the north pole by taking ndvan-
tage Of q northern-bound current In n
steamer. The vessel will afterwards
be abandoned and the journey con-
tinued In sledgeA The party will con-
sist Of seven men, including two scien-
tific obaervers and two Eskimos to take
care Of the dogs and reindeer. Capt
Bernier, who will command the expe.
dition, will take with him 30 tame
and uniformed reindeer TO be utilized
In carrying she provisions rs far north
- possible. They will be killed one
By one 70 feed the dogs, of which there
will be 80 or 90 OF the Siberian variety.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Joint on = DougIaa County Farm.

Suit filed in the Douglas county dis
trict court by the St Louis Brewing
associatica, against Peter Sale. Q
farmer living in the south part of the
county, indicates that there has been
q wholesale joint In operation In that
section OF the county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

TnE Greeks have decided to exclude
all bachelors from their parliament.
They reason that an unmarried man
has no stake In the commonwealth and
that II he Is represented he really
should expect nothing further
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Uhoa,sf Nominated Amb,,..ao,

Washington, Jan. ;a-The president
sent the nomination to the senate Of
Joseph II. Choate, Of New York, to be
ambassador extraordinary and pleni.
potentiary to Great Britain.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
End ot IIansa, Pardon hoard.

NJ. w. Wells, Mayo Thomas and J.
v. Randolph have resigned as mem
bers Of the state board Of pardona
Gov. Stanley has announced that he
will abolish the board and attend TO
all pardon cases himself. ai
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
More Novs from tho OREGON,

Washington. Jan. 12-Capt Barker
cabled the navy department from Cal.
lao. Peru, that he was about 10 sail
with the Oregon, the Scandal and the
Iris directly for Honolulu on the way
10 Manila At the same time the bat
tleship Iowa, which had accompanied
the Oregon around from New York,
started northward for San Francisco.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

The worlds population. according
to the latest computation OF German
Reographers, Ia 1900, 900. 900, an addi.
tion of2o, 900, 900 in the past seven years
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

The public exhibition 10 the mem.
bcrs Of the Montana Legislature In
joint session of 80 81, 900 bills was the
dramatic climax Of IN expose of al
legged bribery over the election Of q
senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-20
THE rRANSrAAL SfrrArLoN


The statement of London paper
that il has received information of the
military plans of the Boer government,
in the event of war between Great
Britain and the Transvaal republic, is
hardly credible but there can be no
doubt that the Beers are preparing for
possible hostilties and 1t is very likely
that the military authorities have a
well-defined plan of operations If war
should come. 1t is a plausible assump-
tion that this plan would be distinctly
aggressive, that it would strike at Brit
ish interests with all possible vigor. A
purely defensive war with so formid-
able a power as Great Britain would
obviously be injudicious at the outset
and there can be no doubt that the
Beers, who are as shrewd as they are
brave, fully appreciate this
There has been no change in the
situation within a week, neither side
showing any disposition to recede from
the position it has taken. The chances,
consequently, appear to be on the side
of war and yet it is not improbable that
IllpTe VIII Dt SOlllc SOIJ VI
1t would seem that so sagacious a
statesman as President Kruger will
see the expediency of making every
reasonable concession, for he must un.
derstand that if England were once
driven to use force in the Transvaal the
end even of nominal Boer dominion
would be in sight. Conditions are quite
different now from what they were
when in 1881 the Beers defeated the
British and secured the existing treaty.
The Beers are now doubtless better pre-
pared for war than they were then, but
large part of the present population
would be in sympathy with England,
while the development of the Trans
vaal country in the last eighteen years
has been such as to afford a powerful
incentive to Great Britain to make it a
part of the empire and she would
probably prosecute war with that in
view.
Strained as the situation is, we still
think that war will be averted. If it
should come, however, it will be a
sanguinary conflict
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-20
DANGEROUS Explosives.

An ounce Of preventive Is better than
pound of cure. The explosion of 400
pounds Of gunpowder in the very heart
of the business center of Omaha, which
has proved fatal TO one officer of the
fire department and caused more or less
serious injuries to a number of tiremen,
calls for action by the municipal authori-
ties.
The ordinances of this city expressly
prohibit the storage of gunpowder
within the city limits in excess of TWEEN
ty-tive pounds unless the same is stored
in a fireproof magazine, the location of
which shall have been approved by the
mayor and the chief of the fire depart
ment. Without having a definite knowl-
edge whether a permit has ever been
issued for the erection of powder
magazine at Ninth and Jones streets,
prudence would dictate that no powder
magazine holding such a quantity Of
gunpowder should be permitted within
the limits of the city and especially
within the wholesale and warehouse dis
trict In view of the fact that the ordi
iiihttS ol llt Guy MAKE IL ullldWlul lor
| any person or corporation to store
within the corporate limits crude pc
troleum, gasoline, naphtha or benzine ex-
| ceeding one barrel of fifty gallons each
and prohibiting also the placing of these
| explosive oils in front of any building
on any street, alley or sidewalk for
more than six hours at any one time,
the storage of several hundred pounds
of gunpowder in or adjacent to jobbing
| houses was never contemplated under
any conditions.
The first duty of the city authorities
| at this juncture is to make a thorough
inspection of the premises of all dealers
in gunpowder and see to it that the
provisions of the ordinance relating to
gunpowder be strictly enforced.
Following up this inquiry the mayor
and council should revise the ordinance
and prohibit the storage of such eX-
plosives as gunpowder dynamite, gun
cotton and nitro-glycerine within the
city limits with or without permit.
Without waiting for another fatal ex-
plosion the chiefs of the fire and police
departments should be instructed to
make a thorough search of all store
houses, factories and other premises
where explosive oils and drugs are kept
in store or in use with view to the rigid
enforcement of existing ordinances re-
lating to this class of explosives. These
inspections should be repeated period
ically in the interest of public safety.
1t may also be pertinent at this time
for The Bee to sound another warning
against the storage of Fourth of July
fireworks of dangerous character and
in favor of the prohibition of the sale
of the cannon cracker. that exposes MOI
only children but grown people TO loss
of limb and life at every celebration OF
Independence day. There is way OF
properly celebrating this anniversary
without resort to barbarous recreation
and those who desire TO witness grea
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-20
New jerseys Great Haul.


1t is estimated that New Jersey should
receive this year from corporate enterprises
$1,500,000 in taxes, with s75O,00O more for
filing fees of companies newly incorporated
but not yet assessed. But deducting $780,
600 for taxes defaulted, New Jerseys net
income from trusts and other corporations
will be somewhere in the neighborhood of
$1,750,000. Next year there should be a
great increase by reason of the mammoth
combinations that have been or are being
incorporated this season.
New Jerseys income from the trusts is
so enormous that they are decidedly popular
in that state. paying as they do nearly all
the states expenses and relieving the peo-
pie of all forms of taxation except those for
local purposes. The trusts have the same
hold upon New Jersey as the lottery had
upon Louisiana and for the same reason.
In injury to the general business welfare
of the country the lottery was a mere
mosquito bite as compared with the trust
cancer.