Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-09-02
STATE NEWS pARAcRApHED,

| nj. u. Nicholson, OF Council Grovc,
has fallen heir to big estate in En-
gland.
A strong flow Of gas was found In n
prospect well ut Chanute at depth OF
500 feet.
The bonds issued by Mound Valley
to prospect for natural gas have been
declared illegal.
Fillmore McRae, young boy OF Blue
Rapids, Marshall county, died from the
bite Of mad cat.
| Patrick johnson died at Topeka,
aged 10l. He came to this country
from Ireland in 1889.
Great crowds attended the Modern
Woodmen log-rolling at st. Marys W..
j. Bryan was the orator.
Ten thousand dollars will be spent
In trying to make carnival and street
fair ut Fort Scott success.
Suit has been filed to foreclose n
mortgage Of s5SS,OOO on the Missouri
river bridge ut Leavenworth.
A rural free delivery route will run
from Valley Falls Is miles into the
country and accommodate It's farmers.
A large number Of business and pro-
fessional men Of Arkansas City banded
themselves together to drive out joints
Work on prospecting for gas ut Caney
will be commenced as soon as the SlO,-
QUO bonds voted for that purpose are
sold.
At recent meeting Of the Winfield
city council the city attorney twas
adjudged an habitual drunkard and
disqualified for the performance of the
duties of his office" He was deposed
by secret ballot.
Mrs. Celenario Bitner, of Kansas
City, Kan, who fled suit for divorce,
accused her husband OF habitual drunk
enness, aud said that during ono Of his
sprees he came home drunk and threw
himself on the bed, killing their infant
babe.
Senator w. A. Harris, who wore the
gray, addressed the "old boys in blue"
at the q. A. Il. reunion ut Seneca. Ten
thousand persons crowded the pavilion.
The senator declared he was proud to
say his first vote after the war was
cast for Gen. U. 5. Grant for president.
Two negroes, Parker and bum"
Hatch, paradcd the streets Of IIutchin-
son the other night in true cowboy
fashion and for time tcrrorized the
citizens. Finally half the town turned
out 10 suppress the rioters and they
were captured after an exciting chase.
Emporia real estate men have sent
circular letters TO real estate men in
Kansas counties where fairs are to be
held between September 90 and Octo.
Der 1, asking for cooperation in plan
TO get railroads TO organize home seek
ers' excursions from the east ON these
dates.
Emma Reagan, a hotel cook OF Otta-
wa, was arrested on the charge OF
numbering her infant babe. Some boys
ut Quenemo found an infant in a corn
field near Quenemo. The mother con-
fcssed to the crime and explained that
she left her child in the field to cover
up her shame.
Gov. Stanley issued requisition on
the governor Of Nebraska for Wesley
Dean, a paroled prisoner of the state
rcformatory, sent from Wyandotte
county for burglary. Dean was an
exemplary prisoner and was granted
parole contingent on his good behavior.
lie went to Omaha and there got into
Jail for larceny.
Robert Battcrsby, a young boy, was
sent 10 the Hutchinson rcformatory
from Saline county four years ago for
stealing n team of horses. About Is
months ago he was parolcd and iinme-
diately got in trouble by forging pa-
pers at Saliua. lie was returned TO
the reformatory and remained until n
few weeks ago. He is now charged
with stealing carload Of cattle in
Ellsworth county and was returned TO
Hutchinson.
Word was received at Leavenworth
OF the recovery OF Kansas soldier who
was shot through the brain and who
had been given mp by his relatives rs
dead. The soldier is Frank !. Sample,
company &, Twentieth kan,as volun-
teers, WI was wounded ut the battle
of San Fernando. in the Philippines.
lie Is not 20 years old yet, and was
raised by his aunt, Mrs. Ora Thomp-
son, Of Lcavenworth, who took him on
the death Of his mother, when he was
q baby.
Official returns of assessors 10 the
state board of agriculture show that
live stock OF all kinds except swine has
increased in numbers In Kansas during
the last year. They report 700, sGG
head of horses this year, against IT.
S2s in 1905 There are S7.s3s mules, an
increase of 3,6l5. Net increase in sheep
Is "a, 557, the total number being 239, O39
Swine have decreased 4.5,0TD. or 1887
per cent. As previously published, the
number Of mich cows in the state Is
6s4slss and Of other cattle 2,2Ol.ssG.
Kid Berry, colored, was sentenced TO
four months in JUL ut Cotfeyvillc. He
claimed to be detective and made
practice Of telegraphing shcriffs, mar
shals and policemen that he could ar-
rest criminals whom he knew the officer
notified was seeking, providing expense
money was advanced 10 him. In nearly
every case the officer would telegraph
Berry the money asked for. Berry Sc
cured large amounts in this way. but
for some reason attempts to prosecute
him were never made until few days
ago.
Judge Nelson Case, we'll known In
Kansas politics, has been supcrintcnd-
ent Of the Methodist Sunday school Mt
0swego for more than quarter Of q
century.
The state encampment, Knights Of
Pythias, meets at Leayenworth Sep