Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-11
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
I'm, Occasion Developed Q Hero.


At the village of Catharine, In Ellis
county, o catastrophe resulted In bring
ing forth q hero whose name Is worthy
of enrolment among the best and
greatest. Paul Meis went down into
his fathers well after q fallen bucket.
He was overcome by the gas and be-
came unconscious. William Pelzel
bravely went down after Meis, and no
in turn succumbed to the deadly vapor.
Then Paul Keoner went down after tho
other two and met similar fate, and
this was the situation when Henry
Karlin arrived on the scene. Without
q moments hesitation Karlin had
rope tied beneath his arms and q silk
handkerchief over his face, and he was
then lowered in the we'll carrying an
extra rope. Reaching the bottom he
hastily tied the loose rope around the
leg of man and the man was hoisted
to the surface. Twice this operation
was repeated, and then Karlin was
hauled out, he having become uncon'
scious Just as he finished tying the rope
on the last man. All four remained
unconscious for long time, but doc
tors finally succeeded in bringing them
around. Neither Peizel nor Keoner
knew the danger they were going into,
as they had never heard of water gas,
but Karlin did; and he took the chances
like hero.-Kansas City Journal.
seventy.Nipe .I.ife. Men I'm Kansas.
Four chang" men were received at
the penitentiary last week. Two Of
them were sent up from Alma for kill
ing Harry Tandy, and the other two
were sent up from Chautauqua county
for staying the city marshal Of Sedan
recently. This makes 81 chang" men
now In prison. None Of them will be
hanged, however, as the custom In Kan
sas Is to let them serve life sentences.
Outside Of these, there are 20 men In
prison who were sentenced by the
courts to life Imprisonment.
October Warm and Dry Month.
Chancellor F. II. Snow, OF the Uni
versity of Kansas, issued this weather
report for October:
The last month was unusually warm, clear,
dry and windy. It's mean temperature was
nearly eight degrees above the October aver
age, ind by more than q degree the highest
mean temperature for October on our a. years
record. There was no killing frost during the
month The mean cloudiness was much below
the average. only one October having had
clearer skies. The rainfall was greatly dell
cient, being two inches below the average.
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Looking ut the Practical Side.
When the Twentieth Kansas boys
passed through .Emporia the citizens
persuaded Gen. Funston to make q
speech. Among other things he said
he hoped the people Of Kansas in their
welcome to the men would not forget
to give them employment. In the
honor and work they have rendered
the state they should not now, that
they are private citizens, have to 60 to
other countries or states to secure
work.
wnmego Gave Them Gold Medals.
Wamego received the 10 members Of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment whose
homes are in Pottawatomie county.
The returning soldiers were met at the
station by the town officials. band
and q large crowd of people. The ex-
ercises in the opera house included the
presentation to each volunteer from
that county OF a gold medal A ban
quet and ball followed.
| He VIII Sue the Newspaper.
Gen. Funston said he had not In
structed his attorneys to sue Arch
bishop ireland for libel, but that he
had instructed damage suits to be
brought against the newspaper, Moni'
tor, of San Francisco, for publishing
the statement that he (Funston) had
looted Catholic churches in the Philip
pines and sent some OF the relics to his
wife as souvenirs.
Gen. Funston mt Home.
Ten thousand persons from all parts
OF Allen county gathered at lola to do
honor to Gen. Fred Funston and the
other 25 Allen county boys OF the
Twentieth. A parade and banquet
were part of the celebration. Gen.
Funston, Gen. J. K. Hudson and Others
spoke. Quartermaster Hull presented
lola brass cannon which he brought
from Manila.
A Dead Man on the Pilot.
When the eastbound passenger train
ON the Rock Island railroad reached
Bonner Springs the other night 1t was
ignaled to stop. There was dead
man ON the pilot of the engine. II
was C. w. Edgerton, who was run
down by the train near Lennpe, and
the engineer was not aware Of the fact
until he was signaled to stop.
Life imprisonment for Two.
Glenn and Marcus Darnell have been
convicted ut Sedan for killing City
Marshal Wilson, of Sedan, and sem
fenced to death. which means life i'm
prisonment. Glenn Darnell Is % years
old, while Marcus Is only II. The
Darnells killed Wilson and also wound
ed Sheriff Kiser while the officers were
trying to arrest them.
Gas and OIL In same Well.
Chanute struck gas and oil both In
her fifth we'll last week. There Is q
strong flow Of gas and the oil Is run
ming IS barrels day. chanute has
Ind exceptional luck with her pros
pecting. Gas was struck In the five
wells drilled and oil in the sixth, some-
thing that never before happened In
the state.
Two Merchants In Trouble.
Daniel A. Dabney and Charles 7.
Wheeler. partners In the mercantile
business at Tyro, Montgomery county,
- ,,rda. a,.raat s,harOed with hurninO