Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-01-13
A SUMMARY OF. KANSAS EVENTS.
Rlet n Yass. csntsr seheols.

Riot In Yates Center Schools.
ich- In room 2 Of the Yates Center
and schools one of the boys throw paper
ince ON the floor and refused to pick II up.
ople Prof. Markham resorted to physical
hill force In an endeavor to compel the
! Is, young man to obey the order, when
or several ofthe other boys attacked the
ave professor. Superintendent Person
led. and Prof. Kannard were called, but all
"a three were stood of by the boys,
who had pocketknives. Serious
trouble was averted by dismissal Of
all the pupils for the day.
ing, Quakers DO Not Need Licenses.
who Recently the daughter Of ]. W.
Sc Koonce, n Montgomery county Quaker,
Is was married to young man of like
iied faith without first procuring license.
ngs 1t is rule of the church that mar
riage license is unnecessary, and The
irst brides father wrote the attorney gen.
eral, asking If the marriage is binding.
In looking up the law it was discov.
r,or cred that the section providing for
" NJ marriage licenses exempted Quakers.
~" Want tho Hemp Ports Open.
eha Congressman Long and Reeder, OF
res Kansas, called on the president re-
az Gently and urged the opening OF hemp
tpe ports in the Philippines. They ar
rns gued that the wheat growers OF Kan
'h"' sas would otherwise have to pay ex.
orbitant prices for binding Irvine.
oor The president said he would immedi.
10 atcly order Gen. Otis to have the
non hemp ports opened.
the Rights Of u Kansas Homesteader.
by The supreme court in the case OF
ter the Palmer Oil G. Gas company VS..
the George w. Parish, from Allen county,
md held that the owner of q homestead
who merely considers q change of
residence may continue to hold his
homestead rights IL he leaves men,
am bers of his family or household eff.
req fects ut home.
ard Damages Against tho Dentist.
ate In the supreme court W. S. Roarh,
vas Of Junction City, secured judgment
sy- of $4,000 against DIR. Greene, dem
eat fist, for injuries received while having
res. n tooth pulled. The decision lays
down the rule that when u dentist
makes bad job of pulling tooth he
aa- is liable for damages to the extent OF
mas the injuries sustained.
tin
,,t Full Pay for scooi-Teachers.
ore The attorney general, in an opinion
cir to the state superintendent of public
IN instruction, holds that when public
| .ohool Ian, haa,, dad nx, nt,lar nf
II schooi mas peeh suspehueu ny oruer y.
the bord of trustees, on account Of
the presence of a contagious disease
in the community, teachers are en-
Ia titled to full pay under their con-
led tracts.
100
tho His Big Debt to tho Bank
The arbitrator in the case of the
,rr receiver Of the First national bank Of
,st Emporia VS.. William Martindale de-
cidcd that Martindalc, who was vice
president of the bank, owed 1t $i13,-
GG5. There are other claims against
ef- Martindale of 100000, and his entire
,rs' estate is worth only $4,000.
''i Peculiar Sps ccs OF Dem,ntla.
iss Thomas S. Martin, of Wichita, who
W was released from the Topeka asylum
icy rs cured the other day, had peculiar
'ed species of dementia. lie had gone
daft on flowers, squandering all his
property on buying bouquets for
inc everybody who would take them.
w Robbed tho Cameron po't once.
ing burglars entered the post Office at
~ Cameron, Harper county, and de-
eu' stroyed the safe and Office fixtures
III with dynamite. About $42s In money
and $500 in postage stamps were
taken.
lty Unusual Circumstance.
icd j. C. Chase and wife. Of Holton, cele.
in brated their golden wedding anniver-
lad sary recently and among the guests
he were w. II. Chase and wife. who
in stood up" with the first couple at
their marriage 80 years ago.
l. Produced Half tho Broom Corn.
mt, Farmers in three Kansas counties,
an Reno, Mcpherson and Rice, produce
INK half the broom corn raised west Of
nd the Missouri river. Their crop nettcd
lth 100000 this year.
ip-
No Place for Her bad Men.
Oklahoma has no penitentiary f,r
her bad men and KEEPS them at
lty Lansing. Kansas holds Oklahoma
it'll warrants for $4,000 for taking care
No of these convicts.
err
ne Smallpox at 0alena.
Tor Four cases of smallpox were report
cd ut Galenn, and proper quarantine
measures were adopted. Central City.
between Galena and Joplin, also has a
ed case.
'or
In. Struck n Vein OF Coal.
re- Frank Loveless, living Eve miles
M south of Seneca, while drilling for