Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-19
STATE NEWS pARAeRApHED.

nus Deen nut one ucutn, lHit vi "
baby, in Haskell county, for more
than year.
At Glasco, Allen Scott, notorious
character, was shot dead in the
street by Marshal Jamison while re-
sisting arrest.
Prospects for wheat in Barton
county were never better. Farmers
are looking for the biggest crops ever
harvested in the county.
Two of the youngest lads ever be-
fore court here were in Salina po'
lice court, charged with petit lar.
ceny. They were Bud Ilelwick, aged
six, and Harry Worth, aged five.
Judge Wagstaff administered n short
lecture and turned them loose.
The Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon. pastor
Of the Central Congregational church
ut Topeka, accompanied by his wife
and little son. left Tuesday night for
Europe. They will sail from New
York May 81 on the Teutonic. lie
expects to return early in August.
The Salina Military band is to be
enlarged from an organization of IS
members to one of so members, and
steps are soon to be taken to secure
the additional members by Offering
free instruction. The band ut pres
ent Is the second best in the state.
John II. Atwood, Of Leavcnworth,
received an invitation from President
and Mrs. Mckinley to receive with
them May 81, when the delegates to
the imperial council of the Mystic
Shrine are TO he received ut the white
house. Mr.. Atwood is the imperial
potentate of the imperial council.
a: Meade Center the case of George
W. Wiley, charged with embczzling
the funds of Meade county while
county treasurer, resulted In hung
jury, standing seven for acquittal and
five for conviction, upon one count
of the information. Mr.. Wiley Is ut
present state fish commissioner.
The Kansas grand chapter, o. +. s.,
closed its annual session ut llutchin-
son by electing the following officers:
Grand matron. Mrs. Eta Main, Of
Parsons; grand patron. David Smyth.
of Wichita; grand treasurer, Mrs.
Elizabeth Magic, of Girard; grand Sec
rotary, Mrs. Della Bennett, of Sylvia.
A masked man entered the Frisco
depot at Pittsburg and compelled
the night Waterman, Mr.. Hotchki-
son, to march outside, cross the track
and climb into box car. Then the
door was locked. The robber then
entered the Office and succeeded in
opening the safe and taking it's con-
tents.
Gov. Stanley has sent n circular let
ter to the various county boards in
Kansas. asking them to appoint dele
gates to a meeting June ), to make
preliminary arrangements for the
holding of I'M exposition in celebration
of the semi-centennial anniversary of
the organization Of Kansas us ter
ritory.
At Paola man was tried on the
charge of insanity and adjudgcd TO be
Of unsound mind. However, II was
discovered that there had been an ir-
regularity in the proceedings. and a
new jury wns summoned. This jury
promptly acquitted the defendant. the
testimony in each trial being exactly
the same.
Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff to Gen.
Wood in Cuba, has asked to be re-
lieved. and also for furlough Of
four months. A Havana paper says
he gives no reason for his request
except that he needs n change of cli-
mate. He probably will spend his
leave OF absence with his wife's folks
in Junction City.
The circuit court ut Kansas City,
Mo-, handed down decision giving
David Atchison the title To Lcayen-
worth island, u body of land contain.
ing 1000 acres of rich land lying be-
tween Leavenworth and Platte coun-
ties in the Missouri river. The island
was claimed by Vinton Stillings and
has long been in litigation.
The Leavenworth county commits.
sioners decided to have prisoners in
the county Jail work in the future
at breaking stone and repairing roads.
A stone yard will be put near the
county jail and the prisoners worked
under guard. In case prisoner
shows disposition TO run away. q
ball and chain will be fastened to his
ankle.
Ex-Postmaster W. H. L. Pepperell's
bill, to relieve him of charge Of
1,545 stolen from his Office Mt Con-
cortlia, while serving as postmaster
under the first Cleveland administra-
ton in 1887, has finally passed both
houses. His post Office was entered
during the night of August II, 1887,
and Si,345 in postage stamps and 500
In postal funds were stolen.
Warden Tomlinson, of the state PEN
itentiary, last week turned into the
state treasury 100000, received from
the Gale Of 100000 pounds of binding
Irvine manufactured by the state
plant. Mr.. Tomlinson said he has
on hand about 100000 pounds Of Irvine
and expects to dispose of 1t all by the
time the harvesting season begins.
There is enough raw material at the
plant to last until June 20, and until
that time the plant will turn out
1900 pounds Of Irvine daily.
The roll of delegates TO the repub-
lican state convention shows more
than 40 names of Swedish-Ameri-
cans. This is the largest representa-
ton that nationality ever had in q
political convention in Kansas.
Saline county officers several days