Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
STATE NEWS pARAeRApHED.

W. II. Ryan, of Crawford, has with
drawn from the populist guberna-
torinl race.
Mrs. Falk, Of Garland, tried to light
a fire with gasoline. Her funeral WINS
largely attended.
The first term OF United States
court ut Salina was held last week,
Judge Hook presiding.
w. A. DeFord, of Ottawa, has been
appointed chief assistant secretary
of the democratic national convention.
A blaze supposed to have been start
ed by tramps burned John Latto's
lumber yard ut Enterprise. Loss,
$1,000.
A charter was issued for the new
railroad that will run from Columbus,
Baxter Springs and Galcna to Joplin
and Webb City, Mo.
A Topeka dispatch said Thomas T.
Kelley, assistant state treasurer,
would be secretary of the new repub-
lican state committee.
The new Methodist church Mt FIRE.
donia will be dedicated June "a.
Bishop Henry w. Warren will preach
the dedicatory sermon.
Scottish Rite masons Mt Fort Scott
purchased the Huntington hotel there
for $4,000 and will convert il into q
handsome masonic temple.
The Arkansas City Waterworks
company has compromised with its
creditors, paying $4,000 to cancel old
obligations, and starts on new basis.
Kansas Is enjoying q bank boom,
the state bank commissioner receiv-
ing no less than ten applications last
week for charters to start new banks.
Ewing Herbert, who recently
bought the Atchison Champion, has
offered John ]. Ingalls, the editorial
control of the PAPER. The Champion
was ex-0ov. John A. Martins paper.
George L. Teed, q druggist ut, ESQ
North Senventh street, Kansas City,
was bound and robbed in his store the
other night by two masked men who
entered the store while iced was
alone. The robbers secured several
dollars in cash and gold watch.
Through n careless blunder by VIII
liam Grandstaff, near Highbridge,
Atchison county, q bit Of rough on
rats got into q barrel of meal, and
cornbread that was made for supper
poisoned the entire family and for a
time it was thought every member
would die.
w. II. Barrett, lessee Of the Kansas
& Texas Coal company mines in the
Weir City district, and his employees
have reached an agreement settling
the strike that has been on for one
year. Between 500 and coo more men
will be put to work as u result of the
agreement.
George Davis, n farmer employed
by c. NJ. Jones near Hiawatha, was
suddenly stricken deaf and dumb
while working in the field. The
reason for the loss Of his speech and
hearing is unknown, rs up to the
time of the accident he seemed healthy
in every respect.
Representative Calderhead has sue
cecded in having released from mill
tary prison ut San Francisco Kan
sas boy, Private George Barrett, OF
company d, Sixteenth infantry, who
was court-martinled in the Philippines
on the charge of sleeping on post and
sentenced to dishonorable dismissal
and five years OF hard labor.
Kansas postmasters met at Topeka
and organized permanently by elect
ing John Guthrie, Of Topeka, presi-
dent; F. r. Lnnter, Of 0lathc, secre-
tary; Z. F. Caldwell, of Lawrence,
treasurer, and the following vice presi-
dents: NJ. NJ. Murdoch, Wichita; a.
NJ. Wasser, Girard; Madge L. Long,
Belleville; George c. Wetzel, Linwood.
The executive committee is composed
of one postmaster from each congress
sional district.
The democratic and populist Third
district congressional conventions Mt
Parsons decided in short order to hold
q joint convention, and after six hours
of balloting nominated Judge A. NJ.
Jackson, of Cowley county, to sue
coed i. II. Ridgely. The nominee is
democratic attorney at Arkansas City.
He is a law partner Of j. Mack Love,
chairman of the Kansas democratic
state committee.
Cyrus Leland has brought suit
against the owners and publishers OF
the Wathena Republican, Pool Grim
stead, p. w. Grinstead and G. Nj.
Beall, for $4,000 damages for libel,
and has attached the plant Of the pa
per, alleging that p. W. Grinstead,
the owner, Is q nonresident OF the
state. The plant Is now in the hands
of the sheriff. The trouble grows out
of articles in the Republican against
Leland, the principal one having
charged him with robbing the mail to
secure the Pat Coney letter to Grin
stead, recently published.
The disposition of the Kansan to
get to the front was illustrated many
times while the soldiers of the famous
Twentieth volunteer regiment were in
thu Philippines, but since the regi-
mcnt,.s return to America the dignity
of the s.nte is being upheld by a few
Kinsans belonging TO regiments OF
regulars. A case in point in which
many Kansas City people are inter-
a.tad 4, Tint of William l.. Litcheld, a