Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-21
STATE NEWS pARAoRApHED.
A stock company was organized a.
williamsburg TO bore for gus.

Topeka May II 10 form u state or
ganization.
Daniel Fultz, n pioneer farmer near
Udall, was killed by II dehorned bull
he was trying TO halter.
Measles recently appeared In the
Soldiers orphans home In Atchison,
and now rs inmates are afflicted with
the disease.
populists and democrats of the
Third district will hold their congress
sional convention ut Parsons the
same date-May 81.
Lieut.. Col. Ed. E. Little positively
declares he is out of politics. lie
says he will not even attend n state
convention as delegate.
Easter Sunday the jnnitor of the
Presbyterian church ut Atchison
found basket on the steps contain.
ing two-wecks-old baby.
John Scaton, of Atchison. who was
in Washington recently. wants to sue.
coed Leland as republican national
committeeman from Kansas.
Amanda Way, formerly we'll.
known temperance advocate of Pleas.
anton, was recently nominated for
congress by the prohibition state con.
vention of Idaho.
Henry Winter, farmer near Fort
Scott, was struck by lightning while
blowing. His clothes were rent from
his body and his hip and back torn
and burned. The horses were killed
instantly.
Most OF the county seats of north.
western Kansas are agitnting the
question of putting in telephone line
connecting the various places, giving
also the smaller towns connection
with the county seat.
Negotiations are in progress for
the establishment ut Rosedale OF
malleable iron works by ST. Louis
firm. The plant, exclusive of the site,
will cost $4,000 and will give employ.
ment to 100 men. chiefly skilled labor.
The Seventh district republican COLI
gressional convention at Hutchinson
renominated Chester I. Long and
elected Judge 4. b. Wall and Frank
Milliken delegates to the national con-
vention. J. q. Thompson was chosen
presidential elector.
The report of the city treasurer OF
Coffeyville shows that the municipal
system of waterworks owned by the
city has cleared Si.075.5o from jan
uary to April 1. The receipts OF the
system were about $1,000, and the eX-
penses about $1,000.
The state board of agriculture last
week issued statement of the acre
age and condition of winter wheat in
Kansas. The acreage is estimated mt
2.3 per cent. less than in 1899. The
condition is regarded as flrst-class and
made still more favorable by rains OF
the past week.
Matters in connection with shut
ting down of the Citizens state bank
of Yates Center have mystified the de
positors. Cashier Runyan says lie
knows nothing whatever of the miss
ing $4,000. Investigation shows no
record Of earnings OF the bank. nor
of the liabilities. The stockholders
will make the deposits good.
c. d. Hoffman has begun an exc
tensive experiment in tree raising in
the Smoky Hill river bottom near En-
terprise. They are planting $4,000
catalpas. and will allow the trees to
grow for n decade before touching
them, estimating that by that time
they will be worth hundreds Of dol
lars per acre for posts and railway
ties.
Gov. Stanley arrived at the Kansas
penitentiary at Lansing the other day
to inspect the institution and TO have
n personal talk with number of
prisoners seeking pardons. Gov.
Stanley inspected the new binding
Irvine plant and he expressed himself
us well pleased with the way II was
operated and the amount of Irvine
turned out.
During the recent tornado near
Newton, the home of Ten Travis, a
wealthy farmer. was completely de-
stroyed, he and his family narrowly
escaping death. They rushed to the
"cyclone hole" when the funnel.
shaped cloud was discovered, but were
imprisoned for several hours in the
cave by q portion of the house falling
over the door. Neighbors finally re-
leased them, though nearly suffocated.
The Central Congregational church
at Topeka, of which Rev. Charles N.
Sheldon is pastor, has adopted plan
for the organization of n "Church
Brotherhood" after the features of
fraternal orders. The idea is Mr..
Sheldon's. lie says that church
should look after its members rs
faithfully as docs the lodge. He re-
CARDS the lodge scheme as a good
one, and proposes TO adopt it lin
church work.
G. c. Clemens, of Topeka, nn-
nounced that Gull would soon be
issued for state convention TO elect
SO delegates to the middle-of-the-road
populist convention, to be held at
Cincinnati, May 0. The social demo-
Gratis believe that Eugene Debs will
be nominated for president. Debs
has promised to make IS speeches in
Kansas during the coming campaign
provided the social democrats put up
state, congressional and electoral
tickets. .at
Austin Rogers, who graduated from
the school of arts of Kansas state uni
versity last year. has received a $500
in mineralogy at Columbia
university, New York.
Free delivery service will be estab-
lished ut Galena on August /, with
four letter carriers and two substi-
ne l.