Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-01
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.


The republican fambeau club. Of
Topeka, will attend McKinley's In
auguration.
Latham republicans celebrated their
victory by inviting their opponents to
an oyster supper.
Nearly 1000 watches carried by the
employees of the Santa Fe railway have
to be inspected annually.
At Kingman the other night the city
marshal shot Charles Foltz, barber,
while he was trying to rob the post
Office. He has an even chance to re-
cover.
The receipts for common school pur-
poses in Kansas for the past year
aggregated $5,277,7O2. The amount
expended was $4,622 1868, leaving bal
ance of S655,3ss.
Bankers of Wichita say that 1t Is
almost impossible to invest the mon
ey Of eastern capitalists who are seek
ing farm mortgages at greater in
terest than five per cent.
Phillip Link, a rich farmer near
Atchison, took $500 and went to Kan
sas City ten days ago and has not been
heard from since. He had lived in
Atchison county so years.
Mrs. j. s. Self, Of Hutchinson, while
travelling overland to Oklahoma with
her son, had her arm shot off by the
accidental discharge Of q shotgun at
New Murdoch, Kingman county.
While out hunting near Winfield, As
bury Thorp pulled the gun out OF his
buggy with the barrel towards him.
II was discharged and the bullet en-
tered his chest, killing him instantly.
The Kansas commissioners of the
Buffalo Pan-American exposition will
build $4,000 Kansas building at the
exposition. A prize of $500 will be
offered for competitive plans for the
structure.
Miss Frances Katner, who for 20
years taught school in Atchison and
Doniphan counties, has been appoint-
ed principal OF an Indian school at
Round Valley, Cal, with four teachers
under her.
Two brothers by the name OF Coo
were candidates in the recent election,
one for clerk of the district court OF
the republican ticket, and the other
for probate Judge on the populist
| ticket. In Stafford county. They were
both defeated.
The Coffeyville city council has sold
to a Chicago firm the new municipal
bond issue of $4,000. the proceeds OF
which will be used for the new city
electric light plant. The bonds were
sold ut a premium of one per cent.
and bear six per cent. interest.
Fire in the Merchants hotel at Nc
Pherson caused the three-story build
ing to collapse. Six firemen who were
at work on the third floor Of the
building were buried in the ruins.
All of them were rescued, and only
one of them sustained dangerous in
juries.
Convicts at the Kansas state prison
were treated to turkey dinner
Thanksgiving day. About 1900 pounds
of dressed turkey was used and in adj
dition there was mashed potatoes,
sweet potatoes, stewed tomatoes.
mince pie, coffee and sugar, oranges
and bananas.
A Topeka dispatch said that in form
ulating the new railroad bill the plan
of giving the minority party one mem
Der of the railroad commission would
PROBABILITY not be followed rs repub-
leans had both branches of the legis-
lature and the executive and they
would not create fat Office for DEM
ocrat or populist.
John A. Hennigh, of Pennington,
Atchison county, was recently arrest.
ed by Sheriff Hartman's deputies on
q charge Of insanity, without war
rant. He was declared perfectly sane
by the probate court and released.
He then sued Sheriff Hartman for $40,
900 damages and jury in the district
court awarded him $40.
Kansas millers are protesting
against the action Of the Santa Fe
railroad in making an order that the
milling-in-transit rate would not be
given them unless they consigned
their -four over the road as far east
as Chicago. The millers prefer to
have the railroads compete for their
business ut Kansas City.
F. Dumont Smith, senator-elect from
Edwards county, will introduce n bill
In the legislature to establish n state
rabbit commission. He says that 40
600 900 pounds of jack rabbit meat go
to waste in Kansas annually becaus,
It is not good to eat, but his expert
ments show that the meat Of the an
imal that is part Belgian and part
jack rabbit Is delicious.
The argument in the Carter habeas
corpus proceedings closed at Leaven'
worth and Judge Thayer announced
that the case was taken under advise
ment and will notify attorneys when
he is ready to hand down his decision
Attorney Blair asked that in case
Carter is discharged he may be per
mitted to go without guard to Savan'
nah, ca, to surrender himself fol-
trial under the indictment found
against him there by the grand jury
a few months ago. Carter was re-
manded to the federal prison. The
decision is looked for in about q
month.
A Reno county wife who was suing
for divnrce ALLEGES that she WINS mar.