Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-09-01
STATE NEWS PARAcRAPHED.
The post Office at Tonganoxie viii
become presidential October 1.

failing.
NJ. NJ. Munger, of Pratt county,
shipped zoo head of fat cattle to
Scotland last week.
Burlington failed to find natural
gas after sinking three wells to q
depth of 1900 feet.
The wife of United States Senator
Lucien Baker was seriously III ut her
home In Leavcnworth.
The farmer who lights his pipe
while working on his wheat stack
is still ut large in Kansas.
The day following his Topeka no
tifcation address Mr.. Bryan made
speeches ut Manhattan and Marysvillc.
Frank Rockefeller, the Standard
Oil mngnate and brother of John D.
Rockefeller, owns u cattle ranch of
$4,000 acres near lielvidcrc, Kiowa
county. He announced in Kansas City
the other day that he expected TO
make Il the finest stock farm In the
world.
The Kansas middlc-of-the-rond pop
ulists got together ut Topeka and de-
cided not to nominate state ticket,
hut to devote all their energies to
the Barker electoral ticket. Chair
man Willets announced that head
quarters would he opened ut Topeka
September 10.
While Kansas has Ill cities with
population of over 1000 Il has but
five with $1,000, and therefore but five
which, under the law, are entitled
to be called cities of the first class.
These five, with their population, are
as follows: Kansas City, 1864: To-
peka, 36.7S2; Wichita, 23,7sG; Leaven-
worth, oi,556; Atchison, 1861.
This frigid story was recently tcle.
graphed from Yates Center: The
temperature during the storm over
this section Sunday wns So degrees
above zero. The drop in temperature
came suddenly. A few minutes be-
fore the rain began falling the mer-
curry registered 100 degrees above
zero. Sleet and snow accompanied the
drop in temperature.
Topeka has the most remarkable
family of musicians. II is the Hoover
family, and from II is made up COM
plete brass band. an orchestra and o
mandolin and guitar club. The FAM
lily is composed of four girls and ono
hoy. They are all native Kansans.
They were reared on farm in Potta-
watomie county and went TO Topeka |
with their parents two years ago..
One Of the interesting features Of
the Sixth Kansas cavalry reunion Mt
Galena last week was an address by
Sergeant Sauls, % years old, who
claims to be the Oldest living volun-
teer of the war of the rebellion. Ills
home is in Webb City and he is vet-
Gran of three wars. II tx also inter-
csting to note that there are still
living IS members of one company Of
the Sixth.
a good deal, notes the Kansas Farm
or, has been said and written about
the output of oil from the wells of
Kansas. Exact figures sometimes
take the enthusiasm out of the words
of boomers. In Prof. Haworth's re-
port on the mineral resources of Kan
sas, he gives the total production
since the wells were first opened ut
46s,657 barrels, having value Of
S4l0.G7i. The production last year
was s5,oij barrels. having 4 value Of
SSH
George II. Landcrs, the Anthony exc
banker and live stock Spectator, APP
peared in the Wyandotte district
court and paid all costs arising from
his original arrest and subsequent ar
rest Mt II Taso. Tex, and the cash
bond deposited by him in the city
court Of Kansas City was refunded.
Landcrs was then taken back to tho
county Jail. and locked up to await
trial on the charge of having dcfraud-
ed the Evans-Spider-Buel Live Stock
commission firm out Of $4,000.
o. II. Swingley, of Omaha, adjustor
for the Union Pacific railway COM
pany, was at Goodland settling claims
the capture of the Union
Pacific train robbers. The reward Of
$1,000 was paid to Sheriff Walker,
J. B. Riggs and George Cullins. Mr..
Riggs received the largest proportion.
The adiustcr allowed Mr.. Bartholo-
new Si.l00 for the burning of his I
house. Other Claims that the adjust I
err settled brings the amount up 20
$500. The payment Of the claims
outside Of the reward was voluntary
on the part Of the company.
Federal Judge Hook recently issued
, decree Diminishing all the cases in
The celebrated Missouri, Kansas and
Texas land cases except those in Al
ZEN county, which relieves about 90
per cent. of the defendants dlong the
line of the Katy. from Junction City
'outheast to the Kansas line, In Genry,
Norris, Lyon, Coffey, Cherokee. Craw-
lord and Labette counties. The case
vas brought by the government to
,ancel the patent granted TO the Mis-
'ouri, Kansas & Texas, and interests
,ver $500 people along its line. who
purchased lands from the railroad
company, the title given by the COM
ANY being the government patent.
The decree relieves very large num-
YER of those owners who were made
,arties to The suit.
A coincident in the Bryan noti-
ication day events Mt Topeka was the
presence there of James u. Weaver,
4 Iowa, and ]. q. Field, OF Virginia,
Who were the candidates Of the peo-
Hes party for president and vice
resident respectively in 1892, the year
hat Kansas left the republican cleo
oral column.