Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-15
STATE NEWS PARAGRApHED.

historical society meeting In jan
uary.
Chanute's new $4,000 Methodist
church was dedicated recently. A
debt Of $1,000 remained, and before
the services were closed that day
$2,s77 was raised.
A delegation representing the state
university called on Gov. Stanley and
urged an appropriation OF 100000
for maintenance Of the university
and 100000 for q new museum build
ing for the Dyche collection.
Gov. Stanley's plan to unite the
state agricultural and horticultural
societies with +. d. Coburn rs secre-
tary, is meeting with opposition
among the growers Of fruit, who want
distinctive department Of their own.
Another of those fine old mothers
in Israel who conformed strictly to
the fashion Of her day has gone to
her long reward. Her name was Mrs.
Margaret Halliday, she lived in Pitts
burg, and, of course, her children
numbered just 10.
A bust of Louisa N. Alcott was un-
yelled in the Spooner library, Univer-
sity Of Kansas. 1t is the gift as well
as the work of Frank Edwin Elwell,
the distinguished American sculptor,
and is presented as n loving tribute
to the memory of grand women.
Gov. Stanley will ask the legislature
to appropriate $4,000 to reimburse
the railroads for bringing the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment home Inst
year. A contract was made by the
railroads to bring the regiment home
and wait for their pay until the meet
ing of the legislature.
Chancellor +. II. Snow, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, has been granted
leave of absence for the remainder OF
the academic year on account of inn
paired health, and has gone to Palo
Alto, CAL, to spend several months
with his friend, Prof. Vernon L.
Kellogg, formerly Of Kansas univer-
sity, but now of Leland Stanford.
Prof. Will, who under the last pop.
ulist administration in Kansas was
president of the state agricultural
college ut Manhattan, Is soon to be-
come o resident Of Trenton, Mo,
where, as general secretary of the
American Oxford movement, he will
be prominently connected with the
management of Ruskin college.
Mrs. Mary Mulholland Stewart died
at Wichita last week, aged 100 years,
0 months and 20 days. Had she lived
30 days longer she would have lived
in three centuries. She was born In
ireland and came to this country 90
years ago. Shortly after Queen Vic
toria was crowned she presented Mrs.
Stewards husband, who was q sailor,
with medal for saving lives.
At Salina the other day some young
men pupils of st. Johns military
school were caught setting fire to
straw stacks in the neighborhood on
the plea that they were celebrating a
football victory. Five stacks were
burned and they were valued ut from
IS to $50 each. A local paper speaks
feelingly of these young pirates as
"whelps who ought to be whipped
blood raw"
The long controversy over the
ownership and control Of the Leaven-
worth Standard ended recently when
d. r. Anthony took forcible posses
sion and removed most of the machin.
cry into room in the Times building.
The Standard bad long been thorn
in the side of Col. Anthony politically
and he has been quietly buying up
the stock of the paper until he owned
two-thirds of the plant.
Two years ago Miss Mckinney
was "churched" and dismissed from
the Bethel Baptist congregation in
Miami county on account of conduct
that was not considered good. At
once she brought suit for $4,000
damages against Rev. w. c. Harvey.
the pastor of the church, alleging
that he had circulated SANDER. The
suit was continued from time to
time until its final dismissal by the
plaintiff last week.
Assistant Attorney General b. II.
Tracy went to Ness county to assist
the county attorney in prosecuting
Hilger Schrabin, charged with crimi-
nal assault. He went there upon the
petition of the defendants own
father. Old man Schrabin wrote to
the attorney general, stating that his
son was an emery cuss and that he
was guilty of the crime charged, and
asked him to help prosecute him and
send him to the penitentiary.
For several years Miss Lotina Webb
was housekeeper of the Goodlander
hotel ut Fort Scott. Two months ago
she married Mr.. Harvey, connected
with packing house at Kansas City,
and the couple moved to the Missouri
city. While Miss Webb held the posi-.
ton at Fort Scott considerable
quantity of the hotel linen, silver.
ware and like articles disappeared.
Several days ago the authorities in
Fort Scott arrested woman who
lives near that place, and in her pos
session were found some Of the miss
ing articles. She says they were
given to her by Mrs. Harvey, with |
whom she was employed in the hotel.
Mrs. Harvey was arrested and taken |
to Fort Scott. She denied all knowl-
edge of the theft.
Congressman Bailey and Long were |
the only members of the Kansas dele
CATION that voted against the Grout |
ELECTROMAGNETIC bill.
Hamilton county has school pop