Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-05-18
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.


than 800 per cent.
Decoration day at Peabody will be
of special interest from the fact that
q new $3.50 G. A. r. monument will be
dedicated there on that day.
A jury in the federal court at Fort
Scott awarded Albert Wallen judg-
ment against the Fort Scott Water
Supply company for $4,000 damages
for blacklisting him.
The Kansas State Federation Of
Women's clubs, which met in state
convention at Leavenworth last week,
embraces POS clubs in the state, some
of them having a membership of over
200.
The Wichita board of health has
given orders that every person in
Wichita shall be vaccinated. At pres
ent there are 129 cases of smallpox
there, and the disease does not seem
to abate.
Ellis county is preparing to build
two iron bridges across the Smoky
river into Rush county, in prepara-
tion for another immense wheat crop.
Wheat in the county never looked
better at this season.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana. will
deliver the commencement Grafton Mt
Baker university June s. The COM
mencement exercises were postponed
in order to take place the day OF
President McKinley's visit.
A peculiar society, with headquar-
tiers at Ellsworth, has applied for
charter. Its object is to abolish COM
pulsory vaccination and to work for
"the adjustment and abandonment
of the practice of vaccination"
The Exchange national bank, 1T
Atchison, has considerable over ST.
100000 on deposit. There probably
is not bank in the United States
doing business in town the size OF
Atchison which has more money on
deposit.
A Horton man recently went to a
graveyard at midnight and deposited
$3.50 on grave on the demand OF
some one who had kidnapped his point
err dog, and who threatened to cut
off the dogs tail unless the demand
was complied with.
A company has been organized Mt
Coffeyville to put in another big vitri-
fed brick plant, the capital stock to
be $4,000, and the plant will have a
capacity of 100000 brick per day. The
company is composed of local capital.
lists. Work will begin on the plant in
few days.
Gov. Stanley has appointed James
Smith to be quartermaster general
of the Kansas militia, succeeding r.
Charlesworth, who recently died. Tho
duties of the Office are to be respon-
sible for the military stores of the
state. The new appointee was for.
merly secretary of state.
A series of scientific experiments
and culture of sugar beets has been
undertaken at Fort Scott. A block
of sugar beets will be planted in each
of the different kinds of soil. The
managers of the enterprise believe the
soils and climate of Kansas are wen
adapted to sugar beet raising.
The supreme court will hand down
decision in the Hughes-Parker
mayoralty contest on the morning
President Mckinley reaches Topeka.
It now looks as though it would ba
race between Parker and Hughes
on the morning of the presidents
arrival to see who will ride with him.
The police of Emporia were called
upon to disarm an old man of 90 who
was carrying gun up and down the
streets and declaring that he would
shoot on sight young man who had
been flirting with his wife. The wife
is young, not more than 30, and the
home of all the parties concerned is
Strong City.
F. d. Coburn, one of the regents Of
the state agricultural college, recent
" returned from a tour of the'agri-
cultural colleges in Indiana, Iowa, Illi-
nois and other states. He found no
institution superior to the Kansas coli
lege, although in some cases twice an
much money has been spent on them.
None come up to ours in point Of at
tendance.
Leavenworth is the banner potato
county of Kansas. Leavenworth's pro-
duction for 1900 amounted to sos, ESQ
bushels, valued at $152, 4s7.5o; and the
previous year the yield was 6ss,s4o.
The five counties following Leaven-
worth in rank for 1900 were: Wyan-
dotte, 564,366 bushels; Douglas, 392.-
3ss; johnson, $4,000; Jefferson, $685.
O66: Shawnee, $4,000.
Patrick Lynch, formerly a joint
keeper at Solomon, has become insane.
He was wandering along the river
when his friends found him. The 9TH
81. ininfleener there. John Hart. nlaa