Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-20
STATE NEWS pARAeRAPHED.
A prairie fire southeast OF Hays
City DESTROYED so stocks of wheat.

The Arkansas City council has i'm,
posed an occupation license tax on all
trades, professions and occupations in
that city, to raise money for running
the city government.
While trying to initiate balloon at
Forrest park. Atchison, the workmen
set fire to the grass, which was very
dry, owing to the drought. The fire
swept 90 acres of the park, running
many trees.
During June the state employment
director secured places for 1,249 per-
sons. lie has many requests for posi-
tons rs clerks, bookkeepers and stem
ographers, but finds it impossible to
place any of them.
Henry ]. Allen, president Of the
state board of charities, says that
work on the new insane asylum
to be erected Mt Parsons will be COM
menced within 30 days. There is
S15O.OOO available for building.
The cellmate of Jessie Morrison at
the Kansas state prison il Mrs.
Krebs. who was sent up from juno
ton City for killing another woman
because of jealousy of her husbands
attentions to the woman. Mrs. Krebs
has been model prisoner.
Gov. Stanley will have ~ district
judges to appoint as n result of the
supreme court decision holding the
biennial election law constitutional.
Five OF the IL Judges presiding at pres
ent are fusionists, SO they will surely
ego" to make room for republicans.
Frank West, Kansas young man,
is publishing the Daily Bulletin in
Manila. In letter to his home folks
he says he has no difficulty in train
ing the natives 10 set type, and that
they are glad to work for him at
wages of s. week in Mexican silver.
While Mrs. NJ. Flynn was sitting on
the porch of her home near Branch
ton with her baby in her arms, n
black snake Gjs feet long crawled
from under the porch and started up
the steps toward the house. Mrs.
Flynn grabbed piece of scantling
and still holding her baby made
quick finish of the snake.
Judge Altman. ut Eldorado, ap.
pointed n committee of attorneys to
investigate charges against Redden &
Kramer. the lawyers who defended
Jessie Morrison. 1t is charged that
they sought conversations with pros
pectiYe jurors before the trial COM
menced and tried TO ascertain their
opinions in the case.
At Winfield Mr.. Brown has fled suit
fer divorce against Mrs. Brown, in
which he tells sad story ct how
that lady deceived him. He had
courted her and married her under
the belief that she was u maiden,
but now that three years have elapsed
he finds. he says, that Mt the time
of the marriage she had an undi-
vorced husband living.
In Smith county jury returned a
verdict which required Tracey Zim-
norman to pay Emma Schuster $50
year for five years and $4s a year
for ten years for the support OF her
child. Furthermore Zimmerman was
required to give bond of $500 In
guaranty of these payments, in de-
fault of which he was to be commit
ted to Jail for one year. He chose to
60 to Jail.
Civ. ,nop+bs oyo m man was found
guilty of murder by the district court
in Finney county. He appealed to the
supreme court on error, and the su-
preme court sent the case back to
the district court for a new trial
And thereupon the prisoner walked
into court and pleaded guilty. the APP
pearance being that he didn't object
to be punished for his crime, but
wanted it done right and in good
order.-Kansas City Journal.
The law passed by the legislature
in 1899, providing that man who
was compelled to take his children
three miles or more to school could
recover Is cents day from the dis
trict school fund, will be tested In
the case of John Atzenweiler against
the board of trustees of school dis
trict No. 3, Atchison county. The
board claims the law is unconstitu-
tional and also that it ia meant to
apply to sparsely settled localities.
The state tax commission has
added chapter to the proposed new
law which provides for the imposition
of q tax of five per cent. OH inner
itances left to collateral heirs and leg
ntees. The tax constitutes a lien on
the estate and must be paid 10 the
county treasurer in the county IN
which the heirs reside. The county
treasurer is required to pay the tax
into the general fund of the state
treasury. Direct heirs are exempt
tfom the provisions of the chapter
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