Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-08-31


John Sweeney, n Wichita contractor,
was missing from her home since
Wednesday night. On that evening
she took the family buggy and went
out for q drive. Since then neither
buggy nor girl has been seen.
After an absence of 20 years Henry
d. Boutwell,, long mourned MS dead,
returned to his old home near Walton
last week and found his wife had been
faithful to him. In 1881 Boutwell,
mysteriously disappeared and diligent
search failed to reveal his where.
bouts.
The annual watermelon carnival was
held ut Clyde Wednesday and Thurs
day. All the watermelons the guests
could eat were supplied free. There
was n flower parade, balloon ascen-
sions, band concerts and speeches.
Vast quantities of melons are grown
in that vicinity.
Central Kansas farmers are in the
midst of preparations for sowing the
largest wheat acreage in the history
of the wheat belt. The new Russian
seed wheat has been distributed, about
500 bushels to each county, its high
price, $3.50 per bushel, prohibiting
general purchase.
Wednesday was state officers day Mt
the Baxter Springs interstate reun-
ion. All of the Kansas officials and
several other spellbinders of state rep
utation were on hand to tell the old
soldiers all about things. The at
tendance of Baxter this year eclipsed
that of any previous year.
State Auditor Cole will undertake
to collect 100000 the federal govern
ment owes Kansas OH account of the
Quantrell raid claims. Since 1887 the
state legislature has been making
appropriations to pay these claims
with the understanding that the fed
eral government will refund.
The Kansas state board of medical
registration has blacklisted the INDIE
pendent medical school of Chicago,
the Joplin medical school of Joplin,
Mo-, the Buchanan medical school of
Philadelphia, the National Health
university of Chicago and the Homeo.
pathic school of Lansing, Mich.
The Kansas state agricultural col
lege has purchased two pure-brcd
Guernsey heifers that promise to make
wonderful dairy animals. The grand
dam of one gave $50 pounds of butter
in q year, the great grand dam SIS
pounds and her dam 495 pounds. The
average Kansas COW gives 70 pounds of
butter year.
Mrs Louisa st. Clair Mccall, q
descendant of the revolutionary gen.
cral, st. Clair, died ut Lawrence re-
Gently. She was an early settler OF
Kansas and was widely known. She
was sister of Gen. ]. H. Lanes wife
and her husband, Capt. Mccall, was
with Lane at Leayenworth when he
shot himself.
Warden Jewett. of the Kansas PEN
itentiary, is making improvements
around the state property at Lansing
Work on the interior of the main, or
administration, building is nearly
completed and the library building
will come in for repairs next. The dill
ing room will be painted before win
ter. Prisoners are repairing roads and
making improvements on the state
lands.
Miss Edith N. Moore, under arrest
at Leavenworth for larceny IN connec-
ton with selling alleged mortgaged
furniture, is the young woman VINO
fled breach of promise suit to re-
cover $4,000 damages from DIR. C. B.
C. Jordon, of Kansas City, Kan. She
viii have considerable trouble in
clearing things at Leavenworth be-
fore she can push her breach of prom
Use suit.
E.P. Weber, Topeka bookbinde-,
was taken in charge by mob tho
other night and q coat of paint ap-
piled to his body. Weber was caught
at the home of a notorious negress.
70 whom he had been paying clnndes-
tine visits. The mob next turned their
attention to the colored woman, and
she received several daubs of color be-
fore she was allowed to return to her
house. The police made no interior
ence, and think the citizens justifio-
BILE in their action. While Webber
has o bad reputation, his family is
eminently respectable. Ills wife found
life unbeorable with him, and secured
divorce about two weeks ago. H.
has se,eL children. three OF them
grown