Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-06-29
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.

public square at Garnett.
Webb McNall, of Gaylord, has been
elected foreman of the A. o U. w.
supreme lodge of the United States.
Gen. Fred Funston has written to
his father ut Carlyle that he expected
to return to the United States some
time this fall.
Seventy acres of land at Coffeyville
has been purchased by the Missouri
Pacific for switches, storage tracks,
shops and n O0,O00-bushel elevator.
A case without parallel in Kansas
Is that of Joel w. Green, of Burr Oak.
who, ut the age of 81, took up the
study of law and has just been adj
mitted to the bar.
On returning from the wars Col.
Ed Little purchased farm near Abb
lene for $500 and last week he sold
this farm for $4,000, making n clear
$1,5O0 in the deal.
The comic weeklies are under obi
cations to Il. r. Wilson, of Mount
Hope, who has started an anti-kissing
league.
Under all the calls from 1861 to 1865
the Kansas quota of troops to the
union army was 12.s32. The actual
number of volunteers furnished was
21,s06, or S,S75 in excess of her just
proportion.
A class of 40 Indians was graduated
from Haskell institute at Lawrence.
Never before in the history of the
school has such large class COM
pleted the course. The address to the
class was delivered by Congressman
Charles +. Scott, of lola.
In the Kansas boom days Garden
City contracted with S. NJ. Heller to
beautify the town by planting trees.
When the boom collapsed the city
council refused to pay the bill, but
Heller secured n judgment for $4,000,
which the supreme court has just up
held.
The legislature last winter divided
the terms of the Crawford county
district court to alternate between
Pittsburg and Girard, the county seat.
The first term of court at Pittsburg
was held last week in a 100000 court
house which that city built to ac-
commodate the county's business.
At Pretty Prairie, Reno county,
Miss Clara Constant was working in
the kitchen when the chimney was
struck by lightning. The current
passed down the stovepipe and tore
off Miss Constants shoes without in
Turing her feet. She was rendered
unconscious for a while, but soon re-
covered.
A movement has been started in
Topeka for the organization of state
association of the Kansas Spanish
American war veterans. The Arm
strong post was organized there. 1t
is named for Frank C. Armstrong, OF
the Twentieth Kansas, who was killed
in the Philippines. Ex-Lieut. Gov. A.
NJ. Harvey was elected commander.
During n recent visit to the state
penitentiary by Gov. Stanley and State
Auditor Cole, Warden Jewett pointed
out to the officials the bad condition
of the administration and other
buildings of the penitentiary, and
showed that they had been neglected
for years. Gov. Stanley will second
the effort of Warden Jewett to have
the buildings put in first-class repair.
A few weeks ago n gang of Italians
was chased out of lola by mob when
they sought to 60 to work at the
cement factory. Last week an Italian
consul visited Gov. Stanley and tried
to make him believe the state would
have to pay the Italians some dam
ages, but Gov. Stanley told the con-
sui that it was matter for the fed
eral government to settle-that the
state had nothing to do with it.
In Abilene there is woman who
has not been down into the business
part of the town for more than 20
wears. She has never seen either of the
railroad depots or train come In
The Presbyterian church of the town
is more than 16 year sold, but she has
never seen it. She is not an invalid
OF blind, but only home body who
makes the limit of her yard the limits
of her world.
In the district court of Wyandotte
county NJ. d. Beardon was found not
guilty of attempting to extort $1,000
from Frank Warner, of Bonner
Springs, on threat of blowing up the
house of Warner and that of his father
and mother. The defendant was post
master at Bonner Springs during
Cleveland's last administration. The
plaintiff, Frank Warner, is a banker
of that place. The trial was largely
attended and the verdict was sur
prise.