Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-02-23
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

republican cunuluute ior BoNerhoi
two years hence.
A band Of joint crusaders has been
organized among the members of the
state agricultural college Y. NJ. c. A.
ii. A. Perkins, one of the hest
known republican editors In Kansas,
has sold the Manhattan Nationalist
for $4,000.
The Independence broom factory
and two joints were completely de.
stroyed by fire. The origin Of the
fire was unknown, but supposed to be
incendiary.
Wichita 10 the mecca for all "Na-
tionized" jointists in southern Kan
sas. They have been drifting in during
the past week, and now u sort Of
refugees colony has been formed
there.
just as the people Of Conway
Springs were preparing for hatchet
raid on joint outside the town limits
the proprietor. Chester Hereford, was
taken down with smallpox. The place
was shut up by the health officers.
Z. II. Epperson, member OF the leg
islature from Scott county. was III at
the home Of his father at Wellington
with malignant smallpox. To add to
his misfortunes he swallowed n tea
spoonful of carbolic acid by mistake.
Fifty women met at Hope the
other evening for donation sur
prise on the minister. The jointists
saw the party marching, thought 1t
was n smashing party. closed and
barricaded their places and remained
OH guard oil night.
Sheriff Squires, under direction Of
the county attorney. raided four Of
the finest joints at Coffeyville and ar
rested the proprietors. He also
seized $1,000 worth of liquors and 3d.
600 worth Of fixtures and took them
to Independence for safe keeping.
Senator Sc. Hopkins (pop.), of Sher-
idan county, who was unseated in
favor of Charles Buschow, sprung a
mild sensation by declaring that he
was offered $500 II he would get out
of the way and give his seat to
Buschow without n contest. hut that
he refused.
The Topeka Bar association gave q
banquet in honor of the new supreme
court Of Kansas. The seven Justices
Frank Doster, W. a. Johnston, W. II.
Smith. A. II. Ellis. +. W. Cunningham,
A. L. Greene and J. c. Pollock-occu-
pied places of honor. Covers were laid
for $50 guests.
District Judge Bland. of Atchison,
who was in Wichita the other day,
gave it MS the opinion of lawyer
that saloon-smashing in Kansas is as
much violation of law us the smash
ing of any other character of proper
ty. unless il is done by an officer
armed with the authority of n court.
Everybody will admire the pres
ence of mind which enabled Miss
Mamie Pendergast. of Abilene. 10 save
her life. While fixing the furnace her
hair and clothing caught fire, but she
threw her skirts about her head and
body and rolled In the ash heap until
the flames were eytinguishcd.
In Marshall county the farmers
have mutual fire insurance COM
pany which is making n marvellous
record. II has been in existence II
years. II has insurance in operation
to the amount of SsS7.175. IL has
paid 90 losses since the beginning. e
has cost it's patrons but one-half of
one per cent. for each five years, and
has never had q member voluntarily
withdraw.
Most OF the students of the Efiing-
ham county high school. led by Profs.
j. S. Wilson and j. W. Beede, raidcd
Smith Moore's barber shop at mid
night, believing liquor was being sold
in the place. No liquor was found, hut
a lot of empty beer and whisky bot
ties were broken. The crowd also
wrecked several cases of empty beer
bottles ut the depot.
1t Is claimed that Mrs. Cattrell, of
vliets, is the original woman joint
smasher. She began her work Mt
Vliets some five years ago and has
kept IL up ever since. She also uses
an AK instead of hatchct. She in
vades joints in her town alone and
smashes everything in sight, and for
about five years she has held the
field and kept joints out.
The senate knocked the enacting
clause out of Senator Morrow's gen.
eral county high school bill. 1t pro-
vided that all counties not having
county high schools could. mt the
next general election, vote on a prop
osition to establish high schools at
the county seats. Some of the sena-
tors kicked on the bill because they
live in towns other than county seats.
Under an order from the city court
ut Fort Scott. the officers seized all
the furniture and gambling devices in
the gambling department of the Hub
joint. The house is SO
called because IL operates on the plan
of the large department stores. hav.
ing departments for every conceiva-
bile form of vice. A country boy, tes-
tifying in court, incidentally told OF
having gambled in this place. The
court was compelled to take cogni-
zance of the testimony and ordered
the furniture seized us the law pro-
vides. II was tried and convicted OF
being gambling furniture, just rs q
man would be tried, and was ordered
destroyed. The owner was not ar
rested.
The depot at Beattie was entered
by robbers who emptied the money
drawers, cut open three mail sacks
and took the registered mail matter.
The boiler of the ]. X. Davidson
elevator at Parsons exploded, wreck
ing the boiler room, knocking sense
less the engineer, fireman and helper
and badly scalding them with steam.
The an0inaar,a initlries were aarioua