Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-08-03
STATE NEWS pARAGRApHED.

uuie, was arrested on WARRANT
sworn out by Philip Erhardt, city at.
torney, charged with attempted rob-
berry in making an effort to secure
possession of the waterworks books
and accounts.
A Jewell county officer overlook
two Nebraslians at Sylvan Grove who
had $40 in counterfeit coin in their
possession. They had been swindling
farmers of northern Kansas for two
weeks. They also had sos in good
money when arrested.
Someone with bent for curious
things has figured out that more
than 100 thrashing machines have
been burned up by field fires during
the present season in Kansas. All of
the wheat counties have had one or
more confagrations of this descrip-
ton.
Warden L. B. Jewett, of the Kansas
penitentiary, was Mt Guthrie, Ok,
to make settlement with the territory
for the maintenance of Oklahoma
prisoners ut that institution for the
past quarter. The territory has $50
convicts ut Lansing, and the bill pre-
scented amounts to SS.1S3.
The 30 by 4o-foot we'll which the
city of Phillipsburg has just COM
pleted caved in, completely shutting
off the water supply. This well has
cost Phillipsburg $1,000 in cash. al
though it has not been accepted from
the contractor, who is under bonds to
finish the well satisfactorily.
William Hays. farmer living on
Deer creek, Atchison county, has 100
head of steers, which he has been feed
ing. In May he was offered $4,1o0 for
the bunch, but prices have gone of
so much owing to the corn failure
that they are not worth to exceed
$500 now, according to his estimate.
A charter was issued by the comp
troller of the currency to the First
national bank Of Hobart. Ok: capital
$4,000. George A. Clark. Junction
City, Kan; George z. Cole. Girard;
Morton Albaugh. Kingman; Cyrus lie.
land, jr., Troy: N. s. Sanders, Pitts.
burg. and J. Il. Burton, Abilene, arc
the directors.
Moran, Allen county, which gave up
trying to find gas after exhausting
the towns appropriation, struck
good well recently. This insured plen-
ty of cheap fuel for Moran. More
over, the find extends the Allen coun-
ty gas field fully ten miles further
east than the old limit, adding thou
sands of acres to the gas area.
Charles A. McLane, q young man
sent to the Kansas penitentiary from
Parsons year ago for embezzle-
ment, has been pardoned by Gov.
Stanley. McLane acted as shipping
clerk for the binding Irvine plant at
the prison and Warden Jewett says
he rendered the state splendid service.
McLane has splendid prison record.
Prof. Norman Triplett, native of
Pike county, ILL.,, has been chosen for
the chair Of psychology and child
study in the Kansas normal school at
the position formerly oceu-
pied by Prof. Oscar Chrisman, who
such q sensation Mt the moth
ers' congress at Des MOines by assert
ing in q lecture that men were incapa-
bic of love.
On account of the drought It will
cost the state from 1000 to $4,000
more than usual to support its char
table institutions this year. During
the summer large quantities of vege-
tables are raised on the grounds OF
the various institutions, effecting a
saving in the cost of maintenance.
This year gardens were failures and
already canned goods IRE being used.
The attorney general holds that
trust companies doing business in
Kansas before the passage of the law
Of 1901 must increase their capital
stock to 100000 or discontinue busi-
ness. Trust companies organized un-
Ter the laws of other states and seek
ing to do business in Kansas must
have a capital stock of 100000 and
must reorganize under the Kansas
law.
Judge Walter L. Simons, Of the
Sixth judicial district court, rendered
, decision of great importance to the
people Of Kansas. He held that the |
law Of 1887, providing for injunctions
IN liquor cases, has not been repealed
By the Hurrel law Of 1901, and that q
private citizen can verify the petition,
t not being necessary for the county |
attorney or attorney general to join
N the action. Il
The state board of charities and cor.
rections will go to Parsons to make
for securing site for
the new insane asylum which will b.
built ut that place. The site selected
BY the people Of Parsons is held st
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