Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-01-04
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

zen. Russell A. Aiger, eX-secretary
of war, owns q 32O-acre farm in But
Ter county.
A fine horse and buggy was stolen
from DR.. Ryan on one of Emporia's
business streets the other night. The
thief, who was dressed in woman's
clothes, was caught at Burlingame.
Lanyon Bros. will erect and operate
a zinc smelter at Neodesha, where
they hold extensive gas leases. This
is Neodesha's first factory of any
size aside from the Standard Oil re-
finery. The new smelter will have
5000 retort capacity.
Fl. d. Washburn and ]. F. Enter
line, prosperous business men of
Downs, have started for trip around
the world. They expect to be gone
six months, and will visit the Hawa-
iian islands, China, the Philippines,
Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, Greece,
Italy, France, England and many
other places.
Stepanor Kanzsld, of Hill City, who
was formerly head overseer of the
poultry farm of the car of Russia,
has been making some unique expert
ments in chicken raising. He mated
a chicken and a guinea, then the
chicken-guinea to Picking duck. The
result was mated to turkey, then q
goose, then a peacock. The result"
is three feet in height and has beau
tiful plumage. One of these birds has
been sent to the car.
About three o'clock the other
morning a shooting scrape occurred
at masquerade ball in Kirwin.
Mack Shurtz and Charles Bingham en-
tered the hall and raised n disturb
ance, both being drunk. They refused
to leave when ordered out, and Shurtz
drew a revolver which, during q scuf-
file with the manager, was discharged.
George Camp, who was sitting in the
rear of the hall, was shot just above
the heart.
Resolutions were adopted by the
state teachers association favoring q
compulsory education law and for
truant officers In every county. The
revision Of the state tax law affecting
the public schools is urged. Recon-
was made for the passage
of an act providing for the assess
ment of either a state or county tax
for the support of the district schools
in addition to the amount levied by
each school district.
The National Aid association, which
was recently shut out of South Da-
kota, is a fraternal organization
started in connection with the Farm
ers' Alliance in 1891. 1t has debt of
$4,000 with no assets. Recently a
union with the Bankers Union, of
Omaha, was attempted, hut it failed
because of the interference of other
orders. A receiver was then asked
for, but none has been appointed as
yet. The order has about 5000 mem
bers.
Carrie Nation, the Kansas joint
attempted to address the
state teachers association. Going up
to the speakers stand, Mrs. Nation
told President Sinclair that she had
been requested to speak by large
of the teachers. The presi-
dent informed her that he had heard
of such request. Without
waiting for an introduction Mrs. Ma
ton advanced to the front of the
platform and began to address the
teachers in her usual style. She was
before she had fairly started.
Every county superintendent at
lending the state teachers associa-
ion at Topeka was present at the
which State Superintend-
mt Nelson called. It was decided
hat the June institutes be given
lbout the same time as heretofore. It
vas also decided that series of in
;titutes be arranged for those coun-
les in the wheat belt early in May.
The conference also decided to hold
he county examinations for the COM
non schools the last Saturday in
darch and the second Saturday in
april next.
The largest beneficiary of the es-
ate of the late Richard j. Hinton,
journalist, author and soldier, who
lied recently in London, will be the
Kansas Historical society. 1t will re-
GIVE the big collection Of relics and
owned by Col. Hinton.
'hese all have bearing on Kansas.
more especially the manuscripts.
he colonel was close friend of John
Brown during the early Kansas
He was a newspaper man
{ the same time. He was in posi-
lon to pick up lots of stuff that
'ould be valuable, historically, later
n, and with newspaper mans in
tinct he gathered it in and pre-
erved it.
An interesting feature of the state