Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-04-12
! KANSAS STATE NEWS. ;

w. G. Gum, OF Fort Scott, has SOLD
$3.50 acres of southeastern Kansas
land to Illinois farmers for $4,000.
Topeka was chosen rs the place for
the populist state convention to meet
on June "a. There will be over 700
delegates.
DIR. F. w. Montgomery, Of Talmage,
was arrested on charge brought by
Miss Olive Laney. Montgomery was
recently married to another woman.
Fort Scott has accepted the offer
recently made by Andrew Carnegie
of an $4,000 library building and the
city has donated well located lot
to put it on.
Rev. Lowther, of Mcpherson, who
was convicted of heresy at the recent
session of the Southwest Kansas NJ.
E. conference, has given notice of an
appeal to the general conference.
Congressman Curtis has been sue
-cessful in securing increased appro-
priations for the national soldiers
home in Leavenworth county. He
has obtained $274,O0O for the insti-
tuition.
w. V. Church, state superintendent
of insurance, is distributing the fire.
mems relief fund to the various cities
in the state entitled to share in 1t.
The fund this year will amount to
about $4,000.
The validity Of the fee and salary
law enacted by the legislature Of
1898 has been attacked in the supreme
court. C. w. Fairchild, of Kingman,
Is the attorney for the county officers
who are endeavoring to knock out
this law.
The people in and about Douglas
have organized a burial association.
1t has 1000 members. When men,
Der dies an assessment of 10 cents
is made against each member, realiz-
ing 500 for the expenses of the fu-
neral and $50 for the expenses OF
maintaining the organization.
E. B. Jewett, warden of the state
penitentiary, will endeavor to secure
lower freight rates for the transport
tation of binding Irvine. The bind
ing Irvine trust has been able, it is
claimed, to secure low rates while
the state has been compelled to pay
the full local tariff.
DIR. +. w. Colegrove, who attempted
to cut his throat while snowbound
recently in North Dakota, was presi-
dent of Ottawa university from 1902
to 1896. The last year he was at Of
tawa he had sick spell which affect
ed his mind and rendered him for q
time violently insane.
The state board of assessors has
employed Wiley Cook, of Labette
county, to take charge of the detail
work of assessing the various rail-
roads in the state this year. The
railroad property last year was as
sessed at $57,s7S,294; Pullman car
property, $315,169 telegraph and tel
ephone property, $1,124,O97; total,
$59,317,56O.
The Kansas worlds fair commits
sioners are not satisfied with their
salaries, and they will ask the next
legislature to raise them. They are
allowed S. day for time actually
put in. They must pay their own
expenses. They say that when they
are travelling around looking up a
site and selecting exhibits the per
diem will not meet expenses.
The gypsum plaster trust has in
vaded the Kansas field and probably
will wage war on Senator A. Henley,
of Lawrence, who controls most OF
the independent gypsum plaster
mills. The state charter board grant
ed the United States Gypsum COM
pany authority to do bushes in the
state. 1t is capitalized at $7,5o0,0oo.
For its license the company paid into
the state treasury $1.7O0.
Concordia is the home of q young
Napoleon of finance who has been
getting goods at the stores, charging
them to his fathers account, and then
selling a portion of the stun about
town. Keep your eye on him. Some
day he will be promoter" He will
organize companies and foolish peo-
pie who work hard for a living will
give him their savings in exchange
for worthless stock.-Topeka Cap
ital.
The attorney general holds that q
city of the third class might pass
an ordinance forbidding the operation
of billiard tables for profit but that
It could not prevent the setting up Of
tables where they were used for
pleasure purposes only and where no
charge for playing upon them was
made. A little town in Edwards coun-
ty it seems desires to absolutely pro-