Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS. /

Pearl Fucker, aged ~, daughter OF
O Parsons hotel man, fell on the ice
while skating and received probably
fatal injuries.
T. G. McCanz. a wealthy farmer,
while in Gypsum City pulled a loaded
shotgun out of his spring wagon.
The trigger caught, the load went
into his abdomen and he fell dead in
the street.
G. S. Lowell, of Salina, is the invent
or of new center-hung windmill. In
stead of the wheel being hung at one
side, it is hung directly in the center
of the tower. The idea is to utilize
the weight of the wheel, and to SIM
plify the construction thereof.
In the house Of representatives at
Washington the other day Congress-
man A. NJ. Jackson (dem. Kan.) spoke
in favor of agitation against the SEN
ate to compel it to pass the joint res
olution for a constitutional amend
ment for the election of senators by
direct popular vote.
The Kansas grand lodge, A. F. and
A. NJ, in Session at Fort Scott, voted
to hold the 1903 session at Wichita.
The following officers were elected:
Thomas L. Dewey, of Abilene, grand
master; Bestor G. Brown, of Topeka,
deputy grand master; Albert K. Will
son, of Topeka, grand secretary.
w. V. Church, state insurance su-
perintendent, says the receipts of his
office for February for taxes on in
surance companies and licenses to To-
cal agents will aggregate s95.oOo, and
the total for the year S125,OOo. The
average yearly expenditures of the
department are less than $4,000.
Poultry week" at the Kansas state
agricultural college last week proved
even a greater success than expected.
Three hundred and twenty-five stu
dents studied scoring poultry under
the direction of Judge C. II. Rhodes,
of Topeka. Many visitors, both Ia
dies and gentlemen, took the work
with students.
The first celebration of the found
ing of the Kansas state normal school
took place at Emporia Monday, which
was the thirty-seventh anniversary of
the important event. Judge L. B.
Kellogg, who was the first president,
told some of its early history. The
school is the largest state normal
school in the world.
Some parties in Lacrosse proposed
to conduct guessing contest. The
scheme was to sell tickets to con-
cert for ST each and to give the pur-
chaser of each ticket a guess on the
votes for mayor in Kansas City, No.,
on April s. Attorney General GODDARD
holds that such contests are pro-
hibited by the Kansas anti-lottery
law.
Under law passed in 1901 requir-
ing physicians to register before prac-
ticing in the state, DR.. NJ. W.. Wilcox,
of Barton county, applied for certifi-
cate to practice but was refused on
the ground that the diploma he pre-
scented was not issued from a repu-
table college. DR.. Wilcox thereupon
attacked the law and the case has
reached the supreme court.
The Wellington city council will
join with the city Federation of Clubs
and the Masonic orders in the erection
of three-story brick or stone build
ing 5Ox1OO feet, to contain fire de-
partment headquarters and city Off
ces on the first floor, reading room
for the federation on the second,
while the third will be occupied by
the various Masonic bodies. The
building will cost $4,000.
The latest town in Kansas to dis
cover gold is Neodesha, the oil and
gas town in Wilson county. On the
farm of I. ]. Myers, 51s miles north
west of Neodesha, three workmen and
an overseer are at work taking out
q carload of a sort of limestone that,
rs the result of small assay made
three months ago, is believed to con-
tain gold in sufficient quantities to
insure working it profitably.
While DR.. Cyrus D. Lloyd, surgeon
In the Forty-fourth volunteers, was
located at Fort Leavenworth three
years ago he eloped to Jackson coun-
~, No., with Miss Mary E. Hiatt,
daughter of Oliver S. Hiatt, prom
nent Leavenworth county republican
politician, and the couple were
DR.. Lloyd Immediately
sailed for the Philippines and the
was kept secret until last
week when the doctor returned and
slammed his bride.
The Kansas Dairy association, or
yanized in 1887, will hold its annual |