Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-02-15
; KANSAS STATE NEWS. /


over 800 conversions.
B. B. Taylor celebrated his nine
tieth birthday at Lenexa recently.
An eastern syndicate has purchased
80 acres Of land ~ miles from lola
for $4,000. The land lies in what il
known to be certain gas territory.
Mrs. G. w. Ceilings, q prominent
club woman who died recently at
Wichita, left request that no preach
er be allowed to hold services over
her remains.
By a majority of 10 in total vote
Of 377 Burlingame decided to issue
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
the purpose Of building an electric
light and waterworks plant.
1t is reported that Nathaniel
Barnes, of Kansas City, is a candi-
date for the republican nomination
for congress in the Second district
against Congressman Bowersock.
A Chicago man is seeking loca-
ton in Kansas for a plant to make
sugar, paper and cellulose from cane
stalks in the gas belt. Farmers
around lola propose to donate land
free for the plant.
Four new free delivery routes were
started out Of Fort Scott last Sat-
urdny. It's hard to determine which
is developing more rapidly in Kansas
the rural delivery system, or tele-
phonic means of communication.
Owing to the high price of grain,
]. M. Seweli, o Hiawatha stock raiser,
is feeding his stock cotton seed. He
recently shipped a car of seed there
from the south. It 10 said to be good
for fattening stock for the market.
George Sutton, grocer at Wich-
ita and bachelor 46 years old, was
found dead in his BROTHERS. store. He
had been shot and a revolver lay ut
his side. He was to be married Sum
day and spent - = evening before with
his fiancee.
Wichita men will build driving
park east of Chisholm creek south of,
the city. There will be half-mile
speedway and baseball and football
grounds. A grandstand with a seat
ing capacity of 5000 people will be
constructed.
It is possible that the next legisla-
ture will be asked to make appropria-
ton to pay the 100000 or 100000 Of
bonds issued by Kansas during terri
torial days to pay the claims OF per-
SONS whose property was destroyed
by border ruffians.
The populists of Clay county, on the
advice Of ex-Congressman Vincent and
ex-State Senator Hanna, refused to
send any delegation to the coming
state convention and declare that
they will have nothing to do with the
proposed union of forces.
The state board Of charities has
completed the plans for the new
buildings for tn asylum for the in
sane in Parsons. The asylum will be
built on the cottage plan. 1t will be
intended especially for the care OF
patients afflicted with epilepsy.
Quite q sensation was caused at
Fort Scott over the disappearance OF
the wife Of w. r. Sufaa, railroader,
who he alleges has gone to join
Charles Wells, a prominent man who,
deserted his wife and daughter a few
weeks ago and who Is supposed to
have gone to Indiana.
i On complaint of Mrs. Emma Coffan.
of Kansas City, the woman's 13-year-
old daughter was sentenced to the
state industrial school until she
reaches IS. When the sheriff called at
the Coffan home to take the girl
away Mrs. Coffan was so stricken with
,remorse that she tried to commit sui
eide.
The tax bill, which has been pre-
pared by the state tax commission
appointed last winer, is not liked, 1t
is claimed, by the larger corporations
of the state, and it now seems very
probable that there will be vigorous
fight made on the bin when 1t IL
i brought up before the next legisla-
ture.
Mrs. Sarah Stephens, who died at
Council Bluffs, Ia, recently, came
TO Lawrence with her father, Otis
Wilmoth, in 1855. She married Ed
ward p. Fitch, who was the first man
who ever taught school in Lawrence,
and who was afterwards killed in tho
Ouantrill raid. She later married
Rev. Mr.. Stephens. ~
The Douglas county commissioners
decided upon location for the new
ssO. 900 courthouse and Jail BY accept
ing the proposition of ]. B. Watkins,
who donated q site on South park,
, d;ogonallv across the corner from the