Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-23

to regulate the granting of elevator
sites. Attorney General Coleman
holds that the board has no power
to compel railroad company to per-
init the erection Of an elevator upon
its right of-way. ~ Il III
Have No Prior Rights.
School land in Kansas is in great
demand and considerable trouble has
been caused lately by lessees attempt
ing to take advantage of the home
stead act previous to the expiration
of their lease in order to forestall
persons who wished to either pur-
chase the land or settle upon it under
the homestead act. Attorney General
Coleman, in an opinion, held that les
sees of school lands have no prior
rights in the matter of homesteading
over any other persons and that they
cannot vitiate their lease by pro-
ceeding to homestead the property.
State University Commencement.
The commencement programme at
the University of Kansas has been
arranged. The senior play will be
given May 81; the commencement
concert June 4; the baccalaureate
sermon by Chancellor Strong June 2;
the Phi Beta Kappa address June s;
the class exercises and alumni ad-
dress by II. NJ. +. Bear. June 10, in
the morning, the annual commence
mcnt address will be delivered by
Justice Brewer, of the United States
supreme court. He will speak on
"The Triumph of Justice" In the
afternoon degrees will be conferred.
Free Delivery for Argentine.
The post office at Argentine viii
soon be consolidated with and made
q sub-station of the Kansas City post
Office. The people of Argentine petit
toned the post Office department
about six months ago to consolidate
their Office with the Kansas City Of
flee, as had been done for Rosedale,
so they could enjoy the advantages
of the free delivery service.
The Iola-Pittxburg Electric Line.
The company recently formed to
build a street railway from lola to
Pittsburg via Chanutc, Erie, Girard
and Parsons, has made satisfactory
deal for the disposal of its bonds and
abundant money will be available for
construction. Within one month it is
planned to have work on the line
commenced and after that everything
will be rushed.
Three Lawyers to Assist.
n. H. LOOMS, of Topeka; Frederick
Dumont Smith, state senator from
Edwards county, and S. S. Ashbaugh,
a Wichita attorney, who assisted the
attorney general, Mr.. GODDARD; in
prosecuting the Kansas-Colorado IT.
rigation suit. were selected by Gov.
Bailey and the attorney general, MI.
Coleman, to conduct the Kansas case.
The EVIL Precedent.
Gov. Bailey refused to pardon
George Dobbs and Mrs. New, the
Greenwood county murderers. partly
because of circumstances and partly
for the evil precedent it would set in
the cases of John Henry Collins. Will
lie Sells and Jessie Morrison.-kan-
sas City Star.
Willing to Risk Money.
Newton business men have decided
to see if there is any gas or oil be-
meath that town. The company Is
known as the Newton Oil & Gas
company. 1t is capitalized at 100000.
Charges Croolkedness.
The Emporia Republican is chnrg-
ing crookedness in the population
count in Lyon county in order 10
bring the total above $4,000 and thus
give the county officials more salary.
Mnsons to Lay Cornerstone.
On June 2 the grand lodge A. F. d
A. M. of Kansas will convene at En-
poria for the purpose of laying the
cornerstone of the new government
building now in process OF erection.
Euticed Girls From Home.
Two Emporia girls, Cora Scott and
Irene Chafin, are missing from home
and Il has been decided that they
were lured from their homes by men
with Sells & Forepaugh's circus.
To BE Taught Needle Work.
The state board of charities has es-
fablished n new department at the
girls Industrial school ut Beloit. 1t
In ha one in which the Girls will be