Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-01-31

6nuh NC COiICCtVu iiOhh C'SAy
ried female over the age of 25. Fur UNI
thermore, out of this tax fund, each sh.
father of six children. l-fn in Kansas ou'
shall be paid 500 Kmpianum and s25 wa
per annum for eacKe hild over that NC,
number.-Kansas civ Journal. S oS,
Long Will Keep Hands on. bat
It has not yet been decided when It's
the special election to select sue lho
ccssor to Congressman Chester 1. yea
Long in the Seventh district will be
held Some think it should be held 7
April S. Congressman Long says he ne,
will take no part in the fight for the no,
nomination. cat
sues for $4,000 Damages. Gro
julius S. Edward has sued the Git IN. ~
izens' National building and Loan ~.
association, of Leavenworth, for $780, - -
600 damages for alleged defamation a..
of character. Edwards was treasurer ~
of the association several years and o. o.,
was accused of a shortage NO
UnIcss All Signs Fail. Sils
The bill introduced by Senator err
Smith giving women of Kansas the va.
right to vote for presidential electors an'
will undoubtedly pass at this session. RAJ
Gov. Bailey will not veto it. Cyrus ''''
Leland and other republican leaders
are for the bill.
Ballet Par0Icd. -.
Steven A. Ballet, vino was SEN An
fenced to five years in prison from fns
Ottawa county last March for OBJ :
tanning money under false pretenses, tbe
was paroled. He sold n worthless ho,
farm to an "easy mark" for S2,5oo ;s 6
cash. has
For the Irvine Plant. go,
The binding Irvine trust will not be 'hi
able to knock out the prison Irvine res
factory under the Bailey adminstra- ho'
ton, as the governor is for it. He rec
says the great problem is to keep Oee
prisoners employed
Is Bethany College to Movef
A recent dispatch from Lindsborg, We
Mcpherson county, said preliminary ,o'
steps had been taken to remove Beth w
any college, the western Swedish w.
:Scnool, Iroh thuo Pi"Sc w NA" -,
City. t.o
raid $4,000 for SO Acres. by
The price of 500 per acre was paid ALE
by J. NJ Milligan, of Morning Sun, COZ
Ia. to Thomas r. Morrow for so ina
acres of improved land two miles vel
ssouth of Olathe on the Spring Hill thr
road. WIS
waxhburn College Gets 100000.
The late C. +. Jewell. who died in {
Topeka a year ago, left $4,000 to Dir
Washburn college on condition that der
the trustees would raise $4,000, sas
which task has just been completed. ant
wa
@iOo'ooO fDh"o""' 'o' der
The endowment fund of $4,000 to VIII
Paramount (Friends) college Mt Wich- the
ita has been paid by DIR. d. X. Pear WI
son. of Chicago, the trustees having ro;
raised the conditional $4,000. Tb
wameEo Has the Fever.
A company has begun to drill for 7
oil and gas two miles north of Wa s;t,
mego. The drill will go $500 feet, If of
necessary. DO,
Enright to BE JudEcs reg
It is said Gov. Bailey will appoint ou'
e. A. Enright judge of the common are
pleas court of Wyandotte county to P'l
succeed w. G Holt, for Enright's vote Ger &c
for Long for senator. ~
Kansas BOY to Honolulu.
Samuel A. Deel, of Baldwin, grad
<ate of Baker university, has gone to !
Honolulu to take charge of the new SET
United States magnetic observatory. I'm
ley
Gov. BaiIey's First Pardon. as
Newton Jenkins, young man sent tri,
TO state prison from Topeka for forg- mil
eng railroad passes, was the first con- gut
wict pardoned by Gov. Bailey. job
of
Rewarded With Poatmnstership.
IL Is announced that eX-Speaker
George j. Barker will be appointed {
postmaster at Lawrence by Congress Lol
man Bowersock the
ant
The Wise MIR. Taylor. To,
A. J. Taylor, of Riley county, has me
fust finished shucldng 1903 bushels hot
of corn. He is holding his crop in
cribs at his farm.
Riley Incorporated. an
On petition of large number OF lie