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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
: POPULATION OF KANSAS.
An Increase OF 1920 Over Last Year.
According to Assessors Figures
Sedgtyick Heads the List.

Topeka, Kan, August 22.-Kan-
sas made gain in population
OF 23,219 last year, or an increase Of
about 1.6. According to the returns
made by the assessors, through their
county clerks, to the state board OF
agriculture, the total population in
March, 1903, was 1,4S7,S4 as compared
with l,464,62S in 1902. Sixty-nine
counties report increases aggregating
3O,267; "a have decreased 7,04S; two
made no returns. Sedgwick county.
as last year, gained the most, 1921;
Allen is second with an increase OF
3,146, Neosho, Montgomery and Doug
las following in the order named, and
the smallest, one, is in Rawlins, jack
son reports the heaviest loss, 1872.
Wyandotte and Atchison county fig
ures are those Of last year. Wyan-
dotte has the largest number Of in
habitants Of any county in the state,
Shawnee second, Sedgwick third and
Crawford fourth, maintaining the same
relative rank as in 1902. The table be-
low shows the population of Kansas
in 1903, by counties. along with the
gain or loss in each:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
HE REFUSED TO EAT.
senator Bacon Astonished That Negroes
Should be Allowed to Monopolize tho
Dining Room OF Depot.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 25.-United States
Senator A. o. Bacon and party Of
Atlanta people went without breakfast
at Hamlet, N. c., yesterday, while
Booker T. Washington and number
of negroes Toasted in the dining room
at the depot. The main dining room
was given over entirely to the negro
delegation, while smaller table in the
side reading room was cleared of books
and papers and few plates laid for.
Senator Bacon and friends. Under the
circumstances Senator Bacon and the
Atlanta people refused to eat Hamlet
is the regular station where Seaboard
Air Line trains stop for meals. Sen
ator Bacon and friends, who were en-
route to Washington, had ordered their
meal in advance. When the station
was reached they went to the dining
room and were greatly astonished to
find it occupied by Washington and his
friends.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
TOOK A MORO FORT.
Maj. Billiards. Troops Began Fighting Mt
Daylight and Kept at It Half Day
In Water Waist Deep.

Manila, Aug. ga Moro fort, the
stronghold of the datto at Binag-
Binang, has been captured by the
American troops The battle began at
daybreak yesterday and lasted half
q day. 1t was the elimination of four
months of effort to subdue by peace
able means the assailants Of Sergt
Painter and to regain the guns stolen
by the Moros.
Maj. Billiard, of the Twenty-eighth
infantry, had a narrow escape at the
outset of the battle. A Moro fanatic,
brandishing a kriss, rushed at him
and smashed the hat on his head. Be-
fore the Moro could strike another
blow Corp. Doyle shot him dead. The
battlefield was a morass, and the
American troops stood waist deep In
water in places.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
THIS BEATS THEM ALL.
oklahoma and Nebraska Men Have Under
taken to Build Railroad from Port
Nelson to Buenos Ayres.

Guthrie, Ok, Aug. 25.-The Pan
American Railroad company, with
capital stock of $3.50, Ooe, 900, was char
tered here Monday. The purpose Of
the corporation Is to build line of
railway extending from Port Nelson,
Hudson Bay, British America, in q
southerly direction, crossing the line
of the Canadian Pacific near Winnipeg,
Man., thence through North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Ok
lahoma and Indian territory to Gal
weston, Tex. From Galveston 1t will
run through the Isthmus of Panama,
thence through United States of Co
lombia to Ecuador, through the re-
public of Peru to Buenos Ayres, on the
Atlantic ocean. Also a branch line
beginning in the republic Of Peru, ex-
tending in a southeasterly direction
through Brazil to Rio de Janeiro; also
a branch line beginning in the republic
of Peru and running in o southerly
direction through Chilli to Valparaiso.
on the South Pacific ocean.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 24.-The German
priests of the archdiocese of Dubuque
have banded together to fight socialism
and one of the most interesting cam
paigns in the history of Iowa in which
the Roman Catholic church Is involved
will be waged from the pulpit for the
next few months. All German Catho-
lies will be warned of the evils Of So
cialism and urged to do their mightiest
to defeat all candidates for Office on
the socialist ticket.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
PASTOR ASSAULTS LAYMAN.
At Golden City. Mo-. Rev. Jefferson De nny
and Frank Schmidt Fought with Fists
at Ice Cream Social

Golden City, Mo-, Aug. 23.-Rev.
Jefferson Denny and his son have been
arrested on a charge of assault and
disturbing the peace. The complaining
witness is Frank Schmidt, also resi-
dent of Golden City, who claims that
the men assaulted him at an ice-cream
social. Schmidt is accused, on the
other hand, of making the assertion
that the funds realized from the social
would not be devoted to church work.
The men fought in the presence Of q
large concourse of church members.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
BOLD THEFT OF MONEY.
A Kansas City Paying Teller Was De-
coyed from His window When Rob-
Der Secured $685..

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 24.-One OF
the boldest bank robberies that has
come to light in recent years occurred
at the First national bank in this city
Saturday afternoon. Clarence H.
Cheney, paying teller, was decoyed
away from the window of the cage
In which he was at work to answer
a bogus telephone call and during his
brief absence an unknown thief stole
a package of bills amounting to $685.,
the money being in denominations OF
IS and SO.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
A SCANDAL IN METHODISM.
Rev. John d. Hammond. of the San Fran
cisco Book Concern and Chinese Mis-
sion College, Seriously Accused.

San Francisco, Aug 25.-Seven lead
ing Methodist clergymen of San cram
cisco have signed petition asking
for an investigation of Rev. John ID.
Hammond, for Encouragement Of the
Methodist book concern and the Chi
nese mission college. Hammond ts
charged with wasting $4,000 OF book
concern funds, and with appropriating
1000 per year assigned for the Chi
nese college for several years. The
college is a myth, only. ten Chinese
boys being in the class, and the ex-
penses were less than 500 per month.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
The Best Kansas News.


81 am not in favor OF lynching, be-
cause 1t is a violation of our laws, but
| do advocate legislation that will ex-
pedite matters in bringing to speedier
justice men who commit such afro
cious crimes as have caused a number
of lynchings in our state" declared
Gov. w. ]. Bailey. Mob law, as q
rule, is adopted by a body of men
who act in the heat Of passion, and
while the horror of whatever crime
causes them to resort to 1t is still
fresh in their minds. 1t is deplorable
in the extreme, this lynching busi-
ness, and | am not sure but that q
great deal of 1t could be done away
with If our criminal laws admitted OF
inflicting punishment upon guilty per-
sons without the usual delays SO COM
mon in every state. There Is no doubt
but that many lynchings occur be-
cause the mob looks upon the usual
procedure as too slow a form Of JUS
tice to fit the crime" Gov. Bailey
was then asked If he favored capital
punishment, but upon this point he
refused to talk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Omcer and Prisoner Missing.

Eldorado, Kan, Aug. ga man
selling soap in this county agreed to
send premium to each purchaser.
Receiving no premium, an investor
notified the company, who sent a
Pinkerton detective here to run down
the imposter. The detective arrested
his man at Kiowa and sent the city
marshal to Medicine Lodge with the
prisoner while he came here to get
out the necessary papers. Neither the
marshal or the man have been heard
of since.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
several Have Been Dismissed.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Secretary
Hitchcock said yesterday that matters
connected with the investigation OF
the alleged Indian land frauds in tho
Indian territory were progressing
smoothly. Several officials in the ter
ritory, whose actions have been the
subject of inquiry, already have been
dismissed, but Secretary Hitchcock
says he does not feel disposed to make
public their names.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Trembly's DisagreeabIe Task.

Four years ago w. B. Trembly and
Edward White, privates in the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment, won world
wide fame by swimming the Bag-Bag.
Trembly Is now police judge of Wy
andotte, and this week White was
arraigned before him for vagrancy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

The Topeka, Lawrence & Kansas
City Electric Railway company has
applied for a charter. The line will
be rs miles in length and run through
the counties of Shawnee, Douglas,
Johnson and Wyandotte and Jackson
county, Mo. The charter fees are
$1,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
QUEEN OF ALL TROTTERS.
Lou Dillon Broke the Worlds Record On
q Mile Track ut Readviile, Mass.
= Going In Two Minutes.

Readville, Mass, Aug. 25.-Lou Dill
lon broke the worlds trotting record
ON the mile track here Tuesday, going
in 200 fiat.
The previous record was 2:O2A, held
by Cresceus, made at Columbus, O.,
last year. Lou billions time by quar-
tiers Monday was: First quarter,
0:3OA; second quarter, 0:301s; third
quarter, 0:30A; last quarter, 0:29.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Want to Try 1t Again.

Director Gerow, of the free employ
ment bureau, has received word that
the eastern college boys who went
to Graham county to work in the har-
vest fields are so much enthused over
the proposition that they have formed
an organization with view of maxi
ing annual trips to the west in har-
vest time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Jointist Sues the City.

Another outgrowth Of the Derby dis
turbance is the filing of damage suit
for 5000 against the city by John
Trenkle, who owned the building in
which the smashed joint was located.
Derby was but recently incorporated
and the suit is brought on the con-
tention that the city is liable for the
actions of a mob within its limits.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Young Girl in Prison.

Guthie, Ok. Aug. 2S.-Etta Hack.
II years old, was brought here from
Pawnee and placed in jail, being
charged with destroying a letter con-
tanning q money order. She was sent
to the post Office at Glencoe, her home,
for the mail and on the way back.
as alleged, tore open the letter contain
ing the order and then destroyed 1t.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
"She" WINS O Man.

At a ball given by the swell set"
of Sun, in Barber county, few nights
ago there appeared finely dressed
person who gave the name of Sarah
Armstrong. She said she lived at Of
tawa and was visiting relatives at
Sun. The boys all showed her much
attention and her programme was
soon exhausted. She was the belle OF
the ball. The home girls had to take q
back seat. All went lovely until the
strange young lady in short hair, tired
of the heat of an unfamiliar costume,
went out on the porch and took a
chew of tobacco. Then it was dis
covered that she was man. Her
name was Z. D. Armstrong, and he
lives at Ottawa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

Washington, Aug. 25.-Actuaries In
the treasury department have com
pleted statement Of the >disburse-
ments of the agencies for the fiscal
wear. The statement shows the total
amount of all pensions to be $133, s1s,-
37s.7s. The Topeka, Kan, agency II
by far the largest in the country and
disbursed a total of nearly $4,000, 900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
DOODLE CASES GO OVER.
Senators Farris and Smith Get Contin-
uance mt Jefferson City Until the
First Week In November.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. 25.-The
two principal legislative Doodle cases,
set for trial this week, were continued
at the request of the defense until the
first week in November Senator
Frank Farris succeeded in getting his
case continued on the ground that he
was i'll. Senator Charles A. Smith got
his case continued because he needed
Farris for witness.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

The new state insane asylum at
Parsons will be opened the latter part
of this month or the first of next.
AS yet the institution Is but partially
completed but will be able to accom-
modate 165 patients. Up to the pres
.ent time 100000 has been expended
upon the lands and buildings. Dur
ing the next two years 100000 will
Sbe used in the construction Of addi-
tional buildings which will increase
the capacity of 600 patients. The in
.tention is to eventually enlarge the in
.stitution so that 1000 insane can be
cared for and the total cost will be in
the neighborhood Of 100000. Only
.epileptics will be admitted to the new
asylum. Dr. M. L. Perry, who has
been selected as superintendent, is a
man of wide experience. He has been
connected with a half dozen asylums
in this country and Europe devoted
solely to the care Of epileptic insane
and he says that the asylum at Par
sons, when completed. will be the
finest institution of its kind in the
world.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Forty Cents to Each Pupil.

State Superintendent Of Schools l..
L. Dayhoff has made the semi-annual
distribution of school funds to the
various counties of the state. The
sum of $2o2,72S was distributed. This
gave 40 cents for each school child
in the state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Cochran Comes Out for FOLK.

st. Joseph. Mo-. Aug. 25.-Congress-
man Charles F. Cochran, Of this city.
whose name was mentioned o short
while back as gubernatorial candi-
date, has come out unreservedly foe
Joseph w. Folk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Young Boy wouldn't obey.

Clarence Porter, a 12-year-old To-
peka boy, was sent to the reform
school on complaint of his mother.
who said he preferred box cars to
bed at home and thought it easier to
steal money from his mother than to
ask for 1t.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Couldn't Quit whisky.

Henry E. Noble, an inmate OF the
national soldiers home in Leaven-
worth county, committed suicide after
"a protracted drunk during which time
he had spent his pension money. He
left note saying he could not quit
drinking.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
To Run a SILK Loom.

The P. Martin Dry Goods company,
Of Hutchinson, arranged with the man
agement of the Hutchinson state fair
to erect and run silk loom during
the fair from September IA to 10.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Insane over His Sons Crime.

James Kay was recently sent to
prison for 30 years for killing his wife
at Topeka. Henry T. Kay, his father,
brooded over the crime so much that
he went crazy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

death had been expected for several
days.
It is understood that Lord Salisbury
recently expressed wish to be buried
beside his wife at Hatfield. A pro-
posal will undoubtedly be made to
bury him in Westminster abbey, but
this will be declined by the relatives
in accordance with his lordships
wishes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
JAN for Asylum Attendant.

Charles Kirkland, the attendant who
brutally treated an inmate of the To-
peka insane asylum, was fined $50 and
sent to Jail for 30 days.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
TO Construct big Lake.

The Rock Island Railroad company
proposes to solve the water problem
sat Peabody by constructing lake
there half mile long, a quarter mile
wide and so feet deep.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
No BrIdres Across the Blue.

The North bridge at Irving went out
during the rise in the river last week.
This leaves the Blue without a single
wagon bridge across from Manhat-
tan to Marysville.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Didn't Deliver the Goods.

Mrs. Ella A. Cook was arrested at
Topeka on the charge Of using the
mails to defraud. She has been con-
Quoting a matrimonial bureau. She
got 500 out of ]. w. Mars, Of Belvi-
dere, on the strength of a promise of
marriage. She didn't deliver the goods
when he called for q showdown.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Must Pay Bnclx Faxes.

Steps are to be taken by the at
-torney general for the collection OF
back taxes due the state from the va
rious counties. Outside Of the taxes
for 1902 the amounts unpaid, running
back as far as 1891, aggregate over
$4,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
DIR. Hudson Disappeared.

DR.. Hudson, of Neosho Rapids, is
supposed to have drowned himself.
He is said to have been morphine
fiend and supposedly wandered on
while under the influence Of the drug.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Cnpt.- Harbonrd's Position.

Capt. James Harboard has been APP
pointed assistant chief of the Philip
pines constabulary. Capt. Harboard
is a Kansan, graduate of Kansas
university and West Point.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Vow He Wants Damages.

Grant Johnson, an employe OF the
Santa Fe shops at Newton, has sued
the company for $4,000 damages, al
1eging that he sustained permanent
injuries by being compelled to work
overtime.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
M Pension for Deserter.

Philip Bechter, at Emporia, is said
to be half demented because the gov
.ernment refuses him a pension. He
is refused pension because he de-
serted from the union army during one
of the battles of the civil war.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Says whisky Ii to Blame.

The 11-year-old daughter of Levi
Thomas, a farmer near Kingman, was
dragged from the house to the barn
and attacked by a stranger while her
parents were absent from home. The
child is in a critical condition. The
man was captured Is miles south of
Kingman. He gave his name as Silas
Morrison and Memphis, Tenn, as his
home. He alleges he was drunk when
the crime was committed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Lived i'm Kansas Since 1854.

James Shaw, one Of the Oldest resi-
dents of Lyon county, died near En-
poria at the age of IS. Shaw settled
in Lyon county in 1854 and pre-empted
"a piece of land east of Emporia,
where he lived until his death.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
In Lyon County so Years.

Judge Joseph Frost is dead at his
sfarm home In Lyon county, where ne
mad lived since 1853. he was IS years
.old.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
To ForecIose n Big Ranch.

An eastern life insurance company
has brought suit to foreclose a mort
gage of $4,000 on the Bartlett ranch
of 1900 acres in Pottawatomie county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
LORD SALISBURY DEAD.
Noted English Premier Passed Away nj
mt Hatfield Saturday NIght-Buried
Beside His wife.

Hatfield, Eng, Aug. 23.-Lord Sails.
bury, the noted English statesman,
passed away Saturday evening. His
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

The Continental Creamery company
has purchased the Moeser Ice and cold
storage plant at Topeka for $lOO.OOO.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29

The city council OF Abilene has
levied fine of $50 day against street
fakirs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
Ottawa's New Brick Plant.

ottawa's modern brick plant has
been started, giving employment to
Is men.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-08-29
national Bank ut Hamilton.

The Third national bank will begin
business at Hamilton with $4,000
capital. -. : - -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Greatest Battles Of History.

You cannot tell by the size Of mans
home the size Of his happiness.-Tal.
mage
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04


and other organs of digestion and nutri-
ton. 1t purifies the blood and enables
the perfect nutrition of the body which
means perfect health.
rFor six long years suffered with iudiges
tion and my liver and kidneys, which baffled TIE
best doctors in our country" writes L. L. Ran
sell. Esq. of Woolsey, Prince William Co. Va.
cI suffered with my stomach and back for long
time and after taking cart-load of medicine
from three doctors grew SO bad could hardly
do days work. Would have death-like pains
in the side, and blind spells. 1 began taking
Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets Before had taken half of
the second bottle began to feel relieved. got
six more bottles and used them, and am happy
to say owe my life to Dr. Pierce-'
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
ical Discovery" There is nothing vjust
as goodD for diseases of the stomach,
blood and lungs.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 large pages, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt Of II one-cent stamps to
pay expense of mailing only. Address
DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Marriare LIN Turkey.

The dowry of Il Turkish bride is fix
ed by custom at about $1.10, which
amount, for polite reasons, is seldom
departed from, even by the rich. The
wedding day is invariably Thursday,
and the customary wedding festivi,
ties begin OH Monday and last four
days. They are carried on by men
and women separately, and each day
is distinguished by n different cere-
mony. No spoons or forks or wines are
used at the wedding feast.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
The wora Fudge"

Where did that very common word
fudge" come from. and what does ii
really mean? The appearance of the
word in literature is in the description
of the call of Lady Blarney and Miss
Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia Skeggs on
the vicar of Wakeiield's household:
But previously should have mention
ed the very impolite behavior of Mr..
Burchell. who, during his discourse. sat
with his face turned to the fire and at
the conclusion of every sentence would
cry out Fudge" an expression which
displeased us all and in some measure
dampened the rising spirit of the con-
versation." Does the word come from
the provincial French 'fuche" or the
low German ''futsch?" Or shall we
trace it to the story of 100 quoted by
the elder Disraeli. There was. sir, in
our times one Captain Fudge, who al
ways brought home his owners good
cargo of lies, so much that now aboard
the ship the sailors, when they hear a
great lie told, cry out, You fudge it! 3"
Boston Journal.