Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-22
The Best Kansas News.
Early History Recalled.

Early History Recalled.
Judge Kingman's death Is q REMIND
or that but one or two Of the eminent
men Of pioneer times survive In KAN
sas. Judge Ben Simpson, Of PaolssI
Judge John T. Burris. Of Olathe; Rob
ert c. Foster, who Is living In Texas,
and ex-senator Ross, now living In
New Mexico. sat with Judge Kingman
In the constitutional convention Of
1859 and survive him. Mr.. Foster, q
democrat, refused to sign the consti-
tuition. OF the Justices who sat at any
time with Judge Kingman on the SUI
preme bench Of the state, Judge Valen.
tine and Justice Brewer alone survive.
The Whole World Akin.
Rush Mitchell, a young farmer liv'.
ing with his mother near Corinth, has
been unable to do his blowing because
of the serious illness Of his motherg
Mrs. Mitchell Is a paralytic and -
blind and for the past two years has
required the constant attention Of her
son. Mitcheil's neighbors heard OF Hill
predicament and % of them gathered
at the farm one morning, bringing
with them 40 teams, their own plows1
dinners. water buckets, feed for horses
etc., and by shutdown they had plowed
go acres of Mitchell's ground.
Hail the Steam Flow.
Farmers in the neighborhood OF
jamestown suspended work to watch
the trial OF an eight-disc steam plow
In operation on the farm Of William
Sheridan. It takes three men to OPP
crate the concern, one to tend the
plows, one to run the engine and one
to carry water. The trial was sue
cess, and many farmers believe that
steam will solve the labor question
on the farm. It will .plow 20 acres =
day at an expense Of so cents an acre.
Big Week for Lawrence.
The celebration OF the semi-centen-
NAL of the founding Of Lawrence Is to
occur from October to 8. and the
event promises to be one Of the big
gest things Of the kind that has ever
been held In Kansas. The speakers
will be George R. Peck. Of Chicago.
formerly Of Kansas; Rev. F. w. Gun
saulus, the noted Chicago divine. and
probably Charles Francis Adams. OF
Boston.
Solomon Long Quits Race.
Solomon Long, the democratic nomi-
nee for state senator in the Winfield
district, has repudiated Parker and
Davis and says he will vote for the
prohibition national ticket He had
intended to vote for Watson. but there
was a good deal of adverse feeling to-
ward him here for boiling the ticket
and he made known his later prefer
ence.
SIS Indian Students.
The Haskell Indian industrial insti-
tute at Lawrence has the largest enc
rollment and attendance In its his
tory. There are S25 Indian boys and
girls enrolled for the school year and
many applicants for admission have
been made that could not be accepted
because Of the crowded condition Of
the school, which Is full to the limit
In every department.
Southwest Kansas College.
Southwest Kansas college at VIM
field opened its eighteenth year with
an enrolment Of 200, much larger
than upon the first day OF
last year. The prospects are good for
q large attendance, possibly 500 40
every house on College hill has been
rented. George F. Cook will act 40
president again this year.
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Retains His Nerve.
MARCEL, the Highland banker, who
defrauded his depositors out Of about
100000, is already asking for a pat
role, although he has been In the peniA
Tertiary only six months. Under the
lndetermfnate sentence law he Is u
for a maximum of IS years.
Leniency for Wilson.
Gov. Bailey pardoned Freeman VIII
son, who was sent to the reformatorH
In 1895 for attempted robbery, COM
mitted in Chautauqua county. VIII.
sons family is in destitute circumS
stances and the governor showed LEM
Iency for that reason.
A Kansan Dead At % Years. D.
Torsan T. Odden, who died last weeA
On the line between Brown and DOM.
phan counties, was the Oldest man In
either county. At the time Of his death
be was IS years old. but was strong
and hearty and remarkably well pre-
served. =
Salinas Pride.
lola has its gas. Chauute itg oil.