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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Gov. Bailey Taken IN.

Gov. Bailey was at Paola, where he
made a speech before the state SOL
diers' reunion. At Kansas City on his
way home he was seized with cholera
morbus and was very III for time,
so that he had to secure a sleeper to
make the trip from Kansas City to
Topeka The governor was scheduled
to 60 to st. Louis from Kansas City to
take part in exercises at the worlds
fair. Bue he was compelled to give up
that trip.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
1rnte rather Disclaim. Daughter.

Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 12.-Miss
Charlotte Lubbes. daughter of the fed
oeral jailer here, eloped and married
Cash Wilkinson, son of federal off,
Ger ut Vinita, and Lubbes declares he
will no more claim the youthful bride
as his daughter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
nlrl,cc mining with sa.2oo.

Gretna, Neb., Sept. 10. C. Higbee,
trusted agent Of the Farmers Cooper
alive Shipping association. is missing
and the association has suspended,
owine to the absence Of $4,000 from its
treasury.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Rank Failure Embarrasses State.

Jackson, Miss, Sept 9.-The treas
urer of the state Of Mississippi has
only $50 left in his vault. The state
Is seriously embarrassed because Of
the failure Of Harris & Co., Of Chi
cago, purchasers Of 100000 worth Of
bonds, to pay the cash.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
WIN 1900 Ton. Of flour.

San Francisco. Sept. 9.-The occi-
dental & Oriental company's steamer
Coptic sailed to-day for Hong Kong
via japanese ports. She carried a car
20 of general merchendige. including
lao tons Of nour
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
MeIba,. Auto KILLED Aged Man.

Paris, Sept. 12.-Mme. Melba, the
distinguished singer. while driving in
an automobile Sunday evening accom-
panied by her two cousins. ran over q
man about "a years old and killed him
Instantly.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
shelton. Terrible Sins.

J. NJ. Shelton, of Caney, is in q dam
gerous mental condition and the peo-
pie of Caney are holding the holiness
sect responsible for 1t. The man was
criticised by members Of this sect be-
cause he was a member Of two lodges,
drank coffee and used tobacco. His
hallucination is that the holiness peo-
pie are trying to hang him. The lat
ter claim that the Lord is furnishing
him for his wickedness and that he
will surely go to hell unless he quits
the coffee habit.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Householder quits Fusion Ticket.

Wichita, Kan. Sept Ex-senator
Moses A. Householder, Of Cherokee
county, nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor on the fusion ticket. has with
drawn. Householder assigned as .
reason for his action his intention to
leave the state. John s. Parks, ex-
state printer, was placed on the ticket
to succeed Householder.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
RnII Firht NJ Sc. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. "a bull fight ex-
hibition was held west Of the city last
night, despite the efforts Of Sheriff
Hencken and his deputies to stop 1t by
making arrests.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
warned to stay Away from China.

Bloomington, ILL., Sept. 9.-Siz Nc
Lean county missionaries who have
been spending their vacations here
have received orders not to go to
China as another boxer uprising is
on in the district they were assigned
to. Their headquarters had been
burned.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
FIr.t Football victim Of 1904.

Harrisburg. Pa. Sept. 12.-Blaine
Hoffman, aged 10 years. received such
sseri0us internal injuries in a game Of
football At Likens. when the opp0s-
|nK plar1r1 Piled upon him. that death
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
GOV. Dnvi,, PIuraIity $4,000.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. cit is now
definitely known that Gov. Davis plu-
rality will not, exceed $4,000. Two
years ago It was $500.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
InfaIIIble Remedy.

There Is no longer any cause for
alarm over hog cholera A Jewell
county man lost every hog IN bis hero
except one TIA, drank bucket q re@
paint.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
IA CnnnfnhIe aH Yearn.

Emporia, Kan. Sept. 12.-Torger
johnson. a pioneer resident and con-
ninhls q Emporia township continn-
ous|1 Cor 81 lo1rr. 4 de1d here.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Land Mt sI.25 Per Acre.

Kansas has 999, 1876 acres Of land
which may be purchased from the au-
ditcr of state for $1.25 an acre. The
auditors report for the last fiscal year
shows that 1890 acres Of the public
lands were sold and the money paid
into the state school fund. The de-
mand for the public land Is increasing
to such an extent that 20 per cent.
more land was sold between June 30.
1903, and June 30, 1904, than in the
preceding year. While there is about
1,000,000 acres Of land yet for sale In
the state, the greater part Of 1t is west
Of the ninety-ninth degree OF longf-
tude. Almost any land in the state is
worth more than the SIPS an acre
which the state has fixed as the mini
mum price for the public land, but the
tracts yet for sale in the western coun-
ties are so badly scattered that they
do not attract purchasers. Since the
admission Of the state to the union.
public school lands to the amount OF
1,665, 204 acres have been patented by
the auditors Of state. There are 70
counties in the eastern part Of the
state in which all Of the school land
has been patented. The amount OF
money received by the auditor during
the last fiscal year from the sale OF
school lands amounted to $220,054 and
this will be added to the permanent
school fund for the support OF the
common schools.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15

Atchison Is finding its three-foot
vein Of coal expensive property. The
stockholders have the coal all right,
but need $4,000 to begin business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15

Jacksonville, NJ. Sept s.-Mrs. Re-
becca Ruter Springer, widow Of the
late Congressman William n. Spring.
q. died Thursday It oaklawn sanltari-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Col. Loomis q Famous Horse.

Col. LOOMS, the most famous race
horse in southern Kansas, won three
straight heats from Council Chimes,
an Oklahoma horse, at the Kay county
fair. The time was, first heat, BIB
Col. LOOMS has q record OF 2:0711-
Dan Patch and Col. Loomis are the
only horses that have ever beaten
Council Chimes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Practical Joker.

At Great Bend some practical joker
inserted an ad in two st. Louis pa
pers, asking for rooms for two weeks
during the fair, and signed the name
Of q Great Bend girl. The girl received
1872 letters from people who had rooms
to rent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Fourteen Past Eighty.

In Hiawatha township there are IA
people who are past so years Of age.
Only two Of them are in the connty
poorhouse.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15

4 W. Duncan is building a tele-
phone system at Lane. with lines ex-
ltndlne 70 country neiehborhoodE
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Cash I'm State Treasury.

An examination Of the state treas
ury, made at the close Of last week by
the secretary of state, Mr.. Burrow;
the private secretary to the governor
H. J. Boone, and the assistant auditor
of state, ]. NJ. Nation, showed that
the state has cash In Its vaults amount
ing to 81 ,132, 245.31.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15

When the public schools at Cofey-
VILE open on September rs there Will
be two new buildings for occupancy
by the scholars.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Rurton,s Case In October.

The case of United States Senator
]. r. Burton will be heard by the
United States supreme court in octo-
her.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Free Tultlon at High SCHOOL.

The Coffeyville school board abol-
ished the tuition feature Of the high
schools and all pupils will be admit
ted free.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Latest Kansas Events.

Kansas Graduates in washington.
The roster of bureau chiefs and spe-
cialists Of the agricultural department.
in Washington reads like an alumni
catalogue OF the Manhattan agricul-
tural college. There are some six or
eight ex-professors at Manhattan who
have important positions as heads Of
various bureaus, but the list Of Man
haitian graduates is even more formid-
able. A few names may have been
overlooked in the following list Of the
Kansas agricultural college graduates
now employed by the government In
the agricultural department: George
H. Failyer, scientist, bureau of soils;
Charles L. Marlatt, entomologist, In
charge Of experimental field work:
Mark A. Carleton, cerealist, In bureau
Of plant industry; David e. Fairchild,
agricultural explorer; Julia R. Pierce.
assistant in the soil survey, bureau
Of soils; Walter T. Swingle, physiol-
ogist, bureau Of plant industry; George
L. Clothier, assistant forest inspector;
Charles P. Hartley, assistant In bu-
reau of plant industry; ]. B. Norton,
assistant in bureau of plant industry;
]. NJ. Westgate, assistant In bureau Of
plant industry; e. c. Butterfeld, as
sistant in bureau Of plant industry;
William L. Hall, assistant forester In
charge Of forest extension, bureau OF
forestry; e.. l.. Bliss, assistant forest
expert, bureau Of forestry; A. E.
Oman, assistant forest expert, bureau
of forestry; L. A. Fitz, assistant In
bureau of plant industry; A. H.
Leidigh, assistant in bureau Of plant
industry; E. R. Secrest, assistant for
est expert, bureau of forestry; H. B.
Holroyd, assistant forest expert, bu-
reau of forestry; r. A. Oakley, expert
agrostologist, bureau Of plant indus
try; George F. Thompson, editor, bu-
reau of animal industry. In other po-
sitions in Washington from the same
college are: w. r. Spelman, superin-
terdent of rural delivery of the post
Office department.; Lewis w. Call, chief
clerk of the advocate generals Office
war department; E. NJ. s. Curtis, rate
clerk of the general passenger Office
of the Southern Railway company.
First Bonds Issued by Kansas.
The bank commissioners report,
showing that Kansas has more than
500, 100000 deposited in her banks,
recalled to J. C. Horton, now of Kan
sas City. but for many years resident
of Kansas, some recollections Of finan-
cial and commercial affairs in the
early days. The first bonds issued by
the state of Kansas had market value
of only go cents on the 81, though they
bore interest at seven per cent.
There were no banks of issue in Kan
sas up to 1854" says Mr.. Horton, "un-
less, probably, the Leavenworth bank.
which had territorial charter and is
sued bills which circulated and were
honored. These bills were printed In
red ink. I think this bank was the
only one incorporated by the territory.
There were some private institutions
in Leavenworth, Atchison, Topeka and
few other of the larger towns, but
altogether there were not more than
Is or 20, with deposits Of less than
$1,000,OOO."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
The Kansas Undersiow.

In a report to the reclamation serv-
ice. Charles s. Schlicter, the engineer
who is conducting an investigation Of
the underfiow OF the Arkansas river
valley In western Kansas, says: "One
Of the most remarkable conclusions
from these measurements OF the rate
Of underfow is the uniform constancy
In the results. In all the measure
ments taken only two exceptions to the
nearly uniform velocity Of eight to ten
feet were found. The contentious made
regarding the underfow which have
been secuted by so many persons seem
to have been proved by the govern
ment's measurements. The quantity
of ground water that is passing down
stream In these gravels is enormously
greater than anticipated"
It is the opinion of the engineer
that pumping plants will be necessary
to raise this water for irrigation pur-
poses because "the slope Of the water
plane does not exceed seven or eight
feet per mile" The reasons given why
there are no surface streams in the
Arkansas valley in western Kansas is
not less interesting than the conclu-
sions reached regarding the velocity
and extent of the underf1ow. On this
the report says: THE underground
drainage in this region is SO enor
nous and the. freedom Of passage OF
water through the gravels Is so great
that there is no surplus water left to
form surface streams of to form a
perennial supply for the Arkansas
river. The average rainfall upon the
very fiat catchment area near Garden
City is about 20 inches per year. A
very large part Of this must pass into
the level porous soils, SO that the actual
contribution to the underfiow must be
considerable. II the gravels beneath
were not SO coarse and so deep and
wide in areal extent these seepage
waters would be obliged to seek re-
lease in surface streams, but the I'M
BtOuhu SOhuttioho CAV oaSh sAAe&s 1855
pie drainage is offered by means OF
the porous beds Of gravel"
The so-called clay Of the well drill
ers throughout this country has been
found in most places to be river silt,
probably quite as impervious to wa
ter as a clay. This silt is met with at
practically 80 feet or less. The ma
terial then again becomes coarse.
While It is not probable that this ma
terial exists in an unbroken sheet, the
deposit must be very extensive. In
one plant water was pumped at cost
Of one-thirteenth Of cent per thou
sand gallons, lifting one foot. and at
still another this cost was reduced one
half. A flow of 30 gallons a minute
was obtained In one well at a depth
of three feet below the normal level
and 272 gallons minute at depth OF
seven feet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
Conauctor Thrown from Train.

While doing his duty In attempting
to eject two drunken toughs from .
Rock Island passenger train at Holton,
James Summers. Of Topeka, the con-
ductor In charge Of the train, Wa
thrown from the platform Of the
smoking car and received fracture
Of the left leg near the ankle.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15
belmont Postmaster Accused.

E. A. Fishbaugh. postmaster at Bel
mont, is said to have embezzled SOU
government funds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-22

work of blocking Port Arthur, he en-
cOuntered a dense fog north of the
ShanTung promontory. The Kasuga
collided with the port stern of the
Yoshino, which was sunk. Boats from
the Kasuga saved 80 of her crew. The
dense fog still continues.
This has been a most unfortunate
day for our navy. While the fleet was
watching the enemy off Port Arthur
the Hatsuse struck one of the enemy S
mines and her rudder was damaged.
She sent a message for a ship to tow
her, which was being sent when an
other message brought the lamentable
report that the Hatsuse had struck an
otoher mine and Immediately began to
sink. The HatsuSe was then ten knots
off Lia-Te-Shan promontory. No enemy
was in sight 1t must have been a
mine or a submarine boat. Three hum
dred of the officers and crew We're
saved. The Hatsuse sank in thirty
minutes. While sinking sixteen of the
enemys torpedo craft appeared and
were driven off.
"Our fleet report is somewhat vague
on account of the fact that some mes
sages were received by wireless teleg-
raphy."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-22
Ill and Despairing, He
Shoots Himself.
He DIES INSTANTLY
1t is Supposed That the Ruin Of His
Bank Together With His Con-
tinued III Health Drove
Him to the Rash
(By the Associated Press.)

Macon, Ga, May 21.-Robert IT.
Plant, president of the First National
Bank, and owner of the Lie. Plant
Sons bank. both recently placed in
the hands of receivers. committed sui
eide on the back porch of his beauti-
full home in College street at about
o'clock today
He had been i'll for two months, and
the collapse Of his financial institu-
tiOnS, the oldest in the city, came in
the meantime. He told his nurse that
he wished to lie down. Twenty min
utes later he asked to be assisted to
the bath room. The nurse took him
there and waited fifteen minutes on
the outside.
She then heard a pistol shot. She
rushed in and he was not visible. The
bath room had two doors, one open
ing upo nthe porch on which she found
the capitalist lying dead with q So
calibre pistol in his hands. Death was
instantaneous. The bullet had passed
through the right temple and out of
the left, f1attening itself upon the wall.
The coroner was at once summoned
and upon the testimony of the nurse
and of a physician verdict Of death
by his own hands was rendered.
Mr.. Plant leaves a wife and nine
Cnildren.
Wallace e. McCaw, president of the
McCaw Manufacturing company, and
NJ. FELTON, Hatcher, a prominent attor-
ney, are sonS-in-laW.
The maiden name Of Mrs. Plant was
HaZelhurSt
The Plant banking institutions are
the Oldest in the city. They were
closed last Monday. The receiver of
the private institution has reported
deficit of over $S44, 900. The National
Bank examiner has made no report as
to the First Nationals affairs.
Mr.. Plant in addition to being iden-
titled with various manufacturing en-
terprises and formerly largely engaged
with the New York Life Insurance
company was known throughout the
trotting world and his horses for years
have raced in the grand circuit.
He owned Grattan Boy, Dulce Cor,
Miss Willamont and other we'll known
horses.
George H. Plant. vice-president of
| the First National, is a brother.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-22

evidence and the gathering looked not
unlike the old time gatherings.
There was a disposition on the part
of the negroes to control. A threatene-
ed storm was turned into a love feast
by the election of four negroes by ac-
clamation as delegates to the National
Republican convention. They are eX-
Congressman II. p. Cheatham, of War
rem. and S. II. Wick, of Wilson, as del
egates. M. F. Thornton and S. G..
Newsom alternates.
]. H. Arlington, of Halifax, colored
chairman, called the convention to
order. John ID. Grimsley, of Greene,
was elected permanent chairman and
Postmaster Robbins, of Edgecombe,
Secretary.
Arlington used as a gavel a stick
ten feet long. In yielding the chair
to Grimsley he said: Il tender you the
staff OF prosperity"
The nomination of Congressman
and presidential elector was postpon-
ed and left to the district executive
committee. Resolutions endorsing
President Roosevelt, the Panama leg
islation, expansion and the platforms
of the party in general were intro
duced and adopted. The lilly whites
were just little bit under a cloud to-
day and when the negroes asserted
their rights terms were made assuring,
harmony.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-22
The Retreat of the japanese.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
New Chwang, May 20.-G a. m.)-
The reports of the japanese retreat TO
Feng Wang Cheng are officially con-
firmed.
The japanese numbering 10000 men
came upon 1000 Russians in a strong
position on Monday, sixty miles west
of Feng Wang Cheng. 1t being I'M
wise to risk a battle the Japanese re-
treated in good order and with great
rapidity.
An unofficial Russian authority says
q pitched battle was not fought, put
rumor says there was considerable loss
of both sides, during the clashes, with
the ossacks harassing the ranks OF the
Japanese. This position presumably
was executing a reconnaissance. the
pursuit was checked when the main
body of the japanese was reJolned.
This news apparently accounts Tor
the withdrawal to an unknown desu-
nation of warships and transports from
Tower Hill ten miles north OF Kali
Chou, Lao Tung peninsula and OF re-
newed defensive activity at New
Chwang
No news has been received here
from Port Arthur
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-22
STOESSEL TURNS
TO STRIKE DEATH.
A Sortie From Port Arthur Followed by Furious
Outburst of Fighting on the
Peninsula.

London regarding affairs in the Far
East reconciles the discrepancies be-
tween the Japanese and Russian Off
cial accounts of Japan'S naval. One
Toxic report says the battleship Hat
Suse was destroyed by two mines
chained together. Vice Admiral Togo's
suggestion that it was the work of
a submarine boat is considered ex-
tremely probable. 1t is recognized on
all sides that the fact that the Port
Arthur channel has been re-opened
and the proved dangers of the navi-
cation of those waters must put a
great check upon Japanese landing
operations.
The Daily News Tien Tsin cores
pendent states, that five Japanese
transports bound for Dalny We're OBJ
liged to return to Moji on this account.
Regarding land operations, there is
no confirmation of the rumorS that a
big battle has been fought in the
neighborhood of Feng Wang Cheng.
The view held here is that after test
ing the strength of the Russian posi-
ton at the Mao-Tien Pass General
Kuroki made an orderly retirement
and that his thanking movement in the
direction of Mukden continues.
The Daily Nails correspondent at
Mukden claims that the Russians are
fully aware of the Japanese plans of
attack. The uncertainty which has
hitherto characterized the Russian
campaign has ceased, the correspond
ent says, and severe fighting is immi-
nent.
The correspondent of the Daily Tel
egraph at New Chwang says he hears
that a clever strategical thanking
movement has been executed by the
Russians, Threatening the advanced
position of the Japanese east of Lao
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-22
THE LOSSES RUINOUS1
The Russian Dispatch States That Ten
Thousand Japanese Were Killed
and Wounded. But Adds That Stoes-
sci Returned to Port Arthur---The
Bogatyr Blown up After Standing---
The Orei Disabled.
(By the Associated Press.


st. Petersburg, May 21.-The gov
matory of the rumors in circulation
here that General Stoessel has made
a successful escape from Port Arthur,
resulting in the defeat of the Japan
csc with a loss of over 10000 killed or
wounded. The Russian losses were
1f6 killed or wounded.
The movement was carried out by
a combination with a train bringing
in war munitions and supplies and
General Stoessel's force, communicate
lions being maintained by wireless
telegraphy. The Japanese barred the
route between the train and General
Stoessel's force, whereupon the Rus
slams attacked and routed the Japan
'ese. After the engagement General
Stoessel's force returned to Port Ar
thur.
The current accounts Of the Port
Arthur Sortie are somewhat conflict
ing and there is some doubt as to
whether the version mentioning the
train is correct. But the operation
is described as having been brilliantly
carried out by the Russians. Gen.
eral Stoessel. it is said, made a new
distribution of his guns beforehand
in order to cover the force taking part
in the sortie. The Russian troops
fought with the greatest bravery,
breaking the Japanese line and driv-
ing back the enemy for considerable
distance.
Che Foo, May 21.-10:30 p. M
There is runor among the Chinese
here that q battle was fought on the
Liao-Tung Peninsula today. 1t cam
not however, be confirmed.