Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-05-19
The Best Kansas News.

, Uncle SANS Boys are Too Insulting.
While Police Judge Endres and hin
wife were passing down Delaware
street in Leavenworth they encoun-
tered five soldiers, who made remarks
which were highly insulting. The Judge
took his wife home, and then came
back and found out the names Of the
soldiers and had them reported to Col
onel Duncan. commanding officer OF
the post. Colonel Duncan had all tho
men placed under arrest at once, and
they will be tried by court-martial and
severity punished. Many women and
girls have been insulted by young SOL
diers who congregate ON the streets
on Saturday nights, and 1t is the OBJ
ject of the commanding officer to teach
the men lesson.
No Sunhowers in Kansas Building.
A bulletin isuesd by the worlds fair
press bureau says: 1.-THE sunfower, tho
state flower of Kansas, long considered
telling subject for the painters brush
has been absolutely ignored In the Sc
lection of paintings that adorn the gall
lery of the Kansas state building. Mrs.
G. F. w. Dasler, who has charge Of
the arrangement of the art exhibit in
the building, maintains that the alb
sence of the sunflower is simply q Co
incidence, although she says that tho
state building at Chicago was so thor
oughly festooned with reproductions Of
the flower that they became an eye
sore to the visitors from the state"
Window Display Wins Automobile.
Harry Dockum, druggist of Wich-
ita, received word that he is the win
ner OF $4,000 automobile given away
by patent medicine company of New
York, offered as prize to the druggist
who would make the best window
display Of their medicines. It is said
that $4,000 druggists over the United
States participated in the contest.
Dockum's window display consisted Of
Red Cross nurse in the act Of admin
istering the medicine to q patient.
For Selling Liquor to Indians.
William L. Thompson. the captain.
and ]. c. Teeney, the steward, Of tho
river excursion boat "Lora," were ar
rested at Leavenworth by Frand NC
Grath. deputy United States marshal
on the charge Of tieing up on the
Kansas side Of the Missouri river az
White Cloud, Doniphan county, and.
selling liquor to members of the Iowa
and the Sac and Fox tribes.
Druggists to Observe Sabbath.
The "Atchison plan" has been
adopted by the Ottawa druggists. This
means that one drug store will keep
open on Sunday while the others take
rest and remember the Sabbath
day to keep II holy. All the drug str7e8
will keep open until one O'Clock.
Then all but one will close, and in tho
windows Of the ones which close will
be placed card stating which stora
Is open.
Entertained by q Former Kansan.
Joseph L. Bristow, fourth assistant
postmaster general, while in Kansas
City, Mo. on his return from Washing
ton, was a guest at the home of that
former Kansan, C. s. Jobes. now presi-
dent Of the American National bank,
and who recently created sensation
in eastern financial circles by gobblinG
up the entire issue of 100000 Of
Philippine bonds.
"Business" Became Permanent.
In filing suit for divorce, w. T. Gil,
bert, of Parsons, tells curious story.
He was married to young woman on
February %, 1903. Three days later
she told him that she was compelled
to go to a neighboring town on little
matter of business. She went, and
day later he received letter from her
saying that she would not return.
Products of Kansas Artists.
The art galley in the Kansas worlds
fair building is complete. The pictures
are all products of well-known KAN
sans. "Reverie," which was sown In
The saloon at Paris, is there A strik-
ing picture Is a charcoal black and
white of the Shepherds Dream" An
elaborate ceramic display Is also shown
in the gallery.
Deepest Prospecting Hole I'm Kansas.
The Salina Mineral company has re-
emily abandoned prospect hole Its
'eet deep near Assaria, being the deep
st prospecting hole in the state. Tha
lrillers struck Mississippi flint.
New Place for Prof. Deimer.
Hugo Deimer, professor Of mechani-
al engineering in the University Of
Kansas, has accepted a position a.
general supervisor of the Commercial
Electric company af Indianapolis.
Fellowship at Bryn Mawe.
Miss Florence Lewis, of Fort Scott,
vas recently awarded a fellowship I'm
higher mathematics, worth $525 an
Iually, by the authorities OF BryH