Baxter Springs news., 1917-06-14
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His bride Of twenty-four hours. reg
Istered for Harry A. Larrick Of otta-
wa, q young man who Is within the
military age. Larrick iB confined In
bed with typhoid fever He was mar
ried as he lay In bed and his bride,
Miss Anna Rowland. school teacher,
stood at the bedside.
The M. Z. Church directors at Null
vnne have let the contract to U. G.
Charles OF Wichita for q $4,000
church Of modern design,
Mrs. Mary Wilder, rs years old, one
OF the earliest settlers OF Lawrence,
died there recently. She came to Law
renee in 1856. She was the widow OF
A. n. Wilder.
James Dowdy. 80 years old, q coal
miner, lost one eye and was, otherwise
severely injured when a stick OF dyna-
mite exploded in bis hand near Pitts
burg.
Carl L. Hamm, 22-year-old son OF
A. L. Hamm. postmaster at Norton
Vile, was drowned in the Delaware
river near Valley Falls while wading
with four other young men in the
swollen stream. He was member
OF Battery A Of Topeka.
]. Mertes and W. II. Rausch, victims
Of the storm recensly at Andale. are
dead in Wichita hospital. The total
now in deaths In that section is TWEEN.
ty.three.
Word has been received In yelling
ton OF the death, from pneumonia, at
the naval hospital at Portsmouth, \.
H.. OF Vernon Brown, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. c. Brown OF Oxford. He re.
Gently was q student ut the Sumner
county high school.
The Grant Arbuthnot farm near Ha-
worth, 4S0 acres, recently sold for $780,
900. James Grant OF Kansas City was
the owner Of the farm. one OF the best
improved in that section, and sold it
10 Ralph Kalivoda.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused when lightning struck the main
business block OF Smith Center caus-
ing severe fire. Buildings owned
by four large firms were partly de-
stroyed and their stocks badly daln-
aged.
A campaign to raise 2 million dol
lars for Fairmount College has been
opened in Wichita. There are several
large pledges recorded already, II the
desired amount can be obtained.
Great Bend has raised more than
$1,000 for the relief of the cyclone suf-
ferers Of Andale and other towns de-
vastated recently. The money was
raised in a few hours and more has
been promised
Maurice Christian, 14-year-old son
Of Mrs. May Christian, while handling
a revolver accidentally shot himself
at Independence through the heart,
dying instantly.
David Ankrum. SS years old, life.
long bachelor. died at the Atchison
hospital recently. He was born in
Ohio and came west with his parents
when six years old.
Ross L. Sanderson OF Sandusky, o.,
has been called to become pastor of
Plymouth Congregational church Of
Lawrence, oldest Congregational
church in Kansas.
The first municipal flag in Western
Kansas was raised at Winona recently.
Funds for the purchase Of a 75.foot
pole and a 14-foot flag were raised
by popular subscription.
r. c. Mosier, druggist at Preston, In
the eastern part of Pratt county, was
assaulted in his store by three uniden.
tified men M0sier IL in a critical
condition. Sheriff Judkins and posses
with bloOdhounds searched the county
for the culprits.
The story Of the anti-draft meeting
held recently at the Unitarian church
in Topeka has aroused the indignation
Of Kansas. The laws of the state do
not cover this form Of treason, or the
attorney general Of the state would
have been in action before noon the
next day.
Paul Ubert, 40 years old, q farmer
patching with his brotherin.law, Mat
Franks, was mysteriously shot and
killed at their ranchhouse near Oak
ley recently. Franks is held for In
vestigatiOn.
Patriotism is at high tide in Oneida
and vicinity. A loyalty rally and flag
raising took place recently. The flag
was made nv the Oneida Camn Eiro