Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-01
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THERE was q serious fire in Toledo,
O., on the morning Of the 2lst breaking
out in Breckinridge's fruit can factory
Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance, one-half.
AN English syndicate, 1t Is said, is
ready to pay SSO,OOO,OOO for the Union
Stock Yards, Chicago.
THE building contractor, Thomas
Kavanagh, q member Of camp 1876, Clan
na-Gael, accused of being implicated In
attempts to bribe possible jurors on the
Cronin trial, has been acquitted.
THE Schneider Bros. and Vorce & Blee
breweries at Springfield, O., have been
sold to an English syndicate, to take Of
feet May Is. Charles Schneider, who
is practical brewer, is to be superin-
tendent OF the two breweries.
Two bridges and many culverts have
been destroyed by heavy rainfall in
Central Ohio.
PROPERTY owners Of Dubuque, Ia, do
not fear the proposed suit Of the heirs
Of Julien Dubuque to obtain possession
OF the site Of the city on an old claim.
THERE have been two bad accidents
with engines and snow plows in Cali
fornia. Near Sisson there was collision
of the engines caused by o coupling
breaking. Several Of the laborers were
killed. At Cape Point mills, five loco
motives were wrecked. Two men were
killed and two injured.
TIE jury in Bishop Dubs' case at
Cleveland, o., returned verdict OF
guilty. He was suspended from office
until the meeting of the general confer
ence in September, 1901, when the case
will be reopened.
THE Gerhard Paper Company, Of Buff
falo and Detroit, has assigned; assets
and liabilities unknown.
TIE Toledo (O.) Pump Company's
works have been seized by the sheriff.
The failure is total.
ONE thousand miners Of the Central
Coal Company, of Springfield, ILL.,, recent
" quit work because not paid the wages
due them.
MICHAEL MCDoNoGHUE, aged fifty,
discovered railroad rail which had
been placed across o railroad track at
Akron, O., recently. A train was in
sight and he only had time to lift one
end and drag it from the track when
the engin struck the other end. The
rail was dashed against his head, crush
ing his skull and killing him.
JEREMIAH o DoNNELL was found guilty
at Chicago of attempting to bride the
Cronin jury. He was sentenced to the
penitentiary for three years.
NORTHERN MONTANA is experiencing
boom on account Of discoveries OF
gold mines.
An actor named Duncan C. Harrison
was stabbed recently by another actor
at the door of the Standard Theater,
Chicago. A heavy overcoat prevented
the knife wound extending as far as
Harrison's heart.
A RECENT report from Topeka stated
that there existed secret political so
ciety, with branches all over Kansas,
mem bership in which could only be OBJ
tanned by those of negro blood, which
proposed to found negro State, in
which the white man would be tolerated
as q necessary evil, but to whom no po-
litical honors would be given.
FIRE in Cheney, WASH, the other
night destroyed block of business
houses.
REV. FATHER STEPHEN, the well
known Catholic missionary, has arrived
at jamestown, n. d., from Washington
en- route to the Turtle mountain Indian
reservation. He is commissioned by
Miss Drexel, of Philadelphia, to inves-
tigate the reports of restitution among
the Indians on that reservation and to
supply them, If necessary, with food and
clothing
FIFTY thousand dollars damage was
done to the Globe building in Dubuque,
Iowa, by fire the other day. Platt
Bros, clothiers, lost $4,000.
A HEAVY storm-the worst of the win
ter-was lately reported prevailing over
Montana. Cattlemen were uneasy.
THERE was terrible storm at Lake
Tahoe, New, on the 25th. Small craft
were broken to pieces and the wharves
severely shaken and made almost un-
safe. The force of the wind was such
that trees, houses and wood-piles were
blown to pieces. The snow drifted along
the road, covering station houses and
burying logging camps.
THE county court house and Jail at
Vancouver, Wash, were destroyed by
fire recently with most of the county
records. Loss, $4,000.
A SHORTAGE Of So, 900 has been found
in the accounts of Treasurer Flynn, OF
Custer County, South Dakota.
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