Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-25

A COURIER from the gold mines In the
Arbuclkle mountains !. T., brings In
formation that atty tons Of rich quarts
had been taken from one Of tho main
leads and would be shipped ut once tc
the smelter. Old miners from Colorado
say the finds are rs rich as they ever
worked and will yield great wealth.
THE funeral OF Justice Miller took
place from the Unitarian Church, Keo-
kuk. Iowa, on the 18th.
A. M. WRIGHT. ex-president Of the Chi
cago Board of Trade, died recently, aged
sixty-two The grip" last winter broke
his health and. with unexpected toll
and worry since over the obstacles en-
countered by his latest project the Ran
dolph street elevated road, caused his
demise.
The city elections at Tacoma, Wash,
resulted in favor Of the Republicans
DIVERS locating caissons in the Ohio
river ut Cincinnati found, fourteen feet
down in the mud. what is believed to
be the wreck Of the steamer Moseilc,
sunk forty years ago. A large sum Of
money is known to be in the safe and a
number OF dead in the cabin.
The Illinois Central railroad directors,
at meeting in Chicago, reelected
Stuyvesant Fish president and selected
two new vce-presidents
The population OF Minnesota Is given
as l. 800. OF, an increase Of 0l0, 244, or
&C. so per cent
ISAAC BREMER and his wife and son
were killed bya train at o crossing near
Centerville, Iowa.
THE population OF the State Of Ore
gon is S12. 400, and Of Portland AZ, 294.
News has been received Of the burn
ing on Lake Huron off Lexington, Mich,
OF the Lake Superior Transit Company's
freight steamer Annie Young Nine
lives were reported to have been lost by
the upsetting OF small boat
THE population of Wisconsin is l, $685.
G97; increase. 3Gs, 200, or 81. 90 per cent
EVERY window glass factory in Find
lay, o., has gone into tho trust which
has been organized to control tho pro-
duction and sale of window glass. This
trust embraces all the window glass
houses in the United States west OF
Pittsburgh with the single exception Of
that at Salina, which is owned by Find
lay parties.
THE stallion Nelson trotted mile at
Cambridge City, Ind, recently in 2:iOsl,
lowering the worlds record one-halt
second. A large crowd witnessed the
performance. The time by quarters
was: First quarter 1884, half 1:05si,
three quarters 1881 and mile 2:lO3I.
1t was fast track and bright day.
Nelson carried driver &c pounds in ex-
cess OF weight.
GENERAL HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY.
the first Governor Of Minnesota and the
only Democrat who ever held that Of
fec. suffered a stroke of paralysis at St
Paul on the 2lst and was in q critical
condition.
IT is believed that Fred Hubert and
Will Palmetire were drowned in Beaver
Dam lake. Wis, in the recent fierce
gale. They were hunting ducks.
A CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS pas
senger train was derailed near Watseka,
Ind. The conductor was seriously in
jured.
PETE MCCARTNEY, the most famous
coun terfeiter in the United States. died
at the penitentiary at Columbus, O., re-
Gently. When he died no was serving
ten years sentence for passing counter
felt money in New Orleans in 1888.
REV. Mr. BUNDAY, Methodist
preacher and missionary to the Peoca
Indians, in crossing Cottonwood creek,
FIVE miles south Of Guthrie, Ok, W tn
his wife and son in wagon. was swept
down by the current and upset The
wife falling among tho horses was al
most instantly drowned.