Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15
GENERAL NEWS.
The Happenings of a Week
DOMESTIC.

The sub-alliances OF Kansas have de-
cided to hold their wheat for higher
prices.
Thelstate worlds fair commission, OF
Missouri, organized by the election OF
Mr.. Gentry, OF Pettis county as presi-
dent.
Thirteen persons were oadly hurt in
a smash up on the Grand Rapids and
Indiana railroad, near Kalamazoo, Mich.
The accident was caused by train
wreckers.
Washington was selected as the next
meeting place OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic. The negro question was
brought up and referred to O special
committee. 1t was afterward decided
not to make separation.
A treasure OF S60,000.000 in gold Is
supposed to be buried near Warrens-
burg, Mo-, and parties are searching for
1t.
The steamer Majestic, of the White
Star Line, broke the record from
Queenstown 70 New York. Her time
was days, Is hours and 8 minutes.
The strikers and the Salem, O., Wire
Nail company have reached settle
ment and the works are again in oper-
alton.
District Attorney Nicell decided to
have indicted oil the New York news
papers that published accounts OF the
electrocutions at Sing Sing, July 6.
A cyclone passed over Checotah, I.
T., destroying many buildings, killing
several head OF stock and doing much
damage to crops.
Floods along the Arkansas river in
Arkansas are doing much damage to
crops.
Worms by the million havs appeared
in the lumber districts Of Pennsylvania
and are destroying the hemlock timber.
John Frog and jackson Wolf, Semi
mole Indians, were shot and killed at
Wewaka, I. T., for the murder OF John
Harg. Seminole executions are by
shooting.
The physicians Of the county hospital
at Chicago are almost certain that they
have case OF leprosy on their hands.
Martin Gaellick, the patient, is an Aus
trian and about so years old.
Frank Ratinski, OF st. Paul, pulled
Paul Latuskey, wears old, into the
Mississippi river and held him under
water until he drowned. Ratinski has
been arrested. He is twelve years
old.
The Sugar Trading and Finance com.
pany OF Central America. capital %
millions, has been organized. The
company will buy and sell sugar and
other products, and will establish agen-
cies in the West Indies for that pur-
pose.
Miss Maggie Blaine, a niece of Sec
rotary Blaine, was seriously injured at
Washington, by jumping from car
riage while the horse was beyond the
control Of the driver. She fell on her
head causing ooncussion OF the brain.
President Harrison has signed the
commission OF J. Sloan Fassett as COL
lector OF the port OF New York.
Aluminium in ton lots has been re-
duced so cents q pound making it as
cheap as copper considering the differ
ence in bulk OF the metal.
Abraham Backer, dealer in CONNER
cial paper, New York, failed for a.
100000. He will pay in full. Tight
money and losses in southern invest |
ments caused the assignment.
Diphtheria, in its most malignant |
form, has broken out in the South Da-
kota asylum for the insane at Yankton. |
There are 300 people in the institution.
The people OF Birmingham, Ala, |
subscribed $l02, 900 to 81 200, 900 steel
plant. The people were asked by the
promoters for $3.50, 900, and the other
49, 900 is in sight.
The president has commuted the sem
tence OF William N. Lewis, convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment for
robbing the mails in Texas, to seven
years and six months actual imprison-
ment.
The president has approved the find
ing OF the retiring board that examined
Lieutenant John F. Meigs, United
States navy, for retirement on account
Of color blindness, and he has been
placed on the retired list.
The sealing schooner Mime returned
to Victoria, B. c., from Behring sea,
having been ordered home by the The
tbs. The schooner G. D. Rand is also
homeward bound. The Thetis so far
has warned forty schooners to leave the
sea-
Walter Ellis, o young clerk Of the
Alabama & Southern railway, was ar
aeSte0 HL 6lrmlng NAM, Alh.i Seotoruoy,
charged with burning the freight depot
last Thursday. The depot blew up with
fifty kegs OF powder. Ellis is supposed
to be short In his accounts.
The secretary Of the treasury has
asked the attorney general for an opin-
ion in the claim OF Mrs. Booke for sala-
nv as secretary OF the board Of lady man.
ayers OF the worlds fair, with view OF
determining the question as to whether
Miss Phoebe Couzins has been legally
deposed from the Office in question, and
also whether the matter OF compensation
shall be kept open until Miss Couzin's
appeal shall have been judicially de-
cided.
The United States treasury continues
the daily shipment OF small notes to the
west tor use In moving the crops. The
total amount an far aant In 2A-b million