Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-24

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tary OF the Morse Wool Securing CON-
panv OF ST. Louis, Mo-, is alleged TO be
a defaulter in the sum OF $4,000,
Yellow fever Is reported TO be raging
, in several OF the seaport towns of Hayti.
Omar 6. Mitchell was acquitted OF
the charge Of murder at Pueblo, Col.
The liabilities OF Arthur Levy & Co.,
! London merchants, in bankruptcy, are
announced at $600.000
General Cortina Is now prisoner in
the City Of Mexico, on the charge u
treason to the republic.
l. V. ID. Heard. prominent attorn "
Of st. Paul, assigned. Liabilities, $780,
600: assets, s50.O00.
The treasury department yesterday
purchased 312, 900 ounces OF silver az
prices ranging from s0.9I30 to $0.y1315.
The sum OF S61 600 has been raised for
the Logan monument. and the contract
for the pedestal will be let at an early
day.
License for incorporation was grant.
ed TO the Association ball club OF Chi
cago. The capital stock is $4,000.
The Salvation army has beaten the
city OF MOberiy. Mo-. in the suit brought
against members for disturbing the
peace by their marching and open air
meetings.
The lady students OF Wesleyan uni
versity, Middletown. Conn.,, are in re-
bellion because the faculty has restrict.
ed the calls OF gentlemen to 10 o'clock
p. m.
Betty Sripes, colored, was found MUIR
dered in her house near Jackson, Tenn,
Wednesday, and the surroundings indi-
cate that she died defending her honor.
Pretty and foolish Becky Biswell ran
away from her parents in Browning,
Neb.. and they are almost distracted To
learn her whereabouts.
Rev. John T. Wilkes, formerly OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, is suing his broth
er in the New York courts for the re-
covery OF his wife, whom he claims his
brother seduced.
Ray Pressler. the l2-year-old son OF a
prominent citizen of Guthrie, o. T., Is
in Jail there on charge OF feloniously
stabbing colored boy named Jones, OF
the same age.
Joseph Burrows, dissipated miner.
shot and killed his wife while she was
nursing their baby at Girard, ILL.,, Tues
day evening. He was captured and is
now in jail
Among the postoffices which became
presidential on the LIST inst. is Norborne,
Mo-. and Jay W. Higginbottom, the
present incumbent, has been appointed
postmaster.
At Portland, Ore. in shorthand con-
test, McGuerin wrote 81 words in SO
seconds from dictation on a typewriter.
He wrote l04 words per minute blind
folded.
A wreck occurred on the Albany &
Susquehanna road. near Binghampton.
n. T., in which Engineer james Pat
terson was killed. and couple OF brake
men seriously injured.
The republican national executive
committee meets in Washington on the
23d. to name the time and place OF hold
ing the next republican natiCual con-
vention, and to &C: on Quay's resig:a-
ton.
Special Agents Weigel and Scothorn
arrived at King6sher, o. T., Thursday,
with instructions to go at once to Chey-
enne and Arapahoe lands west OF that
city. and select sites for new county
seats.
Weather reports from the southwest,
including Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and the Indian territory.
state that the coolest weather OF the
season was experienced Wednesday and
Thursday OF last week.
The American Humane association,
in annual session at Denver, Colorado,
considered the defects in the present
state laws, and what legislation Is re.
quired for the prevention Of cruelty and
its consequences.
The bodies OF John Purcell, Joseph
Shields, John Lawler and John Salmon,
the Richardson colliery victims, were
found in the mine at Glen Carbon, Pa,
shortly before midnight, Wednesday.
Two other victims have not yet been
found.
Fire did $4,000 damage at Lower AL
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