Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-04-04
GENERAL NEWS.
THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
GATHERED, CONDENSED AND AR
RANGED FOR BUSY HEADERS.
rhe Recent Occurrenccs.

Somerset counties suffered particularly
... Helena, Mont, voted not to have n
new city charter. The saloon and
gambling elements defeated the propo-
sitiOn. -. \ deadlock in the Nebraska
senate was broken after lasting Il
hours. The Independents won over the
republicans, and passed the maximum
freight bill. The bill prohibiting the
bringing of detectives into the state to
do police or military duty, known rs the
'anti-Pinkerton" bill, which recently
passed the Ohio house was defeated in
the senate. .. Governor Peck of Wis
consin has sent message 10 the legis-
lutlre vetoing the bill which appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for the Waupeca vcter-
ans home. The bill does not properly
guard the state in the disbursement of
the appropriation. The governor recon-
mended the introduction OF u new bill. -.
The grand jury at New Orleans is bard at
work investigating the charges of brib-
cry in connection with the Malta trial,
and will shortly inquire into the lynch
ing. New York City has decided TO
ask New York state TO appropriate /!
million dollars of the direct tax fund to
the Grant monument fund. A lobby
will be sent 10 Albany to labor for the
appropriation. The California CON-
mittee investigating the charges of
bribery in connection with the recent
senatorial election have reported that
money for bribery was furnished by the
Southern Pacific Railway company
1t is reported that great excitement
prevails in Newfoundland over the fact
that the fisheries question in part is TO
be submitted to arbitration, and that
the British Government intends to
,oerce Newfoundland into carrying out
the modus vivendi with France.
The amount OF grain in store and
aloat Saturday, as compiled by the
New York produce exchange, was:
Wheat, 23.9l2, i3j bushels, an increase
If ll2.5l5 bushels. and corn. 1869, 6S7 |
bushels, an increase of 240,613 bushels. |
Butter was in moderate demand on
he Elgin Board of Trade Monday. |
Prices ranged from % to 30 cents and |
he total sales were Sl0,6s9. a year
ago the price was "A cents.
Monday Ex-Governor Lucius Robin
son, of New York, died at Elmira.
Samuel Norment. president of the Cen
raj National bank Of Washington died.
La grippe is epidemic in New York
,ity. -. Two girls are sneezing to death.
one in Ohio and the other in ln.iana
1t is believed that corner in May
wheat is being worked in Chicago.
The worlds fair committee on cere-
monies has prepared q plan for the
OBJ ova,,ai,nc IN nntnlNan 1900 |
Mrs. Astor of New York threaten
I'd to ruin the business of u caterer il
ne did not reduce his bill. The man in
sisted and was paid under threat of
aw suit. . 1t is said that republicans
are scheming to disfranchise 1000
voters in Montana on
Nearly all the naturalizcd
citizens are democrats. q. . Charles +.
died at his home in New
Y Ork city last week. The increase in
The death rate the past week at Pitts
burg, due To la grippe, was over 80 per
cent. Doctors are greatly overworked
and undertakers are unable to supply
hearses. g. Basco Flinko, one OF the
men who were buried for eighteen days
In the GAINESVILLE mine, is dangerously
III at Hazelton, Pa, the result OF high |
living" in celebrating their wonderful |
rescue. he Arkansas Confederate |
pension bill has been sent to Governor |
Eagle for his signature. 1t is report
ed that Colonel Forsythe of Wounded
Knee fame will be promoted to a gen.
eralship. Mrs. Lucy Andrews OF
COL, is in Jail charged
with flendish cruelty to stepson.
Nineteen lives were lost in the wreck |
Of the steamship Strathairly OIL the
North Carolina coast. "A gambler |
claiming to be Doc Middleton, the noted
was fatally shot in a fight in
Covington, Neb. . Among the supplies |
carried by the congressional party OF
junketers returning from Senator
Hearst's funeral are said TO be ten bar
rels OF bottles. Reports tOthe Chat
tanooga Tradesman indicate steady |
growth in the establishment OF new in
dustries throughout the south since the
first OF the year. q. o.. Mr.. Parkerson, the |
leader OF the New Orleans mob, asserts |
that the New York World printed q |
forged letter purported to have been
signed by him. Laura Snowden, the |
accomplice OF Fred Fitzsimmons, the |
crook who killed Detective Gilkinson
near McKeespOrt, Pa, turns out to be
O notorious adventures and black
mailer. "A jollifcation meeting in
honor OF the election OF Gen, John NJ.
Palmer was held at Springfield. There
was a reception, followed by speeches
from SenatOr-elect Palmer, Gen. John
C. Black, Editor c. H. Jones of the
Hon. A. J. Hunter, Congress
man Mansur and others. A parade
planed for the evening was prevented
by heavy rains. AT Macon City, Ia,
Walter Fidore, an orphan boy, died
from the effects OF beating and other
cruel treatment at the hands OF Peter
Mcmahon. Mcmahon was arrested. -.
Snow fell in Nebraska to the depth OF
twenty inches on the level. Railroad
traffic was greatly impeded. The total
number Of hogs packed in the west dur
ing the year ending March /, was IL
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