Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-06-18
THE WEST.

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abont three miles southwest of Firdlay,
O. The tank, which contained $50, 900
barrels OF oil, made n great fire. The
loss will reach $50, 1000.
The Western Traffic association has
decided that reduced rates to the mining
congress ut Helena, July IL, can be
made.
JUDGE JACKSON, Of the United States
circuit court ut Cincinnati, dismissed
the whisky trust cases, declaring that
the trust was in existence before the
law under which it was being prose-
cuted was passed, therefore, said law
was clearly expost facto, and of course
unconstitutional.
THE Wclls-Fargo detectives located
the Red Rock express robbers in the
Antelope hills of Kansas, but could not
capture them.
TIE last victim of the steamer Golden
Rule fire mt Cincinnati was found ut the
foot of Vine street in that city. 1t was
the body of Miss Maloney.
THE cashier Of the Judson Machine
and Power Co. ut San Francisco was
robbed OF $17, 900 by two men in broad
day in the suburbs of the city and in
the presence of IL crowded train load of
passengers.
Gov. PRINCE, Of New Mexico, in re
Spouse to general demand from the
people of that territory, appointed a
delegation of two representative men
% tiac tho
territory, to go to Washington and urge
upon the senate the necessity and the
justice of passing the enabling act add
hitting New Mexico to statehood.
THE Union Pacific passenger train
from Boulder. COL, consisting of ono
coach, Il baggage car and an engine
jumped the track and rolled down
ten foot embankment n mile east OF
Sunset. There were but ten passengers
aboard, as large number had left the
train ut the different stations en- route.
Seven of those were slightly bruised,
but none fatally.
The reports from Guthrie, Ok, in re-
gard to race war having been immi-
ncnt were exaggerated. Everything is
quiet.
A CYCLONE struck Chicago the other
day, which killed two persons and did
damage to property.
AN explosion occurred in the shell
rooms ut the Mare Island navy yard,
near San Francisco, which resulted in
the death of sixteen men, while several
others are fatally or seriously injured.
ORoNo POINT, Lake Minnctouka, was
visited the other day by small cyclone,
which formed on the surface of the
lake and swept across the peninsula
with irresistible force. Tho residence
of George A. Bracket was wrecked. and
all the fine trees surrounding the house,
most of them of fifty years growth,
were uprooted and now lie in tangled
mass in the cellar of the wrecked cot
tage. Hardly tree is left standing
along the route taken by the windi
A PETITION has been received at Chi
cago from number of Unitarian
churches requesting that the exposition
buildings be kept open on Sunday. The
signers of the petition which represents
the north Massachusetts conference and
other Christian churches situated in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire re-
quest that the fair be open on Sunday
but that it be "a silent exhibit" with
no machinery running.
The village of Galva, ILL.,, was al
most entirely destroyed by cyclone.
One person was killed and tcn'scriously
injured.
AN earthquake shock lasting nearly
thirty seconds was felt at Santa Ana,
Cal, the other day. The vibrations
were from east to west.
EIGHT persons were killed and num-
Der injured by the storm in Chicago re-
Gently.
HARPER 8. CUNNISGHAM has been APP
pointed receiver for the national bank
of Guthrie, Ok. The bank went into
liquidation some time ago. 1t had a
paid up capital of 100000.
THE party of students from the North
western university, Chicago, thought to
have been lost, returned safely.
THE wigwam at Chicago in which the
national democratic convention was to
be held having been injured bya storm,
the citizens executive committee of
Minneapolis offered the use of the hall
in which the republican convention was
held
THE SOUTH.
THREE negro men and n woman were
killed by lightning on a plantation ten
miles from Canton, Miss.