Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-11

LIE SOtumOiuu InuScuui iuuu ~ N'lt-
cago has been given another big lift by
check for s5O,O from Mrs. George
ID. Sturges, who subscribes the amount
Internationally.
j. w. KAMMo committed suicide by
throwing himself in front of the fast
Chicago train on the Vandalia & Illinois
Central just after it had pulled out of
Highland, Ill.
AT Gainesville, ILL.,, the residence of
John Adams burned to the ground.
While Mrs. Adams was carrying things
out of the house dog that was on fire
ran against her dress and in an instant
she was enveloped in flames and she
was burned so badly that she died in a
short time.
THOMAS II. EDWARDS, late assessor
of Kansas City, Mo-. attempted to rob a
bank ut Harrisonville, Mo-, by murder
ing the cashier. He was arrested.
A RED-HoT fight is promised over the
worlds fair beer awards
The recent fright among the farmers
of Clay county, ILL.,. over an alleged
new disease among horses arose, it has
been discovered, from single case of
collie.
ABAD collision occurred on the Gen.
trail Pacific near Reno, Cal. Six men
were killed.
TIE house of George Cooper, farm
laborer near Rock Island, ILL.,, was de-
stroyed by fire, and his children. Sadie,
1 years. and Nellie. o years old, were
burned to death. Cooper was injured.
Ara meeting of the Chicago Trades
and Labor assembly resolutions were
passed resenting the putting forward
of Judge Gary as candidate for any
public position.
EX.CoNGREssMAN SYMEs committed
suicide recently at Denver, Col.
TRAIN robbers wrecked train on
the Illinois Central, twenty miles north
of Cairo. Three men were killed.
The miscreants, seeing the terrible re-
suit, did not attempt to finish their
nefarious work.
DANIEL j. HART was fatally injured
in Chicago by falling in front of cable
train which partially passed over his
body.
AFTER an all days conference at
Cairo, ILL.,, between the officials of the
Big Four railroad and the strikers in
the railroad yards an agreement was
reached by which the whole subject is
postponed for ten days, when another
conference will be held
THERE was a disgraceful scene in the
Chicago city council over the vacant
mayoralty. The aldermen almost came
to riot.
Gov. JONAS WOLFF, of the Chickasaw
nation, has ordered q special session of
the legislature to meet at Tishomingo,
/. r.
JACK STARR, cousin to Henry Starr,
was found dead near Braggs Station,
]. Il. A bullet hole through his body
showed how he met his death. The as
sassin is unknown.
NEAR st. Paris, o., work train
loaded with Italians was derailed by
one car breaking down. One man was
killed and seventeen injured, two or
three fatally. After the wreck Italians
drove the train crew away with knives
NEWSPAPER writers Of St Paul,
Mimi, have organized social club
similar to that recently organized in
Chicago.
CALIFORNIA is making efforts to Sc
cure the best exhibits of The worlds
far for the San Francisco midwinter
exposition.
The state veterinarian of Illinois has
found several cases of CHAMBERS among
horses near Hillsboro.
TwENTY-FoUR lives were lost by the
sinking of two propellers in Lake
Huron. They were the Albany and
the Philadelphia, and collided in a
dense fog.
THE Benton Newly pension case ut
Springfield. ILL.,, will go to the United
States supreme court The judge has
approved the late bond.
GENERAL. MANAGER WmTCosiB, of the
Wisconsin Central lines, officially an
nounces that the salaries of all officials
and employees, which We're cut in Au-
gust last, will be restored at once.