Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-01-07

Aug. 25-John Randolph Tucker. OF Virginia
iecied president OF the American Bar associa.
Aug 2S-Socialist labor party in national con
yention nt New York nominated Simon Wing
~ Boston, for president, und Charles II. Match
stt OF brooklyn for vice president.
Sep. las u precaution against the cholera
plague, President Harrison issued procama.
ton prescribing 2Idays' quarantine for vos'
SEES bringing immigrants from foreign ports
Sep S-Amercan Bankers association Of
San Francisco elected William II. Rhawn, Of
Philadelphia, MS president.
Sep l2-Prof Barnard, Of Lick observatory
California, discovered u 18th satellite TO Jupiter
Sep l5-Thomas Donnelly, OF Penns ylvnnin,
selected grand prophet OF the great council OF
Red Men OF the United States, ut Atlanta, Ga.
.... Vermont elections gave Fuller rep ma
iority OF 1904 votes for governor I'D. II. Hus-
ted, OF Toledo, O., elected president OF Amalga-
mated Association Of Street Cur Employees, NJ
indianapolis.
rear admiral OF National Association OF Naval
Veterans, nj Baltimore -. Gen Carkson re.
elected president OF National League OF Repub.
Lean clubs. u, Buffalo
Army place, 10Th cncamDment OF q. a. t. FORM
ally opened ut Washington, Vice President
Morton giving the welcome. The 6Sth annual
communicallo on Of lnd"rendent Order OF Odd
Fellows, Mt Portland Orc.
Sep 2.-Victora Woodruff. Martin. OF New
York and London for president and Mrs Mary
L. Stow, OF California, for vice president. NOM
lnuIeu Dy woman SUHraElStS NJ washington
Gen. $. s. Yodcr reelected commander In chief
Of Union Veterans union in session nj WASH
inglon....G, A. H. elected Capt y. q. Weissort,
Of Wisconsin. commander in chief COmradc
r. H. Wnriicld,. OF san Francisco, senior vice
commander in chief, and Peter b Ayers Of
Delaware, junior vice commander j., chief.
Oct 6-Nalional Real Estate congress in Sos.
Zion NJ S.9olo, elected W. b. Cutter, OF Buffalo,
for president.
Oct. l3-W II. Tucker. Of ..adInnapols. cleo
ted COMMANDER in chief Of Union Veteran
Legion in annual encarl pment NJ indianapolis.
4. Oct l7-New Michigan election law, known rs
Re Miner law, upheld by United States supreme
Oct .i-World's fair buildings at Chicago
dedicated by Vice President Morton
Nov miss Frances T. Willard. OF CHICAGO,
reelected president OF Womans Christian
Temperance union, al Denver
Nov S-Grover Cleveland elected president OF
the United States.
Nov l5-National Farmers alliance in
annual session At Memphis, Tenn
Nov T-Julia Ward Howe reelected president
of the Association for the Advancement Of
Women, IN session NJ Memphis, Tenn. e.. Mrs.
EllenJ. PEinney reelected president of Nom Par.
tisan W. c. T. T., in session IT Cleveland ..
Nov lS-At Memphis, Tenn, Farmers ALI
ance and Ind nstrial Union elected H. u. LouckS,
OF North Dakota. as president.
Nov. l9-"The Indus rial Legion OF The United
States" organi2cd 1T Memphis, Tenn.
Nov. 2l-T V. POwdcrly reelected grand mas
ter worknan Of knights. OF Labor In annual
session NJ St Louis.
Nov. 22-Twclfth annual meeting OF National
Farmers congress al Lincoln, Neb.
Dec 5-Sccond session of Fifty-second con-
gress conveaed at Washington.
Dec EXPrcsidcat Hayes, Of Ohio, elected
president Of the National Prison association OF
the Unitod States, in annual session at Balti'
more.
Dec. s-Trcaty with Chilli ratified by United
States senate.
Dec. l2-Prcsident Harrison nominated Per.
son c. Cheney OF New Hampshire, for United
States minister To Switzerland -.. American
Federation Of Labor in twclf h annual session
ut Philadelphia. PROT. Henry y. Smith, Of
Lane Theological seminary. found guilty by the
Cincinnati presbyterv OF teaching hercsy.
Dec. 20-M0ney received from Chill! in settle.
ment OF Baltimore affair at Valparaiso.
SPORTING.
Jan 2-Hager broke the worlds skating
record. going three miles. 1T Homar, Norway,
In Sminut"S seconds; also the mile record Ut ,
minutes 80 seconds.
Jan a!-In billiard match in New York be-
tween Jacob Shacler and George Slossun Tor
81 100 and bLlk.inc championship, former won
on score OF 80 To 592
Mar i3-Six.,lay bicycle race in New York
won by Ashiugcr NJ l,0.: miles Z laps.
Mar. 2S-Iuhn j. '-um broke worlds
25mile cO-as-yOu-plcasu tTaIing record in Chi
cago. time ing hours, - minutes,
A pr. l2-Leaguc baseball season opened.
May @.-Bicycle riders carry message from
Chicago TO New York, making 975 miles in 4
days, IL hours ana minutes.
May Craftsmanship City OF New York went
from New York 10 Liverpool in days and ~
minutes
June iO-Cornol freshmen crew defeated
Columb Ia freshmen Ivy 6 lengths.
Julyi-Iale beat Harvard i'll 4-mile boat race
~ New London, Conn.
July 4-Belle Hamlin and Globe broke double
team record NJ KirkwoOd Del: mile in 2:l.....
Hanlan beat Hosmer by 10 feet In smile race |
three turns--On Connecticut river Ut Hartford;
10 minutes 30 seconds.
July 9-F. L. Spooner OF Chicago, broke
worlds bicvcie record by riding $40 mil es and
!, Cos yards In 81 hours
July l3-First baseball championship season |
OF the National league ended with the Bostons
the champions.
heats belng2:13H. 2:l54, 2:l5K. |
July 2-Steamer City OF Paris beat the rec |
ord for western trip across Atlantic ut days, |
Aug. Infancy Hanks, trotting mare. broke |
trotting record ut Chicago. making mile IN 207i4
Aug l8-Fastest harness record in the world |
made BY Hal Pointer IT. pacing mile IN s:OSA
Buffalo. n. Y. going mile in eel 90.
Aug. 2i-P. j. Berlo broke worlds record by |
riding bicycle miles in 4:4s
Aug. 3O-John Howard and wife walked from |
Seattle, Wash, 70 Chicago, 300 miles, for q
81, 900 purse.
Sep. e-George Dixon became feather weight !
champion by knocking out Jack Skelly at New
Sep. Words champion John l.. Sullivan
knocked out by james j. COrbett ut New
Orleans.
Sep. 9-Arthur Zimmerman, bieyclist, rode
mile in 2:06 IS nj Springfield, Mass.
Sep. i5-GeOrge Taylor made q mile, ut
Springfield, Mass, In 2:lo rs, beating all pre-
vious competition records
Sep. 10-At Richmond, Ind, Moquette broke
worlds record for 4-year-old stations OF s:lO on
regulation track.
Sep 20-JOhn s johnson made q mile on
bicycle AZ Independence, Ia. in 2:0isi, breaking
all previous records.
Sep 22-John s. Johnson. bicyclist, broke all
records 1t Independence, H., on kite shaped
track making mile in 1855 90
Sep 28-World's record for light harness
horse lowered ct Terre Haute, Ind, by Nancy
Hanks, who made mile in a:0L
Sep 29-W. w. Windle lowered worlds smile
bicycle record at Springfield, Mass, making
distance In II min. Al sec.
Oct Nv. w. Windle made mile on bicycle
n 2;0s 80, fastest time on record. regulation
rack.
Oct. 1s-In Io-mile race on Sedalia (Mc0 half