Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-30
THE WEST.

! FRANK c. Ives, of Chicago, won the
sixth and last game of the billiard
series, winning from the English cham
pion, John Roberts, by total score o.
6,OOl against Roberts 5,a43.
JOE HARDING, the last Of the Contra
Lin train robbers, was captured at Ca
SEVILLE, ILL.,, after desperate resist
ance.
| A SAN FRANCISCO boarding house
was blown up by dynamite and five
men killed. The house was occupied by
non-union sailors and the outrage Is
charged to union sailors, three of whom
are under arrest.
| ARCHBIsuop KENRICK, of st. Louis
has been deposed by Mgr. Satolli.
FIVE of the largest mills of the ILL
nois Steel Co. S plant, Mt Bayview, Wis.
will resume operations in week, CIV
ing employment to l.500 men.
ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND n ESTE,
heir to the Austrian throne, has arrived
at Chicago. He will study the worlds
fair Mt his leisure.
CHINAMEN have been driven out of La
Grandc. Ore. They We're roughly used.
THE call for convention of the Irish
National League, to be held ip Chicago
October ., has been revoked by NJ. V.
Cannon, president
CHARLIE MACBETH, of the supreme
lodge, knights and Ladies of Honor,
has been found at Decatur, ILL.,, in a
pitiable mental condition.
In sermon ut Dubuque, Ia, Arch
bishop Hennessy reiterated his devotion
to the parocial school and said on
this subject there could be no COM
promise.
THE Chicago police returns on the
census of the unemployed have been
completed. From the exact figures and
the estimates it is argued that 10000
unemployed men can be accounted for
in Chicago.
LOUIS LANCE, the well known Ger
man publisher, died at st. Louis, aged
o. years. The deceased was native
of Hesse, Germany. During the war
he was business manager Of the State
Journal, which was confscated by the
government
The men who defended the Illinois
Central express train against highway
men at Centralia, ILL.,, are to be re-
warded for their bravery. The Illinois
Central and American Express Co have
decided to bestow rewards, which will
consist of six gold medals and $4,000
THE bridge across the Big Miami
river, near Cincinnati, has been de-
stroyed by fire.
CORAL, Montcalm county, Mich, sas
been nearly destroyed by fire II ~as
a place of about 600 population.
THE Tiffin CO., agricultural works
have gone into the hands of a receiver.
Too much stock made up and on hand.
DIPHTHERIA is said to be becoming
epidemic in bay City, Mich. The
boards of health and education met
and decided to close the Farragut
school.
a HEAVY frost has seriously damaged
the broom corn crop in Cole, Edgar and
Douglass counties. Ill.
THERE is considerable alarm at Mar
shall, H.. over the diphtheria epidemic
prevailing there.
TIE Santa Fe will make cent-a-
mile rate over its entire system for
Chicago Day." October o, Mt the
worlds fair
THE worlds fair congress auxiliary
in connection with the international
committee of the Young Mems Chris
tian association, has just issued call
for the congress of the Y. NJ. c. A. of
the world. to be held on October o in
memorial art palace.
THE federal court at Milwaukee, has
terminated the Northern Pacific lease
with the Wisconsin Central, giving the
property back to the latter road.
The Michigan Central Railroad Co.
has armed all its employees and express
messengers.