Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-11-30

NAE occurred vn the s5th In th,
apartments of William Collins, on IN,
second floor OF tho 6ve:stcry hat, ~
West Tenth streeh New York. Lilliat
Collins, years old, was burned 4
death, and William Collins, an inian
OF 10 months, received fatal burns
TUE large boarding house OF th'
Eastern Minnesota railroad, a. Yves
Superior, Wis, Burned 10 the grouut
recently and Peter Kennedy, a iabofcr
lcst his life, his body being fourd il
sAa ruins when search was made TO
several missing men. Kennedy Il
thought 10 have lit his pipe and free
his bedding.
A PLUG blew out OF tho mud valve n
the electric light plant At Washington
Ind, scaiding six tnmps who wcr,
sleeping just above the boilers. Tive
died In terrible agony a few hours af
ter the accident A third will likely
die The other three wesS badly, but
hot fatally injured.
The Norwegian bark Isbaaden, Capt
tsaken, has been wrecked az Var
mouth, Eng, durl.s d severe gale ant
twelve IT the crew lost.
! A MEAD.END collision occurred or
the Santa Fe, near Shoemaker, N. NJ,
between n freight and n passengc,
train on sharp cufse Both engines
were destroyed and the baggage and a
chair car were thrown into the fiveh
Two postal clerks wero killed and
about seventeen persons more or less
seriously mi urcd.
AT the fair grounds at McAfthur, O.,
c. II. Rogers wa. ridden on u rail and
afterward terrcd and feathcred. The
sheriff arrived and prevented further
'naltreatment, but advised the victim
to take to the wood, al once, which he
Aid. The cScnse was speaking disre.
sreetfnl of lady school teacher oi
that place.
AT Arthur City, l. T., a boat was
found adrift on Red river, hear that
point, unnamed and without a pilot.
A man lay upon the deck with his
head almost severed from his body,
showing Indications OF n horrible fight.
An Investigation disclosed the corpscs
Of three men and boy lying in bed,
addressed. One OF them met death by
his skull being crushed. Tho mems
clothing was scattered about the room
with their pockets turned inside oct,
showing robbery rs we'll rs murder.
A SPECIAL from Alley, Ca, reports a
sensational lynchins there. Prof. Per.
due, n scbool'ieacher, was held pris-
oner at Alley in custody of Sheriff Me-
1rcgor on u charge OF betraying Miss
Willie Grady, or. assistant in his school,
A mob ovcrpowcred the sheriff, took
rcrdue from him and then cut Perdue's
throat and riddled his face and body
with bullets,
A oIsrATIh to the London Times
trosn Constantinoplc said that the
opinion prevailed in diplomatic circles
that European Conference was indis-
pensah'o FOR the settlement OF the
Turkish question, for although the
powers have agreed. this agreement
could not be changed into action for
fear OF drawing Europe into danger.
nus eastern situation.
The Novoc Vremya 3: ST. Peters
burg published = dispatch from vlad-
ivostock, which, II true, will cause n
stir in the world. 1t said that Japan
had entirely withdrawn from her .on.
tinental policy in Asia and acknowl-
edged the unconditional right of Rus.
sla ~ hold Corca and Manchuria with
in her sphere Of political and econom.
ical influence.
THREE persons lost thcie iivsa by sh
inccndiary frc IN u cabin ut Stony
point rear Brownsville, Ky. The
cabin was owned by Gibson Arm
strong, colorcd, who, with his wife md
two daughters, and niece, Mollie Whit
ney, were eslrep when the fire broke
out Nancy Armstrong and Nellie
Whitney were burned 10 death. Fam
ME Armstrong was SO badly burned
that che died. The others were I'M.
harmed. James Wright, stcpscn cf
Armstrong. had quarreled VITA his
foster parent the day before the FIRE
and he Is suspected OF arson.
EGohSE V. DEBs spoke !: an i'm.
mensc audience OF Chicago on the oad.
Eight ear loads OF D,bs' friends. went
down to Woodstock to greet him On
his release from Jail, and setetal thou
sand men were mt tho Station of the
Northwestern TOAD when his train ar
rived. The reception given to the
president OF the A. L. U. as he stspped
from the train bcrdcfed on the frantic.
Finally h. Was placed on the shoulders
at four men and followed by q dense
throng that never for an instant
stopped its shouts and cheers, lie was
escorted to Central Music hall.
REPRESENTATIVE OrEY, q vire inia
Congressman, has announced his pur-
pose to introduce bill to appropriate
SCI, 900, 600 for the benefit OF eS.cunfed'
crate soldiers, conditional upon an
equal amount being appropriated by
the states In which the confederate
veterans live. His proposition is
founded on the plea that the SEA, O0O,-
eoo represents the proceeds Of ca; .tured
property turned into the federal trens.
ury during the war and that the people
OF the south have n moral claim for
the money.
CHARLES Mos, OF Chicago, secured q
rope and, throwing It over a gas jet,
placed the moose around the neck Of
Annie Anderson, his mistress, while
she was asleep in bed. He then pulled
the rope and watched the commissions
of his victim us she slowly strangled.
When the struggles ceased the murder.
err stretched himself on the bed and
went to sleep. lie was arrested by the
police in the morning and Jailed. lie
had attempted to kill the woman three
weeks ago, because she did not earn
enough money to keep him intoxicated
all the time