Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-10-12

WHtR four persons were ascending
Tho elevator at se3 Franklin street, Chi
cago. the cable broke and precipitated
them to the basemehh All four occu.
pants were seriously hurt, two prob
ably fatally.
SEVENTEEN Northwestern f.sigs'
cars were demolished near Caledonia,
ILL.,, entailing a loss OF at least So, 200.
A freight train broke In two on d steer
grade and the two sections came TO.
gethcr.
TIE president OF the National Wool
Growers association has called n meet
ing Of wool growers, wool dealers and
sheep breeders TO meet at Washington
December 4, to urge congress to incor'
poratc wool tariff provisions In any
revenue bill that may be passed.
TINS Spanish bark joveh Lola has
been wrecked near Rosario. Cuba, and
Ave OF her crew were drowned.
EDWARD ANDERSON, who murdered
his niece by cutting her throat with a
razor Mt Hastings, Mimi, strangled
himself in his cell with piece Of Irvine
tied to crossbar.
THE large elevator of Withcrspoon &
barr, ut Princeton, Ind, burned re.
Gently with $4,000 bushels Of wheat
and 600 bushels Of clover seed. Loss,
5000; insured. Cause OF fire un-
known.
lN view Of q general misunderstood.
ing on the part Of applicants of the
terms Of tho presidents order touching
places In the consular service which
are to be filed by non-competitive ex-
aminations, Assistant Secretary Rock.
hill has been obliged to send out n cir
cular In answer to all applicants
Az earthquake shock was expert.
cnccd ut Winona, ILL.,, at leo on the
morning OF the 9TH. Many people
were so alarmed that they sat up until
daylight A good deal OF damage was
done TO the mines in the vicinity, slate
and rock being shaken from the roofs,
and there was scarcely n mine bu,
would have to cXpcnd 500 or $500 &c
repair the damage.
AT Decatur, ILL.,. Charles \. Smith
was sentenced on the 18th to he hanged
November 90 for numbering his daugh.
ter, Louise Smith, and his sister-in.
law, Elna Buchcrt. Smith heard the
sentence unmoved and quietly said
"Thank YOU" At the last word from
the Judge there was an outbreak OF
applause and shrek from the prison.
er's wife, the mother of the murdered
girl. "Oh, the slayer of my child has
got what he deserved" she cried.
"Thank God he has got his dues. ar
so glad. am so glad"
THE Kansas City trades assembly or
the 9th took decided step in the boy.
colt against the Swift Packing Co. A
statement Of the facts in the case was
to be sent to the Federated Labor
union and every labor organization In
the United States 1t was also decided
to send the boycott to the trades con-
gress OF Europe, which was the head
OF the abor unions OF France, Germany
and England.
THE international athcletic contests
between Yale and Cambridge at Man.
haitian field New York, resulted in the
Americans winning all but three OF
the events. the Britishers taking the 4
mile, the Z mile and the mile runs.
Ar the wedding OF II. d. Gage, near
Sabula. Ia, three weeks ago there
were more than 400 persons. OF these
l04 on the 9th were confined to their
beds. suffering the most intense agony.
At the wedding feast pressed chicken,
prepared the day before, was served.
Another dish freely partaken Of was
pork, and many inclined to the belief
that the victims were suffering from
trichinosis.
WHILE picking out missed hole in
one of the levels of the Bucna Vista
mine, at Victor, Col, Frederick Rob
srts, q miner, was instantly killed, his
head being severed from his body by
the explosion.
5. W. LAMoREAUX, the commissioner
of the general land Office has made his
annual report to the secretary OF the
interior lie stated that there was
decline OF land Office business since his
previous report, and makes several re-
on subjects connected
with his bureau, amongst them being
a land Office for Alaska
CLEARING house returns for the prin'
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended October showed an
average increase us compared with the
week last year of 1876;
in New York the increase was 1876;
outside New York the increase was
100.