Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-11-16

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Indies, In which were $50 children,
caught fire and the building was de-
stroyed. Thirty.one charred bodies,
including the teacher, were taken out
OF the ruins. The fire was believed TO
be OF incendiary origin.
TmE Knights Of Labor convened at
Washington on the l?th and were to
be In session for about ten days. All
business was being conducted In secret
A MONSTER twenty-ton fywheel burst
In the power house OF the Albany a.
W railway and fragments of II were
hurled across the road, killing n man
in q saloon and injuring several
Others. The damage done amounted
to $4,000.
A DISPATCH from New York stated
that Peter Mahcr, the pugilist, had
challenged any man In the world to
fight for the championship. He did
not challenge Corbctt us Mahcr had
been asked rs n personal favor not to
do so, rs Corbctt had retired. Maher
was anxious TO meet Fitzsimmons.
Brady tclegraphcd to Dan Stuart ut Il
Paso, Tex, saying: "Corbett sur
renders championship and belt to
Maher and will back Mahcr for $40, 900
against Fitzsimmons." Stuart re-
piled that Corbett had better win the
belt before he disposed Of it."
GEN. MILES report on army matters
has been made public. lie blieves
that the peaceful condition OF the In
dians is duo to the presence Of troops.
lie draws attention to our coast de-
lenses and says that q naval power
could blockade any Of our important
ports within ninety days He recon-
mcnds the construction Of high power
guns and wants an increase in the
strength OF the army. The general
also makes n recommendation that
twelve companies be equipped with
bicycles and motor wagons.
THE district OF st. Elizabeth, N. s.,
was reported In deplorable condition
through the failure OF crops from
drought and the devastation OF grass.
hoppers. Starvation was staring the
people in the face and several had al
ready died from want OF the neces-
saries OF life.
THE first assistant postmaster-gen
eral, Mr.. Frank Jones, has made his
annual report. An estimate Of ST.
100000 Is made for postmasters' sal.
aries for 1897. Mr.. Jones defends the
recent spotting Of letter carriers on
their routes and says II has improved
the service considerably and recon-
mends a permanent force to supervise
the carriers work and make suggcs-
tions as to changes In their routes. An
estimate Of 1860, 800 Is made for the
free delivery service next year. Money
orders were issued during the past year
to the amount OF $3.50, .09, 0sa
A PRIVATE cable message from Rome
to Chicago said that Mgr. Laurenzelli,
now serving as internuncio ut the
Hague. had been selected to succeed
Mgr. Satolli as papal ablegatc in Amer.
lea and that he would reach this coun-
try before Mgr. Satolli's departure for
Rome.
MoYA MCDONALD. the is-year old son
of II. d. Mcdonald, proprietor OF the
Oxford Kan. Register, was murdered
in Chicago on the 7th by one Of three
burglars whom he surprised while at.
tempting to rob house where he was
staying. Mcdonald entered the house
alone and found the burglars at work.
One Of them shot him through the
head as soon us he stepped inside. lie
lived only few moments All the men
escaped.
The Chicago Evening Post asserted
on the sth that the Nicaragua canal
would be built by New York and Lon.
don capitalists and that all attempts to
secure financial aid from the United
States government would be aban.
doned. Between $40, 600, 900 and $685.
600, 900, had been guaranteed.
DURING n dense fog In Chesapeake
bay on the sth the Norfolk and Wash.
ington line steamer Newport News
ran down and sunk the tug Katie. The
crew of the steamer Louise, which was
near the scene Of the accident, heard
the two vessels crash together and the
cries OF the men in Distress but the
fog wns so heavy that they were una
BILE to render any assistance. When
they arrived at the scene OF the disas-
ter they found the bodies of the cook
and fireman floating near the sunkcn
tug.
THE Great Northern strike has been
declared off. 1t appeared that ''some
one had Numbered"