Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-10-26
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editor 81 tae Argus and Robert L,
pNeal, editor of tho Mercury, engaged
In duel on the public street by pop.
ping their pistols at one another, but
neither was hurt The trouble grew
Ont OF remarks published In their pa
pers. It was feared there would be
further trouble and friends were en-.
asav3sing TO effect reconciliation.
MORE than 1000 delegates wsrc .s'
ported at Washington on tho ED, at
Tending Tie sixteenth national confer
cncc OF the Unitarian church.
THE foreclosure sale OF the Santa Fe
railroad has been postponed from De-
ccmber to December 10
THE New York World had the fol.
lowing cable from fUo Cho# I'll the
eed: Mabel IlaStfofd's assailant and
thirteen others convicted Of taking
part In the Hwa Sang massacre were
put to death ut Ku Cheng. The exc
cution was Witnessed by the foreign
consular commission and others.
THE United States government quar-
antine against Mexican cattle has been
raised.
THE town of Bagwot, &c miles east
OF Paris, Tex, has been destroyed by
fire, only few buildings In the out
skirts of the place being left standing.
The loss will reach 100000.
IMMENSE crowds went to Algicrs, La,
10 view the ruins OF the recent fire In
that city when the pontoon bridge, on
which those landed from tho ferry
went, gave way and about hundred
were precipitatcd into the river.
About thirty people were injured,
some with broken legs. Three chill
dren were reported missing and sew.
eral spectators said they saw a woman
drown.
THE health department on the 2ist de.
clared both diphtheria and typhoid
fever epidemic In Chicago. The de-
partmcnt reported 800 new cases OF
diphtheria last week, 40 40 per cent.
of which were fatal. The epidemics
are charged to impure water and the
health commissioner has issued warm
ing against drinking unboiled water.
THE hamlet Of New Belleville, Ind,
has been destroyed by fire, the general
store. post Office and dozen dwellings
being consumed. Loss. about SEQ, 900.
SECRETARY SMITH has issued instruc-
tions to the Indian division OF the in
terror department to prepare list Of
intruders on Indian allotmcnts In Ok
lahoma. This will be forwarded ut
once to the war department and troops
will be ordered to eject them. The In
dian police, under the authority OF the
agent Of the Sac and Fox agency, have
inc ffectually endeavored to eject the
intruders, and II is feared a continu-
ancc OF their efforts will result in
bloodshed.
REPoRTs received Mt the weather bu.
reau ut Washington on the Goth indi-
Gates that the present drought was one
OF the severest, most prolonged and
general known in the United States
since the bureaus organization. There
were few places which showed an
exception TO the general condition, but
In no large section OF the country, un-
less perhaps in the northwest and far
west. did there appear to have been
heavy rain for the pas: two months or
more.
THE town Of Manchester, on the
baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail.
way, 40 miles from Cincinnati, was re-
ported almost wiped out by fire on the
18th. 1t has 4 population of $500.
COMMANDER DARLINGTON BoorH, OF
the Salvation army, has announced
that the big Salvation congress will be
held in Chicago this year. II will last
four days, and will be during the lat
ter part OF November. Mr.. and Mrs.
Booth will lead the exercises and all
the national staff officers will be pres
ent. The Auditorium has been en-
gagged for the occasion.
THE official report of the Lake Mo-
honk Indian conference reached the
Indian Office Mt Washington on the
nth. Among other thing the report
declares the reservation system was an
insuperable obstacle to CIVILIZATION and
should be abolished, the tribal organi.
zation destroyed, and lands allotted In
severalty, the Indians intermingled
with the whites and the Indians treat.
ed as other men.
A FERRYBoAT having sixty passen-
gers on board collidcd near Cairo.
Egypt, with steamer which was ut
anchor and capsized, and fifty Of those
ON board of her, mostly workmen,
were drowned.