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

THE Darlington hotel at Lorain, o.,
burned early on the morning Of the
sth. Forty guests escaped in their
night clothes, but lost all their effects.
The loss on the building was s20,00n
THE rescucrs Mt the Torrance mine
ut Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the sth brought
up four dead bodies, victims Of the re
cent explosion.
A RANcuMAN named Shaw trailed
some Mexican cattle thieves, who had
stolen n steer, to Twohigs station, on
the /. & G. N, s0miles north Of Laredo,
Tex, and in the fight the ranchman.
two Mexicans and q child were killed
and woman wounded.
Az electric car was stopped by five
masked men ut Chicago soon after
o'clock on the night OF the 7th and the
conductor and passengers robbed OF
their money and valuablcs.
A CHICAGO paper on the 7th stated
that that city was to have an attack Of
"Kaflir fever" the disease which has
made England and the continent crazy
for speculation in South African mines.
and that before December Kafiir
stocks would In all probability be listed
in Chicago.
THE northbound Frisco passenger
train was held up Mt Castor, /. T., on
the night of the 9th by six men, who
cut the express car loose from the
train and ran it up the track. They
failed to open the through safe and
only got S. cents from the local safe.
The passengers were not molested.
AN explosion OF Are damp occurred
In the Dorencc mine Mt Wilkcsbarre,
Pa, on the 7th and five men were
brought to the surface badly burned,
two fatally. Eight other men were
missing and the officials thought there
was no hope of saving them alive, the
rescuing party making such slow
progress on account of the gas.
AT Dayton, o., Rev. Dr. Lawrence
dropped dead in the pulpit while con-
Quoting services.
AT Myrtle, n small town few miles
from Toronto, Ont, bold robbery was
committed In the Canadian Pacific rail-
way station. An unknown robber sand
baggcd the night operator, rendering
him inscnsiblc The safe was then
blown open and 81, 500 OF the Dominion
Express Co.'S funds stolen. The OPP
orator was so badly injured that he
was unable TO give coherent account
OF the affair.
ANDREW CAIN and William Grcse,
coon hunters OF Montpelier, Ind, mad
vertently built n fire over some nitro
glycerine that had been buried in the
ground. An explosion followed blow
ing both men to atoms.
REPORTS received from di fferent parts
OF eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey on the 18th indicated that the coun-
try was suffering from a drought OF
large proportions In some places
there was almost famine on account
OF lack OF water The farmers were
com planning OF the lateness Of the crops
and in numerous instances were com
PEELED to carry water distance OF 2
miles for cattle. But little rain had
fallen since July j.
In some portions Of Colorado 9 inches
Of snow fell on the 4th. Dispatches
from Salida and Buena Vista said that
damage had been done IN
orchards, the damp snow breaking
many branches of the trees.
NEAL SMITH, a negro convict, who
recently assaulted n young white
woman Mt Cole City, Ga, after beating
her into insensibility, was taken from
the prison guards by a mob from Ten
nessee and Alabama and shot to death.
Great excitement existed but no fur
Their trouble was expected.
ANDREW ]. Scorr, colored, was
hanged In the jail yard ut Charleston,
w. Va, on the 4th for the murder OF
his wife by poison. This was the first
hanging that had taken place there
sInce John Brown and his men paid
with their lives the penalty OF their In
surrection thirty-six years ago.
A SPECIAL from Idaho Falls, Ida,
said that J. W. Wilson, who lives near
Jaclxson's Hole. had reported that three
men were killed by the Indians at the
lower end Of Jackson's Hole on the
Of the 81. The men were
shot from ambush, and one was Capt
Smith, who preoipitatsd The 1natan
trouble there last July.