Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-10-19
The American ship Parthia was
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euEuvu ~ otu ueuI OuuL tuc rupttiul
ehst, mats shd nlnst6en OF the crew
wE6 left the wreck In boats, were re.
ported missing and thought to be lost.
A BOILER Of q steamship lying Ia the
bsrVot III Spcszia, Italy, exploded on
the 18th, killing four stolscrs and bad.
ly injuring one Of the engineers.
PnAIRm Nrss Were reported doing
g!eat damage 10 the farms OF the
northern part OF North Dakota and
also in Polk and Marshall counties, on
the Minnesota side Of the river. Large
quantities OF wheat md hay, and FIRE.
suehtiy farin dwellings and barns,
have been consumed. The exceedingly
dry fall has placed everything in con.
dition to burn. Several Of the small
towns have lately had very close calls.
REPORTS to the United States super.
vising surgeon-genersl o. the marine
hospital service indicated that during
the present epidemic OF cholera In
Japan there had been 42,706 cases and
2s,5i3 deaths.
WHILE Simon Hisrich was driving
along tho streets Of Canal Dover. o.. q
dog jumped at his horse and the
frightened animal plunged In front OF
n street car and was killed and Mr..
Hisrich was thrown under the car and
ground to pieces. The car had to he
lifted 70 get out his man eled body.
HowARb HiTK, accompanied by hi.
sister, Mrs. Joseph Croft, and her three
children, of Roaring Springs, Pa, were
out driving when their horses took
fright at drunken man lying on the
roadside. The animals turned short
about and ran away. All were thrown
violently from the vehicle and Mrs.
Croft was instantly killed, while the
others were seriously hurt
IT was given out authoritatively on
the 18th that the fight between Corbett
and Fi,zsimmons would surely take
place at Hot Springs, Ark, on schedule
time. In order to comply with the
laws OF Arkansas the contest will be
limited to a number OF rounds, the
referee being vested with full power
to stop the contest when, in his opin.
lon, Il becomes brutal, the contestants
to box with soft gloves.
OFFICERS who arrived at Paris, Tex,
recently from the territory bring news
of the butchcring OF an aged negro
woman named Louisiana Fisher, near
Shuwncetown. in the eastern part Of
the Choctaw nation. A day or two
ngo her body was found In the woods.
Her head was cut off and number OF
long. deep gashes were In her body.
Suspicion rests upon some Choctaws
named Impson, who believed her to be
n witch and lived in constant terror OF
her.
A SERIOUS freight wreck occurred at
Waterbury, Conn.,, on the 18th, two
parts OF broken train coming to-
gether and ten cars loaded with trot-
ting horses, live stock and other ex-
hibits from the Danbury fair were
crushed and thrown down 4o-foot
embankment. Mazeppa, the famous
champion trick horse. valued ut Si0,-
900, was instantly killed, one man was
fatally injured and two Others serious
~ hurt.
THE United States supreme court be-
gan its fall term on the 18th, there be-
ing TO cases on the docket, forty-eight
less than this time last year.
ApvrcEs from Guaymas stated the
steamers Diego, Mazatlan and another
small gulf coaster had been lost with
all hands on board. A number Of
miners, American and Mexican, took
passage on the steamers, and. II 1t be
true that the vessels went down, 100
lives have probably been lost
APAS of molten metal was upset at
the Buffalo IN. W cast iron works
while it was being carried on an ever
head track and the contents spilled all
over the floor. Martin Schplanski was
horribly burned.
THE bill providing for the removal
Of the intruders from the Cherokee ma
ton passed both houses at South Me-
Alester, !. T., and was signed by the
chief. BY the provisions OF the bill BIS
heads Of families will be pail for inn
provements made in the nation. The
amount Of land held was estimated to
be 100000 acres, and worth $3.50
The bill ends the struggle that has
waged for the past twenty years be-
tween the Cherokees and the intruders.
A rERRYMAN's yawl boat, in which
six persons were crossing the eastern
branch Of the Patapisco river ut Balti.
more. Nd. on the 18th, was capsized
and four of its occupants were drowned.