Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24

old son were burned to death ut Potts
willie, Pa, on the Goth. The mother
had escaped from the burning build
Ing, but hearing that her child was In
the house she rushed back to rescue
him.
r'uE FIRST car load of California
oranges was shipped to Chicago from
Los Angeles on the 10th, four weeks
earlier than usual.
Gov. CLARKE, Of Arkansas, recently
pardoned an is.ycar.old convict, whose
mother, Mrs Chilean, had tramped over
200 miles with petition and n letter
from the judge who convicted the
youth.
THE fourth annual convention Of the
National Spiritualists' association be-
gan Mt Washington on the Goth.
]. G. PISKERroN, master Of transpor'
tation of the Kansas City, Memphis &
Birmingham railroad, attempted to
board q moving train at Sullipent'
Ala, ON the Goth, missed his footing,
fell beneath Pullman sleeper and was
killed.
The steamer Livingstone collided
with and sunk the propeller Grand
Traverse below the Colchester light on
Lake Eric on the 10th. The sunken
vessel was valued Mt $500 and was
we'll insured.
Oh. SMITH, at San Jose, CAL, took
81 2.5 seconds off the worlds five-mile
bicycle road record, setting the new
mark ut 1920
RICHARD HAYES and his sister, who
resided on q farm near St Mary's,
Ont, were instantly killed by train
while driving over crossing near their
place.
MARION KENNARD, Of Wise county,
W. Va. went home drunk after his
family had retired. He awakened his
wife, quarreled with her and then al
most severed her head from her body
with a corn knife. He afterwards
killed his boy and tried to kill his
daughter. but she escaped. After
sleeping off his drunken fit he told his
ncighbors that tramp had murdered
his wife and child.
L. w. YEoMASs' drug store ut Belle
Vile, Ont, was burned on the 10th and
the proprietor persisted in the flames.
In n fight between two colorcd men
named William Leach and Jacob
Holmes at Waco, Tex. the latter
struck the former on the head and
killed him.
A RIOT was caused at Portsmouth. o.,
on the 18th by the Sunday Observance
league attempting to break up ball
game. Constables who tried to serve
warrants were chased off the grounds
by bowling mob OF spectators and
narrowly escaped alive. The police
finally dispersed the crowd. Over $50
arrests will DO made on the charge Of
rioting.
DR. ALFRED HoLr, of Hayes, Miss,
shot and instantly killed Dr. 7. S.
Rhett, OF Jonesvills, La. in the ro-
tunda OF a hotel at Natchez, Miss, on
the 18th. The killing was the result Of
IN old grudge.
THE largest fire that has occurred in
Los Angeles, CAL, in years started in
the Fowler paper box factory. and be-
fore it was subdued over s1oo. 900 worth
OF property had been consumed. Sew
eral Of the fircmen were painfully in
jured by falling timbers The cause
of the fire was not known.
The Army Correspondents and Art
lists memorial was dedicated on South
mountain on the 10th with military
and civic ceremonies. Gov. Lowndes,
Gen. Boynton, George Alfred Town
send and others made speeches. On the
monument are the names OF JOG war
CORES pondents, II southern correspond
ents aud 80 sketch artists 1t is 80
feet high and 40 feet wide, and through
its open arches it affords extensive
views OF the battlefield country toward
Washington and Of Antie!am and Har-
per's Ferry.
THE county workhouse prisoners Mt
Chattanooga, Tenn, mutinied while ut
work and 2s OF them made q rush on
the guards. The guards opened fire
and wounded half OF the men, all me-
groes. The mutiny was quelled. Four
negroes escaped, however, and four OF
the wounded may die Of their wounds
The town OF Carney, 10 miles east OF
Guthrie. Ok, was held up on tho night
Of the 18th by six masked bandits and
the store of Trader Fouts was ran.
sacked and $500 in money taken. Fouts
and his son were taken a mile from
town and bound 10 n tree. Three
posses started in pursuit of the rob-
bers.