Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-14

AcroRs VIII Long and John West
fought duel on the stage Of Whites
opera house ut Marion, Ind, after the
close Of performance there recently,
and Long received wounds which may
prove fatal. West escaping unhurt
The whole company was arrested.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HANCOCK, Of
New York, has instituted an action
against Armour Il Co., OF Chicago, to
recover penalties amounting to IS, 7o0,-
900 for alleged violation of the state
law in selling oleomargarine In differ
ent places throughout the state during
TIE past six or seven years
SAN Francisco was excited on the
10th over the finding OF q woman Of
the town who had been strangled by
having pocket handkerchief stuffed
down her throat, making the third
kind of murder within month.
GREEN HARTLEY, a farmer near Fort
Valley, Ca, while blowing recently un.
covered jar containing $4,000 In gold
and silver.
JAMES w. SHERIDAN, a wealthy
brewer, was held up on Ashland boule-
ward, Chicago, and relieved of his watch
and valuable pin and $500 in cash. The
popularity about the case vas that the
holdup occurred early In the evening,
and several OF the victims friends
passed him and said Good evening"
and were answered back while the
holdup was going on.
MRs. Z. ODEY, farmers wife near
Geneva, Ala, was burning some trash
on the 9Th, when spark ignited her
skirt and burned her so that she died..
While she lay suffering agonies, she
was forced to witness three large hogs
devOur her two-months-old child,
which she had laid on the ground
while she worked.
CAREFULLY concealed In barrel and
covered with n mass of old rags and
cotton the dead bodies OF gray.haired
man and q newborn babe were found
in an alley in Hyde park, Chicago, on
the sth. In consequence the police are
working on what they consider double
murder.
A MANIAC, who alighted from train
Mt Brocl,ton, Ont. on the 9th shot eight
men. Ono man, Peter Moore, died,
and Chief Of Police Rose was fatally
wounded. The maniac himself was
shot through the body. lie made
terrible fight. His name was said to be
LaPointe.
ABAD head-end collision occurred on
the electric road between Kirkwood
and St. Louis on the sth in which four
men were probably fatally wounded
and about 80 others more or less hurt.
Disobcdience of orders was the cause.
A MUsKoaEE, I. T., dispatch said
that Judge Springer, of the Northern
district OF the United States for the
Indian territory. has decided that the
Cherokee intrudcrs have no right in
the Indian courts This will deprive
the white settlers of any means of re-
dressing their grievances or settling
their disputes and leaves them at the
mercy of the Indians who hold the
lands.
Mrs. WILLIAM LIooS was snatched
from the bedside Of her husband by
negro at Mayfeld, Ky, on the night of
the 18th and borne by him to the yard,
where he attempted to assault her.
The husband was awakened by his
wife's screams and, armed with n
shovel, he beat the negro until he let
go his grasp and escaped.
A DISASTROUS FIRE occurred in the
business district Of Laporte, Ia, on the
night of the 9TH, destroying $50, 900
worth Of property. Several firemen
and citizens were hurt While the fire
was in progress NJ. and L. II. Cohen
were arrested for starting 1t. It was
said that they had increased their in
surance week ago 10 twice the value
Of their stock and the Infatuated peo-
pie threatened to lynch them.
A RECENT letter from Cuba stated
that In order to reduce the overcrowd-
ing OF prisoners the Spanish take out a
regular draft and shoot them dead. As
many us 23 ut one time were killed and
The prisoners drew lots to see who
should be victims
AT Kennersville. N. C., q fight be-
tween revenue officers and moonshin-
ers resulted in two Of the latter being
killed and two officers being seriously
G. Clubhouse, carpenter, and his
wife and five children were burned to
death in their house near Alma, Wis.
found the bodies in the
ruins.