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


A YREronr tsin broke In two near
Donohue station. on the Pennsylvania
railroad and tkI sections collided and
Il cara OF mers aandise wero wrecked.
A colored man stealing ride was In.
stsntly killed and three other men
were badly injured. The body OF q
tramp was also under the wreck.
A FURIOUS Ere was sweeping the
Santa Ynez mountains In California
on tho 9th and fears were entertained
for the ranchcrs In the canyons and
gulches.
SERIOUS forest fires were reported In
Manitoba aud many farmers have lost
all their crops.
INTERNAL revenue officers arrested
three buxom women mountaineers for
moonshining and lodged them in Jail ut
Louisville, Ky.
The International Brotherhood Of
Railway Trackmen Of America was In
biennial session at st. Louis recently,
about 40 delegates being present.
A WHITE boy, 10 years old, shot a col
ored woman ut Abbeville, s. C.. be.
cause she owed him quarter and did
not have the money to pay him.
The national forestry commission
held o meeting ut Colorado Springs,
COL, recently to gather data on the In.
fiuence OF forests on climate, soil and
water.
An electric car was demolished and
three others damaged on the New
brighton road near Avalon. Pa, on
the 9th. Three trainmen and pas.
senger were injured. The collision
was caused by the dense fog and the
failure OF the switch lights'
FLAMES swept through the canyons
and slopes OF the Echo mountain range
near Pasadena, Cal, on the 9Th and 0
number OF camps were destroyed and
many people had narrow escapes. a
strip 90 miles long has been burned
over and the Echo mountain hotel was
reported 10 be in danger.
MAJ..GEN MERRITT has issued cir
cular TO the department Of the Mis-
souri, directing q thorough course Of
military gymnastics at the posts OF his
command and prescribing conditions
TO insure uniformity in the exercises.
Two cousins. named Ed McEachin
and Charlie McEachin quarreled while
out hunting near Baxey, Ga, and
turned their guns on each other which
resulted in the death Of Charlie and
the inflicting of proba bly, fatal wounds
on Ed.
A WEEK OF carnival for the benefit OF
the Cuban cause began ut Music hall
in Cincinnati on the 5th, about 2,5o(
people being present
A REM and his two sons were
drowned In the South Canadian, near
Guthrie, Ok, while attempting to ford
the stream.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
EcKELs has issued n statement giving
the results Of an investigation made
by him OF the amount Of all kinds OF
money held by the banking institu'
tions Of the country on July l. The
mum her of banking houses and trust
companies inquired Of were 1862, and
n clearing houses, covering all of such
institutions in every state aud territory
and the District OF Columbia.
A PARTY Of freigh,ers attempted &c
ford the South Canadian river south
east of Earlboro, Ok, and getting In
the .quicksand all OF the wagons with
their loads were lost and several horses
also disappeared in the treacherous
sands. The men escaped with Their
lives by hard struggle and several oil
the horses were cut loose and man
aged to get out
The monthly statement OF the d.
rector Of the mint shows the total coin
age at the United States minis durina
the month Of September, 1896, to have
been s5.9l5, 1868. so. divided as follows
Gold, s3,i4O, 9s2. 80; silver, se,754. l65
minor coins, SEQ, a26. ofthe silver coined
So. 700, 100 was In standard dollars.
THE Spencer academy, located ten
miles west OF Antlers, ]. T., burned to
ashes, and four Choctaw boys lost their
lives in the flames Several other stu
dents were injured through jumping
out of windows. The origin of the
FIRE was supposed to be incendiary.
CLYDE DAVIS, aged II years, OF St
Mary's, W. Va, was run over by the
Bryan special train. His mangled re-
mains were found on the track.
n. II. HARRISON, trustee OF Monroe
county, Tenn, was missing on the 9Th,
aud an examination of his book.
showed a shortage of between s7,O0t
and $4,000. A warrant for his arrest
xvas izsued