Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

MIKE FARRAGmER, of Youngstown,
o., defeated kid" Lloyd, of Brazil,
Ind, in II furious rounds ut Elwood
City, Pa. Farragher weighed in Mt 100
pounds and Lloyd at l2G
Ex-Gov. w. Z. RUSSELL and John D.
Long, President Elliot, Of Harvard col
lege and others issued n call for q
meeting ut Boston to consider what ac-
ton could be taken to secure n per-
manent system of arbitration between
the United States and Great Britain.
A SUIT has been filed by the United
States against the Union Pacific Rail-
road Co. and 1000 persons holding
land obtained from the company IN
Colorado, asking for the cancellation
of patents to about 10000 acres The
land comprises portions Of the bust
ness sections Of Denver, Greeley and
several ranches.
THE new Canadian loan Of IS, oOO, 900
to provide for strengthening the ma
tional defenses will be popular" The
rate Of interest is four per cent The
bonds will be placed ut low figure,
probably 500 each. 1t Is expected by
the government that the necessary
amount will be subscribed speedily.
FAIRFIELD, o., was visited by de-
structive fire. A dozen frame build
ings were destroyed, and the North
Fairfield pillow works, one OF the oldest
manufacturing concerns in the coun-
try, was entirely destroyed with o
large amount Of stock for the spring
trade and patterns The total loss will
reach $4,000, with little insurance.
WILLIAM WALTERS, n colored boy,
was burned TO death at New York on
the 25th, through putting naphtha on
FIRE to make it burn quickly.
Two robbers entered the City M
tional bank at Wichita Falls, Tex, on
the 25th and demanded the money Of
Cashier Dorsey, who resisted them.
Shooting began, resulting in the death
of Cashier Frank Dorsey and the
wounding of Bookkeeper p. p. Lang
ford. The robbers secured only few
hundred dollars in silver. They then
mounted their horses, but were after
wards corralled In large thicket nine
miles from town and captured.
EDWARD HICKEY attempted 10 hold
up F. Haas, proprietor of o meat mar
ket on Oakley avenue, in Chicago, on
the 25th. A terrific struggle ensued,
during which the butcher managed to
grasp long.bladed knife, which lie
plunged into the despcrado's side.
Two pals who accompanied him cs-
capped.
Tue house Of Cornelius Bushman, at
Freedom, Wis, burned on the 25th and
Laura Bushman, aged five years, and
Annie Swinkless. aged IA, were burned
to death. Mr.. and Mrs. Bushman es-
capped in their night clothes.
A REVIVAL meeting ut McColloch
church, near Portsmouth, O., ended in
bloody encounter and the interior OF
the church being wrecked, the row be-
ing started by one Pyles bringing
charges against Crabtree.
On the authority OF q gentleman who
enjoys tho confidence of President
Cleveland, the statement was made
that II congress adjourned without
currency legislation along the lines
suggested by the president, he would
call special session and force the
issue upon the country MS being the
one question OF paramount importance
Mrs VALENTINE KURTz, Of South
Dansyille. KY, had abstained from
food for period Of 81 days on the 2ist
and her friends were reported urging
her to break all worlds records She
was very weak and confined to her bed.
The German steamer Kantzler, from
Hamburg for Delagoa bay, was aground
ut Ismaila on the goth and &c steamers
awaited her release that they might
proceed through the Suez canal
A llEnLIE dispatch on the 10th said
that the great tailors' strike, which
had been in force several weeks In
many cities OF Germany, had been end
cd BY the employers granting = 12,f
per cent increase Of wsges