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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
Killed by n Fall.

CHICAGO, March III. j. Colvin, n
prominent manufacturer Of galvanized
iron cornicc. met horrible death
while experimenting some work on
the new station OF the Lake street ele-
waited road ut Fifty-Second street
While standing on temporary scat
fold between tho two tracks nm east
bound train struck the end Of pro-
jecting plank and the men were hurled
into the street below, distance Of 20
feet, and Mr.. Colvin was almost in
stantly killed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
Ranaixnr Anpllrd For.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, March lo.-The
appointment Of n receiver for the
Excelsior Springs Land & Investment
Co, the Excelsior Springs Bottling Co.
and tho Elms Hotel Co, of Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, will be asked Of Judge
Philips, of the United States circuit
court, at ten o'clock Saturday morn
ing. The Indebtedness Of the three
companies amounts to $3.50, 900, and
suit is brought by the receiver Of the
suspended National Bank Of Kansas
City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
FLASH LIGHT EXPLODED.
Disastrous Result of n Chicago Mans Il
pertinent In photography.

Disastrous Result Of n Chicago Mans Ex-
pertinent In Photography.
CHICAGO, March l4.-Dr. A. v. Burg
hill, who caused q sensation by Offering
through q Chicago newspaper to sell
himself absolutely for $1,000, doing
anything, even sacrificing his life II
the purchaser acquired, was blown up
and terribly injured in an explosion yes
terday evening. The IS, 900 was wanted,
he said, to provide for his aged mother.
The explosion was in connection
with hazardous experiments in fash
light photography, previous trials of
which in this city had almost invari.
ably resulted disnstrously. Burgbill
lost both OF his eyes and both Of his
hands were so mutilatcd that they will
have 10 be amputated.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
OBSERVATIONS.

What a man wears mny be his own
business, hut it's bad business IL he's Q
guy.
There arc few words more misused
than elegant" Il doesn't ct mutton
chops, Tor instance.
The skin Of fruit should never be
euten. not because they are not pal
atable or digestihle or arc unhealthfui
In themselves. but on account Of the
danger arising from microbes, which
may hnyo penetrSted into the covering
Of the fruit
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

THOMAS A. EDISON has progressed so
far in his experiments with the Roent-
gen rays that II is now possible to see
with the naked eye through q solid
block of wood eight inches thick. A
reporter, after Mr.. Edison had ar
ranged the apparatus, looked through
the eight inch block Of yellow pine and
saw distinctly the outlines OF his
fingers at the other end. Mr.. Edison
declared that it WINS simply question
of further experiment when the human
eye would be able to sec through solid
metals, brick walls, and he believed
physicians will soon be able to look in
to the heart, lungs and stomach.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
CHEROKEE BILL HANGED.
The Noted Outlaw nc Last Pays the Pen
atty for His Grimes.


FORT SMITH, Ark, March 1s.--Craw-
ford Goldsby, better known rs "Chero.
kee Bill" a halfbreed Indian, was
hanged in this city to-day. This noted
outlaw has been terror to the south.
west for years His crimes were nu-
merous, and his cold-blooded vicious
ness gained for him the appellation of
the Gorilla" lie was q half
breed and was born at Fort
Gibson. /. T.. in 1876 At the
age Of "A he killed q man against
whom he had grudge, and from that
day his career Of crime has been
marked with many cold-blooded
murder. Judge Parker, who has be-
come somewhat conspicuous for his
criticisms of the supreme court, has
sentenced 154 to death, but Cherokee
Bill was the Odd one executed OF that
numbpr
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

THE FIRST surgical operation at the
Johns Hopkins hospital Mt baltimore,
Nd, in which the cathode rays were
utilized was performed day or two
ago. 1t was the extraction of scis.
sors blade from a woman's hand, where
1t had been imbedded for la years.
The location and position Of the sub
stance were revealed by photograph
taken with the Y rays
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

THE acknowledgement Of the
army has contracted with William II.
Gross, of Lee, Mass, for 10000 head
stones to mark the graves of soldiers
and sailors whose remains repose in
national cemeteries. The headstones
provided by the government are by no
means pretentious. Their average cost
OF late years has been about &c apiece.
The contract price for the coming year
is si.s5 for each stone, being the low.
est rate at which they have ever been
aecnred
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
REPUBLICANS CLASH.
Disorderiy Scenes 10 Two New York Dis
trlct Conventions.

Disorderly Scenes 10 Two New York Dis.
trict Conventions.
New York. March 10.-In all con-
gressional districts Of this city, with
the exception of the Sixteenth, the re-
publicans last night held conventions
for the purpose Of selecting delegates
and alternates to the national repub-
lican convention. Turbulence and
confusion were the chief character.
istics in the Twelfth and Fifteenth
districts. In the Twelfth dis
trict convention 1t frequently looked
IS IL the presence Of squad
Of policemen was the only
thing that prevented scene Of per.
sonal encounter between the opposing
factions favoring Morton and Mckinley
as presidential candidates In spite Of
the claim of Cornelius n. Bliss and Col.
Cruger, the anti-machine banner-bear-
ers, that they had their bailiwick
we'll in hand, they were defeated, but
only after stubborn fight Even
then they would not accept defeat and,
under the leadership of George Bliss,
their cohorts got together and held an
opposition convention and elected their
own delegates. In consequence OF
this action there will be q contest bo-
fore the national assembly.
A wild scene Of riot and disorder
marked the opening proceedings Of the
Fifteenth congressional district con-
vention ut Renwick hall. Over 1000
excited men cheered. hooted and yelled
ut each other, while 100 policemen
vainly attempted to quell the
disturbance. Two sets of officers
were chosen, representing Platt
and anti-Platt, and two sets
Of delegates were elected to the ma
tional convention, one for Morton and
one for Mckinley. There was also q
split in the Thirteenth district, two
sets of delegates being elected. In NIL
the other districts Morton men were
rhnsan
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
FROM BUSY NEW ENGLAND.

A woman in South Kingston. r. I.
who Ii just 20 years old, il the mother
Of six children. Two pairs Of twins
we're born to her before she WINS l6.
One woman in town near Bangor
Me-. Is being laughed ut because abe re
Gently went to drug store and asked
for some Of that Monroe docterin'."
Several young people Of EastbroOk
Ne. hare organized . dramatic club
and win give entertainments to raise
money for . hsarss. the town undsr'
lalrsr not having ona.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

TEsLA's idea, the Globe Democrat
says, of passing solids through solids
by means Of the new ray opens possi-
bilitics that 60 far ahead OF chemical
food tablets and emergency rations
Just think OF IN atomized Wand scintil.
lated through the body by the mys-
terious energy of light electrically up.
plied
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

A BANQUET was given by the Minis
terial association Of Youngstown, O.,
recently to number Of ministers OF
neighboring towns As q side dish
Spanish onions were served. A resolu.
ton was at once offered that the onions
should not be eaten, thus censuring
the course with which Spain is pursu.
ing with regard to the insurgents in
Cuba. The resolution was adopted
and NO onions were eaten.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

JAPAN's modest plan for the next
nine years includes the construction
and equipment of q navy which shall
equal in fighting capacity the com
biued fleets Of Great Britain, France,
Russia, Germany and the United States
on the Pacific.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

THE committee on bankruptcy Of the
Philadelphia board Of trade recently
adopted report strongly favoring the
Torrey bill which covers both volun-
tary and involuntary bankruptcies and
places the debtor and the creditor on
an equal footing In initiating bank
ruptcy proceedings in all the states
Referring to the benefits that would
result from the enactment OF the Tor.
rey bill, the philadelphia Ledger says
that under the operations OF we'll
drawn bankruptcy law many persons
could obtain credit, and the extension
Of credit would stimulate trade and
restore prosperity to the country.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

FIVE thousand voting cyclists met in
n mass meeting in Chicago the other
day and organized to elect aldermen
who would pledge themselves to the
construction Of good pavements and
an extension Of the boulevard system
in that city. There are 10000 voting
bicyclists in Chicago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

Chauncey NJ. Depew never takes any
thing stronger than glass Of cham
payne, and that only after long and
exhausting speech. In former years
he smoked necessarily. Five years ago
he came to the conclusion that cigars
were tax upon the stomach, and no
unit them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

IT Is proposed to build an Iron cage
over and around tho monument OF
Daniel Boone ind his wife, near Car.
rollton, Ky, in order to preserve what
Is left of the monument from the raw
ages of the relic hunters
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE frightful burden imposed on
taxpayers in the trial Of criminals Is
felt In every state, and there is uni.
versal demand for q Systematic reduc.
ton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

MuRAr HALsTEAD, who has just 10.
turned from Cuba, where he went 10
get an idea Of the precise situation
there, has this TO say Of the method of
warfare pursued by the revolutionists;
..Spain has q splendid army, and II
this were . civilized war II would do
some fpe fighting. But disciplined
troops have no moro chance with the
gusrrilla.like methods Of the insur.
genss than our regular army with the
Apsohss IN the mouutsinA Before tie
Eraniards can ever sutdus the ln1ur.
Fspia or extiuguish this REBELLION ihsir
soldiers will have 70 adopt the sane
methodsand the same kindcf warfare"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

Paul Kruger, president Of the Trans
vaal republic, receives salary Of $40
600 year. His way Of life, however,
il distinctly plain.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
WI.conaIn In,tructs for MoKInley.

MILWAUKEE. March 1a-The repub
licsn state convention elected ex.Sen
ator Sawyer, ex-Gov. Hoard, j. a
Stout and Eugene s. Elliot delegates
at-large to the national convention. A
resolution lnstructing for Mckinley
was adopted with great enthusiasm.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

Is therefore tho best time to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla, because the system is now
most in need OF medicine. That Hoods
Sarsaparilla Is the. best blood purifier and
Spring medicine Is proved by Its wonder
full cures. A course Of Hoods Sarsaparilla
now may prevent great suffering later on.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

PROF. HALLocK. Of Columbia college,
New York, has been experimenting
with q method Of making pictures Of
musical sounds by means Of the cam
era and has obtained such perfect re-
suits that the voice Of q tenor or
soprano can DO judged with absolute
accuracy as 10 its quality and range
without hearing it-merely by inspect
ing q series Of photographs Prof.
Hallock proposes 70 photograph q
large number OF the finest and poorest
voices obtainabie. BY comparative
study Of the two series he expects 70
DO able TO reduce their peculiarities to
n basis Of scientific understanding.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
BRADLEY HUNG IN EFFIeY.
Public Insult offered Kentuciy's Governor
by q Danvills Mob.

by n Danviils Sob.
DASvILLE, KY, March 19.-Gov. Brad
ley was hung In efiigy in Danville last
night The perpetrators of the deed
are unknown, and It Is impossible tc
identify them. The police know moth
ing. The figure was very skillfully
made up and topped by the famous
white hat which the governor always
wears. Across the breast on card
were written the words: "Riot-Alarm
Rradlevn
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

Il the time for purifying tho blood,
cleansing the system and renewing the
physical powers. Owing to close confne-
mcnt diminished perspiration and other
causes, in the winter, impurities have not
passed out Of tho system as they should
but have accumulated In the blood
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21

Gov. Clark has announced his with.
drswal from the senatorial race in Ar
kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-21
Spring

Is the season for purifying, cleansing, and
renewing. The sccumulations Of waste
everywhere arc being removed. Winters
Icy grasp Is broken and on all sides are
indications Of natures returning life,
renewed force, and awakening power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
WATER SNAKE FIGHTS EEL.
Terrific Combat Which Finally Ended
in the EePs Escape.

Terrific Combat Which Finally Ended
in the EePs Escape.
did you ever know that there is a
deadly antipathy between a common
water snake and an eel % asked the
fisherman. well, never knew it I'M
til an experience I had in witnessing a
fight between the two. Personally, I
have the greatest dread of cells. I'm
more afraid of them than 1 am of a
snake, and you can imagine my cha
grin when I happened to hook one on
one of my fishing expeditions. 1 was
afraid to touch it and all could do was
to let it dangle in the air. I could not
get it off my hook and 1 was meditat-
ing what to do when altogether I'M
noticed 1 allowed the Shiny object to
drop into the water. In a moment 1 saw
a big water snake make dive for it.
At the first lunge it caught the neck of
the eel squarely between it's teeth,
and 1 could see it sink its ugly fangs
into the cells flesh. 1 waited anxiously
to see the developments. With it's
grim hold still on the cells neck, the
snake, quick as it takes to tell it,
wrapped it's sinuous body around it's
ANTAGONISTS neck in an effort to squeeze
it to death. The body of the eel was
too sleek, however, and the snake
coils, despite all it could do, would
slip down into the water. Time and
time again it tried to squeeze the life
out of its antagonist, never for an in
slant releasing its hold on the cells
neck, but the body of the latter was too
sleek for it and every time it would
slip down. Finally the hook broke and
the eAl made good it's escape. Indian
apolis Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
THE SIXTn DISTRICT.
Details OF Ghe Con ventHOn at Hill
City ON May I3.

Details of the Convention at Hill
City ON May 13.
COLBY, Kan, Feb. 27.-The Sixth
district Republican congressional COM
mittee in session here has named May
IS as the time and Hill City as the place
for holding the congressional convention.
This convention will, in addition to nomi-
mating a candidate for congress, select a
candidate for presidential elector and
elect two delegates to the national Re
publican convention
There will he 1O4 delegates in the con-
vention, the representation being one
delegate from each county and one for
every 200 votes cast for w. C. Edwards
for secretary of state.
The senatorial committee of the thirty
ninth senatorial district has called the
convention to nominate a candidate for
state senator, to meet in Stockton May
20. The representation in the senatorial
convention will be on the same basis as
in the congressional convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27

The good people of Wapella county,
Iowa, have engaged Dwight L. Moody
and two other evangelists to convert
the inhabitants of Eddyville to Chris
tianity. 1t is said that they do not be-
lieve in the existence of God or hell,
decline to take an oath or attend a
church service. Evangelists have in
vaded the town and labored for weeks
without gaining a single convert, but
when Robert G. Ingerson lectures the
entire male population turns out, lay
ing aside everything else to hear the
famous speaker. City officers elect
have been known to refuse to take the
ordinary oath of Office because it con-
tanned the sentence, 80 help me God"
At present fully two-thirds of the
business men of the town are unbeliev-
ers. Eddyville has a population of
1.5Oo. Last summer Billy Sunday, the
evangelist, held a series of meetings
there, lasting an entire week, and he
failed to get single convert. He re-
marked that he had never before
preached in a town with so little sue
cess.
Mai. Broderick, foreman Of the Wa
peIla county grand jury, adjourned the
body recently in order that he might
hear Ingersoll lecture.-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
One of the Oldest Salvation
Army Men in New York.
First Spent the Evening With
Ballington Booth.
FUTURE
PLAN.
n o
Discussed the Situation With
His Wife.
Will Act as Booths Secretary
for the Present.


New YORK, Feb. Manifestations
of the much-talked-of revolution in
the Salvation army took a more defin-
tie form last night Major Peter
Glenn, the oldest officer, in point of
service, in the headquarters staff, who
for several years has had charge of
the field department, sent in his resig-
nation.
Major Glenn said: 81 spent yester-
day evening with BallIngton Booth,
remaining with him until nearly mid
night When L came home, my wife
and 1, for many sleepless hours, dis
cussed the situation. We decided that
our only course was to tender our
designations. Feeling as we do. we
cannot longer remain in the army.
Darlington Booth was in no way re-
sponsible for our action. He did not
even know that we contemplated it.
We have no plans for the future. If
our late commander engages in any
evangelical work where our services
are needed, we will. of course, go
with him. For the present shall act
as his secretary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
WOMEN IN PANTALOONs.
DE. Mary Walker, the Pioneer, Has Many
Tmitators,

DE. Mary Walker, the Pioneer, Has Many
Tmitators,
very well remember when I was
quite a youth seeing Dr. Mary Walker
dressed in mems clothing. says writer
in Hygienic Gazette. She was little
woman, very slender, with a young
mannish expression of face, writes Will
lis Barnes. Twas favorably impressed
with her dress and thought it quite be-
coming, but some of our municipal
guardians of the welfare of the people
were not SO favorably impressed and
DR.. Mary was more than once subjected
to the discipline Of the law.
Her dress was a full-length pair OF
pantaloons and long-skirted coat, not
much different from the ordinary male
attire. 1 also remember with what de-
rlsion the bloomer costume of women
was received not many years since and
how it was finally laughed out of USE
But what change has come! Public
sentiment is a queer autocrat. Today
on almost any of the streets and grand
avenues of the city of New York and in
other cities of this country and Europe
may be seen hundreds of women in male
attire. Baggy pantaloons, short jack
cts and hats or caps are now the &C
-cepted fashion for bicycle riders.
Is this costume becoming? Well,
there is much diversity of opinion.
Is this costume modest? There
seems to be but one opinion on this
point. Women and men of all grades
of society say NO
Why is this? think 1t ali turns upon
haf
were not intended by nature to wear
pantaloons. The great majority of
women are differently constructed from
men sSout the pelvis; the bones and
muscular formation of females are
broader and larger in every way, and
as women grow older there is natural
tendency toward the piling up of fatty
tissue over the pelvic bones and lum-
bar muscles which brings that portion
of the body into unenviable promi-
nence.
This being true, the skirt dress is the
only method of grace that can be adopt
ed. The wearing of pantaloons brings
into unpleasant sight the anatomical
disproportion and therefore the mod
ern woman bicyc1ist who shows herself
in public in what she is pleased to call
baggy pantaloons, is not a pleasing
sight to men or her sisters of the more
modest skirt dress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
cUBANs REoRGANIzE
Order and Discipline Said to BE Good
Under the New System.

Order and Discipline Said to BE Good
Under the New System.
New YORK, Feb. s7.-Dr. Joaquin
Castillo, a Cuban general, has just ar
rived in this city on a mission from
the insurgents in the field. DIR. Cas-
tillo states that the insurgents have
instituted a service of coast inspection
under which careful outlook is con-
stantly maintained for arriving expe-
ditions from foreign ports. There is
a carefully organized band of coast
inspectors with ARMED assistants, who
patrol the beaches or watch the gulf
and ocean from the hill tops. Thus it
is that approaching expeditions. al
though not heralded in advance, are
reasonably sure of finding compatriots
soon after landing at any point on the
island.
DR.. Castillo states there has been a
new organization of the insurgent
army and of the different services of
the rebellion. The army is composed
of five bodies. The first and second
are in the eastern region, the third is
in Camaguay. the fourth is in Las Viii
las, and the fifth in Havana and Pinar
del Rio. These bodies are divided
into sections, the sections into bri-
gades, the brigades into regiments
and the regiments into battalions.
They also have annexed to them
bodies of military engineers, the
health sections and military admins
tratiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
His CONCERN.

A drummer on his first trip called upon
a well known druggist. He was nervous
as he put his hand in his pocket and
handed out a card.
~ represent that concern said the
young man.
You are very fortunate, - replied the
druggist.
The drummer was encouraged and said ::
81 think so, sir. And the druggist who
trades with US is even more SO. My con
Germ has the finest line of cosmetics in the
country"
81 shouldn't have thought It," slowly
responded the man of medicines. Her
color looks natural" And he handed back
the photograph which the young man had
given him by mistake. He took it and
left without waiting to make any farewell
remarks.-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-27
He Found Thompson Ready.

DEXTER, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Thomas A.
Thompson, a saloonkeeper at Puxico,
twenty miles northwest of Dexter,
yesterday shot and Instantly killed
Lon Rodney. The killing took place
in Thompson's saloon. On last Christ
mas, Rodney went TO Thompson's sa-
loon and raised a racket with Thomp-
son. which resulted in an exchange of
pistol shots without injury. Rodney
has since threatened Thompson, and
yesterday afternoon, got a Winches-
ter and went to the saloon to kill him,
but was himself killed. Thompson
gave himself up to the authorities.