Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-11-28
TnE tollraie raiders unmarried In ,les.

the 10 anu burned hp ono gate ana cut
the ropes of two others
THOMAS CASEY and Hoppy Hopkins
were lodged In jail Mt Mena, Ark,
charged with disorderly conduct md
on the afternoon Of the cad the jail was
discovered TO be on fire and the two
men were burned to death. II was be.
lieved they set Gre TO the Jail, hoping
to escape.
An unknown man and wnman were
found doad IN thr,r .ooom ut the Stand.
ard hotel ct New York on tho ed, hav.
'.s been suffocated by illuminating
gas, which was flowing from an open
and unlighted burner in the apart
ment
PATRICK MEAouER and HIS mother
were found dead at their home Mt Gil.
bers, q suburb Of Elgin, Ill, on the
cad. Their deaths were caused by
asphyxiation from coal gas
DAWSON BoYD, farmer Of Eufaula,
Ala, had quarrel with Bill Bowling
and Jesse Sheap over their line fence,
when the two latter advanced on Boyd
with knives and he shot them dead.
A CABoosE attached to work train
on the Licking Valley railroad, in bath
county, KY, jumped the track and
rolled down steep io.foot embank.
ihent. Thirty employees were in the
car and were more or less injured.
DURING drunken riot at dance ut
the residence OF Charles johnson, near
Lebanon, Ind, three men were prob
ably fatally wounded and several 9TH
crs were more or less injured. Every
window In the house was broken.
REpoRTs stated that there was great
excitement ut Henrietta, Tex, over
some rich discoveries Of gold in the
Wichita mountains in the Indian Ter.
ritory and many people from that city
were rushing to the new mines
A BOY named Champaign and two
companions were rolling rocks down
hill Mt Cedar Run, Pa, when Mr..
Champaign came along the road and
was crushed lifeless by one bounding
upon him.
SECRETARY MORTON, OF the agricul.
tural department, has made his fourth
annual report He strongly urges that
government inspection be extended to
all animals intended for food, and re-
ports an increasing demand in En-
gland for American horses The secre-
tary hopes the gratuitous distribution
OF seeds will be discontinued and con-
cludcs his report by review OF the
condition Of American farmers and re-
flutes the idea that the farms of the
west are more heavily mortgaged than
those of the east lie says 70 per cent.
OF farms in the United States are occu-
pied by their owners and are free from
mortgages.
NoTIcE has been given that the St
Joseph L Grand Island railway, for
merly part of the Union Pacific, WILL
be sold at auction at the depot ut Hast.
ings, Neb.
Two torpedo boats collided during
the maneuvers OF the French navy of
Cape de In Chevrc aud one was sunk
and its crew reported as missing.
DIrHruERIA prevails to an alarming
extent in the vicinity Of Hopetown,
Woods county, Ok, ard the entire Sec
ton has been quarantined.
A DUEL occurred after dark on the
main street Of Marietta, !. T., on the
olst and William Gore, a bystander,
was seriously wounded and James
Barnett was shot in the neck. Owing
to the darkness and confusion the prin.
cipals could not be found, but they
were thought TO have been Claude
Washington and either his uncle, viii
Washington, or Henry Foster on the
other side. The trouble was caused
over an alleged theft of cattle.
BRADfoRDs roller mills ut Creston,
Ia, were destroyed by fire and large
amount of wheat, flour and cornmeal
was consumed.
The London Chronicles correspond.
emit stated on the o2d that 80 Arme.
mans had been condemned to hang at
Constantinople and that great agita.
ton prevailed in the city.
c. c. ODELL went TO telephone ut
Los Angeles, Cal, when he uttered a
shrek and died in few minutes from
an electric shock. A trolley wire had
broken and crossed the telephone wire.
LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, secretary
for India, in n speech admitted that
7e, OOO. 900 people in India were affected
or threatened with alarming scarcity
Of food, though It was thought the
government has some prospect OF cop
ing successfully with the situation.