Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-28

OF q A. Gushatn, d farmer near Perry
Ok, shot the farmers son through thu
head and slightly wounded his wife
because they resisted the officers.
A TRAIN Oh the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road ran into an oil tank o.
Hillsdale, Ind, and the oil was ignitcd
and the engine wrecked. The passen
gers were rather badly shaken up
FIRE destroyed the building occupied
by the Washburn. lIalligan Coffee Co
ind slightly damaged the plant Of tn,
Daily Leader at Davenport In. The
loss on the stock of the coffee company
will be about $4,000 md the insur
ancc $4,000, and the loss on buildings
81, 200.
In the Kickapoo Indian country the
ter. ths-old child Of Weshah, living
near McCloud, was attacked by hogs
while the mother was gathering fuel
and was torn nearly to pieces ant
killed.
THE department OF agriculture n
Washington has issued book on Ar
Dor day, with suggestions for its OBJ
servance.
A TERRIBLE conflict was waged by 9
large gang of tramps in the Burling
ton yards at Livermore, Ia, on tho
Goth. A dispute arose among them and
stones and bricks filed the air for sew
eral minutes. When the battle was
ended one tramp was found dead and
several seriously wounded.
A FIRE In the smelling department oi
the copper works Of the Pennsylvania
salt Manufacturing Co. Mt Natronia,
Pa, on the night of the alst, caused a
loss estimated ut 1000, 600 The build
iugs destroyed covered nearly -four
acres OF ground. Tho fire started by
the blowing out of furnace, the hot
metal igniting with some waste near
the mouth. Sixteen furnaces and 81
tanks were ruined.
A MOB took William Murphy from the
Jail ut Huntsville, Tenn, on the night
Of the 2lst and strung him TO tree
He was In jail awaiting trial for the
murder of Bill Nowlan, miner, three
weeks ago. About 30 mountaineers,
with handkerchicfs over their faces did
the lynching.
DARLINGTON BooTu announced the
first batch Of appointments on the 2lst
ut New York for the "Volunteers," the
name Of his new organization, and
posts will be formed in the states as
rapidly as possible.
THE Madrid Heraldo said that "Spain
could never officially recognize n
United States commission Of inquiry
into Cuban affairs War between
Spain and America would be prefer
able"
WILLIAM Convey, wife and child were
burned to death in their home near
Montgomery, W. Va Tramps set Ere
to the house for the purpose Of rob-
berry.
AT Nashville, Tenn, AL Ewing and
Archie Clark broke all tandem bicycle
records, going half mile in I:O3]s.
In Henderson county, Tenn, a l5-
year-old boy named Benson, filed with
exploits of dime novel heroes, started
off to 60 to Texas, but his father
caught him Mt neighboring town and
took him bnck home. This incensed
the boy and he put rough on rats in
the coffee and II was thought that the
father and another and physician,
who had been called in and drank
some OF the coffee, would die.
JouN HoBEINGER, railway employee
at Milwaukee, on the night Of the Goth
shot and killed his mother.in-law, Mrs.
Katie Miller, and fatally wounded his
young wife. The tragedy was caused
by Mrs. Hobcinger beginning suit for
divorce. Hobeinger was followed to
his room, few blocks distance from
the scene Of the murder, by a crowd,
but stood his pursuers of with re-
volver until the police arrived, when
he surrendered.
A DOG on the farm Of Mr.. Delamater,
just north Of Norwalk, O., paved up q
package buried under corn shock. 1t
contained over 81, 600 worth Of postage
stamps. two revolvers and kit Of
burglars tools Officers laid in wait at
night when two men appeared and one
Of tine officers opened fire and shot one
Of the supposed burglars through the
neck. The second man escaped. 1t
was thou rht the stamps were stolen
from the Wellington post office.
FIRE broke out in the building Of the
Thackera company, makers Of gas fix
lures, ut Philadelphia on the ED and
nearly half q million dollars went up
In smoke.