Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-08

AN nttempt was ma te Ut Dcrcl, W., Ut
three o clock on the morning of the 4th
to burn the homes OF two quarry con-
tractors who employed non-union men.
4 wire rcen was torn from the win
dow of one house and IN unoccupied
bed saturated with oil AMI lightcl. The
house was burned to the ground. The
other house was saturated with oil,
but was not fired.
REPORTS from West Virginia on the
4th indicated an almost complete de-
struction of the wheat and oat crops
10y inccssant rains.
THE Christian brothers, the noted
bandits who escaped from the JUL ut
Oklahoma City, Ok, about year ago,
were rccapturcd on the 4th near Loco,
l. T. Hunger had driven them from
their retreat and they stole some pro-
visions and officers followed after them
and took them off their guard.
FOREST fires were doing much dam
age in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich. At Gladis. small station on
the South Shore railroad, the residents
had to fec for their lives, the place be-
ing completely wiped out. Scores OF
farmers have lost their homes.
A BOLT of lightning killed 10 head
of horses belonging to j. A. Bradley,
Mt Edinburg, Ind.
BECAUSE Of some difficulty between
owners aud lcssees the ice plant at
Eureka Springs, Ark, was tici up by
legal process and the sweltcriny citi-
zens were suffering for want Office, be-
ing unable to get any from surrounding
towns on account of shortage.
A DESPERATE state OF affairs exists
on the Gogebic range in northern
Michigan, all the mines, with two cx.
cep:ions, having shut down and the
unemployed being on the verge Of
starvation.
The Seventh Day Adventists' camp
meeting and conference at Island park,
Guthrie, Ok, has grown to mammoth
proportions, over 1000 people icing en-.
campei on the ground on the Sd.
REV. j. E ScorT, the Methodist
clergyman who recently eloped from
Waterloo, Ia, with q l5.year-old girl
has been adjudged insane by the com.
missioners after three days hearing.
TIDAL wave recently inundated the
coast OF Hai.Cha, China. Many villages
were destroyed and II was estimated
that ut least 4, 900 people were drowned.
In addition IN immense number OF
cattle also persisted. The rice fields
werc submerged and famine Is feared
in the district during the coming fall.
STEruEN PERLETRIcE. an Italian Mt
Chicago, was troubled with rats and to
get rid of them he caught two, poured
coal oil over them, set them on fire and
then let them 20. His house and the
adjoining one both got burned down in
consequence and Perletrice Is in trou-
BILE with the police, tho insurance com
panies and the humane society.
LIGHTNING set fire to the barn on the
dairy farm Of William McGregor, west
of Findlay, O., and the structure was
destroyed. II contained 25 fine Jersey
cows, and all efforts to save the ami
mails were unavailing and they were
cremated.
MRs. HENRY WEBsTER, the wife OF q
prominent county official, was fatally
Shot by John Webster, her oldest son,
at La Porte, Ind, on the 3lst The
deed was committed because Mrs.
Webster refused 10 give her son money
that he demanded.
Tue United States treasury deficit for
July in round numbers Is 100000.
Receipts for the month were $50. 400, 900
and the expenses SO, 2oo, 900.
An explosion Of gun cotton In the
chemical works at Mas & Waldstein
Mt Newark, N. j., did considerable dam
age to buildings Fortunately, the ex-
piosion did not occur during working
hours, so there was no loss Of life.
A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at Lake
ottozee, near Knoxville, Tenn, on the
soth. A Sunday school picnic was in
progress and the recently-erected
''chutes" were doing . good business.
As one OF the boats came down the
chute q rev boat crossed its path Is y
struck the water and four occupants OF
the row boat were killed or injured.
DIsPATcuEs from Mellette and other
points in South Dakota stated that .
terrible hailstorm swept over Q stretch
of country co miles long and i've or six
wise. beating the shocked grain TO tn
ground and IN many villages breaking
eli the windows on the kide towers tes
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