Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-09

TwENTY-EIaHr women were recently
asphyxiated at Castle Welda; near
Carlshafen, Prussia The night was
cold and they built hro In stove In
the room III which they slept and In
the morning they were found dead.
The unfortunate women had just ar'
rived from Holland.
AN explosion OF gasoline engine de-
r,olished the iive-story building, 40
and i3o Walnut street, Cincinnati, Mt
eight o'clock on tho night OF the 4th.
Six bodies were recovered from the de-
bris and II was feared that there were
moro killed. About IS persons were
moro or less severely injured. There
was intense excitement, all tho horses
breaking away and much damage to
glass being done In the vicinity. As
tho night passed women, whose hus-
bands had not reached home, went
down to the scene OF tho explosion and
added their laments to tho confusion.
IT was reported ut Washington that
r. J. Kieckhoefer, disbursing officer
Of the state department, was short In
his accounts to tho amount OF $780,.
600
TnE business portion OF Pine Grove,
Col, was destroyed BY fire. Loss. seO,'
900. The FIRE was believed to have
been Of inccndiary origin.
JAMES Nixon shot and instantly
killed Dempsey Brown, his brother-in-
law ut Austin, Tex, on the 81. Brown,
In his dying agony, returned the fire
with a double barrcled shot gun, emp
tying both barrels into Nixon's face,
and he was taken to the county Jail In
a dangerous condition. The difficulty
was the outcome Of family troubles.
THE strike OF the 900 employees OF the
Electric Railway and Light Co. ut Mil
waukee was inauguratcd on tho night
OF the 81, and, as each car was run
into the barn, motorman and conduc-
tor left IL not to return until the de.
mands OF the union for increased pay,
recognition of the employees organiza-
ton and several minor concessions nrc
granted. Serious trouble was expected,
as the company had been arranging to
fill the strikers places
AT Fairmont, W. Va, lightning
struck d schoolhouse on the 9Th and
Miss Hattie Youst was instantly killed
and n number OF other pupils were
more or less badly burned.
WILL BENDY, colored, shot and Sc
riously wounded his wcctheart. Roxcy
Wall, Mt Buna, Tex. because she left
him. Constable Bibbo tried to arrest
Bcndy when he, too, was shot and
Bendy made his escape. Philip llaincs
tried to stop Bendy and was instantly
killed by the latter, who, continuing
on his way, met L. H. Bone, another
negro, who, in turn, was MORALLY
wounded by Bendy. A posse started
after the murderer and found him Mt
tho home of his brother-in-law. lie
was led by the crowd to suitable tree
and swung up and then his body was
riddled with bullets
THE remains of Walter @ Gresham,
late United States secretary Of state,
were laid to rest At Arlington Gene.
terry, Washington, on the cd. At tho
gates of the cemetery the funeral
party were Joined by President Cleve-
land. Secretaries olney, Carlisle and
Herbert, and Gen. Miles with eight
private soldiers and buglcr. The re-
mains were lowered into their last
resting place, the bugler sounded
''taps," and that was all the ceremony
that marked The occasion.
JUSTICE ANDREWS, Of the New York
supreme court, has appointed Alfred
Ely receiver for the Times Publishing
Co. in proceedings brought iy the
majority Of the directors for dissolu.
tion of the corporation. The petition
ers stated that the capital stock OF the
company was 81, ESQ, 900, that the assets
OF the company were not sufficient to
pay its debts, and that the company
was indebted in the sum of s3iG,7lo
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended May for the follow.
ing cities were: New York, s562, Pa
ss5; Chicago, 500. 959. 79i; St Louis, s@i,-
O97, ls5; Kansas City, s9,29i,l5i; St Jo-
seph. si,2ii,596; Topeka, sJ3a. 5os; Wich-
ita, si0s, ass; Omaha, s,37l,T0
FAILURES for the week ended the LIST
were, according to Dun's Review, 23s
In the United States, against 23l last
year, and 81 in Canadu, against 81 last
year.
JUDGE W. d. MINIcK, of Morehead,
KY, was recently shot In tho arm by
pin Tollivcr, uncle of the famous
Craig Tolliver, and died on the LIST Of
blood poisoning.