Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-01-04

Al Knoxville, Tenn, orville Has
klnson, q ll-year.old white boy, killed
Frank Hopkins, same age. The boys
quarreled and Hopkins borrowed u
shotgun TO kill Haskinson. The latter
grabbed the gun and shot his assail'
ant
Two passenger trains collided on the
soth at Coal City, II miles from Cincin'
natl, on the Baltimore & Ohio South
western railway and two men were
killed and six injured, three Of them
thought to be fatally hurt The cause
OF the accident was the failure Of the
operator ut Storrs station 10 order one
train to wait ut Delhi until the other
had passed.
The United States court OF appeals
ut Washington has decided that NJ. L
German. OF Rockford, ILL.,, was the In
ventor OF tho first device for tho self
Selling Of grain bundles, taking prece'
dence over Appleby. who was hereto
fore supposed to DO the original In
ventor OF the binder.
The vault Of the Highland Park post
Office, near Chicago, was blown open
with dynamite by burglars Mt an early
hour on the 30th and $500 IN cash and
81, 700 worth Of stamps stolen.
IT was reported mt Guthrie, Ok, that
hundreds OF cattle and horses had been
drowned In the swollen streams In the
Osnge reservation recently, entailing
ruinous losses on many stockmen.
Over the line In the Cherokee nation
It was still worse, c. Hayden
alone having 400 cattle drowned In
Grand river, Joel Brown 200 head and
Jack Riley 100, with scores OF similar
losses, bringing the number Of cattle
drowned in that section In excess OF
5000.
THE trades and labor assembly and
the labor congress of Chicago are to
consolidate about March I.
The National Armenian relief COM
mittee appeals TO the people OF the
United States for immediate contribu-
tions TO relieve the needs Of $4,000
Armenians, who are destitute. Justice
Brewer, OF the supreme court OF the
United States, is chairman Of the COM
mittee. The committee announced
that the immediate need is for money,
which should be sent to the treasurer,
Brown Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and
Boston.
HENRY HARRISON, living near Mound.
Ok, fell into the fireplace and was
burned to death and his grandson, who
found the corpse, went raving mad Mt
the sight.
The Boersen Courier, OF Berlin, said
that negotiations were proceeding be.
tween the United States government
and some of the leading bankers OF
Berlin with the view of the latter TAX
ing over new loan OF 5000, 100000.
AT the old Front street theater Mt
Baltimore, Nd, m immense crowd as
sem bled on the eth to listen to He.
brew opera. One of the attendants
went to light n gas jet which had been
extinguished. As he turned the cock
and applied a match 1t was seen that
there was no tip to the burner Some
one in the gallery shouted. "Fire! In
an instant there was mad scram BILE
for the door. A dozen policemen hur.
ried to the scene. and pushed through
the door and to the writhiug mass on
the landing. When the mass had been
cleared II was found that "a people
were killed. two fatally injured and
ten seriously hurt
By the explosion Of $50 sticks OF
dualin and 1000 pounds OF black pow
der, three men were killed ut Hazel.
ton, Pa, on the eth. The cause OF
the explosion was not known. One OF
the bodies was blown 90 yards
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities In the United States for the
week ended December 81 showed an av-
erage increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year OF 500;
in New York the increase was 80. 8; out
side New York the increase was 13.4.
In q head.end collision, which oc.
Cured between Chattahoochee and
Peyton, Ga., on the Georgia Pacific di.
vision OF the Southern railroad, be.
tween two freight trains, two fremen
and brakeman were killed, one engi-
neer was perhaps fatally hurt and three
tramps received painful injuries
Four tons Of giant powder exploded
at Romeo, ILL.,. ut four o'clock on the
morning Of the eth and made the
country tremble for miles around. No
one was killed, but not stick of wood
or scrap OF iron Of the magazine was
left.