Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-03-14
AIISCELLANEOUS,

GEORGE REEDER, q notorious OUTLAW
and member OF the Dalton gang of out
laws, has been captured at Pawncc, /
T. He is said to be the last member o
the once noted gang Of desperadoes.
DARLINGTON Booru. the deposed com
mander Of the Salvation army in Amer
lea, met with an enthusiastic reception
ut New York on the sth and took tn,
inaugural step of forming rival or
ganization on lines similar to the Sal
walton army.
A BLOCK of ten brick dwelling house.
was destroyed by fire Mt Pittsburgh
Pa, on the 9th. A fireman was injured
by falling from the roof but will re
cover.
WAREHOUSE belonging to the Unior
Warehouse Co was burned ut Louis
vile, KY, on the 9th. Loss, si75, 0Ot
on contents and $4,000 on building
fully insured.
TIE residence of ex-Congressmar
Giddings was burned ut Brenham
Tex, on the 9th and two firemen were
badly injured by a wall falling on
them. Loss, S35. 900; insurance, $4,000.
A PASSENGER train on the Rock Is,
land road near Joliet, ILL.,, was held
up by three men recently. They sue
ceedcd in going through the first car,
but a passenger in the second car
blazed away at them with two revolv.
ers and they jumped off the train.
ANOTHER nnti-American riot occurred
at Bilboa, Spain, on the 9Th. The mob
stoned the private residence of the
United States consul and tried to tear
down the cscutcheon on the consulate,
but were repealed by the gendarmes.
A fight ensued and many were hurt on
both sides.
AT Pantanguishene, Ont, the three
children OF James Beausoliel were
eft locked in the house while the
parents went to see neighbor The
house took fire, and before assistance
could be given the children were
burned to death.
A STREET car Mt Memphis, Tenn.
jumped the track ut the bridge, tore
the side rail away and tumblcd into
the bayou, Is feet down. Several per-
sons were hurt. two OF whom will die.
HENRY SHENFIELD, prisoner in the
Tombs in New York for larceny, has
been notified that an uncle in England
has left him 100000.
The high school building ut Chatta.
nooga, Tenn, costing over $4,000, has
been destroyed by fire.
FIDEL TRITscHLER, banker and coun-
,ilman OF Allentown, Pa, shot and in
stantly killed his wife in bed at five
o'clock on the morning of the 10th and
then fred two bullets into his own
brain. Insomnia was supposed to be
the cause.
A GROCERY store aud drug store at
Milton Center, near Bowling Green,
o., were recently broken into and the
burglars loaded the safes on to hand
car and carried them out into the
country and blew them open with
dynamite.
A FIRE broke out in the paint room
of the Atkins saw works at Indianap-
oils, Ind, Mt three o'clock on the morn
Ing of the 10th and did damage to the
amount Of 100000 Tho night watch
man, while attempting to put out n
FIRE in one portion Of the works, saw q
man In the act Of applying torch in
another part, bpt the miscreant es-
capped.
JACK DAVIS, OF Lafayette, Ind, and
George Elliott, colorcd, lightweigts,
fought e5 rounds near Lafayette on
the 9th. The referee decided IL draw.
AT San Francisco 500 painters went
on strike on the 10th for an increase
Of wages from $3.50 to So per day. A
general strike was also feared among
the building trades
FIRE in Milhalovitch. Fletcher & Co. s
distillery ut Cincinnati did damage Of
sl45, 900 to liquors and s55,o0O to build
ing and machinery.
FIRE damaged the Lartz Paper Co. at
Chicago to the extent of $4,000 on the
10th. There was q wild panic among
the girls In the building, but fortu-
nately no lives were lost
GEORGE BLANK was frightfully tor
tured by four tramps and has died at
Wausau, Wis He was burned with
red-hot irons In IN effort TO compel
him to reveal the hiding place Of his
money. The tramps secured only o.
They were arrested.
A STRONG effort was being made by
the Spanish merchants and importers
Of Cuba looking to q complete sever
ance OF commercial relations with the
United States The Cienfuegos cham
Der of commerce resolved to cancel all
orders outstanding for American goods
and to boycott United States goods OF
all kinds IN future.
A CROWD ut Leadville, Col. recently
got Spanish flag and burned It. sing
ing patriotic tunes while the operation
was going on.
A vArUAnLE find Of marble has been
made near Wabash. Ind. The stone
waa said 70 BE- equal 70 that from Yer
mont