Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30

A SWITCH engine ran into circus
wagon at Chicago on the Goth, smash
Ing tho wagon and injuring five peo.
pie, three Of them probably fatally.
cuScH bugs were reported rs doing
much damage to corn and oats In Bu-
reau county, H., and small green in
sect was causing much alarm to tho
farmers In that vicinity, It having to-
tally destroyed one wheat field In two
daya
The Aultman q Taylor warehouse
at Mansfield, O., said to DO tho largest
frame building In the state, was struck
by lightning and destroyed with all Its
contents, consisting Of threshers and
scparators, and only . heavy rain pre-
vented tho destruction Of the other
shops Of the company
DKsERoSTo, Ont, was swept by Dire
recently and about rs families were
made homeless The loss aggregated
$3.50, 000 The flames spread SO rapidly
that many lost all their possessions.
WHILE q heavily laden tram car was
crossing the Point Ellice bridge Mt
Victoria, b. C, on the Goth the struc-
ture collapsed and the passengers were
precipitated 100 feet into the water
below and so were drowned.
TIE ferry boat Katharine was caught
ut tho mouth Of the Ohio river, near
Cairo, ILL.,, on the Goth by n sudden
hurricane and capsized and oil on
board, except the captain, engineer
and clerk, were drowned, the dead
numbering probably II.
JOSEPH HACEREcK, Of South Chicago,
scnt his son with ten cents TO buy q
pail OF beer. The boy lost the money
under the sidewalk, where It was
found by one Of Vonzel Eisenhamer's
children. IIaccreck insisted on the re.
turn Of the coin and n tight ensucd,
during which Eisenhamer shot Hac-
creek three times through the head.
A TERRIBLE cyclone struck the viii
lage OF lakewood, Mich, on the 25th
and wiped II off the face Of the earth.
Just west of tho village the fields were
strewn with the dead and dying. II
was believed the number Of dead and
wounded would reach 100.
A DESTRUCTIVE tornado visited Iowa
at midnight OF the cath doing much
damage and killing number Of people
and injuring great many others In
Jasper ten persons were killed, In Polk
county nine; at North McGregor, ~
were reported dead and ut Durango
FIVE. Six towns were partially de.
stroyed, namely. Bondurant, valcria,
Niingo, Anlreny. Polk City and Slater.
THE boiler In the Davidson Bros
sawmill, near Marietta, Ind, exploded
recently and three persons were fatal.
ly injured md six others more or less
injured. The boiler head was blown
200 feet away.
A CAR on the Agate avenue line ut
Denver, Col, got out Of the control OF
the motorman about midnight on the
cath and jumped the track Mt q curve
when going down hill ut high speed
and turned over. There were "a pas.
sengers on the chr, dozen OF whom
were more or less badly injured.
FRANCIS j. KIECKHOFER, late chief OF
the bureau Of accounts and disbursing
officer Of the state department at Wash.
ington, has beeu arrested on the charge
Of embezzlement The shortage In his
accounts was stated to approximate
si37, 200.
The Methodist general conference nt
Cleveland, O., made the following cleo.
tions on the 22d: DR.. Buckley. editor
OF the New York Christian Advocates
DR.. Moore, editor Of the Western Chris.
tian Advocate at Cincinnati; Dr. Ed.
wards, editor of the Northwestern
Christian Advocate at Chicago; DR..
Jesse Bowman Young, editor Of the
Central Christian Advocate at st. Louis.
DR.. Hurlbut was reelected secretary
of the Sunday School and Tract soci.
ETY. and DR.. Payne Of the board OF edu'
cation.
ABnL was introduced In congress
on the 22d by Mr.. Kirkpatrick to grant
rights of way over the public domain
In Kansas and the Indian territory for
q pipe line for the transportation OF
oil, crude and refined. The bill grants
for the purpose only strip of land sc
feet wide.
ALvA E. SHEPPARD. n jeweler, muir
dcred his cousin, Mrs. L. Z. Aweny,
and then cut his own throat at San
Francisco. The woman was addicted
to the use Of morphine and 1t is be.
lieved from o note left by Sheppard
that he considered IL his duty to kill
her. religious ardor having Impaired
his mind.