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

THE tow boat Harry Brown, with n
large fleet OF coal, ran aground ut
Glasshouse rifle. Grunnot's island,
near Pittsburgh. Pa. on the 3oth. The
pilot attempted to back into deeper
water to release the feet when q
heavy cable parted, the ends striking
Jonathan Wood and deck hand
Known rs whitney" The latter was
instantly killed and Wood was seri.
ously injured. The coal boats and one
barge containing $4,000 bushels OF coal
went To the bottom Of the river and
the channel was blockaded.
A DISPATCH from Boston on the a0th
aaid that It was impossible 10 borrow
money there. The banks would not &C.
cept Pullman stock as collateral ut eight
per cent Several banks had applied
to the clearing house for certificates.
There was suspicion that money was
b,ing boarded to buy the expected new
government bonds.
A DISPATCH from Guthrie, Ok, stated
that the Iowa Indians had closed q
lease with the Kaw tribe for $4,000
acres OF land in the reservation Of the
latter tribe. The Iowas will erect n
village there and live Off the rental Of
their allotted lands, which they arc
leasing TO white farmers They said
they were tired OF living apart on
their allotmcnts, scattered among the
whites, who would not associate with
them
WITHIN two miles OF Lebanon, KY,
a relentless mob burned to death q
woman and her grayhaired paramount
on the night OF the 2sth. The tragedy
was one of the most brutal ever en-
noted under the gruesome sway OF
dread Judge Lynch. Despite the
plcadings of O half-clad, frightened
child for her fathers life and the
prayers and tears OF the Ill and help
less woman. the mob went through
with its work with deiiberation, burn
ing the house down containing the
victims and watching them while they
roasted. The man made n dash for
liberty. but was riddlcd with bullets.
The affair was the outgrowth Of the
old story OF faithless wife and venge-
full husband.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople
stated that the United States had de-
manded from the porte the payment
Of large indemnity for the loss sus-
tanned by American missionaries in
Asia Minor.
SIXTEEN miles east Of Caddo, ]. T.,
Pink Bcul was killed by John Nc
Henric, and John Mckenzie in return
was killed by Deputy United States
Marshal c. r. v. Hamilton. Beal had
committed some offense for which he
had surrendered to Hamilton. Mo-
Henric and several others demanded
the prisoner. Bsing refused. they
opened fire, with above result. All
parties were we'll known aud respected
citizens
THE failures for the week ended De-
cember 81 (Dun's reporD were 322 In the
United States, against $50 last year,
and 40 In Canada, against Al last year.
TIE Colorado Springs, COL, city coun-
Gil decided 70 award n contract for q
tunnel, ~ miles long, through the
solid granite of Pixies peak, ut an alti-
tude Of IL, $50 feet, In order to secure q
water supply.
JOHN MARTIN, an American pros
pector, who has returned TO Deming,
N. NJ, after n years absence In the
gold fields OF Sonora, Mex, tells hor-
rible story Of cannibalism which oc-
Cured in that republic. Several weeks
ago a party OF Eve Sadi Indians, driven
10 desperation by hunger, ambushed
and killed three Americans working in
the gold fields In the state Of Sonora,
and then cooked and ate the bodies.
Friendly Indians reported the matter
TO the government and the perpetrat'
ors wore arrested and taken to the
City of Mexico.
TuR cruiser Kwan Ping, one Of the
wsrshipA captured from China by the
JapaneseA turing the recent war, has
been wree,.>d on the Pescadore islands.
Nearly all Of her deck officers and &C
men weje missing.
FrvE Mexican herders and woman
and 9 girl were drowned in the concho
river recently during Q great storm
that swept over the coneho valley and
the greater portion Of west Texas
TItE British steamer Bellerophon and
the steamer Emile Heloise collided at
-the entrance to the hnrbor At AlgierI
]. IN The nnrning Of the s6th and the
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