Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-01

y foul fly knocked his eye out Of hi
head.
| A broken rail near Salem, Ill.
caused 10 cars, ali laden with mcrchan
disc, TO 60 through n trcstle. Three
trnmps werc also thought TO have beer
kiilcd.
THE jury Mt London In the Jameson
Transvaal raid case returned YER
diet on tho esth, finding al, the dc
PENDANTS guilty Of the charge Of VIC
lating the foreign enlistment act. DR.
Jameson was sentenced TO Is months
Impeachment and the Others were
given lighter sentences.
JAMES o. McLEAN, aged Is years, and
Charles Purris, aged 81 years, were en-
gagged in painting one OF the walls oil
the Kicker National Bank building al
Quincy, ILL.,, when their scaffold broke
and the men fell distance OF 30 feet.
Mclean was instantly killed and Pur'
Wis was severely injured.
EIGnT lives were lost In and abou,
Pittsburgh, Pa, by three fierce
wind, rain and electric storms on the
18th, Several buildings were dcmol
ishcd and eight or ten churches and
many other structures damaged. In
cludcd in the list of fatalities given
was thai OF 10 miners at Cecil whose
boarding house was washed away, and
seven lost their lives
GEORGE MCCoyNELi., grand keeper OF
records and seals of the Knights OF
Pythins Of Oregon, has disappeared
anu his accounts with the order arc
said TO be short
The oat crop about Eureka, ILL.,, has
been irrctricvably damaged by a
storm.
AT a recent meeting in Philadelphia
the National Union of Carpenters and
Joiners resolved to demand an eight.
hour day ut scale of IS cents IN hour.
THE great shipbuildlng yards of Hart
land 4 Wolff in Belfast, Ireland, were
destroyed by fire on the eth. The
firm employed 5000 men and the cum
pulsory idlcness of number of them
will cause much suffering.
FOREST fires were sweeping over
Marinette county, Wis, on the a7th.
II was est mated that nearly four
townsh ps had been burned over and
much valuable timber destroyed.
Tue amount of damage at McKccs-
port, Pa, by the high water in the
Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers
on the a5th has been estimated at $780,
600.
The socialist trade congress opened
at London on the eth, 500 delegates
from all parts of Europe, the United
States, Australia and the Argentine re-
public being present.
In the 24-hour bicycle race at Lon
don for professionals Hurst led with
372 miles. Nelson made 1886 and ) laps,
and Buffet 3i2 and laps.
THE pants makers, 1880 strong, and
the overcoat and sackcoat makers, 500
strong Mt New York have decided TO
join the tailors' strike. Twenty moro
shops were recently closed by $50
tailors striking. 1t was thought moro
mon yet will strike.
JAMES MURRAY, colored, was hanged
ut New Orleans on the cath for the
murder of Policeman Michael Cotton
on the night Of July %, 1894.
THE latest adviccs from Cuba said
the yellow fever epidemic on the is
land was abating.
DIR. ". B. HAND, Of Stanwood, Ia,
has been arrested for using the mails
for alleged fraudulent purposes. His
method was to advertise for compan-
ion to wealthy young widow for
travel. TO all letters received the re.
sponsc was that the applicant must put
up So rs n guarantee.
II. j. WnGuAM, OF Chicago, Won the
amateur golf championship OF America
Mt Southampton. L. l., defeating Cham.
pion Mcdonald, of Chicago.
j. W. MERCHANT and family. consist
ing of five persons, were poisoned at
Frankfort, Ind, by eating ''schmier-
liacse." Ada, the ten-year.old daugh-
ter, died in terrible agony, but the re-
maindcr of the family. while danger
ously sick. will probably recover.
THE long strike of the qunrrymcn at
Bcrca, o.. involving about 1000 men
and which led to serious rioting, has
been settled by the state board OF ar-
bitration..
FIVE hundred delegates to- the na-
tional convention OF window glass
workers ut Pittsburgh, Pa, went to
Canton, O., on the 25th and paid their
respects to Maj. Mckinley.