Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-08

THE steamer st. Paul, which ran
aground on the New Jersey shore sew
eral days ago, was foated on tho 4th
amid the footing Of whistles and went
on her way to New York.
MATTHEW RoLLINaRR, n carpenter nj
Chicago, suspected his wife, with whom
he was not living, Of undue intimacy
with n man named Mueller. Early on
the morning of the 4th he stationed
himself near his wifc's house and rs
John j. Delmo, who was rooming
there. came out, Rollinger mistools
him In the dim light for Mueller and
fred, instantly killing him.
FIRE started in the basement Of the
Gilscy house ut New York on the 9Th,
but the flames were subdued without
much damage, though the dense smoke
caused almost panic among the 224
guests, who turned out OF bed In their
night clothes, and many became hys'
terical and tumbled down stairs In their
efforts to get out Of the building.
CONGRESSMAN MILLER has prepared a
bill dividing the state OF Kansas into
two judicial districts, the dividing line
running east and west nearly through
the center OF the state.
THE house ways and means commit
tee has decided to report bill fixing
penalties for knowingly selling and
shipping or keeping for sale wines or
liquors under names OF different
brands. The penalty for the first
offensc Is fixed Mt $500 fine and six
months imprisonment, and for the Sec
ond offcnse double that.
WHILE two brothers, Calvin and An
drew Reed, were playing together Mt
Guthrie, Ok, Calvin picked up a re-
volver and, supposing It was unloaded,
snapped II ut the other, and Andrew
fell, fatally wounded.
A MEMPHIS, Tenn, dispatch on the
ed stated that the unprccedent rain In
the lower Mississippi valley during the
past ten days had caused the streams
to overflow and the low lands in Ten
nessee, Arkansas and Mississippi were
one vast sea OF water. Bridges had
been washed away on several of the
railroads and traffic was seriously de-
layed.
NEAR Lawrenccburg, Ind, freight
train was dcrailed by broken wheel
and 30 cars crashed into the bridge and
the bridge and cars went down to-
gether. Five tramps were fatally In.
jured. The damage done amounted to
100000
SENATOR JOHN p. JONES, Mt Washing.
ton, has received message from John
Hammond, who is in Jail at Pretoria,
South Africa, charged with high trea-
son, in which Hammond urges this
government to warn the Transvaal
government OF the consequences OF
maltreatment OF Americans, and asks
as last resort the invoking OF aid
from Great Britain.
AT Newport News, Va, on the 30th
the gunboat Helena was launched.
She was christcned by Miss Agnes
Steel, daughter of the mayor of Helena,
Mont, u distinguished party being
present. Half an hour before the
Helena was launched the third largest
steamer ever built in this country was
christcned the Grand Duchess by Miss
Nellie Eldridge, OF boston. Both the
launches went off successfully.
W. A. EWING shot and killed Charles
McLemare in a fight at midnight on
the cd ut Calhoun, Ky. Ewing escaped,
but bloodhounds have been placed on
his trail.
The clearing house returns for the
week ended January 81 for the follow
ing cities were: New York, sioi, 900, 3l2;
Chicago, $40, 7ja, 40; st Louis, sa4, $780,
rs; Kansas City, s0,4il,0O7; St Joteph,
81, 4O5, SIP; Topeka, 1857, la3; Wichita,
Si26,OO5; Omaha, Si,3l0,539.
AHEAD end collision on the Wabash
near Decatur, ILL.,, resulted in the
death OF Engineer Rose and Conductor
Wheeler.
A TERRIFIC tornado. accompanied by
food occurred on the 3ist in north
Queensland, attended with great de-
struction of life and property. Many
vessels were missing as result Of the
storm. The rainfall during the storm
amounted to 90 inches and 1t was esti-
mated that the damage to property
would amount to 100000. A large
number of persons were drowned.
EXPRESS AGENT KRoUT, who robbed
the Wclls-Fargo Express Co. of $4,000
ut Colorado Springs, COL, November
II, 1898, was brought to his home near
Cerro Gordc, ILL.,, on the 3ist and the
officers secured 10000 Of the missing
money in valisc.