Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has written to
the executive committee of tho 2sth
national sacngcrfest, which begins in
Pittsburgh, Pa. June 8, that he will
be unable to attend, but will open the
saengerfest by the touch of an electric
button at the white house.
TIE supreme council of the A. P. A.
finished its business Mt Washington on
the 18th and then adjourned. Kansas
City was selected rs the place for the
next annual gathering. The advisory
board was abolished, its duties being
placed In tho hands of the supreme
executive board.
"A BOUT which was to have been Of IS
rounds between Kid Mccoy and
Mysterious BILLY Smith at Boston on
the 18th was stopped by Referee DAILY
in tho sixth round and awarded to Nc
Coy on foul break by Smith.
A FIRE Mt Washington on the 18th
destroyed 81 buildings with their con-
tents within the space OF two hours
and two firemen were killed and four
seriously injured by falling walls.
The burned district consisted OF COM
mission houses and were filed with in
flammable material.
AN explosion Mt Bidn, on tho Niger
river in Africa, RACED to the ground the
palace Of Emir Mclcki and killed zoo
people.
A cAIssoN collapsed at high tide on
the 18th, in the new dock which has
been virtually completed at Hull, Eng.
and Let in the tide water, which was
so strong that none OF tho vessels In
tho dock could be controlled and they
came into violent contact with one
another and were soon wrecked. The
damage done was estimated at $500, 600
A DISPATCH from Council Bluffs, H.,
on the 18th stated that IL had rained
there continuously for week and
that the loss to the city In sewers, paw
ing and bridges would run into the
thousands.
ABOUT five o'clock on the afternoon
OF the 18th cyclone swept through
the western part OF Sherman, Tex.
Forty people were killed south of the
city In addition to several In tho city
and the number Of wounded will reach
over l0n At Howe ten farm houses
were wrecked and eight persons killed
outright At Gribblc Springs four per-
sons were killed and ut several other
places fatalities were reported. Many
persons werc missing from places In
the path of the cyclone and IL was i'm
possible 10 tell how many had lost
their lives The destruction of prop
erty was enormous.
TIE Methodist general conference Mt
Cleveland, O, on the 18th commenced
balloting for two bishops. Three bal
lots were taken. The conference adj
journed before the count Of the third
ballot was made, but II was reported
that Chaplain McCabe and DR.. Grams
ton, Of Cincinnati, were the two lead
ers.
A FIRE that started In n franc build.
ing ut franklin City, W. Va, burned
rs dwellings.
SMITuToN, Pa. q mining town, was
visited by q windstorm and cloudburst
on the 18th. The storm came up with
out the slightest warning aud houses
were unroofed, treos uprooted and
small outbuildings demolished. One
hundred miners, who were working in
the mines, were compelled to flee for
their lives.
CAPT. WoopsoE, agent Of the Chey.
euns and Arapshoe Iudlsna OF Darling.
tap, OK. hiss received Instructions from
the e1mmissionef OF IudlBu siiAin 10
inform the Indians that unless they
abandon the custom Of plural mar.
rinfoA ghost dsncss and the ne q
msspai. their latigns viii b cut %.