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

Decatur, Ill, hundreds OF small fish
fell In the streets from tho clouds.
They wero small perch from ~ TO .
inches long.
RAYMOND JONES. colored. was sbot
to death while asleep in his homo near
Toronto, Ark, and his house, contain
Ing his body, burned to the ground.
MRs. ANNA RoHRENBEcK attempted
to pour some coal oil, as she thought,
on the fire. by mistake she picked mp
the gasoline can. There was IN ex-
plosion and she and the baby In her
arms were enveloped In flames and
both were burned to crisp The
house also caught fire, but the fire de.
partmcnt saved It.
Missouri had been visited by the largest
downpour OF rain for years Tho town
OF Bosworth was struck by water
spout. The Usage and Sac rivers were
out Of their banks and the Grand river
was said to be rising rapidly. People
were leaving their homes in the bot
toms all round the country and SEEK
ing higher ground.
THE general Methodist conference
Mt Cleveland, o., on the 10th elected
DR.. Charles c. McCabe, of New York,
and DIR. Earl Cranston, OF Cincinnati.
bishops.
ELEVEN bridges were washed away
and ten miles OF track Of the Choctnw,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad between
Shawnee and Holdenville, Ok, were
under water on the 10th through the
heavy rains Many farms on the Ca
madam river were also submerged.
by the mir hose breaking and setting
the brakes on freight train near To-
ledo. o., on the 10th, one tramp was
killed and six others badly injured,
two OF whom may die.
LIEUT.. PEARY, tho Artic explorer, Is
arranging to 60 north again this sum-
mer, his object being TO secure the 10.
ton mctcorite near Cape York, which
he discovered last year.
A DISPATCH from Iowa City, H., on
the 18th said that q strong movement
was on foot In tho state TO retire John
S. GARRISON from the position of ma
tional committeeman. II was also
said that Senator Allison might with
draw from the presiden tial nomination
race before the convention met and
Iowa would be put In the Mckinley
column.
THE boiler Of Strawburg's sawmill
ut Hoffman, N. c., exploded on the
18th and instantly killed three negro
employees and wounded another.
AT East Cnrondelet, ILL.,, 43 negroes
were admitted to membership in the
Baptish church and baptized in the
Mississippi on the 18th.
THE proposed strike Of carpenters at
Buffalo, N. Y, for eight hours was
met by n lockout, those carpenters
favoring the eight-hour day being dis
missed on the spot by the contractors.
A protracted struggle was anticipated.
THE north central part Of Kansas
was visited by a tornado on the utter.
noon OF the 18th. At Seneca six per-
sons have been killed and many in
jured. The Grand opera house was
demolished and 25 residences RACED to
the ground. At Oneida six have
been killed and ut Frankfort 200 peo-
Pile were made homeless. Frightful
damage was also done ut Reserve, Sa-
bctha, Falls City, Baileyville and other
places, and many people were badly
injured. Five persons were killed ut
Sabetha.
WHILE the street railway company Mt
Milwaukee was operating all its lines
on tho 18th and there was little or no
disturbance, the buses were heavily
patronized rs against the patronage OF
the cars, and there was q general boy
colt The cause Of the strikers was
being advocated by every labor union
and business OF nll kinds suffered with
the railway company.
CHIEF WALKER, OF the
@. A. r., on the 18th, from the head
Quarters Mt indianapolis, Ind, called
attention 10 the fact that some posts
have been engaged in political work
and some officers have been using their
official positions to further the interest
OF certain candidates. He deprecated
all such action and demanded that IL
be discon tinued.
THE supreme court Mt Washington
on the 18th reversed the Kansas mort
gage redemption case and upheld
Judge Horizons former decision that
the law of 1893 did not apply to mort.
gnges or contracts made before Its
passage.