Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-03-06

A DISPATCH TO the Paris Eclair from
Crete stated that 1000 Moslems In the
fortress mt Selino had been massacred
by the Christian insurgents. The Mos
lens ut Canea were said 10 be furious
and threatened to attac: the foreign
consulates ut that place, but an addi-
tional force Of marines had been landed
by the various powers.
OWING to seizure by treasury agents
Of contraband opium valued ut $780,
900 and further seizure worth 10000
later, the price OF opium had advanced
So per pound. All the opium In San
Francisco was held ut SIS per pound on
the I'd and was expected TO advance to
$40.
IN Wyoming, Pa, the other night q
part of the workings Of the Scholey
mine, 600 feet beneath the town. col
lapsed and n section of the town about
100 yards long and 200 yards wide, sank
into the earth. The post office was
wrecked together with several other
buildings, including bank.
JOHN II. DoREMAY, a farmer living
near Perry, Ok, was crossing the river
with his wife and two children In n
buggy and struck quicksand. The
buggy went down and the mother
dropped her infant. II sank in the
sand and the father was drowned in
trying to save it.
r,,,, h,d,, - m young woman WINS
found in store room Of livery stable
In Paducah, Ky, on the LIST with n
knife wound in her brain. After killing
his victim the murderer had undressed
the corpse and washed and prepared 1t
for burial. There was no clew to the
murderer.
TIE pope was said to be preparing II
bull instructing the United States
hierarchy to meet in plenary council
in baltimore. Md, on May l to deal
with the subjects which have caused
such a division among the American
bishops. such us public instruction, na-
tionalism and secret societies.
A RIOT was caused Mt Knoxville,
Tenn, on the LIST by conflict OF au-
thority between the United States and
city officials about the control OF u
street car franchise. A negro was
fatally shot, the chief of the fire de-
partment sustained a fractured skull
and several policemen and special Of
ficers were arrested.
A RESOLUTION to congress passed both
houses of the Oklahoma legislature ON
the :st protesting against the detach.
ing of part of eastern Oklahoma and
adding 1t to the Indian territory.
AT Rimouslii. Que, the house OF
Evariste st. Pierre caught fire and his
three children, aged two, three and
five, were burned to death. ST. Pierre
and his wife had gone out to visit
neighbors. locking the house and leav-
ing the children in bed. The cause OF
the fire was unknown.
FIRE broke out in the Zanamoro mine
Mt Zacatccas. Mex, and ten bodies
were taken out, showing signs OF
asphyxiation. 1t was said that there
was no doubt that 10 miners had per-
ished. All Zacatccas was scene OF
mourning.
A DISPATCH from Switzerland on the
list said that the left wing Of the great
monastery Of st. Bernard had been de-
molished by an avalanche. The monks
took refuge in the part of the building
which remained intact and dug tun-
mel under the snow and crawled out.
DIR. RANIEz. a leading Cuban physi-
clan. who landed ut Key West, Fla. on
the a7th from Cuba, stated that there
were 5000 cases of yellow fever in Ha-
vana and $50 deaths daily.
A PROMINENT business block in Fort
Wayne, Ind, was burned on the asth,
entailing loss Of sl25,O00. Three fire
men were caught under falling walls
and dangerously hurt.
A BROOKLYN syndicate on the 9th
bought for 100000 the property for
merly occupied by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage rs tabernacle.
THE Aurora chair factory and the
Wymond cooper shop ut Aurora, Ind,
were destroyed by fire on the .sth.
The loss on the former was $4,000 and
on the latter $4,000. The two fires
threw 500 operatives out OF employ
ment.
ERNEST HERM, who was infatuated
with school-teacher ut Nebraska City,
Neb., asked ]. d. Chapman for an ex-
PLANTATION of some remarks the latter
had made and in the quarrel which fol-
lowed Hern was fatally shot.
An incendiary fire ut Palmer, Tex.
DESTROYED IL frame business houses, &C.
cupied by 90 firms The business dis
trict was practically wiped out.
AnnrTUnVAI. nIgPATCHEa.