Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
A MEAT train on the Chicago & North
western railway ran into eight car!
which had run off the track near Boone
H., and the whole train was wrecked
Eight tramps were supposed to hav,
been killed.
THE Minnesota board Of pardons Ia.
decided to withhold clemency from Cole
and James Younger, the Missourian.
under sentence for the Mortified raid
and they have still life sentence be-
fore them.
NICHOLAS c. CREEDE, the millionaire
Colorado mine owner, after whom the
town of Creole, Col, is named, com
mitted suicide with morphine at his
home ut Los Angeles, CAL, because his
wife, from whom he had been sepa-
rated insisted upon renewing their
marital relations.
AN Indian named Tiger Cat eloped
with the wife Of chief ut Fort Lau'
dcrdale, Fla, were followed by the
whole tribe and caught They were
afterwards sentenced to be fed to alli-
gators and the sentence was carried
out.
EDWIN J. BETS and his wife took re.
fuge under q tree near Delhi. n. Y,
from q shower and were struck dead
by lightning.
ARRANGEMENTS have been practically
completed in Kansas City, Mo-, by
which the Midland national bank will
be consolidated with the National
Bank of Commerce.
LOUIS ARRATA, who claimed to live
In New York, was arrested Mt Hinck-
ley, Mimi, recently for begging on the
street. When searched $500 was
found on his person.
A DISPATCH from Denmark on the
l2th said that an express from Bel
Singer ran into q passenger train and
wrecked eight carriages, killing 40
persons and injuring 90 others, most Of
the victims being of the artisan class.
THE governments July report gives
the percentages of condition Of lead
ing crops Us follows: Winter wheat,
sl.2; spring wheat, gl.2; corn, $40;
oats, S7.5; tobacco, 1875. The average
condition of corn in Missouri is o.; in
Kansas, 90; in Nebraska, 80; In Texas,
l0l.
NoTHING particularly new marked
the beginning of the miners strike on
the 18th. At the meeting Of the United
Labor league at Pittsburgh, Pa, 63 out
of ~ labor organizations were repre-
sented. Resolutions were adopted
pledging financial support to the strik-
ers.
COUNTERFEIT dimes in large numbers
are being circulated in st. Louis.
PHILLIP TAsHLEY, Dane convicted
by the United States court OF killing
John Sanders, United States soldier,
ut Huachita, year ago, was hanged
ut Tucson, Ariz., on the 9th. He made
ocular remarks, danced Jig and then
said, Let 'er go, Gallagher"
WHILE a gang Of workmen were ex-
cavating on the line of street railway
ut Lexington, KY, one Of them struck
what appeared to be piece of pipe, but
which proved to be a 64-pound dyna-
mite cartridge. A fearful explosion
followed, and five OF the six negroes in
the gang were blown to atoms.
THERE were five deaths and 20 or
more prostrations in the two Kansas
Citys on the 9th. In st. Louis the
death list reached ten; Chicago re-
ported 10 deaths and ten cases critical
Six died from the heat ut Cincinnati;
three ut Lafayette, Ind; seven at New
York; two ut indianapolis, Ind, be-
sides three more cases Of prostration
considered fatal. Fatal cases were
also reported from other cities.
Mrs KATE BERLE, Of st. Louis, was
SO severely burned while filling her
gasoline stove the other day that she
died soon afterwards.
MAxIMo MARTINEZ, who murdered
his sweetheart and her parents, after
having assaulted the girl, has re-
quested that brass band play ut his
hanging and that the occasion be
made one Of festivities and the citizens
Of Floresville, Tex, nave arranged to
comply with his request and genuine
Mexican fiesta will be held the day Of
the hanging. The condemned man
will be allowed TO participate under
strong guard.
ALBERT NJ. WINEBRENNER was ar
rested ut Beatrice, Neb., on the 10th
on the charge of having brutality beat
en- his 17-year-old stepdaughter with a
buggy whip and otherwise ill-treated
the girl At midnight mob Of 100
masked men entered the Jail, took
Winebrenner out and, after stripping
him and giving him n severe horse
whipping, coated him with tar and
and sent him back TO jail.
Tue Christian Endcavorers at San
francisco have chosen Nashville,
Tenn. Us the place Of meeting In 1893
London Is 70 be the rallying place for
1900. The selection of the convention
city for 1880 was not made.