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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings Of the Senate and
House In Extra Session.

condemned Proceedings OF the Senate ana
House In Extra Session.
In tho senate on the 18th. during the debate
on tho resolution TO bring Elverton r. Chap
man, the recalcitrant witness In the sugar case,
before the bar OF the senate. Senator Tillmap
Is. CO. caused sensation by saying that the
senate was not after Chapman, but wanted To
discover whether any senator had been using
his position 10 get rich by specializing In sugar
stocks He said newspaper correspondents
had sent broadcast over their signatures the
charge that three senators had recently specu.
lated In sugar stock and that II tho senate
wanted 10 investigate II had better do NO or
hush up Tho resolution was finally referred
TO the judiciary committee. Senator Aldrich
Or. ~ stated that tho tariff bill would be taken
up for certain on the eith. The senate then
adjourned until tho 18th. 80. The house disposed
OF the Indian appropriation bill with the cx-
ccptlon Of the proposition for opening the Utah
gilsonite lands. which was postponed. Mr..
Simpson cndcavorcd TO renew his attack on tho
speaker for not naming the committees. but
was called to order. The house afterwards I'D
journed until the 18th.
In the senate on the nth, Immediately fol-
lowing the reading OF the presidents message
asking for IN appropriation TO assist destitute
American citizens In Cuba Senator Davis,
chairman OF tho committee on foreign relations
presented favorable report on joint rcsolu-
tion appfopriating $4,000 for relieving Amer
lean citizens In Cuba and II was passed. A de-
bate then cnsued on the resolution OF Senator
Morgan (Ala.) for recognizing the Cuban insur-
gents Us belllgcrcnts without any action being
taken. In the house Mr.. Cochran mo intro
duccd resolution submitting to the legisla-
lures OF the states IN amendment 10 the consti-
tuition enabling congress to collect an income
tax. Tho house failed TO pass IN appropriation
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
EUROPEAN WOMEN.

The youngest daughter of Beerbohm
Tree was christened recently ut St.
Marguerite's, Westminster, by Canon
Eyton. Her godmother is the duchess
Of Portland and her two godfathers
are Lord CRANKY and Lord Rowton.
Queen Victoria approaches her dia-
mond jubilee in excellent health Ex-
cept q weakness of eyesight and tend
ency to rheumatism, her physique Is
perfect, the brain, heart and lungs be-
ing in the same condition rs those Of
q healthy woman of 20. She certainly
takes rs much interest In matchmaking
and In the love nffairs Of those about
her rs o woman of 20 does.
The members of the Women's Vege-
tartan union In London have q new
craze. II Is for vegetarian dress. They
have concluded that IL Is as wrong to
kill animals for clothes as for food.
They want vegetable boots, vegetable
gloves, vegetable gowns, and even vege-
table note paper. They have decided
that the hid, the calf and the sheep
shall be spared If their influence can
do It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
MISrEILANEauH.

W. j. MCCONNELL, the noted temper.
ance lecturer Of Cleveland, o., became
suddenly deranged while speaking al
Whitesville, KY, the other night
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has reopened
his claim to the city of Omaha, and In.
tends TO press 1t to the last. II he
wins he will be worth SIC, 1000, 000 The
claim grows out of the old Union Pa.
cific litigation and subsequent proceed
ings in which he was legally declared
lunatic.
TWELVE firemen were frightfully
burned by the explosion of q gasoline
tank in grocery store ut Chicago.
WILLIAM II. HAMILTON, his wife, and
q grown son and daughter were found
murdered near Helena, Mont Robbery
was the motive, rs their house had
been ransacked.
The losses in Louisiana by the Mis-
sissippi overflow are estimated ut ST.
$50, 900; in Mississippi, at s., SOC, 900, and
In Arkansas, at 81, $50, 900, or total Of
s14, 500, 900.
The city council Of Galesburg, Ill,
has passed an ordinance prohibiting
the sale or giving away of cigarettes
under penalty Of 500 for each viola
ton.
The postmaster-general has made an
order TO take effect at once for the pay
ment of all railway postal clerks twice
q month instead of once.
The westbound Southern Pacific pas
senger train was held up by masked men
$50 miles west of San Antonio, Tex, on
the 14th and the two safes in the ex-
press car were dynamited and the con-
tents secured. The amount secured
was thought TO be about $4,000. The
express car was badly wrecked.
The new tipple or ore dump at the
mines ut Pinckney, Tenn, 90 feet high,
fell and killed ten white men and boys
outright and seriously wounded sew
eral Others. The dump was q new one
and had been tested.
A PITTsBUReH, Pa, dispatch of the
i4th stated that manufacturers of wire
nails, wire and rods were about to
form n grand combination to control
the market for all three products The
policy outlined will only include .
moderate advance in price Of each
product II the new combination Is .
60 II win practically drive out all
composition N the manufacture OF
wire nails
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Mr.. r. WAYNE PARKER, of Newark,
N j., who has been connected with
commissions seeking uniformity in d.
vorce laws, in addressing the Liberal
club of Buffalo recently on the ques-
ton of divorce said that although the
jurisdiction claimed in many states to
grant divorces to non-residents is a
travesty on justice, yet the United
States has the largest proportion OF
married people Of any country
in the world, SO in every 100.
The whole number Of divorced persons
in the United States in 1890 was 120,-
eoe, out Of total population Of 90, 6s2,-
250-one-fifth Of one per cent
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
A Il Lookcd 70 Him.

People who have seen cottonwood
lumber warp when 1t came from the
saw can appreciate story Gene Ware
tells about the first sawmill erected at
Fort Scott. After the first days saw
ing the owner of the mill came down
from town, where he had been cele-
brating the Opening" with the boys.
He looked over the crooked boards
scattered about the yard for moment,
and then inquired with the drunken
gravity:
Boysh (hic), has that lumber been
measured yet?'
ut has not" replied the foreman Of
the mill.
swell, when 1t gets still, take q (hic)
corkscrew and measure it"-Kansas
City Journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

THE "third rail" will revolutionize
railroading in more ways than the
mere metamorphosis Of locomotion
would ut first indicate, says m enthu-
siastic admirer of the plan. 1t will
enable every engineer TO have in his
cab block system signal, by means
of which accidents, such us front and
rear-end collisions, will hardly be pos
sible. He will be no more the unfor.
tunate victim of careless switchmen,
fagmen, dark nights, storms of snow
and enveloping fogs. His ear in the
blacklist night will tell the position of
trains in front Of him, behind him and
right and left of him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
UNLuCKY DAYS.
Translated from the Original Latin Verses
Concerning Evil Days.

Translated from the Original Latin Verse
Concerning Evil Days..
JANUARY
OF this nrst month. tho opening day
And seventh like sword will sway.
FEBRUARY.
Tho fourth day bringeth down 10 death;
The third will stop strong mans breath.
MARCH.
Tho frst the greedy glutton stays;
The fourth cuts short the drunkard,s daya
APRIL
Tho tenth and the eleventh. too.
Arc ready deaths fell work TO do
MAY.
Tho third TO shay poor man has power,
Tho seventh destroyeth In m hour.
JUNE.
Tho tenth pallid visage shows;
No faith nor truth the fifteenth knowA
JULY.
The thirteenth Is fatal day;
Tho tenth alike will mortals stay.
AUGUST.
The FIRST kills strong ones at biowj
The second lays cohort low.
SEPTEMBER
Tho third day Of the month September,
And tenth bring evil to each member.
OCTOBER
Tho third and twenty with poisoned breath,
To man are foes rs foul rs death.
NOVEMBER
Tho NTH bears scorpion sting Of deadly pain,
The third Is tinctured with distinctions train.
DECEMBER
The seventies fatal day to human life
The tenth Is with serpent's venom rife.
IN. Y. Mail ind Express
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

DURING the month Of April AZ ,O0O.-
600 pounds of sugar were imported in
to this country, valued at over 81, O0O,-
600. As the trust will have about two
months more yet, there will be n years
stock of raw sugar on hand when the
new tariff bill takes effect. The treas
ury statistics also show that there will
be about years supply Of raw wool.
AS other goods arc being imported in
proportion 1t can easily be seen that
the revenues will be insufficient for
the next fiscal year. That is why the
senate committee proposes internal
revenue taxes to last little over two
years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Col. u. S. HARTMAN, who has been
recognized at Kansas City for several
months rs western representative for
the Cuban junta in this country, is
authority for the statement that l,I5O
men have been recruited for the Cuban
army in Kansas City and vicinity and
arrangements have been made to send
them all to Cuba in the fall when the
yellow fever season in Cuba will have
passed. Col. Harrigan also says that
an American volunteer legion of $4,000
men is now being recruited at various
points in this country for service with
the Cuban patriots.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

A WAR of determination against
sympathetic strikes in the building
trades has been declared by n combi-
nation of Chicago contractors, en-
ployers and other business men, and q
serious conflict with organized labor
is feared before the crusade Is ended.
The employers say they will make
every effort TO attain the desired end
through cooperation and arbitration
with the building trades council and
affiliated unions, but that, If peaceful
means fail, general lockouts and wage
reductions will be resorted to in order
TO force the labor organization to
terms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

LIEUT.. JAMES A. Moss, of the Twenty.
Fifth infantry, is under instructions
from Gen. Miles to organize corps Of
20 colored soldiers to ride by bicycle
from Fort Missoula, Mont, to St Louis,
This expedition is the result Of the be.
lief which prevails among military
men that the bicycle can be made an
efficient addition TO tine equipment OF
the army in the field; that Il Is practi-
cal for long journeys and that its utili-
ty will be fully demonstrated by the
trip which Lieut. Moss and his 90 sol
diers will begin june 1. Lieut. Moss
Is to make full report Of the under
taking to the war department
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
Why tho Warehouse Bill should Pass.

For q number Of years the tendency In
prices of grain has been downward and the
intermediate charges on grain between the
producer and the consumer in the way OF
commissions have become Of more and more
Importance to the producer. The. reduction
Of such charges to minimum has become an
absolute necessity. The reduction has come
about naturally through active competition
BY dealers in a half dozen cities which are
reaching out for the grain business OF the
west. The public warehouses have been o
most important factor in furnishing to the
farmers Of Illinois broad and active mar.
kct. This has been done without interior
ing with the business Of the country grain
merchants. 4 system has been developed
which has proved entirely satisfactory to
the country at large, but apparently Is not
satisfactory to q little cotcrio Of dealers on
the Chicago Board OF Trade. This coterie
has attacked the proprietors Of public ele-
vators on every possible ground and has de-
MED them the right in common with other
grain merchants to buy and sell grain. The
public warehousemen for years have dealt
in grain and the competition stimulated by
their position in the trade has been most
beneficial to the interests OF the farmer.
While the custom Of warchousemen deal.
ing in grain has been established by Gus
tom the Illinois statutes are silent rs to their
rights and powers. The bill now in the leg.
isllture clearly defines their rights and
meets any objection which could be raised
10 their acting IN the capacity OF grain mer'
chants and warchousemen at the same time.
The proposed legislation Is in the interests
Of the producers OF grain throughout tho
state and should be enacted. The opposi-
ton comes from the Chicago Board Of Trade
people who have been persistently fighting
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
Internal Revenue Receipts.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE monthly
statement of the collections of internal
revenue shows that the total receipts
for April were sll,Ss4,5S9, n decrease
Of 500, 7O5 us compared with April, 1896.
For the last ten months the receipts
aggregated si2a, $50, 4OI, an increase Us
compared with the same period of last
wear of $500, OS3.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
JAPANESE TOWN BURNED.

Nearly Four Thousand Houses Destroyed
and Fifty Lives Lost.
VICTORIA, b. C., May 20.-The steamer
Empress of India, from Yokohama,
brought news of n fire which COM
pletely wiped out the town of Hochioji,
in the silk district of Japan. Nearly
1000 houses were destroyed and be-
tween 40 and so lives lost. All the
houses were frail wooden structures,
and the fire took but n short time to
sweep the town, giving the helpless
members of the community little
chance to escape
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
Oklahoma Free silver Republicans.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok, May 19.-Free
silver republicans met in this city and
formed territorial organization. j.
II. Woods, of this city, was elected
chairman and ]. Roy Williams, OF
Noble county, secretary. 1t was de.
cided to organize every county and
township into free silver branch Of
the republican party.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

A GRIZZLIES convention will be q
feature Of this years exposition sea-
son at st. Louis and Il Is esti-
mated that over so. 900 men and women,
who are minus limbs, or otherwise
manned, will be in attendance. The
gathering has for its object the
ameliorstion of the condition of the
people represented and the enlighten-
ment ofsnygeons and limb-malkers with
reference to the removal Of the real
and the substitution Of artificial limbs.
Mr.. william r Trower. secretary for
the convention. has opened communica-
fion with labor organizations and hos
pitals over the country on the subject
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
Elk troubles Ended at Last,

CINCINNATI, May 1s.-The Cincinnati
lodge of the Benevolent Protective Or
der OF Elks has received an order from
the grand exalted ruler for the rein
statement of ex-Grand Secretary Alien
o. Myers to all his rights and privi-
leges. This is the last of the factional
fight in the order of Elks that started
three years ago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

ACCORDING to the report Of the Amer
lean Bible society recently made, never
before, with n single exception, have
30 many volumes of the Bible been
sent from the Bible house at New
York in one year to foreign countries.
They numbered l0l,S5+ and seven
cighths of them went to Mexico, Gem
trail America and South America.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ex-
poets to bring out the second and con-
Guiding part of 1.-The Woman's Bible"
in June. Mrs. Stanton, who is 81, con-
tinucs the task alone, her former as
sistants having lost sympathy with
the commentary by women on the
parts of the Bible referring to woman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

The Financial Scorcher Is the nain'
by which Baron Alfred Rothschild wal
known during his recent sojourn In vi
emma. He Is q first-rate bicyclist, bu'
rather too quick and rash in his flight
to suit viennese cyclists or the pedes
trianR
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
Passed All the Men.

New YORK, May 10.-The first woman
to be graduated by the faculty Of
Union Theological seminary received
her diploma yesterday Mt the Gist an
nual anniversary and commencement
of that institution. The interest in
the event was doubled by the graduate
being Emily Grace Briggs, daughter Of
Prof. C. A. Briggs, who was suspended
by the general assembly after trial
for heresy in 1894. Miss Briggs, who
is in her :1st year, carried of the
honors, passing all the men.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

DR.. Nansen has received from the
British government a complete set Of
the reports Of the Challenger expedi-
ton in so large quarto volumes. II
b asserted that he Is the first private
individual TO whom set has been pre-
nented.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

PROF. HALLOcK, of Columbia college,
has in hand the project of boring into
the earth rs far us drill can be
driven. Already depth Of one mile
has been reached. As the depth in
crcases the wen grows hotter. 1t is
anticipated that natural steam will be
encountered or the walls become so
hot that water can be forced down
cold and be pumped up in the form of
steam, thus furnishing the power Of
the future,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

CHICAGO, May sl.-Adrian Britt, once
publisher of the Jacksonville Union
and prominent in the Hayes-Tildcr
presidential campaign Of 1876, stood in
the prisoners dock in Judge Grosscup's
court yesterday and pleaded guilty
to n charge of fraudulently passing
checks stolen from the United States
mails"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

So useful have the bicycle policemen
proved themselves in New York and to
such nm extent has the wheeling habit
increased that the squad, which has
grown to 10 members from very small
beginning, is to be still further in
creased.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

THE railway companies Of Great Brit
min carried 900, OOO,O 900 passengers in
1895, Of whom 1856 were killed. During
the same year, in the city of London
alone, $50 persons were reported killed
by falling from buildings or out Of
windows
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

WAsHIN GToN, May 20.-The senate
committee on international exposi.
tions has decided to report favorably
the resolution providing for the up
preparation Of $3.50, 900 for proper repre-
sentation Of this government at the
Paris exposition of 1000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
An Iowa Town swept by Fire.

Dies MONIES, Ia, May 20.-Sixteen
business houses and several dwellings
In Calumet, on the Iowa Central rail-
road, were burned this forenoon, caus-
ing n loss of $4,000 The origin of tho
fire Is unknown. There was no fire
apparatus in the town.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
nrohhnd hr FInInndrr..

SUPERIOR, Wis, May 9o.-Informa-
ton reached this city Of 4 bloody riot
Mt the sett .ement Of Maple, 40 miles
down the Northern Pacific railroad. A
drunken mob Of Finlanders assaulted
three residents with knives and clubs
and one will die.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Mr.. Frank r stockton's new book
n q collection of nine short stories
grouped under the title Of "A Story
Teller's Pack
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
MESSAGE FROM LOST SAILORS.
Note from the Manistee Crew Picked Up
After Fourteen Years.

After Fourteen Years.
BAYFIELD,, Wis, May 2O.-Five miles
south of this harbor, half imbedded in
the sand Of the beach, James Taggart,
n lumberman, yesterday discovered the
first message from. the 40 persons who
persisted in the wreck Of the steamer
Manistee nearly IA years ago. 1t was
a note, carefully inclosed in a heavy
glass bottle. The writing had faded
with the lapse of years, and the glass
of the bottle was worn thin with it's
constant beating against the sandy
shores of Chequamagon bay.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Winter wheat millers from all parts
Of the country are at St Louis attend
ing the annual convention of the VIM
ter Wheat Millers' league. Over 500
delegates are in attendance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

ENGLAND is now Boosting of the
greatest industrial and commercial
prosperity she has experienced in
many years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

THE announcement that the effort TO
secure the adoption by the postal con-
gross of n universal postal stamp has
failed has caused widespread regret.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

One million dollars IN United States
silver coin At the present standard
weighs assFly ssK tons
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

'NAice the COW happy II you would
have hsr DO her best" says PTuf. VIZ
lard.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

The favorite beverage Of Sarah Bern
hardt II warm milk and water. SIN
has never used wine or other tntod
cants.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Butter makers motto: -Clsanlinss
b next tos sliness.S
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

The president has appointed Joe
Carey postmaster at Garrett. Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

They who clamor for their rights, multi
DIV their wrongs.-Ram's Horn.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-08
Highest of all in Leaveping POwer-LatestU y. S. Govt Report
R!Aa!l! R Fsxassz
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