Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS,

MISCELLANEOUS.
An engine and five cars OF q mixed
freight and passenger train, crashed
through bridge across the Big Muddy
"a miles south of Murphysboro, H.,
and the engineer and fireman were
drowned,
AT ESdi.isH, mine engineer, was in
stantly killed at Hartshorne, l. T., by
falling from the shaft cage. lie fell
100 feet to the bottom.
| NORTH TEXAS and the Indian terri.
tory was visited by n heavy frost OH the
night of the ed and 1t was reported
that the fruit crop was almost entirely
ruined.
GEORGE KELLY, convicted OF murder
in the first degree for killing Edward
Paul and Jacob Hayes ut Wyoming
while trying to rob them, and DIR. Eos.
ter, OF st. Paul, was hanged at 1856
o'clock on the morning of the ed on a
scaffold erected in an old shed adjoin-
ing the courthouse ut Center City,
Mimi.
JUST rs Francisco Borrego, Antonio
lIorrego. Lauriano Alarid and Patricio
Talcncia were on the march to the gal
lows at Santa Fe. n. NJ, to be hanged
for the murder OF Sheriff Chavez, n dis
patch arrived stating that President
Mckinley had respited them for ten
days to look more fully into the case.
THE building in Huron, s. d., occu-
pied by the United States weather bu-
rcuu and the government land Office
was burned on the ed. The land Office
saved most OF its records, but the
weather bureau lost all its instru-
morts and most of the records for the
last II years.
DAVID j. SAcusEL, the treasurer of
the Christopher Columbus Building
and Loan association at Chicago, was
reported missing ON the ED and his
accounts were being investigated.
THE national W. c. T. U. has sent an
appeal to President Mckinley, entreat-
ing him to call upon congress to pro-
hibit in the District of Columbia and
the territories the reproduction by
means of the kaleidoscope OF the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight. A similar appeal
has also been sent to each Of the gov
errors of the various states, asking for
Legislative action.
A BOYCOTT against beer made by the
Chicago Brewers association has been
declared by the Chicago Federation of
Labor. TO take effect April /.
A MATCH was said to have been ar
ranged by the Greater New York
Athletic club in Brooklyn for fight
between Maher and Sharkey. 1t Will
probably be brought of in May for a
purse of about $4,000.
AT the recent meeting of the Central
Labor union at New York q delegate
from the BARRIERS union offered reso-
luton urging congress to impose tax
on whiskers. The resolution would
have been adopted but for the interior
ence of the chairman, who advised
against such action.
JOHN LEE, q farmer in Grant county,
Ok, on his return from a visit to rela-
tives In Missouri, found that his house
and barn and all their contents had
been stolen from his farm.
FIRE at Peoria, ILL.,, destroyed the
Conigsky block and damaged the Muir
ply and Farrell blocks Loss, SIS, 200.
THE river at Des Moines, H., was
still rising on the 21st and over 300
houses had been abandoned on account
Of the overflow.
THE interior department has rem
dered decision granting to the state
of Kansas 1900 acres OF agricultural
college lands in lieu Of that number of
acres of double minimum lands, and
the governor Of the state will shortly
be authorized to make the selection.
NORTHERN Texas was swept by .
windstorm on the night Of the 18th
which at times developed into the pro-
portions of q tornado. At Denton over
100 houses were struck by the storm
and all were more or less damaged.
One man was fatally injured In the de-
bris of falling house. The storm also
swept over Plano, Hutchins, Fort
Worth and Itasca, wrecking many
buildings
JAMESON MCCLURE, Chickasaw In
dian, threw himself in front Of q train
at Perry, Ok, and was killed. Three
years ago he killed Joe Paul on account
Of the iatter's wife, and the deed drove
Mcclure TO insanity.
THE failures for the week ended the
10Th In the United States were s16,
according to Dun's report against 2el
last year.
THE food situation on the 10th In
Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota was
reported as being very threatening.
Many cities were submerged and an
immense number of bridges had been
washed away, all the streams being
out of their banks.
THE large Touring mill Of Bamble &
McKinnett,, at Lafontaine, Ind, was
burned recently and q carload Of aour.
4. 600 bushels Of wheat. 1000 bushels Of
corn and 1909 bushels Of chop were az
sir0Ged.