Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-06-19

roads and has appointed Senators For
aker, Stewart and Harris, Of Kansas,
for that purpose.
FIRE started i'm the main business
block of Georgetown, Col, and burned
the larger part of the business section,
including 10 stores. Just before the
fire had run its course there was an
explosion of giant powder in general
store. Mrs. William Newell was in
stantly killed and Mrs McLain scri-
ously injured. The shock ruined the
business houses that had escaped the
fire, and the center of the town is a
waste. The losses were placed ut
10000
ARMOUR & Co. will remove their Chi
cago butterinc plant to Kansas City us
o result of Gov. Tanners signing the
bill forbidding colorng of the product.
THE Universal Postal congress fin
ished its labors ut Washington on the
18th by formally signing the general
treaty and the detailed articles and
then adjourned to meet ut Rome in
February, 1903.
A GOLD strike of fabulous richness
has been made $50 feet below the sur
face in the Gregory-Bobtail mine n.
Central City, Col.
The Cheyennes recently sent dele
CATION to importune the governor of
Oklahoma to suspend the law recently
passed by the legislature which denies
them plurality of wives.
THE supreme lodge a. o. Y. W. adj
journed at Milwaukee on the 18th after
installing the officers. J. L. Riggs, of
Kansas City. Mo-, was placed on the
committee ON laws; Web McNall, of
Kansas, on the committee on appeals,
and A. Priddlc, of Kansas, on the COM
mittee on statistics.
THE Henry Ellen coal mines near
birmingham. Ala, were on fire on the
18th. The miners were got out safely.
HOWARD A. ScoTT was clectrocutcd
ut Sing Sing, n. v, on the 18th for
the murder of his wife last October.
The current was turned ON ut ll:1l n.
III. and he was declared dead at ll:la:3O.
CHARLES RErsoy and William Taylor
were drowned while bathing near st.
Louis
EDWARD $. EDWARDS, of the Century
Whcclmen of New York, raised the
American record for "a hours of road
riding to $40 20 miles yesterday. The
best previous record. 3li miles. was
made by Smith. ut baltimore, Md.
WHEN the fircmen eXtinguishcd n fire
Mt the home of Frank Prestel, n laborer
ut Dayton, o., they found the badly
charred bodies of Rosa. aged six, and
Albert. aged two years. The children
had played with matches and set fire
to the house.
ALBERT BENSON and Thomas Olson
got into friendly wrestling match in
Brooklyn and Olsen lifted Benson off
his feet and threw him backward,
breaking his neck.
THE bicycle race at Kansas City. Mo-,
for women-being n race for two hours
each night for six rights--was won
by Lizzie CLAW, Dottie Farnsworth be-
ing second and Ida Mack third. The
distance travelled was 233 miles laps,
Dottic Farnsworth being about three
feet behind Lizzie CLAW and the same
distance ahead of Ida Mack. Jennie
Brown was fourth with a33 miles lap
and Lille Hays fifth with $50 miles
laps.
A SEVERE tornado struck Elkins, W.
Va, on the 18th and many buildings
were wrecked or considerably dam
aged by being blown from their foun-
dations.
JAMES NJ. GoRDY was hanged at
Georgetown, Del, on the 18th for the
murderer of his wife. He protested
his innocence on the scaffold and
scored the newspapers numerically,
us being responsible for the people
thinking so i'll of him.
THE Lutheran synod in session ut
Baltimore. Md, on the lath was offered
Il lots in Omaha, Ncb.. by DIR. II. W.
Kuhns, of Omaha, for the construction
OF an orphans home and cx-Mayor
Schicren, of Omaha, offered to donate
the money for the building. A COM
was appointed to take the
project under Amusement.
An explosion wrecked the Hermes
Fireworks Co.'S establishment Mt Gin
killing one man and injuring
another man and woman.
AUGUSTINE CIACoN, sentenced to be
hanged on the 18th of this month for
sawed his way out of the jail
ut Solomonville, Ariz., and escaped.