Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-04-03

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A DrsPArcH from Cincinnati stated
that whisky distillers' finished goods
had been advanced to si.is Q gallon, m
advance Of one cent =,
A TORNADO struck Chandler, Ok, on
the evening Of the soth and nearly
wiped out the little city, fire compiee
ing the work of ruin began by the
wind. Nineteen dead bodies were
taken out Of the wrecked buildings
and q score more were thought to be
still under the debris. At leust 100
persons were injured severely and q
dozen of those were said TO he dying
Only two buildings were left standing
In the place.
Two women and baby were smoth-
cred to death by smoke on the soth In
a house Mt New York which was par
TALLY consumed by fire.
TnE steam tag FL Rio Rev was sunk
ut Memphis, Tenn, on the 3oth and the
crew had narrow escape from drown
ing. The tug was owned by John
Raficy, q newspaper correspondent OF
st. Louis, and had been in the employ
Of the st. Louis Republic in rcscuing
refugees.
FIRE destroyed frame house In Car
roll street, Brooklyn, early on the
morning Of the SOth and Peter keenan,,
aged 40, and Marie Stewart, aged b,
were burned to death. The mother OF
the girl was also seriously burned.
ONE man was fatally gored, another
one had n gaping wound Ia his hip and
limb and q whole train crew was ex-
hnusted In an attempt TO transfer q
bull from one car to another at Web
ster City, Ia.
The boiler In the power house of the
electric street railroad ut Elmira, n.
Y, exploded on the Goth. The fireman
was instantly killed and the engineer
was seriously injured. The damage
done was estimated ut sa5, 900.
Two rivals for woman's hand, named
John Hodges and William Minks, met
in an encounter ut Lily, KY, and
Minks was fatally wounded.
THE coal fields Of jackson county,
O., have been bought for an English
syndicate. Twenty companies were in
the transfer and 81, O0o, 900 was the con-
sideration.
DURING quarrel between j. d. Arm
strong and his wife ut Columbia. Tex,
Mrs. Armstrong picked up a Winches-
ter rifle ind shot and instantly killed
her husband.
AUSTIN, Tex, and the surrounding
country was visited by cyclone on the
asth that did n great amount Of dam
age to property, many buildings being
unroofed and twisted from their foun'
dations. Several persons ut different
places were reported killed or fatally
injared. Railroads in the state were
also badly damaged by the heavy rains
which followed.
MAJ. DuSwooDY, OF the signal serv-
ice at Washington, said on the Goth;
Reports received by the weather bu-
reau indicate that the rise in the Mis-
sissippi river will continue for IA days.
It's going to be fearful. The greatest
height has not yet been reached at
Cairo, and will not be for two weeks.
Much greater damage may be expect.
ed to occur than has yet taken place. "
As the result of an old quarrel Blan.
chard Thomas was shot and instantly
killed at Lapaz, Ind, by Jacob Leeds,
who had previously been fatally cut by
knife in the hands Of Thomas.
Two bills have been introduced into
the New York Legislature to establish
the state of Manhattan, including
within its boundaries the territory Of
the greater city Of New York.
The steamer Olive, which arrived nj
New York on the asth, brought Ills
Italians, the largest number OF immi'
grants brought to that port by any one
steamer this season.
THE northern Colorado coal opera
tors combine has been dissolved and
the price of coal has dropped from y
to $3.50 per ton.
A CALL has been issued for n national
good citizens convention, to be held al
Nashville, Tenn, on May 1920, to dis
cuss matters relating to the many
evils of the day, such rs crimes, Sab
bath dissertation, intemperance, dis
honesty, poverty, etc. The signers o.
the call are from every state in the
union.
AT the Broadway Athletic club a
New York on the 27th Paddy Purtell
of Kansas City, NO., and Dick OBrier
started in for o0-round bout, but II
the seventh round O'Brien sent Purtel
to the floor and the police stopped thu
fight and the referee declared OBrier
the winner.