Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-10


JOHN II. BARKER. colored, was cleo
trocuted at Sing Sing, N. Y, on tho
9th for the murder Of his wife on Au-
gust 30, 1895.
THE street railway company ut
Houston, Tex, acceded to the de-
mands Of the men and the strike has
been declared off.
ROBERT BEVERLY, colorcd, started
home drunk early the other morning
near Midway, KY, got fast in wire
fence and died from the heat.
Two we'll dressed men assaulted
Miss Rose Miller Mt New York and
robbed her of n diamond necklace and
her pocketbook. When she screamed
for help one OF the men attempted to
gag her. She caught his thumb In her
mouth and bit 1t off below the second
joint.
SIXTY tons of butter arrived Mt Van
couver, b. c., on the 9Th from New
York and will be forwarded to Sydney,
Australia. This is the first shipment
of American butter ever made to Aus
tralia.
AT Cincinnati on the 9th there were
~ deaths from the hot weather, making
81 fatalities in three days.
AT Gloversville, n. Y, on the 9Th
Arthur A. Zimmerman, paced by n
triplet, made an exhibition mile in
2:Oa. He also went half mile against
time in :57,l.
BECAUSE Saloonkecper Patrick Grace
and wife at Chicago refused to open
their money drawer, three masked men
mortally shot them the other night
and then escaped.
A STRANGER with lighted cigar
ignitcd the gas of mammoth oil well
in Madison county, Ind, on the 5th,
the flames shooting 40 feet high and
burning down the derrick and damag-
ing much adjacent property.
By the capsizing of boat near West
Superior, Wis, four persons were
drowned In party Of seven.
HENRY b. STONE, president Of the
Chicago Telephone Co., was killed at
Nonquitt, Mass, on the 9th by the ex-
plosion OF q bomb.
A MEAD-END collision occurred on
the Vandalia line early the other
morning at Vandalia, ILL.,, which re-
suited in the death Of two men and the
serious injury of two others. Ono Of
the engineers had misrcad his orders.
The British bark Overdate collided
with the steamer Pandua off lIooghly
point, Ind, and all on board were
drowned except the captain and two
others.
The body of the child Of the second
wife of Sandy Soper, of Cass county,
No., who killed his first wife and two
children, was found near the William
cite river ut Portland, Ore, where
Soper said he had hidden it.
THE st Paul Pioneer Press advo-
Gates the proposed pardon of the
Youngers, the Missourians imprisoned
for SO many years in the Minnesota
penitentiary for being concerned in
the killing of bank cashier. The
paper had heretofore strcnuously OPP
opposed the pardon of the men.
Two men and two women lost their
lives by q pleasure steamer running
down their skiff at Little Rock, Ark,
and throwing them into the water.
By q premature explosion OF fire.
works Mt the celebration at Hedrick,
H., rocket struck Mae johnson over
the heart and another tore away half
of Mary Sweitzer's head. Both expired
instantly.
CHARLES SEYMOUR and wife, of Wy
more, Neb., went TO battle in the Blue
river and both were drowned.
An important arrangement has been
completed between the United States
and Mexico for an exchange of wealth
or bureau reports.
EIGHT persons were drowned in Lake
Michigan on the 4th while bathing at
various points along the beach ut Chi
cago.
SECRETARY BLISS has definitely au.
thorized the removal Of IS OF the in
truders in the Cherokee nation. These
IS are the heads of families who have
received the amount of reimbursement
awarded them, but refuse to move.
This step is only an initial one. The
proceedings will be repeated until all
the intruders are oustcd.
In the national circuit races at Ra-
cine, Wis, on the I'd, under the au-
spices OF the l.. A. W., Tom Cooper
won the half mile open professional,
Eddie Bald being but foot behind,
Arthur Gardner coming in third. The
time was 100 As and equals the worlds
record.
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