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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
METHODIST CONGRESS.
Meeting Mt Pittsburgh Called to Consider
Momentous Questions of Religion.

Meeting Mt Pittsburgh Called to Consider
Momentous Questions of Religion.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. a2.-Pitts-
burgh has, perhaps, never been the
scene of q more notable religious
gathering than the Methodist Episco-
pal church congress which began q
six days session at Christ church yes.
terday. In conception, purpose and
treatment, 1t is unique in ecclesiastical
annals, and marks an epoch in re.
ligious history. The call for the con.
gress, which was signed by Bishop
Vincent. Ninde and Fitzgerald and
many prominent Methodist educators,
says:
The congress does not propose to invite or fa-
vor destructive criticism OF existing institu.
tions, but simply to bring out from persons rep.
resenting different phases OF intellectual NC
tivity q frank expression us TO whether the
church can meet any more fully than It does the
demands Of our times and, II so. wherein It's nc
tivities may be modifled'or directed to advan-
tage The congress will not concern itself with
questions OF church policy. but with issues
bearing upon the relation OF the church TO the
thought and life OF the people rs affected by
current scientific and literary teachings The
congress will aim to secure an adequate pre-
sentation OF the tendencies Of current scientific
and literary teachings and also suggestions as
TO the best service to be rendered by the church
In interpreting those tendencies for the spirit
ual and intellectual advantage OF its followers
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
THEY MAKE POOR SOLDIERS.
The War Department Gives Up the Scheme
20 Have Red Men In the Army.

Tho War Department Gives Up the Scheme
10 Have Red Men In the Army.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The govern.
ment has decided to make no further
experiment with Indians rs soldiers.
The young Sioux have all been dis
charged. The original scheme was to
recruit eight troops of cavalry and
10 companies OF infantry from the In.
dian tribes of the west to form an In.
dian contingent as part Of the regular
establishment Of the army. The Off
GERS of the army who were assigned to
command the Indian troops made
every effort to bring the Indians to
obey military discipline, but the plan
was failure, and 1t was found prac-
tically impossible to make them good
soldiers. Hereafter Indians will be
used only as scouts.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
WILL 1T SAVE pURRANT7

Letter from q Dead Criminal Who Con
fesses to the San Francisco Murders.
HoUsToN, Tex, Nov. ga comics
sion that may save the life of Theo
dore Durrant, who is under sentenc,
to be hanged at San Francisco for tn,
murder Of Blanche Lamont, was dis
closed yesterday. A letter has beer
made public in which Joseph E. Blan
Their, alias Forbes, who committed sui
eide in the Jail at Meridian, Basque
county, March 8 last, admits that HI
killed not only Miss Lamont, but Min
ME Williams and Mrs. Langfelt us we'll
A dispatch from San Francisco sait
that little credence was placed by the
authorities there in the alleged con
fession Of Blanther, or Forbes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
he CONQUERED 1T.
Awful Struggle with Monster That
Finally Yielded.

All was silence for moment.
Then loud, shrill shrek rent the startled
air. There was the sound Of heavy body
falling, crashing OF timbers, n noise as Of
sinful spirits wailing in despair. A chain
creaked dismally and then parted with a
dead, metallic snap. Staggering backward,
he fell against the washstand. The bowl
and pitcher fell in confused mass Of broken
crockery upon the floor, while the water
flooded the room.
Again he advanced to the attack, and the
black.browed monster bent slightly forward
and cast him full length upon the floor.
Blood gushed from his wounds, but he
!eaped again to the attack. With loud curses
he grappled with the demon. His garments
were torn in hundred places. One eye was
black and blue! The other was blue and
black! But still he kept up the fearful
combat. At length, when nearly exhausted,
with his life blood slowly oozing from a
thousand wounds and his breath coming IN
short, painful gasps, he won! The dread
monster lay wide open before him..
THERE" he said, as he wiped the drops
OF perspiration from his brow. There! It's
cold day when can't open folding bed!"
N. Y. World.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
Knd Of : sensatIonal Caae.

KANSAS CRY, Kan, Nov. 24.-The
criminal case against Charles E. Riley
for shooting William N. Allen, traV-
cling man for the Kelley institute.
Sunday. October "a, was dismissed to-
day in Judge Pfost's court Allen had
about recovered from the wound. Riley
Is travelling salesman for the Schmel-
zer Arms company. The shooting Of
Allen has never been satisfactorily ex.
planned. It Is known that Riley's wife
was In some way the main cause of It
There are also letters In the case from
Ailsn TO MrL Riley. who lived ct Bur
ling,cp, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

JAMES L. HARRIS, of the Chicago
stock yards, recently completed trip
over Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and
Colorado. He said that 25 per cent.
more cattle and IS per cent. more sheep
will be fed this season in the corn belt
states than ever before. Mr.. Harris
is preparing paper on the live stock
industry to be read at meeting to be
held at Denver January 1925. It will
show statistics covering the meat sup
ply and demand Of the United States,
where it is killed and where the meat
goes; also, statistics relating to the
supply and demand of many Of the
large cities.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
A PIANO TRUST.
Alfred Dodge Trying to Combine the Prin.
cipal Makers for Mutual Interests.

Alfred Dodge Trying TO Combine the Prin-
cipal Makers for Mutual Interests.
New YORK, Nov. 2i.-The World
says: Several attempts have been
made during the past six years to
bring the piano industry into line
with the numerous other great indus.
tries that have united. Alfred Dodge
was the prime mover in former plans.
He has spent years working up the
deals Of his great project. A dozen lead
ing firms 1t Is hoped will become part
Of the organization. Great savings are
expected. On the output Of 100000
pianos Ia good years producD the saw
ing in advertising alone would amount
to from g., 200, 900 10 So, OOO, 900. A still
greater saving is expected from the
concentration In few factories in the
great cities OF the work now done in a
hundred factories scattered all over
the country
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
A Mean White Man.

Rev. Amindab Bledso, of the st: Louis
Blue Light tabernacle, met Jim Webster
few days ago near the Grand Union depot
and asked him how he was off for firewood.
q! reckon has got erbout FIVE cords laid
up for de winter"
"Dat oughter las yer err long while" said
Parson Bledso, who was figuring to borrow
some Of Jim's fuel. :.
"Hit amt gwine ter las so VERY long,"
replied Jim, "bekase de white man in whose
yard at wood is burns it up jess as il IL
didn't cos him er cent" IN. Y. World.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
A MIssoURIAN HoNoREp.

Prof. Pritchett, Recently Chosen nc Chief
of the Coast survey, Banqueted at Sc.
Louis.
ST. Louis, Nov. 2+-Prof. Henry S.
Pritchett, who will soon leave for
Washington to assume the position Of
chief Of the coast and geodetic survey,
was honored by the alumni of Wash
ington university, of whose faculty he
was n member, with q dinner at the
Mercantile club. Hon. d. r. Francis,
ex-secretary Of the interior, in short
speech said that all Missourians
should feel proud Of the fact
that man born and bred
in Missouri had been called by the
president of the United States to take
charge of the coast and geodetic sur
vey, especially at time when this
department would locate the most inn
portant coast defenses that this coun-
try Is yet to build.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
NovAK FOUND GUILTY.
The Noted Iowa Suspect Must Suffer 70
the Murder OF Murray.

The Noted Iowa Suspect Must Suffer FOR
the Murder OF Murray.
vINToN, Ia, Nov. 2i.-The jury in
the case OF Frank Novah, charged with
killing his roommate, Murray, and
afterward setting fire to the house in
which they lived, last night returned
a verdict of murder in the second de.
gree. Novak disappeared after the
crime was committed and eluded cap.
ture for several years. Last summer
he was traced to the Klondike gold
fields, arrested and brought home.
The jury fixed Novak's punishment Of
ten years in the penitentiary, and the
Judge declared that he would not ne
cept the verdict, because the jury had
fixed the penalty, which it should moi
have done, that being the prerogative
of the bench.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

PROF. Z. STONE WIeGINs, of Ottawa,
Ont, believes that the aerolite which
fell near Binghamton short time ago
and is alleged to have contained q
piece Of iron with hieroRlyphics was
message from Mars. He said: "My
opinion is that stones have for many
thousands Of years fallen from space
upon the earth which contained writ.
ten characters. Many nations speak of
their sacred books as having fallen
from Heaven and as the earliest inn
portantr ecords were preserved in stone
It seems probable that the idea origi-
mated with aerolites, like that Of Bing-
hamton."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
PoPuLIsTs IN CONFERENCE.
Middle-of-the-R Readers Meet ut St. Louis
with 30 States Represented.

Middle-of-the-R Readers Meet ut st. Louis,
with 30 States Represented.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.-The national or
genization committee Of the populist
party, representing the middle-of-the-
readers who opposed fusion with the
democrats at the last presidential cleo
ton, met here to-day with 90 states
represented. Among those present
are Gen. Jacob 5. Coxey, Ohio;
Chairman Parks, Texas; Secretary
Morgan, Arkansas; Wharton Barker,
Philadelphia, editor OF the American;
Abe Steinberger, Kansas; II. NJ. Wat
singer, Indiana, and A. L. Harbinson,
editor of New Err, Vincennes, Ind.
Chairman Parks said that the purpose
Of the meeting was to determine their
future course. 'We are opposed &c
fusion with anybody or anything" he
continued, land we want n struight
fight IL we can get IT,"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
GUESSING CONTESTS BARRED
The Post once Department Rules Missing
Word Schemes Out OF the Malta.

The Post once Department Rules Missing
Word Schemes Out OF the Malls.
New YORK, Nov. 25.-The post Office
department at Washington has notified
Postmaster Vancott that newspapers
and other periodicals containing adyer-
tisements of schemes offering prizes
by chance will be excluded from the
mails.
The order specifies in part: For example, In
completed words, which the contestants ore to
solve by supplying the missing letters, such as
We q. city in Austria; C = p- n a. n, q
city In Denmark; ca 49, n, o city In the United
States. The latter, It will be observed can be
made into Camden. Canton. Capron. Carbon,
Canyon. all cities Of greater or lesser impor-
lance In the United States 1t Is amere matter
OF chance whether the competitor selects the
words designated by the promoter rs the cor
rect list and upon this sele;tlon hangs the
chance OF obtaining the prize
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
CllpplnGh

The new mayor Of Greater New York
win preside over more people than did
George Washington when he was first
elected president, 1859; he will in his
sphere, have far greater authority than
Washington possessed, and his domain
viii have several times as much wealth
as the United States had at the begin
ming Of this century.
A St Louis girl and boy, aged re-
spectively 10 and 10. have left their
home because q kind friend took the
pains to inform them that the woman
who has tenderly cared for their com,
fort IlPel ipigpey e their aiepnothsh
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
GYPSIES IN ST. LOUIS.
Two Boys Kidnapped. One Escapes and Give
the Alarm and the Other Ii Reached.

Two Boys Kidnapped, One Escapes and Gives
the Alarm and the Other ID Rescued.
ST. Louis, Nov. 24.-It was learned
that q quartette Of strolling gypsies
yesterday made an almost successful
attempt to kidnap Willie and Henry
Wilman, aged ten and eight years,
while on their way home from school.
Henry escaped and told John, an elder
brother, who procured a revolver and
went after the gypsies, who were
carrying off Willie in their wagon.
John, ut the point Of his revolver,
forced the nomads, who had secreted
Willie in large box in the wagon. to
give the boy up. When rescued the
boy had his hands and feet tied. The
pypsies escaped into the country.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
THE METHODIST CONGRESS.
Interesting Papers Before the Zig Gath
ering ut Pittsburgh.

ering ut Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 25.-Dr.
Charles F. Bra dley, OF Evanston, ILL.,,
presided ut the third days session Of
the Methodist Episcopal church con-
gress. The devotional exercises con.
sisted of the quaint and solemn cere-
monies Of the early Christian church,
after which Bishop II. W. Warren, of
Denver. was introduced and made a
short address Papers were then read.
DR.. d. II. Atchison, of Wilmette, ILL.,,
who spoke on church music, in the
course of his remarks, said: ut is n
pity that the cycle of popular sacred
songs inaugurated by the early Meth
odist church should have suffered carl.
cature, but we all know that the style
Of music tolerated by the average reviv-
al meeting, camp meeting, Sunday
school and Epworth league conven-
tions is unworthy of the history and
genius of Methodism. Because of the
vast market which they have offered
to the products Of mercenary trash
writers Methodists have many musical
sins 10 atone for. We are suffering
from the lack of an authoritative CEN
sorship of the religious musical press"
In his paper ON church architecture
T. W. Gaggin, of Syracuse, n. Y, said:
IF Christianity expects to have a
Christian art developed it must pro-
vide schools for teaching 1t. Metho-
dism, with only 100 schools for teaching
classical and scientific subjects, has
only one symbol where anything is
taught about practical architecture.
II Methodism awakens to its opportu-
mites soon enough it may be leader
in the new movement that will devel-
OPP typical style of building for prot
estantism."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
Hobart Hopes for Currency Reform.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 94--vice Presi
dent Hobart has joined the senator
and representatives who believ,
that congress will put through
some monetary Legislation this winter
At dinner in Patterson, N. j., th,
vice president said: THE people de
mand currency reform in this country,
and that at once. believe the repre-
sentativeswill pass currency law thai
will meet the temper, the tone, the re
quirementso of the people Of the United
Statea / know not how It will be
svolved, but I believe such q bill will
be passed to harmonic the existing
financial difficulties.D
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
NO INDEFINITE ADDRESSES.
Assistant Postmaster General Merritt
Makes nm Important Rullng.

Assistant Postmaster General Merritt
Makes m Important Rnling.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a. Assistant
Postmaster General Merritt has issued
an order stating that it is not permits.
sible to write upon third or fourth
class mail matter or its wrapper, or to
print or write upon second-class mat
ter or its wrapper directions relative
to delivery. Consequently directions
to deliver to some indefinite address,
as to druggist" or physician" II
the matter be unbelievable to that
addressee, must in all cases be disre-
garded by postmasters Postmasters
have been instructed that after March
l, 1898, matter so addressed will DO
held to be unavailable.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

1t is estimated that the cost Of con.
struction of the projected ship canal
from North Tonawanda via Lake On.
tario and the Mohawk and Hudson
rivers to New York harbor will reach
ss9, OOo,O 900. At West Troy 1t is pro-
posed to build lock in connection
with this canal which will have a lift
Of "a feet By constructing q few hun
dred feet of low embankment the Mo-
hawk river can be made to contain
the first lock of the canal The route
Of the canal will be by way Of Schenec-
tady, Utica, Rome, Herkimer, Oneida
lake, the oswego river and thence to
Lake Ontario.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
PLAYERS BADLY INJURED.
Baldwin University Football Team In I
BADLY DemornlIEed Condition.

Baldwin University Football Team In 4
BADLY Demoralized Condition.
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. -. Baldwin
university has football sensation
Tho II went to Titiin, played the Tiftir
team and arrived home with one Of Its
players seriously injured and the
others badly bruised and battered.
They left one member at Tiffin also in
dangerous condition. Capt. Reed has
conclusion of the brain and was still
unconscious. Full. Back Young, coach
for Baldwin, is suffering from injuries
to the head and was still delirious Of
last reports.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

The problem of how convicts shall
be kept at work without competing
with free labor has seemingly been
solved by the law which went into ef-
feet January last in New York. This
provided that all state institutions
should purchase their supplies from
the prisons, II such could be manufac-
tured there. Since the law went into
operation acquisitions were received for
over s750,OOO worth of goods, which
guarantees the continuous employment
Of convicts. As 1t costs but $500, 600
annually to maintain the prisoners
they are thus made self-sustaining.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

PREPARATIONS are being made for
holding convention Of cotton grow
crs Of southern states in Atlanta, Ga,
on December IS, for the purpose of eff
fecting an organization to control the
production and sale of cotton in the
south and to fight trusts that seek to
lower the price of cotton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
A Wealthy 81. I.ouIsan Dead.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25. John E. Liggett,
president of the Liggett & Myers To-
bacco company, and one of the wealth
lest residents Of st. Louis, died ut ten
o'clock last night at his home, 292i
Locust street. The deceased had been
Ill but few days. His wealth was es-
timated at about els, 100000. lie was a
native st. Louisan. lie was ~ years
old, having been born June IL, 1926.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

THERE is a plan on foot to get the
Arlington estate in Virginia, which
before the war was the homestead OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee, and have 1t trans
ferred to the United States department
of agriculture for q central expert
mental station to which all the exist
ing stations in various parts of the
country should contribute. Secretary
Wilson said that such tract Of land
was necessary to the department and
II 1t was secured he would make 1t one
of the finest experimental farms in the
world
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

81. LOUIS, Nov. 94-The most disas
trous ERE that has occurred in Nortl
St Louis in q number Of years brok'
out shortly before FIVE o'clock yester
day evening in the warehouse Of tn,
Ravenswood Distillery company. TIT
loss viii amount to 100000 with In
surance Of about rs per cent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
FOR PUBLIC USE.

Street lamps can be, mounted on q
new telescope post to make them easy
10 reach for trimming and filing. a
set-screw engaging the central shaft
10 hold II In position with pulleys and
weights set in the post TO counterbal-
nnce the lamp.
In q new automatic Gre alarm two
corrugated disks nre mounted In q
raising with theIr edges rigidly fixed,
one OF the disks expanding to a greater
degree than the other when heated. 20
a. 10 ronrert the electrical contact
polnts lfi IN ths psuisr o. ihe tlskA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
MAY IMPRIsoN A DUKE.
Manchester Unable to Meet n Livery Bil
for R2A5-His Fortune Hunting.

Manchester Unable to Meet n Livery Bill
for e245-His Fortune Hunting.
LONDON, Nov. a5.-The Cambridge
county court made q commitment
order yesterday on the duke Of Man
chester, who was sued for q livery
stable debt of s?45 and costs. The
order. however, was suspended for
three weeks, with liberty to appeal.
During the early part of the present
year it was reported that the duke was
to marry Miss Pauline Aston, daughter
Of William Waldorf Astor, but the re-
port was subsequently denied. The
young duke has also been named rs an
asnirant TO the hand of Miss Mary
Goelet, daughter of the late Ogden
Goelet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

HOMER ADKINS, Of Noble, Ok, who
has for several years claimed to be the
discoverer Of gravity engine, which
is run wholly by the power Of gravita.
ton, will go to Washington and try to
induce congress by special net to pro-
tect him in the rights of his discovery,
which cannot be protected under the
patent laws. lie says that, in case
congress refuses to act, he will let the
secret die with him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

THE greatest y ray machine in the
world was exhibited the other night
in the Lawrence scientific school OF
Harvard college ut Cambridge, Mass.
1t has an electric motive force of l,aO0,-
900 volts, which is about equal to the
voltage of a.4OO electric cars. 1t gives
spark IS inches long-an achieve.
ment hitherto unknown.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
"BLAcKLIsTs" ORGANIZE.

Chicago A. II. U. Men who Were Dis
charged TO Wage War ON Railroads
CHICAGO, Nov. 24-An organization
of alleged "blacklisted" railway men,
who claim to have been forced TO seek
other employment since the A. z. u.
strike, Is being formed in the city for
the purpose Of prosecution Of several
hundred damage suits against num-
Der of railroad companies Since the
Ketcham case was decided in favor Of
the plaintiff last week, movement
has been started to push more than 500
similar cases with aggregate claims Of
more than q, 600. 200.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27
sad Fire In Kansas CITY, Kan.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Nov. 92.-This
city was again visited with very de-
structive fire Saturday afternoon.
Eleven buildings, north of Minnesota
avenue between Third and Fourth
streets, all but two Of which were
dwellings, were completely destroyed,
while four dwelling houses were more
or less damaged. Only for the assist
ance rendered by the fire department
Of Kansas City, Mo-, the bulk Of the
city might have been mass Of black.
anad ruinR
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-27

PRoF. MILTON WHITNEY, who is in
charge of the division of soils Of
the agricultural department, Is en-
gagged at present In the investigation Of
the climatic conditions Of moisture
and temperature in their relation to
the local distribution Of crops. The
work has scope rs broad rs the coun-
try. It will eventually embrace all
the soils and staple crops and In its re-
lation to the future of the country,
when crops must be specialized under
the intensified system Of agriculture
which must come 10 American farmers
IL q few years. It promises TO be Of the
Utmost economic and practical value.