Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

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Clinton, La, having in custody negro
named Charles jackson, charged with
attempting to wreck train, when he
was surrounded by an armed body OF
men and the prisoner taken away. The
next day the negro was found dangling
from tree.
EARTHQUAKES occurred recently in
the Lecward islands, in the West In
dies, killing many colored people by
burying them in the ruins of their
houses. In brick church the congre-
cation was caught by the collapse OF
the walls and SO were crushed to
death.
THE fourth volume of 1.-THE Messages
and Papers of the Presidents" is ready
to be issued from the government
printing Office. 1t presents the history
OF our government from 1871 to 1910.
WHILE an ice cream festival was in
progress ut church ut Longstrath,
o., drunken man entered and raised
a disturbance. Upon being ordered to
leave he pulled his revolver and fatally
shot two men and then escaped. A
posse was after him to lynch him.
THE 20-round bout between Joe
Choynsli, of California, and Denver"
Ed Smith ut New York on the 10th
was cut short by the referee, who
stopped the bout in the fourth round,
owing to the foul tactics of Smith.
The fight was awarded to Choynski.
THE Chicago board OF trade has
voted to discontinue the use of No.
spring wheat as contract grade, thus
leaving only two contract grades Of
wheat for future delivery, No. north
ern spring and No. 2red winter.
In the United States supreme court
on the 10th the Bell Telephone Co. won
the case brought against 1t by the
United States to annul the last Ber-
liner patent. This decision will have
the effect of continuing the control of
the telephone business by the Bell
company for II years from the date of
the last patent, which was granted in
1891.
FRANK BARI, his two sons and
brother met their death by asphyxia-
ton while digging we'll on their farm
ut Redfeld, S. d.
Two masked robbers at one o'clock
on the morning of the 10th entered the
home Of Father Joseph Flache, the
Catholic priest ut Dyer, Ind, and
struck the cook on the head, infiicting
dangerous wounds. The priest at
tempted to shoot, but his revolver
failed to work, and he was roughly
handled. The house was ransacked.
WITH box containing 200 pounds Of
dynamite on fire ten feet away from
him, John Thomas, the boy who runs
the compressed air hosting engine in
the Tamarack mine, near Houghton,
Mich, stuck to his post and saved the
lives of the men at work in the mine by
his bravery. Ten seconds after he had
hoisted the men to the level the dyna-
mite exploded.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 7th were
2ss, according TO Bradstreets report,
against 267 In the corresponding week
last year.
THE Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
RAILWAY has practically won Its fight
for the right TO construct ship canal
from Sabine pass 10 Port Arthur. Sec
rotary Alger decided that while he
would issue no order granting the
company the right to dig the canal
above the pass, he would interpose no
objection.
The engine. tender and baggage car
Of the limited express on the A., 7. &
s. Fc railway just east Of Lamar, Col,
plunged into the stream that had be-
come swollen from q cloudburst The
engineer was buried under the en- CINE
and two tramps were fatally hurt No
passsn gers were injured.