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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

Four women and three man were
killed by an explosion in the armory
of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Mt New Haven, Conn.,, on the 2ist, and
five others were taken to the hospital
badly injured. =,
THE fifth annual convention OF the
national union of German Christian
Endeavor societies opened at st. Louis
on the slst with nearly 500 delegates
present
WHILE employed in pitching wheat
70 q thrasher, George Mackey sudden
" became insane and attempted TO
take the lives Of a number Of men at q
farm near Chelsea, /. T. The intense
heat was supposed to have affected his
brain.
THE Naumbang cotton mills at
Salem, Mass, have decided to close for
q number of weeks, and the 1000 oper-
tiyes have been so notified. The shut
down Is due to an unsatisfactory
market.
DIR. MARION DoRsErT, of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington,
has arrived in Clarinda, Ia, to officially
experiment with the use Of anti-toxin
serum as q preventive for hog cholera
The Wichita and Caddo Indians ut .
council held in Oklahoma, came to the
conclusion that 100 acres apiece was
not enough land for them 10 live on.
They elected q delegation TO go to
Washington and try and get $40 acres
allotted each member of the tribe.
Mrs. Lovely ALDRICH, one OF the
seven surviving widows Of the revolu-
tionary soldiers who fought in the war
of i776, died In San Diego, Cal She
was 9s years old.
THERE was little change reported on
the eist in the strike of the coal min
ers in the Pittsburgh, Pa, and the
West Virginia districts; The expected
meeting of the board Of arbitrators did
not take place. owing to the nom
arrival of some Of the members The
b. & O. railroad has laid an embargo
on all West Virginia coal and orders
have been issued 10 hold all coal At
junction points, as the railroad CON-
pany wanted TO keep . ten days sup
ply always on hand.
tbs senate concluded the formal
reading of the conference report on
the tariff on the aist The debate wa
spiritless In the main. At the time OF
adjournment It was understood that .
vote would be taken on the $50 and
Anal adjournment on the 9lth. The
house passed q joint resolution suthor'
lizing the president 10 get foreign 10
strictions on The sale Of American 70
baeco mcdiasd-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
pERsoNAL AND POLITICAL

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
A RECENT dispatch from Paris said
that the governments Of Spain and
Japan have arranged an offensive ALI
ance against the United States The
terms Of understanding, which Is for
the mutual protection OF Cuba and
Hawaii, provided that, In the event Of
IN active aggressive movement on the
part Of the United States tending to-
ward interference in Cuban affairs or
persistence In the annexation Of the
Hawaiian islands, both Spain and
Japan shall declare war simultaneous
" against the United States.
A LONDON dispatch on the 18th stated
that the United States commissioners
had been successful and that an inter
national conference will be summoned,
probably to meet In the United States,
and Great Britain would participate.
All the delegates will be uninstructed
in regard to the ratio, although France
favors l5il to !.
IT was stated on reliable authority
that the powers had fixed the indem-
nifty to be paid to Turkey by Greece ut
81, 900. 900, and had accepted compro-
mise giving Turkey a more liberal line
Of frontier.
IT was said that the nomination OF
Terrence v. Powderly, formerly grand
master workman Of the Knights Of La
Dor, for commissioner-general Of immi-
grafton, would soon be sent in to the
senate.
A STRONG disposition on the part OF
many subordinate leaders In the insur.:
gent army to end the war by the -ac-
ceptance Of autonomy was reported at
Washington from Cuba Gen. Gomez,
personally, clings to the hope OF inde-
pendence, but he is almost alone.
REV. FATHER BUTLER, Of Chicago,
who was about to be consecrated bishop
of the Concordia. Kan, Roman Catholic
diocese, died in Rome on the 18th.
1T was reported that President Nc
Kinley had offered the Russian mis-
sion to Carl Schurz.
Ey-CoNGREssMAN KEIFER, OF Ohio,
will be made assistant commissioner
of immigration Mt New York.
Thomas r. TURLEY, of Memphis, has
been appointed by the governor OF
Tennessee to succeed the late lsham
&. Harris us United States senator.
Ar the cabinet meeting ut the white
house on the Goth the coal strike was
informally discussed, but no action
was taken in the matter. A decision
was arrived ut to send q currency mes
sage to congress us soon as the party
leaders in the senate considered the
time opportune.
Miss JEAN INGELow, the well-known
poet and novelist, died ut London on
the night OF the 10th in her eth year.
LONDON dispatch on the Goth stated
that, through the negotiations OF the
American bimetallic commission, aided
by representatives OF France, Great
Britain will probably agree to partici-
pate in a conference to be held at
Washington next fall.
THE president has signed the joint
resolution authorizing the secretary OF
war to issue tents for the G. A. X. en-
campment ut Leavenworth, Kan, and
also the deficiency appropriation bill.
REV. DIR. TALMAGE has been forced
to sever his connection with the First
PRESBYTERIAN church ut Washington
owing to dissensions among It's mem
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
WHAT AND HOW They ATE.

Darwin gorged every now and then
on plum cake.
Richardson was 4 vegetarian and an
nbstaincr.
Swift lived in Dublin on q monoton'
Gus diet Of mutton pie.
Newton often did not know whether
or not he had had his dinner.
Alexandra Dumas was fond OF pre-
pairing dinners for his friends.
Shelley was content with bread OF
anything which happened to be at hand.
Thackeray, though partial to French
cookery, refrained from too free indul-
gence in It.
Byron, after fits Of intemperance In
the way of liquids, lived for weeks on
biscuits and soda water. When he wa
abroad he purchased q goose and car
RED It about with him In q basket In hil
travelling carriage. But when the tims
came for the slaughter the poet had b
come 50 fond Of his feathered compan'
ion that he declined to haSeit killed
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
First salvation Army Colony.

LAMAR, Col, July 90. -Commander
Booth Tucker, of the Salvation army,
in company with James A. Davis, gem
eral industrial commissioner of the
Santa Fe route, and John Z. Frost,
land commissioner of the Santa Fe, Is
look -ng over lands in this country with
view of selecting location for one
of his colonies. lie has selected
southern Colorado, and will secure So
600 acres of land under some OF the
large canal systems for the location OF
the first colony. He is reported to be
backed by John ID. Rockefeller.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

JOURNALISTIC enterprise has led to a
curious insurance case in Paris. M.
Henri Martin, editor of the Courier de
Lyon, was found dead in his room,
hanging from 4 cord passed over
hook in the ceiling and attached to 4
dog collar round his neck. His life
was insured for $4,000 francs, which
the insurance company refuses to pay
ON the ground that he committed sui
eide. He had, however, been publish
ing articles on the scientific side OF
hanging, and was preparing one de-
scribing the sensations of hanged
man. His family will contend that
his death was accidental.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

FEDERAL JAILER Connolly, ut Guth-
RE, Ok, has received pardon from
President Mckinley in favor OF Wah-
Mak-Wa-She, a full-blooded Usage In
dian, who is 9s years OF age The
Indian has been in Jail IS times for
selling whisky in the reservation. He
is so feeble that he cannot live long,
hence the pardon.
THE Broadmoor Casino, the famous
500, 900 pleasure resort Of Colorado
Springs, Col, was burned to the ground
on the 10Th. There was no water
available and, ten minutes after the
flames had broken out, all hope was
given up of saving the structure and
efforts were made to save the hotel
adjoining, which, by the helpof United
States soldiers in camp there, was sue
cessful.
The great gold discoveries In Alaska
may seriously complicate the Alaskan
boundary dispute between this country
and Great Britain. As the line has
been tentatively established, klon-
dyke, where the big find has been
made, is within the Dominion Of Cana
da, but II may be that definite estab-
lishment of the boundary will bring it
partly, at least, within American ter
ritory.
THE mission premises Of the Plym-
outh Brethren at Wuchen, China, were
recently destroyed by Chinese mob,
who were melted by the old story OF
the missionaries stealing children and
killing them.
A MOVEMENT is on foot at Chicago to
form q national billiard league and
establish circuit Of cities represented
In the league, almost identical with
the system in vogue in baseball, SO as
TO create O national interest In bill
lizards.
jim DAVIS. q cowboy, was struck by
lightning near Leliaetta, ]. T., and he
and his horse were instantly killed.
FIVE monster farewell rallies on the
18th at Toronto, Ont, closed the great
est convention the Epworth league
has ever had. All five meetings were
marked by great outbursts Of religious
fervor.
THE American Baptist Missionary
union and the American Baptist Home
society, with headquarters in New
York, have wiped out their joint
debt Of sis6, 900 by raising over $3.50, 600,
to which John d. Rockefeller is to add
the same sum.
JIM JEFFRIEs, of California, and Gus
Rubin, Of Ohio, fought ao-round bout
at San Francisco on the 10th. Both
men are remarkable for their size and
muscular development Jeffries Is q
man about 9e years old, 6K feet in
height and Is in fine condition ut sls
pounds. Rubin. the Ohio giant, tops
the Californian Just one inch and
weighs in condition 900 pounds The
pace was terrific for men Of their size
and weight from the start The ref
cree declared the fight draw.
The Empire state express on the
New York Central broke the worlds
record on the 10th by making the dis
lance between Syracuse and Buffalo,
1855 miles, in 1877 minutes
A NEGRO named Terrell was taken
from the court room ut Montgomery,
Ala, and lynohed by mob for assault
ing . woman and then fatally burning
her and her babe.
WrrHIx the next 30 days Guthrie,
Oklahoma City and 81 Reno, Ok, VIZ
be connected by long distance tale
phone lines The lines viii Be extsnd'
ed within the near future 70 connee'
with the Ksases system, eeatrfing =
Wichita.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

THE So great volumes containing the
tax records of New York city have
been opened to public inspection, ac-
cording to law, and from them 1t is
learned that the titles of over $4,000
pieces of real estate are held by about
$4,000 owners. Twenty persons own
$500, 100000 worth of real estate on
Manhattan island: 81 other persons
own nearly 5000, 900, 900 more property.
The tax department books show that
1874 persons own over one-third Of the
entire real estate in New York. The
real estate of New York city is assessed
this year at 81, 7S7, 1856, 79l.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
rERsELY PUT.

When n man likes whisky real well he
cures all his ailments BY drinhngit.
A woman always puts things sway
20 that she can't find them when she
wants them
There are . great many girls who
dress 20 extrsxagantiy that people con-
SANITY wonder how their father keeps
up.
People who think they would be
,mart II thy only had more eonhdencs
IN Themselves usually nv ths only
pnss who thintse.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

CONSUL BELL at Sydney, N. S. W., re-
ports to the state department ut Wash
ington that the long drought in Au-
stralia will probably be much worse
on sheep than that Of 1895. when more
than 1900, 900 were lost through that
cause. Lack of rain has destroyed all
the vegetation on the ranges and sheep
are being slaughtered in vast numbers
to save the pelts. 1t is declared that
one-fifth of the finest wool sheep on
the entire globe have persisted, and 1t
appears to be the American oppor-
tunity now to raise sheep ut home, as
the prices on the foreign wool market
are likely to advance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
MOUNTAIN FIRES.
Hundreds of Men Fighting Flames In Cali
fornia- Believed Ia lBe lncendiary.

Hundreds Of Men Fighting Flames In Cali
fornia- Believed TO ise lncendiary.
OREvrLLE, Cal, July al.-Forest fires
have been raging for the past two
days in the mountains east of Oreville
and word reached here that four or
five houses are burned. A big fire start
ed near Whitewash Trees and ran six
or seven miles south to Palermo.
Fifty men were engaged in fighting
it. Another fire broke out near Rob
inson Mill and burned over district
s by IL miles. Two hundred men were
lighting it for two nights and days. IL
is believed that these fires are OF incen-
diary origin. A huge fire is raging be-
tween Hurleton and Enterprise, and
all the residents of the locality are
working to prevent its spreading.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

ACCORDING to official statistics which
have just been issued in London, the
national debt during the last five
years in England shows an average
daily decrease of nearly 100000. Dur
ing the same period the national debt
of the United States shows an average
daily increase Of more than Sl25, 200.
Frances debt increases $4,000 daily,
Germany's debt over si3O,0OO, while
that of Russia shows daily growth of
not less than S4O5,O0O. Frances ma
tional debt is the largest, heading the
list with $4,000, 900, 900. Russia comes
next, then Great Britain and then Ger
many.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
The czar Threatens to Enter Turkey.

BERLIN, July aO.-According to spe-
cial dispatch received here Emperor
Nicholas has telegraphed the sultan
demanding the immediate evacuation
Of Thessaly and threatening that other
wise Russian troops will cross the
Turkish frontier. 1t Is said here semi
officially that all the powers excepting
Great Britain have consented TO this
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
s,bras,n,s Crop status. Excellent.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 20.-Nebraska
will this week complete the harvest
ing of one of the largest wheat crops
in its history. The quality is excel
lent and the yield per acre above the
average. In addition the acreage was
almost one-third heavier than usual.
The corn crop, too, is one-fourth larger
than any previous corn crop ever plant
ed in the state, and the indications are
for full crop throughout the state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
A STUBBORN FACTOR.
Perry Belmont Says England Alone Blocks
Bimetallic Action.


Bimetallic Action.
New YORK, July aO.-Perry Belmont,
who has just returned from Europe, in
carefully prepared interview, had
this to say on the money question:
In regard to the present attitude OF Europe
toward international bimetallism. there are I'D
yocutes of II In France. England and Germany
MS there were year ago. but the advocacy has
not increased in volume or intensity. Neither
France nor Germany will join with us In placing
gold and silver on parity. unless England
leads the way. The continued increase In gold
production. the surplus last year and this year
OF British incomes over expenditures, the con-
tnucd supremacy of England In commerce ana
Of London rs nm International money market
have the effect OF pursunding the parliament
that the present coinage, currency and financial
system Is good even though there Is distress
in India
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

The following conversation took place be-
tween two gentlemen in crowded London
club room. They had been talking about the
condition of things when they first came to
London. Mr.. Rawson said:
"Whcn first came to London had only
q ragged coat, with knife and few mar
bles in my pocket :,
you were better off than !, then, Tor l
had neither coat nor waistcoat, nor
knife, nor even marbles
NONSENSE" was the reply. "How could
that be-"
swell, will tell you. When came here
/ was baby in long clothes"
The roar OF laughter that arose could have
been heard miles away.-TitBits.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

J. E. WATTS, IN octogenarian, is the
owner OF what he has named 1.-THE
New Jerusalem" near Arlington, Lin
coin county, Ok. His homestead OF
five acres is laid out with winding
streets and thickly covered with white
washed stones, many of them six feet
high. lie says that every stone will
be the mansion of saint when his
spiritual bride comes from the clouds
to live with him in this New Jerusa-
lem. Watts styles himself the second
Messiah
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

RUSSIA, according to information
Just received at the state department
ut Washington, is about entering up
on interior waterway development on
u scale corresponding to the transsibe-
rian railroad construction. A deep
and long canal is to be built by Russia
to connect the Baltic with the Black
sea. II is to be 1000 miles long.
2l3.o3 feet wide ut surface, and ll5
feet at the base, with depth of 2T.9
feet 1t is to carry easily the biggest
battleships of the world.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
Real Warm Weather Rest and Conn
fort.

There is a powder to be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot Ease, invented by
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. w., which
druggists and shoe dealers say is the best
thing they have ever sold to cure swollen,
burning, sore and tender or aching feet.
Some dealers claim that it makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t certainly will cure
corns and bunions and relieve instantly
sweating, hot or smarting feet. 1t costs only
a quarter, and the inventor will send sam
ple free to any address
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

MAJ. A. d. REYNOLDS, who has made
more than 100000 net profit us to-
bacco manufacturer during the last 20
years ut Bristol, Tenn, has sold his
plant to n syndicate of capitalists and
will retire from business. The sale
was due to Maj. Reynolds religious
and temperance convictions. He has
long advocated the prohibition of the
sale OF spirituous liquors, and finally
came TO regard the tobacco business us
incompatible with his religious life.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

A MAN In Atlanta, Ga, named John
Smith will soon call upon all the
Smiths in the world 10 contribute
toward magnificent building to be
erected in honor Of the name. The
house Is to cover ten acres.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
BIG COMPANY EMBARRASSED.
Creditor Garnishces Stockholders OF the
Southern building AssociA tion.

Southern building Associh tion.
MACON, Ca, July al.-Miles Abel has
carnisheed all stockholders in this city
of the Southern Building n Loan asso-
citation of Huntsville, Ala. on claim
of $1,000 due him by the company.
Abel made n demand for the amount
due him. The company could not pay
it, and he proceeded to garnishee the
stockholders. The association was re-
garded rs one of the strongest in the
country. having capital of $1,000, 900.
The company has perhaps more stock
holders than any other similar organ
ization in the south.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
THE LARGEST SINGLE ORDER FOR
CREAM sEPARATORs EVER GIVEN.
A Noted Iowa Creamery Operator Or
ders Five Hundred mt One Time.

w. I. Moody, Iowa's greatest creamery
operator, estimates that 1t costs an average
OF 10 cts. per 100 lbs. to haul milk to a cream.
cry and haul the skim milk away again. -,
He is going to save all this by placing with
his patrons Dairy Separators, and have
wagons call for the cream.
In this>way the farmer will get the full ad.
vantage OF the Separator and creamery sys'
tens, will have the warm fresh skim milk
at home for stock feed and will not be at ex.
pense Of carting his milk to creamery.
Before ordering these 800 Separators, val.
ued at over $4,000, the merits Of all the
different Dairy Separators on the market
were yery thoroughly considered and prac-
tical tests were made by Mr.. Moody.
II was finally decided that the Sharples
Separators, made at West Chester, Pa,
were the most desirable and best made ma
chimes, and though costing little more
money, it was thought they were well worth
the difference asked, and the order was
given to that company.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

UNDER the name of the Tree Plant
ing association society in the city Of
New York has gathered lao members
in this its first year. At its annual
meeting. held few days ago. 1t re-
ported that 5la trees had been planted,
with better chances of growth than
would have been the case had the fig
ures been greater. 1t had also in
structed 1as persons who were mem
bers how to plant trees, and had given
practical directions rs to the best kinds
available for city and suburbs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

AT the new hospital for women In
London, Eng, all the doctors are wom-
en-. Out of 20 major operations there
have been but two deaths; this would
seem to indicate that women may be
competent in surgery us In medicine
and nursing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
A Resemblance.

death and the people Of Germany are
alike in one respect
Name it,"
"The people of Germany like to use money
direct from the mint"
go on"
Death loves shining mark, too. Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

President Faure Il said TO be the
greater dandy In France. he Il anx-
ious 10 institute . special presidential
costume, but his colleagues do not
look upon the scheme with favor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

Descriptive Of Yellowstone National Park,
Black Hills, Summer Tours to the North and
Northwest, Tours to Colorado, Pacific Coast
and Puget Sound, Farm Lands in Northern
Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming. and
Region will be mailed free by the under.
signed. Send fifteen cents for large col.
ored wall map OF the United States or a pack
Of superior playing cards. l.. W. Wakeley,
G.. p. A., Burlington Route, st. Louis, Mo.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

A teaspoonfui Of lemon juice ina cup
full of tepid water whitsns and softens
the nails and removes al grease and
dirt making them more easy to pol
fab.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

When = deadbsst asls you for loan
he always tsIls you he 4 looking for .
man who owes hin. but he never fud1
lins- Wushlngtoa Qal psueersA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24

The United States supreme bench
has formulated some new rules rsRu-
lating the naturalization Of aliens. II
has grown into an abuse that just
prior TO an election the rush for secur-
ing naturalization papers is so great
that the court has no time TO inquire
into the character Of the applicant for
citizenship. Now q citizenship must ten
DAYS before he makes his application
for citizenship, file with the clerk OF the
court q statement giving his name,
aRs, residence and his witnesses This
is public record and gives the people
and the court an opportunity 70 Fnow
something about the applicant
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-24
Too Much Rain for Northwest wheat

MrxNEAPoLIs, Mimi, July 9s.-Spe-
cials from Fargo, Grand Forks, Crooks
ton and other Red river valley points
say that too much water is falling for
the good of the wheat crop. Many
fields of wheat on low places will be
uncut and the loss will be heavy. The
rains in South Dakota are considered
highly beneficial.