Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-01-23

nese coast and II stokers and an en-
gincer were instantly killed and sew
eral other men died soon after from
their injuries. The passengers were
panic stricken for time.
GAMEKEEpERs ordered of some young
men who were poaching on the pre-
serves OF the Tollcston club, OF Chi.
cago, near Crown Point, Ind, and
there was n pitched battle between
them In which five men were shot
three fatally.
An earthquake occurred recently ai
Kishma, nm island in the Persian gulf
attended by IN enormous loss OF life
The island is populated chiefly by
Arabs.
ANTONIO ANGELO, q contractors In
borcr ut Greenwich, Conn.,, placed
some frozen dynamite cartridges neal
the stove in his dwelling to thaw them
out and soon after his ten-year-old son
who was playing with one, placed 1t or
the stove for fun, when it exploded
killing the boy and fatally injurine
his father and mother and another
man.
A FIRE destroyed the Farnham blocl
In Edgerton, Ind. 1t burned for foui
hours and for n time threatened the
entire town.
THE Chicago city council has passed
IN ordinance creating a "Grcnter Chi
cago" commission. The commission II
to draw up bill abolishing township
organizations in Cook county and OK
tending the Chicago city limits SO NJ
to take in all Cook county. The bill
will be presented to the Legislature.
INTERNAL revenue officers discovered
an immense cave on Crooked creek II
Rockcastle county, Ky, and found two
good-sized moonshinc distillcries, which
they destroyed.
A REJECTED sutton caused riot ant
bloodshed at the wedding OF Agnes
Hafri ut New York on the nth. While
the feast was at its height some ont
ioked John Ornis about his i'll luck II
not winning the bride, when the dis
appointed lover drew clasp knife ant
rushed ut the groom and two othel
men and q woman whom he stabbed
Ornis was arrested.
WHILE attempting to arrest two dcs
pcradocs, named Frank Morgan ant
Whitton, ut Bozeman, Mont, Deput,
Jack Allen was MORALLY wounded nnt
the sheriff was shot in the neck. Tit
men escaped.
PATRICK STEPHENS, n bachelor, wa
burned to death Mt Shenandoah, Pa.
by his house burning down.
The First national bank OF Newport
Ky., and the German national bank a
Louisville. Ky, suspended on the 18th
THE boiler Mt the mill Of j. p. Farri
near Elkhart, Tex, exploded and to
tally wrecked the building, fatally in
juring one man and badly injurini
another.
BULLETIN has just been issued from
the census bureau on the working host
OF the United States, including thos'
engaged in professional pursuits.
A DISTINCT earthquake shock was fel
ut Red Bud, ILL.,, at 1928 p. m. on tn
18th.
THE loss of life Mt the fire at tn,
Buckner orphans home at Dallas, Tex.
was greater than ut first reported
When the ruins had cooled enough
search was made and, instead OF fiv,
bodies being discovered, 10 were found
"A. r. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City. Mo.
defeated ]. d. Gay, the crack pigeoi
shot of the south in 100-bird match n
Pine Grove, KY, on the 10th. Elliot
killed 9s and Gay 90 out OF 100.
THE civil service commission has Is
sued revised schedule of examination
and instructions to applicants for tn
first six months Of the year 1897. Tn
commission cautions all applicants t
file their applications a considerable
time in advance of the examinations II
order to prevent delays.
FIVE PERSONS were seriously injure'
and about 80 others were more or les
cut and bruised ON the 18th by stree
car in Pittsburgh, Pa, running ava.
down steep grade and dashing into
telegraph pole.
INTERNAL revenue officers captured
complete underground distilling plan
E'on the 18th ut Jewish settlement II
Cumberland county, n. j. Two moon
sinners were arrested and the whisk.
confiscated.
JACK EvERHARpT, Of New Orleans
knocked out Billy Ernst. of BROOKLYN
in the iath round at New York on tn
10th. The men were announced to g
Is rounds ut 1877 pounds.