Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERsoNAh AND poIrrIcAr.


JossrI b McCULLAaH, editor of In
St Louis Globe. Democrat, was foun
dead on the pavement Ia the rear O
his residence Mt $50 q. IN. on the 3lsi
) lie was attired In his night clothing
and had evidently committed suicid
by jumping from the window OF hi
bedroom. lie had been confined TO hi
room for some time with acute asthma
complicated with nervous depression
rs n result of his arduous laburs in tn,
recent campaign. lic was 81 years old
A REPORT was current In Havana re
gently that Maceo. the insurgent chief
was not killed rs previously stated
but only badly Wounded, and Is now
slowly fecurcratinr in the Siguenu
hospital, whence his followers had
carried him. A representative Of the
Cuban junta Mt New York. however
stated that he placed no crcience in
the rumor that Maceo is alive.
A SPECIAL from Washington on the
LIST stated that Congressman Nelson
Dingley had accepted the secretaryship
of the treasury under Maj. Mckinley.
Mrs llKLEN NJ. COUGAR handed In
her resignation, at the request OF the
committee ut Chicago. OF which she
was n member, and stepped down and
out OF the nationalist party. She had
been criticised FOR speaking for the
cause OF bimeiallism in the late cam.
paign.
FRANK S. BLACK was inauyurated
governor Of New York ut Albany on
the LIST before large nssem nlage.
Levi p. Morton, the retiring governor,
made long address, in which he re-
viewed his administration, and Gov.
Black responded briefly.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and Mrs.
Cleveland. assisted by the cabinet otii.
GERS and their wives and q notable
corps Of ladies, received on New Years
day In the blue pnrlor of the white
house. The official programme was
carried out with strict formality. the
reception beginning with the diplo.
matte corps Mt II O'Clock. At 1885 the
"eneral public was admitted and at
two o'clock the reception closed.
CONGRESSMAN r. 4. VAN HORN, of
Kansas City. and Congressman-elect C.
L. Pcarce, OF 1t. Louis, appeared be.
fore the house ways and means COM
mttce on the cd to urge high duty
on hemp. jute and flax
A DISPATCH from the Philippine
islands to Madrid on the 81 stated that
1900 OF the insurgents were killed By
the Spanish troops and only % Span
iards lost their lives and % were
wounded in battle on the river Blu.
lacun.
A SPECIAL to the St. Louis Star from
Canton, O., said that Maj. Mckinley
had promised some friends, who want
ed Maj. Warner, Of Kansas City, Mo-,
appointed to a cabinet position. to take
the matter under advisement
PRESIDENT ELECT MCKINLEY an.
nounced that he wanted to lie left un-
by callers at Canton, o., the
week beginning the 4,h, rs he wished
to outline his inaugural message.
A DISPATCH from Havana said It was
expected that Muximo Gomez and other
insurccnt leaders would soon make
overtures to the Spanish military au-
thorities in Cuba with view Of secur-
ing favorable terms of surrender.
The Berlin Tageblatt asserted on
the 4th that France and Russia had |
agreed to intervene ut Washington in
the breach between the United States
and Spain.
EDWARD ScHoFIELD was inaugurated
governor OF Wisconsin on the 4th.
A CLEVELAND, O., dispatch Of the
,th stated that there seemed no posi-
bic doubt that Cornelius n. Bliss. OF
New York, had been offered and had
accepted the secretaryship OF the navy
under the Mckinley administration.
GEN. FRANCIS A. WALKER, president
of the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
biology and OF wide reputation rs an
educator, statistician and economist,
was stricken with apoplexy ut boston
IN the 5th and died soon after. lie
md been chief Of the bureau of stats.
les In the treasury department, super
ntendent Of the census and commits
ioner OF Indian affairs.
COL john HAY, Of Washington, was
aid to have been selected by Presi-
Mckinley for ambas ,ador
o Great Britain, to succeed Mr.. Day
lrd.