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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

The gambling carried on In the slot
machines of Chicago Is said TO cost
their customers Ss,OOO,OOO year, Of
which only one-fourth is returned in
prizes. A rake OIL Of So in 81 goes to
the gamblers
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
POTATO PRICES HIGHER.
They Enter n Race with Wheat 70 Rea'
eha nollnr Mark.

They Enter Race with Wheat to Reach
the Dollar Mark.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept 0.-Potatoes
have entered the race with wheat. to
get above the dollar record, and the
prospects seem to be favorable for a
neck.and-neck race. There was an
advance of 10 to 90 cents in prices
Wednesday. Some potatoes sold as
high as so cents bushel, though 9th.
ers brought but 90 cents. A year ago
the price was only 20 cents, SO that the
farmer with only half crop is better
of now than last year when he had 4
full crop.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
Mnrk nf Pnnalon EramInern secret.

WASHINGTON, Sept 9.-Peusion ex-
aminers in the field have been rein
structed to give out no information to
the press in regard to their work,
leaving this duty to the general office.
An order of this purport has long been
In existence, but some officials have
RECENTLY neglected to observe It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
HELPS RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.
Heavy Movements Of Grain Makes Higher
Wages for Conductors and Brakemen.

Heavy MOvements OF GfaIh MHKes H1RHer
Wages for Conductors and Brakemen.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. s.-The move
ment of grain to market has been OF
great benefit to the employees of the
Kansas railroads. Every company in
the state has increased its shop force
and working hours and the men make
more than ut any time since 1892.
Freight conductors who two months
ago were content with monthly earn
ings Of $50 and SIS are now drawing
pay to the amount Of $3.50 and Sl75.
Brakemen whose mileage few months
ago averaged only $50 month are now
earning from $50 TO 500.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

GALVESTON and Houston, so miles
npart are soon TO be connected with an
electric railway. There are already
four steam roads between these two
largest cities of Texas, but business
has grown SO rapidly that the citizens
want j.. done by electricity.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
A PlucIEy Young 0IFl.

DENVER, Col, Sept miss Lu Verne
Hall, one of the cleverest young girls
in the class of '97 of the East Denver
high school. and historian Of her class,
has opened q bootblacking establish
ment on Sixteenth street in order 10
raise enough money to enter Vassar
college.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
neuuty KIIls = Criminal

MusKoaEE. L T., Sept IA aght
occurred near Illinois Station, L 4.
between Deputy Marshal John Brown
and posse and some despsrate criminals,
IN which DsVD Vaugh1, enc q We
oFipinslh wnl killsa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
For Numbering Lcavenworth Veteran.

LEAvESwoRrH, Kan, Sept. S.-Sher-
in Rothenberger arrested John Kulla
last night on the charge Of having
murdered Sebastian Blosser, n veteran
of the Second Missouri cavalry, who
was found dead in q gully near the
soldiers home August 90. Shortly
after discovering the body, Mrs. Bios
ser and a Polander named Peter
Stromski, were placed under arrest,
charged with the crime. The woman
broke down yesterday and made a con-
fession TO Sheriff Rothen berger, plac-
ing the crime on Kulla.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

DENVER, Col. Sept 1--WE are on
the verge Of . great mining era,n said
Clarence King. former chief spf the
United States geological survey. THE
time IL not far distant when q man can
start out from Denver and travel 70
Klondilre, stopping every night ut Q
mining camp
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
Fiendish Crime NJ Macon, Ga.

MACON, Ga, Sept 9.--Miss Sallie
Chapman, living at 159 First street
with her half brother, J. G. McInvale,
was assaulted In her bedroom by an
unknown man between three and four
o'clock yesterday morning. Miss
Chapman Is handsome woman about
20 wears of ace. The assailant escaped.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

BEFORE the season ends there will
hc 10000 people in the Klondike coun-
sry, and one good road there would
have saved them $500 each in the cost
of travel and supplies. This makes
$4,000, 900, and II is low estimate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

YorSe OGDEN GOBLET, of New York,
by the recent death of his father, be-
comes the richest lad OF his years in
America. At 20 Young Goelet finds
himself in possession of fortune es.
timated ut 500, 900. 900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
cHINAMAN AS A cYcLIsT.
Foo Lee, Of Niles, Mich, Wins n bicycle
Contest from Enat Wheelmen.

Foo Lee, of Niles, Mich, Wins n bicycle
Contest from Fast wheelmen.
NILES, Mich, Sept. Foo Lee, Q
laundryman here, was persuaded to
buy q bicycle and in n few weeks was
able to ride us we'll as anyone. He nc
companied American boys on long
spins. At tournament recently he
entered in one Of the events. In the
race were entered some fast riders, but
they were not in II with the Chinaman,
as he beat them handily. The sports
are trying to induce him to give up
the laundry business and devote him
self TO racing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
DoUGLAss WHITE, a negro of Mo

DOUGLASS WHITE, negro of Mont.
gomery, Ala, killed woman some
five years ago. For that crime, through
mistrials, reversals and SO on he has
been subjected to six trials. At the
first he was sentenced to death; at the
second to LIE Imprisonment; at the
third to SO years imprisonment; at the
next to ten years, and now he has
been acquitted altogether.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
A Demented MusIc Teacher's Ac

OwAssA, Mich, Sept s-Millie Com
stock, demented music teacher,
wrapped herself in blanket satu-
rated with kerosene and lighted it
She died as the result Of her burns.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
children burned while at Play.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept o.-At Fair
mont, q suburb Of this city. the little
son and daughter Of Joseph creeder
were cremated by the burning Of an
outbuilding In which they were at
play.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
lIeKlnIeys Leave Canton.

CANTON, O., Sept president and
MIRA Mckinley remained with their
Canton friends until nine o'clock last
night, when they boarded train for
Somerset Pa, there TO be the guests
Of Mr.. Ahner Mckinley, Of New York.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
nI.a Aftrr los uour., sIcen,

PHILADELPHIA, Sept S-Lawrence
Ledwiett, n teamster who was picked
ND intoxicated at Gloucester and who
went to sleep in the Camden county
Jail last Thursday night, died yester-
day. He had slept los hours continu-
ously. when life became extinct
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
INITIAL tha Ruimming Champion.

LONDON, Sept DIN n 5Oo-yard
swimming race for the championship
of the world at Doncaster yesterday,
Mutual, champion of England, defeated
Cavill, the Australian champion, in
the ord-brealsing time of 0 minutes
AN seconds.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
Enrland arta 4 ConoeaaIon.

New YoRK, Sept "a dispatch
from Colon says: 1T Is announced
that q concession to complete the
Panama canal has been given ~ En-
Tland.H
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

IT has taken 20 years to reduce the
record of the pacing mile from three
minutes to two minutes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE synchronograph just tested in
England sends 1000 words n minute by
wire.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-11

ONE creamery near St Adams, VT,
converts ths milk OF $4,000 cows into
10000 pyunds of butter daily.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

The king 81 Greece, when convers-
Ing with his family, uses the English
language. He seldom speaks French
or Greek.
Carl Cronhelin, of Sweden, who has
inherited a title and the estates to sup
port It, has engaged professional bar
tender at $4,000 per year as his travel
ing companion. He proposes to have
his drinks mixed a la American, now
that he can pay for them. - sa
The eminent Swiss specialist, DR..
Yersin, pupil OF Pasteur, declares his
convictions that the plague which has
prevailed in southern China since 1894
and in British India since 1896 is the
genuine black death of the middle ages
and that it will in all probability reach
Europe in a year or two.
The model ofthe equestrian statue
Of the late Maj. Gen. John F. Hart
ranft. the hero Of Fort Stedman, which
| is to be set5up in front of the new Penn
sylvania capitol in Harrisburg, is now
being made in Paris, and when COM
pleted will be shipped to Philadelphia,
| where it will be cast in bronze. -
John Bidlake, United States consul
at Baranquil.a, has notified the state
department at Washington that the
government of Colombia has granted a
monopoly to private person to i'm
port, manufacture and sell matches for
g years. From June to January of this
year, inclusive, the United States sent
to Colombia 1854 kilos of matches. A
kilo equals 2.2o4e pounds. During the
same period England sent 21,123 kilos,
Germany p, 767, France Al PAT, Italy 49,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30

] THE LION QUEEN.
A DRUMMER'S STORY,
: BY MRS. NJ. P. HANDY.
copyright. 1871 ~
BY MRS. NJ. P. HANDY
copyright. zs97.]
,aau aaanRRnnaRAnARARRll

COMMERCIAL traveller? Yes, drum
mer, if you like it better-it's all the
same to me. I learned long ago to be
all things to men, if so by I might sell
goods to any. The plan has paid pretty
we'll, too. have as good trade as any
west of the Alleghenies. Line? Hard
ware. Firm? Irons & Steele, New
York, No, the name isn't fake, though
1t is what you might call coincidence.
My customers? All sorts and condi-
tions Of intentionally. Everybody
must have hardware of some kind; an
ak and knife are prime necessities,
even with the savage. Queer expert
ences? Well, rather!
About the best of my customers is
the Mammoth Moral Menagerie and
Circus Combination. They buy all their
hardware through me, and you would
hardly guess how much it is. I meet
them in some town on their route twice
a year to take orders, and I am fire.
quently asked to make something out of
the way for some one or other of the
performers. There was one such order
that kept state secret for years; I
don't suppose it can do any harm to
tell about it now. It hasn't been a
secret since-well, might as we'll tell
you the story.
You know every circus has lion
king or queen, and the queen, especial
ly, is trump card, always. The Ms
& C's had such a one pretty little
woman who looked as though she would
scream at a mouse, but who went into
the cages and ordered the lions and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
A Great Fire-FiEhter.

The New Yorker made her earliest
appearance as a fire fighter at the burn
ing of the sound steamer City of Rich
mond at her pier, foot of Peck Slip, on
March z, 1891. She was called from her
berth at the Battery and, sailing up the
East river, 'opened fire. on the burn
ing boat with a monitor nozzle while
still in mid-stream. The stream struck
the boat with terrific force, knocking
the woodwork in every direction and
breaking off strong uprights and sup
ports as if they had been pipestems.
There were several land companies
working on the boat at the time, both
engine and hook and ladder, and they
dropped their hose and tools and fed
in dismay at the beginning of this
liquid bombardment, fearing for their
lives. The chief in command at the
fire rushed to the end of the pier and
signaled to the New Yorker to shut off
the stream that was creating such a
panic. For moment the order was
misunderstood, and, thinking the
stream was wanted in another position,
it was shifted. In doing so it hit the
end of the pier and almost lifted the
roof of the wharf building at the end.
Finally it was understood on board the
New Yorker that the big stream was
not wanted, six smaller lines were sub
stituted by, her crew, and these greatly
assisted the land forces in getting the
fire under control.tCharle T. Hill, in
St. Nicholas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
DEAREST WAS THIRD.
a vVheelman Gets Some TaMy Not I1-
tended for Him.

A Whee1man Gets Some Ta0y Not In
tended for Him.
There is one amusing feature about wheel
riding that all old riders, and good many
new ones, must have noticed. That is the
On conversation with s some one behind him
may be. moderately d proficient oics nt rider
isn't clever enough to turn his head to look
backward, and SO he talks right on in the
dark.
The other day wheelman was coming
up the Dodge street hill There isn't much
Of hill on Dodge street, but slight as it is
it bothers the new riders. just ahead of
the wheelman in question, who was riding
at leisurely rate, was stout lady, mounted
on new bike. Halfway up the incline
the wheelman was astonished to hear her
call out:
Coming, dear?"
The wheelman didn't answer, He felt
sure the inquiry couldn't be to him, and he
~':All out Of breath, dear?" she called
And again the wheelman made no reply.
Don't be discouraged, she, cheerily
shouted. F'You'll get there by and by, dear
The wheelman thought 80 too, but he
made no mention of the fact.
"Does it tire cor little armies SO muchee"
CoaflnueO. the SCOuCN ldOy.
That was too much for the wheelman: He
put on steam and passed the lady. As he
whirled by she caught sight Of his smiling
countenance.
"Oh, I beg your pardon" she cried, and
narrowly averted tumble.
When the wheelman had gone little
further he looked back over his shoulder
e Ia% ws aa yog ofas YEARLY up {u bs
hill
And he feels pretty sure that was ttdear-
(est.'-Cleveland Leader.
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little woman was as straight as a string,
and I-Yas sorry when she quit the Ms
g. C's, for the proprietors are good
sort, as square as circus men can be.
I asked her if I might call and talk over
old times.
Certainly, would be so good r.
So the next day, between performs
ances, Invent to the address she gave me,
a second-class but passably respectable
theatrical boarding house. She seemed
glad to see me, and talked freely in that
eager way women do who have no one
to confide in. GIUSEPPE was great
loss. His death left her absolutely with.
out protector, and there was man in
the company who prosecuted her; he
wished to marry her, and she abhorred
him. Fortunately there was no one
else, since her sutton had sworn that If
she should smile on rival he would
kill her, and she believed he would.
had my advice to offer; people gen
orally have. I urged her either to go
home to Italy-she had some money
saved-or to return to the Ms & C's.
I thought she seemed to like the last
suggestion, and I gathered that if the
circus managers should make her an
offer it would be accepted.
Well, made it point to write to
Turner, with whom I am rather chum-
my in business way. knew he would
be glad to get her back, so it was a
chance to do him good turn; and the
next spring, when I made my semi
annual visit, she was there, in much bet
ter spirits, intensely grateful still rul-
ing the lions and tigers with the moral
suasion of red-hot steel.
Only Bengal, the tiger who had
wounded her, had neither forgotten nor
forgiven. He would be glad to do her
mischief. Then there was also an
other beast, recent purchase, who was
sulky and ill-conditioned, so that if once
the rod was not quite hot However,
she had spirit lamp in her dressing
room, and heated it herself; there could
be no danger. And in the winter she
was going home-to Italy. Her aunt
bad written her of pretty little farm
which could be bought for sum with
in her means. There were only needed
few more dollars to stock it.
Accordingly in the autumn posters of
the circus there was two-fOot-lettered
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announcement of the farewell engage.
ment OF Mdlle. Leonie before her fna!
retirement from the arena and return
to Italy.
When I saw her she was in a great
fright. Her obstreperous lover had
come to see her and was threatening all
manner of terrible things unless she
gave UP the idea of leaving Ameri.
ca and agreed to marry him at once.
"Have the fellow bound over to keep
the peace" advised. ''Mr. Turner will
see to it for you" But she seemed ter,
rified. I thought I would speak to
Turner, but I had a pressing engage
ment and no time to hunt him up lust
then, so put it off till next day.
That night I was with two or three
customers, and as there was nothing
else of any account going on we strolled
into the circus.
1t is very good show, but I have
seen it so often that I am pretty well
used to it. Besides, was thinking of
other things. When the lion queen
came on, however, my companions were
so much interested that ] reused IN.
She went through her act with the lions.
who seemed rather to like her, in fine
form; but when she came on for the
tiger act I felt uneasy; the brutes had
a wicked look that I thought bodied
trouble. Still, the familiar rod was in
her hand, and, I took a professional
pride in that rod.
I can hardly tell you how it hap
, pened. Such things take place in a
flash. Both beasts were upon her at
once, snarling and growing like devils
incarnate. How she did lay on With
that rod! It seemed impossible that
anything with sensation could stand
so much red-hot steel. Good God!-was
it possible they had snatched it from
her and broken it in pieces? 1 rushed
in with the attendants, who hurried
into the cage with goads and whips and
drove the brutes off, but it was too late.
After it was all over picked up the
broken rattan. Then understood. It
was only an ordinary cane, like any
other; an exact copy of ours, but with
out the inner rod. The villain had been
talking to hercjust before she came on
for the last act, and of course he had
managed to substitute it for hers. I
suppose she was Scared out of her wits.
and so did not notice. But how are YOU
going to prove it?
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
The Bishop and HIS Bum.

The bishop of Worcester, England,
once had occasion to travel through
Banbury by rail. Being DESTROYS 10
test, and at the same time encourage.
the far-famed industry of that town,
and the train having stopped for short
time at the station, he beckoned to a
small boy standing near at hand, and in
quired the price Of the celebrated buns.
'Threepence EACH said the boy. The
bishop thereupon handed him sixpence
and desired him to bring one to the
car, adding: "And with the other
threepence you may buy one for your
self" The boy shortly returned, com
placently munching his Banbury, and,
handing the threepence in coppers to
the bishop, exclaimed: There was only
one LETT, guv'nor. Baptist Union.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30

tigers around in a way to make your
hair stand on end.
She carried little rattan, just such
a cane as dudes used to delight in be-
fore they took to Juggling around sticks
as big as themselves. 1t astonished
everybody to see how afraid those
beasts were of that slight wand. The
newspaper reporters said it was the
power of the human eye; but after
had seen her once or twice I made I'D
my mind that the eye wasn't in it and
that the cane was, every time. Once, at
Frankfort, the biggest tiger, as ugly
a brute as you would care to keep out
of the way of, sprang at her in fashion
that made one woman in the audience
faint, and dozen shrek. She never
hinched, though the tiger set his teeth
into her left shoulder; she just gave it
the rod, until the beast let go, bowling.
The men rushed in and shut the inner
door, but she had saved herself before
they got there.
asked no questions, but had some
curiosity about that cane; and it was
a satisfaction when, one day, Mdlle.
Leonie-that was her name-requested
a private interview with me. She
brought an old man with her, some sort
of relation, who was as faithful az
'whats-his-name in The Bride of Lam
mermoor. He went to every door and
window to make sure there was no one
eavesdropping, and then stood at the
door outside to prevent our being in
"terrupted. Of course the conversation
was about the cane. The mystery, like
all mysteries, was simple enough when
you knew it. The rattan was hollow,
And lined with asbestos, which was
much less used then than it is now
Inside the rattan was a steel rod which,
by pressing a spring, could be made to
protrude beyond the ferule. The old
man heated the rod to whitehead b.
fore each performance, and it's touch
was torture, no wonder the beasts had
learned to dread it.
Much burning had injured the rods;
these could have been renewed without
betraying the secret, but of late the
holder had seemed out of order, and the
heat hurt her hand. ~ @
sp I assured her that the matter could
be fixed without sending to Italy, prom
Used secrecy, and made special trip to
New York to see that the cane had a
new lining properly put in.
Some months after that, my lion.
queen left the Ms & C's, to join dime
museum in an eastern city, and it was
q year or more before saw her. Then
CHANGED to be in that city on business
for the firm, and seeing her name on the
posters, I took a country friend to see
the show.ssShe was as great success
as ever, but she had that worried, anx
ious look that women get, and was
Trailer than when first knew her.
wondered if our rods were.all right, ant
went behind the scenes to ask. eyes, thu
work was excellent, and had lasted well
but, alas, she had had grand desola
ton. Giuseppe, I remembered Guis
seppe? was dead. I hadn't given ,
thought of Giuseppe since had seer
him last, hut understood that sh,
s meant the old man. I said yes, anl
was duly sympathetic; I never hurt
woman's feelings if lean helpit. Their
was such troubled look in her eye
that II made me want to help her. Tn
"a III r = Z
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30

Tommy - Oh, Mr.. Crooks, we're
awfully glad you come.
Mr.. Crooks-And why are you so glad,
my little man?
Tommy-Ethel and I are playing
trains, and you'll make lovely bridge.
-Up-to-Date.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
FlOOrel ut Last.

what is it that worries Gritly's mind
30? He worked new problems as fast as
they came out, solved the pigs in clover,
the fifteen puzzle and everything else"
Hes just about crazy trying to mas
ter the tariff schedule" -Detroit Free
Press III. s5t53.@
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
NtuDed in the Bud.

First Schoolboy-say, did ye ever see
such a stuck-up, airy chump as Bill
Smithers? He's got a idea that he's
goin' ter be president or somethin'
when he grows up. But I've fixed him
got him to join our baseball club.
Aha! 49,. 49,
= Second Schoolboy-Well, how does
that fix him?
First Schoolboy- Hain't We never read
none of those biographies of great men
where it always says: He never shared
the sports of his boyish comrades %
Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-30
Convincins Evidence.

Il hyuhs yoh dun tackled a mighty
hahd citizen las night at de parlor
Social" SAID Miss Miranda Dewberry.
Oats whut I did, replied Erastus
Fjnkley. If da's anybody wifi doubts
about dat mans bein' hahd, jes bring
'iT around and let i'm look at de
hicks in dishere razzer."- Washingto
Star.