Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-05-22

Kanady, Of Ridgeway, ILL.,, was burne'
to death by her clothing catching fir
while she was cooking.
NEAR Polo, Ok, the wife OF ].
Bowman was endeavoring TO extin
guish fire, when she fell through tn
rafters and hung head downwards
where she was literally roasted aliv,
before the eyes Of her husband, VIII,
was unable to help her.
HENRY SCoTT and man named Cor
nell were shot to death In n four-hand
ed shooting ARRAY In Leslie county
KY, during q primary election on th,
18th and two other men were seriously
wounded. An old grudge was the cause
REPRESENTATIVE riders from New
York and Chicago began q six-day re
lay bicycle race at Chicago on the 18th
the riders competing IL hours in the "a
SPOTTED fever has broken out In Nc
Cracker county, Ky. The appearance
Of the fever has created great excite
ment
In n fight over the cutting off of a
horses tail ut Big Valley schoolhouse
near Goldthwaite, Tex, Tom Wcathers
was fatally shot; John Patton was
shot through the thigh and may die,
and Curtis was shot in the leg.
ABOUT $4,000 tailors, men and WON.
en-, in New York and vicinity refused
to work on the 18th on account of the
contractors failing to live up to the
agreement they had made year ago.
OWEN ZEIGLER outpointed Kid La
vigne at Philadelphia on the 18th in n
six-round 60.
MARTIN WIcKs and wife, who live
near Gresham, Wis, left their home to
look after some stock that had strayed
away. During their absence forest fires
destroyed their house and three small
children who had been left alone per-
ishcd.
THE Missouri river has been cutting
banks badly between bismarck and
Omaha, south of Sioux City, H.. many
farms being entirely lost. Near Sloan
the river has been washing away n
cemetery and collins have been tum-
bling into the river Mt the rate Of four
or five day and indications were that
the cemetery would soon be entirely
swept away.
The agricultural department at
Washington has exhausted its supply
of beet sugar seed, about 10000 pounds
having been sent out TO farmers in
four-ffths of the states.
A PASSENGER train on the Santa Fe
railroad went through q trestle near
Marietta, !. T., on the 10th and 10 per-
sons were badly injured, two probably
fatally.
FRED HOLMAN was hanged ut Pax
ton, ILL.,, on the 18th for the murder of
Mrs. Weibke Geddes.
TIE baseball game between the Mil
waukee and Kansas City clubs, of the
Western league, on the 18th at Kansas
City, NO., ended in small riot, and had
it not been for the police Umpire Graves
would have been roughly handled. The
game was won by the Milwaukee club
ut the last minute and close decision
by the umpire in Milwaukee's favor
was the cause of the trouble. The UNI
pire's decision was acknowledged to be
right afterwards by the Kansas City
club.
THEODORE DuRRANT, under death
for the Emanuel Baptist
church murders, through his attorneys,
asked Gov. Budd on the 18th to pardon
him on the ground that the real murder
n Of Blanche Lamont had ut last con-
fcssed his crime. John Rosenberg, a |
convict in San Quentin prison, has
made sworn confession that he killed |
Blanche Lamont at San Francisco at |
he instigation Of stranger and in
Of the payment of 500 |
or his work.
In June a large party Of Kentucky |
'armers from Marshall county, KY,
will emigrate to New Madrid, Stoddard
md Dunklin counties, Mo.
FIRE broke out in the courthouse ut
lexington, KY, on the 18th and in IN
TOUR nothing remained but walls.
iart's beautiful statue, woman Tri-
bought by Lexington wom-
N for $1,000, was in the rotunda and
vas destroyed. The records were
aved. The courthouse was built ten
ears ago at cost Of $4,000.
A STEAM launch, In which were 10
'ersons seeking q view Of the dedica-
ion ceremonies Of the Washington
at Philadelphia on the 18th,
'ecame manageable, was swept over
he dam at Paramount and capsized.
'hree women were drowned. The
theirs were saved.