Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-01-02

IHE COiumDih nhtlOnht Dunh, VI
Minneapolis, MIMI, closed its doors
on the goth. The Washington bank,
OF the same city. also suspended.
A FAMILY of ten persons and num-
Der OF cattle have been engulfed by
the subsiding of bog Of 100 acres near
Castle Island, county Kerry, Ireland.
It was stated that other persons were
drowned Mt the same time and place.
WILLIAM WHALEy and wife were
shot 10 death in Sewer county, Tenn,
on the Goth by masked men. Whaley
was n professional prosecuting wit
ness"
Ar Helenwood, Tenn, Lewis Penn.
berton, q saloonlsecper, appeared on
the streets drunk and began firing off
his Winchester rife. Town Marshal
Huget.c attempted to arrest him, when
Pemberton's son tried to shoot the mar
shall and was shot dead by the latter.
Old Pcmberton then inflicted n flesh
wound on the marshal, but WINS killed
by the latter.
THE Windsor hotel, four saloons, two
clothing stores, three restaurants, one
grocery store, two livery stables and
two barber shops, composing n large
portion OF the business section Of Potts
dam, n. Y, were destroyed by fire.
The damage was estimated Mt 500, 600;
partially insured.
GREGoR KREIcnBAuM and his aged
wife were burned 10 death by fire In
| n xxo.ar,, ,t1,o r,ior thnir wanna Mt
Providence, r. ].
THREE masked men held up Mrs.
Mary Bernhardt In her saloon Mt 131
West Twelfth street. Chicago, and took
$3.50 from the cash drawer. There
were two customers in the place at the
time playing dominoes. The arobbers
escaped.
WILLIAM WALKER attempted to board
a moving train near Pekin, ILL.,, and
fell under the wheels and was killed.
Forty families were burned out on
the asth by n fire in IN apartment
house ON West Fifteenth street, New
York.
A LANDSLIDE destroyed the village
OF Santa Ana de Pelago, Italy, demol-
isbing lls houses and rendering $50
families homeless.
The large furniture house OF Julius
Lansburg and some adjacent struc.
lures Mt Washington were destroyed by
fire on the osth. Loss, 100000.
DONALD MCLEAN, protector OF the
Pacific Sbcrt Line. stated at Sioux
City, H., that he had absolutely Sc.
cured all the capital necessary for the
completion OF railway from Sioux
City to San Francisco. The road will
cost s3a, 900, 900, which is advanced by
English capitalists.
Two tramps were frozen to death Mt
Eas;port, \. Y. on the es,h. At Kings.
ston, n. Y. the thermometer marked
10 degrees below zero.
A SIX days international go-as-you.
plense bicycle race was started at
Washington on the 2Sth.
FIRE recently destroyed st. Stephens
Episcopal church and the Wcstmore.
land club adjoining ut Wilkesbarre,
Pa. The losses aggregated 100000
FIVE persons were injured and one
killed by an electric car being struck
by PASSENGER train ut grade cross.
ing at Allentown, Pa, on the ejth.
JoHS KnLKEYNoN shot ut his divorced
wife an wounded her and then killed
himself on the street ut Omaha, Neb.
A PASSENGER train on the Birming.
ham Mineral railroad went through
bridge 81 miles from birmingham,
Ala, and 90 people were killed, FIVE
fatally injured and two badly wounded.
The entire wreck then took fire and
most of those killed were burned
beyord recognition. The accident was
thought to have been caused by the re.
moval of rail on the bridge. A re.
lief train sent to the scene was run
into by u construction train and one
man was crushed to death and several
others were more or less hurt.
A TERRIFIC explosion OF fire damp oc.
Cured in the mine OF the Maule Coal
Co. at Princeton, Ind, on the Goth and
six miners were killed, one was reported
missing and eight others were rescued
almost lifelcss- The scenes around the
mine were most pathetic, wives, moth.
ers and children stood weeping bitterly
and with blunchcd faces, waiting for
the bodies to be brought up.
JAMES Brown. n farmer 6s years old,
died ut Millington, Mich, from wounds
in 4 cted by robbers the night before.
After being shot Brown and his wife
were gagged and chloroformcd and
their house was ransacked by the rob.
bers.