Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-04-24
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THE agricultural department is nclng
importuned from all parts OF the coun-
try for beet sugar seed. Heretofore
beet sugar growing has been confined
almost exclusively to Nebraska, Kan
sas and California The agricultural
department has sent beet seed lately
to about 30 states and territories.
WORD was sent to Natchez, Miss, on
the 10th from Bayou videl, asking that
boats be dispatched there at once, as
many people were drowning, the water
from the Biggs crevasse having caught
the people unawares.
WILLIAM HAAS and William Wiley,
two convicted murderers, were electro
cuted in the Ohio penitentiary ut CO.
lumbus on the Goth. They were the
first persons to suffer the death penalty
by electricity in that state.
Az appeal for aid was sent to Secre-
tary Algcr for destitute people along
the Red river in the vicinity OF Penn
bina, n. ID.
Mrs. CHARLES DAVIS, Of Mayficld,
KY, recently gave birth to twins She
has two other children, one WINS born
on Christmas day, and the other on
washingtons birthday, making four
babies in four months.
FIRE broke out in the vacant frame
Shumway block in the central portion
of the business part of Berea, o., on
the 10Th, possibly having been started
by incendiaries. In three hours. seven
business places, the city hotel, the Mil
Ter block and 10 other structures were
burned. The loss was 100000.
The annual egg rolling took place In
the white house grounds ut Washing
ton on the 10th. Fully 5000 children
enjoyed the fun.
THE pictures Of the recent Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight, taken for exhibition
with what is called the verascope, were
ready for printing on the 10th. The
picture of the moment in the 14th
round following the Knockout blow
was said to be excellent, according to
New York dispatch.
Mrs. CoRSELIA RAISING, a midwife,
and Christopher o'Brien were charged
by Ellen English ut ST. Louis with
making away with the latter's child.
The midwife confessed that she had
buried the child, as II was dead when
she received it. in the back yard, and
then, fearing exposure, she dug 1t up
and burned II. The mother claimed
that the child was not dead. The
prosecuting attorney decided to have
warrants issued against Mrs. KISSING
and O'Brien.
The failures for the week ended the
10th in the United States, according to
Bradstreet's report, were 1915, against
IA in the corresponding week last
year.
BY the explosion Of IN imperfect
blast in the Monarch mine near Mad
isonville, KY. two men, named Robert
Charlton and Theodore Stone, lost
their lives
ONE OF the most picturesque struc-
lures in New Orleans, known rs the
Moresque block, was totally destroyed
by fire on the 18th. Its walls were
built entirely Of iron, in Moorish de-
sign.
THE Blakcslee family OF misers ut
Findlay, o., were robbed Of $1,000 by
10 masked men, who broke into the
house, bound the two men and two
women, burned their feet and tortured
them until they revealed where their
money wns hidden.
THE department of agriculture has
sent out to farmers and to experiment
al stations large amount Of beet sugar
seed with q view 70 determine the fea'
sibility of growing the seed In certain
sections of the country. Bulletins
will be prepared from time to time and
the people kept informed regarding
the matter.
GOV. ADAMS, Of Colorado. has giver
out signed statement about women
being eligible for the militia. The
governor quotes the first section of thu
bill which he signed, which read
E.sevcry able-bodicd male citizen bui
the printer left out the word male
in printing It