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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
ROOsEvELT'S BAD LEG.
The Surgeons Yesterday Cut into It with .
Knife and the Bone Was Found
Slightly Affected.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Another OPP
Grafton was performed yesterday on
the abscess on the leg Of President
Roosevelt. In the former operation
a simple needle was used to relieve
the trouble, but yesterday the sur
geons with knife made an incision
into the small cavity, exposing the
bone, which was found to be slightly
affected. The presidents case has
been progressing satisfactorily, but
it is believed by the physicians that
the further operation made yester-
day will hasten his complete recov.
cry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
PLEADED GUILTY OF FRAUD.
John Fisher Tells How He, q Laundry
Wagon Driver, Got S285,OOO from
| Dupes In One Year.

Boston, Sept. 3o.-John NJ. Fisher,
head of the stock broking firm OF
]. M. Fisher & Co., pleaded guilty
last night to nine indictments charg-
ing him with defrauding customers
by means of the United States mails.
Fisher was placed on the stand and
made confession of fraud. He told
without reservation how he, for
mer driver of a laundry wagon, and
his partner, an employee of an express
company, without penny of capital
posed as bankers and brokers and
took from their dupes $2s5,O00 in lit
tie more than a year
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
unvelIed Statue to Kos.uth.

Cleveland. o., Sept. 29.-A life-size
statue to the Hungarian patriot,
Louis Kossuth, was unveiled yester-
day in this city in the presence OF
$4,000 people. The statue stands on
a pedestal and is about 20 feet high.
Addresses were made by Mayor john
son. Senator Hanna, Congressman
Burton and Gov. Nash. Addresses
were also made in several foreign
tongues by eminent speakers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
DEFIED HIS FATHERS WILL.
Harry Bradley, Of Columbus, Ind. sough
Redress In Court and Won 100000
from His Sisters.

Columbus, Ind, Sept. 3O.-One year
ago James II. Bradley, of 1ndianap.
oils, died a millionaire, leaving large
land and property interests. He left
will giving his son Harry, of this
city, small competence during life
and leaving his family penniless at
his death, his part then to revert to
his three sisters. The will provided,
too, like the will of Stratton, the
Colorado miner, that any legatee
bringing suit to set aside forfeited
his rights under the terms of the will
IL it was not broken, but Harry
Bradley, the sighted child and heir
of this city, took chances and
brought suit to break the will and
get his share. The case has jusf
been compromised by the three sis
tiers paying Harry 100000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
A STORM IN SICILY.
Two Hundred Persons Perish I'm . Tornado
"A village Destroyed and Forty.
Three Persons Drowned.

Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. ga storm
burst over the district Of Santa Maria
yesterday and many houses were de-
stroyed. The stormy weather con-
tinues generally throughout Sicily.
It is now believed that 200 persons
persisted at Modica during the
tornado. In one instance family
of ten persons was drowned In bed.
The village Of Sortino has been prac-
tically destroyed and 43 persons were
drowned. The water rose in tho
church to a height of 10 feet. Many
children lost their lives. There have
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
q Negro suffered an Awful Death NJ
Corinth, aiiss-The Victim Con-
fessed HIS Crime.

Corinth, Miss, Sept. 2s.-Writhing
In the flames of burning fagots, piled
high by hundreds of citizens, Tom
Clark, alias Will Gibson, young ne
gro, was burned at the stake here
at a late hour yesterday after hav-
Ing confessed to one of the most
strocious crimes in the history OF
north Mississippi, the assault and
murder of Mrs. Carey Whitfield on
August 10 last. Before the torch
was applied Clark stated that he de-
served his fearful fate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
THE NUMBER INCREASES.
Serious Problem Confronts Uncle Sam In
Handling Debsrred Immigrants-Two
Very Objectionable Glasses.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The forth
coming report of the commissioners
general of immigration will show
that two classes of immigrants de.
barred from the United States by
law arrived here during the past
year in increasing numbers. One
class is those afflicted with conta-
gious and other diseases. The other
was composed of dissolute women
imported for immoral purposes.
With the first class the officials have
little trouble. Their Affections are
easily discovered, but the government
Is necessarily put to some expense
in OBTAINING them until deported.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
draw. the Line at aspeilbInders."

Madison, Wis.,. Sept. 2s.-The Uni
versity of Wisconsin refused permits
sion to Senator Albert ]. Beveridge,
of Indiana, to speak in the univer-
siry gymnasium. The ground of the
refusal was that The university did
not want promiscuous "spellbinders"
to speak there, and If the rule were
lnfringed in Senator Beveridge's
case, il would have to be broken In
other less desirable cases.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
M,.sourI ticket Agent shot.

Centralia, No., Sept. ED Chap
man, ticket agent at Browns sta
ton, five miles from here, was shot
and killed early yesterday by. I'M
known parties. He had told some
men who were intoxicated to leave
the premises in the early evening.
Later in the night as he sat at his
telegraph key shot crashed through
the window, striking him in the fore
head and he fell back dead.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
II Ia Ruildinr Randy.

New York, Sept. 29.-vice Presi-
dent George G. Ward, of the Com
mercial Cable company, who arrived
yesterday on the steamship Celtic,
made the assertion on landing that
the United States will be able to open
up cable communication with Manila,
P. l., by July 4, 1908. Ward says the
cable is being made in London at the
rate of so miles a day, or 300 miles
a week. and will be finished in March.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Coal Barons Invited to white House.
Cholera Decimat,ng Iloilo.

Manila, Oct. lit is announced
that 5,124 cases Of cholera and 2,740
deaths from that disease were re-
ported in the province of Iloilo, island
of Panaya, on Monday. This is the
highest record for any district since
the outbreak of the disease occurred
and exceeds the total of Manila and
many of the provinces since the COM
,mencement.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
washlnr,on Loses, Oregon Gains.

Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 3O.-Hop pick
ing in Washington is now practically
over. Hop growers are disappointed
over the yield, which is one fifth be-
low what was expected. Dry weather
prevented the hops from maturing.
Oregon crops are just reversed and
will reach $4,000 to 10000 bales, as
compared to 10000 bales last year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Ha.Il Omit for sI.OOO.OOO.

Colorado Springs, COL, Oct. IL.
Harry Stratton announced yesterday
afternoon that he had been APP
preached by one of the executors
appointed by his father in the will
with a proposition to compromise
the contest and answered that he
would withdraw his suit upon q set
Element of $1,000,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
HOUSES WERE ENGULFED.
During = Typhoon Near Yokohama, Japan,
Tidal Wave Drowned Five
Hundred People.

Yokohama, Japan, Sept Occurring
the typhoon Monday tidal wave
swept the Odawara district, near
here, and overwhelmed many houses.
Five hundred persons are reported'
to have been drowned. The japanese
battleship Shilsishima is ashore at
Yokosuka, Is miles from Yokohama.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Es.,mate. for Rural Free Delivery.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-The esti-
mates for the rural free delivery
service for the next fiscal year were
finally framed yesterday. They ag-
gregate $12,655,sOO, net increase Of
IS, 126,4OO over the appropriations
made for the current year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Mlas Hanna,s Engaeement Announced.

Chicago, Sept. 3O.-Announcement
was made yesterday of the engage
ment of Miss Ruth Hanna, youngest
daughter of Senator Hanna, and Jo-
seph Medill Mccormick, son of Hon.
Robert S. Mccormick, whose appoint
ment as ambassador to Russia was
announced last week. The prospec-
tive bridegroom is connected with
the Chicago Tribune.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Kansas City Telephone War.

Kansas City, NO., Oct. 1.-R. j.
Ingraham, city counselor, has gone
to jefferson City to begin proceed
ings against the Missouri & Kansas
Telephone company. He will file
mandamus proceedings in the SUI
preme court to compel the company
to furnish telephones at the prices
fixed by ordinance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Dead ON HIS Wlfe,s arave.

Leavenworth, Kan, Sept. 3O.-Wil-
liam Textor, a well-known citizen of
Leavenworth, aged "A years, was
found dead at the grave of his wife
IN Mount Muncie cemetery. He had
committed suicide by shooting him
self behind the ear, ~ g.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
NO POWER TO ACT.
President Cannot Interfere In the
Anthracite Coal Strike.
Conference ut White House Between Roose-
volt and His Acknowledging Coal
Operators Invited to Washington
10 Discuss Matters. o.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The coal
strike and the situation that has re-
suited from it was the subject of q
conference held at the temporary
white house Tuesday, in which the
president, Attorney General Knox,
Secretary Moody, Postmaster General
Payne and Gov. Crane, of Massachu-
sets, participated. Everyone con-
nected with the conference was very
reticent but it is learned that the
president is much concerned over the
situation, the near approach of win
ter and the great scarcity Of fuel.
Just what action can be taken is not
known.
The principal subject under consid-
Grafton at both conferences was the
power of the president to interfere
in any way with the coal strike and
the result of the conference thus
far is that no matter how much in
terested the administration may be
in ending the strike, it does not seem
to have any power to act in the
premises. The legal advisers of the
president told him they could find
no warrant in the constitution for
federal interference. There had been
no interference with the mails or
deputy marshals or other federal
authorities. The only way, it was
pointed out, by which there could be
federal interference would be at the
request of Gov. Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania. and it was stated that he is
not likely to ask for federal troops
because he has not yet called out
the entire militia force in his state.
The matter of federal interference
by the appointment of receivers for
the coal companies was discussed,
hut the president was informed that
there was nothing in the constitu-
ton or any law to warrant such
action.
Coal Barons Invited to white House.
New York, Oct. 1t was ru-
mored in Wall street on good author
ity that President Roosevelt had
asked certain presidents of the coal
roads to 60 to Washington to dis
cuss with him plan to end the
strike. 1t is true, this report had it,
ms guessed in Washington, that this
was Secretary Roots mission to New
York.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Rnrch TO succeed EIlIs.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 3O.-The repub-
hcan state central committee has
named r. A. Burch, of Salina, for
associate supreme court justice to
succeed Judge A. II. Ellis, deceased.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
D,a K,nr AIfonso,s Mother weds

London, Sept. S0.-k special dis
patch from Madrid says it is reported
there that Queen Maria Christina,
mother of King Alfonso, married her
master Of the horse, Count De La
Escosura, while in Austria recently.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
display at the @. A. R. Enoampment

Topeka, Kan, Oct. Nv. 81. Barnes,
secretary of the State Horticultural
society, will leave to-day for Wash
ington to look after the Kansas dis
play of products at the national G.
A. R. encampment. He says that
Kansas will have a wonderful dis
play.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Morton.s Daughter Is Ill.

New York.. Oct. 1.--According to
private advices received here the
duchess de Valencay, formerly Miss
Helen Morton, daughter of Levi P.
Morton, ex-vice president, has been
operated upon for appendicitis at her
home in Paris. She is reported to
be out of danger.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
A Son shoots rather to Pro,.ct Mother.

Peshtigo, Wis.,, Sept. 3o.-Gust z.
Seifeld, farmer, was shot and killed
yesterday by his son. Seifeld, it il
said, was beating his wife and the
boy shot his father to protect his
mother.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
M,ss Alice Hay WEEDS.

Lake Surapee, N. H., Oct. 1.-At
the summer home of Secretary Of
State Hay to-day his daughter, Alice,
became the bride of James w. Wads-
worth, Jr. The officiating clergyman
was Rev. Fl. C. Hayden, of Cleveland,
O., who officiated at the wedding OF
the brides parents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
Moro Money FOR Postmasters.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The esti-
mates of the postmaster general Of
the appropriations for all the post
masters in the United States during
the next fiscal year aggregate $4S.-
925,22o, an increase of $3.e14,7oo over
the appropriations made for the cur
rent year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-10-04
STUPENDOUS SUMS.
Commissioner Ware Gives Figures
from the Persion Department.

fhs system Has Cost Nearly Three Billion
Dollars since the. Department Was Or.
gan,zsd, Exclusive Of the Nation
al soldiers' Homes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02
4 COTTON PICKING MACHINE.
One of Practical Use on Level Land
Made at Last.

Birmingham, Ala, April 2S.-Special
to the Birmingham News from Jack
son Miss, says:
The first regular contract ever made
in the world to pick cotton by machin-
cry was closed in Greenville u few days
since and the first experiment with the
machine will be made on Il plantation
in Washington county next fall A
IPittsburg man is the inventor of the
n for the past ten years he has
been conducting experiments in the vi
cinity of Greenville. He o claims
that the device has been modelled on a
practical working basis n feels con-
hdent that he will revolutioniZe the cot
ton picking industry in the south. The
machine, he admits, is valueless ex-
cept on the level uplands, low valleys
and prairie grounds, but even IL it
should prove successful with this limit,
its effect on the labor question in the
south will be very marked.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02
VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL
This Company Buying Potash Works
in Germany.

Berlin. April 2S.-The Virginia-Caro-
lima Chemical Company, which is a
large buyer of German potash, has
been trying to acquire some works in
the Hanover potash district. These
negotiations are the only basis for the
report that the company is seeking to
acquire control of the entire German
potash industry.
The Virginia Carolina Chemical Com
pany has obtained options On two
potash companies and has received of
fers of sale from or inquired the price
of several other companies. These are
all small concerns and outside of the
great potash syndicate, the ten asso-
.ciated properties which are valued at
225, 600. 900 marks (about $50, 250, 00O). The
PruSSian government also owns
potash fields of equal value.
Agents of the Virginia-C Carolina
Chemical Company are making persis-
tent efforts to gain a foothold in the
potash industry here. and DR..
SCHNEIDER, the company's attorney, is
examining into the titles Of potash
properties for them. Half of the potash
produced in Germany is sent to the
United States and it is believed that
large intermediate profits could be
saved if the American importers owned
mines here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02
MORGAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
White Star Line to Exchange Shares
Pooling with German Lines.

London, April 2S.-The Shipping Ga
zette, this afternoon says:
While 1t is perfectly true that the
White Star Line has not been sold to
the American syndicate and that the
owners of shares retain their
holdings, the statements made Satur-
day 10 not fully represent h real po-
sition. We are au~thoritatively informed
while there VIII be no sale of
White Star shares, there Will be an ex-
in these shares for those OF the
new company. In this way the fin
ancial interest of the White Star in the
combine will be established.
The two great German companies
will, on the other hand, make no SINH
liar exchange Of their shares for those
OF the new company; but they will en-
ter into an agreement, binding them
for ten years, and renewable for an
other ten years, by which their CO.
Operation is secured. The simplest way
of indicating the real position is to de-
scribe the company's concerned as en-
ltering into a pooling arrangement. II
follows hat there will be no compe-
ltition between them at the ports with
which the individual steamship cor
lporatons have hitherto been more par
Iticularly identified.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02
At SEA.
Schooner Henry J.. Raymond Burned
to the Waters Edge-A Danger TO
Nayigation-Crew Rescued.

Philadelphia, April 2~S.-According to
he statement Of Captain Orchard. OF
he British steamer Murcia. which
reached this port this afternoon from
Huelva, the schooner Henry j. Ray
mond, lumber laden. Norfolk, for New
York, has been burned at sea. Cap
tain Orchard say that he fell in with
the Raymond on Sunday morning. nine
miles from the Five Fathom Bank light.
south by east. The schooner was water
logged and burned almost to the wa
ter's edge. Nothing was seen of the
crew of the burned vessel. The derelict
lies directly in the Path of coastwise
vessels n is dangerous TO navigation
Providence, r. l., April 28.-The cap
tain and crew of seven men from the
wrecked two-masted schooner Henry j,
Raymond, reached this port today OF
the steamer Dorchester. she was built
thirty-four years ago in Bath, Me. and
was the property Of c. Knowlton. OF
Berkeley, Va. Her registered was Isl
tons gross. She was not insured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02
GENERAL SMITHS TRIAL.
Witnesses Try 10 Excuse the Famous
d by Showing it's Necessity.

Manila. April 2S--The trial by court
martial of General Jacob H. Smith, or
the charge Of conduct prejudicial to
good order n discipline. was resumed
here today. Major Littleton w. T.
Waller of the marine corps, testified to
receiving from General Smith the orders
to kill and burn" and render Samar
"a bowling Wilderness" previously re-
ferred to in these dispatches. The ma
tieves Of Samar, said Major Waller,
We're more treacherous and implacable
than the tribesmen Of the Soudan.
Without General Smiths drastic meas
ures the war there would not have
e ended yet. General Smith never
intended killing women or children.
Corporal Pritchard, Of the Ninth in
fantry, who took part in the fight al
Gandara, testified that he saw boys OF
twelve ear of age fighting and slash
ing with bolos.
Sergeant Bonicastle, of the Ninth in
fantry. an Apache, testified regarding
Captain p. Z. Schoeffers fight in Dap
dap province, Samar, against Dios-
dos fanatics.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02

to every man who ever wore the UNI
form OF the United States. ne Us
blot and a disgrace to our present CIV
ilization.
"wait and heal what his ju~stineaton
may be. Tha nan does not i've "no
can Justify such orders. (Appiause,.
There is nc justification. 1 care hot
how adroitly lis lawyers may franz
their plea or how subtle be their reds-
oning. The fact admitted by his Own
mouth that issued such orders Is SUM
Gent for the hope that there is the
courage and the patriotism n the
humanf;v and the Christianity at the
Other end Of the avenue that will not
Iet him wear the federal uniform TWEEN
ty-four hours hence
Mr. WILLIAMS. OF Mississippi. heartily
endorsed Mr.. Sibley's onslaught upon
General Smith who he described as =
brute IN uniform.
ned THAT he does not strike the evil
I'm the right quarter. It Is the system
which should be struck at. not the man
who unconsciously carries out the spirit
~ the system. Wherever there Is !
war of conquest against a weak n Ia
ferior colored people deeds OF brutality
naturally occur. The chief danger y
moi the injury TO the weak race. bu'
| that the temptation TO tyranny viii re
| act upon the strong race and Eaks
hr,,,as of its soldiers. For that reason
s,,ch wars should be avoided / agres
with the gentleman from Pennsylvania
| that there can be no justification Tor :
| civilized man to issue an order 10 Ia
waste n whole country and XIII every
| BODY including children over IL sSa
| OF age"
Mr.. Curtis. Of made a pre-
b,,t feryent defense of General Funston
| against the criticism TO which ne ma
| been subjected. IF another a don'
what General Funston did ne saio
the democrats would have MADE mn
their candidate for president
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-02
NAVAL OFFICERS IN LIMBO.
Officers and Men Of the Chicago
Sentenced to Jail In Venice.

Venice, Italy, April 2S.-Ail the mem
bers of the crew of the United state
cruiser Chicago arrested for disorderly
conduct here yesterday have been sen
fenced to terms of Imprisonment rang
ing from three TO four months each.
Robert F. Wynne. commanding the
marine guard Of the Chicago; Robert
f. Ledbetter. assistant surgeon Of the
Chicago: Lieutenant John s. Doddrige.
of the Chicago, and a marine named
Wilfred Langley, who were arrested
Friday night on the charge of disor-
derby conduct, were brought up at the
San Marco police court here today.
Captain Wynne was sentenced TO four
months n ten days imprisonment.
The other prisoners were sentenced to.
three months imprisonment. All the
prisoners were sentenced to pay the
costs and damages.
According to Il special dispatch from
Rome, the americana officers arrested
at Venice or Friday asserted thai they
simply tried to free themselves for de-
Tense against some people exasperated
by their involuntary upsetting of
tables They denied the charge of re-
beilion e ainst the police. The con.
mander OF h Chicago, Captain James
II. Dayton, accompanied by the Amerf-
can consus, visited tbs project OF
Venice and expressed regret at the in
cident. Captain Dayton also ordered
all the men Of the cruiser who were
ashore on leave to return on board the
Chicago. He also took meas
ures to prevent further disorders and
threatened sever p~unishments.
A umbe OF windows are alleged 10
have been smashed by drunken Ameri-
can sailors. and IL has been asserted
mat there was much resentment In
venice against the Americans. One
man is said to nave been badly injured
In row that led to the arrest of the
onlcers who wefa sentenced today,
commander Beehler. the United
states naval : -ttachee TO Germany.
austria and Italy. who was In Venice
at the time, IL quoted as expressing
great chagrin at the officers misbe-
havior- He said that they enjoyed no
special privileges shore and would be
judged according to the laws OF Italy.
Afterward, IL fund guilty. they would
De tried by -courtmartial on the charge
OF conduct uat ecoming officers and
gentlemen.