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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-04-13

The Big Baxter Reunion will be
bigger than ever this year.
Early fire yesterday morning at
White Rock; chilli always hot.
I..l:..a D;aoI laharorat. haa nrix,axi
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-04-13

Sheriff Rains had business in this
city Saturday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE SELMA AND ANNISTON
COUNCILS COMMITTEE PROBING IN-
 TO ITS MANAGEMENT.
Numerous Witnesses Were Examined by Aldermen Behiad Closed Doors as to Complaints Made
 By CatfKens.

The Union Slaughter House, situated on the old Wetumpka Road, last night underwent a laboriOus investigation by the joint Sanitation and Public Works Committee of the City Council, sitting behind closed doors at the City Hall.
 The inquiry lasted from 7:S0 o'clock until nearly midnight, and was con- ducted by the committee in executive session.
 Alderman James E. Maddox. chairman of the joint committee, presided over the proceedings.
 The committee gathered the testi- mony of nearly a dozen witnesses. This will be compiled and report based on 1t will be presented at the next regular meeting of the City Council in accord ance with a resolution of that body.
 It Is understood that the inquiry last night pertained to both the inside con- ditions of the slaughter house and the sanitation as 1t affects neighboring residents and passersby.
 Expert testimony was adduced by the committee from Dr. Robert Gold thwaite. City Physician, and Meat In- spector H. B. Metcalf. Their testimony was brought out In the way of ascer- taining what improvements could be made that appeared to them urgent for public safety and comfort.
 Along this line tho question of screens and a system of fans was gone into. It is reported. however. that the proprietors of the Union Slaughter House have expressed a willingness to make such installations as these, but there are some meat vendors who ob- ject especiall yto the fans. because, they claim, it injures the meat.
 It will be recalled that the chief complaint lodged against the slaughter house and which led to the resolution of the Cuoncil. were that offensive smells emanated from the premises. A few witnesses were summoned before the committee to testify on this score.
 Stockholders of the slaughter house were the last to testify They offered in rebuttal of previous testimony that the slaughter house Is thoroughly mod ern in every particular. including d large rendering tank, into which all offal is thrown. They insisted that the sanitation is preserved within the re- quirements of the city ordinances just as was intended when, eight years ago, they built the plant in accordance with the plans and specifications laid upon them by the City Council. supposed to form a composite of ideas gathered by the city physician, who visited the larg- est and most successful slaughtering plants in the Middle West.
 Among the chief complainants against the conduct of the slaughter house are butchers of Montgomery. who claim that they have not been accorded fair treatment and that the slaughter house owners are conducting a monopoly by reason of the authority vested in them by the city government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
BOTH REMEMBERED IN THE
 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS.
The Completed Sundry Civil ApprOpri-
 atiOn Hill Includes BuildIngs AL ready Contracted for at the Two Towns.

Washington, Feb. 14.-The House Committee on Appropriations today completed the sundry civil appropria- tion bill. The bill appropriates $65,- 55s,SS0. which is an increase of $7,71s,- 669 over the appropriations for the current year. and Is $s,992. .467 less than the estimates of the various depart ments. The increase is accounted for as follows, under three heads:
 Excess required to meet contract ob- ligation for the construction of public buildings. $s.224.339; excess required to meet contract obligations for river and harbor works, $2,571,932; amount required for construction of buildings for the national museum and to meet contract obligations therefor, as re- quired by law. $1,510.000.
 The appropriations for river and har- bor work under contract include the following items:
 Charleston harbor. S. C.. 5000; Sa- vannah harbOr, Ga, $175.0Q0: St. . Johns River. Fla, $205 ,000; Southwest Pass. Mississippi river, $1.250, ,0O0: Mouth of Ohio to Missouri river. $6G0,- 900; Tennessee river below Chatta- from head of passes to mouth of Ohio river, $2,000, ,O00.
 The items in the bill for public buildings already contracted for are as follows:
 Anniston. Ala, $6O,OOO: Florence. S. C., $55, 5,OO0; Guthrie, o. T.. &5O,OOO: Har- rlson Ark $32, 800; Henderson. Ky. $250, 900; Jacksonville, Fla, $1O0, 900: Macon, Ga, $5O.OOO; Nashville, Tenn. $40, 900; Savannah, Ga, SS0.00O: Selma Ala, S3000O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

some time and have been constantly preparing for the game.
 Next month the locals will go to Birmingham to play the Athletic Club |, teaf there. t5s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
POLICE FIGHT NEGROES.
One of Latter Killed and Another Cut
 At Decatur.

Decatur. Feb. 14.-(Special)-As a result of a fight between negroes and police one negro Is dead with two pis- tol balls in his neck and one in his leg. while another negro is badly sIashed up with a knife.
 Two negroes. Ardesia Foust and Will Malone engaged in a fight in a Bank Street negro resort Malone had a gun and Foust a knife. The police at- tempted to arrest them. when Malone turned his gun on the officers, but without effect. The officers then turned their guns upon Malone, put ting one ball in his ieg and two in his neck. killing him instantly. Foust is badly gashed with a knife.
 Today is the coldest day that has been experienced in North Alabama for years. At a. m., the thermometer registered below zero, making a fall of 15 degree in twelve hours. The ground is covered with six inches of snow.
 There is much suffering among the poor people as well as among the live stock. It Is reported that a negro froze to death late last night in the southern part of the county.
 Telephone and telegraph wires have been working badly and the street car service has been interfered with. Yesterday and today the rural route mail carriers did not nrake their usual trip on account of the pad state of the roads and weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
Cbc Cbeatre$
PaytOn Sisters at BijOu.

If one does not expect too much for his thirty cents, he will find an abund- . ance of entertainment In the plays and specialties provided by the Payton sisters and their company of players at the Bijou Theatre this week.
 Those who witnessed The Fatal Rose of Red" at matinee yesterday, and For Her Child's Sake" last night were well satis6ed with the entertainments, and both audiences gave the actors un- stlnted applause.
 MT. Russell. Mir. Ford. Mir. Thompson. Mir. Payton. Misses Winner and Vina Payton are clever actors and are above the standard of repertoire companies
 The specialties are very good Mr. Thompson and Mir. Holt scored Bolidlg with yesterdays audiences.
 Tonight the company will produce Tn the Land of the Czar." a costume play In which the Payton Sisters will have opportunity to display thetr rich wardrobe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
The News of Birmingham

Birmingham, Feb. l4.--lspeciaI. J- Geraldine Hassler, the S-year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. R. L. Hass- Ter, was frightfully and perhaps fa- tally burned this morning at Pratt City by her clothing catching fire while standing Tn front of an open grate. The parents of the little girl were in an adjoining room and hearing the screams of the unfortunate child went to her assistance. In extinguishing the flames both Mir. and Mrs. Hassler had their hands badly burned. Drs. Seay and Hambrick were called in and while eevry attention was given the girl from the start, her injuries were pronounced very dangerous. MT. and Mrs. Hassler are long time residents of Pratt City and have many friends.
 Will Carter, who operates an over- head crane in the steel plant at Ensley, lies in a serious condition at the Cum ningham hospital, the result of an ex- plosion late last night. He was hand ling ladle full of molten cinders and slag and dumped the same Into a pool of water. Two loud explosions fol- lowed. Carter attempted to get out of the way of the flying cinder and jump ed into a mass of hot cinders, receiv-
 
 life. The noise of the explosion star tied all Ensley.
 Joe and Toney Giardino. who were charged with killing Sam Salermo, an Italian merchant at Pratt City, last August, have been acquitted in the Criminal Court here. The jury was out three hours. Efforts were made at the time of the crime to show that plot was formed in Sicily. Joe and Toney Giardino denied the accusations made against them from the start.
 The weather in Birmingham today was the severest experienced since Feb ruary, 1899, when the thermometer reg istered 10 degrees below zero. At o'clock this morning the Government tube registered degrees above zero At midnight last night the thermometer showed 10 degrees above zero and the mercury continued to tumble until it reached, degrees The snow which fell yesterday was still to be seen today about the city, having frozen on tho ground. The sun came out after 1t o'clock this morning and there was 6 general moderation of the weather. Tbe stockholders of the Lookout Mountain Iron Company, which con- cern has a blast iron furnace, coal and | ore mines, coke ovens and limestone quarries at and near BatteIle. in De- Kalb County, between Birmingham and Chattanooga, held a meeting here to- day and reelected the old directory Among the outside stock FNolders her'
 were J. C. Battelle of Columbus, O. President of the Company; J. H. Frani of Columbus, a director: D. B. Meachin of Cincinnati. director; Whitsfoord Colt of Nashville. Tenn, stockholder. 4 proposition was adopted providing fol the issuance of negotiable bonds of tho Icompany, secured by first mortgage. tC the extent of $400.0o0. There will b' some extensive Improvements made about the properties of the company.
 A large real estate transaction wal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
CltE Council Meetinr.

The City Council held its regular monthly meeting last night, but with the exception of passing on a petition to grant license for a saloon after a spirited debate, practically nothing was done. The Council has not taken up for immediate action the vital prob lems that face the city Government. '
 In the fight for the saloon license there were two attorneys and the ma jority of the Councilmen on one side and the petitioner and two councilmen on the other The license was denied by a ballot in which the opposition formed the majority.
 c. F. Young was asking permission to start a saloon and buffet on Broad Street. between Alabama and Water Streets and for a license to conduct the same. He said in his remarks to the Council that he would conduct an orderly place and that if 1t was later objectionable he would relinquish the stand. One or two Aldermen spoke in favor of granting the license The two attorneys and the Councilmen who were opposed to 1t said that saloon would be objectionable to merchants next door, to a bank and to the city generally on account of the thorough fares popularity as a promenade for women and children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

consumated this morning. Klnzea Stone of Carrollton, Ky. sold one hundred feet of land on Third Avenue. running back along Fifteenth Street l4O feet, at cost of $1O,OOO cash to Mrs. Sudi zoni of Ensley. It is under stood that the new owner will at once erect brick business block on the cor- ner of Third Avenue and Fifteenth Street.
 This land has been in the possession of Mir. Stone since 1886, when a num- Der of Kentuckians came to this district and made investments Tn real estate. Mrs. Zoni recently sold real estate in Ensley to the value of s15,000. The property on the east side of Twentieth Street, between Second and TEird Avenues, No., 221, on which is a twc-story brick building occupied by John Maui as a saloon. was sold today to the City Land Company, the price paid for same being $2l.oOO. The prop erty belonged to F. K. Lykes. The property measure 20 by 75 feet, the twenty feet extending on Twentieth street. This is one ot the largest prices paid for city property in some time, the ngures being $l,075 per front foot. It IS presumed the purchasers intend to improve the property. The funeral of Emmet Roberts, the Bessemer giant. who died yesterday at St. Vincents Hospital took place this afternoon from the home of his sister. Airs. w. F. Nolan. on Fourth Avenue, Bessemer. The remains will be in- tered in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Roberts, though a giant in stature, was not strong. His very rapid growth was considered abnormal, and resulted in the weakening and breaking down of the whole system.
 Next week the charge of murder against Hollis Parish, the young attor- ney who Is charged with the murder of mechanic named Leonard. which oe- cured about two years ago, is sched- uled for trial. Leonard was killed on an owenton car and Parish was ar rested and indicted for the crime. At first bail was denied him, but the de- cision of the lower court was reversed by the Supreme Court and the accused was allowed ball. Some time after his release on bond, Parish was taken to the State Asylum at Tuscaloosa, where he was confined until a few weeks since. He has returned to Birmingham and has again taken up the practice of law.
 Peter Lapon. through his attorney Instituted suit in the Circuit Court to. day for s3O,OO0 damages against the Sloss-Shef1eld Steel and Iron. Company The plaintiff alleges that he was em. ployed by the defendant company near Sleepy Hollow and that while so em- ployed he was injured by. a faIIing rock slate or some other substance which was caused to fall through the negIi- gence of the defendant. He ayers that his back, spine and other portions of his body are permanently injured and further ayers that he has suffered great mental agony and excruciating physi- cal pain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
Improving JaII's Facilities.

oHmluBuam to play the AtnIetic Club , teaf there.
 Improving Jail's Facilities.
 The County Commissioners held a meeting yesterday to transact rou- tine business, to look into the condi- tion of the county jail so that im- provements suggested in the report of the grand jury can be made, and incl dentally to install the new member Julian Smith, who was appointed by the Governor a few days ago to suc- ceed s. M. Kirkpatrick.
 The Commissioners visited the jail and inspected the heating and sewer age system. which Is said to have been in an almost intolerable condition until plumbers were put to work several days ago. The board ordered the en- tire system renovated. Personal and Social. Misses Mary Howard and Marian Mel. win left yesterday for Tuscaloosa where they will be attendants in the Freeman -McAlpine wedding which takes place Wednesday evening. Mir. J. H. Lauderdale, who has been visiting relatives in the city for the past week has returned to his home in Washington.
 Mrs. Frank Davidson of Uniontowr is the guest of Mrs. Crawford Phil. lips on Union Street. Mrs. Edward Joseph Marx of New Orleans. is visiting her parents, Mir | and Mrs. A Karper. Mir. Ward Young, a student of the M. M. l., is spending a few days here with his mother.
 Miss Frances Ormand. a handsome brunette of Gallatin, Tenn, Is visiting Mrs. Grimes.
 The many friends of MT. Crawford Bates will regret to know he is i'll with la grippe.
 Mrs. Charles Davidson of Cincinnati is in the city, the guest of Mrs. R. J Davidson.
 Miss Beulah Kraus of New Orleans is the attractive guest of Mrs. B. J Schuster.
 Mrs. Bernard Markstein of Anniston is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Jake Liepold.
 The Dixie Club will entertain at a german at the Hotel Albert Friday evening.
 Mir Leonel Haas of Montgomery was visitor to the city yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
Basket Bail Game Tonight.

The basket ball game between the local Y. M. C. A. and Howard College clubs will take place in the associa- tIon gymnasium Wednesday night. The East Lake team will arrive in this city tomorrow morning and Thursday af- ter the game will proceed to Mobile to play the Y. NJ. c. A. team of that city.
 Tomorrow nights game promises to be the most interesting ever played by the Selma team. It will practical ly decide the future of Mir, Franklin g club. The Howard College aggregation are considered one of the most for midable in the State and so far have met with great success. The local team, however. has been organized
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-01
NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ARMISTICE IN PROGRESS
WILL BE DRAWN UP BY GEN ERALS LINEVITCH AND
 OYAMA.

May Not Be Announce
 ed Until an Agreement Has Been
 of STanchuria--Tokio Has Not Shown
 Any Concern For an ArmIstIee AI-
 though Russia Has Been Willing.
 Washington, June 9O-It is under stood here, on good authority, that ne- gotiations are in progress in Manchuria for an armistice which, it is believed, will be drawn up by Generals Linevitch and Oyama. The plan is for the pleni- potentiaries to be announced after the arnistice has been arranged but should the negotiations for the armistice fail to indicate an early conclusion the an- nourcement of the plenipotentiaries may be made in the near future.
 Members of the diplomatic corps are for the most part uninformed regarding tke. negotiations for an armistice and Inquiry at the Russian embassy and i1iS Jd5etuCSS lESdHtOI tSNlll5hN piOhbAiS the reply that there was nothing to be said on this subject for the present. It has been understood here for some time that Russia was not opposed to an armisttce but the earlier exchanges be- tween Japan and the American gov ernment did not show similar willing ness on the part of the Tokio govern ment. The Japanese government, how ever, did suggest that when the time came for an armistice the negotiations should be conducted directly between the commanders in the field. In view of the presidents earnest wish for an armistice, diplomats here believe that he has followed up his initial represen- tations with further suggestions in the effort to bring about a true before the Washington conference convenes. ss
 The beginning of the rainy season in AEanchuria, it is pointed out, will en- able both belligerents to sign an arrlis- tttce for month or more without weak eBing the positions of either. This fact, lit is believed, furnished the strongest argument for an immediate arnlistice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-01
HIS NOT SUIsRENl1EHED.
Rebel Varship Reported to Have Reef
 Joined by Another,

London July 1.-A dispatch to tlis Daily Mall from Odessa dated early this morning asserts that the Eniaz Potemkine has not surrenderedi Ina dispatch says
 q It was reported by the authorities that the Kniaz Potenkine had surrenA dered uncondit ditionally, but it IS noWSa confirmed that she was joined by the battleship Goorgi Pobiedonosz, whose officers were made prisoners. Bokla vessels are anchored in the roads and are using search1ights vigorously as ig expecting an attack from the squad ron which as about fifteen miles tsis~ tant.
 The commander of the troops has rex ceiyed a telegram from the government ordering him to sing the rebel ships without regard to a possible bofnbard- ment.
 I have information regarding this sec- ond mutiny on absolutely reliable aa- thority.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-01
MuRDrBER UNcoNoEExED.
wanted Former Employers Money and
 Decided to Have It.

Decided to Have It.
 New York, June sO,--George Granger. nineteen years old, wanted in Pawling, N. T.. for the murder of Henry Lutz, a farmer Of that place, who was killed to-day is under arrest here. Granger was apparently unconcerned over his arrest aIsfI.-svhi1o waiting to see acting Captain MeCauley to whom he made tt full confession, he spent his time whis- ting and singing. . Granger told of working week on the farm of which Lutz was supsrin- tendent.8 He decided to quit and says he was paid from a bis roll of money Liuttz iIatd. Ia r *4 @. 555 z4= --5@. was hard Up and made up my mind to get" Granger said to the po- lice.
 He loitered about the place until this morning when he shot and killed I4utz and took his watch and money. "
 Granger said he. had been in the County home at New Haven for four years, up to a year ago, The pistol he used, he said. he obtained from his brother in New Haven about five years ago.
 When searched at headquarters $75.S5 was found on his person besides the silver watch which he had taken from Lutz. ~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-01
DUMPING BAD IMMIGRANTS
Braun Reports to President Results of
 Visit sO Europe.

Visit % Europe.
 Oyster Bay, June 30.-Marcus Braun of New York, of the United States im- migration bureP 4, who, while on spec ial mission in Europe recently. caught an official of the Austro- Hungarian government in the act of tampering with his mail. visited Oyster Bay to-day to have a talk with Secretary Loeb about some official matters. Inspector Braun returned from Europe on We'd nesday last after an absence of several months. He declined to discuss his ex- periences while abroad. A full report of them has been made to the depart ment of commerce and labor, and it is known theey were sensational.
 The work of Inspector Braun was of confidential character and it is likely, therefore, that the. reports on it may not be made public. It can be said. however, that the reports show not only through the personal statements of In spector Braun himself, but also through official documents of the Austro- Hunga- rian government and through affidavits of responsible persons, that the Austro- Hungarian government is fostering and encouraging the immigration to the 1 United States Of it's people, and at the same time urging the immigrants not to become citizens of this country but to get together all the money they can earn here and then return to their own country. In the fostering of this in1mi- grafton, it is charged that the Austro- Hungarian government subsidies one or more steamship lines with the result that they carry the immigrants to the United States at a notably low rate By this means the Austro Hungarian government rids itself, temporarily at least. of some residents who are not specially desirable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-01
GERMAN EXPERTS VIEW.
Battle of Sea of Japan Proved BattIe-
 ships to be Best Weapon.

VA SNSA VA ~NRt+AA
 ships to be Best Weapon.
 Berlin, June 3o.-The German Naval league, n a regular news bulletin, says the lesson of the battle of the Sea of Japan is that the best type of warshfp is the battleship of the largest displace- ment equipped with the heaviest possi- ble guns and armor. The league notes that the Japanese torpedo boats attack ed after the Russian fleet had been weakened.
 A writer in Die Grenzboten, which often contains official communications, analyses the German navy as follows:
 Of thirty-eight battleships on paper, including those laid down or authorized by the naval programme, thirteen are called ''old boxes," scarcely fit for har- bor defense. Number 3S has not yet been begun. Of the remainder only ten approach the modern battleships of other powers in size and gun power The task before the government is de- fined to be to replace the anticipated ships with modern vessels.