Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Santa Fe railroad trains through
the Indian territory are being guarded
by United States deputy marshals be-
cause of fears of train robbers
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, has
let contracts for the construction in
San Francisco of the tallest building
west of Chicago. 1t will be fifteen
stories high. The estimated cost is
81, 100000
The extension of the classified civil
service to practically the entire force
of the agricultural department is for
mally announced in circular issued
by Secretary Morton.
Don Estanislao s. Zeballos, minister
of the Argentic Republic to the
United States, has resigned. Dr. Gar
cha Merou, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Brazil, will
be transferred to Washington in the
place of Zeballos.
1t is stated that the brewers agree
ment to advance prices to retailers in
Chicago now lacks only four signatures
of comprising all the beer producers in
Chicago, The first effects of the agree
ment will be to drive out of business at
least 1900 of the present 1000 licensed
saloon keepers in the city.
Louis Siegerman, who committed
suicide in st. Louis by cutting his
throat, has been identified as Louis
Siegerman, formerly a restaurant
keeper Of Calwell, Kan, who shot his
wife dead in 1894 near Pond Creek, Ok. =,
and was later sent to the asylum for
the insane at Jacksonville, Ill.
Rev. William Dean, for fifty years a
missionary in China and Siam, is dead.
General S. B. Maxey died at Eureka
Springs, Ark, aged TO- He graduated
from West Point in General Grants
class and fought with him in the Mex
lean war, was major general in the
Confederate army and United States
senator from Texas two terIs.
DR.. A. B. Simpson raised s65, 1000 for
missions at one collection at Old Or
chard, Maine, at a Christian alliance
meeting.
July exports: Mineral oils, "a, 992,-
9O3; cotton, 81, ,l79; breadstuffs,
$500, 91S; provisions, si4,O94,6ss.
Eastern capitalists are working on
an irrigation scheme to reclaim the
Colorado desert by turning the waters
of the Colorado river over the vast ter
ritory.
Centralia, Mo-, druggists were con-
victed of and fined for violating the
city's local option law.
An enormous quantity of water will
be diverted from Lake Michigan to
fll the new drainage canal. This
canal is expected to divert trade from
the East down the Mississippi.
viii Moake and win Read, young
Illinois farmers, were shot in water
melon patch by Fred Crenshaw near
Marion.
Leroy Cardiff, aged 8, of Warsaw,
Ind, committed suicide because his
playmates leased him about his faith
er's divorce.
Charles Jackson, colored, aged 10
years, pounded George Quimby, a col
ored playmate, to death with brick
ct Cleveland, Ohio, as the result of a
quarrel.
Frank Sweet, Chicago janitor, IA
tally shot Mrs. Alice Burr, his sister
in-law, wounded Mrs. ]. B. Nichols
and killed himself because Mrs. Burr
would not leave her husband for him.
Thomas R. Howard, broker Of St
Louis, was arrested charged with hav-
ing poisoned Nancy Leathe, colored,
and trying TO poison Priscilla Henry,
also colored, to obtain their estates.
Naval officials are calling attention
in view Of the rioting at HwA Sang and
other places in China to the great value
Of light draft gunboats for just such
service as they might now be able TO
render II there were any available on
the Asistic station.