Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-04

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cradle hay.
The Gaylord Chess club has chal-
lenged any chess cub OF chess player
in the northern part of the State to
play series of games for the cham
pionship.
An old gas prospect we'll $40 feet
deep has been cleaned out at Mound
City. and flow Of gas developed.
Steps will be taken to light and heat
the city from it.
The supreme court after certifying
down all the cases to the various d.
visions of the appellate court, will be
but trifle over a year behind. 1t Is
thought it will now be able to catch
up completely.
The Gulf depot at Parsons was bur-
glariSed Friday night and many ex-
press packages were broken. Only $40
was secured. Several holes were drill
ed in the safe and an Intellectual at
tempt made to blow 1t open.
The members o: the State Sanitary
commission are: j. f. Williams, Of
Eureka, James W. johnson, Eureka,
and E. NJ. Turner, of Marysvil e. Mr.
Turner resigned and will be succeeded
April by j. w. Moore, Of Marion.
Sunday morning at 4 o'clock the
two story stone block of ]. w. Hall,
of Alma, Kan, occupied by Lewis
Schroeder as furniture store, was de.
stroyed by fire, as was the entire stock
of furniture. Cause Of fire unknown.
Loss on building and stock estimated
at 81, 200; insurance, $4,000.
A woman named Maggie Somers.
giving her residence as independence.
Kan, went to Parsons last Thursday
and gave birth to boy at the South
ern hotel Tuesday morning the
body of the boy was found in the rear
of residence in the eastern part of
the city. The police are investigating
the case.
John H. Wild, of Atchison, foreman
of the Santa Fe freight depot, took
laudanum with suicidal intent Tues
day night and died next morning. De-
spondency as the result OF not being
able to stop drinking strong liquor is
thought to be the cause. He was
nephew OF Chauncey NJ. Depew, his
mother being sister of the railroad
magnate.
A discovery which battles the SCENT
lists was made Is miles Northeast Of
Marysville. David Lasher. who was
digging a well, at a depth of Is feet
found the tooth of q mastodon which
was larger than mans head. Scent
lists say that it was the tooth OF an an
imal larger than the elephant. Mr..
Lasher was offered $50 for it by geolo-
gists OF Nebraska, but refused the
offer.
Gustave Nelson, u tramp, was lodg-
ed in the Pa vnee county Jail Tuesday,
having pleaded guilty to the charge
of raping the 9-year-old daughter of
Gustave Tell at Burdette, 90 miles
west of Larned. The crime was COM
mitted Friday while the child's par
ents were away from home The
child is still in precarlous condition
and may die.
Col. w. II. Rossington. of Topeka,
will be United States judge for the
district of Kansas to succeed Judge
Foster, if the Encouragement can
have his way about matters. This is
evident by statement made by a
Mr.. Olney TO friend. Mr. OIney said
he favored placing Judge Foster on
the retired list at full pay II it could
be brought about.
DR.. N S. Mayo of the State ARricul-
tural college, DIR, Devoe OF the Bureau
of Animal Industry, United States de-
partment of agriculture, and the mem
bers of the State Live Stock Sanitary
commission went to the scene of the
outbreak of supposed contagious pleu-
ro.pneumonia in Morris and Geary
counties Tuesday. A telegram from
DIR. Mayo at midnight tells the result
of the Investigation. DR.. Mayo wires:
"A thorough examination proves con-
clusively that the disease Is not con-
tagious pleuro-pneumonia."
R. M. Gilluly, of Oskaloosa, has been
appointed stenoVrapher of the Board
of Railroad Commissioners. The posi-
tion is worth $500 year.
John Waller, who has been SEN
fenced to 20 years in the penitentiary
by Spain, has been quite prominent in
Kansas politics In 1882 he went be-
fore the Republican convention OF
Douglass county for representative,
bnt was beaten by one vote by John
Speer, chief clerk in the labor com
missioner's office. Waller was one of
the Republican electors from Kansas
when Harrison was elected. Several
times he has stumped the state. He
is an able orator and shrewd man.
c. S. Jobcs, of Attica, the newly-ap-
pointed State bank commissioner, will
file his bond with the Executive Coun
Gil next Thursday. and then make for
NAL demand ( Mr.. Breidenthal for the
office. Mr.. Breidenthal will not COM
ply, and Jobes will institute quo
warranto proceeding in the Supreme