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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
oHL lake ANornrR RISE.



Pittsburg, Pa, April 10.-rhe oil mar.
ket opened active and feverish this
morning. Standard made another rise
or % cents In its price, putting II up Ia
$22A The May option advanced to
$40 bid and the first sale was at $3.50.
1t hen dropped down ten points and the
third sale was at $40. Then 1t started
back up again and sold at $2.471s, but
sooon this broke and at 1880 a. m. 1t
was offered at $2.43. The continual up
ward movement. has inspired conf
dence among the operators and pro-
ducers and no one cares to predict
where 1t will stop. The Atlantic Re-
inning company has advanced the price
OF refined oil two cents per gallon or
81 per barrel.
New York, April 16.-A Wall street
circular says We learn that the adj
vance In the price Of oil is raising the
cost of the manufacture of gas to such
an extent that some of the large COM
panies In this city are figuring on the
possibility of using coal.
OIL City. Pa, April 16.-Trading has
been light in oil today but the market
opened at the highest point since the
present bull movement was inaugural
ed and also the highest price since
1877. The price of credit balances was
marked far up, from 50 to $2.25 this
morning by the Seep agency and GER
tifcates opened with sales at $3.50; the
smaller fry spectators sold their oil
yesterday around $225 and there was
none of the usual panic and excitement.
A sale of 10000 at $3.50 was followed by
break to $2.3S and at 1910 p. m. sales
We're made at $2.51; at 21O $3.50 was bid.
Market opened at $500; high 1884; low
1898; closing $2.51. Sales 17S, 1000: clear
anceS 100000; shipments 130,605: runs
1925.
Amsterdam. April 16.-Petroleum to-
day advanced IL to 1874.
Findlay, o., April 16.-Ohio oil made
another advance of 10 cents on the bar
rel today and the price is now more
than double that of week ago. AS an
evidence of the fact that the oil men be-
lieve the higher prices have come to
stay, 1t Is stated that Mr. c. c. Harris
one of the largest producers, today
made an offer to the Genesee Oil com
pany to takes its entire production for
the next three months at the present
hgures. The offer was declined. Mr.
Harris has located ten new wells since
last Saturday and expects to have fifty
new producers within month. Other
leading operators are starting new
wells as fast as derricks can be put up.
Bradford, Pa, April 16.-The oil
hiarhel conllnueS TO create great eX-
element Women, men and boys, all
are talking of oil. Shortly after noon
a report from New York to the effect
that the Standard company had raised
the price of refined oil cent gallon
was the means of bringing in new buy
ers and those who had disposed of
their holdings in the morning were
again free buyers. For time today
1t was thought that the market had
seen its top but tonight the prediction
of three dollars ms again ventured and
there are some who claim that four
dollars will be cheap in thirty days.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
JONES is IN FOR 1T.
He FavOrs Action by Silver Party and no
Time Wasted.

New York. April Ex-senator Jones
of Nevada who is in the city had re-
ceived from Mr.. Sibley, the president
tal candidate of the American BIZ
metallic party, who Is in Denver, Colo
RADIO, a telegram expressing the hope
that the senator would join Mr.. Sibley
and General Warner, the chairman Of
the party, in Denver, and deliver an
address there. Senator Jones, being
unable to go, has sent Mr.. Sibley
message expressing his disappointment
that urgent business has rendered II
impossible for him to join them on their
western experimenting trip, and as
sorting that he regards the new move
ment which they represent as the most
important step ever taken towards a
financial reform. Senator Jones de-
clares that this new movement presents
the financial problem to the country
clear cut and relieved of all extraneous
considerations. He says there can be
no question about the platform Of the
American Blmetallic party. The cur
rency question, he says, exceeds all
others in urgency and Importance and
the people must throw aside all other
political issues and solve this question
first. All parties agree that upon a
proper money sytem the prosperity OF
the whole people is absolutely depend
emf
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
rATIVE SALES.

Chicago. April IA railroad engine
was held up by highwaymen in one Of
tho busiest parts Of the Chicago switch
ing systems early today. The engineer
and fireman OF n Chicago and Eastern
Illinois locomotive were attacked by
three men und each robbed Of watch
and money. owen Bigclow was pilot
ing his engine through the yards at
Thirty-fourth street and Stewart
avenue. when a man jumped on the cab
with a revolver. Blglow and his fire.
man, Charles Dollie, made no resistance
and handed over their property. but
Biglow was shot in the head when he
raised an alarm as the robbers escaped.
His wound Is not fatal
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
Notes From Oklnhomn City.

Oklahoma City, o. T., April 16.-The
territorial board of education met to-
day at Ell Reno for the purpose of COM
plotting arrangements for the county
normal institute and passing upon APP
pllcatlons for conductors and instruc-
tors and to prepare course of study
for the normals and for county schools.
The conductors and instructors nor
NAL which meets at Edmund May q,
% and 20, promises to be a success,
President d. r. Boyd Of the university
will act as conductor. Territorial Su-
perintendent Il. D. Cameron will be-
liver the opening address. President
r. ID. Mundaugh Of the agricultural col
lege will deliver lecture. Professor
Edwin De Barr Of the university will
lecture on physiology. This ubject he
Will illustrate by demonstration. There
will be a large attendance.
The University Of Oklahoma will
close June Z. The basement is being
finished Concrete floors have been
laid. This will provide for laboratory
work and furnish much needed CON
yeniences. A large amount of appa-
ratus has been ordered from Paris and
Geneva.
Hon. Champ Clark lectures April 29
under the auspices Of the Pierean So
clety The Historical society has a
number Of volumes of periodicals and
newspapers ready for binding.
The supreme court will hold a spe-
cial session this week for the purpose
Of redistrictlng the territory.
The weather continues dry and the
wind is constant.
The Chactaw will build to Wotonga
In Blaine county soon.
Application will be made for II. C. St
ohm being admitted to bail by his at
torneys, Messrs Douglas and ]. w
Johnson.
The Easter services at st. PauPs Epls.
copal church were very impressive
The music was Of the highest order
and the decorations exquisite. In the
afternoon the knights Templar held
their beautiful services at the church
Prelate A. V. Francis delivered a fine
address.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.
Frank GOodin's House Demolished and He
Fatally Injured

Cherokee. Kan, April 16.-Late last
night a cyclone struck the house of
Frank Goodin, three miles west, and
literally tore 1t to pieces. Goodln had
his neck dislocated and will die. Mrs.
Goo5in was caught under the roof and
pinned to the ground. her clothes taxi
ing fire. Neighbors rescued her In time to
save her life. Half dozen other farm
houses were destroyed, but nobody else.
30 far as known, was hurt. Sam Watts
fine orchard was denuded and the
buildings on the farms Of John Russell
and r. w. Biles demolished.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
OLD TROUBLES CROP OUT.
Executive Council of the American FEEDER
alton of labor Called Together.


indianapolis, Ind, April 16.-The ex-
ecutive of the American Federation of
Labor will meet in this city April %
and continue in session several days.
This will be the first meeting since the
Denver convention.
John Mcbride, president of the fed
Grafton, will return from Hot Springs
tomorrow. He is not sufficiently re-
covered from his Illness, however, to
preside at the councils sessions and
Vice President James Duncan will
act in his stead Among the questions
to be considered by the council will be
the difficulties of the Brew Workers,
the national organization of st. Louis,
and the Brew Workers unions of Chi
cago. The latter refuse to pay $4,000
which they owe to the federation be-
cause part of the money would go to
the Knights of Labor. This will lead
to the further consideration of the re-
lations existing at present between the
federation and the Knights Of Labor.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
MEXICAN CATTLE Rim IN.
Eurekans are Determined not to put up
With the Nuisance.

Kansas City. April 16.-A special
from Eureka, Kan, says; There has
been great excitement among cattle
men here during the past week, occa-
stoned by the shipping in of Mexican
cattle. Two thousand head were UNI
loaded at Summit, eighteen miles west
Of here last week, despite the protests
of local stockmen and of the State Live
stock commission. The cattle are now
In quarantine and another consignment
Is expected here tomorrow. The Green
wood Cattlemen's Protective associa-
ton, the strongest organization of the
kind in the state has taken the matter
up and its president, o. e. Ladd, today
declared that If necessary, force would
be employed to prevent the importa-
ton OF the stock. Trouble Is feared.
The cattle interests of this county are
large and the cattlemen are determined
to take no risk of having splenetic fever
brought in.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
STUCK TO THE TRACK.
Santa Fo Train Passes Safely Bridge with
n Missing Rail.

Galveston, Tex, April 16. An at
tempt was made to wreck a Santa Fe
passenger train near Cone station,
Texas, this morning. A rail was moved
from the track over a bridge spanning
a deep ravine and when the south
bound express came along 1t struck the
gap at the rate of torty miles IN hour.
The engineer applied tie brakes Tut
before the train could be stopped The
engine, baggage and express and smok-
ing cars had jumped across the bridge
and miraculously rolled upon the firm
track beyond. 1t is twenty-five feet
down to the bottom of the ravine.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
Priest Sues for Compensation for His Sc -
vicea at so Much Apiece.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 1.-THE Rev.
]. ]. Dunning, Catholic priest, has
begun suit against Bishop Louis NJ
Fink of the Kansas City, Kan, diocese
for 500 on a claim for divine services
at the Catholic hospital at Fort Scott,
Kan. His bill OF particulars itemizes
the services in this way: To perform
ing divine services on Sundays from
May 1, 1894, to August IA, 1894, ninety
times at 81 each, $50; to Offering bene-
dIction forty times at IS cents each,
$40; total, 500. Bishop Fink has been
served with a summons to appear
Thursday to make answer.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
CAME DOWN WITH THE SNOW.
Thick Coating Of Red Sand Excites Amaze
ment In Colorado.

Denver, April 16.-A dispatch from
St Elmo, Colo. says: After yester-
days storm everything In that neigh
borhood was covered with a thick coat
ing OF red sand. II must have come In
the snow, the dispatch adds, as there
Is no such sand in that section. Den
yer Is almost completely shut of from
telegraph communication with the east
by the direct routes In consequence Of
the fact Of the recent storm In eastern
Colorado and western Nebraska and
Kansas. Several days will elapse be-
fore The damage will be repaired.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
ON ITS FEET ONCE MORE.
Albuquerque Morning Democrat Has a
KhnAas Man At the Helm.

Albuquerque. N. NJ. April 16-The
albuquerque Morning Democrat which
has been lowering between life and
death for the past wO weeks on ac-
count Of the office being In the hands OF
the sheriff, passed into the hands OF a
stock company. VIII Grant. owner Of
several big local corporations, and a
California railroad builder. is the lar
gest shareholder. W. 8. Burke, Kan
Sas newspaper writer. who has been
here for the past twelve years, Is nam
ed as editor under the new manage
ment
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
GRAIN MOVEMENT.


st. Louis, April 6.-ReceIpts-Flour
5000; wheat 5000; corn, $1,000; oats, $4,000.
Shipments-Flour, 600; wheat, 1900; corn,
$4,000; oats, 5000. F'lour-Hlgher owing
to the advance in wheat; patents s2.75@
2.90; fancy $2.25d2.65; choice, $2O0Q2. 10;
rye flour, $S.OO631O. Wheat-Easier at
the opening, selling OFF 1-16 to q cent, later,
on a sharp demapd, advanced Is cent to
16 cents, but this was not maintained,
the market declining y cent from the top
and closing h6lh cent above yesterday.
No. Q red-Cash, 561sc bid; May, 55%c bid;
July, 55Ac. Corn-Fluctuated in SYM
pathy with wheat, and after selling u
cent to 9s cent higher the market weak
ened, sold off cent and closed with sellers
lie cent above yesterday for May, but
n cent lower for July. No. mixed
Cash, 4SQ4SHc; May, 423c asked; July.
4S9sc asked; September. 44lsc asked. Oats
Dull and heavy for futures; spot DUR,
steady. No. 2-Cash, zoe bid 9OG3O%c
asked; June, 299sc bid; July, 26c. Rye
steady. Barley steady. Corn meal, 1910
@2.15 Bran-Dull, lower &c bid, Flax
seed-Quiet, $l.3S. Grass seeds-Steady;
timothy, A.7505.00. Hay quiet and firm.
Wool steady and unchanged.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
sUsrAINs THE IRRIGATION LAW.
Nebraska Judge Decides for the Right of
Eminent Domain.

North Platte, Neb.. April 16.-Judge
Sinclair Of the district court has rem
dered a decision unfolding the constl-
nationality of the irrigation law. He
ruled that the provision Of the irriSa-
ton act granting the right Of eminent
domain was constitutional. The right
Of condemnation of right Of way for Ir-
rigation bitches Is by the decision
placed upon the same basis as the con-
demnation OF right Of way for railway
lines.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
Cash QuotatIons Were Is folloWs:

Flour-Firm.
an No spring Wheat e9 S5 6c No
45lSc; No. yellow, Alc. No. 2 oats. 2s4Sc;
No. white. 32A G3215c; No. 3, S1lkQ3211lc.
No. rye, 59hc. No. barley, 5Slbc; No. 8,
51GI52c; No. 4, soc. No, l flaxseed, 1880
1.40 Prime timothy seed, $500 Mess
pork, per Dbl, $1232hQ12.45. Lard. per
100 lbs, $695d6971s. Short ribs sides,
Qoose.) $6.271sG6.SO. Dry sailed shoulders,
(boxed) 5%65A. Short clear sides, (box
isRed gods goods, per gal, si.d. sugsrs-Un-
changed.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
WIN Hang with Cherokee Bill.

Fort Smith, Ark. April 16.-Charles
Smith, negro tough, and Weber Isaacs
a young Indian, have been sentenced to
hang by the United States court with
Cherokee Bill on June %. Smith killed
two men at Muskogee during the fair
last fall
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18

Kansas City, April 6.-wheat-Red.
half cent higher; white, steady; un-
changed. No. hard, 55c; No. red, $40;
rejected, SIC, Corn-Scarce, slightly
higher; No. mixed. 43lsGf44c; No. 2
white, 45c. Oats-Slow but firm; No.
mixed, 29A62915c; No. white, S3c, Rye
Firm; No. 2 nominally, 55c. Flaxseed-
Nominally, $1506D1.6 go Hay-Steady;
timothy. SS.5OG9.OO; prairie, $5.5OGSOO But.
ter-Firm; creamery, 15@19c; iaIry, 119
15c. Eggs-F'lrm, loo. Recelpts-Wheat,
$780, corn, 2,4O0; oats, 1000.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
KILLED BIS LITTLE SISTER.
Five Year Old Boy Uses Double Barrelled
Shot Gun with Horrible Eject.

st. Joseph, Mo-, April 16.-This after
noon James Underwood and wife, who
reside on the outskirts of the city, left
their two children, Bessie, aged 3, and
Johnnie, aged 5, at the house while they
went TO a neighbours. During their alb
sence the little boy managed to get hold
of a double barrelled shrot gun and fired
both barrels at his sister. The first
tooke effect in her chest and the sec.
ond blew her head or
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
EPREsENTNTIVE sALEs.


The receipts of hogs were considered
light for a Tuesday. The market was
active and cents higher The average
quality was below that of last week and
the car lots were uneven
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
LIVE sTOCK hIARKEr.

Chicago, April -Hogs-Receipts, 200.
Market higher; light, &70q5.O5; mixed.
&75Q5.1O; heavy, A.7OQ5.2O; rough, $4,000
40.
Receipts, 2,5CO Market steady
sheep~Receipts. 5000 Market steady
to strong.
st. Louis, April 6.-Cattle-Receipts
2,40O; shipments, 2,0O0 Market strong.
but no top grades on sale. Export native
choice shipping, $5O0d5.60; fair to medium,
S42564.75; light $3.50GI400; fed Texans,
1872 to 1915 pounds, &.40q490; full range,
$375@l5,0O; grass steers, 275QS.70; COWS
and helfers, $2O06350
Hogs-Receipts, 7,4OO; shipments. 800.
Market top sold as yesterday, sos, but
the general tone was easier Bulk OF
sales, A.75q50O; common to fair light
Sheep~Receipts, 1880: shipments, 1900.
Market firm for best, but weak for low
grades. Native mixed lots, including
many yearlngs, A00d4.20; southwestern,
averaging seventy pounds, S.S; spring
lambs, A.50d5.5O
Kansas City, April 16.-Cattle-R Receipts.
400; shipments, 1900. Market steady to
strong; Texas steers, SO. 20d615; beef steers.
50. 35Gb6.00; stOckers and feeders, $2.50G4.75.
Hogs-Receipts, 1890; shipments, 400:
Market strong to cents higher. Bulk OF
sales, S4.7OG495; heavies, $i.SO6D500; pack
ers, Si.7O6l5.OO; mixed, AG5G4.9O; lights,
$i.5odI.75; yoriiers, Si.65d475; pigs. $4,000
4.5O.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900 Market steady.
Butter and Eggs.
New York, April 6.-Butter-Steadier;
western dairy, 8d13lbc; western creamery,
1262Oc western factory, sale; Elglns,
zoe; imitation creamery, 96l15c; state dairy
10GI15c; state creamery, zoe.
Eggs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania,
13c; western fresh, 12IAd12&c; southern,
11AG12hc. Receipts, 10,9S7 packages.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
BLOWN BEroRE A LocoMorIvE.

George Wright OF riercry lie. Is Cut TO
Pieces Beneath the hcr's
Garden City. Kan, April ia ter
rife wind storm blew all day doing con-
siderable damage to buildings and
causing one death. At Pierceville
near here, George Wright was blown In
front of locomotive and cut to pieces.
He was prominent business man and
a Knight Tcmplar. Between here and
Cherokee hail fell to the depth of four
inches. Some Of the hail stones were
larger than walnuts.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18

Denver. Colo, April 16.-From private
information received In the city, 1t is
believed that either Colonel Merriam or
Colonel Bliss will be appointed to sue
coed General McCook in command of
the department Of the Colorado. 1t is
also stated that General Otis will even
tually be transferred to the department
OF the Colorado, but the change may not
be made before September, when a gen.
eral transfer will be made.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18

WICHITA MARKETS.
Union Stock Yards, April 16
rUaruaW

Union Stock Yards April is.
CATTLE.
The market for butchers cattle was
strong and the supply too small even for
the local market. Stockers and feeders
were slow because the receipts were not
sufficient to induce buyers to take hold.
If there had been enough of this class
of cattle on the market so that car loads
could have been fitted out they would
have brought good prices.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
MET OUT OF DOORS!
oPENAIR S liver MEETING HELD
l.a.. in DENVER.

6ibly and Warner Address the Largest AS
semblage Ever Brought Together In the
City--C leveland's Letter Furnishes the
Text.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18
chicago Alarlset.

The leading futures ranged as follows:
Articles. open'g Hight Low't Gloss
New-York tribune., 1895-01-02
CANE FROM IRELAND TO DO IL.

WILLIAM WALSH SHOOTS PATRICK MCAbE DE-
,,sr HE SAYS. HE RUINED HIS NIECE
xvm,,u Walsh. a bricklayer. who said he had no
,,sherod in the new year by shooting hh
.,on1 patrick McCabe. and yesterday morning
,s,ics Welae in the Harlem Police Court heio
vaIsb without bail TO await the result OF ncc@n
,ninres McCabe now lies in Harlem hospiea' We
h,,,lat lodged in the back OF his heao anu MS eo
,,,,an a, nresent is such as prevent probing 1nf
the bullet ,, On tho storv
wcCabe and friend named Mulisan SO 'ne s'otS
= - ont Monday night. celebrating the ND
,a,, ~ ,he new year. and about midngn' tney Ue
mn in haf-maudlin condition in 'front.' Oh Of an
ara,vs church. at One-hundred-ahu-'"e".'
:, and EYfth-ave, where the chimes hau a'u aN'e~
almost all Harlemites. The wv" fhaue ne'iS -.
.,,,nu,es when Walsh jumped out and with An
'h sbouted: Now | have you at last; We io'-
80, o, , long time" and drawing a 3scaiipre
,or hs added: Take that nring point-piahk
=, NcCabe's face. Walsh then ran away anu
I,roe or, I'D gave chase after him throush o"e
drad d-twent -eighth-st.. going east 'o"aio Le~
ington-ave $1,000, ....-
Down I.exington-ave. to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
s,,b.st Walsh ran. stumbling several times over tns
- vsments At One red-and-twenty-h -hftn-
:, Policeman Gehan of the East One-hundred-and-
,wentv-slxth-st station, caught the wouid-oe mor-
derer and a tussle followed The crowd quicAV
closed around. however and the prisoner was Aneo
60 tha East One hundred y-sixth-st sas-
ton. ,.,,,o, ,,,o,, In McC.ahesu
sninsl cord for when ne was picked up after the
shooting he was utterly helpless and had no power
ovsr his lower limbs McCabe was taken TO tne
Ha r,em Hospital where 1t was said yesterday tnat
his condition was critical When asked as 10 wny
Walsh had shot him, McCabe professed 10 De isho-
rsni saving he did not know the fellow.
Walsh however declares that he had been looking
for Mo- abe for a long while to square an account
that originated In ireland years ago. He alleges
that McCabe ruined his niece to whom ne was as,sS
alleges. skipped to America, and thither Walsh fos-
lowed him for the purpose Of taking his NE
When arraIgned before Justice Welde Walsh Sala
ne had shot NcCabe in revenge Walsh described
himself as a bricklayer and said he had no home
Nc(,abe liz twenty-five years old, and lives AT No
aGS Fast One-hundred- a and-twenty -eighth-st.