Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-11-28
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A. S. Trude's building on Randolph
street, Chicago, was damaged by fire
to the amount of $4,000.
Many robberes of money, valuables
and live struck are reported from the
vicinity Of South McAlester, ]. T.
Mrs. J. NJ. Tressler, leading milli-
ner Of Fort Scott, Kan, has failed with
Liabilities aggregating nearly $4,000.
Col w. c. p. breckenridge will make
the race for congress next year In his
old district-the Seventh Kentucky.
The Holster house at Galena, Kan,
was completely wrecked by prema-
ture explosion of box of powder and
caps.
The Y. p S. c. E. OF Kansas will
have paper, to be called the Kansas
Endeavorer, which will be issued
monthly from Topeka.
Lewis Lamora, Burling ton rail-
road brakeman, fell from slippery
freight car at East Leavenworth, Mo-,
and was ground to pieces.
w. G.. Bird, state labor commissioner
of Kansas, has begun suit for divorce
from his wife in the Wyandotte county
district court. lie alleges cruelty,
Mrs Helen Britt, of Kansas City.
Kan, was arrested for unnaturally
beating her 1O-year-old son. The com
plant was made by the boys father
Receipts of cattle at the Kansas City
stock yards are falling off, fact at
tributed to the cheapness of corn and
the desire of feeders to hold until bet
ter prices
Prof L. 7. Hand was acquitted at
Perry, Ok, of the murder of George f.
Rohr, formerly mayor of Arkansas
City. The killing occurred near Kill
dare in a dispute over claim
At Macarthur, o., c. II. Rogers was
tarred and feathered and ridden on
rail then told to leave the country.
He was charged with speaking disre-
spectfully of a young lady school
teacher.
At Shamokin, Pa, an attempt was
made to poison u Polish Catholic priest
by putting Paris green in the wine yes
sci which the priest was in the habit of
drinking from, but the plot was de-
tected.
The millinery establishment of A. II.
Fuchs at st. Louis was destroyed by
fire on the 95th. The heavy snow
storm delayed the engines and allowed
the fire to get good start. The loss
was estimated at Sis, 900; partly in
sured.
The United States supreme court
holds that it has no jurisdiction over
the "habitual criminal act of Mis-
souri, This leaves the act constitu.
tional and settles dispute which has
been wagng since the passage of the
law by the legislature.
John Hale and another negro were
quarreling in front of Mr.. Jones resi-.
dence at Nashville, Tenn, and Jones
cane out and demonstrated with them,
when Hale drew revolver and shot
Jones dead. Officers soon after went
on the trail of the murderer, blood
hounds being put on his track.
A boat was found adrift on Red
river. near Arthur City, !. T., contain
ing four bodies. all unknown, but pa
pers were found which indicated that
one of the men was T. c. Carody.
They had evidently been dead several
days, and circumstances pointed &c
robbery as the motive for the murder.
The mixed evening train on the Kan
sas Central broke in two near Easton.
about miles from Leavenworth and
when the front part stopped the de-
tached passenger coach crashed into
mail and express car. Two women
had narrow escape. Conductor
James Lake was injured by jumping.
James r. Gennett, who served in
company A, Fourteenth Kansas cav
airy, during the war, shot at Superin-
tendent Bedwell, of the North Topeka
insane asylum, where he has been con.
fined for some time Bedwell escaped
injury. III Gennett's pocket was found
list of men whom he proposed to
kill.