Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-07-25

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Governor Morrill, has appointed S. R.
Peters, (Rep.) of Newton and M. j.
o'Neil Dem.) of Usage City members of
the reformatory board at Hutchinson.
The Populist member will be appointed
later.
At Wichita an electric car was held
up by lone highwayman at o'clock
Sunday afternoon on South Main street
in sight of at least fifty people, Fred
Miller of Kansas City, the only pas
senger, was compelled at the point of a
pistol to give up all his money-s7O-
and the conductor was relieved of his
gold watch and some small change,
The robber ran through an alley and
escaped.
Judge Meyers, in the district court
at Leavenworth, Tuesday morning set
tied six years litigation over the de-
funct Missouri Valley Life Insurance
company, by confirming the reports Of
Referee Charles Hayden of Holton,
overruling all motions for new trial
and entering Judgment in favor of all
policy holders and their assignees,
numbering in all about 1000, most of
whom are in Kansas. They will not
get over 25 cents on the dollar.
Ex-State Senator w. j. Buchan of
Leavenworth, has been appointed mas
ter of the case of the Rochester brew
cry of Kansas City, Mo-, against the
Interstate National bank of Kansas
City, Kan, by Judge Williams. This
is the big brewery case involving over
100000 and is the outcome of the war
between the Rochester brewery and the
beer trust in Kansas City, Mo. The
appointment was fled Tuesday in the
United States circuit court at Topeka.
G. f. Mohler, a young musician and
vocal instructor who has been familiar
in society and musical affairs in Fort
Scott for several months, shocked the
people of that town by robbing his
landlady, Mrs. Amanda Hartman, of a
pair of diamond earrings, valued at
$500. He tried the ruse of excitedly
declaring that his room had been rob-
bed also, but the chief of police, after
an investigation, accused young Mob
Ter of the theft. He Indignantly de-
MED it, but finally confessed and gave
up the diamonds.
The Grand Lodge of Kansas Odd Eel
lows was in session at Emporia last
week. The following officers were
elected: District grand master, J. F.
Ready, Ottawa; district deputy grand
master, M. L. Butler, Parsons; district
deputy secretary, G. A. Morris, Par
sons; deputy treasurer, 1. f. Finley,
Chetopa; deputy chaplain, Rev. J. D.
Wallace, Lawrence; warden, Henry
Burton, Emporia; guard, D. Tay, Sa-
lima; executive committee, N. G. j. Will
liams, R. Bradley, John Hard. The
next meeting will be held at Lawrence.
A Leavenworth county farmer who
sells hay to citizens of Leavenworth,
has an eye to business. 1t is said that
every time a load of hay was taken to
town, the farmers wife, who weighs
$50 pound, accompanied her husband,
but was not always visible. 1t is stated
that when the load of hay was weigh.
ed the woman was down in it, and when
the hay NOW was reached she would
crawl out. The scheme was discovered
last Saturday by Mr.. Mckee, who has
recently bought four loads of hay OF
the farmer, who refused, however, to
refund payment for the 900 pounds OF
human flesh that he had sold for hay.
Governor Morrill, has signed the par
dons of William Judd, Oliver Ellis,
John Surhech, and George Yeager, four
Chase county men, who were sent to
the penitentiary year ago for 'white-
Gaping" Err. and Mrs. Joseph Bielman,
who live near Strong City. These
men were convicted on the ev-
idence of Bielman and his wife, who
have now made affldavits that they
could not identify the persons who
"whitecapped" them and say they
wrongfully accused these men, who
have been in the penitentiary over a
year. Bielman thought he was going
to die when he made the affidavit
which has secured the pardon of these
men.
The son of Senator Lands of Medi-
cine Lodge, is cadet at the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis, appointed by Jerry
Simpson. Cadet Lands figured as a
hero one day last week, when two of
the crews were practicing on the Sew
ern river in the little steam launches
of the academy. One of the cadets
while watching for signal made
and fell backwards into the
water. The following from the An
napolis Capitol tells the rest of the
story: "Without an instant's hesitation
Cadet Lands, with that cool nerve and
heroism that has ever
marked the sons of the West in mo-
ments of danger, plunged overheard,
and by dint of wonderful exertions,
succeeded in getting his almost ex-
hausted companion to the boat. To
the fact that Cadet Lands is accounted
the best swimmer at the academy may
be attributed the rescue of Cadet Boyd
from drowning or from far more hor-
rible death by the mangling, death