Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-24
NEWS NOTES.

Schleny park, Pittsburg, burned; loss
$500, 900 with only $4,000 insurance.
Hermann, the famous magician, died
suddenly of heart disease Thursday in
his private railroad car at Grain Val
ley, New York.
John j. Thornton, editor of the Clay
county Ala, Advance, was assassin
ated while sitting at his Preside, for
making war on lawless gangs.
At Bethel, Ohio, two women named
Moon and Shell, quarreled, and the
Shell woman threw bucket of I've on
Mrs. Moons and her baby's face kill
ing the child and fatally injuring the
mother.
John Sheehan attempted to steal
some geese from Mrs. Jennie Cohen's
store, and when she saw him fred at
her and killed Barnett Cooper. The
woman then cracked the thief's skull
with Ratchet This occurred in Chi
cago.
Freeman Morrow, aged Al, was MUIR
dered while asleep in a movers wagon
near Perkins, Okla, then robbed. His
12-year-old daughter Ada was fatally
assaulted A negro is is suspected, and
mob threats have precipitated race
war
The pension appropriation bill was
passed by the senate without division.
1t is identical to the bill as it passed
the house, and carries S141, 32S, $50.
The secretary of the navy says that
the battleShip Texas is all right.
Senator Aliens resolution providing
for an investigation of the recent cleo
ton is favored by a majority of the
senate.
The Newark and Raleigh failed to
overhaul the steamer Three Friends.
A plot to break out of the Macon,
Mo-, jail was discovered and frustrated.
The American Federation of Labor
adopted stirring resolutions of SYM
pathy for Cuba, and called upon Con-
gress to recognize the Cubans.
The French chamber of deputies
passed the naval bill. A motion to re-
duce the term of military service to
one year was defeated.
The house passed the Atlantic and
Pacific railway reorganization bill.
The nomination of John II. Rogers
to be judge for the Western district of
Arkansas has been confirmed.
]. s. Schofeld of Albuquerque, N.
NJ, has been appointed by the comp
troller of the currency receiver of the
Union National bank of Denver, Col.
General Weyler, according to advices
from Madrid, may be recalled soon
and General Marin may succeed him.
John Winston won the Dupont trophy
and the live-bird championship of
America.
DIR. j. L, Williamson shot 19l out of
a possible 200 live birds ut Milwaukee,
breaking the worlds record.
Hamburg lockers have lost their
strike and returned to work.
Ed Reed, desperate son of Belle
Starr, was killed in a saloon at Clare
more, Ind. Ter.
Black envelopes, addressed in white
ink, to carry bad bills, have been shut
out of the mails.
Alexander Salvini, the noted young
actor, died in Italy, from consumption
of the bow us.
Nearly all the battle ship steel in
the Newport News Ship Building Com
pany's yards is faulty and may be con-
demned.
Employees of the Illinois Central are
taking stock in the road and it is be-
lieved Ghis will prevent strikes in flu
ture.
Patrick Coughlin was executed by
shooting in Sage Hollow, Utah, for
killing Deputy Sheriffs Stages and
Dawes in 1895.
Some of tie ministers of st. Louis
have declared war against the South
Side race track. and declare that they
will not stop until it is closed.
Ernst Chase, son of DR.. Chase of re-
ceipt book fame, cut his wife's and his
own throat badly in an insane attempt
ut murder and suicide at Detroit.
Vote of California for Presidential
electors has been tabulated and shows
the following totals; Republicans, 146,-
5Ss; fusion, 144, 766; Prohibition, 9,573.
John Seward and William Trustee,
the witnesses who perjured themselves
in the Pearl Bryan case, were given
two and one years respectively in the
Kentucky pen
Edward Clark and wife, mother and
stepfather OF Mary Stewart, who poi.
soned her husband, John p. Stewart,
have been pardoned out of the Mon
tana pen" having been convicted on
perjured evidence of their daughter
who later confessed and committed
suicide.
Enlisting in the United States fol-
Cuban service is unlawful and /!
severely punishable. Washington
officials have given out hint that the
| law will be enforced.
London Times makes several crack
at Senator Chandler for his off-hanC
RECOGNITION of Cub says Uncle Sam
attitude Ia incorrect, d'the jingo sen
ators should only provoke smiles il
Spain
The United States consulate in Ha
vana Is guarded because of fear of n
attack by Spaniards
The last letter received by the New
York junta froa General Maceo rec
commended Ruiz Rivera as his successo
in case Of his death.
The Republicans, IL is claimed, ez
pect to annex Hawaii at the next SEES
sion.
Senator PETER introduced resolu
ton providing for monetary commits
sion of five members.