Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-30


and it is great wheat county, too.
The heaviest rain of the summer fell
in the Arkansas valley, Thursday
night.
The Kaw river is higher at present
than at any previous time in many
years.
Western passenger trains are trying
to minimize the running of Sunday
executions.
In the Oakland district the Kansa.
river is so high that the electric track.
were covered.
Stock las suffered con siderably
along the bank of the Kaw river, owing
to the high water.
So closely is the Santa Fe economic
ing that the men on the extra lists"
are now barely making living
Topeka may never have a new bridge
across the Kaw, but her citizens can
console themselves by the that she
has new bridge house"
One Kansas editor says that what is
the matter with this country is the
discovery by the people that the day
for getting rich in this land is over.
About thirty visiting shooters and
fully dozen Leavedworth lovers of the
sport are attending the second annual
tournament of the Leavenworth Gun
club.
The Kansas district grand lodge of
Odd Fellows completed its annual ses-
sion at Lawr"1ce Friday, choosing
Salina as the prLce of meeting Tor next
year.
Joseph Norris, 60 years old, who
lived upon farm near Leavenworth,
committed suicide yesterday by means
of morphine, leaving wife and sever
raj adult heirs
Ri hit in the face of this contest
against the English money power the
judges at the Garden City Fourth of
July celebration gave the prize for the
best looking woman to Miss Britain.
Shawnee county must secure re-
duction of at least one million dollars
on the total assessed valuation of all
property in order to be placed upon
relatively equal basis with other coun'
ties IN the State.
As rule girls brother sides with
the father and mother when objection
is made to his sisters love affair, but
down at Axtell the other day, John
Ryburg assisted his sister to elope with
her lover and then followed along be-
hind with the girls wardrobe.
Charles Belcher of Dickinson county
will represent Kansas at the national
reunion of the Loyal Home Workers
which will be held in st. Paul in Sep
TENDER at the time of the National G.
A. r. encampment. The theme which
he will present is inspiration of Pa
triotism."
High water in the Kaw river, caused
by the recent rains, damaged the pre-
paratory work on the Metropolitan
Street Railway company's new steel
bridge, at Kansas City, to the extent
of 81 900, and will delay construction
work for two weeks The contractors,
however, and not the company, will
stand the loss.
Jacob Rogers, charged with the MUIR
der of Della Hutchinson and her in
FAINT child, had his preliminary hear
ing before Justice Perry at Humboldt
Monday. The evidence against Rog-
ers is purely circumstantial. At the
conclusion of the testimony, Justice
Perry held him without bail to await
the next term of the district court.
Two little children of Ira Reese were
buried alive near Fowler, in the edge
of Meade county, yesterday They
were playing under large bank when
it suddenly gave way and they were
buried beneath the dirt. The horri-
BILE accident was witnessed by their
father, who made superhuman efforts
to save them but they were dead when
they dug the sand away from them.
At Leavenworth, Charles Rossendal
and wife were thrown from buggy
by runaway horse. Both sustained
severe injuries, and it was thought
Mrs Roseudal could not recover.
Judge Owen Bassett died Sunday al
his home in Mcpherson county. lie i:
the best known Mason in the country
and has for many years been an author
ity on Masonic Jurisprudence.
]. p. and Mrs. johnson of Highland
have Just returned from trip to Bos
ton. The visit was made to attend
reunion of the class Of 1916, of Har
yarG college, in which Mr.. johnson
was graduate, The class as gradu
ated fifty years ago numbered III.