Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-18
LATE NEWS NOTES.

hunting a whaler to take an expedi-
ton to Greenland.
WIN. Weeks, ex-postmaster at Harris
horne, /. t., was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary for embez-
Element
An explosion of gasoline caused a
fire which destroyed the Taylorville,
ILL.,, coal mining works and entombed
eighty-6ve men alive, all but three of
whom were subsequently rescued.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe
has authorized Governor Morrill, to
draw on him for $1,000 in case Il ia
necessary to call for aid for the Usage
coal miners.
Judge Parker sentenced seven In
dian Territory murderers to death at
Fort Smith, Ark.
Morrison says that he does not ex-
pect bolt of Importance from either
OF the old parties.
DIR. David Jordan of San Francisco
has been appointed president of the
Behring Sea Commission.
Hill will write the New York,Dlat-
form, and hopes that its financial
plank will be adopted at Chicago.
The body of Henry Schwartz Of the
New York Catholic News was found
in the Mississippi near Davenport,
Iowa.
Republicans of the Twenty-seventh
Missouri Senatorial district nominated
DR.. Short
A cyclone struck Del Rio, Texas
No lives were lost.
Jockey John Reeves was fatally
hurt during race at Marion, Ill.
John Milsap, a jockey, was killed on
the Kansas City track while riding a
race.
The Advocate General urged at the
court martial that Chevalier Baratieri
be imprisoned for ten years.
There are ten colonies of Mexican
Mormons in Mexico.
Fireworks manufacturers are now
figuring on the organization OF a
trust.
Mrs Julia C. Daily of Chicago has
given two lots, valued at $4,000, to
Ballington Booths new army, the
American Volunteers.
At Chillicothe, o., Thomas White,
after brief quarrel with Miss Edith
McKelvey, his sweetheart, shot her
fatally and then killed himself.
Ex-Street Commissioner Larry Cum.
mings of Seattle, Wash. shot his wife
and attempted to shoot his daughter.
Mrs. Cummings is believed to be fatal
ly wounded.
DIR. Delgado and his son have ar
rived in Washington and arranged to
pay q visit to Secretary Olney to lay
before him in person their grievances
against the Spanish authorities in
Cuba.
At the Crystal Palace dance hall at
Lake City, Col, Jessie Landers at
tempted to shoot Frank Mcdonald of
whom she was jealous. She fred
three shots, one of which killed Louis
Estep, young man. The woman then
shot herself, inaicting a probably
fatal wound.
Few members were in at tho death
Of either house of Congress and there
were no sensational scenes. Demo-
Gratis offered a resolution of thanks to
Speaker Reed, who closed the House
with a graceful speech, as did Vice
President Stevenson the Senate.
Total appropriations for the session
are S515, 769, s2O.49.
American Horse exchange, New
York City, was destroyed by fire to-
gether with 100 valuable horses and
100 fine carriages. Loss, $500, 900.
The jury disagreed in the libel suit
of DR.. Hearne against the San Fran
cisco Chronicle for libel in accusing
the doctor of the Amos Stillwell muir
der at Hannibal, Mo.
N. X. Fairbank claims Belasco and
Mrs. Carter have conspired to bleed
him and says Belasco owes him Sc, 900
borrowed money.
An Alabama iron firm secured a con-
tract to furnish an Italian foundry
with $4,000 tons of pig iron, underbid-
ding English iron-makers.
Northwestern Colorado coal miners
are on a sympathetic strike in aid Of
the United and Gladstone Coal Com
panies' strikers
LTOlcSbOE W. IA OIlOW, Sun OL Oudu-
cellor Snow of the Kansas university,
has accepted chair in the State uni
versity Of Illinois.
The town of Topaz, State of Jalisco,
Mexico, was destroyed by water
spout and tornado and many lives lost.
Mrs. Annie Dyer, baby farmer of
Reading, England, was hanged at
Newgate prison, London, for whole
sale child murder.
Chicago is threatened with the loss
of three-fifths of next years revenue,
because there is no money to pay the
expense of South Town assessment.
Bicycle factories at Toledo have
shut down and 5000 men are idle.
Chicago brick trust has collapsed
and Sc brick are selling at 81. 20.
supply of West Point graduates
greatly outnumbers army vacancies.
A four cent street car fare ordinance
has been passed by the Milwaukee
city council.
Oregon militia have been called out
to quiet riotous fishermen on the Col
umbia river near Astoria.
DIR. E. w. Mueller, president of the
Kansas Wesleyan university at Salina
since 1894, has resigned.
Professor w. C. Lansdon. late editor
of the Fort Scott Monitor, has been
elected principal of the Fort Scott
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