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Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
FORTIFICATI0NS.
The Appropriation Bill Taken Up by
the Senate.
THE HOUSE LAYS OUT WORK
The Labor Investigation Commission BIZ
and tho Arbitration ml to Be
OnsIderod-COmptrOller
EckslS' View.

WASHINGTON, May 20.-A bill was
introduced by Mr.. Allen and was re-
ferred to the Judiciary COMMITTEES de-
fining the jurisdiction of the supreme
court in the determination OF constitu-
tional questions The conference re-
port on the river and harbot bill went
over until tomorrow and the
Notifications appropriation bill was
taken up, Mr. Butler trst
giving notice that after it was disposed
of he would move to take up his olll
to prevent further issue of bonds with
out the consent of congress. Mr.. Hill
gave similar notice regarding his con-
tempt of court bill and Mr.. Sherman
like notice regarding the filed cheese
bill.
In the house Mr.. Henderson reported
from the committee on rules an order
setting apart Thursday for consldera-
tion of the Phillips labor investi'
CATION commission bill and FRI
day for the consideration of the
arbitration bill which was passed
last session. Discussion of the immi-
grafton bills was then resumed and by
a vote of 12l to As the house agreed to
the Corliss amendment to the immi'
grafton bill, protecting the lake cities
from the competition of Canadian labor
temporarily residing in the United
States The Mccall immigration bill
providing an educational test for in
tending immigrants was then passed
by the house-l06 to 2G.
| Comptroller EckelS' View.
] WASHINGTON, May 2O.-Comptrollel
Eckels, who has been in Illinois to
the past week, returned here to-day
He says in his opinion the Illinois dem
ocratic convention will be dominated
by Gov. Altgeld and declare for fire,
silver. $50 far not even a pebble,
said Mr.. Eckels, "has gotten into tn
wheels of the state machine to clog 1t.
Favor . school OF MInOS.
WASHINGTON, May 9O-The hous
committee on public lands has ordere
report on the bill for the maintenanc
of school of mines on the publ
lands in the states and territory b
granting each state from the sale c
mineral lands $4,000 for the currer
year and an annual increase OF Sl,OC
per year for ten years.
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
FIRE ON BOARD.
Flames Break Out on the Indiana Next
to the Powder Magazine.
CRANBERRY BOGs BURNED.
A Line of Fire Fourteen Miles Long and
Five Mlles Wide In MRSsaChusettS~-
Fears for an American Bark
Three Persons Drowned.

NEW YORK, May 2O.-While the big
battleship Indiana lay at the coal dock
at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday
coaling up to take her place with the
feet off Tompkingsville fire broke
out in B57 forward amidships bunker
ON the starboard side. Right next to"
it was the magazine for the eight-inch'
guns, stored with powder enough to-
blow the great ship out of the
water and wreck half the navy
yard besides. The crew was
called to the fire quarters, the
few visitors hustled ashore and
warned to give the ship wide berth,
and the tars got to work upon the fire.
A bunker full of soft coal had caught
fire by spontaneous combustion. The
magazine grew hot while the men
worked and the wall nearest the fire
plainly showed the effects of the heat
The ammunition was removed before
the danger point was really reached,
but the incident caused no little ex--
citement.
Cranberry RoGN Burned.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, May 20. The big
gest fire Plymouth has seen since 1870
was burning in the south part of the
town yesterday. 1t started Monday in
Wareham and ran into Plymouth.
Many thousands of acres were burned
over. The line of the fire was nearly
IA miles long, and in some places five
miles wide. The wind blew and the
flames burned everything before them.
The damage to cranberry bogs is great
and many bog houses were burned.
Fears for AN American Bark.
PORTLAND, Ore, May 20 1t is gem
orally believed in shipping circles here
that the American bark Colorado,
which sailed from the Columbia river
! December 2l, for Hong Kong with q
cargo of lumber, has been lost. She
is now out 14s days, whereas the aver
age run between Astoria and Hong
Q Kong is 80 days She was in command
. of Capt. Jones and carried a crew oi
. IA men.
r NowATA, 1T, May 9C.-John Craw
g ford, lawyer, and Mrs Mcdonald
< and baby attempted to cross Double
r creek, which was swollen by the recent
: rains. late Monday night in one
. horse buggy All were drowned The
= bodies when found yesterday after
Y noon were beneath the buggy.
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
A FINANCIAL FAILURE.
The Y. NJ. &. A. of Kansas tlty, Mo Forced
to the Wall.

The Y, NJ. G. A. of Kansas tlty, Mo Forced
to the Wall.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 20-The
financial failure of the Young Mems
Christian association was announced
to-day. The board OF directors trans
ferred the personal property OF the as
sociation to an attorney as trustee and
he closed the associations quarters.
H. NJ. Beardsley, president of the asso-
citation, said; "A new corporation
will be at once formed, which will un'
dertalse to carry on the work where
the old corporation leaves it off. 1t
will be it's purpose to provide for those
who have paid their member ship fees
to the old corporation all the facilities
for which they have paid without any
additional payment, and all local
creditors shall be as fully taken care
of and payment of their claims made
as though the present change had not
been found necessary"
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
mErHODIsT PROrEsTANrs.


The Conference at Kansas City Names
Editors aud Secretaries.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, May 2O.-The
principal business of the mornings
session of the Methodist Protestant
ouadrennial conference was the cleo
tion of the general conference officers
Rev. D. S. Stephens, for many years
editor of the Methodist Record, de-
clined to serve longer on account OF
his duties as chancellor OF the new
Kansas City university, and Rev. M. l..
Jennings, of Michigan, was elected TO
succeed him. Rev. +. 7. Tagg, OF the
Methodist Protestant, Mt baltimore,
was re- elected DIR. Cownn was reelected
editor of the Sunday school literature
of the church. Each Of the editorships
pays $4,000 per year. Rev. G. G. Og-
burn was elected travelling secretary
OF the board Of foreign missions and
Rev. j. c. Berrien was reelected cor
responding secretary OF the board Oh
ministerial education.
The committee on young peoples So
cieties In its report showed that in the
last four years the mem bership OF the
societies in the church had increased
from Ii 900 to $4,000 The report en-
phasized the necessity of complete con-
nection between the church and the
Christian Endeavor societies. The
woman question, so far as this confer
ence is concerned, was settled. by a
vote Of 90 to 81 the conference voted to
refer the question back to the district
conferences, TO elect as delegates whom
A -. .u.inLnl
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
MORE CYCLONE VICTIMS.
A Child suocumbs at Resarve-TwO Deaths
Near Ssneca-RepRIrs Begun.

A Child suocumbs at Ressrve-TwO Deaths
Near Ssneca-RepRIrs Begun.
SENECA, Kan, May 90 The death
list of the great tornado of Sunday
evening is now placed at 26, the two
year.old blind son of John Rynders, OF
Reserve, having died yesterday. Dam
lei Saylor and Mrs. Meisuer, at first
reported dead, are still alive, but the
names of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph .Kotte,
living northeast of here, have been
added to the list. Several of the in
iured are in a critical condition. The
work of repair aud rebuilding has been
begun in all of the towns visited by
the storm and the dead animals on the
farms are being buried and debris be-
ing removed. The people everywhere
are far from Respondent.
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
ETTCHTNsON, KANSAS, THURSDAY NOON. MAY 81, 1896.
IOWA DEMooRArlO ooNvENrIoN.
The Chairman Makes - Sound Money Talk
hut the SIlverites Control.


DUBUQUE, la, May 20.-The demo-
cratic state convention did not meet
until after IL o'clock, when c. S.
Ranck, chairman of the state commit
tee, raped for order, after prayer by
Rev. W. d. Benton. Chairman Ranck
announced the state committees choice
OF temporary officers. The first was
S. S. Wright, of Cedar county, as tenn
porary chairman. This was received
with silence, for he was pronounced
sound money man, but when he was
formally presented the hearty welcome
given set at rest all anticipation of an
open protest by the silver men. He
devoted the first part of his long ad-
dress to bitter attack on the prohibit
tion system and the present state laws
Then he attacked the free silver advo'
Gates, declared that that policy woul d
confscate One.half the wealth OF all
the people and went on:
1 am opposed to any system of laws that
would oven have tendency towards decreaS-
ing the purchasing power OF money and In
creaslng the price OF commodities withoue IN
the same degree raising the price Of wages
am Internationally opposed to our govern
ment coming 80 cents into dollar. sm un'
alterably opposed to the free coinage OF silVe
at the ratio OF sixteen to one, or at any othe
ratio inconsistent with the true, honest, IN
trinsic value OF both metals. And belieV'
that, in ord ,r tohaye the free coinage OF NOR
than one met Il we must first be assured that
parity can be maintained between them.
In closing the speaker gave strong
advice to the delegates and said:
For myself would infinitely prefer to s
down with my party on platform OF broa
principles rather than by meaningless eva
sivc declaration to ride the crest OF vlctorl
Gus wave In the great storm which sweeps tn
I political sea. For myself can wish for dc
mocracy nothing better than that upon ever
page OF her history shall be written This
nn honest party
In spite of this plain declaration c
Mr.. Wright, there is little or no que'
tion but that the convention will dt
clare for free silver and indorse e'
Gov Boies for the presidential nom
nation.
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
JpFFERsON CIrY's BRIDGE.
Great Preparations Being Made for Its
Dedication.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May 2l-Jet-
fsrson CITY is making great prepara-
t;ons for the dedication OF her big
BRIDGE across the Missouri river to-
morrow. It is estimated that fully 2j,-
600 persons will be here. The pro-
gramme includes a parade in which
trere will be 20 bands of music and the
ceremonies at the bridge. Speeches
will be made by Gov. Stone, Maj. John
l. Bittinger, of the St Joseph Herald;
Judue John A. Hockaday, of Fultoni
Cen. D. II. Mcintyre, of Mexico, and
lion. Edwin silver, mayor Of this city
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
intoxicating Liquors, Gamaa and Dancing
Receive Attention.

Liquors, Gamaa and Dancing
Receive Attention.
CLEVELAND, O.. May 20, Bishop Fos-
ter presided to-day at the Methodist
conference. Resolutions denouncing
as disgraceful the sale of Intoxicating
LIQUOR in the capitol at Washington
and commencing the bill reported by
the house committee were adopted.
The committee on state of the church
reported in favor of no change
in the rule prohibiting the use
or encouragement of liquor, dancing
Games of chance, theater-Soing' cir
cuses and horse racing. This was ap-
plauded. Atonce half dozen delegates
wets on their feet, but Dr. Levi Mas
ters, of Michigan, thought the list
should be revised if it was to remain,
but did not object to the restrictions
Football, billiards, etc, should be ln'
cluded. DIR. ]. i. Graw, of New Jer'
sew, violently opposed any change DR..
Berry said he had carefully investi-
gated the desires Of the young people,
asa, on behalf of the young people OF
the churches, protested against any
change. Further debate was closed by
moving the previous qu's ion Inc
rule was then voted on and remains
the same. Only about forty voted IN
favor of striking out the restrictions
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
KANSAS KNIGHTs OF PYrHIAs.
Election of OfioerS at TOpeka-Also Money
Donated to I tornado Sufferers.

Election of Ohioors at TOpeka-Also Money
Donated to OrnadO SuffsrerS'
TOPEKA. Kan, May 2O.-The grand
lodge of Knights of Pythias elected
new officers, as follows: Grand chan
cellor, R. NJ. McGonigle, OF Colby;
Grand vice chancellor, w. A. 5. Bird,
of Topeka; grand prelate, w. H.Swart-
eel, Of Parsons; grand keeper OF rec
ords and seal, G. j. Neubert, OF KAN
sas City, for the second time; grand
master of exchequer, f. S Larabee, OF
Stafford; grand master-at-arms' John
w. Alton, of Kingman; grand inner
guard, E. J. Pyle, of Garden City;
Grand outer guard, w. j. Duval, OF
Hutchinson. Just before adjourning
for dinner the grand lodge voted an ap-
preparation of $500 to aid the tornado
o., ffar.rs in northern Kansas
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
HIGH WATERS IN MISSOURI
Thousands OF Acres Inundated and Great
DAmHgo Done.

Thousands OF Acres Inundated ana HrehI
Damage Done.
ST.. LOUIS, MAY 20. kilograms from
all parts Of Missouri and southern Hi
nois report great damage by high
winds and floods due to excessive rains
Miles OF railroad tracks have been
washed away, thousands of acres OF
farm lands along streams are inrndat-
ed and the crops on them ruined, and
many hundreds of trees, as we'll as
scores of barns and small buildings on
farms have been destroyed. II is esti-
mated that in the two states the losses
will aggregate fully Sl,50o,OO0
Many parts of Atchison and other
northwestern Missouri counties are
submerged, and farmers are despond'
ent At Richland hail destroyed
crops, and at Browning several houses
are under water while hundreds of
acres of wheat and corn in the vicinity
have been ruined. About Jefferson
CITY all streams are out of their banks
and near Osceola all lowlands are
flooded and many people have been
rescued in boats. At Golden City four
inches of rain fell and several
hundred feet of Memphis rail-
road track were washed away, In
Cass, johnson, Macon, Carroll and
many other counties, the streams have
been swollen away beyond their banks
and a vast extent of farm lands are
inundated and crops ruined.
In southern Illinois many small
streams are a mile or more wide, while
bridges, railroad tracks and culverts
have been washed away. The crops
in many sections have been ruined and
the farmers are Respondent
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
r,Id KnobDen, Not All Dead.

spRryGFIELD, Mo, May 2O-PeteT
Aundersoy has applied TO the tede[al
authorities here for warrants Tor tne
arrest of a number of Taney county
men. He owns large tract OF lanu
there and claims that he was forced 20
ieavc OH account of prosecutors, VINO
-obred his wine cellar, burned MS
ia loUoeu "a had himself and brother ar
~aated uuon flimsy pretexts
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
wIL1 M no EsOrERIO WORK.
Jud-e Ston :, OF Kansas city, says the A. II
A, VIII Hold open SesslonH'

Jrdre Ston- :, OF Kansas city, Says the A. T.
A. win Hold Open sessions
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 9O.-County
Judge John B. Stone returned this
morning from the session OF the SUI
preme council Of the A. p A. at Wash
ington. In an interview Judge Stone
said: 1T is my opinion that, after the
meeting next year, there will be no
more secrecy about the A. p. A. The
matter was not acted on at this session
of the supreme council, but there was
a strong disposition to throw open the
doors and have done with the eXecu-
tive sessions altogether. Next year l
think it will be done. There is really
nothing in the A. p. A. that ought to
he kept secret The meetings might
lust as we'll be open, like those OF a
we'll regulated club, having for its
object the teaching of patriotism and
good government" ..--,,
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MEETING.
Many Noted CItlxsnS WIN Address the stu
dents at Columbia, Mo.

denta at Columbia, Mo.
COLUMBIA, Mo, May 20.-At the
Alumni association meeting OF the
Missouri university, June l, Thomas B.
Catron, congressman from New Next
co, who graduated here July 4, 1860,
will deliver the annual address. Other
graduates who will attend the meeting
are United States Senator Stephen b.
Elkins, Of West Virginia, Judge j. c.
Cravens, OF Springfield, ex.Congress-
man John r. Heard, of Sedalia, Capt.
Charles Z. Leonard, of Boonville and
A. ]. Thomas, of Vincennes, Ind
The annual banquet will follow.
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21

NEW ORLEANS, May 2o.-James Daz-
zele, colored, was taken from the jail
in st. Bernard parish and lynched' lie
was arrested for attempting to crimi'
nallv assault a white woman, near the
Poydras plantation.
Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-21

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, May 2O.-The last
report to the comptroller OF the cur
rency on May showed that there was
in the vaults of the banks of this city
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-30

own best interest and liable to drift
far from the well chosen paths of
of those old reliable landmarks so per-
feet in customs of like nature as to
have left footprints worthy of the best
of us to be guided by. The more com
mon lines of travel are best for us.
We see them through from the begin.
ming and can never make any bad mis-
take if we cling to them Ways that
have not been tested by the common
line Of human life are always more or
less dangerous. The boy or girl who
places much hope in them will find
rough transition and meet many
strange events that would cause the
heart to tutter with fear until after
the chasm is crossed We should &C.
custom ourselves to read that kind of
literature which gives us information
along the line Of our chosen business.
But of course it should be occasionally
sWeetened or intermingled with other
choice matter as would enable us to
talk tiuently upon any of the ordinary
subjects of the day. Study, read, think.
The mind is the center point from
which all good and great events ema-
nate.-Cincinnati (O.) Enquirer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-30
CAVALIER AND ROUNDHEAD.

There is nothing new under the
SUM-, is an aphOrism that was written
thousands of years ago but in this
electric age of ours we are wont to
doubt it. We look back at our near
ancestors with wonder that they could
do with SO little, and yet enjoy their
life to the full, as they seemingly did.
Why, in my memory, can see the tai
low candle, and not over a hundred
years back the elite of the London
world could not stir abroad after dark
without their lanterns and linkmen to
light their way. But now, even our
humblest village boasts its electric plant
and its trolley system. and the main
street is as light as MONDAY, as far as
safe and sure locOmotiOn is concerned
And as to dress, we'll surely we have
had mutations. The cavalier. in .'ye
olden time was gorgeous creature in
his dress; and with his long flowing
rutiies and slashed sleeves. and trunks,
and long hose would produce a sensa-
ton OH public thoroughfare today.
And yet We are slowly but surely moy-
ing in that strata, and perhaps carrying
the other sex in our train. The bicycle
costume is evolving, and the clubman,
and Wheelman, and man n-about town
now moves about in knickerbOckers in
public, even in business hours. How
long will it be before the change is
radical? How long before the style"
will rush to the extreme? Talk about
the days of Cromwell, why, until with
in the past five years, we have been
dressing as the Puritans of old. Sober,
subdued cOlOrS have marked the dress
of the gentleman of refined taste, and
never a ''Reundhead' of them all had
his hair cropped as it has been the cor
rect style to have ours. But the foot
bali player has grown his locks, and
long hair is coming back" in style; too
soon, perhaps, we will have the per
fumed, curled dandies of Charles ii. in
our midst and the woman the new
woman well, tbs too wide cast to
descant on what they will add to, or
perhaps curtail, in the matter of dress.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-30

is always prevalent in Havana and the
wonder is that it has not long ere this
become epidemic and depopuiated the
city /
Speaking of the masses. they are APP
parently without any ambition, and
possess but little energy: lazy. shiftless.
indolent. careless: the small earnings
made in the sugar season rat the cigar
factories amply providing the scanty
clothing necessary and the inexpensive
diet of bread and fruit. Havana at all
times presents holiday appearance
Crowds Of men lounge about the drink
ing places, sitting beneath canopies at
shop doors, smoking the inevitable Gig
arctic and drinking rum. the national
beverage, in enormous quantities. while
ignorance and viciousnesS is prevalent
The theatres are open the year round,
Sunday not excepted. Eaudeviles and
varieties of the meanest order are con-
stantly before the foot flights, though
an occasional troop from Madrid plays
an engagement in The circuit of Span
ish American capitals. Bull-fghting
has degenerated into cOck-tghting. and
in this ratio we find a prototype of the
degeneracy of the Cuban people. Spain
with her mighty hand has well nigh
succeeded in extinguishing the last
smouldering embers of manhood in this
the 'Fair Gem of the AntilleS.'
1CONOCIA>T.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-30

public information. Arguments are
made that would be credit to any ad-
vocate before the highest court of our
land. All this is at the service of the
ordinary newspaper readers.
The scope of this history is wide as
the earth. 1t reaches back for 23O
years and includes treaties as we'll as
wars: diplomatic correspondence. ge-
ography old and new. explorations and
the biographies belonging to the vari-
Gus periods. 1t brings out clearly the
sources of history and its repositories.
All the schools in the country could
not in ten years do the work done in
the last two months by the newspapers
in connection with the eneZuelan and
Transvaal disturbances. This wonder
full school is furnished cheaply and
every day according to the wants of the
readers
But this is not all. The most astute
propositions Of International law are
discussed and explained. The princi-
! pies governing the courts and rulers of
! the world are laid bare 10 the common
understanding. The motives that i'll
| tluence men in masses are ScrutiniZed
, classified and Judged Of. There has
| been nothing like it as ali education
since the period before the war. and
even that was much narrower in its
scope. Now, do the readers of the pa
pers appreciate this:
The ayidity with which these grave
and complex questions are being
studied by the American masses shows
that our people are students of nc
small attachments. 1t is compliment
tary to their readers that the papers
are called upon to furnish such read
ing matter.-St. Joseph Mo- Gazette
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-30
Vol. IN.-NO. 26.
<>spoEFRfa&
5ays,- @zS SS~
A STRAIN GER.

I trod the streets used to tread
When all the world was fair;
The friends knew from thence had fled.
No kindly face was there
OF all the host | used to know
When youths sweet days were bright;
No friendly smile on me did glow
To fill me with delight.
l.0ng years have passed since was young,
A rover had been:
The Siren S song to me was sung
That led my heart to sin.
And from my native home Strayed
Across the dark. wide world,
The mount of fame my feet eSSayed
But backward | was hurled.
And now with silver in my hair.
With crows feet round my eyes.
I stood one summer morning fair
Beneath my native skies.
But was all stranger then.
Forgotten and alone;
Though round me stood a throng of men
At home was unknown.
Nh. crushed my heart was then and sore.
My soul so desolate:
| thought that my life in youth had wore
4 gleam of brighter fate.
But now how changed. how dark the sky,
How dreary seemed the land:
No loving glance to meet my eyes
No welcome grasp of hand.
oh. cruel. bitter thoughts to come
Why did deem it bieSt
To see once more my native home,
Where | had thought to rest.
And then to see stranger thrOng.
No one to welcome me:
NV aching heart though cold and strong
Breaks with its misery.
WILSON HUNT SITES