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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
TIE MISSOURI CAPITAL.
The Supreme Court authorizes Vote on
Moving IL to SedaliR.

The Supreme Court authorizes n Vote on
Moving Il to Sedaiia.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 5-The
people of Missouri will have IA chance
to vote at the election this fall on the
removal of the state capital from JET
ferson City to Sedalia. The state SUI
preme court to-day dissolved the in
junction against the secretary of state
proceeding to carry ont the act for sub
hitting the question to a vote OF the
state The suit was brought ly Joseph
T. Edwards, property owner of JEFF
ferson City, to restrain the secretary
of state from discharging the duties
enioined upon him in respect to the
submitting to n vote OF the electors
OF the state the proposal. passed by
the last general assembly, for amend
ing the constitution SO as to provide
therein for the moval of the seat OF
government from jefferson City to Sc
dalia. Judge Shakelford OF the circuit
court granted an injunction and in re-
versiny his decision the supreme court
fully upholds the act passed by the
last legislature authorizing a vote on
the proposition submitted by the peo-
pie OF Sedalia.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS THURSDAY NOON. FEB. 6. 1895
AN AWFUL ACT.
A Chicago Carpenter Kills His Entire
Family.
SEVEN DEAD DISCOVERED.
The Man, DeSpOndent Through Peing Out
OF Work, shoots His Father, MOther,
Wife and Three Children and
Then Suicides.

CHICAGO, Feb. 5-Richard Klattke, a
Lakeview carpenter, murdered his
father, mother, wife and three children
last night and then completed his work
by killing himself. The dead are:
Richard Klattke, 80 years old; Kate
Klattke, his wife; John Klattke, his
father, aged 70; Nina Klattke, his
mother, aged II; Nina Klattke, daugh-
ter, aged nine; Anna Klattke, daughter,
aged eight; Emma Klattke, daughter,
aged seven. The members of the
Klattie family were found dead early
this morning in their little cottage ut
2O7 Berteau avenue, two blocks from
Cuyler, a suburban station of the Chi
cago s. Northwestern railroad, by
Matthew Brown, q saloonkeeper. Mr.
Brown, wishing some work done,
called at the Klattke home. He raped
on the door, but there was no response.
Knowing that the Klattkes were
early risers he became suspicious, and
calling neighbors he broke In the door.
In the house he found seven corpseS.
EtCn Huu d OuAlcO WOunu III JhO AClu
and death had evidently been instanta-
neous. Beside the body of Richard
Klattke lay u revolver and empty
cartridge shells were scattered about
the rooms. One peculiar feature was
the lack of any indication Of a strug.
gle on the part of any of the victims
except Mrs. Klattke. The odor of
chloroiorm pervaded the house. From
this it is surmised that Klattke first
chloroformed the entire family and
had then at his leisure taken deliber-
ate aim and put bullet into the brain
of each.
Mr.. Brown took hasty survey of
the premises and sent word to the po-
lice. A detail Of officers was sent to
the scene in patrol wagon and a more
careful examination was made of the
surrounding. Everything pointed to q
deliberately planned murder.
Klattke was Respondent His family
was cold and hungry. Since Christ
mas he had been out of work and he
ended his troubles just as relief was at
hand. On chair lay a milestone and
two knives, each of which had been
sharpened. 1t was evident that Klattke
had prepared for possible failure OF
his revolver and had arranged for a
sure substitute, If needed.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.

The District OF Columbia and the Anti
Prize Fighting Bill Get Through.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The District
OF Columbia appropriation bill. on
which fight has been made over char
table appropriations, was defeated in
the house to-day by vote OF l35 yeas
to l43 nays
Delegate Catron, of New Mexico, in
troduced bill TO prevent the pu2ilistic
festival from taking place near I'll
Paso. The bill makes prize fighting a
misdemeanor, punishable by imprison-
ment for not less than Ave years. Mr..
Catron asked for tho unanimous con-
sent for consideration, but Mr.. Knox.
(rep) OF Massachusetts,, objected, and
the bill was referred.
At two p m. the house passed the
anti.prize fighting bill without di-
vision.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
CHARGES PORTED.

Assistant Aforementioned Campbell, of
wichita. Must Defend Charges of Dis
honesty.
WICHITA, Kan, Feb. 5.-The commit
tee appointed by Judge Dale to inVesti-
gate the charges against Assistant At
torney.Generzl Campbell for receiving
money from jointists and others in
consideration that he dismiss suits
brought against them. to-day fled a
copy Of the amended charges In the
original copy Campbell is accused Of
receiving money lat various times and
in various cases." contrary to law, and
these general charges are made specific,
adding two counts
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
TIE STORY DENIED.

william II. Morrison Places q Qnietus ou
tho Illinois Anti. Silver dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. -William L.
Morrison, interstate commerce com
missioner, speaking OF the report that
he had sent the Illinois democrati.
leaders word that the free silver idea
must I've abandoned or that he would
refuse to be a candidate for the demo-
cratic presidential nominatioh. said:
~ have sent no messages TO the de-
mocracy OF Illinois TniS answers all
the assertions AMI is az COOL as a
whole column Of denial"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06

The suprPm' Courts nsola'oR on tbs rapi
raj Removal Urea 5es nch joy

The SuprPmN Cnuri'a HrolAua on tbs TRpl-
tat Removal CrrR5es nch Joy
SEDALIA. Mo. Feh. 5.-The news of
the decision of the state supreme
court, denying the injunction to re-
strain the secretary of state from sub
hitting to tho voters of the state the
constitutional amendment for moving
the capital from jefferson City to Sc
dalia was received here shortly before
ten o'clock this morning, and was az
once bulletined in front of the Demo-
crat Office. The first man that read it
raised shout that was heard for a
block, and within ten minutes a large
crowd had assembled and more shout
ing was heard The daily newspapers
issued bulletins and within half an
Hnnr she gvoG news nad spread all
over town. '-ss-1 = great re'o!ning
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06

The Free olnags substitute for the Tariff
Bill Laid Before the SenAte-Vest speAkS
on Seeds.
WASHINGTON. Feb. D. AT 1910 o'clock,
when Mr. Quay's resolution TO recon-
nit the free coinage substitute for the
tariff bill was laid before the senate.
it was found that a prior resolution of
Mr.. Hansbrough, directing tine secre-
tary Of agriculture to execute the law
as to seed distribution, had precedence.
Senator Vest addressed the senate on
the Hansbrough resolution, and, with
out any action being taken on the
Hansbrough seed resolution, the reso-
luton for distributing appropriation
bills among various committees was
taken m nj diae.sssl
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is regarded as supreme test OF his
power Among other things it said:
The democratic wing and the repubiican
wing Of the gold party will nominate candidates
who be- ong To the British gold trust and stand
for the same evils that now curse humanity
No congress will ever be able 10
give the people relief and good gov
crnmont until an American patriot is nut
into the white house. In the coming campaign
the pc pie will have m opportunity to vote for
an electoral ticket sound on this question for
a state ticket and for congressman and for q
whole ticket that is equally sound and reliable
from top to bottom The fight will be drawn
square in the nation from ocean to ocean and
in North Carolina from mountains TO sea
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
KANSAS PoPU,Isrs.

Chairman Breid-nthai iscusSrs the
t.ubrrnatIonaI Phases Of the AmpAlgn.
ToPEKA, Kan, Feb. chairman
Prudential in discussing ex.Goy. Lew
ellinC's decliuation TO Lecome the pop
wis; candidate for this year. emphatic
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touch his stomach first.

touch his stomach nrSL.
We're human and we might as well
make the best of it. Lots of our
customers make the best Of it. The
first necessities of life come from the
grocery store. The foundation of
existence.
Foundation should be good before
all other parts of q structure.
If a valentine is a something that
gives pleasure, we can supply you
with unlimited Valentines.
Any way we wish you joy of the
day and hope you receive plenty OF
valentines, whether of paper or our
groceries.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
A pOPULIsr AppREss.

Marion I'utler ala for the Organization
OF the Silver Party In North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 5.-Senator
Marion Butler, chairman of the North
Carolina populist committee has issued
an address calling for the organization
of the silver party in North Carolina.
1t has caused decided sensation. 1t
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noisted on all puOlc DuIIiiI55, SHn;-
ing was displayed on many business
houses and residences, and whistles
were blown in the railroad yards.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06

ally denied any intention OF ms own
part to become candidate for the
place. Asked as to who would be the
candidates for the place, he said the
most prominently mentioned now re-
naming in the field are Mr. Vim
cent, Of Clay Center, and Senator
Leedy, but as the convention is long
way off, there might be many more.
lie said the populists would probably
initiate the republicans and hold two
conventions. The date for the con-
vention will be fixed by the committee,
which meets on February Il.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06

job lot Table Da-
mask in cream, some
64-inch, some 5O-lnch,
all good for 35c yard.
TO sell at l5C yard.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06

A storm area is developing rapidly
in the northwest which may draw u
wave of high pressure after it and
bring n cold wave about Sunday.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06

10 pieces Good Feath-
er Ticking n tural
stripe : width full 80 in
TO sell at 12aC yard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-23

son has now bought In all the rights
Of the Instrument, and having thus
obtained full control Of the apparatus,
ne proposes to render it available to
The public in a cheap and handy form.
The main trouble with the phonograp phi,
from on the usuer's point Of view, has al
ways been thatit required wet nurse.
line business man, on beginning to
use II, would be full of enthusiasm,
and delighted at the amount Of work
1T enabled him to dispose Of. It went
smoothly enough for a while, but pres
entity the batteries began to be trouble
some, OF some Of the mechanism would
eventually be condemned as an inn.
practicable nuisance. Edison has now
done away with the electrical attach.
ment. and substituted a spring motor,
Which any one can wind up by hand
Although the photograph is still used
by many lawyers, authors, stenogra,
piers and business men, and more
especially by professors Of singing.
Languages and elocution, the aim OF
its inventor now is to enable the
masses to enjoy things that could
hitherto be reached only by the man
in a $50 box or q So orchestra chair.
and the new photograph is to be sold
outright at very low price. A novel
method for concentrating novels and
operas on the cylinder is being used.
and the whole opera Of Norma, music
and words, is now given on five cylin.
ders. Edison believes that the new
instrument will help to preserve the
eyesight, by obviating the necessity
OF reading small print. He says. 'sWhy
should you have to read a book, OF
why, to save your eyes, should some
tired member Of your family have tc
read for you? Perhaps you have heard
about Mr.. Stead's penny classics in
England. am going him one better
He is running the eyes Of the people
who can least afford to have their eyes
spoiled With the photograph com
pleted, any one can get a cheap clas-
sic. slip it into the instrument, and
half a dozen friends can listen at once
The photograph is a greater saver Of
human tissue, organism, and effort
than the typewriter, and, above all
things, it is a great educator" The
improved monograph is about the
size of a small hand sewing machine
and can be carried around in it's case
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A Queens Youthful old Age

The Queen Of Denmark, after fifty.
three years Of married life, retains ap
almost girlish affection for her hus.
band. Those most in the presence Of
the illustrious couple declare that 1t
is a charming sight to watch these
two; he all attention and gallantry,
and she accepting his allegiance with
SO pretty and queenly a grace. To.
gether they discuss affairs Of state,
play with their grandchildren, and
when evening sets in bring out thei1
chess and cards and thoroughly en-.
joy game together. The Queen, like
her daughters after her, has the gift
of perpetual youth. At the age Of Is
for she is only q few months young
er than her husband you might still
call her a pretty woman. eff grand
mothers want to keep young" she will
say, they must have young people
about them" And, acting always Cd
this principle, the Queen has always
a host of youthful friends, and her
dchildren, if possible, staying In
the house. Like the King, she is fond
of going about unhindered, and when
feeling well enough in health she will
put in an appearance at the riding
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rY1Y7o-r s. So s
THIRST THREATENS EGYPT. 3


King Ienelilz holds the fate Of Iigypt
in tile hollow of his hand If lie
chooses to do so, he can very easily
take n step that will create a. wa ter
famine tllro ughout Egypt, involving an
incalcuiahle destruction of property
and the Incidental loss of perhaps half
q million lives. All lie has to Go iS8to
dam the sources Of the Nile, and there
will be reproduced the great plague,
described in the book Of. Exodus, dur
Jig which tile reaches Of the river be-
came stagnant pools, sWarming with
dying fish, so that the Nile stank and
the people were forced to dig wells and
drink the water that soaked into them
from the salt-impregnated soil of the
delta. .
6 Less than 1000 years ago another
such failure Of the river proved a terri
bic disaster to Egypt What happened
then has been described by an eye
Witness--the famous Add ]Gl I4atif lie
states that the pcoDle We're reduced to
such eXtlenlities that human flesh was
Tor some time an Important item of the
food supply. The women of Cairo actu-
ally gave UP their Infants to be BUTCH
cred for meat. 9S4
BY employing the forces of a single
regiment, Ras Menelik could do this
enormous mischief in one day. The
task would be accomplished by telling
trees and rolling stones, so as to make
barrier across the gorge by which
the waters of Lake Tsoa escape. This
mighty sheet, about eight times as big
as Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, is one
of the most important sources of the
water supply Of the Nile. 1t has sur
face Of 2,4OO square miles and is stud
ded with numerous islands, Through
a narrow channel it discharges into
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man bone thought, as the blade
Swerved aside and sunk deeper Then
deadly terror, and a burning desire to
undo my murderous act filled my soul.
l tried to drag the knife from its bed
of hiring flesh
Il 1t snapped off, and with the handle
still in my grasp, / fell back on the
bed. sI. /. 7# q ]. .s5
hi When next / opened my eyes the
bright sunlight was streaming in at
tile window and the joyous twittering
of birds fell upon my ear. / smiled at
thy sound thea shuddersd as the mem
Dry of something flashed across me.
What dreadful dream thought;
then sat up and rubbed my eyes.
Alas. no dream. Red drops Of blood,
now dry, dyed my hands and the
sleeves Of my uight-gown. The han
die of the broken knife lay on the
counterpart, where it must have
dropped from my hand as fell back
and lost consciousness.
Imagine the horrible amazement Of
my friends on hearing Of my mid night
encounter when they came to- my
room, for was too weak to leave the
bed that day. The grass without
showed the footprints of two men.
A trail Of blood crimsoned the green
for several yards, then ceased.
Mr.. Adams placed the matter in the
hands of the police, but no trace of the
men has ever been found. try to
forget the deed; but at times in the
night the thought haunts me-was it
fatal--F. r. Rogers.
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neck of the delta, where ALWAYS n,nst
be the chief city of Egypt.
AS has been stated, the depression
IS l5o feet below the surface level Of
l1e mediterranean n It is 225 feet be-
low low {, the level Vt high Nile According
y, II Is merely necessary to connect it
Ey 9 canal WITH the Nile river in or
DER 70 hood it with water. In this nat
ural reservoir can be kept a supply Of
water sufficient to render Egypt safe
( from water famine during the season
OF low Nile. Did such an arrange
ment already exist, the country would
not now be at the mercy Of a horde
OF Darbarians, who have it in their
power to destroy crops worth $50, OOO.-
900 IN a single season and to wipe out
hundreds of thousands of the inhab-
ltants. The canal would be only ten
miles long and would cost less than
$1,000, 900. It would involve no en-
glneerlng difficulties, and there could
be no uncertainty as to results.
The reservoir thus established could
be filled at the time OF high Nile, and
the sluices being closed when the river
mad fallen twenty-one feet to the nor
nal low level, it would make available
for the delta supply of pure blue
Abyssinian rainfall. The supply would
be SO great that the quantity of water
poured back into the Nile through the
canal during ninety days Of dry season
would be double that furnished by the
scant trickling of the tropical morasses,
supplemented by the reduced overflow
Of Lake Tsana; i. e., by the White Nile
and Blue Nile together
The fertile district known as Fay
cum was redeemed from vast lake
and converted into valuable province
by the sagacious Hebrew Premier Jo-
seph of Biblical fame, who thus
drought much good to many peoples"
Oddly enough, popular history does not
connect Josephs name with anything
more important than two or three
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tflHlngg incidents In his early Ife-aS,
for example, his attempted seduction
of Potiphar's wife. The relative i'm
portance of these incidents is about
the same as that of the story Of the
little hatchet to the career OF George
Washington. The rest Of Joseph's his
tory was written literally by water in
sand-yet in such permanent form that
it can never be forgotten in the land of
his adoption ..
The, canal which Joseph built is as
long as the Hudson river, and in many
places 500 feet wide, with volume
comparing to that of the Mohawk at.
freshet. It is still called by his name
in Egypt. 1t was reserved for sapient
modern scribblers to connect this mar
yelous engineering work with the
name of Joseph Saladin, contemporary
of Richard Occur de Leon However
the notion that Saladin built the canal
is an absurdity, inasmuch as centuries
before his time it was attributed to the
son of Jacob. This is proved by the
testimony of many Ara bic manuscripts
Prior to the British occupation Of
Egypt there existed no such imminent
danger of water famine as threatens
to-day. The blue water of the Abys-
Sinian mountains, collected in Lake
Tsana and flowing down through the
Atbarra river. was collected and stored
in thousands of brick-lined reservoirs
which was annually cleaned at the ex-
pense Of the government, supplying to
each village and town the purest and
best water during the period Of low
Nile. Furthermore, under the wise
rule Of Mehemet Ali, grandfather of
1smail Pasha, deep canals had been
cut throughout the delta. The beds of
these canals, being below that of the
low Nile. always retained a consider
able supply Of water. But the British
restored the so-called ''barrag e," or
open dam, at the neck of the delta, the
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The Horse tainted.

A rather good story is going the
rounds of Germantown at the expense
of Mounted Policeman George Whar-
ton. One day recently, when the
ground was covered with snow.
Lem Altemus, the well known anna
teur athlete and polo player, went out
for a spin in his sleigh. Coming down
York road, the horse took fright. Mr..
Altemus was gently deposited in a
snowdrift, and the animal continued
its flight until it came in violent con
tact with telegraph pole. The result
Of the collision sent the horse to the
ground, where he remained some min
utes, exhibiting no sign of life. A
crowd Of people soon congregated
about the apparently dead animal.
The form of officer Whartman was
soon conspicuous in the sympathetic
crowd, and, after taking a good look
at the PROSTATE animal, went to q tel
ephone and ordered Joseph Ladley, re-
siding in Germantown, to lose no time
in reaching the place designated with
an ambulance to carry away the dead
animal. The ambulance was some
time in getting to the scene, but when
the driver aud OFFICER Whartman
looked about for the supposed dead
horse he could not be found. A visit
to Mr.. Altemus' stable disclosed the
fact that the horse, after regaining
consciousness, quickly ran to his home,
and appeared to be none the worse for
his exciting experience. Philadelph
Record.