Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
WICHITA STATE FAIR,
TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 9th TO
OCTOBER End INCLUSIVE.
WI. Bryan Will Speak October 1at. Great
Race Program Daily, and the Other
Attractions Are Greater Than Ever.
1t Will be Hummer.

Attractions Are Greater Than Ever.
1t Will BIO Hummer.
The Wichita State Fair will be held,
commencing September 27th to October
End inclusive. The Fair Association
have outdone any previous attempts to
make the Fair success and every
thing points to the greatest meeting
ever held. The Secretary is receiving
countless letters from all over the coun-
try from people desiring accommoda.
tions and signifying their intention Of
attending.
Mr.. w. ]. Bryan, the gifted orator
and Champion of Free Silver, will posi-
lively be at the Fair and speak on Fri
day afternoon, October 1st This will
be a rare chance for the people of Kan
sas and Oklahoma to hear him and an
immense crowd will be in attendance.
Arrangements have been made so that
no matter how large the crowd, all can
see and hear him.
The race program is the largest ever
given. The purses are large and ito
assurance That they will be paid
promptly has attracted the best horses
in the country, and all who atond may
expect to see some records smashed
The management have succeeded in1S
securing for this occasion wonderful
Air-Ship which will make fight every
day at 10 o'clock, and this feature alone
is worth going hundreds OF miles to
see. They have also secured Gilbert's
Celebrated Dog and Pony Shows which
will exhibit daily. embodying all tue
features of the old one ring Circus; be-
sides this there will daily occur great
Hippodrome races, Roman chariot and
Standing races.
The entries of Live Stock and Poul-
try, Fruit, Vegetables and Garden
truck are away above the average. as
is also the Fancy work for the women
folks There is amusement for every
body and all classes, and everyone viii!
have thoroughly enjoyable time.
Special round trip rates will be made
on all Railroads. Let everyone attend
and make the Wichita State Fair, held
in the heart of the best State in the
Union a success.
Bank Cashier George A. Withers was
found dead at Piedmont, Mo. His
skull was crushed, but his money and
valuables were not disturbed.
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell, Mrs. Eva Half
ner and Miss Maggie E. Hill are in
Jail at st. Joseph, Mo-, for Showing"
counterfeit money made by Ransom ]
Smith, arrested at Kansas City. All
are highly connected at St Joseph.
Rebels in India are dispensing.
There is an over production of cotton
manufactures in France.
The Eugene, an Alaskan vessel, is
breaking up in Albert bay. Loss,
Sc, 900
The Y. NJ. G. A. of Kansas City,
Kan, was forced to close its doors,
owing over $1,000
Mrs. Blackhawlz, wife of the noted
Indian chief, Blackhawk, committeQ
suicide by cutting her throat Black
hawk was going to discard her.
So many cattle and lambs have
been bought by packers and shippers
east to be fed that meat is now high
and meat animals are scarce on the
Pacific coast
Marquis de Rochambeau is dead in
Paris His grandfather was com
mander of French forces in the revo-
lutionary war and aided in the defeat
of Cornmallis at Yorktown.
Raoul Gelpi, aged 10, died of yellow
fever in New Orleans. ALI Southern
cities are quarsntining against the
scourge. Miss Penelope Schulze, of
St. Louis, was the first victim at Ocean
Springs, Miss Biloxi, Miss, reports
three cases there.
Preparations are being made by
hundreds of Swedes in Minneapolis
and Illinois to establish a Swedish
colony in Alabama. The site for tho
colony contains $4,000 acres of land.
and lies ten miles east of Mobile bay,
in Baldwin county.
The Uuited States commercial agent
at Robaix says that France will re-
quire 100000 bushels of American
wheat
The government crop report for the
week ending September states that
cotton and corn have been damaged
materially by drought
Mrs j. NJ. Monk committed suicide
with razor near Dresden, Mo
Mrs. H. L. Spellman, mother-in-lqw
Of John D. Rockefeller, is dead.
Colorado Silver Democrats noIni-
mated Cleveland man through mis-
take.
Jockey John A. Griffith and Land
ger, the horse he was riding in race
at Paducah, KY, were both killed.
Mrs. Archie Cottle of Mexico, Mo-,
has sued the Chicago & Alton for Sl5,-
600 for the death of her husband.
An incendiary fire is said to have
put stop TO the investigation OF the
records of the county treasurer at
Mason City, Iowa
The National Anti-S oiritualist Con-
ventioa at Anderson, Ind, is largely
attended from every section of the
United States.
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