Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-20
NO. 81.
DURRANT CASE.
A San Francisco Woman Makes a
Rather Late Statement
A BOUNTY ON BEET SUGAR.
A Measure to Encourage the Industry In
New YOrk-A Steamer GrOunds-slHty
Families acknowledgement
Fire-IOwa Town sCOrched.

SAN Francisco, May 10. = Mrs.
Schweitzer, of this city, positively af-
firms that April ~, 1895, the day be-
fore the body of Minnie Williams was
found in the Emmanuel Baptist
church, she saw the unfortunate girl
with Rev. George j. Gibson on the
Alameda ferryboat, coming to this
city. She says that her attention
was attracted to the person whom
she Identifies as Rev. Mr.. Gibson
because of his clerical appearance
and the further fact that he car
ried the girls basket and seemed very
solicitous for her welfare, Rev. Mr..
Gbson's neck is somewhat disHg-
ured by old scars and she observed such
scars on Miss Williams companion and
they served to impress the features OF
the man upon her memory. Although
Mrs. Schweitzer has been aware OF the
fact that Theodore Durrant was
convicted of the murder of Min
ME Williams, she declares that
her reluctance to have her
name involved in the notorious
case in any manner prevented her from
speaking until now. She explains that
she thought her testimony would not
be necessary, but after Durrant had
been sentenced to death and removed
to San Quentin to await the carrying
out OF the judgment against him, she
considered the matter carefully and
decided that it was time to reveal
what she knew.
A Bounty ON Beet Sugar.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 19.-After five
years of vigorous fighting by the beet
sugar manufacturers of the state, the
governor has signed the bill that pro-
vides for a yearly bonus of S25 900 to
be paid to beet sugar manufacturers at
rate not exceeding one cent a pound
for every pound of 90 percentum crys-
tallized sugar prepared from beets
grown within New York state and for
which the grower received not less
than So per ton, provided the sugar
manufacturer should not be the
grower.
A steamer Grounds on Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 19.-The steamer q.
M. Peck missed the harbor entrance
this morning in the dense smoke which
was blown upon the lake from the city
by the southwest wind and strandedi
on Hyde park reef. The Peck, it is
said, had mistaken the light upon the
brealkwater for the Crosse Point light,
10 miles north. Forty men were sent
on a tug to jettison the coal cargo.
sixty Families Lose Their Homes.
New York, May ia fire which
started at 1880 o'clock this morning at
Newark avenue and First street, Jer-
sey City, burned all through the night,
Sixty families have been rendered
homeless and the damage to the tene-
ment houses they occupied is estimated
at 100000. No fatalities have been
reported.
Threatened by an Underground Fire
NEwBURG, w. Va, May l9.-The
mines on the upper level of the old
Scotch hill are on fire and threaten the
existence of the town which is built
over the mines The fire was started
years ago by malicious persons and has
recently grown so large that the resi-
dents have become alarmed.
An Iowa Town swept by Fire.
Dies MONIES, Ia. May l9.-Sixteen
business houses and several dwellings
in Calumet, ON the Iowa Central rail-
road, were burned this forenoon, caus-
ing a loss of $50 600 The origin Of the
fire is unknown. There was no FIRE
apparatus ia the town.