Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-22
NEWS in BRIEF:

western Senators viii demand rail
cal changes in the wool schedule Of
the Dingley bill.
The knights of Labor. have added q
free coinage amendment to their dec
laration of principles.
Good Friday was observed at the
White house by barring the rank and
file of the otticeseekers.
The Republican committee decided
to accept the Democratic proposition
regarding reorganization of Senate
committees
Maria Louise, wife of William II
Vanderbilt, left an estate worth $685.
AIS. She gave $3.50 900 to st. BaTthol-
omew's church in New York.
The 5000 mile Interchangeable mile
age book, for which commercial trav-
ers clamored so long and loudly, has
proved to be failure.
The Texas Senate has passed bill
taxing insurance companies, sleeping
ears, and all outside corporations do
ing business in the state.
Dennis j. Sweenie, chief of the Chi
cage fire department, is the only cab
met officer to hold on under the new
mayor, Carter H. Harrison.
Jack Stelzner and Alexander Greg
gains fought twenty rounds to draw
at San Francisco Agnew knocked
out Thompson in the twelfth round
the same evening.
Senator Vest is chnmpioning sectar-
ian schools for Indians lie says nom
seetarian Indian schools are failure,
and he would rather see the Indians
Catholics than savages
The President has sent q message to
| Congress urging it to make suitable
provision for adequate representation
of the United States at the Paris ex-
position.
! A bill was introduced by Senator
Cockrell for the relief of Mrs. A. NJ.
Smith, wife of Major General A. j.
Smith 1t proposes to pension her at
a rate of 500 month.
1t is reported that Il. V. Powderly,
former grand master workman of the
Knights of Labor, will be appointed
commissioner of immigration to sue.
coed Herman Stumm of Maryland.
Milwaukee brewers troubles have
been adjusted.
Jefferson Levi has refused to sell
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jcffer-
son.
New York Methodist Episcopal con-
ference, East, in session at Brooklyn,
declined to admit women.
Legislative committees, representing
Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Illinois, will meet to devise uniform
game laws
Japan's navy, according to the St
James Gazette, will be tough propo-
sition for the United States to combat
in case of rupture between the two
countries
After four years search, Millionaire
MOhler of Minneapolis located his di-
vorced wife, who had fed with their
young son in defiance of the law. The
boy will be taken by the father.
The Hawaiian government has taken
= firm stand against Asiatic labor.
Railroad contractors hereafter must
employ at least so per cent of Ha-
waiians, Americans or Europeans.
I. B, Cabbanis, Of the Dawes Indian
commission, has resigned.
The London Times says there is no
hope for general bimetallism.
Illinois Steel Works have resumed
and the 100 strikers are out of job.
Citizens of Wilson, Ills, scared off
three bank robbers, wounding one of
them badly.
Thirty thousand negroes about
Greenville. Miss, are destitute be-
cause of the food.
Great Britain declines to take the
initiative in promoting international
bimetallic action.
The American ship Samaria is given
up as lost.
George p. Lafier, Perry, okla, was
killed by horse kicking redhot
branding iron into his eye.
Senator Chandler proposes that the
government take charge of the ar1nor
plate factories.
/ c. L. Woods, Pittsburg banker, is
under arrest for an attempted gigantic
insurance swindle.
1t transpires that Altgeld is heavy
creditor of the recently failed Globe
Savings bank of Chicago.
Courts have decided that Riley Gran
nan cannot be barred from the West
chester Racing association track as
attempted.
Leroy Ellison, Grand Rapids,
Mich, farmer, was strapped to death
by his insane son.
A Belgium syndicate is establishing
an agency in Joplin FOR the purchase
of low grade ores.
Few states have the number of gov
ernmentment appointments due them
under the civil service apportiOnment
Kansas should have us and Missouri
293 more places.
Shot Himself on His wlte's Grave.
LITTLE Rock Ark, April l7.-Cap-
tain Samuel Lyons, one of the Oldest
citizens of Little Rock, was seen to
enter the Jewish cemetery about noon
yesterday. Shortly afterwards wo-
man passing screamed and said that a
man had shot himself. Captain Lyons
was found lying on his wifes grave
dead, with pistol clutched in his
hand. He was Gs years, of age. His
wife died in 1877.
Aston for Annexation.
Ngw Yong ADril iS.-ColOnel John