Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

was hanged and then shot on the
county gallows within tho Jail, all uu.
known to the sheriff or his deputy.
One insurance company refuses 10
pay the 200 fine and continue To do
business In Missouri A few others
are still TO DO heard from.
Elijah Self, farmer living Near
Perry, Mo, shot and fatally wounded
Albert Klmball, his son.in-law
The Plttsburg and Cuffs stand on
differential rite will cause dlsas.
trous war unless tho difficulty is
settled.
Secretary Root has modified Ayers
order and restored tho inspector gen
erals department to the jurisdiction
OF General Miles,
Gus Mckenzie, a wealthy resident Of
Texas, was killed in u Manitou, COL,
hotel by negro waiter,
Charlie Thompson, 8 years old, Of
Springfield, Mo-, while playing with
his fathers safety revolver aocl
IDENTIFY shot and killed his 5.year-old
sister.
Major Davidson OF the Highland
Park Military academy, Peoria, Ill.,,
is having a gun mounted on an auto.
mobile for military service,
Gomez in an open letter to Cubans
advises them to remain peaceful, as at
present, and thus secure independ-
ence,
A London paper announces that tho
Admiralty has issued orders to all sub
sidized shipping companies to hold
transports in readiness for the ship
mont of troops to South Africa.
A bauk with a capital OF $50, 600 will
be organized at Pawnee, Okla.
John Kimber, o, accidentally killed
his small sister at Enid, Okla, with
target rife
A stove combine with capital OF
SO, 900, 900 was formed at Plttsburg, Pa.
1t is reported that VIM. X. Wander
bilt, jr, will soon embrace the Cathol-
ic religion, that Of his wife
Servant girls in Chicago have gone
on strike for So and SO per week.
They were formerly paid So to a.
which they claim is too little.
st, Louis business men resolved to
inaugurate u vigorous campaign to Sc
cure the national Republican conven-
ton for that city next year,
Curtiss Hit, son of General Super
intendent A. !. Hit of the c., b. 6
Q, had both feet crushed at Dysart,
Iowa, whore he was learning the de.
tails of railroading. He will DO
cripple for life.
Rev. DIR, Walter NJ. Barrows, who
married Perry Belmont and Mrs
Sloane, Is dead at Macliinac island
Michigan. 1t is said thai Dr. Barrows
was an extremely sensitive man and
that the criticisms on his action in
performing the Belmont Sloane mar
rlage ceremony preyed upon his mind,
reduced his vitality and fastened his
death.
Reports OF massacres and outrages
by the Yaqui Indians continue to
come in. The Indians are driving
cattle to the mountains and are pre-
pared for long siege The Mexicans
are waiting for the arrival OF artillery
before making an attack
State Secretary Lesueur has accept.
ed the petition Of Populist Candidate
Hale in the Eighth Missouri Congress.
sional district, and his name will ap.
pear on the official ballot
Alto Pass, ILL.,, has breathing
spring" o curious natural phenome.
non.
A tidal wave damaged property to
the amount of 81, 900, 900 at Valparaiso,
Chill.
A children's home at Chattanooga,
Tenn, has completed arrangements
to receive fifty Cuban girls, raise and
educate them.
1t is reported that Mrs. w. II.
Perot, charged with abducting her
daughter, Gladys, from Baltimore to
London, has agreed to surrender the
child If the eXtradition proceedings
are withdrawn,
The weekly crop report for Missouri
shows excellent prospects, The apple
crop will be about one.half the aver
age. Flowing conditions are good A
large crop Of hay has been made. Cot.
ton is generally good.
The Mormons, through President
Rich of the Southern Mission, will
appeal to tho Governor OF Kentucky
for protection from mobs
Diplomatic relations between Kan.
sas and Missouri have been resumed.
Tom Burlington was elected chief
OF the Cherokees This Is considered
a victory for the progressive element
in the nation,
Pine Bluff, Ark, proposes to own
its street cars and electric light plant
The Y. M. G. A, at Peoria, Ill, is
disrupted because several white mem
bers object to the negro members
bathing in the bath tubs.
Texas flood sufferers have received
aid directly from King Humbert and
members Of the nobility of Italy.
A woman probably will be placed in
charge of the Lake City, s G., post
office, which has been closed since the
negro postmaster was driven out Of
town.