Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-10
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

last April,
! A detachment OF 100 marines at
Washington navy yard has boon Or
dered 10 Manila
Extensive counterielting In the
Philippine Islands is urged az Il reason
for the sending OF secret service
agents there.
The negroes OF South McAlestcr.
Ind. Ter, have inOuguratod n plan TO
solve the negro question. They are
preparing q monster petition to Con-
gress, requesting that they DO deport-
cd to Liberia. They realize that
they cannot live In harmony with tho
whites and seek TO be removed,
Two United States warships hover
around the Dominican republic,
guarding American interests
England insists that the Commits.
sion Of inquiry into tho Trausvaal
troubles shall investigate only tho
franchise question, Kruger calls n
halt and demands general inquiry.
The rise In Pttsburg g. Gulf secur.
tiles emphasizes the fact that deal Ia
on with the Chicago Sc Alton.
Attorney General Crow Of Missouri
has brought quo warranto proceed
ings against thlrty-cight additional
foreign insurance companies
General Jimincz, tho Dominican rev.
olutionist, announces that they were
his agents who slow President Heur,
eauX, and that he has warned Presi-
dent Flguereo TO leave San Domingo.
Attorney General Smith of Texas
says he will bring proceedings to for
felt the charter OF the Kansas City
Plttsburg & Gulf
Albert Uhlers, 25, is dead at ST
Paul, Mimi, of locSjaw resulting
from a blow given him by his father.
The father Is under arrest,
1t has been decided to havo 5000 or
10000 children Mt Grants tomb, in
New York, on the second day OF tho
Dewey celebration, who will be
formed into square and will sing
national songs in honor of tho ad-
miral.
At Wilburton, /. T., Alexander
Brisco shot and killed Thomas Short.
Jealousy is supposed to have been the
cause Brisco was held.
The Pennsylvania regiment has
brought back from the Philippines
four quaint historic cannon from the
collection that was In the old Spanish
arsenal in Manila,
The city council Of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, has passed I'm ordinance pro-
viding that no milk shall DO sold in
the city from cattle that have not
been tested aud found froe from tu-
berculosis,
A farmer named Christwold, living
near Cumberland, Wis, committed
suicide by placing quantity OF dy-
Mantle in hole, laying his head over
II and touching of the fuse.
The Yaqui Indians have upriseu
and prolonged war with the Mexican
government Is expected Many Amer
leans are reported killed. The In
dams were dissatisfied because Amer
teens invaded their gold folds,
The Ingersoll Monument Fund is
proving popular. subscriptions aro
being received from Europe as we'll US
America.
Four new cases Of yellow fever have
been reported ut Santiago de Cuba
within the last four days, General
Wood believes he has the disease NM
der control
Germany, it is reported, has decided
to take no action on the conclusions
reached by the peace conference, rc-
garding them as worthless.
Maryland Democrats selected these
state candidates at the Baltimore con-
vention: For governor, John Walter
Smith; attorney general, Isidore Ray
ner; comptroller, Joshua w. Herring.
The convention was unusually har-
lDonious.
Iowa Republicans nominated their
ticket at Des Moines: Governor, Les
lie NJ. Shaw; lieutenant-governor j.
c. Millman; superintendent Of public
instruction, G, Barrett; railroad com
missioner, Il. A. Dawson; supreme
Judge, John C. Sherwin.
The anti Goebel Democrats of Ken
lucky have called a state convention
for August Is to nominate state
ticket. ~,
A tornado with velocity Of eighty
miles an hour swept over Elizabeth,
N. j., damaging property to the
amount OF SIS, QUO.
]. N. Mckinley, first cousin OF
President Mckinley, Is under arrest
at Fitzgerald, Ga, charged with dis
turbing the peace Of j. NJ Fickler, a
neighbor and G. A. R. comrade.
Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska have
agreed to unite in war against
grasshoppcrs.
President Mckinley has denied the
application for pardon OF Henry
Gardes, former president Of the Ma
tional Bank Of New Orleans, who is
serving an eight-year sentence in the
Ohio penitentiary for misapplying the
funds Of the bank.
Willard Sharum, q merchant at