Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-03-23
GENERAL VIEWS NOTES.

Frank M. Grothaus, OF Washington;
james s. Thomason, OF Laforge, and
John II. Davis, OF Oakland, Mo-, have
been appointed railway mail clerks,
United States Pension Agent Cyrus
Leland is laid up with the grip at To-
peka, 1t Is the first time In forty
years that he has had TO call In a ply
slcun to attend him,
A dispatch was received at the state
department Monday from Chairman
Schurmann, OF the Philippine Com
mission, announcing meeting OF that
body at Manila. The meeting was u
preliminary one for the purpose OF
organization.
There has been return OF wlntrr
10 the British Isles, In London there
ls heavy fall OF snow; snow storms
have swept the Mldlands and the
Northern country, and outdoor work
Is at a slandsllll, Storms have also
ragged over the North Sea,
The speech made Ny Associate jus
tlcc Bruner before the Liberal Club
at Buffalo on January 10 last is bellg
circulated In pamphlet form. His
discussion OF the Spanish war inclnd-
Ing an appeal against expansion con
tlnues to be source OF press com
ment
Emperor William, It is said' will
confer the order OF the Crown OF
Prussia upon Mr., Cecil Rhodes, tire
South African magnOle, with whom
his majesty recently conferred in
Berlin, regarding the railway aud
telegraph project Of Mr. Rhodes in
Africa.
Because OF q shortage Of steel bars
temporary hut costly suspension OF
every tin plate mill In The country
is threatened, The Star plant ol
Pittsburgh closed four mills Monday
other plants in This vicinity and the
West are said to be in the same pre-
dicament.
AT Erie, Kas., Monday a strong flow
M ons was struck at a depth OF lO2
eet. The pressure Of the gas was so
STRONG that II interfered with the
drilling for q time, and when set on
fire burned with a blaze about forty
feet high. The town Is wild with ex-
element.
ExSheriff Hanks of Bates County
Mo-, Monday sold to Sheriff Woolridg''
of Cass County, the rope and cap 10
hang Bates Soper at Harrisonvllle'
March 20. The outfit Ia the same
bought to hang John T. Leado' ~,
1885 whose sentence was afterward
commuted to life imprisonment
The New Haven Register says that
the consolidation OF the screw manu-
facmrers throughout the country 10
he known as the National Screw Com
pany, is being perfected The com ON
many will be capitalized at $lO,OOO'oOo.
The American Screw Company OF
Providence, is the prime mover in the
combination.
The BroolSlyn Hotel, Cleveland o"
was pari1y destroyed by fire shortly
after s O'clock Monday morning
over fifty people were asleep in the
building when the fire broke out A
panic ensued but all the occupan's
finally escaped without injury Sew
oral women were carried down the
fire escapes by firemen'
The backbone Of the strike on the
White Pass g. Yukon railroad has
been broken, according TO the Officers
Of fine steamer Rosalie, which arrived
Monday from Skaguay J' H. WhFtei
one of the strike leaders, has been
sentenced to six months tmprlson'
menf at Sitka by United States Com
missioner Hehlbrede for melting rio''
The American Wire and Steel Com.
pony mas made another advance OF
is cents n keg in the price OF nails
Small lots are now quoted Mt S2SO q
keg. or SAG ton. This Is an advance
since December Of 1923 n ton. l3esse.
mcr pfg iron is also higher, selling az
s15,G 5. Steel billets sold IN small lois
today ait s25 per ton and $SV Us now
assured.
GeorgetCase, ex-warden OF the Kan
sas penitentlary, is in Topeka from
Jewell county, pushing along inc
claims az some applicants for ions
under the state board of charities
Mr.. Case says that the oats crop OF
Kansas will be very light this year
"rhe spring is so late Mat no oats
have vet been sown," said he. 1T Is
now SO late that the farmers Will use
the ground for corn"
Fire Commissioner Scanned Monday
sent to Miss Helen Gould letter In
which he informed her that in view
of the services rendered by her on
the occasion of the Windsor Hotel
fire he intended to present to her
gold badge which would entitle her
10 enter the fire lines at amy fire that
may occur in Greater New York. An
other badge will be presented TO
Frank j. Gould, who aided his sister