Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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clothing with gasoline and set fire to
IT,
Men who advanced their money for
Missouri at the Omaha Exposition are
left with the bag TO hold for two more
years, Bill was killed by clerks mis-
take,
Bloodhounds have been put on the
trail Of the Union Pacific train rob-
bera
j. II, McManagal, who killed Cap
tain Thomas Young OF Lexington,
Mo, year ago, attempted suicide at
Warrensburg, Mo,
The negro who assaulted the 7.year-
old white girl near Tice, Texas, was
captured, The mob's nerve failed and
he was not lynched
Tho Yukon river is open for naviga-
ton from Lake Bennett TO Dawson
City,
The property decided to Stanford
University by Mrs, Stanford is esti-
mated to be worth S3s, 100000
Tho Philippine Commission at Ma
Mia gave gorgeous ball with tho
purpose Of fostering tho good feeling
between the Americans and the ma
tives in that city, II was brilliant
success
Major Bell surprised and routed a
party Of Filiplnos, who, being re.en-
forced, turned upon the Americans
and chased them to cover,
Tho Hague Peace Conference may
adopt the American plan Of arbitra-
ton, but no other result is expected.
II Is found impossible TO agree upon
method Of checking ornaments
Spain, IL Is announced, has coded TO
Germany the Marianne Caroline and
other Pacific islands. This Is regard.
cd in Washington as another evidence
OF the aggressiveness OF Berlin in tho
Pacific.
Dupuy's cabinet has decided to pros
ecute all officers found TO have boon
concerned In the cabal against ORGY
fus, PicqHart, who was sent to prison
because he tried to expose the con-
spirators, will DO released.
Springfield, Mo-, is making an effort
to secure the new institution for fee
ble.minded persons, to DO erected by
the state.
Treasurer Pitts report shows n bal
ance In the Missouri treasury to date
Of SO, o92, 500 o2.
Governor Poynter OF Nebraska was
forced to give up the homo which he
has been occupying at Lincoln, be-
cause the landlord wanted II in n hur.
ry, The board appointed to select a
mansion Is divided over which house
TO select,
Ex-Governor Baxter OF Arkansas
died at Batcsvlllo on Wednesday, He
occupied n prominent place in the pol
itics Of the state,
Major Marchand, the African ex-
plorer, reached Paris, and was rn- =
ceived with wild demonstrations of
admiration by the French people.
Captain Rockefeller OF tho Ninth in.
frntry, who disappeared near Manila
on April rs, has not turned up and IL
is surmised that he either Is n prisoner
In the insurgent ranks or dead
It Is announced that Queen Victoria
will elevate Sir Julian Paunccfotc to
the peerage,
Tho American plan for mediation
was unanimously adopted by the Ar
bitration Committee Of the Peace Con-
ference. 1t will be submitted to the
en- tire conference later.
Eight hundred wagons were burned
BY mysterious fire In the Smith
wagon works building at Pekin, III.
The will OF Sam 4. Jack, the late
theatrical manager, has been filed in
New York 1t divides an estate of
500, 900 among his relatives and re-
quests that his widow and his brother,
James G Jack, shall become husband
and wife,
The month of May was record
breaker for Cripple Creek district,
Colo, the gold production amounting
to 81, 625, 900.
Two American officers in sailboat
became becalmcd in Manila bay.
Their boat was surrounded by Fill
pinos and they were captured.
Filipinos report that friendly ma
tives are being killed by the Tagals,
who are returning from towns from
which American troops have been
Withdrawn,
M. Maneau, procurator general, de-
clared to the court OF cessation that
he believed no act OF treason had been
committed in the Drcyfus case and
that the artillery captain was made
martyr by some mysterious hoax.
Louis Hammer Of Chicago died in q
cemetery, suddenly, while attending
decoration exercises.
Decoration day was celebrated in
Paris France, Benjamin Harrison
delivered speech at the Lafayette
monument in honor OF the day.
Dcwey's health is rapidly improving
during his stay on shore at Hong