Hutchinson gazette., 1899-07-06
NEWS NOTES.
An advance OF eS cents a ton on an
hrncIte coal Is Announced.

law, which caused the tle.up Of Colo
rado smelters, is being tested before
the supreme court Of that state
Charles II. Griffith, druggist,
Weatherforl, Ok, was shot and killed
by drunken man whom he was try
Ing to eject from his store
Five cranlss called at the United
States sub.trcasury at Boston and de-
manded that tho Sl,0ot0OO In gold
just received from tho mint be turned
over to them, They had to be ejccted,
Chairman II. Ingram Of tho New
Richmond, Wis, tornado relief com
mittee, has issued nm official circular,
which shows the money loss from the
tornado TO be $4,000. subscriptions
thus far amount to about $50, 900,
A letter suppoIcd to have been
written by Explorer Andreo was
picked up Oft the Norwegian coast. 1t
was In sealed bottle and read; 81
am leaving balloon and provisions
This probably confirms tho story that
tho Arctic explorer IL DEAD
The attorney general Of Texas rules
that corporations cannot be chartered
In other states TO do business cXclu.
sivcly In Texas.
A train load OF negroes leaving
Pana fred fusilade from the train
aud rddled the office OF the Pana Coal
company with bullets, but injured no
one. Free transportation has been
offered them and the blacks are scat
tcring away.
Texas pine prices have advanced
sharply on account Of the lumber
trust
Kansas has quNrantined against Ill
inols, Indiana, Iowa.. Ohio and Mich
ignn cattle,
A railroad may be the clvilizlng In
Auenco to bring the Clay county, Ken
tuclty, feud to an end, A line Is to be
extended into that county
Tho Bakers arc Withdrawing from
tho scene OF tho encounters with the
White-lIoward faction. They have
no leader at present
A Sicilian inventor has contrivod
device which 1t is expected to mako
collisions at sea impossible. 1t IL
called wireless telephone
Riots continue at Brussels, where
the geniarmss repeatedly charged tho
people. The troops were hnally'called
out. Many civilians were injured and
the cry OF "Vive la Republique' wao
heard repeatedly,
Madame Dreyfus' house at Rennes Ia
guarded day ana night, and no person
may anter without first securing her
permission.
Governor Lownes OF Maryland has
accepted Governor Sayers' invitation
to attenl th1 antitrust conference.
Five mea were drowned In the
river near C,arlSsvillc, Mo, They were
en- ployed by the Mississippi River
Commission and we're occupants Of a
slsiff which was overturned
The wages OF all the employees on
the Ohio River railroad have been in.
creased,
Scdalia has arranged for street
fair to b. held in the fall
The official crop report for Kansas
shows n better wheat yield than ex'
pectcd.
Otto Carpenter tried to board train
near Centrltown, Mo-, and was killed
beneath tho wheels,
Two prisoners sawed out Of tho
Plattsburg, Mo-, Jail
William Anderson has been arrested
near Linn Creek, Mo, on the charge
OF killing his father George w. An
derson, and his house'Seeper,
The official government report says
that tho weather was exceedingly
favorable for Missouri crops during
the week Corn Is in good condition
and the wheat yield is better than OK.
pected Oats are being injured by
rust. Much hay has been secured in
good shape, Garden vegetables are
ilourishing.
John w. Gates identifies Alexander
Jester as the man who murdered his
brother twtnty-eight years ago The
Old man wept under his vehement ac.
cusatiors and said "God forgive me-
Mrs Street says her brother killed
man in Kansas in 1870.
The negro miners at Pana ILL.,, have
no money TO got out Of town and the
operators refuse to aid them,
The st. Clair county judges again
outwittcd the federal authorities and
transacted business undetected, al
though deputy marshals were on the
lookout for them.
The Goulds will probably establish
a new system Of steamships in con-
nection with the Texas and Pacific
line and Gulf ports
Miners at Moberly are out on a
strike in sympathy with the strikers
in the Indian Territory,
Captain NJ. V, Mosley, farmer, near
Troy, Mo-, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the forehead at the bed
side where his wife lay sleeping.
Troops have withdrawn from Paua
and another strike is on, The negroes
and non-union men have bsen dis
charged. They are in an ugly mood