Hutchinson gazette., 1900-04-19
NEWS NOTES OF A WEEK.

nv pplNn pHllulHBt Ont VI lHo
largest blocks in Menomineee, Mich,
wns destroyed by lre, Loss, $780,
600.
At last Tuesdays election, James
A, Reed, Democrat, defeated p. S.
Brown, Republican, for Mayor OF
Kansas City, Mo,
The court of appeals has decided
that Beckham is governor OF Ken.
tucky. Taylor will appeal TO the
federal supremee court,
The fund which is being raised by
subscription for The widow OF the
late General Guy V. Henry, U, s. A.,
has reached total OF $O,O63,
The inheritance tax on the for,
tune of the late George Smith, Of
London, amounted TO %,jOO,OO0 in
England and S2,0OO,0OO In New York,
Congressman Bowersock, OF the
Second Kansas district, was unani.
mously re.nominatcd by the Rcpub'
licans in convention at Gnrnett last
week.
Governor Stanley has granted o.
conditional pardon to Robert Love,
an EmporiO boy who is sarying n five
year sentence for the murder OF his
father.
Five Porto Rican murdercrs were
garroted at Ponce Saturday, the
whole town turning out to sec the
execution, which was after the Span.
ish custom,
The Prince Of Wales was shot at
last Thursday in Brussels, by a.
young tinsmith named Sipidio,an ma.
archiSt, Two shots were fired, but
neither took effect,
Major General Otis win be allowed
TO use his own discretion as 10 the
time OF his return to the United
States, He will turn over his com.
mand to General Macarthur
A wreck on the Fort Worth g. Den.
vcr railroad, near Fort Worth, Tex,
last week, resulted in the death OF
two men and the injury Of many
others The wreck was caused by a
wnshoui,
Edgar Justice, Of Muncic Ind, an
elderly man who recently fell heir
to a fortune, has applied for a
guardian, alleging that he Is addict.
ed TO drink and not capable OF tend.
ing TO business
Editor Frank Elliott Of the Troy
(Kas.) Times, has been convicted Of
crim;na!ly libcling A, Il. Graves,
county treasurer, whom he charged
with corrupt use Of county money
and bribery OF voters,
A movement has been started at
Topeka to raise 100000 bushels Of
corn for starving India Rev. Chas.
NJ Sheldon, Mayor Anderson, Cover
nor Stanley and other prominent
men are interested in the movement.
The Kansas supreme court has re-
versed the decision of the Wyan-
dotto county district court, which
had awarded $20,SO0 damages to Mcr-
rill, who had both legs cut of IN the
yards Of the NJ, Il. a r.. in Kansas
City, Kas, The case is rcmnndcd for
re-trial,
According 10 Business Agent
Pratt of the Street Railway Em-
| ploycs' Association, OF Cleveland. o.,
the fight Of that orgnnzaiionngninst
the Big Consolidated Street Railway
Company, MS the result Of lasi sum.
mer's strike, win be actively re.
newed this spring
r. d, Mason, of Lawrence, Kas,, n
well-known and old.timc citizen, has
been arrested for cmbc2llcment.
Most Of his victims are women and
working girls, many of whom had
trusted him with the investment OF
their savings, Mason stood high in
social and business circles.
Captain j, c. Mckinley, Of the
Twcnty'second Kansas, died at Grip
pie Cree, Col, last week and was
buried Sunday AZ Emporia He was
at different times foreman ON the
New Orleans Picayune and the En-
porin Gazette, being foreman Of the
Cripple Creek Press at the time OF
his death.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
of Kansas, has recalled the certh-
Gates of about forty banks which
have failed TO comply with the law
In the matter Of quarterly meetings
Of the directors and certified report
Of the proceedings. He snys that
unless the bnnks comply soon rccciv-
ers will be called for and their busi-
ncss will be wound up,
Webster Davis, late assistant Sec
rctary of the interior, began his
campaign in the interest of the
Beers last Thursday night at an inn
mcnsc meeting in Grand Opera
House, Washington, d. G. He avoid
ed all alusion to the administration.
The meeting was also addressed by
Mr.. Vessels, OF Bloemfontcin, who is
in this country in the interest Of the
Beers,
Fred Dumcstcr, aged 30 years, Of
Buffalo, a bnggageman on the Lake
Shore train. has been arrested for
rining baggage. He has been steal
ing from trunks for two years.
dress calling for meeting AT To-
pckn, June !. TO start movement
FOR an exposition to celebrate the
Grticth anniversary of Kansas ad-
mission TO the Union, which comes
in 1904.
IN The circuit court nj Newark, N.
L., an application was granted per-
mitiiug William Booth, the l2-year-
I'D son or General and Mrs. Balling-