Hutchinson gazette., 1900-04-26
STATE NEWS PARAeRApHED.


IOnCofUln cltlNtnA NOteu 10 erect an
additional schoolhouse To cost $4,000,
Daniel Fultz, pioneer farmer near
Udall, was killed by q dehorned bull
he was trying to halter
Arkansas City has formally come In
10 possession of the waterworks plant
there at cost OF Si0S,000,
Congress passed special pension
bill granting $50 month TO Rev.
Allen Buclmer, of Baldwin,
II wNs discovered that $4,000 in
fraudulent bonds of the Leavenworth
Light d. Heating company were be-
ing offered for sale in Chicago,
The Topeka Capital, edited by Maj.
Hudson, boltcd the nomination OF
Galen Nichols, candidate for county
attorney who at the primary secured
150 plurality over his opponent
Judge Theo llotkin wNs discharged
from Knnsus City hospital last
week, cured of malignant cancer.
He announced that he would seek the
republican nomination for senator
from Reno county.
Kansas last year paid S3O33,2iS in
salaries 10 tenchers of the common
schools, Wyandottc paid the most
for teachers hire Of any county In the
state--Sl?O,SlO,sG. Shawnee came
second with $1l3,ls5,12,
The death of George Helwig, an old
resident Of LNbette county caused
comment among the neighbors and
an inquest was held and verdict re-
turned that he came TO his death
from arsenic poisoning,
Negotiations are in progress for
the establishment at Roscdule of n
malleNble iron works 10y Il 81, Louis
firm. The plant exclusive Of the site,
win cost $4,000 aud win give employ
ment to 100 men, chiefly skilled labor
The Presbyterinns NJ Manchester,
Dickinson county are having lively
time with their pastor, Rev. q, ID.
llyden, growing out of u Disagree
ment over salary, The trustees keep
the church locked and he is unable TO
gain admission.
The Seventh district republican con-
gressionNl convention at Hutchinson
renominnted Chester /, Long and
elected Judge n. u. Wall aud Frank
Milliken delegates to the national con.
vention, j, q, Thompson was chosen
presidential elector,
The report of the city treasurer OF
Coileyyille shows that the municipal
system Of waterworks owned by the
city has cleared Sl0Tj,50 from Jam
uary TO April !. The receipts of the
system were about S2,1O0, and the eN-
penses about $1,000.
At Galeno w. II, Holman has sued
his doctor for $4,000 damages, He
alleges that the doctor accidentally
cut hole in one of his lungs while
operating for an nbscess and that the
hole has never healed up. He says he
can and does breat he through the hole.
The state board Of agriculture last
week issued statement Of the acre.
age and condition of winter wheat in
Kansas, The acreage is estimated at
2.3 per cent. less than in 1900 The
condition is regarded as iirst-clnss and
made still more favorable by rains OF
the past week,
Within the next week over 1000
bushels of corn will be shipped from
Newton to the famine sufferers OF
India, Two carloads will be sent
from Newton, four from lIulstend and
one from Lehigh, Marion county. This
has been contributed by the Men
nonites of thut section.
Students in the Kansas univcrsit Y
in the year 1873 will remember roly-
poly little fellow with wealth OF
sorrel hair who bore the name Of
James Harris. Well James Harris is
now one of the literary lions Of Lon
don and chief editor Of II heavy re-
vew-- Kansas City journal.
Mrs. Nettie f.. Randall, wife OF q
Kansas City travelling man who wns
forcibIy elected from Rock island
train near Topeka last summer be-
cause she had brokers' ticket, was
recently given Judgment Of $1,000
against the company because of the
injuries received and humiliation
caused by the eiectment,
Matters in connection with shut
ting down of the Citizens state bank
of Yates Center have mystficd the de-
positors. Cashier Runyun says he
knows nothing whatever Of the miss
ing $4,000. Investigation shows no
record of earnings Of the bank, nor
of the liabilities. The stockholders
will make the deposits good,
Eighteen years ago Mrs. jeremiah
Mcpherson left her husband and
little son, Albert in Chicago, and
eloped with another man. For the
past ten years she has been repcnt-
ant woman and has searched unceas-
ingly for her son. Last week she
found the missing boy, but he was an
inmate of the state rcformatory at
Hutchinson sent up from Wichita for
larceny.
During the recent tornado near
Newton, the home Of Ten Travis, n
wealthy farmer, was completely de-
stroyed, he and his family narrowly