Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-29
STATE NEWS pARAeRAPHED.

The average age Of school-tcochcr'
IN Morton county Is 30 years, IN
some counties the ages run as low AZ
is.
The canning factory at Glrord has
shut down for the season, after put
ting up 10000 cans Of tomatoes aud
10000 cans Of apples,
Running out Of Topeka on the sun
In Fc Is u locomotive engineer who
In paying nlmony TO no less than
three divorced wives
Norman larott, cushicr Of the de-
funct Atchlson national bank has
been indicted by the federal grond
jury for msapproprlatIng funds Of the
bank.
Capt, ", ~ Bonner, who ia dead ut
Concordin ut the age Of n, was born
on the high seus while his parents
were coming from England to Amer
lea,
A bust Of Louisa N, Alcott has been
presented to the state university Vud
will he placed In the library with Op-
proprlatc exercises sometime during
December
The next legislature viii be pol
toned 10 allow the coal lukcn from
the penltcntiNry mine At IcnycnwoNh
TO be sold to the public, II is now all
used up by state institutions
The stutc bank commissioner has
issued n charter for the Burns state
bank, capital 10000, Burns Is little
village In Marion county and two
hours after the bank opened for hus-
ness II had received deposits Of 10000,
4 Two brothers by the name Of Coo
were candidates in the recent election,
one for clerk of the district court on
the republican ticket, and the other
for probate Judge on The populst
ticket, in Stafford county They were
both defeated
Gov. StNnlcy's puove 10 abolish the
live stock sanitary board has brought
an avalanche Of protests down upon
him. The governor believes that one
state sanitary commissioner Is
enough, so long ms the federal govern
ment has II board that does all and
more than the state board can do.
In Rush county there was tie in
the votes received by Mr., Mccormick
and Mr.. Anderson for the Office Of
county attorney. Before drawing
strnws as provided by law the men
agreed that the winner should make
the loser his deputy and equally de
vide his salary.
A boiler in the Clipper -four mills
at Eldorado exploded, completely
wrecking the mill, A. n. Crowthcr
and Grant Rogers, owner Of and en-
gineer at the mill, were seriously
scOlded, Charles Dye, patron, was
blown against the wall and received
fatal injuries
Kansps millcrs are protesting
against the action Of the Santa l'c
railroad in making an order that the
milling-ln-translt rate would not be
given them unless they consigned
their flour over the road as far east
as Chicago, The mllers prefer to
have the railroads compete for their
business at Kansas City.
A sensation was created in church
circles at Kansas City when Mrs, John
i. Won IIerlich, wife Of the rector Of
st. PNul's Episcopal church, am
nounccd her intention Of going on the
operate stage, Her husband fully APP
proves of her course and declares he
has $4,000 to spend in preparing her
voice for grand opera.
Republicans are depending upon 200
soldier votes in the Philippines to
elect George Wheatley to congress in
the Third district, but John S, Gill
more, the Fredonin editor, says not
more than 50 Third district soldiers
are in the islands. The majority of
Judge Jackson, Whentley's opponent,
is about 17j, so Wheutlcy's only
chance to beat jackson is to make a
contest.
Lee johnson, state labor commits
sioner, will cause to be introduced
in the legislature u bill for the pre-
vention Of child labor, He says the
factories and other industries of the
state are full Of boys and girls who
ought to be IN school, and that in