Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-22
CENTRAL NEWS NOrEs.
The Unied States batt,eshlp Ken.
tuckey has arrived ut Alglers,

assumed chufRc OF the department OF
the Lakes, with Headquarters n;
Chicago,
Governor James 4. Mount OF Indi,
ana, has been suggested rs secretary
of agriculture, The governor Is moi
seeking the place.
Fifty fresh cases Of hubonlc plague
occurred en- the Island Of Martins last
week, and thlrty-four deaths have re-
suGed from The disease.
Adam rNulson, director of the me-
neurological INSTITUTE Of Copenhagen,
VIII soon start for Month Finland to
study the Aurora Dorealis,
President Mckinley has sent n life
saving medal to the Danish sailor, Ole
Olsen, who saved two members OF the
crew Of na American schooner,
Hampton Jackson, u negro deputy
eherlir who was shot IN the election
riot in Donyer, Is dead, This Is the
third deNth resulting from the riot.
The Wichita Min and Elevator Com
pany's elevator NJ Wichita Falls, Tex,
was burned Friday night Loss, $780,
600; insurance on plant and grain,
100000.
In n quarrel about rent, Tom Polk
shot aud killed Alec Day, thirty miles
east Of Wynnewood, !, IT, Monday.
lie was arrested and taken to PauPs
VALLEY for trial.
In his forthcoming message the pres.
idcnt will recommend II reduction OF
lWcrnnl revenue taxes, The total
revenue derived from this source Wall
be scaled down NbOut Slj,OOO,OOO.
The date Of the latlonal convention
Of the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks, which meets In Milwnu-
kee NEXT year, has been changed from
the wcel, Of July 10 10 that OF July
%.
William Haywood United Soltes coli
lcctor Of internal revenue Mt Honolulu,
has wired his resignation 10 Washing
ton. Ut Is sNld that hereafter he will
represent Hawaiian business ut the
nItcnal capital.
Nellie Pauline Ray, daughter OF u
prominUnt Presbyterian minister OF
Omaha, Neb, committed suicide mt
Knoxville, renn. Saturday ut u hotel
by taking morphine, No reason Is as
signed,
Thomas Hubbard Cnswcll OF sam
Francisco, pioneer Of 1913, who was
prominently identified with the early
history OF The state, and the most ex-
nltad Mason In point Of rank, In The
world, died at his residence In that
city Monday.
u. II. Odcll, ir, govcrnor-elect OF
New York, has resigned the
craftsmanship of The Republican state
committee, and George W. Dunn OF
RlmghamPton was clecbl in his stead.
Mr. Dunn Is n state pirond commlsa-
Toner, his term expiring next April.
Secretary Long has announced that
he has appointed Cyrus Wells of Him
ois his private secretary Porarlly To
m the vacancy occNsioned by the
recent dcath Of l., II, I'iumpS ir. Mr..
Wells hats for the pas, SiN months
been acting MS private secretary TO
MIR. Long,
The vault of the Bank of Bluff,
Scott county, H., was blown open
early Saturday morning by robbers,
who, 1T IS reported, secured $1,000.
The robbers escaped on n hmmdcnr to
Churin where they stole the horse
and buggy of the town marshal and
drove northwaru.
Elmer G. llar2 wealthy coal dealer
residing at 50i Dearborn avenue, Chi
cago, shot himself jn the mouth Sat-
urday dying instantly. 4 note writ
ten TO MIR, llurH WIS found on drcss-
er stalm that he had decided to end
his Mfe rather than to live In the fear
tlnd he was going 3nsane.
The complete official returns from
Illinois. OUwide OF Cook county, give
Mckinley electors 304,2O5; Bryan cleo
tors, 3l5,S12. McKnley's plurality,
1929. The returns complete on gov
ernor, outside Of Cook county, with
The exception Of Douglass county,
show Yates about 1900 behind McRin-
ley.
The United SHaIies surveying corps
Saturday found over 100 dead bodies
in II swamp jwst west of Galveston, on
the island, where they had been de-
posted by the storm on September g..
The mbmicd dead were In an out OF
the way place near the county road
and had not been discovered by tho
buryng parties scnt out after tho
storm.
Two more bodies from the Month
cello found at Chcbegue u are
those of Purscr T., b. II, III n and
lIaggagemueIer wilson As far us can
be UsceltN,ncd the total number VI
hives lGpg were thirty-IoT, Another
vicrim whose namc has not been here
tororc been published is Samuel Dur
rette Of Yarmouth, who leaves Wild
ow and family
a news agency dispatch from
Shanghai says Prince Tuun Is under
arrest at Nigh'in, province of Shang
ST; that Governor Nu llsIen has been
arrested at Sian, near Sian Flu, and
that Shcng The director of tclegraphs
umd railroads has memoriali2ed the
throne, dcnouncng iu ll~icn. The
dispatch adds that an elict iS expected
condemmdng Nu IlSicn to dcath.
Two passenger trains collidcd on
curve, Monday, ON the NJ. H. Il 7. rail-
way between Sherman and DcnisOn,
Texas. y. II. Weaver, fireman, was