Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
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Six eases Of plague and one death
have occurred at Alden.
Russia has crowded England away
from having influence with Persia.
President Steyn Of the Orange Free
State Is said TO favor a speedy peace,
Major General Shafter has gone To
assume his new command In California.
Kaiser Wilhelm's new play was put
on the stage in Berlin and was Kissed
Municipal officers In Germany re.
ceive severe sentences for talking too
much TO newspaper reporters,
w. c. Paber, OF Denver, read the
poem required by the National Editori-
al association program, at New Or
leans.
The recent earthquakes in Mexico
prove to have done more damage to
life and property than first accounts
indicated.
New York; cities may direct by vote
that public lighthouses shall be estab-
lished. Buffalo provided one in 1897 at
cost Of Sli,sO0
Before the entry Of Butler into Lady
smith the British wounded had been
left out for thirty-six hours, The Beers
gave them water.
The United States Milling company
the flour trust-has gone into the hands
Of receivers, The bonds of the trust
could not be Aoated.
The Sheldon issues OF the Capital
has already broken all the postofico
records Of the city and the state. Hun
dreds Of money orders are daily paid
to the Capital,
Major General Brooke, late governor
general Of Cuba, is TO succeed Major
General Merritt in the military de-
partmcnt Of the East on June 1, when
General Merritt will retire.
Archbishop Chapelle seems to be
constantly misconstrued in Manila, A
great fuss was raised when ii was
stated that the friars would be rein,
stated, which, of course, was untrue.
Nineteen years ago, on February 81,
1881, General Joubert drove few
companies of British troops from Ma
juba HILL which was a turning point
in that war. Cronjes surrender was
on the same day, in 1900
The Japanese minister at Washington
has been transferred to st. Petersburg
The Missouri Pacific offered 81. q
day and wanted 500 men, to shovel
snow between Independence and Sc
dalia, Could not get man in INDIE
pendence.
The commission appointed to inves-
tigate the prisons in the Havana dis
trict has finished its labors. Out Of
703 persons waiting trial the committee
has recommended $40 for liberation
and 1916 who were under conviction
have been recommended for liberation.
2Tac state Of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
where corn is virtually the staff Of life,
has very poor crop this season. Se'
we're drouth is the cause.
The bubonic plague has appeared on
the Cozumel island, off the coast %
Yucatan. Quarantine officers in the
Gulf states and the West Indies are
directed to observe strict quaran-
tine.
The first cargo Of hemp from Manila
has reached New York by the way Of
Cape Horn, after tedious passage of
1877 days.
The army estimates Of the British
war office show total expenditure Of
$307, SIT 900, an increase over last year
Of 1904, 4l2,Ooo The total number Of
officers and men is placed at 100000,
an increase over last year of 9l5,1
Predictions regarding the probable
increase in bank note circulation
range all the way from $5O,OOO,OOO to
the s3OO,OOO,OOO possible. Many state
banks are contemplating taking out
charters as national banks in order to
profit by the circulation feature Of the.
proposed law.