Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-03
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WOIh,
Congressman Cochrnn made his first
speech In Platte county, Mo-, Nv Platte
City, Saturday night.
Mrs, Sarah l., Wright, daughter OF
Judge EbeneHer Peck, In whose house
in Chicago the first lincoln cabinet
was made up, died Sunday night VI
Chicago.
The Republicans Of the Twenty'sev'
enth congressional district Of Penn
sylyHnln have nominated j, q. Sib.
ley who was elected two years ago
az u Democrat,
The cable between Manila and llo-
Ito broke In deep wnNer last week,
IL was first attributed 20 the insur'
gents, but later II was found TO be
the result Of IN earthquake
An enstbound passenger ftraln on
the Burlington railroad early Sunday
morning struck and instantly killed
Joseph leeber, Of Rome, Ino while he
was riding truck yelocipcde.
According TO the report by Mine
Inspector kecgnn, soon to be issued,
the production Of coal In Knnsns In
1899 was the greatest In It's history,
being over l,O0O,UOO tons, Crawford
county leads.
The Democrats and Populsts Of the
Seventh Kansas district met Nt Great
Bend lust week, The Democrats NOM
mated Claude Duynl of Reno, for com
gress and the populisis nominated
/, r. Campbell Of Srdgwlck
EX.Congressmun David c, Colson,
OF Kentucky, who In n duel with
Lieutenant Scott lUsl ,pnuNry in the
lobby Of the Capital building killed
the hitter and u bystnndcr named
DemOrcc, has been acquitted
"pick," m elephant la Sells and
FofepNugh's circus was choked to
death at Madison Square garden last
week while the trulner WAS punish
ing him. lie was trained twenty
years ago by Adam Forcpough Jr
The Brooklyn Democratic Club
gave a'dinncr last week in comment
Grafton of the anniversary of Jeifer.
sons birth EX-GoN Campbell OF
o., j. j. Willet of Ala, were present
and Grover Cleveland sent u letter OF
regret ...
Professor Theodore Lipps, of the
DIVERSITY of Munich, who recently
publicly expressed Il doubt ms to the
impcccubility Of the German judici-
AIRY, has now repeated this statement
in more vigorous form and will he
disciplined,
Colonel Charles Page Bryan, United
States minister TO Brazil, has OBJ
tanned oilicialnssurunce from the Bra
lillian authorities that American coal
shall be used Oh the Brazilian rail
ways and in the vessels of the Bra
lillian navy.
Ex-senator Whirsidcs the chief
witness against nitrd States Sena-
tor Clark In the mcst for his seat
in the national senate, Is now on
trio'' for IN alleged attempt to Sc
anna ma. session Of Il bullal box af'
fccting his lection in 1905.
Ell j. bailey ii brakeman on the
burning lun IUllIuU'h N"f H. l..
Saturday night near Osceola l"' ny
falling from the top Of the train, wv
had been in the employ Of the com.
pany for more than twenty years, but
was preparing TO ,andon railroading
TO move to n farm.
Congressman Chester |, Long, OF
the Seventh Kansas district, was re-
nominated by the Republicans in con-
vention at Hutchinson last week. The
endorsed his record on the Porto Ri
can bin Judge y. u. Wall and II.
+. Milliken were chosen as delegates
to the national convention,
Considerable alarm Is expressed in
Australia lest the bubonic plague be
spread by the rabbits, and com
mission has been appointed TO in
vestigate the possibility Of rabbits,
like rats, carrying the dread disease.
A report that III lis had i1iroduc-
ed the plague in Northern Victoria
caused panic in that colony.
DR. S. T.. Sheldon, one of the oldest
and most competent surgeons in
Topeka, died suddenly of h, Art dis
ease last week at the Copeland hotel,
He was n past grand commander Of
he Knights Templnr Of Kansas He
and Mrs. Sheldon had arranged TO
leave for Europe in a few days.
Senator Platt Of Connecticut has
promised delegae Flynn of Oklahoma
not to oppose the passage of the free
homes bill. This is an important con-
ccssion which me- in effect that
this measure-which has been before
congress for the last eight years-is
certain to pass this time.
On December 90, 1890 at the Nine
feenth Annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor, in
Detroit, Mich, boycotts were re-
moved from all firms then on the
Unfair list to take effect February
IS, 1900, thus removing the boycott
IN Swift and Company of Kansas
City.
A contract to supply the Missouri
state prison with beef for period
If one year has been awarded to S.
i. Mcmillan, Of ,rson City. The
price per 100 pounds net is $G6O3s, |
his being the highest price that has
,een paid for beef by the prison for
,ver twenty years and is due to the
Ugh price of cattle
The plant of the st. Louis Chroni-
lie, occuUving the three and four