Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-13
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

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Ine ls'liUlnrn cnnai commission
eSluli''VeS lne eosl OF Ihe Nicaragua
cAilul WV @FVU,olV'OOV'
deheul titlhugh Lee heS assumed
command ct inc Department CT Thu
Missouri and Omaha,
In consequence Of the rise OF thu
river llber aIl Rome, the quay Angull
uara' jOO yards long, which had been
undermined, slid lnto The rlyef today
Inc damage done Ia eslim1'ed ut p
OOO,UOO Afe'
E' q. Dingley, the son Of the late
congressman, Is looked upon rs O
coming lGNn I'm Maine politics. lii
mas lllHl been re-electeC 10 the legisla
lure nhu rs now spoken OF rs q posi-,
NV V"nu'u'''e lor governor ~ the hrN'
el'cVlol
Near MaI$svlllc, o., che ground fol
u space OF $50 feet long and ~ feet
Wlde mas dropped oub OF sight
sunk 700 feet The spHce has been
hlItd VII u wnter, aud the noise OF the
Whirlpool can he heard 4 long distance
INs "slghborS are heightened
Mary H. Sl0ddnrd has fled Il petition
I'll licFion, Mlddle'eN county court for
u divorce from her husband, John IL
stodd1rd, the well known lecturer
MIS- Sloddard charges desertlon' She
asks for the custody OF their son,
theodore w. Stoddnrd, II years old
and just allmony.
IN explosion OF dynamite Wednes-
day ut uhe mines Of San Adres de 10
Sierra killed or wounded many miners
Az the latest advlces, twenty.sIN dead
bodies had been recovered. Fifteen
injured persons, some OF whom VIII
die, were taken from the wreckage and
The RUNS Nre Thought TO contain other
victims.
Judge Kohler al Akron, o., has
sentenced three more of the convicted
rioters, John Roden and Richard HUI
lett being sent 10 the penlteRtinry for
one yeor each, and Claude BENDER to
the workhoHc for thirty days VIII
Ham De with has also been convicted
OF participating In the riot, making
the tenth conviction,
Last Monday, William NJ. Gates, for
twenty-three years trusted employe
Of Frank d Dubois. insurance brokers
New York, confessed to having robbed
them Of over 100000 His peculationR
extended over mWnS years, lie ~ no"
Il fugitive from Justice, through tht
courtesy OF the llrn' VINO were reiuct
AM 10 see nm imprisoned
John l'NlneS, former constable
was murdered at Dallas, Texas, Mon,
day by burning, The police found
HIM running IN the street, MS clolhlhR
on fire. 1t had been saturated Win
turperline ana lgniled' Both eyea
were burned out. lie lived an hourt
perfectly conscious ANA made dying
statement TO the stn.Iet attorney ON
rhe strength Of which John chapman
ana ltd Faulkner saioohkeeperS' were
errested' charged WIth the murder
wednesday afternoon az Wuham,
son, W. va" n DAVID STOKES shot anu
killed Rev"Iohn Wohl, pastor OF The
First Presbyterian Church, In u street
fight. Shokes, who Is promlnen'
young @wyer was shot through Vh'
body and may de- The quarrel WA
over cartoon representing poll'
room scene, used by the minister IN
sermon. The latter Is reported 10
have begun ihe quarrel
AT Portland, Ore, Wednesday, sir
masked men held up the Office of the
Western Lumber Company, secured
$4,000 and escaped In the darkness
The robbery occurred ut o'clock
when a dozen men were in the vicinity
of the mill Four Of the highwaymen
guarded nhe two entrances to the
office, while the other two entered
with drawn revolNers and ordered tho
four clerks In the Office to hold up
their hands The money was In an
envelope ready 10 he paid out to the
mlllhands, yhls being the regular
weekly payday.
The United States grand jury al
Newpout, KY, Is engaged In taking
Testimony In the case of Frank NJ
Brown, late assistant cashier Of the
German National Bank, of Newport
who ls charged with embezzling Sl9l,.
900 of the BANKS funds. Among the
| wltnps SEES summoned are some KNOWN