Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
STATE NEWS pARAGRApHED,
Martha Peel Is dead in Lyon county
al the nge of 100 ycars.

defeated for the state senate In Wynn
dott6 county, will contest the election
OF j. X. Cubbison, who had $40 ma
jority.
The other night burglars robbed the
post Office At Carlton, Dickinson coun-
ty Of SECS, also taking goods from the
store In which the post Office Ia located.
On the second Tuesday Of next jan
uary u tolerably fat .'cuiennnt-goy-
ornor of Dutch descent will rive before
a republican senate and call upon u re-
publican preacher 10 open the session
with n prayer. And II will be the
first time the thing has happened In
Kansas for about ten years.-'Knnsas
City journal.
John williams, n farmer living four
miles west OF Fort Scott, was shot and
mortally wounded by ole Hall, Il man
with whom he lives. Hall Is an errntic
man, and he and Williams live alone
together. Hall says he shot Williams
because the latter failed 10 furnish
the butter and some other little pro-
visions which he agreed 10 supply.
A. a. Cooper, former resident OF
Lawrence, hut who has rcsidcd in Kan
sas City, Mo-, several months, commit
ted suicide at his Office in the old
Times building at the Junction in that
city recently. He was banker for the
Frnternnl Guarantee Union, and so
far ms known his accounts were in
good shape and his domestic life hap
py,
During the recent campaign the re-
publican and democratic committee
men at Huron, in Atchison county
agreed 10 prevent political meetings
or any kind in the town u such thing
were possible, They succeeded, and
Huron is probably the only own OF
It's size in the United States where q
political speech WIS not mnde, Kansas
City journal,
Gov. Stanley adds 5000 to the 5000
offered by Mayor Nicely for the upprc.
hcnsion of the murderer Of Pearl
Forbes nt Lcaycnworth. CititCus will
also add n good sum. Several sus-
poets are under surveillance, but no
arrests have been made to date. The
police are cautious MS arrests might
cause the death Of innocent persons
as the people are furious,
This year the state university has a
new student from Japan named Ka-
make. Before leaving Japan he fin
ishcd n course in high school and
one year IN college and after arry-
ing in this country stayed three years
H. California, becoming more CONVEX
SAINT with the English language and
American customs, MIR, kanake is
now taking the law course.
buffalo" Jones, who was running
on the fusion ticket for senator in
Shawnee county, issued this address
the day before election: "a senator or
representative should hnrlcn unto the
voice Of u majority Of his constituents,
ns it is the only safeguard 10 good
government Should | ever lorsnkc
the cause Of the people, | hereby au-
thori2c them TO hang me 80 The Iarg-
est tree ON the state house grounds
and hang me until dead
Chancellor Snow, OF the University
of Kansas, who has been in III health
for some time, has been granted %
years vacation by the regents. Hard
work, added TO the grief over the loss
Of his son, who was drowned in the
San Francisco harbor while reporting
the homecoming of the twentieth
Kansas, shattered the chunocllor's
health and he was forced TO leave
some days ago for Eureka Springs,
Ark Chancellor Snow is 81 years old
and has been continuously nj LIS post
in the university for 30 years
Il Gov. Stanley is quoted correctly
he viii make some recommendation
to the legislature that win jar the
Office holders, lie said; 81 win rec
ommcnd n wholesale consolidation OF
boards, The penitentinry and Hutch
inson rerormatory should be governed
by one board They now have two.
The board of charities should be cut
down to three members and | win
urge the legislature to do it. The live
stock sanitary board will give way to
live stock commissioner, If my rec
concentrations are followed. Other
changes will be made in the interests
of taxpayers"
While attempting to paint figures
of the junior class school Of arts on
the side Of the wnterworks standpipe
just north of the university campus
at Lawrence the other night, stu
dent named Norman McGilliNray was
thrown to the ground from II height
of nearly rs feet. McGillivray struck
on his feet, breaking no bones, but
probably sustaining internal injuries.
The extent Of his injuries could not
be learned as every effort was being
made by those connected with the nt-
fair to hush the matter up. Painting
class numerals on the stnndpipe have
created great rivalry among the stu
dents ms to which class shall place its
symbol in the most inaccessible place.
The party which was engaged in this
dangerous work had selected an en-
tirpIx, rnNN gnNf nnI hal yn,t M,rp-