Hutchinson gazette., 1900-07-12
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.

" for stevenson FOR wee president
Kansas was entitled to over 300 dele
gates In the recent silver republican
national convention at Kansas City.
Gov. Roosevelt promised the Kansas
republican leaders that he would re-
turn to the state this fall and make
some political speeches,
George Rodgers, Leayenworth
boy only IS yeors old, murdered his
companion, Guy Smith, Rodgers fed
but was arrested at Hanover,
John Fore, carpenter, committed
suicide by jumping off the Argentine
bridge into the Kaw river He had
been having trouble with his wife,
One of the best speeches second
ing lirynn's nomination In the demo-
cratic national convention was by
John II, Atwood, Of tenyenworth,
ES.Gov Morrll's son Frank took
the honors Of his class in graduating
from the Harvard law school last
week, lie will practice law in Boston.
The remains of Noble l., Prentis,
who died from n stroke of paralysis
at la llurpc, ILL.,, wore inferred in
Elmwood cemetery, Knnsns City, Mo.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Henry Hopkins of the First Con-
'gregatonOl church,
The Wichita Eagle says the Kansas
wheat crop "is large enough to have
fed AlcNOndcr's army when II con-
quered Persia" Yes and then some,
Alexander had less than 100000 men,
The surplus wheat in Kansas win feed
22,OOO,OOO men for one year. Kansas
City Journal,
John s. Baker, well-known sport
ing man of central Kansas, died re-
Gently Al SalinN, Baker was 81 years
OF age. and was one of the interesting
characters OF central Kansas, lie
came to SullnN in 1867, and was after
wards elected marshal of Salina. He
was once wealthy, but had met with
reyerses,
independence has another new pa
per- which Is the second paper TO he
started in that city the last month.
II Is n weekly publication, published
by Lester Brown, It will be repub-
licnn in politics and will be published
every Thursday, Independence now
has seven newspapers two dailics and
five weekly papers,
+, y. Coburn ON Kansas; "An un-
dulating, fertile plain, 400 miles long,
2lO miles wide, 52,OOO,OOO acres, ,ir-
tually all tillable, with an attitude
of $50 TO $500 feet, sloping upward
to the west; without mountains and
without swnmps; in the favored zone
for hcNIthiul climate and maximum
production of cereals, fruits aud live
stock with n minimum of effort
While at Hutchinson the other day
Gov. Roosevelt was handed a bulletin
Of the reported massacre Of the for
cigncrs in Pekin. He expressed him
self Ns very much shocked and dis
tressrd at the report Of such terrible
news aud agreed with reporters
suggestion that II portended the end
OF China us China is now, He added;
"lhe truth Is that we will never have
permanent peace in the world until
the civilized nations have in some
shape expanded over the barbOrous
ones or until these have become civil
led
T., Clayton, Of Peabody, was MUIR
dcred the other night at Gencseo.
Robbery is supposed to have been the
motive, Clayton had been working in
the vicinity of Gencseo for some time
ms n harvest hand, One night he was
in u restaurant and displayed II roll
of bills while paying for his lunch.
Next morning his body was found a
short distance from the town, on the
railroad track, with bullet hole
through the forehead The clothing
had been rined and all vnluables
taken. There were evidences Of a
struggle near the spot,
\ Kansas City paper recently con-
tanned this item; Lieut., Col, Ed Little
and wife, Of Kansas, attempted to as.
tend the afternoon session Of the con-
vcntion yesterday, At the door ONO
of the officials of the convention hit
Mrs, Little IN the eye. Col little
thought the assault was intentional
and proceeded to show fight, y mum.
Der Of Littlc's friends chunccd to ne
present. They looked upon the affair
os Il piece of brutality and joined
Little in rcscnting It,, There was no
pitched battle, although the Insult
and indtgnity was rather eNtraor.
dlnary
\ young man recently presented
himself at the county clerks Office
in Yates Center with II big bunch of
wolf scalps 26 in all, on which he at
tempted to collect bounty Had he
been successful he would have made
Il pretty big haul The large number
of scnlps in his possession made the
commissioners suspicious, and the
contradictory stories he told con-
iirmed the suspicion, Later he was ar
rested, He gave his name as w. D.
Mcqueen, saying he was from Kan
sas City and that the scalps were
shipped to him from that place to
work of in the manner attempted.