Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
STATE NEWS pARAcRAPHED.


Free ural delivery has been estab-
hshed out OF Beloit and Hutchinson.
Rural free delivery service vii be
established on October 1 at Belvue,
frankfort and Randall,
DR.. II, A, Pickerell, of Beverly, ar
rived In Salinn TO be treated for the
hiccoughs. He had tried more than
80 remedies without avail,
Il Is the talk at fusion headqunr-
ters that Tully Scott, the democratic
nominee for congress In the Sixth dis
trict, will withdraw, giving TO Dr.
John b. Dykes, the popuIlst nominee
n clear field against W. A, Reeder, the
republican,
Hamilton johnson, negro convict
In the state pententiory AT Lansing,
was instantly killed by the falling OF
a piece of slate in the coal mine. The
slate weighed more than 100 pounds
and struck johnson fairly on the
head, crushing his skull,
At FredoniN the other night when
Deputy Sheriff McCray went to feed
George Shull and Ched Jackson, In Jail
for highway robbery they struck him
over the head with shovel handle
After lively fight for five minutes
they made their escape.
Webb McNOll, fusion nominee for
superintendent of insurance, cancelled
an appointment at Arkansas City
rather than go up against an old sol
diers' reunion. lie said In explanation
that he refused TO speak because he
was afraid he would not be given q
respectful hearing,
The eleventh annual conference of
the colored Methodist Episcopal
church of the Topeka district was In
session at Independence, There were
many prominent ministers and church
workers Of the colorcd Mcthodlsts
present, The Topeka district COM
priscs Kansas and part of Missouri,
The population of the city Of Tope-
ka, as Officially announced, Is; 1900,
33,GOs; 1890, 3l,O07, These figures
show for the city as whole, an In
crease in population Of 1901, or $50
per cent, from 1890 to 1900, The pop
ulation in 1880 wns l5,4ja, showing an
increase Of 1855, or l00,G7 per cent,
from 1880 10 1900,
Louis Mccoy Caldwell negro, is
under arrest charged with fraud In
pension case, He made application
for n pension, alleging to have served
in company X, SiXty-siXth colored in
fnntry, during the civil war. The pen
sion department. claims that Louis
Mccoy Of Caldwell, is an impostor and
that the Louis Mccoy who served
In the army lives in Natchez, Miss.
State Auditor George Il, Cole and
Attorney General A. A. GODDARD, sit
ting as a state contest board, decided
that the two republican senatorial
conventions in the Riley-Wnbaunsee-
Geary district held recently were ir-
regular and that no legal nominations
were made by either convention. II
was contest between &, w, Me-
Knight, Of Geury, aud John +, lIessin,
Of Riley
Seven prisoners made their escape
from the United States military prs-
on at Fort Lcnyenworth the other
night, They sawed through one of
the bars Of the cage in which they
were confined and getting into the
corridor found little trouble in break
ing away the brick wall, With a rope
fastened to the bars Of the cage each
prisoner crawlcd through the hole
backward and let himself down with
the rope
Mrs, NJ. j. Wickersham, aged 20, of
Fort Scott, was killed by her grand
son, Ora G. Scott, who sank II hntchet
five times into her brain, Scott Is
but % years old and just returned
from California on account of being
deranged, He was formerly clerk
for u Kansas City commission com
pany, Scott made no attempt to es-
cape and is now in JAIL He says he
was compelled to do this terrible deed
by man who had him hypnoti2ed.
A recent telegram from Lewiston,
Me-, said: One hundred men are
securing the woods about Durham,
ten miles from here, for Miss Lizzie
Bell, daughter Of a prominent citizen
of Topeka, Kan, who in religious
frenzy has disappeared. She has
been attending Evangelist SNnford's
meeting at Shiloh where the Holy
Ghost society has temple dedicated
to the Living God, and had been suf-
fering from insanity due TO religious
excitement.
A terrific wind and hailStorm passed
over Florence and vicinity the other
evening, The wind came from the
northwest and was of n cyclonic ma
ture, trees being torn up, houses dam
aged, roofs blown Off and sign boards
scattered. Large hailstoncs fell,
smashing skylights and windows,
During the storm several small cy-
clones developed and haystacks and
cornshocks were blown away. North
OF Florence there was almost Il cloud
burst and at Oursler hail was piled
several feet high and two miles of
Santa Fe track was under water.
Lightning set fire to several stacks
of hay south Of town belonging to 7.
S. Padgett. Miss Lizzie Whitlock, a