Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-02
KANsAs ITEMS or INTEREST,


SainA has had two trials under the
llurrell law and In both cases the jury
failed TO convict
II Ia now stated that the Orient road
will miss III Dorado on account oi
grades on that route
The last list Of regular army lleuten'
ants mas nine Kansas names; all OF
them popular at home,
telephone war between the two
telephone companies in Emporia has
reached the stage OF wire cutting.
Secretary Coburn is the author OF a
book on alfalfa which is being pub
lished by the Orange Judd company,
Topeka has had 2li fires in the past
year Of which 40 were inccndinry, nc.
cording to the opinion Of the fire chief,
Judge lIa2cn has u hard knot to un-
raycl and has taken time to make up
his decision on the mayoralty contest
IN Topeka,
Agents for the purchase Of cavalry
horses for the British army visited
Wichita making selections, They want
1000 Of them
Senator Burton win not interfere
In the appointment Of postmOstcrs in
Kansas except in the Third congress.
sional district.
The general store at Ransomvlle,
Franklin county was looted Of much
goods. The robbery was done in the
night No clue,
Mrs, Wiley Trother, aged 90, OF
Hutchinson, made attempts TO take
her own life; first with aconite and
second with razor
Prof, ChrismNn, OF the Emporin Nor.
nal failed in reelection to his position
for the reason that in his lectures he
argues that man never loves.
J, NJ, Whitaker, the Labettc county
cattleman came back from Mexico to
attend his daughters wedding and will
remain at his home at Montana.
Topeka is to pave thirty.one blocks
with vitri6cd brick this year. That
number has already been contracted
for Last year 81 blocks were paved,
The Union Pacific railroad company
has filed an application TO increase its
capital stock from sl9G 900, 900 one mil
lion dollars more, The fling fee is the
largest ever received by the state Of
Kansas, being $40 200,
H. A. Parker, first vice president
and general manager, and w. Il. Dau.
chy, general engineer of the Rock Isl
and are on n trip of inspection be-
tween Chicago and Fort Worth They
worked through Kansas, entering the
state on the 22nd Of April,
ES'Congressman Melvin A. Baldwin,
who killed himself in Seattle, came to
Lawrence after the civil war and was
assistant superintendent of the Leav-
enworth, Lawrence a. Galveston Il. r.,
and when j, S, Kalloch resigned the
place of superintendent Baldwin sue
ceedcd him, and held the place until
the Santa Fe absorbed the road.
VIM, Edwards, OF Jewell county,
started for Hot Springs to recruit his
health. On his way he switched into
the Kansas City stockyards and stumb-
led on to good bargains, as he believed.
At any rate he bought fine jack; also
n carload of horses which caught his
attention. While the horses were be-
ing loaded he saw thirteen Belgian
hares and took the lot, BY the time
he reached home he was as we'll as he
well as he ever was in his life.
The womcn'members OF the churches
OF Topeka for colored people are start
ing movement for colored orphans
home
Joseph CLANCY, near Burns, Marion
county, was run over and killed while
attempting to stop a runaway team
with two women in the buggy His
back was broken.
The State Sunday School association
is to meet in Topeka on May l4.lG,
The program for the meeting will be
printed by the commercial club. The
association includes all denominations.
The tax commissioner of the Frisco
line starts on Sunday after church
with all the state officers, taking them
to Arkansas on fishing excursion.
The agatite works near Mulvane
have suspended operations because the
raw material near the surface is ex.
hausted, that is near enough to be
worked proftably.
Waverley suffered from fire on
April 90, which destroyed millinery
store, two restaurants, feed store and
the office of the Waverley Gazette, Loss
mostly covered by insurance,
Salaries Of certain of the city officers
in Wichita have been fixed as follows
Mayor, $1,000; city attorney, S1,9Oo
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