Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-16
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST,

full OF people,
Fred Beauchamp, farmer In Paw
nee county, died Of heart disease while
milking In his barnyard,
The war department has ordered the
establishment Of permanent recruit
Ing station at Fort Scott.
AG. A. r, monument costing $3.50
will be presented and dedicated at
Peabody on Decoration day.
The Medicine Lodge Odd Fellows
have decided to surrender their char
teri an extremely rare thing
The Kansas State bankers associa'
ton will hold the llth annual conyen'
ton at Lawrence on May $3.50,
The Union Pacific bNlasting, worlS-
Ing from the east, will probably be
finished to Sallna obout May 25
A large number Of grafters were run
out Of Oklahoma City last week, the
most OF them coming into Kansas
The trial Of Jessie Morrison Ia the
first on the docket Of the term of court
In III Dorado, which commences on
June IL.
station A, Of the Wichita postoillce
has been established on the West Side
in Wichita, Another carrier is added
10 the force,
A large and commodious Catholic
church Is being built at Waterloo, near
the line between Sedgwick and King
man counties
Ed Elltins, Charlie Howard and Her
bert McCarret, broke Jail in Great
Bend They are chnged with robbing
country store.
A pair OF Kansas jack rabbits have
been sent TO Alaska to be placed on an
island where II Is believed they will
thrive and multiply
The Wetmore girls band raised $500
at an entertainment and will now visit
st. Paul and have ther pictures taken
under Minnehaha falls.
Colonel John c, Carpenter Of Chanute
is much talked about now because he
preferred to refuse two appointments
rendered him by the president.
John Scott, a farmer OF Coffey coun-
BY, was out killing crows, While
crawling through fence his rife was
discharged and he received the bullet
in his stomach. The wound was con
sidered fatal
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Lowery, Of Ok
ford, are held by the coroner's jury for
investigation Of the charge of killing
their baby, The child's stomach was
analysed at Kansas City and poison
was found, Lowery was locked up
Members OF the G. A. r. in Kansas
are renewing their complaints against
making Memorial day general holi-
day given over to frivolity They say
this ia their last protest and II It is
not needed Memorial day will be done
away with.
The w. c. r. U. OF Wichita have
.o,,,o ., Aha ,,,nI,,pi,,, Nh,I N,g Ma
ton is insane and that something
ought to be done for her The last in
cident inducing the belief in her in
sanity was that of her whipping the
jailor and trusty, giving them both n
strong desire to get away from her
The criminal case against Mrs, Nation
was passed over when dates were fixed
for trials and IL Is believed that this
indicates u trial of her mental condition
instead.
Frank Clark, who is charged with
criminally assaulting his l5.year-old
sister in Sumner county, was brought
back to the Sedgwick county Jail for
safe keeping, us there were indications
of lynching party being formed at
Wellington,
j. B, Hoy, an old soldier OF Eureka,
was candidate for street commissioners
and has sued the mayor under the new
law, because the place was not given
to him, Others who wish the law test
ed have promised to see the case
through the supreme court.
The principals of the county high
schools met at Chapman and formed
permanent organization.
N, A. Stull, Of Doniphan county,
teaches school, has preaching appoint
ments somewhere every Sunday, has
delivered lectures in every town in that
part of the state, writes for uewspa-
pers, plays the piano, can do any kind
of work including saw fling, and is
always ready for call for any of his
accomplishments. He does all sorts of
things except sitting in the sun whit
tling on pine stick
A tramp shot at Conductor Al Powell
of the Rock Island, near Perth. lie
was soon arrested and taken to the
Jail at Wellington.
Samuel r. Hutchison, a prominent