Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-07
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

California wheat prospects are ro-
ported exceedingly fine.
Wheat on the chicago market is now
OF slow sale and avery slim commission
business,
Ex-Governor 81. John Is now attend
Ing 10 his large interests in Missouri
coal fields.
Brigadicr Generals James II. Wilson
and Fit1hugh Lee have been placed on
the retired list
The New York Sun says that j. II.
burton reminded the New Workers. of
Roscoe Conkling,
The Big Four railroad system has
advanced the salaries Of It's telegraph
operators l9}i per cent,
The business portion OF Park River,
N. d., Is destroyed by fire, Loss over
100000 with only partial insurance.
Governor Shaw, Of Nebraska, Is send
ing out warnings TO sheriirs of that
state against permitting prize fighting.
The American Biscuit company has
given It's employees IN opportunity to
become shareholders in tho trust on
vnrv fnvhtn hlo tnrtnu
The interstate commerce commission
has ordered n reduction of 20 cents
ton on coal on shipments to points in
Kansas and Nebraska.
A saloon man has put in claim to
have the cost refunded of the stamps
destroyed with the beer which he said
had been "nationi2cd."
The coffee and sugar war has been
settled again; this time with an adj
vance Of onc'half cent per pound on
coffee. Jobbers will be pleased
An auction sale of Angora goats at
the Kansas City stock yards disposed
of 1900 hundred Of them. The high
est price paid for ewes was Sl9,5O
Senator Edward O. Wolcott has re-
signed as member of the Republican
national committee from Colorado, and
Archie NJ. Stevenson has been dcsig.
mated as his successor.
William NJ, Evarts is dead. He has
been very feeble for several years and
for time was nearly blind. This
greatest of American lawyers Of his
generation was 50 years Of age,
Fifty years ago, on March A, Galusha
A. Grow first took scat MS member
Of Congress lie served IL years and
then was private citizen for n third
Of century, returning to congress
again in 1894, lie 10 now &c years old.
The Hereford sale in Kansas City
disposed of 902 head for S59,5jj. Tho
COW Cleopatra brought 81, OlO and tho
bull Pretorian 1905.
John Julian, but little more than 81
years of age, was sentenced by Judge
Wofford, of Kansas City, to 40 years in
the parliamentary 'or robbing man
of &c. So and locking him up in his leo
chest
Sir Cavendish Boyle has been ga.
zetted governor of New Fouudland in
succession TO Sir Henry McCallum,
appointed governor of Natal,
The new reduction plant at Colorado
City has commenced work with $50
men. The plant comprises 10 build
ings covering acres The cost Is
$75O,OoO. 1t will treat Cripple Creek
ores.
Rev. Henry Blatchford is dead at the
age of 9s. His life was spent as mis-
sionary with the Chippewas of the Lake
Superior region.
Striking coal miners at Gallup, N.
NJ. have been enjoined from in any
way interfering with negroes who have
taken their places.
The new Illinois apportionment law
gives Chicago more than one-third OF
the voting strength in the legislature.
Magistrate Crane, of the Harlem, N.
Y. police court, advised the police to
"go into any place where they are sure |
there are gambling games, batter
down the doors, smash partitions and
clean the place out from cellar to
attic
The railroad telegraphers' paper pub
fishes list of ITO men who refused to !
go out on the Dolphin strike and asks