Hutchinson gazette., 1901-08-01
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

The telegraph line to Dawson will
be completed on August /.
The uniform temperature in Nam
moth cave is s. degrees Think Of it,
The congressional delegation to the
Philippines arrived at Gibraltar July
90.
There were in Kansas City on July
@9, eight deaths from heat and 10 pros
trations.
Six deaths and nineteen prostrations
from heat occurred in Kansas City ON
July "a,
Politics in Hawaii now centers on
the proposition to annex the islands to
California.
The strike OF tho steel workers has ,
raised the price of the plate from 20 to
30 per cent,
A heavy general rain fell in the Mis-
sissippi valley in Minnesota and re-
lieved the heated spell,
The Orient grading gang which has
been at work. in Emporia is now at
work in Chase county.
During heavy rainstorm at Chilli
cothe, Mo, several buildings were
damaged by lightning.
The heat ON Saturday, July 20, beat
the record in nearly all the states exc
cept on the Pacific coast,
Fruit and produce dealers Of Phila-
delphia receive many orders from sec
tions of the middle west.
A big dry goods store in Sioux City,
Iowa, was burned by fire started by
the sun in u show window. There
were several people injured.
In the U. S. court at Omaha the city
of Beatrice is held for the payment OF
bonds which were issued in excess Of
the statutory percentage limit
The striking machinists and car
builders Of railroad shops in New Jer-
sey want to return to work in a body
but are told that they must apply as
individuals.
The appellate division Of the New
York supreme court declares the law
invalid which forbids parties other
than authorized agents to buy and sell
railroad tickets,
A water spout at Cisco, Texas,
washed away ten miles Of the Texas
Central railroad. An engine went
through bridge. and engineer Thos.
Beene was killed.
London, streets were flooded by rain
and hail with incessant lightning. Tho
water entered buildings over sidewalks
and the underground railroad trains
were stopped by water
The Chicago and Alton has been un-
able to secure sufficient water for its
engines and much freight has accumu.
lated in its yards,
A Tennessee friend of Pension com.
missioner Evans saysth that Evans would
be glad to give up his Office but will
not leave it in the face of the fight be-
ing made against him.
Ottawa university is to have new
$500 building to contain chapel
room, four recitation rooms and three
society halls. This is in addition to
the new college building.
An Egyptian boat, supposed to be
4,5Oo years old, was dug out of the
bottom of the Nile and shipped by ex-
press to New York, whence it went by
rail to the Carnegie institute at Pitts"
burg. 1t is about 20 feet long.
In ST. Louis there was reported 40
deaths and rs prostrOtions from heat
during the "a hours ending at II p. m.
OF July ei
Secretary of State Caleb Powers, OF
Kentucky, will have new trial by
order of the court OF appeals. The
trial will probably occur in October
Ricevillo, Iowa, has been practically
wiped out bv fire.
Pettis county, Benton county and
the cities Of Carrollton and Kansas
City, Mo, report good rains on Mon
day, July 99, On Sunday all Missouri
observed the governors proclamation
to pray for rain
general" Jacob S. Coxey apostle OF
labor, is at the head of new steel
corporation, being the chief stockhold-
er of plant just starting at Mount
Vernon, Ohio He says he supposes he
will have trouble with the unionA