Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-11
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

from balloon at Laporto, Indiana,
and was killed.
The town OF Williams, AriG, is prac.
tlcally destroyed by fire. Loss is esti.
mated at $500, 900.
President Dlas attended tho Fourth
ofJuly celebration held by Americans
In the City OF Mexico
President Mckinley and his wife left
Washington on July 0 to go to their
home at Canton, Ohio.
A 100000 Baptist church in Cleve-
land, Ohio, was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground.
The union depot to be used by tho
Southern Pacific and the Katy at Fort
Worth viii cost over 100000.
Tho Harper creamery has been de.
stroyed by fire. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000 Fire started in u pilo OF coal.
The Kansas State Fair association
has leased the fair grounds belonging
to shawnee county for ten years.
Fifteen eastern manufacturers have
cornered all the broom corn crop OF
1900 and raised the prices to Sl2O q
ton
Over 200 hogs, sheep and cattle died
from heat in the cars at the st. Joseph,
Mo-, stock yards on the afternoon OF
July o.
Andrew Barnes, n farmer near Chill.
licothe, Mo-, was found burned to
death where he had been fighting
prairie fire.
II was estimated Mt 1880 n, m, OF
July 4, that there had been COO deaths
from heat in Greater New York, in the
six days ending then.
The formation Of the plow trust is ex.
pected TO put out Of service 100 travel
ing men, OF which number one.halt
line in Minneapolis, MINI.
The Hawaiian house of representa-.
tives has sent TO the senate u concur.
rent resolution aslsingfor the annexa.
tion OF Hawaii to California.
The shortage in tho San Francisco
mint consists of 100000 which was in
$50 gold pieces in six bags. They are
missing. N'
Carlton Meyers, Muscatine, Iowa.
boy, got tangled in the ropes hanging
from n balloon and clung TO them
until her was carried five miles and
dropped unhurt The crowd made up
n purse of SlO0 as reward for tho
boys bravery.
A salmon packing house trust has
been formed which includes 80 compa'
nies which control. nine-tenths of tho
salmon packing OF the Pacific coast,
Secretary Wilson encourages the pro.
duction of sugar in this country, which !
imports sugar valued at about ono-halt
OF the agricultural products exported.
The betting ring ut Overland park
near Denver was crowded with people
when the wind lifted tho roof and
dropped it back upon the crowd. About
n dozen people were seriously hurt
A small boy of New Haven, Ct., put
the muzzlc of his toy pistol into the
bung of IN empty whisky barrel and
fired. The boy, pistol and barrel were
sent lsiting, injnring the boy badly
and causing damage from flying pieces
of the barrel. tiI
Strikers attacked workers at the
Smugger Union mine ut Telluride,
Colorado, and in the fracas three men
were killed and ten more wounded.
About 100 of the workers were driven
over the range into 0uray county and
warned never to return.
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, died
at Aberdeen July 1, from malaria.
An M. L. church in Albany, N. Y.
burned and Jewish temple was
offered for the use OF the NJ. u. con-
gregation. Both congregations as
sembled together at an evening service
and the Jewish rabbi conducted the
service taking for his text from Jere'
miah 30, "Seek and pray for the peace
Of the city"
Eighty-tlve Cuban teachers will at
tend the summer school at Harvard
college