Hutchinson gazette., 1901-02-21
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

Ex.King Milan, Of Servia, is dead,
Chilcothc, Mo-, developed ten cases
OF smallpox last week,
Over 5000 private pension bills have
como before congress at this session.
The temperature at Fort Egbert,
Alaska, is reported at 0s degrees be-
low zero.
A bill to prevent negroes from prac-
tcing law is before the North Carolina
legislature.
Tho Michigan supreme court decides
that franchises can be assessed and
taxed as property.
II Is announced that the Gould in.
tercsts win splice the Katy on the Mis-
souri, Pacific system,
Saloon suppression by women has
extended far and wide. Nermillion, S.
d, is late instance
Grazalema, forty miles from Cadiz,
suffered loss of many buildings by an
earthquake, on Feb. 10.
General S, h, NJ, Young is to succeed
General Shafter in command OF tho
department of California.
Two men are held at Joplin, Mo-,
suspected in connection with the
Cudahy kidnapping case,
The republicans in the Nebraska
Legislature, after month Of dead lock,
agreed TO go into caucus and unite on n
candidate.
An oil well just struck at Hartford
City, Ind, flowed oil, which covered
Ave acres of ground beforeit was con-
trolled.
The government at Washington
seems to be Indifferent as to whether
Denmark becomes willing to sell it's
islands or not,
The Palmer house, the Great North
ern and the Sherman house in Chicago
were set on fire about the same time
the other day.
1t Is becoming a common thing for
the people in Spain to stone the car
riages Of Jesuits, and throw stones at
their buildings.
General James NJ. Rugglcs, who
drafted the first platform Of the rcpub.
lisan party, died in Havana, ILL.,, on
Feb, 10, aged 81,
General George Nancy, of Nashville,
Tenn, died suddenly in Washington,
of apoplexy. He had been minister To-
Colombia and to Venezuela.
A scheme is talked about for the
Mo, Pac, the d. and Rio G., the Col,
Southern, tho Katy and the Frisco to
be grouped into one system.
General Maybury Prentiss known
M the "Hero Of Shilo" died recently at
his homo in Bethany, Mo-, at the age
Of 81.
Two Kansas City boys we're gathered
in by the police because they had n
shot bag containing $50 in gold, The
boys say they saw two men bury ii in
Terre Haute, Ind, and they dug it up
ard cmigrated.
The Colorado senate acted favorably
on proposition to amend the state
constitution so as to limit work in
mines to consecutive hours in q day.
During the present session Of con-
gross there have been 1000 bills
referred to the military committee to
remove charges Of dcsertion.
Chauncey NJ. Depew has purchased
SEQ, 900 home in Washington for n we'd
ding present for his niece who is to
marry Lieutenant John Adie, of the U.
$, Navy.
The session Of the federal court at
st, Joseph, Mo-, was adjourned be-
cause the Jail in which federal prison
ers are kept is quarantined on account
Of smallpox
AZ an intercollegiate oratoricOl con-
test Of seven Indiana colleges, w. o.
Tyler negro, took first honors,
Signor Marconi, on the first day Of
King Edwards reign, succeeded in
sending wireless messages from the
Isle Of Wight to the Lizard 200 miles
away. Perfect communication be-
tween the two points has been estab-
| lished.
Carlo, Illinois, has had fire which
destroyed two wholesale houses and
the building and plant Of the Bulletin,
and several smaller places