Hutchinson gazette., 1901-10-10
THE LATEST NEWS III BRIEF.

The Pan-Amcrican exposition is 20
close on October 81,
Y, Jardt Kruger, son Of Paul Kruger,
who surrendered TO the British, Is dead.
The price of telephones in business
places in Chicago has been raised to
sl7J year,
1t is reported at Berlin that Japan
will raise loan of so million yen in
the United States
The Nebraska NJ. II. conference voted
to admit women as lay delegates to the
general conference.
A whole week was devoted TO carni-
val mummeries at the Pan.American
exposition at Buffalo,
Very many readers have probably
forgotten that VIM, Mckinley was gov
ernor of Ohio for four years,
Atlanta, Georgia, IL seems probable
will be the first city in the country to
erect n monument TO President Nc
Kinley,
Miss Bell HAgner who acted as social
secretary to Mrs, Mckinley has been
chosen to the same service by Mrs,
Roosevelt.
The bulletins posted by the Kansas
City Journal during the Yacht race all
come by long distance telephone from
New York
The Santa Fe announces five more
OF its homeseeker excursions for 0cto-
Der 10, November and 10 and Decem-
Der and H..
The secretary Of the treasury has
announced his intention TO discontinue
the purchase of bonds for the sinking
fund for the present
The monthly report issued by tho
department of agriculture shows the
average condition of cotton at the end
of September to have been Ola per
cent.
Miss Helen Long, daughter Of Secre-
tary Long, died at the home of the
family in Massachusetts,, on Oct, 4. She
died of pulmonary trouble of long
standing.
c. Il. Thomas, of Independence Mo-,
has been appointed superintendent OF
the live stock division OF the st. Louis
Worlds fair. Mr.. Thomas is secretary
Of the American Hereford Breeders
association.
France and Russia seem TO have
agreed on a way to force Turkey to
pay the French claim. Now it is as
serted that the Kaiser has joined these
two powers and that the three will
close in on Turkey.
DR.. f. II. King, now professor Of ag-
ricultural physiology in the university
of Wisconsin, is appointed chief of tho
division in the bureau of soils, in the
department of agriculture.
Few presidents Of the United States
have had middle names. The list is
composed of John Quincy Adams,
William Henry Harrison, James X.
Polk, Ulysses s. Grant, Rutherford B.
Hayes, James A. Garfield and Chester
A. Arthur, seven in all, So says the
Kansas City journal. The Journal
forgets Stephen Grover Cleveland.
Abner McKinley's resemblance to the
late president is so striking that it is a
shock to anyone who now sees him for
the first time.
The conference of Methodist minis
ters of Kansas and Missouri, brought
out the size of pay they receive. 1t was
shown that their average pay was 5000
year.
The U. s. mint is preparing to coin
three cent pieces of nickel. 1t will
be readily distinguished in handling as
it is to have hole in the center cover
ing nearly one-half its size.
Count Won Waldersee, late command
er-in-chief of the allied forces in China
suffers from bad,sore on his leg and
has no appetite. He is growing worse.
The Rev. Doctor William G. Gray,
editor of the Interior, Presbyterian
organ, is dead, at the age Of 10 years.
He was with the Interior for over 80
years.
Irl R. Hicks, the weather almanac
man, predicted "a regular Vulcan
storm extending from the first Of
October to the sixth" Has any one
seen 1t about 1t must have got lost,