Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-06
THE LATEST NEWS III BRIEF

THE LATEST NEWS III BRIEF
Rain, slcet and snow fell throughout
Texas on Jan, 27,
The Canary islands have suffered
much damage from n tornado.
A packing house is arranged for
Denver Col, with u half million dollar
capital.
The Chicago board OF education has
reduced the salaries Of $500 grade
teachers
Thos, W, Patterson, the new senator
from Colorado, was at one time circus
manager
The transport Sheridan reached
Manila on Jaa 91, with 30 cases OF
measles ON board.
1t was arranged for China to pay its
first installmcnt of indemnity TO the
powers on Feb. !.
AT Beaumont, Tex, fine is assessed
against going near an oil well while
smoking cigar,
Wm G, Nevin, general manager Of
the Santa Fc coast lines, died at San
Joaquin, Of paralysis,
Australia is roaring because meat
contracts for the British army are made
in Argentine instead of in Australia.
Surgeons say that fevers, due to bad
water, cause more deaths in South
Africa than do the bullets of the Beers.
A covering of two inches Of solid ice
covered the southern part Of West
Virginia and the slect was still full
ing,
The highest point ever rcachcdi In tho
amount Of gold in the treasury was on
Jan. 81, 1902, when there was Slij,-
$40, ,43j.
Hearing in the U. S. supreme court
of n case involving the Chinese eXclu-
sion act, will be argued on the first
Monday in March.
Owners of more than half Of the area
of the Isle Of Pines, petition congress
to never allow the stars and stripes TO
be displaced from that island.
The sum of nearly 1900, 600 krone
was sent by postal orders from persons
in the United States to friends in Nor
way during the year 1901, CA krone is
81 ccnts.)
The Camden CO. Mo-, court house u
brick building at Linn Creek, which
cost $4,000 is burned with every book,
record and paper in it. The fire started
in II sawdust cuspidorc,
A census bulletin shows that while
the number of wage carncrS in the
printers trade increased ten per cent
between 1890 and 1900, the total wages
paid decreased one per cent,
A. Dean Cooper, treasurer of tho
Graham Paper Company Of 81. Louis,
was killed in his bath house for his
diamonds. A negro named Strother,
who had charge of the bath house is
thought to be the guilty party
Tho last surviving soldier of the war
of 1872 will be granted pension of S?j
n month by special act. lie is lO2 years
old.
Nebraska, the Dalotas, Minnesota
and parts Of Iowa and northern Mis-
souri, report blizzard as being zone OF
the heaviest"
On the New York market wheat lost
cents bushcl between Jan. o and
Jan. 27; while corn in 40 days days
has dropped cents.
Postmaster General Payne has re-
issued the order prohibiting employees
Of the service from visiting Washington
for the purpose of influencing legisla-
tion.
Lyman Il. Cooley, of Chicago, the
builder of the drainage canal, there, is
ready to take the contract for the en-
tire work on the isthmian canal, when-
ever the route is decided.
A Telegraphers' Aid Society has been
organized at Kansas City, which pro-
poses to pay sick benefit of 81 day
and $50 towards funeral expenses.
James c. Necdham, representative
in congress- was born Mt Carson City,
Nevada, in an emigrant wagon, his
parents being enrouto across the plains
to California.
The latest bank statement embra-
cling all the banks in Mexico, shows the
total banking capital to be $50, 300, 900;
note circulation, So, ,67G,G ,G2G; reserve,
$l4, 239, ,293, and deposits, SIP, 900,