Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-13
THE LATEST NEWS III BRIEF
Admiral Sampson Il slowly dying,

The gang Of professional posscrs OF
forged checks has been working Kan
sas City, Mo,
A thousand Maoris, Of New Zealand,
havc volunteered 70 join the British
army in South Africa,
The Standard Oh Company has do.
clarcd another quarterly dividend Of
twenty million dollars,
A large mill of o. lumber company at
Stamps, Texas, 30 miles north Of Tex
arkana, is destroyed by fire,
The navy department asks an appro-
priAtion 10 experiment ON the use Of
Texas crude oil for the navy.
The Cruiser Brooklyn has been or
dered home from Hong Kong to New
York by way Of the Suez canal.
The worlds visible supply Of cotton
Is 4,5O3, 337 bales; Of this the total Of
American cotton is 1850, III bales,
The Sultan OF Turkey has ordered
his brother-in.law shot lie is not in
Turkey and is likely to stay away,
S, NJ. Edwards, for % consecutive
years probate judge at Mexico, Mo-,
has resigned ut the age Of 90 years.
An independent glass company of
P!ttsburg, Pa, has voluntarily adj
vanced the wages Of It's unsliilled men
ten per cent
The Good Roads convention Of New
York state asks the Legislature TO ap.
propriNte S2O,OOO,OOO for the improve
ment Of highways.
Department regulations prohibit the
receiving or considering of political
endorsements, in the selection Of rural
route mail carriers
The German census of 1900 shows
l7,siS citizens Of the United States re-
siding in Germany, This is an addition
Of 1000 in five years.
The Philippine department of in
struction is preparing school Of teleg-
raphy, to train civilian successors to
the military operators
Because Mrs, Secretary Long is
lover of home the fashionable people of
Washington do not approve Of her, but
the nation loves her for 1t.
And now 1t is said that the Santa Te
and Rock Island are wrestling for the
Mexican Contract which extends from
FL Paso to the City of MeXicy,
Steel for bridge work and steel rails
will have to be made Of imported steel
billets next summer Orders are in
excess of posi- BILE home supply
For n year or more there have been |
dispatches published about the Presby-
terian creed revision committee, but
not one of the dispatches has given |
even hint of what they are doing or |
propose to do.
The postmaster at Washington, Pa,
says that much mail matter Is addressed |
to his office TO the names Of high Off.
cials in Washington, d. G. Much other
mail is received for Washington, d. c.,
people but the postmaster, not know
ing them, can only send their mail to
the dead letter Office.
The circuit court at Cadillac, Mich.
declares the state law prohibiting the
sale of uncolorcd oleo to be unconstitu-
tional.
The NJ. e, presiding elder at Mexico,
Mo-, explains the decrease of member
ship in the conference by saying that
Western real estate agents have en-
ticed the people to immigrate,
Prince Henry, of Prussia, expressed
q desire TO place a wreath on the Lin
coin Monument in Chicago, and plans
will be made for impressive ceremonies
on the occasion.
Secretary Hitchcock has asked con
yress to increase the salary Of Tom
Ryan, his first assistant, from "a, 500 to
80, 900 year.
A steamer reached New York the
other day, from Porto Rico, with
,7s0,650 cigars on board. This Is the
argest cargo ever received from Porto
Rico
Mrs. Ed. Kushner and two children
we're burned to death in their home at
Waterloo, Iowa. Another was fatally
burned and three others injured. An