Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-06

farmers,
! A. VI, Wilson, a lawyer OF Atwood,
Is held on the charge Of robbIng the
county treasury,
There Is no lack OF candidates to Ill
the place Of department commander OF
the Grand Army,
The Fraternal Aid lodge Of Lawrence
IL preparing TO build 5000 building
during the present year
II. A. Drake, n Missouri Pacific
brakeman, OF Council Grove, was lfilled
at Hope, lie fell from his train,
Dr. Richardson, n dentist OF Newton,
has brought suit against Evangelist
Williams for damages by slander,
The Santa lTc will reduce all grades
between Kansas City and La Junta TO
q maximum OF 81 feet 10 the mile.
The fees Of the clerk Of the district
court Of NemOha county during the
past year amounted to only $3.50,
Representatives Of 30 local indepcnd-
cnt telephone companies Of Kansas met
In Topeka 10 effect u combination,
james Markham, n Troy blacksmith,
Is 30 years old and has worked at his
trade for o. years, and IN still doing
80.
j. w, Rush, the cX-bankcr and poll
tician Of Lnrncd, died on Feb, l Mt
Lawton, Ol,la,, where he had gone on
business,
The republican state convention at
Wichita will probably meet on Mag 81
instead Of the 9sth, so that delegates
may get home for Memorial day,
The contract for painting and deco.
rating the courtroom, ante room and
judges chamber Of the Topeka, Kans,,
federal building has been awarded at
s73j.
There are 30 railway postal clerks
on the payroll Of the Wichita district,
The amount they are paid annually for
railway mail service through the Wich-
ita postohice is s33, 600,
An Emporia family expects to receive
between three and four hundred
thousand dollars, as heirs to an estate
in New York for property which was
leased for 90 years, the leasing having
now expired.
There Is an announcement made mt
Pittsburg, KOs,, that the Santa Fc will
build n line from there to Memphis;
and that the Santa Fc branch from
ChanuteNto Pittsburg will be straight
ened and rebuilt,
The republican state convention was
dated by the central committee for
May 20. Now Governor Stanley sug.
gests that the convention may extend
into the third day which would bring
it to Memorial day, and for that reason
he asks that the date be changed,
The Kansas City Southern is build.
ing II tank to hold $4,000 gallons Of
crude oil, The stationary boilers ut
the shops are to be rebuilt and
equipped to burn oil. Forty.onc loco.
motives are also TO be equipped for
burning oil to run ON the Port Arthur
route.
Kansas with people barbed wire tcle-
phones find that when connected with
the long distance telephones they can
talk with towns anywhere on their
lines. Barbcd wire phones are becom.
ing quite common, fences being used,
with wire making connections over
highways.
Mark Withers and w. Deiwcesc both
railroad men and married, were killed
by n freight ear in the Topeka yards
of the Santa Fe, They were crossing
the tracks while n train was approach
ing and did not hear the car which had
been pushed out on the track by a
switch engine,
Roth Diem, of Kingman county, q
boy of 10, was hauling fodder and
while taking gun Off his sled was
killed.
The Abilene Ladies' Library associa-
tion had book shower and received
$50 books; good editions Of current
literature.
Prof. d. o. Jones, who has charge of
the musical department of the EN-
poria public schools, and is well known
in connection with musical contests,
fell and fractured both bones of his
fore arm.
A fire ut Abilene destroyed the Office
and lumber sheds Of the Badger Lum-
ber company, u wagon shop, Il planning
mill and two carpenter shops
Officials Of the Santa t'e have been
investigating n shortage in car load
of corn and it seems probable employees
of the company will be held accounta-
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