Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.


~ the Yaqui Indians continue to
rome in. The Indians are driving
cattle to the mountains and are pre-.
pared for long siege. The Mexicans
are waiting for the arrival of artillery
before making an attack.
State Secretary Lesueur has accept
ed the petition Of Populist Candidate
Hale in the Eighth Missouri Congress,
sional district. and his name will ap
pear on the official ballot.
Alto Pass, Ill, has a s'breathins
springs" curious natural phenome-
non.
A tidal wave damaged property tc
the amount OF s., 900. 600 at Valparaiso.
Chilli. ~
a children's home at Chattanooga.
Tenn. has completed arrangement
to receive fifty Cuban girls, raise and
educate them
1t is reported that Mrs W b.
Perot. charged with abductinp her
daughter, Gladys. from Baltimore to
London, has agreed to surrender the
child if the extradition proceedings
are withdrawn.
The weekly crop report for Missouri
shows excellent prospects The apple
crop will be about one-half the aver
age Flowing conditions are good
large crop of hay has been made. Cot
ton is generally good
The Mormons. through President
Rich of the Southern Mission, VIII
appeal to the Governor OF Kentucky
for protection from mobs
Diplomatic relations between Kan
sas and Missouri have been resumed.
Tom Burlington was elected chief
Of the Cherokees This is considered
a victory for the progressive element
ii the nation.
Pine Bluff. Ark, proposes to OWL
its street cars and electric light plant.
The Y. NJ C. A at Peoria, Ill, is
disrupted because several white mem
bers object to the negro members
bathing in the bath tubs
Texas flood sufferers have received
aid directly from King Humbert and
members of the nobility of Italy.
Awoman probably will be placed in
charge of the Lake City, s c., post
Office, which has been closed since the
negro postmaster was driven out of
town
P. D. Armour has sent messages to
Chicago announcing his complete re-
covery from the illness that forced
him to go abroad He will return Oc-
tober l.
Bettina Girard, formerly reigning
belle of Washington and later we'll
known actress, was sent to Black
wells island for three months for al
coholism.
L is believed that Secretary Alger,
acting on the advice of friends, will
temporarily retire from politics
The Missouri lead and zinc report
shows an active demand, with in
creased sales and shipments.
Government authorities raided
counterfeiters' dea at Sedaia- Two
men and n complete outfit were cap
tured.
Dr. A p Buyly of st. Joseph has
been appointed superintendent of the
/ Colorado insane asylum
A Chicago professor quotes Scrip
ture to show that the kissing bug
aeralds the destruction of the world.
a Quincy, Ill, ressauranteur refused
to serve food to negroes and they viii
sake legal action against him
A fierce race war has been raging at
| Paragould, Ark. It was rumored that
negroes were to be imported to re-
/ place strikers a vigilance committee
anticipated any such attempt by driv-
/ ing out all the negroes in the town
! and looting their homes.
In pitched battle at Greenville, s
c., between blacks and whites, ono
white man and five negroes were
/ wounded.
The Mexican government has mo-
bilized its main body of troops in the
Yaqui territory and will begin unre-
lenting operations for the exte-minG-
tion of the Indians
The NJ, K & T investigating COM
nittee into reported crooked1ess at
! the Sedalia railroad shops, found no
basis for the reports
Wiley Bum. self confessed murder
er of Farmer Allen Martin, in 1898, at
Summerville, cut his throat on = train
near Jonesboro, Ark
Seventeen persons were killed and
seventy three injured in the railway
collision at Juvisy, near Paris.
France.
Lewis w. Iddings, secretary Of the
/ United States embassy at Naples en-
tertained Admiral Dewey at banquet
at Hotel Royal
The new asphalt paving trust seeks
to absolutely control the paving bust
! ness of the country. 1t has q capital
/ of SIS, 600, 600.