Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-08

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awe on Pool Grinstead. Any Kansas
country editor who can get $500 for
his support or who even has the
nerve to claim that he did is certainly
entitled to a great deal of respect in
his profession.
Cheap Rates via Santa Fe.
For tie Democratic Conference held
at Topeka, Kansas, March 80, the San
ia Fe will sell round trip tickets to
Topeka for one far Tickets on sale
March 90 and 30. good to return to and
including March 81, 1899.
L. r. DELANEY. Agent,
Wichita, Kansas
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe are selling tickets to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF $50. 80.
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S2S. So. For particulars call
on or address, L. r. DELANEY, Agt.,
Wichita, Kans
Cheap Excursion Rates via Santa Fee Route.
State Encampment, G. a. R., Sons of
Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps, La
dies of G. A. r. and Ladies Aid Socie-
ties, held at Hutchinson, Kansas, April
24-3O; one fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale April 24-27, good to re-
turn on and including May 1st.
1, r DELANEY pent
Only 81. IL: Only S1.41: Only SILL!
Kansas Musical Jubilee, Kansas
State Sunday School Association,
Hutchinson, Kans For these events
the Santa Fe will sell tickets to Hutch
inSon and return for one fare-S1. fl
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
May S. 10 and May Is and 10. Good to
return until May IL and May 20, 1899.
L. R. DELANEY, Agent.
Excursion to San Francisco. Cal, via the
Great Santa Fe Route.
On May Is, 16, II and Is the Santa
Fe will sell tickets to San Francisco
and return on account of the National
Baptist Societies meetings at the rate
Of one fare for the round trip-S6O. 90
limited for return to July 18th, 1899
The Santa Fe's California service is
unsurpassed. having two trains daily
from Wichita, leaving $50 a. N. and
7:1o p. N. L. r. DELANEY, Agt.
Honeseekers' Excursion via Santa Re
Route
On April 4th and Is, May I'd and 16,
and June 9Th and Goth, the Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets at the very
cheap rate of one fare for the round
trip plus So. 90 to all points in Arkan-
sas, Arizona, Indian territory and New
Mexico. These tickets will bear going
limit with stopover privileges of fifteen
days: final return limit twenty-one
days from date of sale Before pur-
chasing tickets you will do well to call
on some representative of the road
reaches all points of importance-The
Great Santa Fe.
L Il. DELANEY, AGt.
There was a great roar at Atchison
when the committee saw the John A
Martin monument It was broken
column and the committee made a
great fuss at first, saying that it had
paid for a whole monument and want
ed it.
A Wichita young man Who leaned
against a wire before finding out
whether or not it was alive is now dy-
ing. There is great wonder that he
was not killed instantly. The WIRE
carried 2,75O volts. But a Wichita
man is not easily shocked.
a man is going through Kansas
with one OF the old machines which
turns out greenbacks when fed blank
paper. Some day he will meet man
who don't read the papers, and unload
the outfit on him.
At Atchison 4,612 voters registered,
the largest number in the history of
the city. Leavenworth- also broke all
previous records with 9,136 names on
ing the population of the two towns
give Atchison, 1926; Leavenwortll,
2O,657.
| Captain J. T. Grinstead. veteran of
| the civil war whose pension of $50 a
month was Topped off because he en-
listed in the war against Spain, Will
| endeavor to have it restored
The Union denies the report to the
effect that the gas pressure at Hum
boldt is playing out. It states that
the greatest trouble with Humboldt
gas is that it is not used enough The
supply is sufficient for extensive man
ufacturing plants, but there is little
used beyond what is consumed in the
! city for light and fuel
The anti-buclzet shop law has gone
into effect. 1t was thought that If
would not be printed for a month yet,
but owing 20 the holiness of the buck
ct shops it was thought best to have ii
printed at once so that they would be
Scompelled to go out of business
Sam Hill. Coffey county farmer,
has already planted ten acres of corn.
Probably every one in America has
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