Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-05
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF,

General Miles has had the headquar-
tiers of the army ornamented with
pictures of distinguished warriors and
famous battles
The Dewey Fund committee has de-
cided to purchase home for the ad-
miral in Washington, and makes a
final appeal for subscriptions
Imported negroes are being shipped
to Ardmore, No, to replace the strik-
ing miners
The Indian uprising in Mexico has
assumed large proportions The
United States has granted Mexico per-
mission to send troops through Texas
to the scene
J w Bailey of Texas says that En-
gland and America have entered into
an alliance. both offensive and defen-
sive
There is a demand for harvest Ia
borers in the Northwest
a Carthage attorney was arrested at
Galena, Kan, on the charge OF kid
MAPPING.
Governor Barnes removal rumors
are again rife
An 11-year-old girl was hanged to a
tree near Bonham, Tex, while her
father was at work. The citizens of
the country are frenzied- a woman's
revenge is supposed to be the motive
Suspicion points 70 a couple, but the
sheriff fears to make an arrest as a
lynching would follow
- A woman was murdered and her
husband wounded by unknown as
sailants at Little Rock.
Many new railroad lines are in
process of construction in Oklahoma.
1t is supposed all Western roads
will dissolve traffic relations with the
Pittsburg Sc Gulf
A New York firm has bought the
SO. 600, 600 subscription bonds of the
Chicago & Alton.
Thirteen species Of animal life have
been drawn from one hydrant in
Chicago.
Eastern capital is seeking invest
ment in the lead and zinc fields of
Missouri. Two more corporations
have applied for charters to do bust
ness in the state.
Mrs George S. Norton was buried
sitting n her old armchair at Pawl-
n j 1t was the oldest funeral on
record.
Miss Mayme Spalding, niece of
Bishop Spalding of Peoria, Ill,
eloped with Robert NJ Lysle of that
city, a Protestant and divorced man
| They were married in Chicago
Bert Kimball, an aeronaut, was
drowned at HilIsdale. Mich His par
achute dropped into lake
Albert r Parsons, Chicago, soa of
the late Anarchist Parsons, was ad-
Judged insane and ordered sent to the
asylum at Eigin-
Paul Corcoran, the striker charged
with the murder of Joseph Cheyne. in
/ connection with the Wardner strike,
was given seventeen years in the pen
itentiary by jury At Wallace, Idaho.
4 he Populist state convention at
! Frankfort, KY, nominated john g.
| Blair of Nicholas county for governor
| and adopted platform indorsing
| Wharton Barker. Philadelphia. for
| President and Ignatius Donnelly,
/ Minnesota, for Vice President
The Mccormick Harvesting Machine
company is erecting a $500, 900 Irvine
mill at Chicago.
There are indications that the Pres
ident and Secretary AIger have ar
ranged a truce whereby the war sec
rotary will remain silent and the adj
ministration keep a neutral position
in the Michigan Senatorial fight
Consul McCool1 of Dawson City re-
| ports that about SO, 900, 600, instead
| of $50, 900. 900, as expected, will be
taken out of that district this season.
One thousand Italian contract la
borers. en- route TO Hawaii, will pass
through the United States. Congress
failed TO apply the immigration laws
to the colony.
Automobiles are causin g many acct
dents in European cities, and laws to
regulate their speed may be enacted
Seth Lowe announces that if the
Pope is permitted to join the peace
convention he will insist upon GEN
eral Booth of the Salvation army re-
ceiving the same recognition
President and Mrs. Mckinley are at
Lake Champlain on a months vaca-
ton.
The Guatemala Central railway has
been bought by a New York syndicate.
Both the Santa Fe and Frisco have
completed lines to Blackwell, Ok
The new insane asylum for South
east Missouri will be located in Stod-
dard county.
The St. Louis street car companies
have consolidated Capital $50, 900. 600.
Andrew Carnegie offers to give Fort
Worth, Texas, $50. 700 for a public
library
Judge Otis of the United States dis
trict court at St Paul has decided
that express companies cannot be
compelled to submit a statement Of
gross earnings to the railroad com
mission Of the state
The Southern Kansas of Texas viii
comply with the law 81 opsa SAno-sl
Offices IN the state