Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-04-21
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

organized a labor exchange.
: Aid for India, both in cash and corn,
is being gathered all over Kansas.
lightning killed a four horse team
at Anthony, the driver being unhurt.
A wife of 10 years of age committed
suicide in lola. No reason for the act
is known.
The members of the state board of
health have all been reappointed for
another term.
Smith Center high school has class
of twelve ready to graduate; ten of
them are girls.
Judge Stillwen opened court at Erie
but no lawyers appeared. They had
all gone fishing.
The bank commissioner is straighten-
ing up the affairs of the Citizens bank
of Yates Center.
Mrs Myrtle Cade, of Osborne, died
from the effects of poison contained in
canned tomatoes.
Every body in Baldwin helped to wipe
out the debt standing against the col
ored NJ. E. church.
Horses are bought in Kentucky and
are coming to Fort Riley in punches
for the Eighth cavalry.
Emma Gregory, of Paola was called
to the door in the night and seriously
shot with a shot gun.
There was last week seventy-fve
cases of measles in the Soldiers Or
phans' home in Atchison.
The Long-Cue Lumber company is
preparing to place more yards in the
northern part of the state.
A new string of elevators is projected
along the valley of the Big Blue, on the
Union Pacific's Lincoln branch.
The postmasters of Marion county
will meet on May to form an associa-
ton ''for the good of the cause
The Rock Islands bridge over the
Cimarron river at Arka1on was washed
out last week. 1t is 16O feet long.
The ladies of Delphos have public
library of 600 volumes and now pro-
pose to erect suitable home for it.
Mrs. Admiral Dewey owns consider
able real estate in Wichita, left to her
by her former husband General Hazen.
The stone work On the Topeka audi
forum is completed and the city hall
portion of the building is ready for its
roof
The fortieth anniversary of the mar
riage of John p. st. John and wife was
celebrated at their home in Olathe last
week.
Will Young, of Galena, was drunk
and in Jail when his wife died from an
overdose of cocaine. There are three
children.
The Kansas City and Topeka electric
line, it is said, will be running between
Kansas City and Lawrence in June and
be finished to Topeka by early autumn.
The Rock Island has been buying
ground opposite st. Joseph, in Kansas,
and it is said that its terminal will be
transferred to the Kansas side of the
river.
A ten year old girl, Katharine Lyons,
found what she thought was tin can
track and hit it with rock. 1t was a
torpedo and now she has but one eye
and is otherwise injured.
Leavenworth wakes up this spring
ON park improvements. The ladies are
TO take hold of the matter. It has be-
come quite common in Kansas towns
for the women to take active interest
in parks.
The South Haven lecture course
closed the season with over S75 on
hand. The Burlingame is also ahead
about S32, in the lecture fund.
The Scottish Rite Masons held three
days meeting in Fort Scott, last week,
and initiated 40 new members from a
large number of Kansas towns.
plat of lola was contracted for and
work commenced, in March. Since
then fifteen additions have been added
to the city and more coming. The con-
tractor does not know whether he will
ever catch up.
The new elevator between the Santa
Te and Rock Island tracks in Wichita
is approaching completion. Its capac-
ity will be %, 200 bushels of grain.
The fire departments of the cities OF
Kansas will receive about $780, 900 this
year from the tax for that purpose
levied on the fire insurance companies
State Superintendent of Insurance
w. " Church has turned into the state
treasury for the month of March $50,
$780, s. OF this sum SCI, 14s.9s wa:
from taxes. For February he turned
into the treasury $40, 100, of which $50.
STATS was from taxes.
While tearing out one of the old pier.
at the Santa Fe bridge over the Solo
mon river one of the workmen found {
large bundle of postage stamps in be
tween the rocks The bundle was com
posed of one and two cent denomina
ton stamps and contained 500 worth