Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-10-06


The appellate courts of Kansas all go
out of business on January 1, 1901.
The Coffey county fair was postponed
until this week on account of the rains.
Marshall county farmer has just
sold 900 bushels of old corn at 3134
cents.
The Photographers of Kansas met in
Representative hall in Topeka, Sep
TENDER &c.
Reno is credited with more bearing
plum trees than any other county in
the state.
Counterfeit nickels are plentiful
in the towns along the southern Dor
der of the state.
The ninth annual convention of col
ored Baptist churches was held in To-
peka last week.
Congressman C. I. Long was called
to Brownsville, Mo. to the funeral of
his oldest brother.
A company has been chartered fol
manufacturing gas and gasoline en-
gines at Cherokee.
6The Kansas Society of the Army of
the Philippines was organized at the
Hutchinson reunion.
Frank C. Goudy, nominee for COVER
nor of Colorado, formerly lived in JEFF
ferson county, Kansas.
| The enrolment at Baker University
is nearly four hundred; nearly one
| half are new students.
The official count shows an attend
ance at Kansas Agricultural college of
| So Last year it was 639.
Miss Laura Kimball. of Burlington,
accidentally shot herself in her left
breast with rife. She may live.
Verdigris river was on tear four or
| five days last week. 1t was out of its
! banks in many places, doing much
| damage.
The Glasco State bank, with paid
up capital of $4,000, has 500, 900 on de-
post, of which s4 per cent belongs to
| 1877 farmers.
The new Catholic church in Beloit
is contracted at $4,000 to Topeka
firm. To finish and furnish the build
ing will bring the cost to $50, 600.
Ten Missouri Pacific freight cars
went into the ditch, west of Sedan: six
! of them loaded with wheat. Eight
cars were totally wrecked. An IN
| known tramp was killed.
George A. August, Topeka clothing
merchant, committed suicide in New
York a few days since. Six months
ago his wife procured divorce, since
which his business has been bad.
Miss Martha D. Kaufman, of Abbey
| vile. Kansas, has been appointed
teacher at the Western Shoshone school
Nevada. and Miss Frances E. Atner. of
Ehingham, Kansas, has been appointed
teacher at Round Valley, Cal.
A Galveston family came to a Kan
sas town with communicating dog
which was much loved and cared for
During the great storm the baby of
the family was swept off the porch and
plunged into the food and rescued the
child.
The convention of county clerks held
in Emporia, named the following as a
committee on legislation: S. w. Swim
neg, Cherokee. chairman; c. f. Hobbs,
Usage; ]. A. Davenport, Franklin, j.
G. Rudy, johnson; W. E. Wood, Sum
ner; John 81. Cain, Sedgwick; A. d.
Rummel, Sherman; John a. Carnell,
Norton: Fl. E. Peach, Lyon; John NJ.
Wright, Shawnee: S. S. King, Atchi.
son.
The Santa Fe announced in advance
that special trains would be run to the
, Wichita street fair from Kiowa and
from Pratt
Orson Kent, of Burlington, has held
commissions as notary public in Kan
sas since 1859, the first bearing the sig
,, nature of Governor Medary, a terri
torial governor.
j. r. Ralston. who formerly conduct
4 ed the Detroit, Dickinson county, Press
:. was attacked by Eli Bushev and Sc
into Bushey's cornfieId.
r Jack Gossage. of Baldwin, dreamec
# at the hour of the destruction of Calves
s ton, about his son, who was there. H
went to Galveston, but found that h
n had been crushed by falling bui4dinI
n while helping two comrades out of tn
d hospital.
d Toronto and vicinity experience
destructive winds on the night of Ser
e TENDER %. Richard Williams hous
n was torn to pieces and his mother wa
Is injured. Barns, fences. etc. wer
n damaged. Thirty tombstones wer
wrecked in the cemetery.
J. The freshman class at Washbur
r. college is expanding $500 to equip il
+ foot ball team.
7. r. Harrison, formerly postoffic
in