Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-09-22

raised SITS for Galveston relief in quick
order.
One-half of the people of Sumner
county live in nine of the cities in the
county.
County clerks of Kansas will hold
their annual meeting at Emporia on
September q.
Apple packers at Leavenworth are
paying from rs cents to SIPS pei. bush
Ell for apples.
The census bureau announces the
population of Topeka as SO, COS against
81, 007 in 1890.
The first annual reunion of the
Twentieth Kansns occurs at Hutchin-
son September 27-29.
All the graduates this year at the
Western School of Oratory in Friends
college, Wichita, are women.
Ex-Governor Lewelling left his fam
lily several valuable pieces of real es-
tate and $11, 900 in life insurance.
independence is said to have COM
pleted plans for SIS, 900 hotel, to be
14O by $50 feet and have 100 rooms.
A hail storm near Lal1in cut down
growing alfalfa and ruined much of the
seed crop which was not harvested.
Gas has been found near Caney and
a contract has been made to furnish
gas for that city from the new well.
A young man of Wellington left To-
pelxa on his wheel on Friday morning
and reached his home Sunday night.
Jesse C. Raines, a Clay Center boy,
richest man of Los Angeles, California
The Delphos high school building
was struck by lightning and was
burned. Loss, 10000; insurance ST.
500.
There are 625 Indian pupils enrolled
at Haskell institute and requests for
admission that cannot be granted keep
coming in.
The secretary of the state board of
health has commenced the work of
prosecuting doctors who, he declares,
hold fake diplomas.
Captain B. Rockwell, of Junction
City, has presented to the State His
torical society, a handsome oil paint
ing of General Chaffee.
A Santa Fe freight train was ditched
between Elk Falls and Longton, caus-
ing the east bound passenger to make
a go around by Chanute from Long
ton.
George Starbuck made contract for
100 acres of Rocks county land for 4, 200
crop has paid more than half of the
purchase with one-half his crop.
On Spanish-American day at lola
| medals were presented to Twentieth
Kansas men. Captain L. S. Slower
presented the medals to the families of
those who were absent and General
Funston's medal was given to' his
mother.
About forty barns were burned in
| Topeka in the course of a month. Two
12-year-old boys have been arrested,
who are supposed to be the leaders of
a gang of young criminals; one of them
being the son of member of the fire
| department.
Engineer Peter Teller, now on the
run between Newton and Jetmore,
began work for the Santa Fe in August
1868 on the second days work done in
the construction of the road, and has
worked continuously for the road ever
since. He began firing in 1870 and has
been an engineer since August 1872
The young ladies of Wichita who
had charge of the street car lines on
September II, collected S267. 20, Of
which they have rs per cent to be divi-
ded between the Children's Home and
the Kings Daughters.
Ora G. Scott, a crazy boy in Fort
Scott, attacked his grandmother, Mrs.
w. ]. Wickersham, with Ratchet,
penetrating her skull in fifteen places.
He was seventeen years old. The boy
was supposed to be harmless, and his
| mind was first affected when he served
as subject to hypnotist.
The Reno county commissioners are
to defend the county against suit
brought to enjoin them from deciding
lands sold to the county for taxes dur.
ing the past three years. The plain
tiffs attack the constitutionality of the
| law.
It is estimated that the total wheat
yield in Ellis county is 1000, 900 bush
els and it averages sixty or more
pounds to the bushel This mean.
234 bushels to every man, woman an6
child within the county. It means
1888 bushels for each voter.
The last gas well struck at Chanutt
proves to be a gusher. 1t is said t.
discharge five million cubic feet pc,
day.
Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, one,
lived in Kansas and tramped from OF
tawa to Topeka, he says, in his bar,
feet. They have all tried Kansas.
George Emmerson and a pal wer
caught looting store in Belle PLANE