Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-12
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A traction engine is used in Ottawa
70 pull the road grader.
The St. Marys Catholic church made
clear 81 800 at church fair.
Phillipsburg complains of the water
which is furnished to consumers.
The graduating class in the Fort
Scott high school has six boys and 1s
girls.
The Kansas State Social Science Fed
GRAFTON held three days meeting in
Winfield, beginning May 1.
During recent storm at Fort Scott
lightning damaged the Catholic church
and several other buildings.
Work on sinking a new coal mine
has commenced between Leavenworth
and the penitentiary at Lansing.
Evelyn Louise Lease, late of Wichita,
won the prize at the annual debate in
the Normal college in New York.
The penitentiary report shows that
30 convicts were received during April
and IS prisoners were discharged.
The board of education of Emporia
has let contracts for the new school
house, amounting to about 81, 900.
One trainload of cattle have reached
the pastures of Wabaunsee county and
10000 are expected there by May 10.
Oakdale park at Salina is naturally
one of the finest and whole lot of
work is being done on it this spring.
Owen Sawyer, II years old was at
the old boy trick of jumping on a NOV
ing train in Pittsburg and lost his foot.
Seven Germans of Greenwood county
have fled the required afidavits to ex-
empt them from bearing arms and from
all military duty.
VIM. NJ Kilbure, a Reno county
farmer, has an automobile which he
uses in his trips to town. It is assessed
as being worth 5000.
Fifteen girls graduated from the st.
John high school. A banquet of the
Alumni was addressed by Frank Mel
con and Claude Duval.
In little less than thirty days after
the total destruction of their plant by
fire, the Arkansas City electric light
company was enabled to turn on their
incandescent circuit.
William Waite, Missouri Pacific
fireman, while crossing the Flint hills
was working the cinder lever of the
engine and fell backward off the ten
dor He
T. D. Coburn, who is the official
treasurer for the India relief fund,
received 156 money orders IN one day,
all from points in Kansas except one
from Idaho and one from Texas.
Kansas has 1,3OO,OOO acres planted in
crops that are practically unknown
IN the states east of the Missouri river.
These crops are: Kafr corn, 5s3, 600
acres; fodder sorghums, 449. 900 acres;
alfalfa, 27s, 900 acres.
farmer near Guelph, Cowley coun-
~, lost cows and calves from hydro
phobia. Stock in the neighborhood
which are supposed to have been bitten
have been quarantined. Dogs were
killed by the wholesale.
Stillwell, the promoter general of big
enterprises, has taken charge of the
completion of the big lake in Barton
county. When completed, together
with its outlet irrigation bitches, it
will give water to crops in several
counties.
The postmasters of Kansas viii hold
q convention in Topeka May 81 to 90:
its object being the betterment of the
postal service in this state.
The Santa Fe in putting down a deep
well at Lakin, found two-foot vein of
bituminous coal at depth of 100 feet;
considerable oil appeared before strik-
ing the coal.
The Arkansas rivers second freshet
reached Kansas on April 30. The heavy
rains in Colorado found Kansas wet
and the water moves along. Bridges
were said to be in danger
Five negro miners are under arrest
value of $50 and other stolen property
was recovered.
w. /. Etherton, of Wellington. was
struck in the eyeban with a piece of
wire hanging from a tree, putting out
his eye. He will sue the city for dam
ages
Ex-Governor George W. Click has
been nominated for congress in the
First district by the Democrats. Bailie
Wagner was his opponent in the con-
vention.
Lee Monroe is the presiding judge in
Wallace county; his father, Cyrus Mon.
roe has a suit against the county for
money advanced on county scrip and
his wife, Mrs. Lily Day Monroe. is the
attorney for the father; all constituting
. queer case.
Secretary 7. j. Anderson has secured
free transportation from the railroad
from Buffalo and Pittsburg to the sea
board for all the Kansas corn which is
being given for starving India. he
expects to secure free rate from Chi
eago and perhaps from Kansas City.
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