Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-07-07
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Indiana has been having damaging
rains.
Heavy rainfalIs have badly damaged
crops in Georgia.
Heavy rainfalls have badly damaged
crops in Georgia.
From o'clock till noon there fell at
Mobile 1877 inches of rain.
Deaths from heat occurred in New
York city and in Pittsburg, Pa. on
June 81.
The government of Hayti has adop-
ted the American gold dollar as its
unit of value.
The postofices at Honolulu, Konala
and Hilo have been advanced to the
presidential class.
The Tennessee supreme court rules
out women from practice in any of the
courts of that state.
Martial law was in force at Cape
Nome long enough to run in deserters
from government vessels.
The Chinese restriction bill has been
changed so as to raise the tax on
Chinese emigrants from $50 to 500.
Ii Hung Chang's son, Lee, has pass
ed his entrance examination to Har-
ward with honors in Greek, Latin and
English.
The supreme court of Indiana held
in a case from Grant county, that the
pumping of natural gas from gas wells
is illegal.
The ancient city of Cologne recently
experienced a tornado, a cyclone,
which injured number of persons
and damaged property.
Mrs. Admiral Dewey has bought a
small island in the harbor at Chester,
Nova Scotia, where she proposes to
build a summer home.
Fraudulent collection of funds are
being made by thieves who claim to
represent national political committees.
People are warned-against such.
Fifteen thousand dollars was re-
ceived in New York one day last week
from the Kansas India Famine Relief
Icommittee and cabled to the interde-
nominational missionary committee at
Bombay.
The approximate value of vessels
built in shipyards of the great lakes
during the past year is SO, 800, 900.
Nearly all of these vessels are steel
freight steamers of $50 to 500 feet in
length and of 1000 to 5000 net tons
capacity.
The electric works and machine shop
OF Flint & Lomax in Denver, Col,
were damaged by fire June 80, to the
extent of SIS, 600.
The joint cigarmakers' unions of
Chicago have unanimously agreed to
assess each member so cents a week
for the benefit of the New York cigar
makers who are on strike The as
sessment will amount to S1,sO0 per
week. Five hundred dollars was senS
| to New York as a first iDstallment.
| Six thousand strikers will be benefited
by the donation.
| The American Smelling & Refining
company has made another advance OF
one-eighth of cent per pound, making
a second advance IN two days The
price for their lead is now ~ cents a
pound as against 81 cents, the bottom
price of the year.
The Christian Reformed church
synod of America in session at Grand
Haven, Mich, adopted resolutions OF
sympathy for the Beers in their con-
fiict with Great Britain and present
situation. A. copy has been sent to
President Kruger.
The opinion prevails at Lourenzo
Marques that twill require six months
for the subjugation of the Beers by
the British.
Washington officials wonder why
none of the commanders of the forces
of the several powers in China have
been ingenious enough to find ont
what has become of the foreign lega-
tions at Pekin.
General Chafee is instructed to look
out for the interest of the United
States in China and to avoid entang-
ling alliances with other powers
japanese journalists are forced to be
very careful of what they say of roy
atty. They get sent to jail for naughty
talk of the high flyers.
General Chaffee was stationed az
Fort Riley before the Spanish war and
since its close has been back there
He has risen from a private to Major
General OF volunteers.
The Prohibition National Convention
at Chicago nominatedJehn G. WoIley
of Illinois for president and Henry B.
Metcalf, of Rhode Island, for vice
president.