Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-07-07
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Sumner county's wheat crop is esti-
mated at 1000, 900 bushels.
Hutchinson charges distributing
depots for liquor 1900 year.
A bicycle thief who took one from
Abilene was caught at Wichita,
The Swedish Baptists of Kansas have
held a five days conference in Topeka.
Mrs. Jake Maidin, of Rose Hill, But
Ter county, has been left SIC, 900 by a
relative in the east.
Erwin Moore, aged 10, was drowned
IN the Arkansas river, near Arkansas
City, while bathing.
John Dean, of Sumner county, visit
ed the county seat last week for the
first time in five years.
Steamship agents are in Kansas and
Oklahoma engaging wheat shipments
by the gulf routes.
Bellevil1e has voted S24 900 for the
purchase of the water works plant
owned by a company.
Bishop Warren, of Denver, presided
at the dedication of the new $4,000 NJ
E. church at Fredonia.
A loss of So, 500 by fire occurred in
the burning of general store at Lam
caster, Atchison county.
The 37th annual catalogue of Kan
sas Agricultural college is out and is
very interesting reading.
Governor Stanley and c. c. Cohn, of
Wichita, went to Milwaukee to get
pointers on street fairs.
DR.. ]. T. Crosby. of Arkansas City,
went to South Africa with cargo of
mules. He got $500 for the trip.
A hail storm destroyed the corn
crop in section covering the line be-
tween Douglas and Shawnee counties
In Harper county some fields were
not ploughed before wheat was put in
with disks. Such fields have yielded
25 bushels to the acre.
Cherokee county had SO hours of
almost constant rain last week. Wheat
An the shock was injured. Trains
were delayed by washouts.
The Missouri and Kansas Telephone
company put half dozen telephones
near the entrance of the convention
hall in Kansas City for free use.
Father Leary, Catholic priest at
Chapman, claims that his dog watches
the church and is church property and
is therefore exempt from taxation.
The completion of the convent at
Concordia and improvements on the
Catholic church there, are to be done
this season, at cost of about $40, 900.
Danford, the Kansas bank wrecker
of the SOS, who skipped to Canada,
has been recognized in Wyoming, as a
canvasser for Paris exposition pic
lures
Cuba, Republic county, has a 1000
barrel tank upon 5O-foot stone eleva-
ton, with four inch water main and
an organized volunteer fire depart.
ment.
The state school fund interest for
the fiscal year ending June 80 amount
ed to 1851, 1862. 80. The next apportion.
ment to the school districts occurs
August Is.
A Kansas man interested in cattle
and feed has just made trip through
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He says
there will be an increased demand fol
Kansas hay in those states.
The 34th national encampment O.
the G. A. R. in Chicago, August $3.50
will attract many from Kansas. Head
quarters for Kansas have been secured
at the Leland hotel. Free lodging i
provided for at the Second regimen
Rrmory.
Governor Stanley has named as dele
gates to the National Prison congress
at Cleveland, Ohio, in September; JOIN
D. Milliken, Mcpherson; Harry Lands
Galena; D. M. Fisk, Topeka; ]. 3
Tomlinson, Lansing; Eva Harding
Topeka; f. W. Blackmar, Lawrence.
Alfred ]. Boyd fell from freigh
car near Leavenworth and was groun
TO pieces.
The populist headquarters at Kansa
City was early established at the Savo
hotel
Four Parsons boys were killed i
the ambush OF the Fortieth regimen
near Tagayan and three more fro1
Parsons were wounded.
The populist national committee i
session at Kansas City has $50 men
bers; three from Kansas-Simpsor
Ridgeway and Breidenthal.
Eight teachers in Paramount colleg,
Wichita, have given 81, 500 cash towar
the proposed endowment fund.
A Dickinson county farmer fe
weeks sago contracted his wheat at :
cents bushe1. He now figures ths
he lost 5000.
Chris Waters, an old Reno count
farmer, was running traction engiI
hauling a separator. While climbir
n hill the engine stalled, ran bac
wards and caught him between Il
two machines. He lived until ne:
morning.
Prof. E. r Nichols has been electt