Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-07-27
KANSAS n EMS OF INTEREST.


Of another school building.
The state reunion OF the q. A. R. at
Hutchinson will be held August 1917.
Electric lights have been turned on
Ia Cherokee, the plant being completed.
Rudolph Speeleier was killed by a
passenger train, close to his home west
of Marysville.
The corrected returns of the asses
sors for the city of Topeka show pop
ulation of 3s, o67.
J. j. Houston, formerly register Of
deeds of Anderson county, has been
appointed commissioner of public lands
Of Oklahoma.
In 1873 Labette coanty offered a re-
ward for the Benders and has just
withdrawn that offer after % years.
The Topeka druggist who was re-
fused supplies from wholesalers will
prosecute the wholesalers under the
Kansas antitrust law.
Topeka jointists, having lost the
backing of Kansas City men who sup
ClICLu OHA OAAOAA OOS-
fits, have quit business.
Sedgwicl1 county farmers will get
about $40 an acre for their alfalfa crop.
The second crop is mostly cut and
there will be two more to cut.
G. W. Brown, the Augusta banker,
Is the first capitalist of Kansas to go
to the Philippines to invest in lands.
He will be gone about six months
Governor Stanley has plainly init
mated that Mrs. Nation need not apply
for pardon, but that other women
who acted with her will be considered
as scparare class.
Robert Maxwell, press room fore
man of the Topeka Capital Office, has
taken out another patent on his auto
matte mailing machine, which is at
tached to cylinder press.
Prof. W. r. Carter. of the colored in
dustrial institute of Topeka, has been
rendered the principalship of the Flor
ida normal and industrial college, a
state institution for negroes.
A French farmer, of Cloud county,
went to the home of his son-in-law in
the night in an intoxicated condition.
Being mistaken for chicken thief he
was shot and badly wounded.
Samuel Shoup, of Coffey county, was
surprised by hundred neighbors on
that county 40 years, is in good health
and is as active as many men of 90.
Rabbits along the highways and
hedges of Sumner county are not safe
when Miss Myrtle Johnson is taking a
buggy ride with her rifle. Three rab-
bits to one drive is about her average.
Miss Louise Vandivert, daughter of
Ex-Judge Vandivert of the Larned dis
trict court, carried off the honors OF
her class at Rutgers college, Bruins
wick n. j. There were 20 in the class.
The weavers in the Topeka wooden
mill struck for more pay. An offer
was made to them but it did not salts
fy them. The manager then put a few
men from other department, at the
looms, as they knew something about
take the looms.
There were not enough harvester
in the wheat belt of Kansas despite
the state and railroad labor bureaus
Town people, clerks and mechanic
and railroad section hands all dropped
their employment to work in the har
vest.
]. A. Parks, of Caldwell, reports tina
over 200 wagons left there for the new
country and that the immigrants de
clare they will settle in the new coun
try whether the government likes it o
not.
The contract for the new infirmar
at the Osawatomie insane asylum is lie
to o. G. Petty, of Olathe, for s3O,5Oo.
n. Mortimer, who marketed the frs
wheat at Winfield had an average yiel
of 40 bushels to the acre of his 1O
acres of wheat, which tested "a pound
to the bushel.
Eureka is going to try again. II
first prospect boring was lost by til
breaking of its casing. There is plent
of faith there on the subject of u
innate success.
John T. Stewart, of Sumner count,
has about 145 quarter sections of Ian
which he rents. His grain rentals
Sumner county where are lis quartz
sections of his land, will amount tn
year TO nearly 100, 600 bushels of whea
Mr.. Stewart bagan his business life
a $50 clerk in Wichita abstract offic
J. w. Gill, who was secretary of t.
treasury in John Browns provision
government, now does business
Milan, Sumner county.
Engines on branch lines are dist
guished from those doing heavy sc
vice on the main line by the placing
a CIPHER before the number on ca
one.
Thugs continue to round up harve,
ers in Wellington, pretending to
policemen. They lock up their victil
in cars after robbing them.