Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-02-16

February p this year.
The Hiawatha revival closed after
securing $40 converts
The state auditor collected fees in
January amounting to S132.50.
Lyndon claims Harry Goof. Roose-
velt's guide, as former citizen
The State Society of Labor and In
dustry met in Topeka February 4.
A new national bank has been au-
thorized to be organized at Great Bend.
The postoffice at Climax, Greenwood
county, has been robbed of S65 worth
of stamps.
The 25th anniversary of the Presby-
terrain church of Mulvane occurs Feb
ruary -.
Only one farm in Salt Creek town
ship, of Lincoln county, is owned by a
nonresident.
Joab Mulvane has purchased So, 900
worth of stock in the Salina Cement
Plaster Company.
The daily capacity of the salina
! Touring mills is from 1900 to 1000
/ barrels per day.
The divorce docket of the Montgom-
cry county district court has sixty
cases already filed.
| Frank Wells, of Seneca, Kansas. has
commenced building home for him
self at Oklahoma City.
| Bank Commissioner Mort A1baugh
has appointed S. E. drummer, of Belle
vile, one of his deputies.
Three new churches have been erect
| ed in the Swedish settlement of Raw
Inns county IN the past two years.
The United Mine Workers in session
in Topeka, elected Edward Kugan, Of
Pittsburg to third term as secretary.
The people of Clearwater are deter
mined not only to be rid of joints. but
will drive out pool rooms. A mass
meeting of farmers came to this de-
| cision.
Elwood PETER. son of ex-senator PEI
fer, died at Bay City, Mich, February
8, from pneumonia. He was 26 years
old and was assistant superintendent
of the Bay City sugar plant.
Snow fell last week at Topeka, at
different times, making eighteen inches
fell. In northern Kansas trains got
stuck in snow drifts and in cuts.
The students and faculty of Friend s
| University signed petition to the
mayor and city council of Wichita ask
ing that no billiard or pool room or
saloon be allowed to run on the west
side of the city.
Newton claims to be the first town
to ''Nationalize joint Some years
ago wife went to a saloon to get her
drunken husband and was insulted
She smashed everything breakable.
The husband quit drinking.
young lady from a neighboring
town went to Leavenworth to purchase
ladies' party and when the game OF
poker was over the young lady had
lost $264, her entire wedding outfit
capital.
work when a mere boy in the lumber
yard Office of the Santa Fe in Topeka,
and later filed good clerlzships in
Wichita, Wellington and Newton, go
ing then to the general office in Chicago
has become chief clerk at Galveston.
Superintendent of Insurance Church
has received reports from thirty-five
fire insurance companies doing bust
ness in the state in 1900, and the re.
ports show that there has been reduc-
ton of four cents on the hundred over
the year 1899. This is in addition tc
the reduction of 6 cents of 1899 over
1898. The reduction that year was
about seven cents.
All the joints in Hiawatha ar,
wrecked and the proprietors have
skipped out.
The foundations for new SIC. 100
. Methodist church at lola are aImos
completed.
l ]. d. Coffey, heretofore road foreman
, of engines, has been appointed train
, master of the middle division of tn
AtchlSon, Topeka " santa re at New
4 ton, Kas, in place of r. d. Fowler
p who has been transferred to a position
in the office of the third vice presiden
at Chicago.
e The Kansas agricultural colleg
o dairy makes 800 pounds of butter
\ week.
Quahine. the Pottawatomie woma
, wt1o was killed by her husband, had
funeral in the ancient Indian style
;, A hollow tree had been cut off at tn
o proper height for the purpose and tn
coffin was put down into it, feet fore
. most and left there.
l., While Mrs. Nation was in polio
It quarters in Topeka, she received telt
/ gram from Buffalo, y. ", Offering t
pay her expenses if she would go Their,
It Reverend Ralph Newman, of tn
il Congregational church, Leavenwortl
IS was the only minister in the town VIII
is denounced the burning OF Alexande
and he also announced that unless h
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