Free press., 1901-11-30
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


his arm in the machinery and it was
terribly mangled.
It is stated that there is more gin
shipped into Phillips county than of
other liquors. There are many Hol-
landers there.
o. E. McElfresh, has resigned his
position as postmaster at Usage City,
and has been appointed inspector of
free rural delivery routes.
Major G. w. Young, of Newton, sent
a well worded acknowledgement of the
assistance given there by the Wichita
fire department, at the recent fire in
his city.
Seven miles west of Winfield an old
miner claims to have discovered gold in
paying quantities. There is quartz in
a ledge and gold in the sand along a
creek.
Warden Jewett says that the records
of the penitentiary will show that the
longer judge serves the more merci-
full he becomes toward the offenders of
the law.
The Kansas State Grange will hold
its annual meeting in Topeka on De
cember 10. Governor Stanley and Su-
p&intendent Nelson have agreed to
make addresses.
Topeka has opium dens and in the
absence of a city ordinance the police
cannot disturb them. Chief Stahl has
prepared an ordinance which he sub
mits to the city council.
A Wisconsin man offers to rid Kan
sas of prairie dogs for 500, 900, payable
when a majority of committee of %
prominent citizens of the state says he
has performed his contract.
The school population of Kansas is
sos, 854, which is greater than the com
bined school population of North Da-
kota, Montana, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut.
Forty Dickinson county farmers have
had telephone connection with all the
towns in the county circuit, and be-
yon1, for some time, and there is no
doubt that the number is doubled by
this time.
Gen. VIM. Crozier has been appointed
chief of the ordnance bureau with rank
of brigadier general General Crozier
grew up in LeavenwOrth, Kas. He is
the son of Robert Crozier, ex-United
States senator.
Two hundred of the convicts in the
Kansas penitentiary take daily papers
and many weeklies are received there
The news of the escape of the &c from
the federal prison caused much interest
in the state prison.
One advantage of telephone connec-
tion among the farmers is the oppor-
tunity given to spread the news of a
new graft to the neighbors. Lightning
rod, grocery order and kindred swindles
can be headed off in that way.
A soldier, supposed to be from Fort
Riley, killed two men in the street at
Junction City, with no provocation.
He met E. L. Cooper in the middle OF
the street and put bullet into his
right temple. City Marshal James
White was near by and started toward
the scene but the soldier cut an artery
in his neck with bullet before he
came near the soldier. White died i'm
mediately. The soldier emptied his re-
doing this he yelled and repeated 81
want to die" He disappeared and
posses were sent out to find him.
Wellington decided by majority o:
32O, in a comparatively light vote, tc
issue SIS, 200 in bonds for a city electric
light plant 1t is proposed to run the
plant in connection with the water
works system recently purchased by
the city.
First Lieutenant Fred r. Fitzpatrick
has been elected captain of Company NJ
Kansas National Guard, to succeed
Captain C. T. Milton, retired. Fitz
patrick is about % years of age, and i
probably the youngest militia captail
in the state.
F. A. McA1ister, farmer of Osborn
county, has kept tab on his wheat crop
for five years During that time h
has raised 10000 bushels of wheat o.
100 acres of land, or an average of ,
bushels an acre for each year.
A local paper tells of an assault by
woman in church at Harper, at tn
close of the service. A young lad
laughed and the old lady thought sh
was the party laughed at; so she slappe
the yonng lady and stuck hat pi
into her couple of times The wound
came near being serious
a head end collision occurred q
Pawnee south of Fort Scott, on tn
Frisco and seriously injured two ladie
Mrs o. S. Purton being one of then
Fred Wellhouse, whose orchards al
in Leavenworth and Usage COUNTIES
realized $4,000 for his apple crop ,
this season. His orchards cover l, ST
acres.
Superintendent Couser of the India
school service has been transferre
from the Fourth school district to IL
First which includes Kansas and Ol1l
homa-
Mr.. Kemper, of Butler county, hs
eleven acres and 20 rods of alfalfa, tn