Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-01-19

point.
The deposits in the Fourth National
bank of Wichita reached 81. 17O, 900 one
day last week.
There were 3O3 carloads of salt
shipped from Kingman in two sncces
sive days recently.
Representative T. L. Wise, of Reno
county, died in Topeka. He had not
been present in the house.
Senator Noftzger has bill before
the legislature for the protection of
stockmen against cattle thieves.
The Quindaro university. (colored)
asks the legislature for $685. 900 for
maintenance and improvements.
The legislature escorted the remains
of Representative Wise to the train, en-
route for Columbus, Ohio, for burial
Senator Tapp, of Sedgwiclt county,
took high place in the Kansas Gro
GERS association, at their annual meet
ing in Topeka.
The Acme creamery in Dickinson
county is destroyed by FIRE. Loss,
SO, 500; insurance 81, 800. 1t was a CO.
operative creamery.
The Kansas Improved Stock Breeders
Association adopted resolutions urging
the legislature to appropriate 100000
for the 1901 exposition.
Joseph Norman, farmer and stock
dealer of Dickinson county, sold mort
gagged cattle and ran away. His cred
itors are out about Sd, 900.
C. F. Allen a Memphis conductor at
Fort Scott, has been a law student
during his railway service and viii
soon be admitted to the bar.
It is figured out that the city of Well
ington is S2,O75 to the right side of the
ledger from its own waterworks during
the first six months of its use.
Dell Valentine, clerk of the supreme
court, says that it will take three adj
ditional clerks to take care of the in
creased business in his Office.
The Kansas penitentiary is still
quarantined against visitors and con-
victs are not permitted to be taken
there without a vaccination certificate.
Kansas Agricultural college is crowd
ed there being almost LOO students
enrolled and attending classes. 1t is
expected that the enrolment will reach
1900.
Atchison does not feel like voting
Sc, 900 of bonds for colored school hous-
es on the GROUND that the negroes do
not take advantage of their school
privileges.
The several divisions of the appellate
court are just now employed in assort-
ing and packing up their papers and
records, to be turned over to the SUI
preme court.
John Fl. S. Lee, formerly of Topeka,
son of John NJ. Lee, formerly president
| of the college of the Sisters of Bethany,
in Topeka, has been made assistant
states attorney in Illinois.
Seven barns belonging to w. 7. So
den are burned at loss of SIS, 900, with
little insurance. instantaneous combus-
ton of alfalfa is charged with causing
the fire. The fire was in Lyon county.
Congressman Bowersock is asking
for SIS, 900 for a federal building at
Lawrence. He tells congress that
Lawrence stands second, next to Tope-
ka, in amount of business done in Kan
sas postoffices during the past year.
Senator Cubbison, chairman of the
committee on cities of the first class,
will champion bill to tax franchises.
A bill giving cities the right to tax
| telegraph and telephone poles will also
be pressed; also bill giving cities the
| power to regulate charges for water
and light.
| The double header matter will be
tackeled in the legislature. Represen-
tative Nelson, of Neosho county, has a
bill to prevent any railroad from haul
ing more than 20 freight cars in one
| train.
The farmers of Pratt county, it is
said, have made enough off their wheat
| pasturage rentals to pay for all expense
of putting in their wheat crop, inc1ud.
ing blowing, seed and seeding. Their
| cattle, on account of the wheat pas.
turage, are in better condition than al
the opening of winter.
The mining products OF Kansas in
1900 are estimated by Professor Ha.
worth at SIS, 222, 02s.
Grandmother King. of Minneapolis
now 1O4 years old, lives with her son
Rev. ]. L. King, who is a grandfath-
| err.
When Jay Gould was lad James
Oliver, of Burlingame, was his school
teacher and every Christmas Miss Helen
Gould sends the old gentleman a re
membrance token. This year he re
ceived a check for 500 from Miss
| Gould.
Miss Jessie Morrison, of FL Dorado
is visiting her sister, who lives on {
| farm in Butler county.
The first settler of Lincoln township
Dickinson county, located his claim
in 1859. During his journey in wager
to the claim, with his wife and baby