Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-05-11
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF
Smallpox is raging in Indiana

Under george Gould s management
the fortune left by Jay Gould has
, doubled.
Of the 5000, 900 negroes in the Uni
ted States there are probably $500
college graduates.
Three tons of metal are handled
daily in the brass foundry at the Santa
Fe shops in Topeka
Harvard college has decided to con-
fer the degree of L. L. D. upon Presi-
dent William Mckinley.
Henry NJ. Cooper is appointed Mar
shall of the United States for the west
ern district of Arkansas.
Typhoid fever prevails in and about
Metz. One Bavarian regiment lost Is
men by it, leaving 28I sick.
Topeka capitalists will build big
cold storage plant at Bentonville,
Ark, for storage of apples.
The Santa Fe will make quite an ex-
tensive exhibition at the Pan-Am eri-
can exposition this summer.
The Prussian diet was closed by
royal edict last week The failure of
the kaiser's pet canal bill caused it.
Intense heat caused the closing of
most of the bar mills in Pittsburg, Pa.
Several workmen were Frustrated.
The hello girls of the exchanges in
Central Kansas are planning to hold a
a convention at Beloit this summer.
Jared D. Terrell, of Michigan, chief
clerk in the comptrolIer's office. of the
treasury, has been selected as auditor
for Cuba
The Santa Fe has increased its force
at San Francisco on account of the
large number of soldiers to be muster
ed out there.
Express receipts for goods to be ex-
ported are not exempt from tax under
decisions of the supreme court in the
matter of bills of lading.
Colorado's new law makes it the
province of the trial jury to fix the
penalty and the Try may render a
verdict to hang a murderer.
Official statistics show that there &C.
CURED in France, 902 strikes in 1900,
compared to 74O strikes in 1899, and
that during the year 1900 there were
222, ia working people without en-
ploymeut in France
The Rocky Mountain region has been
having unheard of rains. In Salt Lake
there was 81 inches of it. The deserts
of Utah, Southern Nevada and North
ern Arizona and New Mexico received
such drenching as was never known.
Governor Dietrich. of Nebraska. has
resigned and the first act of Lieut..
Governor Savage as successor to Gov.
DIETRICH was to sign the commission
for Senator Dietrich. The new sena-
tor will go to Washington soon.
The Fort Scott & Memphis laid off
its track and bridge hangs two days to
cut the total of the months expense
account.
Grant Gillette, of cattle notriety in
KanGls. fell into shaft at Mexican
mine of which he is superintendent,
and received serious injuries.
C. P. Fullington, of Wichita, has
pany 20, 900 acres in Meade county for
about SAC, OOO Two thirds of this land
is classed as wheat and alfalfa land.
portion of it is in the artesian well
district.
The countries with large armies have
the number of soldiers to 10000 in
habitants here stated: France, 1913;
Germany, 1O2; Russia, 100; Italy, S.;
Austria, so; Spain, 20; Denmark, 90;
Sweden, 90; Holland, 20; Belgium, SIS;
Portugal, 90; United States, 10.
Many May Day strikes occurred;
among them 1900 cooks and walters
in San Francisco restaurants; miners
in Colorado; shelters in Montana;
machinists in several cities; brick
makers in New Jersey; carpenters in
Connecticut and Ohio; plumbers in
Michigan and Ohio.
The Santa Fe is circulating pamph-
lets in Europe printed in both German
and English. It tells of the prosperity
in Kansas and of conditions existing
in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and
other states along its tracks
President Mckinley has appointed
Mr.. Pruden, one of his assistant sec
retaries. as ma or and paymaster.
a million dollar cargo has just ar
rived at San Francisco from Calcutta,
consisting of jute, buriaps and bone
meal
Admiral Dewey and other naval Off
GERS agree that the Nicaraguan canal
is to be commercial waterway, and
its naturalization therefore. Will mean
its preservation, while if it is fortified
it would be one OF the prime detectives
in case OF war.