Free press., 1901-08-24
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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The Santa Fe shop extensions will
add about l., 900 to the population of
Topeka.
It is becoming frequent in Kansas
banks to discover bills of national
banks of Honolulu.
Ida Mcclure, aged 10, a farmers
daughter of Cherokee county, took
strychnine and died.
Railroad men whose runs are in both
states say that Nebraska corn is not as
good as Kansas corn.
Mr. Dold says that it viii take eight
months to fully complete the new pack
ing plant in Wichita.
Howard Black passed forged checks
at Newton and when arrested he plead
guilty. He is youth.
Attorney General GODDARD decides that
the railroad commissioners have power
TO make and enforce rates.
Kansas now has 333 rural free deliv-
cry mail routes and there are 393 ap-
plications for new routes pending.
A movers horse died in independence
and in Is minutes enough money was
raised to supply its place in front of
the prairie schooner.
J. j. Jordan, of Fort Scott, is nego-
tiating the marketing of the $4,000
bushels of apples on his farm in the
v0a ~ of
Thirty-five butchers at the Cudahy
packing house in Wichita struck and
were out one day. The killing was
done all right by men of other depart
ments.
J. A. Ward, an amateur photographer
of Salina, won the prize offered by Sec
retary Coburn for the best picture of
Kansas wheat fields. The picture will
be used for advertising purposes.
Sergeant Barnes, of Junction City,
drew a claim in Oklahoma and proposed
to sell out and go to the claim. Mrs.
Barnes, failing to change his purpose,
attempted suicide, but her life was
saved
"When some of the men folks of this
section are called to their fathers, says
the Anthony Republican, ''they are
going to leave the best looking and
best fixed, financially, lot of widows in
the state.
John Q. Thompson, of Pratt, has
been appointed as one of the assistants
to United States Attorney General
Knox. Mr.. Thompson has practiced
law throughout Southern Kansas for
many years.
Tom Leftwich, of Larned is charged
with sending the associated press a wild
story about lightning striking the coffin
in which a child was being taken for
burial, tearing off the top of the coffin
and bringing the child to life.
Harry Shady, son of the city marshal
of Larned, was caught in the betting
of threshing machine and his left
arm was torn off at the elbow The
muscles were pulled out to the shoulder.
1t is doubtful if he will recover.
The new tax law prepared by the
legislative committee, has provision for
letting the holding of state funds to
two banks which will pay the highest
interest on it: the banks to be any
where in the state and to be heavily
bonded.
Cofrey county claims ten bushels aver
age yield of its corn crop which will
make million bushels. Farmers are
looking for stock to feed.
Dynamite exploded in a barn at
Edna. 1t was kept there for use in
blasting well. 1t is believed that
rats gnawed it. The barn was com
plet9ly demolished.
Some farmers of Miami county are
buying back the cattle they sold when
they were scared and are paying sc
cents hundred advance over the price
they received for them.
The mayor of Parsons has at last
turned over that $4,000 received fol
bonds, to the Katy company. The rail
road buildings which were concerned il
the transaction are to be completed
within six months.
William Kern of Baldwin was driving
four horses to disc harrow and wa.
killed by lightning, with three of tht
horses. There was no rain.
The new elevator being erected in Sa
lima to replace the one recently burned
will be one of the largestt in the state
with capacity of 20, 900 bushels
Ms. John Springer, of Brown eonnt!
has won fight she has been maxim,
for two years and has secured pardon
for her husband who was serving
term for statutory rape and bastardy
She never believed her husband guilty
Work is going on for the erection o
the addition to the Ottawa university
John D. Rockefeller and the citizen
OF Ottawa and the Baptists of Kansa
together contributed 500, 900 for thi
work. The new building is to be @
stone. 6s by 100 feet and modern i
every way.
A Medicine Lodge man whose cor
crop was failure has three tons c
grapes for sale.
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