Free press., 1901-10-05
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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his apples in his orchard for 50, 900.
Five million dollars is to be expended
for new buildings at Fort Leavenworth.
Tumner county banks are full of
money; the farmers own the most of
it.
The second annual Barton county
fair at Great Bend brought together on
its second day 1000 people.
A. H. McAfee, Frisco brakeman,
had a leg cut off by the trucks of an
engine in the Wichita yards.
Missouri parties have leased land
near Laneville, Labette county, for the
purpose of starting a distillery.
Ernest V. Tuttle, an old citizen of
Salina, is dead. He was member of
The state permanent school fund has
taken $27, 900 of township bonds, Wood
son county. There is yet in the fund
s275, 900 uninvested money.
J. A. Myers, Rock Island brake
man, was throwing a switch in Topeka
when he slipped and fell and the train
struck him, MASKING his head.
Smith, the Redfeld barber, who was
driven out of that town for speaking
>disrespectfully of President Mckinley,
tries other locations and is regularly
asked to move on.
Charles Sanders, foreman of the C. G.
G. ranch, east of Pea body, was attacked
by large gray wolf which lacerated
him in terrible manner before he sue
ceeded in killing it.
There are exhibited in store windows
at Wellington fur garments labeled
from $125 to $500, with others at smaller
prices. Goods of this description find
sale in the families of the wheat grow
,ers.
John A. Fleener, of Arkansas City,
has sued the Ancient Order of Pyra-
anids for SIS, 600 for injuries which rem
dered him a cripple for life; the injuries
being received while he was being in
itiated.
A man is selling bogus life insurance
policies purporting to be issued by the
Phoenix Insurance company, of New
York. He sells to farmers. Several
victims have been robbed by him in
Lyon county.
The True Eleven is the name of a
new colored social organization in
Atchison, formed for the purpose of
elevating the morals of young colored
people and promoting higher standard
in social affairs.
Geo. Welsh, city marshal of S. Marys,
was shot, probably fatally, by man
named Williams who had been arrested
for beating his wife. The marshal
dunned him for his fine and was an.
swered by the shot.
The Farmers Elevator at Rush Cen
ter was opened with procession of sc
loads of wheat. from north of Bison
headed by the A. o. u. w. band, with
the Star Spangled banner floating
from many of the wagons.
A 12-year old son of Herman Dorm
bush, of Marion county, tied the rein!
of a team around him and went to sleeI
in the wagon. The team ran away
and dumped the wagon into a pond anC
perhaps fatally injured the boy.
E. B. Todd, whose home is in Cuba
has come to Kansas as a student of tn,
at the Agricultural college. His father
Z. b. Todd, went with Funston to figh
for the Cubans and was made a captain
After the war he sent for his famil,
and remained there.
Miss Grace Perry, of Girard, is ap
pointed by Governor Stanley to tn
scholarship offered Kansas in tn
School of Industrial Art and Technica
Design in New York City.
A jury in the Cloud county distric
court refused to bring in verdict O
guilty when boy was tried and proves
guilty of horse stealing, because he wa
just too old to be sent to the reforr
school for second term and woul
have to go to the penitentiary. The bo
then stole a horse and wagon and is i
Jail again.
They are done figuring on Sumne
county's wheat crop in 1901, and decid
that 5000, 900 bushels was raised an
harvested on $40, 900 acres.
Professor II. s. Carr, of the electrica
engineering department of Kansa
university, has resigned from the facu
ty and will go into business at Clevt
land, Ohio.
One of that breed of takers calle
travelling doctors. got in his graft o
parties in Chautauqua county and
boarding now at the expense of til
county in Jail.
Simon Bomguards barn near Cantor
Mcpherson county, was burned. tt
gether with four horses and sever;
tons of hay. The loss is So 600.
Judge Joseph w. Ady, a prominer
attorney, formerly of Newton, Kan
died at Colorado Springs, September .
of confumption. He was 55 year
age.
]. II. Dye of Clearwater, was run o,
of Wichita for making disrespectful +
marks about President Mckinley ar
for proclaiming he was an anarchis