Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-15


The Arkansas river is having it's
June rise early. It was out of it's
bank at Lakin on the first day of the
month.
There are jobs and jobs and Kansas
has taste of them all. There is now
an expert cleaner of safe locks working
in Kansas
DR.. Knudson, of Baker university,
has been offered the chair of English
Bible in Boston university and will
probably accept.
The Missouri Pacific has purchased
20 more acres of land at CoffeyviIle for
switches, storage tracks, shops and
600, 900 bushel elevator.
Seventeen men of Arkansas City have
subscribed $3.50 each TO fund and pro-
pose to see what is under them, at
least to the depth of ; 900 feet.
Judge Hazen of the Shawnee county
district court has refused to grant Mrs.
Nation new trial and an appeal will
be taken to the supreme court.
Jasper n. Wilkinson, who has been
with the Kansas State Normal school
since 1884, has been elected president
to succeed A. r. Taylor. resigned.
Judge A. J. Wyatt, of Wichita, re-
ceived serious injuries in a runaway in
Colorado. Judge Wyatt was solicitor
of the short-lived court of visitation.
Mrs Adelaide O'Brien, of Wichita,
took poison because she was jealous of
her husband Will she feel better
about it lover there" where she has
gone.
Frank Terrill, of Salem, Sedgwick
county, was the first to commence the
wheat harvest. His crop is early May
wheat, is very fine and will make a
good yield.
The Rock Island is building a new
freight house in Topeka, to be of brick
and 30 by 100 feet. A portion of the
building is to be two stories, 80 by So
feet, for freight offices.
Chancellor Frank Fl. Snow, of Kan
sas university, has resigned. He has
never been in good health since his
son. San Francisco newspaper re-
porter, was drowned in the harbor
there.
The ballots of the Topeka city cleo
ton are being counted by commission
ers appointed by the supreme court.
They are instructed to finish the count
by June 20. They draw $40 a day
each.
Preston B. Plumb's daughter Ruth
and s. c. Brewster, of lola, are mar
ried They were fellow students at
Kansas university; he graduated in
1890 and later ne served in the Goth
Kansas.
The accumulation of six months OF
liquors in the Topeka city Jail was de
stroyed by the chief of police. 1t con
sisted of II kegs of beer and several
cases of liquors. Several old topers
shed tears.
Miss Barbara Spindler was kindling
fire at her mothers home in Yelling
ton, using either kerosene or gasoline,
and was burned up with the house
Her mother was badly burned in an
attempt to rescue the victim.
II. T. Rand1e. of Pratt county, pre-
pared his wheat land by listing deep
1y, then cultivated down, narrowed
thoroughly and put in the wheat will
drill. His wheat stands waist high
is knee high.
Guess the Topeka Capital hit it of
right when it said that the Emporis
normal school was 1.-The greatest train
ing school for teachers in the world.
Kew. j. D. Ritchey, of Wichita, de
livered the class address to the young
lady graduates of the college of thu
Sisters of Bethany at Topeka At tn
Junior day exercises the SUNSHINE
prize offered each year for the CIR
having the sunniest disposition, wa
given to Miss Zerelda Barringer, O
Omaha. All the students were Judge
in this contest.
soup bone cost lola S1e; so tn
Register complains. a woman left j
to boil and went down town. The fir
under the kettle lasted longer thai
the water in it and dense smoke re
suited which brought out the fire de
partment
Charles Holmes, young man of Il
son of Thomas Holmes, a job printe
of Wichita, was with a private picni
party near the Little Arkansas rive
in which they also bathed. Holme
was taken with cramp and wa
drowned.
r. E. Torrington, a railroad ma
who worked in Wichita for years, an
was later connected with the Roc
Island passenger department at Kal
sas City, has been appointed city pa
senger ticket agent in St. Louis.
The Kansas penitentiary shipped
one day on orders from farmers an
dealers over 400 tons of binding twin
The Irvine plant is turning out 1870
pounds day. selling at II cents
pound. This price clears enoug
profit to pay interest on the money Il
state has invested in the plant
Kansas corporations are mp again
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