Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-01-26

meets in Topeka January 3O-31.
The State Society of Labor and In
dustry meets in Topeka February 4-6.
The number of lodges of Elks in
Kansas has increased twenty in a
year
Mrs Nation has commenced her lee
trre tour and will continue it inde6-
nitely.
One Rice county thresher ran out of
his machine 1O2, 600 bushels of wheat
during the season.
John Emmeluth, late of Atchiscn,
has been elected member of the first
legislature of Hawaii.
The house Judiciary committee killed
the bill TO enable nine jurors to return
a'yerdict in civil cases.
Congressman Long has been invited
to address the American Protective
league in New York in February.
The lodge of Elks at Concordia, which
has has los members, claims to have
the finest lodge room in the west.
The new railroad bill before the leg
islature provides for commission of
thee appointed by the governor.
The banks of Marshall county hold
deposits to the amount of $40 for every
man, woman and child in the county.
A rural mail carrier has route out
of Lyndon, which. he figures, will
make 8,364 miles travel for him in
year.
There is a report of suffering of the
growing wheat crop in parts of Paw
nee and Stafford counties, for want of
moisture.
Judge Sl1idmore dissolved the injunc-
ton brought against Cherryvale to
prevent the building of a city water
works plant.
Cement beds were discovered at Bala
and the Rock Island is developing them.
employing 20 men at first. Land was
was purchased.
reward is offered for the arrest of
parties who destroy the posters of the
recruiting station in Wichita. It is a
penitentiary offense.
Mayor Hunter of Hiawatha resigned
because the counciImen would go to
revival meeting instead of attending a
meeting of the council.
Charles Gormally, late chief musi-
clan in the Twentieth Kansas, is
bringing a Filipino band from Manila,
will +O,,,. tho
The police judge of lola sentences
tramps to 80 days work on the streets
and gives them half an hour to get
their tools. That closes the deal.
Everett Kin1ey, a twelve year old
lad of Fort Scott, lost a leg by ampu-
tation as the result of a blow on the
shin in a game of shinney. Necrosis
resulted from the blow
Shawnee county has SO, 727 inhabi-
tants; Douglas county has 25,O96, 1t
cost Shawnee county less than one
half it costs Douglas to care for pau
pers. In Shawnee county one man
buys at wholesale all the goods that
I are SSENSu Oul W II1c pOOTs
There appears to have been mu-
tually arranged change of telegraph
operators between the Santa Fe and
some other roads since the strike. The
Santa Fe officials are certainly pleased
when they hear of one of their old
employees getting a good place else
| where.
| J. NJ. Frost, who was pardoned out
of the pen by Governor Morrill,, has
| been sentenced to another term of five
years, by Judge Simons of Fort Scott.
| His wife and daughter were also SEN
| fenced, the first for five years and the
latter for one year. What crime they
! committed is not stated.
Geo. L. Johnson has been appointed
sheriff of Clark county to take the
place of Michael Sughrue, deceased.
George W. Hoskins, of Reno county,
besides having large farming interests.
is interested in stock raising and or
chard products. He has 1000 bearing
apple trees which, in 1900. produced
81, 800 worth of fruit, with a reserve
stock left.
From Jan. 1 to Jan. Is there were 81
men accepted at the recruiting
station in Wichita. The men are sent
forward to San Francisco in squads
The congressional committee on post
roads decided to retain the fast mail
service between Kansas City and New
ton.
4 Highland man lost five horses from
eating corn containing worm dust
The animals had every symptom O.
hydrophobia and died in great agony
Lyon county has two probate courts
The old judge contests the election o
the newly-elected judge and refuses t.
give possession. The board of commits
sioners procured a room for the new
Judge and ordered a seal for him.
The annual communication of tn
grand lodge of Masons of Kansas will
convene in Wichita on February &C
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