Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-13
Kansas Events
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| State Live Stock Sanitary commission,
sis not going to hurt the cattle any or
to cause any loss. The pastures this
year have been unusually good and
they remained green much longer than
/ is generally the case. AS result the
range cattle are fat and are in good
shane TO so through hard. cold win
ter. 1t is only thin cattle which suffer
from cold weather"
KANSAS AND SOUTH CAROLINA
While Kansas polled 2S7, 16s votes for
governor in this off year and 352, GOO
two years ago, and elected eight con-
gressmen; South Carolina, with about
the same population as Kansas, count
ing white and black, east IS, 295 votes
and elected seven congressman. 1t took
e2, 600 votes in Kansas to elect mem
Der of Kansas, while South Carolina
has a congressman for every 1000
votes.
APPEAL TO CONGRESS. The Kansas
State Temperance Union will try to
get law through congress to prohibit
the issuance of government liquor Ii
cense to any person who has not COM
piled with the liquor law of the state
in which he resides. The bill will be
introduced in congress by some mem
Der of the Kansas delegation, and the
officers of the union say the solid Kan
sas delegation has agreed to support
it.
LARGER. APPROPRIATIONS
ding to Auditor Coles estimates the
appropriations this winter, for the
coming two years will amount to
Si,900,O0O. Heavy expenditures are
necessitated by the proposed erection
of new buildings at the state charita-
bic and corrective institutions. Two
years ago the Legislature appropriated
about 81, $50, 600 for the two years.
FACTS ON REPRESENTATIONS ouisi-
ana, with population of ,3s1, CPS, cast
2G,265 votes and elected seven congress
men, or one congressman to 3, $50 votes
Mississippi, with population of l., $751;
270, cast but is, O7s votes, electing eight
congressman, or one congressman to
about 1000 votes Kansas elected eight
congressman on vote averaging 23,-
900 for each one.
USED To BE AT WICHITA w. d.
Murdoch, who has been appointed gen
eral passenger agent of the Mexican
Central, was formerly district passen-
ger agent for the Santa Fee at Wichita
HAS FALLEN HEIR.-Franl1 p. Fitz-
William, city attorney of Leavenworth,
has inherited a fortune through the
death OF his uncle in Pittsburg. Pa,
which is estimated at over ST, 900, 600
DEFECTIVE SIDEwALK.-Fannie E.
Art was given a verdict in the district
court for So, 500 against Arkansas City
for injuries sustained by defective
sidewalk. She sued for $4,000
APPOINTED CHIEF SURGEON. - Dr.
George Grimes, late of Hiawatha, has
been appointed to the place of chief
surgeon in the American hospital at
Constan tinople.
OLD SETTLER DEAD.-Dewitt Griffith,
an old settler of Marshall county, re-
tired in good health and was found
dead in his bed in the morning.
A KANSAS NEeRo.-Geo. w. Ellis. a
negro of Lawrence, Kans., has been APP
pointed as secretary of legation at
Monrovia, Liberia.
THEY Cor $25O.-Burglars blew open
the safe in store at moonlight, Dick
inson county, and carried away $3.50,
leaving no clue.
ODD FELLOW 80 YEARS.. l. Nor
ton of Salina has been presented with
a gold medal by the grand lodge, l. o.
o. f. of Kansas, for continuous mem
bership in the order for a period of
fifty years. The medal is very hand
some, and one which but few members
ever obtain.
ELEVEN HUNDRED PHONES. - The
Wichita Telephone company, the new,
Independent company, has eleven hun
dred phones in the city in working or
der, and by the middle of the month
will have installed zoo more.
WELLINGTON MEN IN ia number
of Wellington men have bought $40
dCACS VI iAuN dtOuS ILc IINcT DOJIOul
south and east of Neodesha for the
purpose of boring oil wells. There are
wells on three sides cf the land which
sold for So, 600. Drilling will be be-
gun at once.
EDIroRs MEET IN FEBRUARY.-At a
meeting of the officers of the Kansas
state Editorial Association, February
l0-11 was fixed as the dates for hold
ing the annual meeting. Topeka was
selected as the place
A YEARS DIVoRCEs.-Of the lbs di-
vorce cases in the court of Crawford
county in the past year 40 were brought
by husbands and 50 by wives The
records show that alongside the les
divorces there were 426 marriages
The total costs in the divorce cases
amounted to more than So, 600.
EIGHT YEARS TO THREE-The Mis-
| souri, and Kansas university foot bali
teams have played twelve Thanksgiv-
ing games. Kansas has won eight;
Missouri three, and one game, that in
1900, was a tie.