Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-11-29
Kansas Events
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schools can be relied upon, twenty five
counties in the state have no colored
school children. They are: Cheyenne,
Comanche, Decatur, Elk, Cove, IGrant
Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Jewell,
Kearny, Kingman, Lane, Meade, Ness,
Rawlins, Rush, Scott, Seward, Sheri-
dan, Sherman, Smith, Stanton, Thorn
as and Wichita.
JUDGE MAsoN's WAY.-Henry f.
Mason, of Finney, newly elected SUI
preme judge, will not employ u woman
as his stenographer. Several of the
judges have woman stenographers and
when Mason's election was assured sew
eral women applied for the job as his
stenographcr. He has turned down
their applications. He will employ
man.
NOVEMBER STRAwBERRIEs.-E
Cheney's farm is north of Topeka. He
brought a crate of straw berries to mar
ket. The vines were SO heavy that the
early frosts did not injure the fruit,
which was of good size and flavor.
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he will have a two-acre crop for
Thanksgiving.
dogs, it is said have retired to their
burrows after throwing up high
mounds. This is considered the sign
of hard winter; the higher the mounds
the more severe the winter.
SIS, 900 LABOR TEMPT E.--Organized
labor in Topeka proposes to erect Il
labor temple next year at a cost of SIS
600. The temple will be used by the
different unions and also by the CEN
trail labor organization.
STREET PAVING IN IoLA.-The work
of paving the streets has commenced.
1t is the first paving ever done in lola.
Sewers are being put in also. The
year 1908 will witness some great
changes in that city.
SITE SELECTED.-Assistan Secretary
of the Treasury Taylor has selected
the site for the federal building in
Hutchinson, Kans., at the northwest
corner of Sherman and Walnut streets,
price $4,000
RAISED IN BUTLER CoUNTY.-U. s
Webb, chosen for attorney general of
California on the Republican ticket,
was reared on a farm in Butler county,
Kansas.
FIREMAN's RELIEF FUND. This fund,
which comes from foreign Insurance
companies doing business in cities of
Kansas, will this year amount to about
$25, 900.
A REMARKABLE WRECK.-An entire
passenger train, engine and all, went
over on its side near Roper, in Wilson
county, and not person was injured.
APPLE HARvEsT.-T. d. Mills, of
Topeka has gathered and shipped 3 $500
bushels of apples from his orchard,
which is three miles from Wamego.
THE SECOND TIME.-The Galva post
office has been robbed again. The safe
was blown open and S1O3 and a GUAM
tity of stamps taken.
90 PER CENT CoLoRED.-The poor
commissioners say that 90 per cent of
those who apply to him for aid are
colOred.
BooKKEEPERs TO MEET.-Their state
association met at Emporia on Novem-
Der 25. c. Meserve, of Emporia, is
president.
GAINED FIvE-FoLD. -Congressman
Longs majority is over five times that
he received two years ago.
WANTED HIS CONTAMINATION
Dunlap, II prominent farmer, is under
arrest at Herington, charged with at
tempting to compel James McNaspy,
at the point of Il revolver, to release
certain collateral held by the First Ma
tional bank of that city. Dunlap has
been placed under bonds.
BOOMING Misunderstanding Kansas
Republicans, including many editors
are heartily approving the prospective
appointment of Senator Harris, of Kan
sas as the Democratic member of the
isthmian canal commission.
DR. Snow CONFERENCE.-The. F.
Fl. Snow of the University of Kansas
has received an invitation to a dinner
to be given at the Hotel Cecil in Lon
don on November 81 to the editors and
contributors to the last edition of the
Encyclopedias Britannia. DR.. Snow was
one of the contributors to the publica-
ton.
WHY BALDWIN LosEs.-That town
is to lose its mitten factory, which goes
to Leavenworth in order to secure
lower freight rates. and because of the
scarcity of help at Baldwin.
LULING's CHosEN.-Insurance Super
intendent Elect Charles Luling has an
nounced that he would retain Ike
Lewis, of Stafford, as chief clerk, and
Mrs. Wadleigh, of Marion, as stenog-
raoher. He has not yet decided upon
an assistant.
STATE BUYS POTATOES E
Brewer, of Abilene, has secured the
contract for supplying the two state
insane asylums, the school for the deaf
and dumb, and the imbecile asylum,
during the next six months. 1t is es-
timated that 1000 bushels will be used.