Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-06-28
HARRY FREEZE. Pub.
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

10 Jul hSA ob q AOoo VI T-O3OOOs
Wichita received its first carload Of
tomatoes from Texas TIE other day.
Three wrecks occurred at Florence
within ten days; each delaying traffic.
There are more acres of potatoes
now growing in Ellis county than ever
before.
The 18th annual session of the Chris
tan Endeavor society was held in
Leavenworth.
Pension Commissioner Ware has ap-
pointed w. E. Connolly, of Topeka, as
special pension examiner.
Nine state banks were installed last
week. This is the largest number ever
set at work in the state in one week.
Harry Severant, aged 10, of suburb
of Topeka, lost his life in trying to
rescue his little dog from drowning.
A. A. Nelson, of Labette county, sold
bunch of steers at Kansas City aver
aging 1,473 pounds, for S7.65 hun
dred pounds
Representative Bowersock, of Kan
sas, is a member of seven committees,
which is more than any other member
of the house.
The Methodist church at Hutchinson
has become reconciled to its new pastor
and has raised his salary from $500 to
$1,000 year.
James A. Beates, of Junction City
has been appointed an observer in the
weather bureau to be located outside
of Washington.
Senator Burton was one of the two
senator's who made speeches in the eau
Gus of Republican senator's against Gu
ban reciprocity.
Sam Tracy, of Shawnee county, is
marketing his potato crop at 60 cents
bushel. He says his crop isaveraging
200 bushels to the acre.
Exit, mortgage sale advertisements.
Enter, hungry capital seeking invest
ments. Columns of Kansas newspa-
pers exhibit this change
The Salina city council has increased
the amount of monthly blood money
from the joints, which has been from
SIS to $50, to from $50 to $lOO.
Thirty-five union carpenters of Atch-
ison who struck against local contract
ors, went to work again having failed
to gain any one of their demands.
John Scott, aged so years, died at
Atchison June 16. He had resided
there since 1854. Mrs. Scott survives
him. They had lived together 55 years.
Allen county has two women NOM
mated for county offices; they are Miss
Francis Wilson for county treasurer
and Miss Olive Knowlton as school
superintendent.
Mrs Geo. Leary, wife of a young
Douglas county farmer, was struck by
lightning and killed while she was try
ing to get her young chickens under
fall.
Sunday harvesting has been feature
in Kansas always to some extent, but
1T has probably occurred to greater ex-
tent this harvest than usual. The
rains have been interfering with the
work.
Eliza j. Graham, widow of Robert st.
Clair Graham, an early Judge of the
Atchison district court, who died at her
home in Moberly, Mo-, was daughter
of DR.. w. II. Grimes, who settled in
Atchison in 1883
James Dalton, one of the famous
Dalton outlaws, has been brought from
Texas to Marysville, where he is
charged with killing Sheriff PATTERSON
four years ago. There were prospects
of an attempt to lynch him.
Several thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton has been received at Hutchinson
to be used in a sham battle on July 4.
Company f. will go into camp at the
fair grounds from which the visiting
companies will be fed. Companies are
expected from Newton, Sterling and
Wichita.
The government pays certain sum
to the state for each veteran soldier
supported in the State home at Dodge
City. The last remittance received at
the state treasury was SO, 600.
Eunice Batch and Bertha Woolsey.
two little country misses of Cowley
county, recently wrote letter to Teddy
Roosevelt, Jr., telling him about things
in Kansas, and asking him about things
IN Washington. And Teddy responded
with gentlemanly little letter to each
of the girls. Those letters are likely
to be long preserved.
The Sixth battery which took the
seven new field guns on a carriage test
on a trip from Fort Riley to Topeka
and return, made firing test on their
arrival at the post The battery will
be sent back to the Sandy Hook prov
ing grounds.
Artificial stone for foundations,
veneer. building stone, curb stone and
ornamental designs, is to be manufac-
tured in $40, 900 factory in Wichita.
The stone is made by hydraulic pres
sure, and the press employed has a
capacity of two tons day.
There are three separate interests in
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