Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-07-11
KANSAS COMMENT.

been robbed. The robbers took half
ease of beer, an electric belt and
small amount of small change.
DIDN'T GRANT RATEs.-The railroad
did not grant harvcsters rates out of
Chicago and st. Louis TO Kansas points
as was announced, but the Santa Fe
brought many men from Colorado.
AHEAvY RAIx.-It fell in Harper
and Barber counties on July 3rd. At
sharon four inches of rain flooded the
town. Sand creek was booming and
took the Santa Fe bridge on the Medi-
cine Lodge branch. The rain was
heavy at Corwin also
SEIZE THE BEER-The county attor-
ney and the local officers at Holton,
raided the local express Office on the
night of July and confscated several
wagon loads of beer and whisllcy,
shipped in for the Fourth. The ex-
press agents were arrested.
ANTHONY PosToFFICE. Its quarterly
report for the three month ending Junes
30, shows that the business of the office
year by so per cent, and it was the
largest three months business in the
history of the Anthony postoiiice.
FORMERLY OF OIATHE. - Mr.. and
Mrs. james b. Neibert, formerly of
Olathe, Kas., now of Crowley, La. are
in Washington, guests of their reia-
tives, Colonel and Mrs. s. R. Burch,
also from Olathe. Mr. Neibert is a
travelling representative for the Crow
ley Rice Journal and Gulf Coast Farm
er
a WoMAN's BUHDING.--The club
women of Winfield in mass meeting
organized themselves into Chautau-
qua Women's Committee for the pur-
pose of erecting "A woman's building on
the Chautauqua grounds Plans were
laid to erect a 1000 building. Miss
Helen Kimber, state president of the
X. L. S. A, was present and helped lay
the plans.
WELLINGTON PAYS UP. That city
has just paid the last of the bonds
issued in 1883 TO build the First ward
school house, which was blown down
in 1892. No payment had been made
when the building was wrecked. The
bonds for the new building to take the
place of the one that was tornadoed
became due and were paid off in a
comparatively short time.
q. A. r. COMMANDERS DISAGREE
Commander Smith demands of Retiring
Commander Loomis the minutes made
of the Mcpherson encampment and
Loomis refuses TO turn over the record
to Smith. The new commagder made
complete ch1nge in department Off
GERS. The attorney general rules that
Smith is entitled to the transcript of
the minutes but doubts whether Smith
can open mail addressed to LOOMS
WALL AT REFoRMAToRY.-Wor on
the construction of the wall around the
Hutchinson reformatory will begin at
once. The legislature appropriated
SIG, 500 for the wall. The wall will be
e,7oo feet long and twenty-five feet
high. 1t will cost $40 foot The APP
preparation is not large enough to COM
plete the wall. The managers will
build the wall sixteen feet high with
the money now available, and ask the
legislature next year for an additional
appropriation of $4,000 to complete
It
EVERYTHING THEY HAD BURNED
Tony Showers and wife OF Rocks coun-
ty, attired in their oldest clothes, went
to Bow Creek for the purpose of catch
ing some fish for sick neighbor. In
the night lightning struck their home
and destroyed it, burning completely
everything they had on earth, leaving
them without even presentable clothes.
GEN. WooDsoN IMPEovED.-Gen. E.
A. Woodson, U. 5. A, retired, who suf-
much improved, and with Mrs. Wood
son, is now at Paola, Kas.
SPECIAL FOR TEACHERS. "A special
train left Topeka on July l, over the
Santa Fe, loaded with teachers on their
way 10 Boston to attend the annual
convention of the National Educational
association. The train was one OF the
Santa Fe's finest, and it goes through
to Boston, stopping at Chicago, Mag
ara Falls, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec
and Thousand Islands.
FoR New SCHOOL HoUsE-Pleasan-
ton voted, with slight opposition, ST..
600 in bonds 70 build new school
house
For KIcKAPoo SCHOoI~-Oliver c.
Edwards has been appointed superin.
tendent of Kiclsapoo Indian school in
Kansas and is in Washington to lool'
after the interests of the school and tc
consult with the officials of the depart
ment in regard to the policy to be pur.
sued in its conduct. He will also have
charge of the affairs of the Sacs and
Foxes and part of the Iowa tribes.
our OF WHEAT BELT.-Tramps are
unusually plentiful in Woodson county
this summer. Woodson is out of The
wheat belt.
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