Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-06-27


floods, although the Cottonwood river
was higher than the oldest settler re
members The corn, except in a vary
few spots along the Cottonwood valley
is in fine condition, us well as alfalfa,
the first crop being harvested. Cattle
are doing well on grass and the hay
crop promises to be heavy. The loss
OF livestock was not very great.
FARM House AND MoNEY.-The home
of Peter Thauer, five miles west of
Kinsley, with most of the contents and
5000 in money hid in the garnet. was
destroyed by fire. Thauer had come
to the picnic and it is said his neice was
curling her hair to come when the
lamp exploded, burning the house.
Thauer is the same party who was
robbed few weeks ago by tramps of
$780,
KANsANs AT HEPPNER.-The family
of William Krugg, including the faith
er, mother and four children, all of
whom were drowned III the food at
Heppner, Oregon, used to live in To-
pelxa. Mr.. Krugg was IA brother of
Bert Krugg, an emplOye i'll the Santa
Fc water service William Krugg was
at one time motornecr on the Topeka
street railway.
TRACK WAS CRIBBED.-E of Fort
Riley 4, OOO feet of new track had to De
put in. Three hundred feet of it was
laid on cri bling built of ties. The
roadbed has completely disappeared at
many places. For days the men who
were employed in this work were in
the water to their knees and sometimes
TO their neciIS.
THREE FROM CoNCORDIA. Among
the victims of the clondbrrst ut Hepp-
ner, Ore, were three former residents
of Concordia, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Daw-
son, who went to Oregon four or five
yeas ago, and IL. NJ. Geigcr, a marble
cutter.
SUPPLIES SCHEDULED. The Topeka
relief committee adopted Il regular
schedule of supplies for flood sufferers.
1t has fitted out more than 800 fam
lilies already with household furniture
and utensils. Each outfit costs SIG &c.
RELIEF FROM GOvERn,IENT CLEEKs.
-kansans employed in the depart
ments at Washington raised upon first
effort SS37 for relief in Kansas. OF
this Pension Commissioner Ware con-
tlibuted $780,
The KANSAS WEsLEYAN.-T. w.
Roach, eX-mayor of Salina and now
-, g -
ness college, has been chosen president
of the Kansas Wesleyan university.
COLEMAN 10 AssIsr-The attorney
general went to st. Francis to assist in
the prosecution of Chauncey Dewey
and his cowboys, charged with killing
the Berrys in Cheyenne county.
Took Thirty DAYs-The flood
caught the 10th battery at st. Marys
where it was detained Il days. 1t was
marching to Fort Riley with four seven
inch guns.
HELD UP FOR A TDIE.-Thc coustruc-
ton of the federal building at Law
renee is held up for all indefinite time
at the request of Congressman Bower
sock.
LAID OVER At OTTAwA.-Tha town
entertained hundreds of returning
transcontinental tourists who were
held there until trains could go east.
PoTAro CRor DEsTRoyED-Tho
sands of acres of potatoes in the Kaw
valley are Il total loss. This is the
chief potato district OF Kansas.
STONE QUARRIEs BUsY.-The quar-
ries of Chase county are busy as there
arc prospects of greater demand for
all kinds of building stone.
APPLE CRor.-State Horticulturist
Barnes looked over the apple crop about
Wichita and said it was ali right.
COST OF REPAIRS. will cost To
pe!Ia $50, 900 to repair the streets and
! sewers of the flooded district
FLOUR SACKS SPOILED. The Kramer
Milling company of Wellington, has
received car of flour sacks which had
| been held mp by tho flood. They arc
covered with mud and the printing is
so blurred from standing in the water
that the carload IS practically total
loss. The value of the entire load wes
SIS, 900.
FORT SCcrr SENDS MoRE.-The COM
mercial club of Fort Scott has sent
81 900 to the state relief fund and has
shipped a carload of clothing, bedding
| and provisions TO Kansas City, Kas.
WAS IN GOTH KANsAs-The Deweys
are thorough cowmen, good riders and
dead shots and Clyde Wilson, one of
the prisoners, was i ergeant-major in
the twentieth Kansas. Mcbride, the
other prisoner, is a Leavcnworth man.
His wife lives on the Dewey ranch and
| is herself crack shot.
SHORT ONE DAY.-Thc inmates of
the Soldiers home at Leavenworth had
little taste of old war time trouble
during the water tie-up. On account
of the inability to get supplies they
were on short rations for one day.
FIRST TRAIN DITCHED.-The first
Santa Fc train in two weeks north