Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-12
KANSAS COMMENT.

DRILLING AT PERU.-The Crescent
Oil and Gas Co. has commenced drilling
upon one of the company's leases at
Peru.
CHAPMAN A LAKE.-The floods from
rains have done thousands of dollars
damage about Chapman. The whole
city of Chapman is lake.
SOLOMON FLoopED.- rain has
flooded the city of Solomon and nun
dred homes are under water. The
damage to crops is immense.
AT MANuATTAN.-Thc Kansas and
Blue rivers are the highest since 1874.
Traffic is suspended on the Union Pa
cifc. There is great destruction OF
property.
HAL IN BARBER heavy rain with
some hail and strong wind swept
through the county extending as Tar
east as Whitfield. No serious damage
only to small grain.
"A TEMPERATE CoUNTY.-According
to Il local paper only ga gallons OF
liquor was sold in Potta watomie conn-
ty during the month of April. The
county has population of 16,osi.
REUNION AT LAwnENcE.-Depart-
. ment commander A. w. Smith, OF the
Kansas G. A. r., has fixed the date for
the fall reunion on September l6. The
reunion will be held in Lawrence and
will continue five days.
MAIL CARRIER DROWNED. ED Briggs,
n rural mail officer, and Ed Helstroin
attempted to cross n small stream east
of Mcpherson and wereldrowned. Leo
Wells, of Emporia, was drowned there
in the Cottonwood river.
KAw on RAMPAGE.-This is true at
Lawrence, with danger to the bridge
Parts of North Lawrence are flooded.
The Union Pacific abandoned all trains.
Water covers Santa Fe tracks about
Lecompton but local trains go through
it.
HIGHEST IN 90 YEARS. Tho water
along the Vermillion valley is the high
est in twenty years. Many families
were compelled to move to higher
ground. heavy rain sent the water
over the crops on the low LANDS and
great damage will result.
TO SAVE HIS LIFE.--J. NJ. Woods,
the negro arrested at Yates Center
charged with assaulting farmers
wife, was taken to the Wichita Jail
to prevent lynching there. The mob
threatened the jailer at Yates Center
but was held off at the point of revolt
vers
MORE HIGH WATER streams of
Montgomery county are the highest
ever recorded. The two railroads en-
tering Independence are both under
water. The Verdigris river is mile
wide and many farm houses are de-
serted. William Burke was drowned
while trying to cross Sycamore creek.
DEPARTMENT STORE FIRE.-Thc
"S & NJ" store in Wichita caught fire,
perhaps from an electric wire, and the
damage TO stock is estimated at So, 600
The building being steel lined was not
much damaged. A large force of clerks
are thrown out of employment. The
loss to Schmitt G. Martin is well COW
cred by insurance.
SHAWNEE ASSESSMENT. The raise in
the personal property assessment OF
Shawnee county will, it is thought
when all the returns have been COM
piled, show an increase of ut least $780,
600 over the assessment of last year.
The assessment of property in the
townships has been compiled and this
shows an increase of SoO6, 7o5 over last
wear and it is thought the city will
raise this to the amount mentioned.
In HoDaEMAN CouNTY.-A tornado
passed over Hodgeman county, fifteen
miles northwest of Kinsley, destroying
Dan Gleason's house and killing Mabel
futile, who had been teaching school
and making her home at Gleason's.
Gleason's daughter was injured.
CHURCH go YEARS OLD.-The First
Presbyterian church OF Highland was
organized October 81, 1S43, in the old
Indian mission to the Iowa and Sac
tribes. It is the oldest Presbyterian
church in Kansas. The church has had
fifteen ministers.
Cooperative SHIPPING.-The Kan
sas Cooperative Shipping association
was organized by farmers from Nebras-
LA, Kansas and Oklahoma. The Off
GERS of the new company are: james
Butler, Topeka, president; J. c. Going,
Topeka, vice president; Fl. Fl. Shull,
secretary and treasurer; s. FL. Allen,
Oslsaloosa, attorney.
KILLED 900 SHEEP.-A Santa Fe
stock train was wrecked four miles
west of Kiuslcy and about 300 sheep