Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-07-04

ton, who was one of the two thousand
slaves brought by him from Missouri
in 1861 and set free, he being then an
an army chaplain under General James
H. Lane. She is also probably the
only woman shot in Quantrell's raid on
Lawrence in 1868. she receiving bull
let in the right elbow, which disabled
her for life
WAsHBURN COLLEGES Loss.-Wash-
burn college lost about $4,000 because
of the flood The college had two
mortgages on river bottom farms near
Wamego. The river cut across one
farm and washed it entirely away. 1t
cut into the other farm and washed
away five acres of it The farm house
on the second farm was left hanging
to the edge of the river.
Much BRASS SroLEN.-The Topeka
police found half carload of brass
and copper, covered with rags and
ready for shipment. II had all been
stolen. most of it from the Santa Fc
shops and yards. junk dealers had
them for So cents pound; the price
he paid the individual thieves was A
cents pound.
Rich FARMER INVESTS.
Schippel, one OF the wealthiest farmers
of Saline county, will erect Il new so
foot front business block in Salina; the
seventh business building owned by
Mr.. Shipped, besides other city property
including six residences close in. Mr..
Schippel owns ) 500 acres of farm land
in the county, equal to thirty-four 16O
acre farms.
CHANUTE TEACHERS AT MANILA
Will ]. Skinner, of Chanute, has been
two years in the Philippines teaching
school at ST., 400 a year. His wife got
tired of living 10, 900 miles away from
her husband, so she applied for and
received "a job of teaching in the same
islands at 5000 a year. She starts from
Chanute for Manila in few days.
BowERsCCK's MILI.-The congress
man stated that the rebuilding of his
big flour mill at Lawrence, which was
destroyed by the flood, depends upon
the action of his city and county in
forcing the Kaw back into it's original
channel. The river washed out the
north approach to the bridge and cut u
new channel north of the. dam.
OTHER LEGIsI.ATION.-In 1882 the
special session of the legislature, the
foot and mouth disease" session, i'm
mcdiately upon converting adopted u
joint resolution that no other business
be transacted and the Legislature stuck
TO it. This special session, it is likely,
will follow that precedent.
HARVEST HANDS Wichita seems to
be the distributing point for harvest
hands. About 800 of them reached
that city in u day, and most of them
| left for points south and west. Among
! them was large number of students.
| WED AND HAII~-A terrific wind
and rain storm passed over Graham
county on the morning of June "a, and
! as a result hundreds of acres of wheat
| water fell in Eve hours
YOUNGEST Cow GIRL.-Mabel Rev
nolds a little 9-year-old girl in Haskell
county, has earned $50 in the past eight
mon tbs herding cattle and has put the
money in the bank.
! DODGE CITY REUNION. South
western Veteran association will hold
its reunion in the city park at Dodge
City, Kansas, Sept. /, =, 3, and 4, 1903.
HAIL INSURANCE. From Rome, Sum
ner county, 100 notices of hail losses
we're mailed by registered letter to an
insurance company in Mcpherson.
DOUGLAS COUNTY CENsUs-The pop
ulation OF the county is 1852, o.
which number Lawrence has II, 726.
FIRST IN % DAYs.-The first trair
over Rock Island crack for % days ar
rived at Abilene June 20. The track
to the west end of the branch, Salina
will not be repaired for several days
Long stretches of track are rods from
the right of way in the cornfelds.
MOVE THEIR CAR SHOPS. Work is t.
commence soon en- new buildings a
the Dold packing house in Wichita 70
car shops. This branch of the DolC
packing plants is to he located in Wich
tia instead Of Kansas City, as Dold ha
no packing house there now.
GETS MORE PAY.-Professor L. c
Franklin, of the University OF Kapsa
left Lawrence to take position in lie
land Stanford University of California
Another good man gone because Kan
sas was not willing to put up enough
to keep him. Franklin is 4 Doniphal
county boy.
SALARIES RAIsED.-The board of re
gents of the state agricultural colleg
, have increased the salaries of the fac
;;lty ten per cent President Nichol:
salary was raised from $1,000 to So,
500.
OWNED 1T ToPEKA-Oiler No. c
Z the Federal Oil and gas company wa
brought in and proved to be j gushel
An hour after beng shot it threw O
over the top of the derrick. This con
J pany is owned principally by Topelz