Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-06-11

reason for revol1ing it is that the COM
pany failed to make report to the
SECRETARY of state as required by law.
The real reason is that the company
is doing a bond business of which the
state officials do not approve, and
which they have not allowed other
companies to do.
HOUSES FRUIT AND CRoPs.-In Rice
county dozens of houses, barns and
windmills are reported turned over by
the wind. Hundreds of fruit trees are
blown down. Some corn and Kafir
corn is reported washed out. 1t is hard
to estimate the loss, but it will be
great. About Lorraine and Sterling
many small houses were blown down,
crops were damaged and much other
damage done. Two inches of water
fell within ten minutes.
KANSAS WEATHER. Snow, of
Kansas University, has kept weather
rccods for thirty years or more, and
these records show that May of this
year was normal, as compared with
the past years. The rainfall at Law
renee during May, 1904, was 7.S5 inch
es, and the mean temperature was
g.. 81 degrees.
EFFECT OF RURAL RoUTEs-After
June first there will be but one post
office in Smith county that is not on a
railroad line. The same is true of
other Kansas counties. The rural
routes are responsible for the country
postmaster losing his job.
BULLET THRoUGH BRAIN - Albert
Dalai, a Norcatur man, was shot in
the head, the bullet going straight
through the brain, but he is on a fair
way to recovery. He is now able to sit
up to the table and eat his meals
TRACK WASHED OUT-The lola cleo
trio railroad has a quarter mile of
track submerged leading from the
river and four miles east OF the city a
small ravine has washed out about two
hundred feet of track
GOO HOMELESS sudden rise of
Sand creek flooded about one-fourth
of the city of Newton. The rise of the
creek was caused by a cloudburst
About GOO persons were rendered home
less.
SERVED Two TERAIs.-John Ready, u
Winfield negro. who was released from
the penitentiary last February after
serving his second term, is now in jail
for assaulting a 8 year old coIored
girl.
STREETS CovERED.-The cloudburat
at Emporia, during which az inches
of water fell, covered Commercial
streets for two blocks. Easements
We're filed with water.
RUIN OF CROPS. - Farmers in the
Little Arkansas Valley have lost thou
sands in the ruin of crops all through
Sedgwicll county and to the north in
Harvey.
PRESENT TO LIBRARY.-Mr. and Mrs.
w. y. Morgan have presented 500 to
Hutchinson's public library which has
been invested in the purchase of books
CorTONwoOD RIvKR.-After the cloud
burst in the country west of Strong
City, that river covered the valley
from bluff to bluff for miles.
SECOND FIOOD.-For the second time
this year the lower district of lola was
flooded and hundreds of families driven
from their homes.
FIVE MILES WIDE. - During the
heavy rain storms Emporia Junction
was in an overflow five miles wide.
AGED LII.ACs.-Ip Hiawatha yard.
are two lilac bushes which are over 50
TALL WHEAr.-In Stafford county
wheat stands as high as the buggy box
TRYING MnLEr-Millet is being
given a trial in Haskell county.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL.-At the opening
of the Kansas semi-centennial celebr;l-
ton at Topeka there was a large at
ing day were a memorial parade, an
address by Secretary of War Taft, and
an evening concert at the auditorium
GOLDEN WEDDING.-In Nelson town
ShAD S4ObNt MI anu MIS-. JSTo-
mi Regneir celebrated their golden
wedding. Among the guests were
three brothers of Mr.. Regnier aged
respectively -, 20 and SO years. Mr.
Regnier is IS.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.-D. W. Luz
l<enbaugh, prominent farmer of Dick
inson county, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. He was return
ing home from the creamery when the
accident happened. His body was
discovered by friends shortly after he
was killed.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM thun-
der storms ragged in Cloud county and
there was considerable hail with the
heavy rain Near Kaclzley lightning
demolished John McGregor's house,
killing n child
FREAK OF ToRNADO.-One of the
freaks OF the Mcpherson tornado was
TO lift barn and carry it away with
ont injuring or disturbing five horses
which stood within it on the dirt floor.
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