Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-07
KANSAS COMMENT.

town reporting no ram during the re-
cent storm period was Sedan.
3STREAMs \ MILE WIDE.-The Marina
ton and the Yellow Paint were mile
wide in the vicinity of Fort Scott.
FATAL PNEUMoNIA-In one month
80 prisoners in the federal penitentiary
at Fort Leaverworth died of pneu-
monia.
FARMERS ELEvAToR.-The farmers
of Ottawa county have organized and
will erect large elevator TO be known
as the farmers elevator" The com
pany is composed of leading farmers
and business men.
SMALL ToREADo.-Cunningh on
the WiRhita & Western branch of the
Santa Fe, was hit by a small tornado.
The damage done was principally to
railroad property. No one was in
jured.
BRICK FOR REFINERY. of the
brick for the Kansas City refinery will
come from CoffeyviIle An order has
been placed for 500, 900 brick and other
orders will be placed as the company
needs the material.
A MONTHS PAPEPs-The Topeka
postoffice, during one month, sent out
6,971 sacks of papers. OF this number
6,O55 were direct sacks, that is, sacks
made up to contain only mail for GER
tain states or cities
KILLED IN FIELD.-Two brothers
who live near Haviland were struck by
lightning in thunder storm while
they were listing corn. One of the
men was killed and the other stunned.
Eight mules, which they were work
ing, were killed,
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. - This
body reorganized by electing j. c. o.
Morse, chairman; Cyrus Anderson sec
rotary, and E.. C. Sinner, stenographer.
Mr.. Morse and G. w. Wheatley did the
voting. A. D. Walker, the retiring
chairman was not present.
LOST CHILD FoUND.-Eight years
ago Laura, the 3-year-old daughter of
James w. Nation, living at Elwood,
mysteriously disappeared. Every eff
fort to discover her was of no avail
until recently when Mr.. Nation re-
ceived word of a child abandoned by
gypsies at Florence, Ala, about the
age his daughter would be now. The
description tallies with that of his lost
daughter. Laura Nation had birth
mark on her lip so that Identification
will be easy.
CITY is BooMING.-Junction City is
building rapidly. A $4,000 high
school, a large storage plant, new
lumber yard and u large addition to
one of the hotels There are more
than a hundred residences being built
There was not an empty house in town
during the past winter and residences
were never in greater demand. There
is also several hundred thousand doll
lars worth of. construction work being
done at Fort Riley by mechanics who
live in Junction City.
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.-RepC rts
from the Kansas wheat belt poured
into the Exchange building at Kansas
City all of them telling of copious
rains, to the advantage of the growing
wheat. 1t had looked discouraging in
extensive areas until the young wheat
got its wetting. According to opinions
gathered from half n dozen of the
largest receivers ON change the out
look now is even better than it was at
the same time last year, which means
another enormous crop
j. C. REDFIEID.-This Kansas pio-
neer died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April
27 Mr.. Redfeld and his wife went to
Ohio some two months ago to visit
children living there. He was just
past - years old. He came TO Kansas
in the early ffties and served in Uni
ted States land offices in Humboldt
and Wichita. He served two terms as
Sheriff of Allen county. In Wichita
he filed tho places Of justice of the
peace and county commissioner. A
truer man and Christian could scarcely
be named.
Bones OF MAsToDoN-Two bones
which are declared to be the bones OF
mastodon, were found near Junction
City in a ravine near the Republican
river. Each bone weighs about fifty
pounds. Their surfaces are petrifeC
but their centers are unchanged, being
porous.
FIRE FROM CIGARErTE.-At For
Scott one of the large barns at hors,
and mule market burned and about
90 valuable horses were burned. Tn,
loss on the building is placed at $40,
Ooc. The fire started from cigarette
OLDEST ENeINEER.-Mr. and Mrs w
w. BrownhilI celebrated their COLDER
wedding at Leavenworth. Mr.. Brown
hill is the Oldest engineer in the west
both in age and years OF service. II,
first entered the railroad service as al
engineer in 1852 when 10 years old
He has lived in Leavenworth sine,
1872.
CARRY Mosr LIQUoE LICENSES. Wy
andotte county holds Pa liquor licenses
and the banner is awarded. Leaveu
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