Free press., 1904-05-28

SpOAuenIs anu VINO Was HdIflSo III
New York to Lester Ralph, son of
Julian Ralph, the famous correspond
ent, is a Kansas girl Her maiden
name WAS Elsie Reasoner and her sis
ter, Florence Reasoner, now Mrs. DIR.
Miller, of Leavenworth, taught his
tory and languages in the high school
there for several years. Both the sis
ters were noted for their exceptional
brightness and natural wit.
AT ENCAAIPMENT.-Cong W.
a. Calderhead filed the place of Gen
! eral Miles, who was to have presented
a silk banner to the Emporia high
school on behalf of the Moments Re
! lief Corps. Nearly half an acre of peo-
| pie turned out to hear Congressman
| Calderhead, who made a regulation
| G. A. R. address. Miss Blanche Cum
/ mings, dressed as Columbia received
pretty reply to Mr.. Calderhead's ad-
dress in accepting the banner.
! A KANSAS MAN-Postmaster Gen.
eral Payne has sent to the president
| the name of William E. Cochran, of
| Topeka with the recommendation that
he be appointed the first purchasing
agent for the postoffice department.
j DIED AT e1.-William Hutchinson,
81 years of age the oldest clerk in the
pension Office and formerly of Kansas,
died after a weeks illness, as the re-
suit of an attack of congestion of the
stomach and lungs at his desk.
MILES AT CoFFEYvT.LE- General
Nelson A. Miles and company with
General Baird, visited Coffeyville to
investigate the oil fields. The general
in an interview said that he might To-
cate permanently in Kansas.
I COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS. = Con-
gresham Victor Murdock and Charles
Harger, of Abilene, will be the com
mencement speakers at Bethany col
lege, Liudsborg, June 1. A large class
will be graduated.
GET WEEKS PAY.-The striking
Santa Fe machinists at Topeka re
ceived their first weeks pay fran the
national organization. The married
men get 81 a week; the single men 81.
NEW POWER HUosE.-Machinery for
a new power house is being received at
Chanute 1t is for pumping oil from
wells and delivering it to the Standard
Oil company.
For 81 YEARs.-John Dougherty has
been depot master at Atchison for 33
years and in all that time he has never
H. ~
sanger.
OLD MAIDS RAISE S1OO.-Liberal fur
nishes a practical woman's club It
gave an Old Maids convention and in
creased the town hall fund by 500.
ABILENE ASKED NoTHING.-There is
one Kansas town which asked nothing
of the Santa Fe company when Vice
President Morton make it visit.
MCPHERSON MoURNs.-The body of
the late Judge j. NJ. Simpson was laid
away at Mcpherson. The entire town
wore a garb OF mourning.
GRAssHoPPER YEAR.-It is IS years
ago, in the month of May that grass
hoppers appeared by the billions to
the acre in Kansas.
GOES TO Congressman
Ridgely, of the Third district, an
nounces that he will move to Canada.
TALL BLUE GRAss.-About and in An
thony, according to reports, blue grass
has attained a growth of 81 inches
KANSAS CORN.-The crop for 1904 is
nearly all planted, though a percent
age of it will require replanting.
SMITHS PLENTY.-The little town
of Stark has six families ot Smiths and
none of them related.
DAILY FOR 20 YEARs.-The first issue
of the Wichita Eagle as daily paper
was on June 20, 1884.
For NEXT YEAR.-The encampment
at Emporia voted to hold the G. A. r.
reunion next fall at Paola and the en-
campment next year at Parsons. G.
w Reed, of Topeka, was named as one
of the committee on administration.
Mrs. Apple, of Paola, was elected de-
partment commander of the Women's
Relief Corps and Mrs. Weidle, of Otta-
wa was elected department president
of the Ladies of the G. A. R.
CHANUTE GQowING.-The towE has
gained 2,s@0 in population the past
year. Gas is responsible for this.
ATTACKED BY SEA LIoN-W II. May,
: a Wells Fargo express messenger, was
, attacked in his ear by a sea lion which
weighed 3o5 pounds. There were
. three of the lions in crates in his car
and two of them hrolle out and the big
fellow showed fight. Finally May was
obliged to shoot the lion. to save his
own life.
SAYS HE IS PoPE.-August Schrader,
the long-haired healer, has returned to
, Topeka and threatens to organize a
church. He now calls himself the
pope.
/ DoNIPAAN FRUTT.-Present indica-
tions are that the fruit crop in Doni-
| phan county is assured. Especially is
there promise of good crop of peaches,