Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-11-22
KANSAS COMMENT.

phernalia at the fair grounds. The
circus will winter there.
LIGHTS BUT Nor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Burlinga:ae voted in favor of issuing
bonds for the purpose of putting in
electric lights, but turned down the
proposition to put in waterworks.
TEACHERS MEET AT CLAY CENTER
About COO teachers, comprising the
North Central Kansas Teachers asso-
citation, will meet in Clay Center No
vember % and %. This is said to he
the largest association in the state
THAT mo NOMINATION. LINE.-The
greater part of the defective ballots in
Kansas were those on which the voter
had marked in the square opposite mo
nomination" There was no sense in
putting square opposite those lines.
CURTIS MAJoRITIES. 1t is found by
returns that Charles Curtis got the big
gest majority in Shawnee county this
year that was ever given any Republi-
can candidate for any office there. He
also got more votes in Nemaha county
than w. j. Bailey did and more in
Doniphan than Cyrus Leland did.
HAD BANK BooK.-A drunk who
was arrested in Topeka, had with him
a bank book showing that his deposits
in Topeka bank were Sc, 900 and a re-
ceipt showed that his county taxes
were $3.50. 1t is seldom that such plu-
tocrats get caught by the police and
tomary sum Of So.
! assistant STATE TREAsURER.-T. T.
Kelly, state treasurer-elect, has offered
the position of assistant state treasurer
to State Senator Frank Sponable, of
johnson county. If Senator Sponab BILE
accepts the position, which pays So, 900
a year, it is probable he will not begin
the duties of the Office until after the
close of the legislature.
, SEVEN CONTESTED SEATs-The gen
tlemen named below, all Republicans,
propose to contest for their seats in the
lower house of the Legislature: o. B.
Stark, Barton county; N. B. Sharpless,
Atchison; p. +. Pococle, Wyandotte; J.
d. Miller, Lincoln; A. A. Sharpe, Paw
nee; Fl. H. Wolcott, Leavenworth, and
E. II. Nixon, of Barber county.
DATES TO REMEMBER.-W. j. Bailey
will be installed as governor on Jan
nary ~, and the Legislature will meet
the following day. On January 20 the
house and senate will meet in joint
session and elect state printer. Just
one week later, on January 81, the two
houses will again meet in joint session
and select United States senator.
RAILROAD MEN KNEW How.-The
population of Ellis is made up largely
of railroad men. 1t is not suppose BILE
that railroad men would feel impelled
to study the election law any more
closely than other people of equal in
telligence. Yet in Ellis only one ballot
out of the $50 cast was found defective,
and that was marked correctly, save
that the marker had used red lead
pencil.
plant established at the penitentiary
last year has proven Il good thing for
the state. It has furnished 3,322, 900
brick to the various state charitable
and penal institutions. All of the
brick used by the state at its different
institutions is now furnished by the
prison. The new asylum at Parsons,
now under course of erection, will be
built exclusively of prison brick.
BURLINGTON SCHOOLS PACKED.-The
most important question before the
people of Burlington now is to obtain
more school room. Every room is
packed to it's utmost and this in spite
of the fact that many younger children
are not allowed to go to school.
SAFE BREAKERS ARRESTED
men who are supposed to have blown
open the Rock Island depot safe at Alb
ilene and the Tampa bank safe last
week, have been arrested at Salina. A
revolver taken from them tends to i'm
plicate them in the robbery.
DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. 1t exists at
Maple Hill, Wabaunsee county. There
were fifteen cases when a doctor who
was called from Topeka reached Maple
Hill, some of them malignant. The
schools are closed and strict quaran-
tine maintained.
HAS EHOUGH.-Judge Hazen of the
Shawnee county district court has
nearly rounded out twelve years in
that position. He declines to be can
didate for another reelection, saying
that he has received enough of criticism
and abuse.
BAGGAGE CARS CRowDED.-The other
day hundred trunks belonging to ex-
cursionists who had passed on other
trains were put off at Emporia- The
wires were kept hot but the trunks
could not be forwarded until baggage
car came along which had room for
them.
SIX YEAR TERMs.-Some wise men of
Kansas have inst begun to find out, as
they think, that hereafter county COM
missioners will be elected for six year
terms; one to be elected at each bien-
NAL election. Is this true?