Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-10-18

quired supplement to tell of the dam
age.
On, No! Nor Now.-People are not
sneering at the 'Orient' railroad
scheme as they were wont to do last
spring.
WELLINGTON SALr.-The contractors
for drilling for salt at Wellington
looked over the leased ground, pros
pecting to choose the place to begin
work at once TO build bridge for their
derrick Their machinery has been
shipped from Chicago and they are
preparing to go down 1000 feet.
CHURCH AT THE SHoPs.-Bishop Mills
paugh has planned and negotiated for
the building of an inexpensive but suf-
iciently commodious mission church
near the Santa Fe shops in Topeka for
the convenience of the shopmen who
may be Episcopalians and others who
desire such services in that part of the
city.
Two ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE.-The
Council Grove Electric Light & Power
Company, of Council Grove, capital
$40, 900, is chartered. The company
proposes to build and operate an cleo
trio light, power and heating plant.
The Kansas and Oklahoma Electric
company, of Sabetha, capital. $4,000,
is also chartered.
SEARCH WARRANTS GOOD ONCE
District Judge James Lawrence, in the
case of one Charles Schmidt, of Win
field, whose premises the city authori-
ties have repeatedly searched for
liquors, has held that a search and
seizure warrant can only be used once.
A new one must be issued each time
the premises are searched.
DosTER MAY SUCCEED HORToN.-It
is given out on reliable authority that
when Chief Justice Doster retires from
the supreme bench in January, he will
Pacific attorney to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge A. II.
Horton. The salary will be about
double that of chief justice.
held in the Lutheran chnrch at Water
vile, marks the iberalized methods
which have been adopted in modern
times. The service was in the nature
of a thanks giving for the bounteous
crops of the present year. The edifice
was decorated throughout with fruits
of the farm and the orchard. Tall
stalks Of corn We'd with corpulent
sheaves of wheat and other grains in
suggesting the abundance of the season.
$500 FOR SIX WoRDs.-H. C. Nc
Creary, of Gardner, uttered six words
a short time ago for which he is asked
to fork over $500. They were: 81 be-
lieve Hartshorn stole my harness.
that statement McCreary slandered
him and brought him into public scan
dial and disgrace. He has fled suit in
the district court against MeCreary for
$500 damages for defamation of char
acter.
BLEW OUT THE GAs.-Henry Holtz-
man, farm hand from Pleasanton,
Kas., aged % years, blew out the gas
and was found in an unconscious con-
dition in his room in Kansas City
hotel. He was revived with difficulty.
For two nights the young farmer had
blown out the gas, but an open win
dow had saved him. Monday night he
was assigned to a room where the ven
tilation was not so good, and came near
losing his life by asphyXiation.
SECOND APPLE CRoP.-Rev. n. e.
Harmon gave a reporter for the Wich-
tia Eagle half dozen second crop
apples that are curiosity. They are
in every respect the same as any other
Maiden Blush apples, but smaller.
Mr.. Harmon planted the apple trees
himself and has watched them grow
into producers. The second crop grew
only upon one limb.
q CITY HALL RUINED. The janitor of
the Abilene city hall forgot to turn off
the water and the hall and contents
were ruined.
WAS ON THE OREGoN.-H. C. Van
Buskirk, who has been appointed
round house foreman for the Santa Fe
at Caldwell, was second engineer on
board the battleship Oregon, at the
time she made her memorable voyage
around the Horn. 1t suggests again
that the Kansas man is ubiquitous as
well as possessed of a wide range of
ability.
REFINERY AT CHANUTE.-The oil
business of Kansas is reaching such
proportions as may lead to establishing
a refinery at Chanute.
ELECTRIC LIGHT BoNDs.-The EN-
poria City council has sold the SEQ, 600
bonds for the new electric light plant
to a Toledo, Ohio, firm. The bonds
carry AZ per cent interest.
KANSAS AT ST. LoUIs.-The Kansas
building at the st. Louis exposition is
on knoll where it must be seen by
everyone who goes to the large build
ing. 1t is considered by the Kansas
commission as the best located of all
the state buildings Att this calls for
a handsome structure and such will be
erected.