Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-17

Die IN keeping the various state 1hSJl-
tutions supplied with coal None OF
them have large reserve supplies and
should there be a break down at the
mine, purchases would have to be made
on the open market Inability to Sc
cure cars when needed, the increased
consumption of the state institutions:
greater difficulty in getting coal out of
the penitentiary mine and the lack OF
any means of storing a reserve supply
of coal are the causes of the trouble.
KANSAS WANTS EsTELLE.-Warden
E. B. Jewett has asked the Illinois au-
thorities to turn Estelle, the noted out
serving life sentence here for murder
escaped. Later, he held up a train in
Illinois and was captured a few days
ago at Memphis. There is 10 excuse
for Illinois to go to the expense of Civ
ing him a trial." said Jewett. eve
can hold him for life in Kansas and
that ought to satisfy Illinois,
CORN YIELD IN DoNIPHAN.-M. S.
Peck, of Highland, has finished gather
ing 15O-acre field which yielded an
average of rs bushels to the acre. J..
E. McConly got the same average for
100 acres. A great many farmers in
that section have fields thatiyield from
fifty to eighty bushels to the acre and
the average is about the best ever
known there. From 80 to 80 cents per
bushel is being offered.
LARGE DOUBLE BARRACK.-The large
double artillery barrack which has just
been completed at Fort Riley is now
occupied by the Twentieth battery of
field artillery, which moved into its
terry has been occupying tents the past
two years with the exception of last
winter when it was taken to Fort Rob
inson during the cold weather.
CLOUD COUNTY MINERs.-All the
miners employed at the several coal
mines at Minersville, in the north part
of Cloud county, have united in de-
mand for an increase in pay from ST. 60
ton to So. There are about five
mines employing about eighty men.
The employers have denied the de-
mand.
ELks WILL BUILD-The ElSs of
Winfield have decided to erect build
ing of their own and have bought a
lot on Main street in the center of the
city. A three story building viii be
erected at once. The Elks, organized
a year ago, now have membership of
$50 and still growing.
Snow DRIFTED.-The heavy snow
which fell in the western part of the
state on the night of January IL was
the heaviest of the winter. The snow
drifted and trains were delayed to
some extent. Telegraph wires suffered
from the windstorms in several districts
CT the state.
GIVES A BULL CALF.-Franl Rookie
felier, the owner of large cattle
rancho in Kiowa county, has presented
to the Kansas Agricultural college a
fine bull calf. Mr.. Rockefeller paid
SIS, $50 for the sire of the calf.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS. are
now 675 of them employed on the rural
mail delivery routes in Kansas, their
salaries aggregating more than $50, 600
They are all paid by Postmaster Guth-
RE of Topeka.
REHEARING FOR ORIENT. The Kan
sas supreme court has granted re-
hearing in the case against the Orient
to prevent that road from crossing the
Santa Fe yards at Emporia.
VETERAN AND MAsoN-Captain J. w.
Beller, a civil war veteran and a well
known writer on Masonic subjects,
died at his home in Perth, Sumner
county, on January 10.
ALL WANT MISUNDERSTANDING
borg is asking for an extension of the
trolley line being built from Wichita
to Mcpherson.
CITIES OF SECOND CLAss.-A call has
been issued for meeting at Topeka
on January Is of the mayors and city
attorneys of cities of the second class
W NtASSuSS SihN upon u
be made in laws relating to their cities
which will be presented to the legisla-
ture.
A SUCKERS FEAT.-Lew Rassmus.
son, of Lindsborg, shucl1ed $500 bush.
els of corn, making an average of lis
bushels a day. He took care of his
team did all the hauling and shoveled
it all into the cribs.
ARTEsIAN WELLs.-Mr. Sunday has
! completed a we'll at Coolidge 3I2 feet
deep which has an abundant supply Of
! good engine water. The well has ar
artesian flow. The Santa Fe has or
dered one dug under the supervision o.
Mr.. Sunday at Syracuse.
OUT OF CoAL.-Aside from what i.
stored in private bins there was not Z
| ton of coal in Ottawa on january =
the condition having existed severa
days. Cobs and pine boxes furnish
many homes with all the fuel they
! have.
BARN AND HORSES BURNED. u sepl
Anderson's transfer barn at AtchisoI
burned, together with six horses Tn