Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-11-21

Onefh jury nelu Il bccOnu inquest IL
Haryeyville in the case of the shooting
of VIM. Smaley, and recommended that
the widow, Mrs Smaiey, and Chas.
Overman, a farmer, be arrested as ac-
ccssorics TO the crime. The brother
and father of the woman are already
under arrest charged with the murder.
1t is the contention of the officers that
Smaley was killed in accordance with
plot participated in by all members
OF his family.
STATE LIBRARY AssocIATIoN.-At
the annual session at Emporia the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President. Miss c., NJ. Wat
son, Lawrence; secretary, Miss In
Adams, Topeka; treasurer, Miss Sy-
rena Mckee, Leavenworth; vice presi-
dent, ]. L. King, state librarian, To-
| peka- 1t was voted to hold its meet
ing next year in ST. Louis the day pre-
ceding the meeting of the American
! Library association
No RESERVE SToCK.-Warden Jcwett
OF the psnitentiary says that he is still
having trouble getting cars to haul
coal although he has been able to keep
the state institutions supplied with
fuel. The difficulty is that enough
cars cannot be secured so that the in
| situations can accumulate = reserve
stock of fuel.
KANSAS HIsToRY.-Under a las
passed several years ago it is made oh
| I
the course of the public schools In
some counties, however, but little a.
tention, it is said, is paid to the act
and it is Superintendent Dayhoff's in
tention to enforce it rigidly.
| AS GOOD AS SIsAI.-John Stewart
has on his farm near Saltwater vol
unteer crop of 20 acres of an unnamed
| plant which is believed TO be equal in
value 70 sisal or hemp for making
twinc. He has sent samples of the
| Washington.
| JAPANESE CuEsTNUTs. WIN. Eager,
! the well known orchardist who lives
! seven miles south of Wichita, has 25 or
80 Japanese chestnut trees that are
! growing nicely and that bear mats
every year. They are II years old and
have borne the past five years.
MONEY From AsHEs.-A. Kissler
lost his hotel at Meade by fire and
with it his purse, which ne recovered,
and sent, full of ashes, to the treasury
| department. Two weeks later he re-
ceived IL new So bills, just the amount
that was in the purse.
| FELL UNDER TRAIN.-J. W. Brown,
II wealthy farmer and stoclSman who
! had just returned to Abilene on the
night train from Kansas City, where
he had been with shipment of cattle,
fell under the train at the depot there
and was killed.
SUES A RAILROAD. Walter \. Oar
| iington, a stock man of Concordia, has
brought suit fora sum exceeding 81, BOO
against the Burlington railroad fol
losses due to delay in delivering cattle
and hogs shipped to market over that
line.
OWLS GUST SPAREOws. Marsha,
ogg, of Thayer, mas stopped the kill
ing of screcch owls in that town, OF
which there are many there, because
the owls kill the troublesome sparrows
LACK oE 200 TEACnERs.-It is con.
servatively estimated by the state SUI
peYintendent of schools that at least 200
rural schools arc closed right now be.
cause of II scarcity of teachers.
WOoDMEN MONUMENTS. Monuments
were unveiled on Nov. at Great Bend
TO Sovereigns James A. Duncan ant
/ Henry Rcdigcr.
PIONEER WHEAT RAISER George
w Ogden, one of the pioneer big wheat
r;,isers of Dickinson county, died al
Abilene Nov. 10.
For a CITY HALL@-The city connci
of Coffeyvillc decided unon an election
to vote bonds to build city hall, cost
ing SO, 600.
GLASS FACTORY TREBIED.-The COT
fcyville Bottle and Glass factory de
cidcd TO increase the size of the plan
from twelve blowers to thirty-six blow
crs. This will bring scventy-ivc NOR,
mon 10 the city and will increase tn,
capacity OF the plant from 90 gross o
prescription bottles a day to 800 gross
or carload. Il day. The vast humble
of orders for bottles is the reason 70
the increase.
Loss 5000, O0O.-The burning of tn
grange block in Olathe caused los
| ,,0,,, Co0O OCn
No SUCH CoMPANY.-Topella attor
Dcys are receiving letters from peopl
who have invested in the Surety Loal
& Trust Co., of Topeka, but the at
torncys can find no such company il
that city. The only clue TO its address
is tho direction TO wonld be investor
TO mail letters to certain box in tn
Topeka pos;cfficc.
) TRUANCY LAW VALID-County AT
} torney Otis Hungatc, of Shawnee eom
", has given as his opinion that tn
truancy law is valid, and n truancy off
Ger viii probably be appointed.
IN COLD SToRAGE--There are in col
, storage in Wichita about 1000 barrel
and 600 bushels in bulk of annie