Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-09-26


now professors in Yale and Cornell
and others who have at
tanned considerable prominence. Dur
ing her school work here, she has
taught two generations.
DEPosrrs N CLAY CoUSTY.-Thc
statements OF all the banks of Clay
county at the close of business on Sep
tenber o, show ss77, 319. 81 on deposit
in the county, of which S6O1. sol. 81 is in
the banks of Clay Center. These are
the largest figures ever recorded there.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WIrH KANSAS.
There have been many disastrous
wind storms during the past five years
and not a single one in Kansas. They
have visited Missouri, Illinois, Arkan
sas and Mississippi, but Kansas has
been free from them.
NEW CATTLE DIsEAsE.-Jamcs Steeu,
of Valley Fails, reports that new
disease has broken ont among cattle in
that vicinity among feeders brought
from the Kansas City stock yards The
cattle were from Nebraska. Some of
them have died.
WANT BETTER NAH. SERVICE. The
railroad commissioners have been
asked TO compel the Missouri Pacific
TO put a passenger train on that road
between Larned and Conway Springs.
Better mail service is wanted.
IT is SECRETARY DEXTER w. l..
Dexter, pastor of the NJ. e. church at
Caldwell, has been elected secretary of
the state temperance union. He Will
remove to Topeka. temperance head
quarters.
HIGHLAND UNIVERSITY are
in progress with increased attendance
OF students. Especially is this true of
Highland university, which has about
doubled its usual number.
WHOLESALE DRUG CoAIPANY.-A new
wholesale drug company of Wichita
has applied to the state charter board
for charter. The company will be
capitalized at S15O,oOO.
Too WET FOR CoRN.--Reports from
northeastern Kansas are that tho win
ter wave of last week damaged no grow
ing crops save that it has been too wet
for corn to ripen.
DRUGGISTS GIVE BONDS. The Par
sons druggists have signed an iron.
clad bond to permit no one to drink in
their cellars, back rooms, or elsewhere
in their stores.
PLANTED THEM IN BUSINESS.
w. Howe, of the Atchison Globe, has
established his three children at EN-.
met Idaho, rs the owners of weekly
| newspaper.
PRATT COUNTY GIVES SITE.-ThC
! commissioners of Pratt county have
purchased IL acres and presented then
to the state for fish hatchery site.
WELLINGTON MAKES CLAIM.-I
claims that the city has more miles o
cement walk than any other town O.
| its size in the country.
HIeH PRICED HoTEI~-W. v. Lippin
colt, of Kansas City, has purchased the
Hamilton hotel ut Wichita for con
sideration of Ss7, 900.
A GUM SHIP8IENr.-Onc Thousand
seven hundred and fifty pounds o
| chewing gum were received in Wichit;
one day last week.
DoCToR SOLD WHIsKY.-Dr. S. B
Wilson. one of the oldest physicians o
selling whisky.
LONG GRAIN THAIN.-Forty-thre
grain cars were pulled out of Conwa,
Springs the other day by one engine
SUMMER Hon ScuooI--The enroll
ment of the high school of Sumne
county has reached PAS.
real. GREEK LETTER Ottawa uni
versity now has L real Greek lette
fraternity.
CAPTAIS HIST DEAD.-Four year
ago he became mine officer in tn
Kansas peniten tiary from his home Of
his farm near Sedan, where his famil
still live. He died of heart disease o.
September Is. He was an officer i
the Union army in the civil war, wa
member of the G. A. R., i. o. of c
T., and o. N. w. lodges
DEPOSITS AT LAwRENCE.-Publ ishe
statements of the condition of fou
banks at Lawrence, three of them IL;
tionnl hanlIs, show total of deposit
of 81, sos, 925. %.
VACANCIES FILIED.-Vacancies q
the agricultural college at Manhatta
have been Tiled by the election of Pro
Frank McClenahan as assistant i
chemistry; and X. J. Kinzer, of Anne
Ia, as assistant in the animal hu
bandry department. Prof. McClen;
han comes from Yale college.
PRICKED BY CATFIsH.-R. B. Mel.
ncr, of Fort Scott, went fishing I'll
I otner day and one OF the catfish
captured priclsed him on the left wris
He paid no attention to it and bloc
poisoning set in.
DIsCuARGIxe BoYs.-The Topel;
5 city railway is discharging all DO,
, under p years of age. There al
: about so boys left. The theory is til;
the boys will be required to GO schoo
, These boys were taken on when Il