Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-03-07

the tender on the main line. The mail
car topped over and two mail clerks,
w. o. Rogers and r. o. McGee were
standing in the door ready to throw
out mail and were thrown out and
dragged along the ground McGee had
a leg broken in two places, while
Rogers escaped with only a sprained
ankle
RAN PENCIL IN HIS SIDE--Clarence
Shear, 14-year-old son of Frank Shear,
of Highland, fell while running and
slate pencil, which he carried in his
pocket, was forced into his side to the
depth of three inches, then breaking
off. The physician summoned con-
siders the injury much the same as a
bullet wound, but as none of the inter
nal organs were touched the boy will
probably recover.
BROWN CorNTY CoAL--Ledges of
coal have been found cropping out of
the ground in several places in Brown
county. 1t is thought there are big
coal veins running through several
parts of the county, but none of them
have been developed. One farmer gets
all the coal necessary for his own use
off his farm. The most of the coal
seems to be around Willis, Everest and
Horton.
Two INSURANCE BILLs.-They have
been passed by the senate. One gives
insurance companies the right to in
vest in county and municipal bonds.
At present they can only invest in state
| and government bonds. The other
| provides that Kansas shall treat the
companies of another state in regard
to inspection and fees the same as that
! state treats Kansas companies.
RUNAWAY Snow PLow.-A big ro-
| tary snow pillow was standing on u
switch at Newton and two men were
working on it. The pillow ran away
| with them and one of the men jumped.
The other stayed with it and it stopped
| when it had run about mile. A pas
senger train came along and four ears
were ditched but no one was hurt.
/ SOLD DISEASED MEAT.-Ben Skaliclly,
butcher of Winfield, who has been
running Il meat market there for sew
eral years, was tried in justice court
on the charge of knowingly selling
| diseased meat over the block, and SEN
fenced to six months confinement in
the county jail.
CATTLEAIEN ALARMED. -Cattlemen in
western Kansas are stirred up over a
bill pending in the legislature making
all section lines county roads. This
| would force them to put fence around
each section of land. At present they
pay no attention whatever to county
~Oads.
PLAYED WORCESTERSHIRE years
ago the 6-year-old daughter of C. D
Burdiclz, of Independence, was thrown
while playing ''whip-craclk'' with her
schoolmates in such shape that her
spine was injured and ever since the
child has been an invalid.
ANOTHER PosToFFICE RoBBED.-Me-
dora. on the Rock Island north of
Hutchinson, is the latest place to have
visits by burglars to its postofh ce,
| which lost S12O in money and about
$50 in stamps.
VOLUNTEER FIRNIEEN.-The third an
nual banquet of Eureka Volunteer Fire
department was attended by about rs
| members and invited guests.
OVER Four THoUsAND.-The total
mem bership of the Soldiers home at
Leavenworth is now in excess of that
| figure.
BLIZZARD ON oSrH.-A fierce blizzard
swept over portion of Kansas on the
last day of February.
AN On. Co.-Osage City is organizing
a company to drill for OIL gas or min
erals.
| No BROOM FACToRY.-The prison
wlIislz broom contractors of Nebraska
have won out. They succeeded in get
ting the bill establishing whisl1 broom
factory at the Hutchinson reformatory
killed in the house ways and means
committee. These Nebraska men were
in Topeka six weeks lobbying against
this bill
IMPoRTED ZINC ORE.-Two cars of
silver bearing zinc ore for smelters at
| IOld nave dTFlVeQ from BFlClSH OOlIltn-
bia; the first of a string of over 40 cars
now en- route.
| KANSAS METEoRITEs. The meteorite
which was found at Admire, Lyon
county, and which has now been placed
on exhibition at the National museum
in Washington, has given rise to the
assertion that more meteorites have
fallen on Kansas than on any other
like area on the face of the globe.
FELL FROM TRAIN.-George C. Cade
eff Abbeyville, was returning from
Kingman where he had gone for ex-
animation for increase of pension, and
attempted to leave the train while in
motion and wasalzilIed.
PRINTING DEFICIT.-The ways and
means committee of the house favora-
bly, reported deficiency bill appro-
priating $3.50 to pay for state
printing to the end of the fiscal year
on June 80. For number of years
the state has had to meet deficiency
of about this size every two years.
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