Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-03
KANSAS COMMENT.

Miner fell IA feet and struck on the
back Of his head and died almost in
stantIy.
CLAIMS A MILLION. -Attorney Gen
eral GODDARD puts a conservative esti-
mate of the damage Colorado has done
TO Kansas by nabbing the Arkansas
river at $40, 600, 600.
Down / 900 FEET.-The gas well ex-
pertinent at Herington has been aban-
doned after going down about l. 900 feet
and the machinery moved away. Later
the digging may be resumed.
On HUNT.-GeneraI Manager II. u.
Nudge, of the Santa Fe, with his son
and several of the students of Went
worth Military academy, went TO In
dian Territory on hunting trip.
SUED FOR RAILROAD FARE. - The
Santa Fe company filed suit against the
Gideon minstrel company, which
showed in Topeka, to collect S67 car
fare. The amount was taken out of the
box Office receipts
CHANCELLOR SrEoNe.-Prof. Frank
Strong, of Kansas University, is slated
for discussion concerning methods of
educational value before the National
Association of State Universities, which
will hold series of meetings in Wash
ington on January 3-5.
DIED ON TRAIN. = Mrs. Bloomer
Quimby, of Ness City, died on the Santa
Fe train from the north just as it was
reaching the station at Humboldt.
Heart disease was the cause of death.
She was daughter of Joseph Mercer,
of that city, and was on the way to visit
her parents.
HTED A RECORD.-John A. Daily,
received pension certificate No l, O49,-
955. Daily then wrote to Commission
er Ware that his object in making the
application was to have proof that he
was entitled to a pension, but that he
did not want the money, and asked that
his name be taken from the pension
rolls.
FARM Products. -This season s ship
ments of farm produce aside from stock
from Wamego have so far exceeded all
previous falls as to leave little room for
comparison. Since October Is, from 20
to 40 cars of apples, corn, potatoes and
sweet potatoes have been shipped
weekly. More sweets" than anything
else have been sent out. The crop of
these exceeded 200 carloads.
tave Won Berger, the son of a German
nobleman, killed his wife and com
mitted suicide in Topeka in 1881, leaS-
Ing three children. For eleven years
the children have been living in pow
erty. A portion of the time they have
been in an orphans home in Iowa
Now they have fallen heir to $40, 600
Attorney Fred Slater, of Topeka, has
got the details all closed up whereby
the children will come into possession
of the money in few weeks.
WORK OF r. r. CoMMIssGoN.-Th
annual report of that board shows that
since its organization two years ago
zoe cases have been docl1eted, aside
from large number of minor cases
which were disposed of by correspond
ence. Of the 2o2 cases 152 have been
settled by trial, 10 dismissed for want
of jurisdiction, were not prosecuted
and 80 are still pending. OF the 1872
eases tried LOG were decided in favor of
the complainants add 40 in favor of the
railroads. There has been no appeals
taken.
COURT OFFICIALS. &C. f. Swarts,
judge-elect of the Nineteenth judicial
district, has appointed James McDer-
mott as his stenographer, to succeed
Harold Herrick, the present stenog-
rapher under Judge Lawrence. Nc
Dermott is at present record filing clerk
in the supreme court. w. II. England,
deputy district clerk, will succeed Nc
Dermott in the supreme court.
WARDEN JEwETT.-It is stated that
Senator E. B. Ward, of Republic coun-
ty, may succeed Z. b. Jewett as warden
of the penitentiary.
JOHNSON COUNTY BANKS. The three
banks os Olathe have on deposit sum
10 S1O lOE every WO-
man and child in johnson county
And adding the amounts deposited in
other banks of the county, there is
enough to make SOS per capita.
Much SoRGHUM-C. G.. Casebier, of
McLouth, commenced the manufacture
of sorghum in small way about six
years ago. This season he has shipped
out fifty carloads, and his supply is not
yet exhausted. One carload went to
Seattle, Wash.
RICH VEIN OF LEAD.-A big cavein
occurred on the New York Zinc Co. IS
ground at Galena in which is exposed a
rich vein of lead heretofore undiscov-
cred. The vein is about twenty feet in
thickness and is exposed about three
fourths of the way around the entire
circle. Millions OF pounds of lead are
in sight.
DIED OK TRAIN.-Mrs. Frank Boggs,
of Hutchinson, who was bringing the
body of her husband from California,
was taken sick on the train and died at