Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-02-28

OF the late NODle Irenl1S MI IrenClS
wrote Kansas history four years ago
and it has been used in some of the
schools of the state. Dougherty, of
Harvey got bill through this session
requiring that a Kansas history be
placed in the course of study in the
common schools This means that the
Prentis history will be used. Mrs.
Prentis felt so elated over the matter
that she asked the governor for the pen
with which he signed the bill, and he
gave it to her. She will make it an
heirloom.
INSURANCE TRUsT.-James NJ. Chal-
lis, of Atchison, county attorney, has
commenced proceedings against the al
legged insurance trust. He cited all the
local agents to appear in the district
court to give testimony regarding
combination which is said to exist for
the purpose of controlling rates. His
action is the result of note from
Mayor Orr, calling his attention to
meeting of insurance men recently
held for the purpose, it is said, of regu-
IdGlHS anu raising rates.
AFTER FORTY YEARs.-The son of j.
J. Hedricl1, of Hutchinson, works in
the postoffice department at Washing
ton. Recently in looking through
the museum of the dead letter office
young Hedriclz came upon a photo
graph of his father which had been
lost in the mails more than forty years
ago, The elder Hedrick was one of
twenty brothers and half-brothers who
enlisted on the Union side.
TEST AT D.-Erasmus Ha-
worth, of the Lawrence university,
state geologist, tested the Winfield gas
well and found it TO have a flow of
$40, ST. cubic feet at normal and 1869,
$50 cubic feet at full pressure. He said
it was better well than had been re-
with the drillers of the well, RACES s.
Co., to buy it for $4,000.
FROZEN TO DEATH.-Mrs. Martha
Youngren, slightly demented inmate
of the Cloud county poor farm, aged 81
years, crawled out of her bedroom win
dow in the night and the next morn
ing was found frozen to death about
ten rods from the house. It was de-
cided that no inquest was necessary.
GEARY WANTS 80 SECrIoNs.-There
is bill in the legislature to take 80
sections of land off the northern part
Of Morris county and add them to
Geary county. The residents on this
strip favor theschange
l. o. o. Il. ORPHANS HOME.-The SUI
preme court denied a motion for a re-
hearing in the De Boissierre case. This
vests the title of the De Boissierre Odd
Fellows Orphans home property in
Franklin county, in Troutman & Stone,
of Topeka.
WAS CURSED WHIsKY.-When Harry
Kelly, of Emporia, was about to re-
ceive sentence of years in penitentiary
for clipping with his sister-in-law, he
said: at was not Harry Kelly that COM
mitted the crime but cursed whisky"
ExEMPrs WIDE-TIRED VEHICLES
The Kansas senate would not stand for
the $500 exemption from taxation as
passed by the house, but would exempt
libraries and wide-tired vehicles
A CAPTAIN OF KANSAS 15TH.-Cap-
tain Tyrus 1. Hurd, commanding a
company in the Fifteenth Kansas cav
airy during the civil war, is dead at
his late home in Minnesota.
K. U. BOYS Cot is expected that
800 students from the state university
alone will attend the state oratorical
contest to be held in Atchison on the
18th of March.
WAS WE'LL AND Died.. w. Nc
Cornell, of Denison, jackson county,
was apparently in good health and had
just finished breakfast when he dropped
dead.
A STUDENT DRowNED.-B. P.
| Schmidt, a freshman student of the
Agricultural college was drowned
while skating on the Blue river. The
river was not completely frozen over
and Schmidt went down in channel.
| The body was not recovered. His home
is at Inman, Mcpherson county.
| For NEWTON PosToFFICE.-Mr Long
1
has introduced in the house a bill to
provide for the purchase of site for
the erection of public building there
on at Newton, Kansas, at a cost not
exceeding 100000.
| LONG ZINC ORE CONTRACTS. The
producers of the Missouri Kansas min.
ing district are considering a PROPOSE.
ton made by the smelters to take the
zinc output for a year at $50 per ton
for GO per cent ore. At private meet
ing of several of the largest producers
] = weekly shipment of ID, 900 tons was
| pledged in case the deal was made. II
IS likely the deal will go through.
LULING's AssIsTANT.-C. II. Luling
state insurance commissioner, has APP
pointed John Fl. Upton, of Wichita, tc
be state insurance examiner.
New BIsHoP.-Bishop Griswold, Of
Hudson, New York, the new bishop o.
the diocese of the Episcopal church o.
western Kansas, has arrived in Salina
Several big receptions have beer
planned in honor of the bishop and hi,
wife, one by the commercial club O.