Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-31
KANSAS COMMENT.

Winfield at a meeting appointed com
mittee to organize commercial club.
POSTMASTER AT FLoRENcE.-James
S. Alexander has been appointed to
succeed C. d. Battey as postmaster at
Florence.
SELF SUPPoRTING.-Three hundred
and seventy-three students in the Kan
sas university, nearly one-third, are
self-supporting. The total registra-
tion is 1, 1S4.
WILL LEAVE KANsAs.-Judge A. w.
DenniSon, late Populist member of the
appellate court, has sold all of his be-
longings in Butler county and pur-
chased farm in Pennsylvania where
he will make his home.
OPENING OF COUNTY JAM.-The new
Marshall county Jail was formally
opened with house warming. Sheriff
and Mrs. Guthrie issued invitations to
every person whose name appeared on
the county tax rolls to be present and
participate in the festivities The in
vitations were in the shape of a sum
mons
SIX COWBOYS IN HoUsE.-There are
six cowboys who are the real thing"
in the house CT representatives-C. M.
Beeson, of Ford; w. II. Weldon, of
Clark; w. w. Martin, of Morton; Fred
Friar, of Wichita; r. b. Campbell, of
Meade, and Sherman Williams, of
Stanton. Chalk" Beason is dean of
the outfit.
KILLED AT A DANCE.-Art Richard,
n farmer, was killed by b. C. Single
ton, at dance at Spivey, Kingman
county. Ill feeling had existed be-
tween the parties fer some time. Rick
ard was about thirty years old and
leaves a wife and three children.
Singleton is not married and is ~
years old. Joe Raney was arrested as
an accessory.
Ex-CHANCELLoR OF X. U.-Dr. Can
field, who for many years was well
known to Kansas people as chancellor
of the State University at Lawrence,
is now librarian at the Columbian uni
versity of New York, where he re-
ceives salary of $4,000 year, with
the condition that at the end of twelve
years he will be retired on an annual
salary of 81, 500.
RURAL CARRIER MIssING.-James
Parlihurst, carrier of rural route No.
/, out of Wathena, Kans., has been
missing several days, and his relatives
fear he has met with foul play. Search
ing parties have been trying to locate
him, but without success. lie is said
to have told a friend a short time ago
that parties along his route had tried
to do him bodily harm.
An AGED PIoNEER.-Captain Eli Sny
der died on his ssth birthday at the
family home in Osawatomie. Captain
Snyder was one of the pioneers of
Kansas. He came to Linn county in
1857 and settled near what was then
known as Trading Post. 1t was on his
farm that band of border ruffians
committed the murders which have
passed into history as the Marais des
Cygnes massacre.
KANSAS MARKsAIEN Ed O'Brien, of
Florence, won two Of the biggest events
in the gun tournament ut Ei Paso,
Texas Champion Herr, of Concordia,
and Harry Anderson, of Salina, with
O'Brien. composed Kansas represe nta-
tives at the shoot, and they succeeded
in securing first and second money in
several of the best events. The shoot
was attended by large number of
Western sportsmen.
CLOUD COUNTY MINES. The strike
in the coal mines at Minersville is
called off by the operators granting
the increase asked for by the miners.
The operators in return have raised
the price of coal 80 cents, ten cents
above the increase granted the miners.
All the men have returned to work.
For SAIINA-A representative OF
Pennsylvania capitalists has been be-
fore the Salina council in regard to
securing a franchise for an electric
light plant and an electric street rail
way system.
GUsHER AT PERU.-The Interstate
company has struck a big oil gusher at
the Peru oil fields. Unless it be Mo-
line, Sedan is the farthest west of any
Kansas town that is burning natural
gas which shows the steady expansion
of the gas field.
INCUBATOR FACTORY is such
an establishment at Hiawatha which
employees % men and the manager
states that the business of the company
will require IS men within Il year
The company is asking for inducements
to move its plant TO Topeka.
WHEAT Is PooRLY.-Farmers coming
into Clay Center from every part OF
the county report that wheat is mo-
looking well. The winter has been Z
dry one, and coupled with the vino
which has prevailed of late, has in
jured the crop. Many fields appear
almost barren of wheat. None of it i:
being pastured as the farmers hav,
plenty of forage.
BOND CLERK--Captain T. J. Hayes
of Kansas City, Kas, has been ap