Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-02-21

has published papers at Oslzaloosa and
Valley Fails, is dead. aged 80 years.
He was a '49er in the first rush to Cali
fornia. His sister, Mrs. s. S. Cooper,
who was in the hotel business for years
in OslSaloosa, while her husband con-
Quoted mercantile business next door,
died of paralysis of the heart while
looking at the body of her brother.
FIRST CITY ELEcrIoN.-The city
council of Herington has called speci-
al election for April II, to elect officers
under the new proclamation making
that place a city of the second class.
There have been laid out four wards
and each will have two councilmen.
B. L. Thompson has laid out forty
lot addition for residences.
HUNDRED THOUSAND MoRE.-The
Dold packing house in Wichita will be
enlarged. Another 500, 900 will be in
vested in new building and machin-
cry. The company have finally con-
cluded TO enlarge their Wichita plant
by the erection of another brick build
ing and the purchase of one of the best
ice machines in the world
WORK AT PARsoNs.-At the new asy-
lum the main building, accommodating
about 200 patients, will be ready for
occupancy about the first of May, after
which the other three buildings will
be finished as rapidly as possible.
Probably by the first of July the four
buildings will be open for patients
CHARG ED WITH MURDER cor
Oner's jury on the case of Amos l..
Maxwell, who was killed in the Kan
sas insane asylum, returned a verdict
charging Attendants Patterson and
Neil with the murder. They were ar
in their own behalf at inquest.
ENROLMENT AT BAKER.-President
Murlin of Baker university, granted
the students a holiday in honor of the
colleges enrolment reaching 900: the
largest in the history of that institu-
ton. The enrolment represents 80
counties of Kansas, eighteen states and
territories and five countries.
OIL NEAR WAMEGo.-It was struck
at depth of $50 feet and was forced
mp through 800 feet of water Until
the well is cased and the water pumped
out the flow cannot be ascertained.
The parties interested have leases on
thousands of acres. No stock is offered
for sale as yet.
AN IRRIeATINa PUMP.-Nathan Full
Ter, of Lalzin, has contracted for a
pump which will raise 500 to 1000 gal
Ions of water a minute. The pump
will be run by an eight horse power
gasoline engine, and will supply water
enough to irrigate Mr.. Fuiler's large
beet fields
A BIG PIG.-J. Whitright, of Canton,
Mcpherson county, butchered a 90
months old shoat that brought the in
dicator up to 600 pounds after being
killed and bled. Twenty-threeg gallons
of lard is one of the items realized from
this young porber.
.SEvENTY-FIvE HOMES. -There are
now in course of erection in lola rs
homes, some of them small cottages
and others large residence buildings.
LULNe's AssIsTANr.-C. II. Luling
state insurance commissioner, has APP
pointed John H. Upton, of Wichita, to
be stlte insurance examiner.
VERMILuoN WILL BoRE.-The peo-
pie of that Marshall county town are
proposing to bore hole 1000 feet deep
in search of oil, gas or coal.
THIRTY CARS OF LUMBER. They
have been unloaded at Burns in two
weeks There is much building in
progress and in prospect. =,
PROFITABLE Pooh. FARM.-The SUI
perintendeut of the Usage county poor
farm sold 81 900 worth of hogs the
other day.
AGED 90 YEARs.-Mrs. Betsy Green's
death IN Sherman township, Clay coun-
ty, makes a record for age. She was
born in Industry, Me- February z,
1904, and died February 6, 1903. She
was married to Samuel Green and was
the mother OF fourteen children, the
grandmother of twenty-four, the great
grandmother of forty and the great
great-grandmother of one child, making
forty-nine descendants.
TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERs.-That num-
Der of business men of Sedan have or
ganized a commercial club.
RED MEMS CARNIvAL.-The Emporia
lodge of Red Men have decided to have
carnival there the first week in, May
that will eclipse anything Enporia has
had in the shape of carnival for years.
Already the lodge has signed a con-
tract with one of the biggest travelling
carnival performances in the coun-
try.
VoTE FoR SCHOOL HOUSE. an
election at Eudora to vote 81, 245 in
bonds for new school house the tally
shows 276 votes in favor with one vote
against it.
ANOTHER KANSAS RAIrRoAD.-Bv
current report. C. Q. Chandler has a
new railroad line in process of speedy
organization. It is projected to extend