Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-01-02


Il years. Mr. Drake wes president of
the Bank of Fort Scott and one OF the
wealthiest men in that part of Kansas.
In 1853 he came to Kansas on foot prac-
tically penniless. All his money was
made in this state. In 1868 he was
elected to the legislature by almost
the unanimous vote of the county. He
recently proposed to give the city of
Fort Scott large tract of land for
park His proposition had not been
acted upon by the city council.
FARMERS HAVE PLAN-The Farm
ers' Grain, Fuel & Live Stock company
of Pawnee Rock, Kansas, which has
been refused site for an elevator on
the right of way of the Santa Fe rail
road at Pawnee Rock, may build a
spur track and ask the board of rail-
| road commissioners to issue an order
compelling the Santa Fe to connect the
spur with its main line track and to
| set cars at the elevator as demanded.
FOUND DEAD.-The attention of
| neighbors was called to Bruce DeskinS'
place east of Ottawa, by his cattle
which were showing by their actions
that they were hungry. The house
had to be broken into for the neighbo-s
to get in, where they found Deslxins on
the floor dead, with a lamp tightly
| grasped in his hand and a match on
the floor beside him. He was an old
soldier and lived alone.
PIANO Nor NECEssARY.-In Ford
county u school district bnilt new
school house. Some of the patrons of
the school wanted piano installed,
the expense to be borne by the district.
Under the law the district board is au-
thorized to contract for a school house
and necessary appendages. The ques-
| ton is whether piano is a necessary
appendage." The state superintend-
ent says it is not.
AN OPEN SwITCH.-A Missouri Pa
citic passenger train from Omaha to
Kansas City, ran into an open switch
at Everest and into freight train on
the siding. Two of the crew and two
passengers were hurt.
For AUDITORIUM.-The Salina trav
cling men who are raising money for
the erection of a S2O,OO auditorium in
Salina, went to Junction City on
special train to give two minstrel per-
foImances.
STRUCK BY TRAIN.-Mrs. NJ. Weber,
an aged woman living one mile south
of Westphalia, while walking to church
was struck by freight train, receiving
injuries which caused her death three
hours later.
WITHOUT RALOADs.-There are five
counties in the state which have no
railroads and as result get no aid
from railroad tax. They are Grant,
Haskell, Morton, Stanton and Stevens.
BUYING THREsHERs.-Since the or
ganization of the Threshermen's trust
in Brown county many of the farmers
have dubbed and bought threshing out
fits which they have used together.
WHEAT Nor SPRoUTED.-A Norton
county man is quoted as saying that
from lack of moisture much of the
wheat in his county, planted in Sep
TENDER, has not sprouted yet.
INSANE MovED.-Shawnee county is
removing the insane from the Bedwell
private asylum. The county has been
paying SO per week while the state al
lows the county ST. their care.
SUGAR FAMINE.-The wholesale gro
GERS of Wichita, during holiday week,
could not supply the retailers with
sugar for several days.
KANSAS L1BRARIEs.-There are 90 of
them. of which Andrew Carnegie helped
to plant 12. Miss Helen Gould has given
half as many more.
NEosHo FALLS OIL.-Oil wells are
multiplying at Neosho Falls, the latest
being one of the strongest in the Kan
sas oil fields.
MARRIED 6s YEARs.-Mr. and Mrs. J..
ding anniversary at Salina. They
. have been married longer than any
other couple in the county, and they
have great-great-grandchi Mr..
Upton is ss and his wife 81.
LACKED BRAss.-Millard White an
EmpOria cattleman who lost consider
able money an recent sales, has left
his iiome because he did not want to
face his creditors and has left his debts
for his partner, C. C. Sullivan, to pay,
which Sullivan says he will do.
, KANSAS UToPIANs.-Franz A Bush,
} of Belleville, Kan, the originator and
1 manager of the Kansas Utopian asso-
$ citation, an organization to nullify the
prohibitory laws of the state, has been
sentenced, aftor two trials in the dis
trict court at Troy, to serve sixty days
in jail and pay fine of $500.
LOWER COAL RATE>-The state board
4 of railroad commissioners announce a
4 reduction of ten cents a ton in the
S coal rates from Pittsburg, Kansas, tc
S Wichita. This is the first order of the
kind issued by the board