Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-10-15
KANSAS COMMENT


charged with skipping with $500 that
he was holding at the races at Larned
has been taken back to Pawnee coun-
ty for a hearing.
New Car SerVice.-At Cottonwood
Falls the street car company is lay
ing a new track. They expect to
make the track much heavier and
when it is completed they will put
on a larger car, which will be run by
by gasoline motor.
To Wreck Train.-An attempt to
wreck passenger train No. s on the
Santa Fee, at Raymond, a station II
miles west of Sterling was frustrat-
ed by the carefulness of the engineer
who discovered the switch lights out
in time and stopped before reaching
switches which were found to have
been thrown open and locked. Sus-
picion points to some former railroad
men and search is being made for the
key that locked the switches.
Strikers Hopeful-A E. Ireland, one
of the leaders of the Santa Fee ma
chinists' strike, has returned to To-
peka. Other leaders are now on
trip of inspection over the Santa Fe
lines. It is expected that another
effort will be made then to secure a
conference with the Santa Fe officials.
None has been arranged yet The
strike leaders claim that they have
things in such shape that the road
will be glad to confer with them be-
fore long.
Trouble With Postmaster.-The lit
tie town of Baker, in Brown county,
Is having troubles of his own. The
citizens of the town are at outs with
the postmaster and they refuse to
mail any letetrs at the postoffice
there and have been mailing them on
the train until the postmaster got onto
the fact and appealed to the author
tiles at Washington. The postmaster
general has issued orders to the mail
clerks on the trains to take no mail
up at Baker other than that in the
mail Tag. The citizens now carry the
mall to the train and watch for some
one they know and give them the mail
to post at the enarest town.
Certificate a Forgery.-Kansas edu-
cational circles are much stirred up
over the discovery made recently that
A. II. Schoenfield, an Atchison county
teacher holds a forged teachers GER
tificate, which he purchased from the
manufacturer, a Riley county printer.
The discovery was made after some
very shrewd detective work on the
part of |. l.. Dayton. state superintend-
ent of school, and o. o. Hastings. sup
erintendent of the Atchison county
schools. The state superintendent has
now begun an investigation for the
purpose of ascertaining to what extent
the forgery has been carried on.
Form Beef Club.-Thirty farmers
living north of Effingham have formed
beef club. Its object is to furnish
fresh meat to its members. The of
ficers are: ]. NJ. Tuley. president; T.
T. James. secretary; NJ. II. McLennon
treasurer; w. H. Bell buyer and
butcher. Each member is required to
pay into the treasury five dollars
which is used as a fund to buy stock
with. When a beef is killed the meat
is sold to the members at a slight ad-
vance over the cost of the beef and
the expense of butchering it. The
company has a set OF bylaws and one
of the most important ones is that
only first class beeves shall be butch
cred. L. H. Vandervort brought the
idea from Iowa where he says similar
organizations have been running for
two or three years.
Fencing Class.-The latest fad in
athletic lines at the Washburn college
ut Topeka is fencing among the girls
A class in this sport is now being or.
gained by the girls athletic associa
ton and practice work under the
direction of the physical director al
the Y. W. G. A. will be begun as soon
secured.
Statutory Rape.-George Scott and
Fred Weaver have been arrested al
Topeka on a charge of statutory rape
sworn to by Mary Larsen, IA years Of
age. Scott and Weaver gave bond.
Escaped Trooper caught.-At Leav
enworth word has been received a
the post of the capture of w. L
George. who escaped from the guarC
house. October Goth. last year. Georg,
was formerly a soldier in the Four
t0enth infantry, and was serving al
eighteenth months sentence wheI
he broke away. He is now held il
St. Joseph.
On Serious Charge.-David Brown
one of the negroes charged with at
tempting TO kill w T. Sanford an,
Joseph Burt at Topeka, has been ar
rested at Sedalia, Mo.
Public Ownership Lost.-At the spe
cial election at Paola to vote on tn,
proposition of issuing $4,000 in pc
cent bonds to purchase the water
works plant. III votes were cast il
<avor of it and l79 against it, TIL
women were not represented in thi
election.
Saved His Life.-George Dunlap,
laundry driver, "a years old, at Cher
ryvale. attempted suicide by ta1ini
chloroform. Fearing the chloroforn
would not have the desired effect h
took strychnine. The counteractio
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