Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-02-27

1904 received honors. This is a large
number of honor graduates, and in
dicates that the standard OF scholar
ship at K. Z. is higher than formerly.
The constitution does not allow more
than one fourth of the graduating class
to be elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
WOULD REFORM BoYs.-The Cald-
well Advance says: From evidences
shown on the streets of Caldwell the
past week or two, Kansas could well
follow Iowa's lead in the enactment of
the inebriate asylum law Young men
and old have tried to out-Herod each
other in hilarity, and complaints come
daily of young boys drunken orgies
ONE OF THE MoB-The Atchison
Globe notes the death, at Wallace,
Wash, of Thomas Rhea. Rhea was
the pioner blacksmith of Atchison
county. He was a hot-headed pro-
slavery man, and the Globe notes that
he was member of the committee, or
mob, which set the Rev. Pardee Butler
afoat on the bosom of the Missouri.
BRICK AT LANsING.-When spring
opens prisoners of the penitentiary
will be at work making paving brick.
The Lansing road to Leavenworth
will require a month of favorable
weather for its completion. By that
time the brick will be ready and the
laying of walks will begin.
TX w 0,rDrrD~- n 1,1,re T,,Jo.o G,,+I,
RE, treasurer of the fund which is be-
ing collected to build a monument to
the soldiers and sailors of the Civil
war, reports that 1896. SO is now in his
hands for that purpose. The monu-
ment is to be placed in the Washburn
college campus.
FIFTEEN DIVORCE CASES. docket
for the next term of the district court
in Geary county in March shows that
there are fifteen divorce cases for trial
at that term. This is the largest num-
Der of divorce cases for one term of
court here since the county was or
gained.
USED KNIFE ON TEACHER-When
Ray Lowrey, teacher in a country
school east of Wichita, tried to force
Simon Freese, pupil larger than him
self, to obey a command, the latter
drew knife and cut him in the back,
making two or three serious wounds.
KANSAS TEMPERANCE UNIoN.-F. D.
Coburn is reelected president of the
Kansas State Temperance Union.
Rev. j. T. Mcfarland, of Topeka, is
tary, and William Macferran, treas
urer.
SEVEN ARREsTED.-The sensation in
the trial at Norton of the Dewey ranch
men for the murder of the Berrys was
the arrest of seven men who were with
the defendants on the day of the trag-
edy at Alpheus Berry's ranch.
CAME IN 1s56.-James Griffith, one of
county, and few years ago county
commissioner, died at his home near
Ozawkie. He had been a resident of
Kansas since 1856.
the Kansas Bankers association at
Wichita, May 1919, is expected to be
the largest meeting of bankers and
fnanciers that has ever been held in
the state.
GIRL ORAToRs.-The girls of Wash
burn college completed their organi-
cation of an oratorical association and
will put some orators in the field for
the spring contests.
A LARGE MoRrGAGE.-The Topeka
Street Railway company has issued a
mortgage for 81, 25O,O to secure the
payment of new bonds.
OTTAWA PASTOR DIEs.-Rev. w. R.
Wood, of the Ottawa Baptist church,
is dead. He was native of Canada.
STOCK TRAIN DERALED.-A Missouri
Pacific stock train was derailed be-
tween Reese and Rosalia, Butler coun-
ty. The cars that left the track con-
tanned ore and salt, and the stock was
uninjured. Passenger traffic was de-
layed few hours which was about the
only harm done.
GooDIAND BANK SoLD.-Secretary OF
State Burrows, of Smith Center, and
E. E. Ames, Charles Sawyer and C. J.
Shimeall, of Norton, have bought the
First National bank of Goodland. Il
has capital of SIS, 900.
No NoAIINATIoN.-Th first senatorial
Republican district convention held al
Troy adjourned without making a
nomination, until March IA. There
1926 ballots taken, Doniphan casting
its ten votes continuously for Aten ano
Brown county for Nugent.
AFTER SIX YEARs-An Ohio mar
has sent for his marriage certificate tt
a Kansas probate judge, which he
failed to take with him when he wa.
married by the judge six years ago
The records show that he is entitled tc
a certificate and it was sent.
In FEDERAL CoURr.-Heirs of the
Frenchman who made the De Boissier,
Odd Fellows home property have
brought suit in the federal conrt ask
ing that the property be sold, and t.