Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-26
KANSAS COMMENT.

who was charged with killing G. c.
Montgomery, a secret service man, at
Winfield on October ;, 1901, has been
discharged in the district court
Co. d DIsBANEED.-The state board
has let out Company D, First regiment,
at Chanute. and authorized the organ
ization of company at Paola to take
its place. The Chanute company has
had too many changes in officers.
PErR1F1ED F1sH-S. w. Randall, a
farmer near VinIand, has dug up sew
eral petrifed fish on his farm. One
fish four feet long was found in dig
cling for a cistern and at another time
several cells were found in the same
way.
H1ccoUeus FOR MonTHs.-George
Ashmead of Gypsum has been af-
flicted with the hiccoughs for several
months. He has been to Kansas City
but the doctors there have been unable
to do anything for him. He is now
unable to work.
CoBURN's ANNUAL.-The report OF
the state DOdTu OI III NAAN
year 1903, just issued from the office OF
Secretary Coburn, is one of the hand
soonest volumes ever issued from that
Office. There is more demand from the
farmers of Kansas for these books than
for anv other volume that comes from
the press.
A PH(NrER 80 YEARs.-Ed. p. Harris
of Topeka, celebrated his semi-cen-
tennial as printer. He came to Kan
sas in the SOS and set type on the first
newspaper published in the state.
That was at Lawrence. Later on he
took Job in the state printers office
and remained there under every state
printer up to and including Cliff
Bakers term. For the past - years
he has been with Crane & Co. as proof
reader.
THE QUIYERA SocIETY.--The arrange
ments for the unwilling of monu-
ment to Juan de Padilla, member OF
the Quivera party, include probable
ity of the presence of Archbishop Ire
land, who has been invited. Padilla
was the first Christian martyr of the
new world. The monument will be
larger than the one at the Quivera site
Monuments will also be erected a.
Manhattan and Alma by the Quivera
society.
STORM WAS observation-disclosures OF
Cowley county report the complete
disappearance of the Hessian fly pes
since the wind storm. They say tina
the warm weather had Matched out the
young flies and before they were able
to fly were caught by the wind ant
sand and a large part of them were
blown away or killed. The heavy
rain that followed the wind drowned
all that remained. They were founC
dead next morning by the thousand.
BURLINaAME FIRE.-Fire destroyed
the planning mill of Martin Lund anC
the blacksmith shop of w. L. Standi
ford. The livery stable adjoining ant
several residences had narrow escap
from burning. There was quite
strong wind blowing and it require,
hard work to save the residences acros
the street to the north and west, tw
or three of which were on fire at diff
ferent times. The loss on building
stock and machinery was fully $4,000
partially covered by insurance.
KILLED THE MoTHER.-Mrs Georg
Slaven was trying to take a loaded GU
from her children when it was dis
charged, striking her in the abdomen
She will die The accident occurred a
Weir Junction, coal camp near Pitts
burg.
BLOCKS OF SALT.-One of the Lyon
salt companies has shipped five block
of salt to the st. Louis fair for eXhib
ton. The largest is six feet long, fiv
feet wide and three feet deep, an
weighs five tons. The other fon
blocks are nearly as big.
For HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-RobeI
Hill was arrested at Cottonwood Fall
for alleged highway robbery commit
ted at Council Grove. A man answer
ing the description of Hill went to tn
Office of A. 5. Root, real estate mar
and at the point of a revolver, force
him to turn over $500 check and car
eel mortgage that Root had on hi
property.
MURDOCH SEES AeAIN.-T. B. Mu
dock is recovering from his attack
blindness which forced him to leay
the Wichita convention.
HARVEST HANDs.-T. b. Gerow, d
rector of the state free employmer
bureau, has received his first order fl
harvest hands The order came fro
Stafford comfy and called for I,6C
men, 100 more than were employed i
the county last year.
ANOTHER JUROR SICK.-The distri,
court 1T Norton was compelled to a,
journ second time on account of IL
sickness of another juror. Tim fir
sick juror stopped the court in IL
Dewey murder trial for more than
week.
A HEAVY RAIS.-The greater pa
of Kansas received on March 10 Il
first heavy rain in four months.
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