Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-09-17
KANSAS COMMENT


company has been reorganized. so
IT really can't be said that there is
nothing doing"
Since Admission.-Since its admls-
sion to statehood Kansas has had hve
United States judges, six united
States district clerks. thirteen Unit
ed States marshals and eleven dlstrlct
attorneys.
Advertising Purposes. = Secretary
Smith of the Chamber of Commerce. IS
busy preparing brief sketch OF wien
tia, its wealth, buildings, enterprises
and advantages for the Santa Fe rail-
road company.
Serious Accidental Cowley coun-
ty boy was leaning on the handle emu
of a corn-knife, when the homemade
handle broke and permitted the emu
of the corn knife to run into the Dody
four inches. The boy now has per1to-
uitis and is not expected to live.
Choose Officers.-At the Veterans
business meeting of the Greenwood
County Veterans Association at the
close of their annual reunion at Eu-
reka. elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: j. E. Rossei'
colonel; w. r. Appleby, lieutenant
colonel; S. Turner, major; ]. S. Bales
uuartermaster; stephen Miller, chap
lain. r. r. Grimes, surgeon; j. 5.
Eastwood, adjutant. Eureka was Sc
Iected as the place for next year
encampment again.
CattIemen's Picnic.-At Kngman
the cattle roping contest at the cat
tiemen's picnic was won by GaDe Mar
fin OF Cedarville, who took the nrst
prize of 500, roping and tying steer
In 1:O51h; John Arlington, OF King
man. was second at 1:0S, and BUD
Parker. San Angelo, Tex, third, at
1:21. E. Holiday, of Sterling. won
the first prize of SIS, and lack Mil
Ter. of Bliss, Okla, the second prize
of $50 in the broncho rldlng COD
test.
Leavenworth Shooting.-At LeaVen-
worth in attempting to shoot sam Nv
erstreet on the street, Mrs. Lee GoH'
shot Oscar Harris, a porter employed
I'm the Missouri Pacific ticket office'
who was talking to Overstreet. All
are negroes. The woman held pa
per in front of the gun when she hred'
SO Overstreet did not know what she
was about to do. The ball entered
Harris right ear and ranged along
the scalp. coming out at the back OF
his head without entering the Skull.
He will recover.
Heavy Windstorm.-At Ottawa re-
ports from over the county tell OF the
most severe wind and rainstorm so
far known this season. Lightning
struck at a number of places IN the
country, but no extensive damage was
done. At Homewood a rainfall of three
inches is reported, and number OF
small bridges and culverts are out
Many haystacks were uncovered and
drenched. In Ottawa the rainfall was
PIT inches, breaking the record Tor
the year for the same length or time
and surprising the record for the en-
tire month of August.
New School BuiIding.-Ottawa uni
Versity will dedicate at the opening OF
the school on September Z, the hand
some new administration building
completed and furnished at cost Of
approximating SIS, 1000. The event Is
of more than ordinary interest, from
the fact that the new building takes
the place of the one burned two years
ago on the morning of the day upon
which it was to have been dedicated
Gifts from John d. Rockefeller, anc
contributions from Baptists through
out the west, secured by President
Riggs, have completed the new build
ing free of cost and added largely t.
the endowment.
Leads in WeIIs.-Chanute contin
mes to lead in the number of well!
and the amount of product, will
Humboldt second. Chanute has III
wells and Humboldt 6S1. Indepen
dence has 32S wells, while Neodesh;
holds fourth place with 26S. Tota
In Kansas-Territory field 1887.
Are Selling CoaI.-The coal being
taken out of the mine is selling 70
$3.50 a ton and is being carried ava.
by the farmers as fast as it can b
mined The coal mine is being fiji
ted up in great shape and will sool
be modern in every particular.
For Winter Beef.-In the vicinity O
Beloit the scarcity of cattle has bee
somewhat relieved by the arrival @
sixteen carloads of stockers and feeC
ers. The cattle have been sent int
the neighboring country to be fed 70
beef during the winter. They ar
mostly yearlings and two-year-old:
and will be converted into baby beef
the type of fed cattle that has tn
present vogue.
Philippines Teacher.-Miss Mimi
Shungel, of Beloit, has gone to tn
Philippines, where she will teach du
ing the winter.
Burton's Case.-From the docket r.
ceived at the federal court of Shaw
nee county 1t is learned that the cas-
Ct United States Senator Burto
against the United States will b
heard by the United States suprem
court in October. Should that tribun;
decide that it has no jurisdiction the
the case will go to the court of a.
peals, at st. Louis. and be hard d
cember IA.
Ministers at PIeona.-The Arkanss