Free press., 1904-12-17


stock yards have larger orders than
they are able to fill. The packing
houses are having heavy orders for
butcher cattle and are killing large
numbers daily. In spite of this they
are unable TO secure the number OF
cattle necessary TO supply their
trade.
Another One Dies-Robert Vine
yerd, a young business man OF Well
ington, died of typhoid fever con-
| tracted at the wedding of the dauglit-
er of Ex-county Treasurer Winner.
More than fifty of the guests of that
function, nearly all people of prom
inence, were taken down with the
disease, believed to have been caus-
ed by some impurity in the food serv-
ed by the caterer.
Leaped From Train.-Oliver Pick
EFT, charged with violating his parole,
was being brought back to the State
Reformatory at Hutchinson from To
peha, when he leaped from a Santa
Fe train inside the city limits, dur
ing the absence of Officer J. w. Lib
! engood, who thought his prisoner
safe with handouts on. He made
/ good his escape.
Resigns Position.-C. E Paul. as
/ sistant professor of the mechanical
! engineering department of the state
! Agricultural college for the past two
years, has resigned to take the chair
! OF mechanical engineering in the New
Medico Agricultural college at Me
! silla Park
Won't Gsit Smashing. - Blanche
! Boise refuses to agree not to smash
any more windows and therefore will
have to serve her time out in the To
peka jail. The county commissioners
! figure it is economy to pay her board
rather than any more prosecution
costs.
Report Denied.-The report that
the Hutchinson Salt company has
| abandoned its well at Caldwell is de-
MED by the officials themselves Much
| trouble is being experienced by cave
ms. but the company expects to over
come these and continue drilling.
Died From Injuries. = William
Blunk. a lineman. fell from a tele-
| phone pole at Great Bend, receiving
injuries from which he died. He
| leaves widow, their only child dy-
ing last week, just before the acci
dent befell the father.
Right-of-way Secured.-The survey
has been made and the right-of-way
for 125 miles secured for the Gulf,
Hutchinson and Northwestern rail-
road, and it is reported that the work
of throwing dirt will begin in the
spring.
No More Considered-Govern
elect Hoch has given notice through
the press that no more applications
for Office will be considered until he
has completed his message and been
inaugurated.
Acquitted of Charge.-R L. Mar.
tin has been acquitted of the charge
of strangling his wife to death on Oc-
tober 8. Evidence showed that she
had taken poison of her own free
will.
Charter Withdrawn.-The Kansas
City Stock Yards company will not
incorporate in Kansas, thd applica-
tion for charter to operate in Kan
sas having been withdrawn.
Casing Ordered.-The Mcpherson
Prospect company has ordered cas-
t ing for its we'll and it is expected the
first of next week. when drilling will
be resumed.
Put in System. = The Edwards
. County Telephone company, capital
$4,000, has been chartered by the
state to put in a system at Lewis.
Cattle cocpany Chartered. = The
Comanche Land and Cattle company,
with capital of $4,000, has been
chartered.
Preacher a Forger.-A A Arthur.
? who came to Hiawatha several
months ago, purchased property and
settled here, representing that he
) was a retired preacher and evange-
list, has been arrested by Frank G.
2 Braley, a Pinl1erton detective from
ST. Louis, on the charge of forging
$4,000 check at Paris, Tex. Ar
thur later confessed.
Postoffice Robbed.-The postofice
: at Putnam, six miles south of New
: ton, was broken into by burglars and
l $50 in stamps and money takeT
There is no clue to the robbers.
: Sold to Syndicate. - The Aetna
t FIGURING mills of Wellington and
t eleven elevators in this and adjoin-
: ing counties in Kansas and Okla
t homa have been sold by Kramer
: Bros. to a syndicate of capitalists OF
2 Kansas and Oklahoma, headed by
John T. Stewart of Wellington, for
< $4,000.
D Ten Horses Burned-At Indepenc-
: ence ten horses were burned in fire
s which completely destroyed the Fair
: child livery barn. This barn was one
: of the landmarks of the city. All the
contents were burned.
? Will Be Put to Work.-Sixty miners
f arrived in Pittsburg from the Utah
e strike district and will be put to work
t | as fast as places can be found for