Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-01-09

its agricultural display will be larger
than that of any other state; its min
eral exhibit will equal that of any
other state; its fruit display will rank
next to Missouri's and its livestock dis
play will have few equals. In addition
to this dozen or more palaces are
built of Kansas cement. kansas will
receive four times as much money for
cement alone as its state exhibit build
ing and all viii cost it." said one of
the building supervisors.
OAYHcFF superintendent
Dayhoff wished to have the county SUI
perintendents adopt course of study
as prescribed and arranged by him.
The county superintendent refused to
consider the proposition and criticised
DayhOff's scheme on the ground that
he had copied the course of study used
in Illinois and had the books in which
the course of study was prescribed,
printed in Illinois, and that he wished
to sell them to county superintendent
and teachers in Kansas at Is cents
each
BURNED MoRrGAGE.-At a watch
meeting at the First Christian church
in Topeka, the old mortgage of ga, 900
was paid off and burned in the pres
ence of the congregation. This so
elated the members that they increased
! the salary of the pastor $500 year and
gave him a purse of $50 for New
Years present
ONLY THREE LEFT.-Sidney Clarke
was the only representative of Kansas
about 40 years ago. There are only
! three present members of congress
who were members when Clarke was.
! They are Senator Hoar, John II. Ketch-
um, of New York, and w H. Bingham,
of Philadelphia.
EXCELSIOR FACToRIEs.- City,
Mo-, is exulting over capturing, or
maybe capturing, an excelsior factory.
Topeka has the largest one known to
western dealers, and Wichita has two
neither of them small affairs.
BANK CLEARINGs.-Ba clearings in
| Topeka for 1908 show an increase of
more than S., 900, 900 over 1902. The
clearings for 1902 were $69, 2s2. 22O,
| while the clearings for 1908 were ST.
949,6 79.
AN INCH OF SLEEr.-It fell at juno
ton City on Jan. 1, followed by brisk
snow storm. At Newton rain fell in
small quantities, turning to sleet. At
! Abilene sleet fell ending in snow.
| HER TOOTH BIRTH DAY.-Mrs Chris
tiana Burl1hart, of Gypsum City, was
born on New Years day, 1904, She
died on New Years eve, 1904. She had
/ lived in Kansas 33 years.
He DIED.-John W. Hall, the Mis-
souri, Pacific porter who was injured at
Yates Center some time ago by having
his head crushed between two passen-
ger coaches, is dead.
% ELEvAToRs.-C. Hoffman & Son,
of Enterprise have bought % elevators
of the A. j. Poor Co., for SIS, 200. The
elevators are all in Kansas.
FIRE AT -Bartlett's res
taurant and Stafford's restaurant at
Waverly, Kans., are destroyed by the
same fire. Loss $1,000.
LEAVES KANsAs-Ez-Sen w. A.
Harris, of Kansas, is to leave Kansas
and take up his residence, at least tenn
porarily, in Chicago.
The OIL FIELDs.-There are 1890
producing wells in the Southern Kan
sas oil fields and in adjacent sections
of Indian Territory.
THEATERs INvEsTIaATED.-The Chi
cago fire has caused n careful investi-
CATION of theaters and pubic halls in
many Kansas towns.
SLEETY SNow.-East Central Kansas
was covered by an inch of sleety snow
on January ..
AFTER FIVE YEARS. w. Crawford
disappeared from Wamego five year:
ago. He was in debt and was heavy
drinker. Recently he suddenly re
turned to pay old debts, and found
that his family had already paid then
all. He had been in the mountain
states and had prospered.
KILLED BY HoRsE.-The five-year
old son of Ed Carlisle, of Arkansas
City, was kicked to death by the fam
lily horse. The horse kicked at dog
the full force of the blow striking tn,
boys head, causing instant death.
WELLINGTON BONDs.-A city election
, ut Wellington upon issuing $134, 900 il
bonds brought out 524 votes for tn,
bonds and 133 against. They are fo
three purposes; one of SIS, 900 for pros
pecting for gas, one of $4,000 for al
electric light plant, and $4,000 TO
} water service.
NEW TELEPHoNE.-The Missouri 1
: Kansas TELEPHONE company are string
D ing a new copper circuit from yelling
4 ! ton to Harper to be used as through
A circuit for their toll lines in Western
Kansas and Oklahoma.
: KANSAS GIRLS TAERE.-Je anie Cola
a day wrote to her father in Hutchinson
: that she would attend the fatal mat
c inee at the Iroquois theater wit
$ Bertha and Nellie Flodine, also O