Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-21

erS OF SedgW1ck county ana Nlcnita
will ask the civil service commission to
hold a special examination in that city
TO secure eligibles for appointment to
the Philippine service. A delegation
of teachers made such a request of
Geo A. Nachtrieb, who is the local
civil service officer He will at once
notify the commission of their request
and if possible obtain permission to
hold IL special examination.
OLDEST kansas MERCHANT = Will
liam Learner opened general store at
Lecompton in 1856, and continued to
conduct the same for As years to March
1904, when he turned over the business
to his sons. The story is told by Geo.
w. Martin. secretary of the Kansas
Historical society, who says that dur
ing that long period he never failed,
never was sued and never had an obi
cation that he could not meet.
THKIR New UNIFORMS. The soldiers
at Fort Riley have been measured
for the new olive drab and dress
uniforms, which will be manufactured
in Jeffersonyille, Ind. They will not
be issued to the soldiers at Fort Riley
until September. Fort Riley and
Leavenworth are the first interior
military posts to be supplied with the
new uniforms. Each enlisted mans
clothing allowance has been increased
S32 to meet this change.
RIGID QUARANTINE secretary
of the state board of health visited
Parsons to look after the smallpox
epidemic there, and TO enforce rigid
quarantine. The disease broke out in
an extra work gang on the NJ. X. & Z.
railroad and there were ten new cases
of them very severe ones. There were
thirty men in the gang, quartered in q
car on a sidetracl> at the city limits.
AN AGED STRANGER-The body of
James Jones, IS years old, was found
near the Frisco bridge at Arkansas
City. He had fallen from the bridge
into the river, crawled out on the
bank and died. He was q stranger and
had been raising money by popular
subscription to buy him a home.
THE CREsCEUs CAsE.-Geo. Ii. Kech-
am, owner of Cresceus, the champion
trotter whose Wichita record of 1:59M
was thrown out by the board of ap-
peals of the American Trotting asso-
citation, on technicality. will take the
case to the courts.
SANTA FE OFFICIALs.-In their visits
to towns on their line they gathered
information from which to arrange
plans to give all points rs fair treat
ment in the matter of freight rates as
can be done without discrimination.
ANOTHER Injunction. District
! Judge Smart issued temporary in
junction restraining the striking Santa
Fe machinists at Ottawa from dam
aging the company's property or in
tecfcring with its employees.
AT TARGET Practice Private
Chatter, of Troop i. Fourth cavalry,
was killed at Fort Riley during target
the target and was struck in the head
! by bullet.
EASTERN STAR MATEoN.-Dr. Kath-
crime Hughes, of Kansas City, Kas.,
was elected Grand Matron OF the Order
of the Eastern Star in annual session
at Topeka.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.-Betw SOC
and 600 members of the Grand Chapter
of the Order of Eastern Star of Kansas,
gathered in Topeka at its annual ses-
sion.
VOTE "HERD LAw."-Greeley county
has chosen herd law in preference to
free range 1t was decided by an
election.
FIVE RURAL RoUTEs.-Hutchins
has three rural mail routes and got
two moro for the asking.
GERMANS Buy LAND Twenty-seveu
sections of Wallace county land have
been purchased by German Catholics.
SUES TIE DRUGGIsT.-A woman OF
Labette county divorced her husband
more than a year ago on account of his
drinking habits. Now she sues drug
gist for $40, 900 damages for selling
! liquor to her husband and is respon
sible for her consequent troubles.
ONCE a KANsAN-Henry NJ. Stanley
the African explorer, who died the
other day, was once in newspaper
work in Kansas and is remembered by
many old timers. Nilt Reynolds anC
some other newspaper men did not
like Stanley.
THE GRAIN TRADE.-A great deal o.
interest is being taken in the move by
grain shippers all over southern anC
western Kansas and northern Okla
homa and the Central Grain Trade as
ISOLATION has a large number of char
ter members. The object is to obtain
more favorable railroad rates in ways
relative to the shipping and inspection
of grain, and to work against discrim
nations in ear service.
SNAP SHoTs.-The people of Hal
stead who have cameras have formed
an association.