Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-04-16


panies doing business IN Kansas. This
is about SIS, 900 more than was collected
last year at this time. The insurance
year begins February l. Kansas col
lects 2 per cent on gross premiums.
Under the law, if any other state col
lects more than that per cent from
Kansas companies, Kansas will charge
the same amount to companies from
that state.
BUILDING CoLLAPsED.-When the
storm struck st. John many small
buildings left their proper locations
without regard as to which way they
went. A laage vacant store room col
lapsed. Tons of loose brick and all
the fire wall of the First National
bank, being built, fell upon barber
shop from which about Is men had
just gone out to look at wrecked build
ing, leaving five men in the shop, all
of whom were hurt. VIM. Reynolds
was the worst hurt.
GAS BUILDS Towns. Oil makes farm
ers rich but gas builds up a manufac-
turing town. That is why lola has
outstripped its sister towns in growth
in recent years. The big development
of gas started there in 1892 At that
time lola was a town of 1 800 popula-
ton. Today it has a population of
10000 on the townsite and counting
suburban towns connected with it by
trolley it has close to $4,000. Gas
alone is responsible for its big growth.
CoFFEYvu.LE GLAss.-Coffevvil is
now supplying most of the country
west of the Mississippi with window
glass, prescription bottles and glass
fruit jars. Within the next thirty
days it will begin to supply glassware
for the table. Six large glass factories
now in operation and the seventh one
to manufacture table glassware, is in
stalling its machinery. Coffeyville is
now referred to as ''Glassville."
FEDERAL Prison CRowDED.-The
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth has l 100 prisoners, with
16 more added from Indian Territory,
and so more waiting for transporta-
ton. The warden promptly wired to
Washington the request that they be
taken to the penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga
JUDGE HoRToN's SECRErARY.-Clif-
ton b. Holbert, prominent young at
torney of Atchison, is believed to be
fatally i'll with acute bright's disease
and congestion of the lungs. He was
secretary to the late Albert II. Horton
at Topeka for several years, and was
afterward city attorney of Atchison
A. II. L. A. BRANCHES OUT.-That
organization at Bentley has adopted
resolutions declaring that it shall be
the duty of each member of the order
to see that the game law, the fish law
and the Sunday closing law are strictly
observed.
For CARL SwENssoN.-The CONNER
cial club of Lindsborg has put itself at
at the head of movement to raise
money by popular subscription for
erecting vault on the college ground
as the last resting place of the late DR.
Carl Swensson.
No CANKER Worm EGGs.-Roy Moody,
an insect specialist at the State uni
vei'sity, has made a thorough search
this spring for eggs of the canker
worm and thus far has been unable to
find any.
GOES TO ST. LoUIs.-Miss Nellie
Tucker, of Topeka, has been appointed
stenographer for the Kansas worlds
fair board. She will have an office in
the Kansas building at the worlds
fair.
SUMMER EQUIPMENT.-Iola's street
railway system has purchased four
new trailers for summer equipment
OH IN MIAML-Ten oil prospectors
have been looking up the oil prospects
in Miami county and trying to lease
land Many thousands of acres have
been leased. Besides the gusher struck
II few weeks ago, there are several
other wells said to be full of oil. None
of these has as yet been shot.
To INSPECT FOR MANGE.-The state
livestock sanitary commission has in
corporated in its regulations the last
order of the government bureau of ami
NAL industry providing for inspection
for mango.
STRUCK RY SToNE.-Sheriff Wycoff
of Garnett, was struck by stone
hurled through the car window while
the train was running through a cut.
His face was badly lacerated and a
piece of glass which struck one eye
may cause the loss of it's sight. Some
tramps who had been put off of an
other train are believed to have thrown
the stone.
AT AGE OF 11s.-A Kansas soldiers
widow, now in the Soldiers Widows
Home at Ellsworth, Mrs Mahala
Lewis, is lis years old.
TREATS CRoUP OVER PHoNE-A Wet
more doctor is unable to attend all the
cases of Group there, and has mothers
bring the babies to the telephone trans