Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-09-10
KANSAS COMMENT

first class.
Heart Failure.-Eenjamin Atkinson.
aged 62 years, dropped dead from
heart failure in his boarding house
in Wichita.
Entertain Druggists.-The National
Pharmaceutical Association is hold
ing the meeting in Leavenworth this
week
Pastor Changed.-Dr. S. S. Estey,
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Salina, has been released by the Sol
ONION Presbytery and will move to
Topeka at once.
Build Santarium.-The Seventh
Day Adventists are building Battle
Creek sanitarium at Wichita. The
cornerstone laying has taken place
and the structure is to cost $4,000.
Fatally Burned-At Cottonwood
Falls, Mrs Sallie Sullivan, wife of
Edgar Sullivan, a liveryman, was NOR
tally burned While lighting a fire
with coal oil her clothing took fire.
She died in few hours.
Gov. BaiIey's Gas.-Governor Bailey
shot good well at Wayside in Mont
gomery county recently. His company
has eighty acres in one lease and eigh-
~ in another. G. E. FOote of Topeka
is managing the property.
MiIIers' cIub.-At meeting Of fifty
millers from Kansas and Oklahoma
held at Wichita it was decided not to
advance the price of flour. officers for
the ensuing year were elected at this
meeting and other important business
transacted.
Married 60 Years.-At Paola, Mr..
and Mrs. S. NJ. Sellers celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their marriage.
They were married in Waynesburg.
Pa, and came to Paola in 1876.
Twelve children were born to them
ten of whom are living.
New Bottle Factory.-The Coffey-.
vile Bottle Company started it's fac
tory with full complement of men.
There had been some talk of the
factory starting an open shop, but the
matter was amicably adjusted by the
company and the representatives of
the Bottle Blowers union. The fac
tory turns out prescription TASKS and
turns out several car loads a week.
Narrow Escape.-W B. Hulen. who
lives near Carbonate, had a narrow
escape from death while driving to
town with a load of hogs. When
crossing the Santa Fe tracks his wa
won was struck by the Colorado flyer.
passenger, No. 10, and made into
kindling wood. The strange part of
1t was Hulen and his horses escaped
death and only one hog was killed.
New Electric Line.-Work on a new
electric line between Galena and Bax-
ter Springs. Kansas, is to begin at
once. Construction under the direc-
.tion of Mr.. Vandermyer, the chief en-
gineer, will begin at each end of the
line. 1t is reported the new road will
operate jointly with the southwest
Missouri Electric Railroad, making a
continuous route from Carthage, Mo-.
to Baxter Springs, Kansas.
To Pipe Gas.-The Kansas National
Gas company is said to be preparing
to pipe gas to Topeka, Kansas City
and Joplin. Fourteen cars of pipe
have been unloaded north of Humboldt
and forty or more cars near Piqua
are said to belong to that company
The Kansas National continues to add
to its holdings. both by purchase and
by development. BY it's contract with
the Consolidated Oil and Gas Company
of independence it takes over and
pays for every gas well brought in
on that group of leases. One of it's
: new wells on these leases flows %
million feet a day.
Veterans Eat Melons.-Three wagon
loads of watermelons were taken tc
the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth fol
the annual melon supper. They were
large and well assorted, grown in
southern Missouri, and cost the gov
eminent seventeen cents apiece. They
were placed in ice boxes. Each veter
an was given one-sixth of a melon
Shows New Road.-The railroad
board has just issued a new railroad
map of Kansas. 1t contains one more
railroad than the old map does. 1t is
the Santa Fe branch from Caney tC
Havana, about twenty-five miles.
Lane County Represented.-A spe
cial chair car holding seventy person:
left Dighton for the worlds fair, st
Louis. over the Santa Fe and Burling
ton roads. Up to date. about one
tenth of the population of Lane coun
ty has visited the fair. This is gooC
showing for a shortgrass county, ant
cannot be beaten in the state. consid
ering the population.
Own EIeVators.-The western Kan
sas farmers have elevators of thei
own, and the next thing they will b,
building cooperative broom corn fac
tories.
Fire at Brookfield.-Fire broke GU
in some lumber sheds at Brookfiel,
and before it could be controlled /
had done nearly $4,000 worth of dam
ages. At one time the fire threaten
ed the whole town, but the citizen
got out in force and with the aid u
buckets prevented greater damage
1t was with difficulty that the lumbe
yard was saved.
Lost His Foot.-Charles Foster, @
Stafford, lost his right foot underneat
a Santa Fe passenger train. He a
tempted to board the excursion trai