Free press., 1905-06-24
KANSAS COMMENT

into the liquor violations in Clyde
and secured evidence sufficient to in.
dict all the saloonists. The Clyde
joints are closed by order of the
mayor.
Inaugurated New Service. - The
Kansas & Southern railroad has in
augurated Sunday passenger service
leaving Arkansas City at 11:15 a. m
for Geuda Springs and Anthony. The
train reaches Geuda springs each
way in time for Sunday dinner.
Must go to Prison.-A jury in the
case of Homer LanOtte, charged with
committing larceny from Santa Fe
freight cars IN the yards at Arkan-
sas City, returned a verdict of guilty.
The conviction carries with it pen
atty of from one to seven years.
Small Fire Near Florence.-A large
tent belonging to II. Wolfenberger,
who is doing some grading for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road. two miles west Of Florence,
caught FIRE from sparks from an en-
CINE late Tuesday and was completely
destroyed. Five horses were burned
to death. The loss is more than
$500.
Great Alfalfa Crop. - Albert Robi'
doux was in Goodland recently. He
said: Il sowed 40 acres of alfalfa
the 9th day of March, and that same
field is ready to cut and stands from
a foot to 1S inches high. In a few
7 of Gnact al
falfa meadows in the state of Kan
sas" 1t is a remarkable thing to cut
alfalfa three months after sowing.
Men Teachers Scarce. - Though
their salaries run from $50 to $40 a
month, men teachers for principals
of the smaller town schools in Brown
county are almost impossible to get.
There are more than enough women
teachers, but the young men seem tc
prefer to work for less money every
month in the year than to take
teachers place for from seven to nine
months at good salary.
Two Students Graduate.-The old.
est college in Kansas, Highland uni.
versity of Highland, held its com
mencement exercises. two students
being given degrees. Highland uni.
versity was started in a log cabin in
1857, near where the present building
now stands. February 8, 1858, the
Kansas territorial legislature grant
ed the school a charter, and in May
of the same year the first real work
of the school was begun.
Killed by Train.-C. p. Stafford, an
old man who recently moved to Flor
ence from Eldorado, was struck by a
passenger train at the west end of the
yards and was instantly killed. He
was living alone near the railroad and
was walking up the track when
STRUCK. His son, a prominent lumber
man of Eldorado, was at Florence at
the time of the accident, and was to
have taken him to the county seat to
have a guardian appointed.
Testimony For Kansas.-Testimony
for Kansas was taken at Hutchinson
in the case of Kansas against Color.
ado, involving the right to use the
waters of the Arkansas river for irri
cation purposes. Witnesses testified
as to the underfow of the river, and
compared the quantity of water in the
river with that of ten years ago. The
Kansas side of the case will be com
pleted in Topeka on June II, IS and
10. Soon after this the evidence will
be submitted to the United States SUI
er Richardson.
State Won First Point.-In the CASE
of the state of Kansas versus the
Standard Oil Company the state wor
the first point in the supreme court
This is the case in which the state
is trying to oust the Standard from
doing business in the state on the
ground that it is a trust. The
charges are of a general nature while
the Standard asked that they be made
more definite and the names anC
dates where the Standard had con
spired" be given. The answer of tn,
state is that the information desired
is the peculiar possession of the de
fendant company and the state doesn'
have to set it forth in detail. TIL,
court overruled the Standards con
tention.
Charged With Robbery. Jane.
Lewis, a negro about % years old
was arrested charged with the bur
glary of four Wichita homes. TIL,
robberies have taken place within tn,
past week. Lewis was arrested in al
East Douglass avenue pawnshol
while trying TO dispose of a gol,
watch which had been stolen from tn
home of DR.. Fabrique, a prominen
Wichita physician.
For Commander-in-Chief. - Captain
p. II. Coney. department commando
of the Kansas G.. A. r., is in receip
OF letters from comrades in variou
states urging him to run for command
er-in-chief of the order The captain
says he is not a candidate. but hi
friends declare that if the homo
should be thrust upon him he woul
feel it his duty to accept
BY November 1.-Workmen at Tt
peka broke ground for the new stat
printing building, which is to cos
$2S.000. The building will be read
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