Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-11-04

To Fave Light and Water-LincolE
Center has voted on propositions to
put in waterworks and electric lights.
Both propositions carried.
County Attorney Named. = ]. A
Brubacher was appointed county at
torney of Sedgwick county by Judge
Thomas c. Wilson to succeed the late
Otto G. Eckstein, who died of appendi
citis. Mr.. Brubacher will assume his
duties at once.
New State Banks. = In the pasl
three months the Kansas Bank COM
missioner's Office has instituted 81
new state banks with a total capitaIi-
cation of $685., 200. And most of this
money was put up by Kansas farm.
eTs.
Destroyed His Home. = At Leaven-
worth William Collins literally has de-
stroyed the interior of his home be-
cause his wife crossed his path
little. He smashed furniture and dish
es, tore clothing into shreds and to
make matters worse kicked his wife
and 3-year-old daughter into the
street
Baby Saved Her. Mary Nee; rter,
the former wife of soldier, appear
ed in police court with a baby i'll her
arms at Leavenworth. She was charg-
ed with drunkenness. 1t was a sad
sight, indeed The police judge was
touched and with a voice trembling
with emotion, he discharged the wo>
man. The baby saved her.
Grandmothers' Club. Conway
Springs has a social club composed
of grandmothers. The club was or
ganized twelve years ago. Since that
time ten members have died and four
have become great-grandmothers. OF
the twenty members six are widows
and five are wives of soldiers. Alto
egther they have sixty-two children,
eighty-four grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren
Natural Gas at OttaWa.-Ottawa be-
gan the use of natural gas. The sup
ply was turned into the city mains
from the pipes of the Kansas Natural
Gas Company. All the regular GUS
toners of the Municipal Gas Company
began the use of the new supply. and
extensions are making as rapidly as
possible. Ottawa gets a 20 cent
maximum rate, and receives a bonus
of $4,000 in annual payments. The
gas company acts as distributor.
lola Jointists Arrested. c. L.
Evans, the newly appointed assistant
attorney general for Allen county, has
caused the arrest of six men charged
with violations of the prohibitory law.
Fixtures seized in several places were
stored away to await an order from
the court for their destruction. So
soon as the appointment was made
known a number of men who had been
engaged in the liquor business pre-
pared to leave and there was an ex-
odus of at least fifteen of them
May Shut Devin Quit is claim.
ed in Pittsburg, Kan, coal circles that
action has been taken by the South.
western Coal Operators association
to eject G. ]. Devlin and his associat,
ed companies from membership in the
Southwestern association for non.
payment of dues to the association.
On account of the tie-up in the Dew.
lin matters the connection with the
association has been severed. 1t is
stated that the difficulty can be ami
cably settled without involving the
miners.
Laying Off Brakemen. - Fourteen
brakemen have been let out at
| Wichita by the Missouri Pacific by
| the cutting of the board down to a
winter schedule This happens every
| year when the summer rush is over
| and is no way connected with the cut
! ting of the force of that road at other
places. Besides the above cut on the
board, eleven brakemen have been
| given thirty days leave Of absence.
These men will, with but a few excep-
tons, all return to work when their
| time has expired.
Hutchinson Does Its Share. = The
committee appointed some time ago
to secure subscriptions to the promo
ton fund of the Gulf, Hutchinson &
Northwestern, has completed its
work. The condition on which the
subscriptions were made was that
none should be good until an aggre
gate sum of $4,000 had been raised in
Hutchinson. This condition has been
complied with. The committee has
brought the total up to $3.50 and
will at once turn over the checks
which were given by subscribers to
George Winans, treasurer of the com
pany.
Negro Boy brakeman. Judge
Hudson, of the juvenile court of Fort
Scott has in his charge a negro boy
II years of age who has been sentenc
ed to the reform school for burglary
The boy, Jerry Green, robbed a safe
in an office where he was employed
three different times, and on one &C
casion he used a steel drill and sue
ceeded in drilling a hole into the dool
of the safe, but was frightened ava!
before he could use an explosive He
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