Free press., 1905-05-13

largest and best in the state. the
membership numbering about 300.
The lodge owns its own hall and is
out of debt.
Caught in Shaft.-At Sterling ]. N.
Smith, miller at Lloyd's mill, was acci-
dentally killed. No one was near
when the accident occurred, but as he
was an old man and had frequent
spells of dizziness, is supposed in
one of these spells he fell over a rail
ing and into a line shaft. Every bit
of has clothing, excepting his hose,
was torn from him and round about
the shaft
Vote Railroad Bonds. - Lacrosse
and Big Timber townships, Rush
county, voted aid in bonds yesterday
at the rate of $4,000 a mile. to build
the Gulf, Hutchinson & Northwest
ern railroad. This is the first aid
voted. Three townships in Reno
county may have an election in about
months time. 1t is the intention
to start work on the road at Lacrosse
in a few weeks
Is Taxable Valuation. = The board
of railway assessors gave out the tax
able valuation of the telephone and
telegraph property in Kansas for
1905, the total being $1,70O,0S7.
Among the most extensive were the
Western Union telegraph property,
assessed at $S39,248. and the Postal
Telegraph at 100000 Bell phone
property valuation is $SS9,OSS and the
Independent phone lines $26,520.
Escape Army Service. The pas
| senger department of the Rock Island
announces that it has succeeded in
locating a colony of Russian menon-
ties in Seward county. Kansas. The
colony has purchased eight quarter
sections of land and will raise Dur
ham wheat. The land a few years
I ago was regarded as worthless. The
menonites came to this county to
| escape service in the Russian army.
Pay Big For Business. = 1t costs
money TO get life insurance business.
! The reports 10 the state insurance
| commissioner by the various life COM
/ panies show that they spent last year
! $3.50, O,G7017 in commissions and sal
aries TO agents sand $1,645 ,992.43 in
advertising. The commission accounts
includes general agents and field
men. The advertising account doesn' t
include stationery bills 1t is for
straight advertising matter.
Murders His Brother.-At Leaven-
worth William Powell. aged So years,
in, n Rol,
A. J. Powell. aged 20. William went
to his brothers place and was told not
| to enter. He is said to have drawn
u knife, when A. J. Powell procured
a gun and struck him over the head
with it, bending the barrel. A J. Pow
ell then procured a piece of gaspipe
and struck his fallen brother. In his
frenzy he got an AK and crushed his
brothers skull.
On the State Oil Refinery.-Senator
Samuel Porter, Senator w. S. Fitz
patrick and Senator Fred Dumont
Smith are all in Topeka for the pur
pose of conferring with Attorney Gen
eral Coleman in regard to the state
oil refinery litigation and will prob
ably assist attorney General Coleman
in the trial of this case. Both sides
of the controversy have agreed on q
June hearing and the case has been
advanced. An agreed statement ot
facts is being fixed up.
New Live Stock Exchange. = The
Hutchinson Live Stock Exchange was
organized with fifteen members
Yards near the plant of the Nationa
Packing Company have been secured
and an exchange building will be
built at once. The exchange will han
die all stock offered for sale to the
packing concern. Manager Renfro O
the packing plant says he will bt
ready for 20O cattle and 1000 hog:
on June 15, and for at least thi!
amount daily after that date.
Like the Boil Weevil. Trustee
} Stratton, of Elemdaro township wa:
in Emporia and reports that a white
, louse which much resembles the boil
weevil which works in the southern
cotton fields, is doing much damage
to the corn in his vicinity. The insec
: works on or near the root of the corr
and being white in color, is hard t
: distinguish from the stalk. This il
( the third year that it has worked il
l the corn fields in Lyon county, and i
seems TO be doing more damage thi
r year than at any previous time. TIL
: only remedy seems to be a heav,
rain, which washes off the insect an
: allows the corn TO get a start and s
5 shake off the effect
Fire Was Destructive. - A fir
which started in William Cranes liV
S cry barn at Home City destroyed fl
t teen business buildings, leaving Onl
t the depot and two elevators standing
: The loss is 100000. Home City
+ on the ST. Joseph & Grand Islam
n railroad. six miles east of Marysvvill
e and is a good country trading poin
a of COO inhabitants. Several familie
n living over the burned buildings los
all of their possessions.
/. Made Big Gain.-Wellington doesn
S desire TO claim all the credit bu
i there is no use denying that it is
: mighty important point on the PaI
t handle road, which has made a gai