Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-08

Kansas Zinc to japan. = Manager
Steuck of the Chanute Zinc Company,
made shipment of 1000 pounds OF
zinc to Kobe. Japan, few days ago
Washington Appointments. DIR. J.
w. Afford has been appointed a pen
sion examining surgeon at Greens
burg. and DR.. W. NJ Arnold at Larn-
ed, Kansas.
Burned by Fireworks. = Honorah
Maloney, 10 years old, and her sister.
years old, of Denmark, Kan, were
burned by an explosion of fireworks
and firecrackers at Sylvan Grove
To Start Zinc PIant.-otto Profess,
superintendent of the lola and Argen-
tine plants of the United Zinc &
Chemical Company, has gone to Ar
gentine to superintend the work of
starting the suIphuric acid depart
ment of the Argentine plant.
Italian Bishop at Wichita. The
Right Rev. Bishop Deobbing, of Napia
and Sutra, Italy, the Oldest Catholic
diocese in the world, has arrived at
Wichita to visit Bishop Hennessey
and consult with him on matters of
interest to the church at large.
Geary County Wheat.-Thes first OF
this years crop of wheat was brought
to junction City 1t tested sixty-One
pounds bushel. Seven hundred bush
els were sold for eighty-five cents a
orc of uyhn in
Geary county did not test above fifty
five pounds.
Ottawa Sure of Gas.-At Ottawa an
agreement was entered into between
the Kansas Natural Gas Company and
the local artificial gas company by
which the Kansas company takes over
the local concern, restocks the con-
solidated company and uses the local
plant to distribute gas in the town
Held to Trial. - At her preliminary
hearing at Troy. Mrs Mamie Mitch
ell was bound over for trial at the
September term of court charged with
the murder of her husband, William
Mitchell, June 10. Her bond was fix
will be confined in the Atchi3on
county Jail. Mitchell was found sho$
through the head and his wife wound.
ed in the arm She claims the shoot
ing was done by Mitchell.
Orders Sheriff to Act-At Arkansas
City w. d. Kraemer, county attorney,
has taken steps to get away from part
of the responsibility placed upon him
by the recent letter of Governor Hoch
addressed to all the county attorneys
of the state. He has addressed an
order to Sheriff Welfelt, saying that
if the sheriff knows of any violations
of the law in COwley county he shall
file complaints in any of the courts of
the county and the attorney will prose
cute the cases.
Bought Government Land. Ben
Ahlerich, a wealthy farmer, has
brought punishment proceedings at
Winfield to attach $4,000 in a local
bank said to be the property of c. l..
and E. r. Tallmadge of the Tallmadge
Land company of Chicago and the
claims that he bought two quarter sec
lions of land in the valley from the
TaIlmadges. giving $4,000 in cash and
a note for $4,000 He claims it was
government land
Put Mayors in Jail. = Representa-
tive P. c. Young, of Wilson county
chairman of the temperance commit
tee in the house last winter, has sug
gested plan which he believes will
result in the strict enforcement of the
prOhibitOry law. My plan is to put
! the mayors of the wet towns in jail
! instead of the jOintists," said he. "It
| is a crime for a mayor to let joints
run in his town. He is Just as much
| of criminal as the jointist-perhaps
a worse one. because he is a high-ton
ed one. Send a bunch of mayors tc
! Jail for failure to do their duty and the
rest will enforce the prohibitory
law
Will Elect New Teachers. = The
! Ashland district annual school meet
ing was held June %. In point of har
mony it was a great improvement
over that of a year ago. The board
| was instructed not to employ any
teacher that had been employed dur
| ing the past two years. The distric
employs one principal and three teach
ers. paying the former SIS per month
and the latter $40. 1t is not believed
that any local teachers will be hired
A. NJ. E. Conference.-The Topek;
| district conference of the A. NJ E
church convened with Presiding Ed
er G. A Griffith in the chair This
district extends from Kansas CITY
west along the Santa Fe line to Color
ado, and contains twenty-eigh
| churches.
Auto Backed Of Cuvert. = At E
Dorado Dr.. ]. A. McKenzie's auto
mobile backed of a culvert and fel
on him, infiicting serious injuries. Hi.
sister. Mrs. E. Steele, of Kansas City
Kan, who was with him. was alsC
badly injured. The doctor pushed hi.
sister out of the auto as they wer,
going over, and she was not caugh
/ under the machine.
PAroIed Prisoner Broke Faith. = 4
negro giving his name as GatewooC