Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-02-25
KANSAS COMMENT

are being driven back and forth across
the ice on the Missouri river at sew
eral points-the first time since the
winter of 1899.
New Postoffice.-Uncle Sam show
ed his partially to Kansas the other
day when he established a postofiice
at Corbin City. brick yard suburb
OF Cherryvale.
Greatest on Record.-The sIaught-
er OF Kansas cottontails and jack
rabbits in the past week has been the
greatest on record. People are afraid
to eat away from home lest they get
rabbit for dinner.
While Thawing Engine. - A. r.
Brown, an employe of the Frisco rail-
road, was killed in the yards at Fort
Scott. He was at work thawing out
an engine that had been frozen up
during the night, when a passing en-
CINE caught him, killing him instant
ly.
After Pool RoomS.-Senator Brewer
Is after the pool room and race track
betting stands. He introduced bill
making it unlawful to operate such
concerns in the state. either for the
purpose OF making books or bets on
races, either at home or in other
states, or on election results.
Injured BY Bursting Pipe. - Geo.
Nichols. night Waterman in Winfield,
was painfully injured by the bursting
of a water pipe leading from the range
to a heating tank in the kitchen of
the st. James House. The force of the
explosion wrecked the range, and
Nichols face and body were filed
with broken pieces of iron. His eyes
may be injured permanently. Two
other persons in the kitchen when the
explosion occurred escaped injury.
Shot Shattered Breast. Ernest
Hathaway, 16 years old. was accident
ally shot in the left breast while hunt
ing with a brother on their fathers
farm near Winfield. He was carrying
a shotgun, which was disarranged, and
he bent forward TO examine it.
The hammer caught in the leggings
he was wearing and exploded the
shell. The charge of shot shattered
Hathaway's breast and struck his
lung He was brought to town. where
he was placed in st. Mary's hospital,
and is in a precarious condition.
Learning to Make Bread. - The
school for bakers recently authorized
by the war department was Inaugural
ted at ort Riley. The first class con-
sists OF eighteen pupils representing
the infantry, coast artillery. cavalry
and field artillery. Thirteen of this
number will represent the first two
banches Of the service, and come
from Columbus barracks, o. The re-
naming five are from Jefferson bar
racks. Mo, and will represent the
cavalry and field artillery. The pur-
pose of the school is to turn out COM
petent bakers.
Troops For Philippines.-The Sixth
infantry, consisting of forty-three
officers and SIS enlisted men, left
Leayenworth on three special trains
for San Francisco. They will go di-
rectly from the cars to a transport
and are to land at Samar Island in
the Philippines where the natives are
making trouble. The Sixth came here
nearly three years ago. Before
starting discharges were granted to
over 400 soldiers of the regiment So
many came here and enlisted, most
of them with a view of going to the
Philippines, that all could not be TAX
en- along. The regiment will be in
the Philippines two years.
jerome at Ottawa. The Ottawa
ChautauQua assembly received tele-
gram announcing the acceptance of
it's invitation by District Attorney
Jerome, of New York, to address the
assembly July Z. The invitation to
Mr.. Jerome was presented by w. A.
Deford. OF Ottawa, who is now in
New York In the employ of w. r.
Hearts legal department.
Will Take Vacation. - Dave Doolit-
tie. druggist of Sabetha, has been
doing so much in the past fifteen
years that he has decided to take q
much needed vacation.
Favor the Standard.-A meeting Of
the most prominent oil men of the
Miami county field was held at Paola
Resolutions favoring the Standard
were adopted and signed by those
present. 1t was unanimously decided
not to take part in the fight on the
Standard. None OF the operators is
in favor OF a state refinery. as they
think they will in time receive fair
treatment at the hands of the Stand
ard, and that it will soon resume TAX
ing oil here. Today oil was pumped
from the Standard tanks into the
pipe line.
Worst of the Year. The worst
blizzard of this year prevailed at
Colby. A strong wind from the north
is accompanied by snow.
Rats Mutilate Mans Body.-James
Johnson. sixty years old. was found
dead at his home in the suburbs of
Ottawa. where he had fallen in an at
tack of apopleXy. The discovery was
made by a little neighbor girl who
went to take the old man a valentine
Johnson lived alone in small house.