Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-29
superintendent Bowen RESIGNS.


Lover Blows Off His Head.-Clyde
Selkins. an 1S-year-Old farmer boy at
Thompsonville eighteen miles north
east OF Topeka, committed suicide.
! He blew his head off with a charge
from a shotgun He was engaged to
young girl in that neighborhood and
| they had a lovers quarrel.
Register 1000 Degrees Of Heat. =
| The chemistry department of the
University of Kansas has recently re
ceived a new instrument for measur-
| ing temperature from $50 degrees,
/ centigrade. TO over 1000 degrees. This
! apparatus is to be used in measuring
temperature in the assaying and me-
| tallurgy laboratories.
! Educator Will ouit-The board of
! trustees of the College of Emporia
! will meet TO act on the resignation of
| DR.. J. c. Miller, who has been preSi-
! dent of the college for seven years.
/ President Miller wanted TO resign in
| December but the trustees prevailed
upon him to stay. A number of APP
I plications will be considered by the
| trustees. DR. Miller resigned because
! Of poor health.
! Buying Bonds Under Burrow Law.
! The school fund commissioners met
/ al Topeka and made their first pnr-
chase of bonds under the new Bur
row law. This law provides for wide
| publicity of all proceedings. The
state printer has not yet furnished all
the books necessary to run the affairs
of the board under the new act, and
as a result only some small emerg-
ency deals were closed.
Mcpherson County Fair.-The Nc
Pherson Agricultural and Fair Asso-
citation met in the court house and
| perfected an organization, the capital
| stock of which is fixed at $4,000.
Over half of this stock was subscrib-
ed. a constitution was adopted which
| provided for a board of directors The
following officers were elected: Presi-
| dent, w H Cottingham; Vice-presi-
| dent. o. w. Matthes; secretary, p. A.
| Rowland; treasurer, David Grant.
Dates have been secured with the
Arkansas Valley circuit for races
from the 18th TO the 18th of Septep-
| Der
Why Not Kansas OiI?-Kansas oil
producers will make inquiry why the
federal government stipulates that
Beaumont crude oil only shall be used
in cattle dipping stations. There is
vast amount of crude oil used annu-
ally in dipping Southern cattle, and
under the government regulations the
| oil
mont At dipping stations in the
heart of the Kansas oil belt oil must
be shipped in from Texas. One dip
ping plant in Southern Kansas stands
within 100 feet of a big oil we'll, but
! the oil cannot be used. although ii
would do the work just as we'll as
Beaumont oil.
Still a WhistIing Station.-The PEG
pie of ST. Paul, in Neosho county, be-
came tired of the Katy railroad max
ing a whistling post of their town, so
they got the legislature to pass bill
requiring the Katy TO stop all pas
senger trains in all towns having
over 1000 population in Neosho county.
The Katy paid no attention to the
law, and the people recently filed com
plant with the state railroad board.
Colonel Sedgwick general attorney
for the road, has replied. He says
that the law is unconstitutional, be-
cause it relates to only one railroad
in only one county. and is therefore
class legislation. He also says that
the passenger trains which do not
stop at ST. Paul are interstate trains
power over them. He winds up his
letter by declaring that the road will
pay no attention whatever to the
law.
Masons inject in SaIine-Isis tenn
pie of the Mystic Shrine of this place
has arranged to make the ceremonial
session of the order, to be held here
May %, a great day for Masonry in
Kansas. About $50 candidates will be
initiated. Eight hundred women have
been invited to accompany husbands
and fathers, and elaborate plans are
being made for their entertainment.
The Shrine purchased today 500 tick
etc for an outdoor theater which has
been engaged for the week. Other
entertainments will be a ball ban
Quet. vaudeville in the temple theater
and a reception.
Mules Buried in Mine. = At Pitts.
burg fire of unknown origin was start
ed in the mule stables of Mt. Carmel
mine No. and fifty-seveIl mules W ere
burned TO death. The alarm was
sounded as soon as the fire was dis
covered, and the flames were prevent
ed from spreading to the balance of
the mine. 1t is thought the fire was
started by shot firers carelessly using
matches in lighting their pipes, a
common occurrence upon coming out
OF the mines. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Mcpherson Fair Grounds.-The Nc
Pherson County Fair and Agriculture
al Association have purchased what
has been known as the Fisher tract
, of land in the eastern part of the city
for the purpose of fair grounds. The
tract comprises 46 acres of land just
4 blocks east and south of the cen