Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-30

Want Hunters Fees.-Clerks OF he
state of Kansas will try by test case
before the supreme court to get a
share of the money collected for hunt
ers' 1icerses.
Norton's New Church. The new
Methodist church which has been in
course of erection during the summer
in Norton, has just been completed
at cost of SIS, 500.
On Charge of Insanity. = Andrew
Nettrouer was adjudged insane in pro-
bate court of Finney county and was
confined in the county jail until room
can be made for him in the asylum at
Topeka.
Attend State Mceting.-If the rail
roads would know just how far the
present discomfort extends among the
people, let them attend the big state
shippers meeting TO be held in Wich-
tia next month.
His HORSE Threw Him.-Lieut Bar
nard of the Fifth cavalry, of the staff
college at Fort LeavenwOrth, is con-
fined to the hospital as a result of in
juries sustained by being thrown from
his horse on hard pavement.
Good for Trego.-"There must be d
considerable satisfaction living in Ire
go county" This was a remark made
by one of the representative citizens
of Wa-Neeney, who claims that $4,000
will cover the entire bonded indebted
ness of TregO county, and the county
has a court house valued at $4,000
and all paid for.
Unanimous to Pave. = Salina viii.
pave. Santa Fee Ave. from the south
side of the Iron avenue, north to the
main line of the Union Pacific. will
be paved with bitulithic, as soon as
all arrangements can be made. The
ordinance is already passed and moth
ing is left but to appoint appraisers
and let the contract
Old Road Being Opened Up. = The
government has just commenced work
on public road north of junction City
on the FIT. Riley reservation, known as
the "Old Governor Harvey road" 1t
has been closed for a couple of years,
but at the last session of congress
an appropriation of $4,000 was made
to reopen the highway and make a
frst-class road OF it.
Null Poisoning Case.-On the sixth
day Of the Null poisoning case at King
man the most important witnesses
were the two young daughters of the
defendant Mary and Clara, aged ii
and II years. The prosecution was
unable to shake their testimony.
Eighty-four witnesses are in attend
ance, and it will take at least two
days yet to finish the case.
Bad Language Barred-On account
of offensive language causing disord-
ers that resulted in two murders be-
ing committed at Fort Riley recently,
instructions have been issued by the
post authorities that any enlisted man
who violates the twenty-fifth article
of war, using offensive language and
iRciting one to a personal encounter,
will be compelled to apologize to the
person insulted in the presence of the
| troop.
Killed by Escaping Steam.-Charles
Preusch, young farmer of Healy,
Kan. was scalded to death by escap-
ing steam from a broken water gauge
backing the engine up to couple on to
a separator to move the outfit and lost
control of the engine 1t backed into
the separator. breaking the water
glass and pinning him down under
meath the escaping steam. He had
been married six weeks.
Annual Rating of Watches.-H. S.
Montgomery. general watch inspector
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee,
has issued a bulletin to all trainmen
| notifying them that the annual rating
of watches in position will begin at
Chicago on Monday, January l. Ad-
vance notice is given III order that en-
plOyes may have their watches given
attention by repairers, in case repairs
are needed, to bring them up to the
! standard required by the position
test
Boys Ran Away.-The Wichita po
| lice have received from Norwich the
! description of two boys who ran away
! from home and who are wanted by
| their parents. The names of the boys
| are Lawrence Oyler, aged II years,
and Ed Peats, aged Is years. Both
wore corduroy caps and blue overalls.
! The policemen on the several beats
are looking for the boys
Christmas Presents Burned.--In the
j Santa Fe express car wrecked near
! Reading there was about $4,000 in
! gold and $4,000 in currency and many
| thousand dollars worth of jewelry de-
stroyed by the express car attached to
! the train taking fire. The money was
| in transit from the National Bank of
J Commerce in Kansas City to Kansas
bankers.
Kansas Pipe Line Runs.-For the
first time in the history OF the mid
continental field the runs have ex-
ceeded $4,000 barrels a day for
period of two weeks. Several times
during the past three months they
have reached $4,000 for a few days
the first of each month, only to drop
| back below that point the rest of the