Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-01-07
KANSAS COMMENT

forcing the Santa Fee and the Rock
Island railroads to carry out the or
ders of the interstate commerce COM
mission in regard to rates of sugar
from New York and Gulf ports to
Wichita and Kansas City.
Parker Won't Move 10 Topeka -
The report that the Parker Amuse-
ment company shops will be moved
from Abilene to Topeka is denied by
Mr.. Parker. His father, E. w. Parker,
recently married to a Topeka lady,
will reside there. but he has no in
terest in the shops. An increased
force of men will be put on here af-
ter the holidays. Four carnival com
panies will be put out next season
Did Not Assault Striker. - j. NJ
Horton, landlord OF the Grandview
hotel, at Arkansas City, was tried on
the charge of assaulting a Santa Fe
striking machinist and found not
guilty. The case is the outcome of
some troubles between Horizons wife
and a striker who called at the hotel
to talk to some non-union men. The
striker was ordered to get out and
did not obey. The woman seized a
handful OF red pepper and threw it in
his eyes.
Given Until February 1.-The Kan
sas Louisiana exposition commission
has not completed its work and Gov
ernor Bailey extended the time in
which it's final report may be made
TO February 1, 1905. The commission
expected to get through work this
week and make a final report to the
governor. but the exposition manage
ment has not awarded all of the
prizes won in the competitions and
The Kansas commission will wait for
these awards.
Lost Life in Storm. - Constantine
Miller, an old soldier weE known
around Hiawatha as Little Miller"
started to walk from the country
home of j. E. Peuw TO the town of
Fairview, one mile distant. He fail
ed to appear by night time ~ and
inquiry showed that he had not reach
ed Fairview. His dead body was dis
covered in a field half a mile east of
the Peuw home. He had lost his
bearings in the snow storm and was
frozen TO death.
To Get Pointers.-A delegation of
Kay county farmers came up to Ar
kansas City to witness the work on
the model road now being construct
ed here by the government road ex-
perts. They spent the entire day
watching the work. They are getting
material to be used in the Oklahoma
legislature this winter when an at
tempt will be made to get a bill
through providing for the use of con-
vict labor upon the public roads. This
bill is to be introduced from Kay
county and these citizens have taken
it upon themselves to get all the ma
terial they can in relation to the
building of good roads.
Died on the Balcony. Carl Noel
ter, an inmate of the National Mill
tary home at Leavenworth, was found
frozen to death on an outside bal
cony at the home opera house. The
body was covered with a drift of
snow and was not discovered until
morning. Moelter was last seen Mon
day, and it is presumed he came 10
his death some time during the bliz-
c, Forty-ninth Illinois infantry. There
Is every indication that he became
bewildered in the storm and mistook
the opera house for his barracks.
Moelter had been drinking. He en-
tered the home in 1899. His former
home Il not known.
For Oil or Gas.-At a meeting of
citizens definite plans were made and
subscriptions to organize a company
TO put down several oil and gas wells.
Perry is in the southern part of JEFF
ferson county and is sixteen miles
east of Topeka and almost due north
of lola and Erie. According to the
Haworth theory the oil and gas belt
runs north from these fields and
takes in this community, although it
leaves Topeka a short distance to the
west. This theory seems to be brought
out by the fact that the Topeka wells
at Shorey have proved a failure.
Buys Presents in Kansas. - Last
week, while Byron King. the lecturer.
was in Kingman, he made Christmas
purchases of various merchants in
the city. amounting to more than $40
home in Pennsylvania.
New Light Plant. - At Kingman a
big petition will be presented to the
city council at their next meeting,
asking that franchise be granted TO
w. S. Grosvenor, giving him the right
to establish and operate an electric
lighting plant.
PaoIa Oil Refinery Chartered. = A
charter was taken out for an indie
pendent refinery at Poala. 1t will be
a small affair. its capital being only
$4,000. 1t is given all the rights that
an oil refinery needs, including the
right to construct pipe lines The
concern is named the Paola Refining
Company.
Stock Yards Barn 8urns.-Fire de,
stroyed the barn at the Topeka stock
yards. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. There were fourteen horses
in the barn at the time the fire hroE..