Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

MS pIaceu InlS Town unQer Quaran-
line because of an epidemic of small
pox here There are twenty cases
but no deaths have been reported.
Heir to Dutch UncIe.-Mrs. John
Lowe, of Severance, is one of the
heirs of T. Metster, of Holland, who
loaned his government money at
per cent compounded annually in
1893. There are 122 direct heirs and
sixty-six live in the United States.
The amount to be divided is $12S, 00O.-
00O
Wichita to Have Big Event.-The
annual convention of threshermen
will be held in this city April 10, II
and -. The association at their
meeting decided upon these dates.
The following officers were elected
for ,le ensuing year: L. W. Thcmp-
son. president; l. S. Woodward. secre-
tary, and Archie Rea, treasurer.
known to all Bourbon county people
that there is a syrup mill here, but
there is, and a considerable plant,
too. 1t does a big business and turns
out a large quantity of syrups of ev-
cry grade and class. 1t has been do
ing a fine business this season, as it
has been a good year for syrup pro-
ducing materials.
Reform in Fort Scott. - Following
the recent closing of the sixteen sa-
nf off U
of the city council ordering all the
disorderly houses closed. For years
the Inmates have been regularly fined
for vagrancy once a month, and al
lowed to continue. The determine
ton of County Att .ney Humphrey to
clean up tie town precipitated the
councils action
Changes on Missouri Pacific.-It is
rumored in railroad circles that the
headquarters of ]. Russell, superin-
tendent of the Missouri Pacific, are
to be moved from Atchison to Omaha
December 1. In the same connection
it is stated that ]. NJ. Walsh, super
intendent of the Missouri Pacific at
Nevada, Mo-, will come to AtchisOn
TO be superintendent of the Central
Branch lines. which are now in Mr..
Russells territory.
Verdict for Conductor.-E. S. Loos-
ley was awarded verdict for $4,000
damages tyainst the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railroad by a jury
in the district court at Wichita. He
n
! conductor On an Orient construction
train in April, 1908 He was thrown
| from the top of car at Carmen
! Okla, while his train was switching
! One of his ears was cut, one eye was
! injured, his spine and brain suffered
and both wrists were broken.
Little Feeding in Franklin. - The
greatest corn crop ever raised in
Franklin county is now being har
vested. Several fields along the bot
tom have turned out seventy-five
bushels to the acre, and forty bushels
on the uplands is regular. The bull
of the crop will be out of the fields
by Thanksgiving. Little feeding is
being done in Franklin this fall In
stead, the mills and elevators are
crowded daily with corn wagons, anC
it is no uncommon sight to see a doz
en- wagons in a line, waiting for
chance to unload.
Liquid Air PIant-The Universit,
of Kansas has the only liquid air fac
tory west of Michigan. For the las
five years the chemical department o
the university has had an outfit cost
ing $4,000 that has capacity of $3.5
worth of liquid air an hour The onl.
colleges with equipment for manu-
featuring the frozen air are Cornell
Connecticut. Wesleyan, Michigan an
Kansas. There are factories in Wash
ingtcn and New York for making tn
air for commercial purposes. TIL
Cornell plant was the first equippe
and Kansas was second.
Receivers Make Report = The re
port of the G. j. Devlin receivers al
pointed by the United States distric
court in the bankruptcy proceeds
viz, Cyrus Leland, ]. E. Hurley an
Walter Reeves, made it's appearance
in pamphlet form, consisting of "a
pages. The report gives a thoroug
. detailed statement of all the asset
, and liabilities. A schedule of tn
drafts, notes, etc. is shown. TIL
property of the mines and stores j
given to the slightest detail. The r.
port shows the total assets to b
$4.956,94S and the total liabilitie
, 1882, 2OS.26. The contingent liabil
ties are estimated at 1914, 629.07, BIT
, their value has not yet been fully d.
, tccmined
$1,000 Elevator Fire. The Osag
! City Grain and Elevator Company
T property, containing thousands {
+ bushels of corn and wheat, and value
p at $4,000. has been destroyed by
: fire which originated in the interiC
: of the building from unknown cause
= The insurance amounts to $4,000. Til
property vas owned by NJ. w. Cal
!, well and F. B. Bonebrake, who wi
rebuild at once.
+, Portable Cribs. The latest thin
i on Kansas farm is a portable cri
;, 1t holds from 400 TO 500 bushels