Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-01
windows blown In.-At Hutchinson

partment store. Several trees were
blown down and outbuildngs unroof-
ed. No one was injured
Asks Ottawa Gas Franchise-A. c.
Stick, of independence, Kan, has Sc
cured the Kansas Natural Gas Com
pany's rights at Ottawa and presents
an application for a franchise. The
maximum rate is fixed at % cents.
Held For Hayworth Robbery. L.
Moon, of Hayworth, Kan, was tried
before United States Commissioner NJ.
E. Roark on the charge of robbing the
postofflce at Hayworth last month. He
was held TO the federal court and will
remain in jail until the date of his
trial
Big Hotel Burns.-The Aetna hotel.
large frame building, was discover
ed to be on fire at Wellington. So
rapidly did the flames spread that the
guests narrowly escaped with their
lives. The building was entirely de-
stroyed. Estimated loss above insur-
ance, $4,000.
Breach of Promise = 1t has beef
quite a time since there has been a
breach of promise suit in Sumner
county, but one was filed in district
court. Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson
sues j. NJ. Rogers of Eden township
for $4,000 for breach of promise to
marry her
Fisher Register. of Lands.-George
W. Fisher, former register of the To
peka land office, will be reappointed
to that position to fill the vacancy
nSHSR6 Of
G. H. Titus Governor Hoch has ap-
pointed Captain Titus election COM
missioner of Topeka
School Girl Suicide.-Louis Bales
aged Is years, daughter of a well-to-
do farmer living near Rome, Sumner
county, last week shot herself through
the heart with a target rifle in fit
of dependency, because her mother
had refused to allow her. to attend a
school exhibition.
Cottonseed Meal AduIterated.-Th
agricultural college has put out bull
letin warning cattlemen against some
inferior brands of cottonseed meal
now on the market 1t is charged
that the product is adulterated and
has not over One-fourth of the fatten-
ing qualities that it should have
Pest House Spiders Bite. = James
Beals, farmer, has presented a dam
age claim to the Franklin county
board of health with threat to sue.
While at the pesthouse with small
poX, Beals wife was bitten on the
hand by a spider. Blood poisoning re-
suited, and BealS' wants damages.
Farmers to Run Bank.-Next week
state banks will be started at Smolan
and Falun, Saline county. The CAPT
tai stock of each will be $4,000, and
the principal stockholders of each in
stitution will be farmers in the COM
munity. Both these towns are small,
but in the center of rich farming COM
munitieS.
Cut Price of OiI.-The Standard OF.
Company has cut the price of crude
oil for the Kansas field, affecting all
grades of oil cents Thirty-two de-
grees gravity and above is now quot
ed at 6S cents and 30-degree oil, the
lowest grade the Standard is now buy
ing in Kansas, at AS cents. The quo
tations for % to % degree oil is &c
cents.
Oil Strike at Piper.-Farmers from
the vicinity of Piper, Kan, just over
the line from Leavenworth county, re-
port that oil has been struck on the
farm of J. E. Scott at a depth of 600
feet. The well is close to the Chicago
Great Western station. The farmers
have commenced to organize com
panies to prospect and the value of
oil leases has scared out of sight.
Kick on Poor Quarters.-The order
of Railway Conductors is after the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas road. 1t
filed a complaint with the railroad
board to compel the Katy to quit US
ing box cars for freight cabooses. The
conductors claim that freight cars
make mighty poor quarters for train
men, and that the Katy should be re-
quired to furnish regular cabooses.
To Spend 100000 at saIina.-The
Union Pacific officials announced that
the company would spend 100000 in
improvements at Salina this summer
in terminal facilities. These improve
ments will include new freight and
passenger depot, new yards and new
roundhOuse. Work will commence at
once.
Fell Under the Wheels. = Emmett
Clemens of Manhattan while attempt
ing to board freight train at Abilene,
fell under the wheels. Both his legs
were cut off and he may not recoV-
+ err
Typhoid Epidemic at K. 1.-THE
first death as result of the typhoid
| epidemic at Lawrence was that of
George L. Eyer. Eyer was a univer-
sity student from Abilene and was %
years old. He was in very poor physi-
cal condition when taken i'll and that
fastened his death
Reported in Bankruptcy. Burns,
the man who was to build the inter
urban railroad between Wichita, Hut
Crimson and Newton, is reported in
bankruptcy The interurban, how
ever, is in just as good standing as
il ever was.
Brakeman Killed by Train. = A
Rock Island brakeman, whose name
from papers found on his person, is
supposed to have been ]. c. Muller,