Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-22

to Topeka's city limits.
Topeka's New Police Chief. = AT
Topeka Mayor Davis appointed A. G.
Goodwin, a grain dealer and eX-exalt-
ed ruler of the local Elks, as chief OF
police TO success Frank Stahl, the
- joint-buster. -
10000 Pounds Day.-At Arkansas
City the c. T. Wells Produce Com
pany's creamery, one of the largest
in the Southwest, was started. 1t has
a capacity of 10000 pounds of butter
per day and the 5000 gallons of cream
necessary to run the plant to its capa-
city have been contracted.
TO the report of State Mine Inspector
James Orr. Kansas produces about
100000 tons of coal annually. Of
this amount Crawford county pro
duces 81 per cent and Cherokee
county 80 per cent. The other 10 per
cent is divided among eight other
counties. Leavenworth supplies
about per cent. Usage 3. This leaves
per cent for the other six coun-
ties.
Big Apple Crop Sure. = w H.
Barnes, secretary of the state horti-
cultural society, says reports from all
over the state indicate that there Will
be fine crop of apples this year.
prospects for pears, cherries and
plums also are good. There will be
an excellent crop of strawberries.
Blackberries and raspberries, how
ever, are in a bad way, Mr.. Barnes
says The crop of grapes also viii
be short Peaches are dead, as usual.
Make a Sanitary Survey. = In a
bulletin issued Secretary S. J. Crum-
bine, of the state board of health,
calls upon all health officers in the
state 10 make a sanitary survey of
their respective districts and require
people TO clean up their premises. LO-
cal officers should compel people 10
clean their yards, stables, feed lots,
alleys and burn all the refuse, he
says. This is necessary TO check the
various epedemics that are now rag
ing.
Gets Out New Book. = Miss Kate
Stevens, who at one time held a chair
in the Kansas University, has issued
a book entitled American Thumb
Prints. The book is study of peo-
pie and our institutions The story
deals with the captains of industry
of the great waterway of the Middle
West and with the agriculturists OF
Kansas who were chasing the politi
cal phantOms. There are points in
the story which will be of especial
interest to women because of the re.
marks regarding households.
PIowboy's Neck Broken. = Alberl
ROssiIlion, the 13-year-Old son of
Francis Rossillion, a Lyon county
farmer living eight miles southwest
of OlDe, had his neck broken in a run
away. The boy and his father were
blowing on opposite sides of a large
field, when the fathers attention was
attracted to the sons side of the field
by an unusual noise. He looked up
and saw his sons team running away
dragging the pillow behind them. When
he reached that side of the field the
boy was lying in the furrow with his
neck broken.
Bigger Reward Added. - In al
hours canvass the citizens of Wells.
vile subscribed $500 to add to the
county reward of the same amount of
fered for the arrest and conviction OF
the murderer of Mrs. Caroline Job
the aged woman who was fatally
wounded by a fiend of the Jack the
Ripe type at Ottawa recently. A
canvass was started in Ottawa for
subscriptions TO the reward fund, and
it is believed that several hundred
dollars will be added. The officers
are sending out requests through adj
joining states asking to be notified of
similar attempts anywhere. 1t is the
theory that some maniac did the muT
der
$4,000 For kiss.-Dr J. B. Alex
ander. who is attending court in Gov.
ington. Ky. being sued by Miss Ber
tina Mitts for $4,000 as the price of a
kiss. is reported to be one of the most
wealthy citizens of Mcpherson county.
He is owner and proprietor of the
New Merchants hotel, owns several
brick business buildings and is a lead.
ing member of the Baptist church OF
that place.
Presbyterians Meet. = The Presby
terian Missionary society of the Ar.
kansas Valley Presbytery, began a
two days session in the United Pres
byterian Church with 4 large number
of delegates in attendance. The dele
gates represent all the towns of i'm.
portance in the Arkansas river val
ley in this state.
May Be An Internal Machine. =
Santa Fe workmen found what is be
lieved to be an Internal machine be.
side the track at North Ottawa. 1t is
a metallic cylinder about six inches
long, and the ends are closed. Mar
shall Collins will attempt to explode
it. 1t may have been intended for use
at North Ottawa, or some of the
tramps who frequent the place may
have dropped it.
Skeleton on the Campus.-There is
considerable comment at Manhattan
regarding the recent prank played by
students of the State Agricultural