Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-09-16


at Eureka on July 4th. during a quar-
rel, was found guilty of murder in the
second degree, by jury, at midnight
on September 8.
Physicians Neck Broken. = DR.. E.
A. Dunmire, prominent physician of
Harrington, fell from a Rock Island
work train about a mile east of Enter
prise and broke his neck, causing in
slant death
Jewett's Coachman Free. - Fred
JObe has been released from the state
prison. Jobe was the carriage driv-
er for Warden Jewett during his term
as warden and through his faithful
service he secured his release from
the prison.
Hospital Dedicated. - ST. Mary's
hospital was dedicated at Winfield by
| Bishop Hennessy, Of Wichita, and
Father McKernan: of Fort Scott. The
hospital has thirty rooms, and is said
to be one of the finest in the state,
ranking with the Santa Fee hospital at
Topeka and st. Francis hospital at
Wichita.
Experts Report in a Month.-The
expert accountant and his corps of as
sistants are now gathering up the flag
ends of their work in connection with
| the investigation of the state treas
ury. 1t will take them a couple of
| weeks to complete the work and an
other two weeks to write up their find
ings. So it will be a month yet be-
fore the public gets hold of their re-
port.
Agricultural CoIIege.-The heat and
power department at the Kansas
State Agricultural college at Manhat-
tan has made some substantial i'm
provements during the past vacation.
! two of the old 60-horse-power boilers
! have been replaced by three others
| each having capacity of 125 horse
| power. This gives a total of nearly
| 1000 horse power, an increase of
SO 1-3 per cent.
Guilty of FeIonious Assault. - At
Parsons j. L. Baker, a horse trader,
who about month ago called Char
ley Samples, another horse trader, to
the door of his house and shot him,
| was found guilty of assault with in
tent to kill. Baker emptied the con-
| tents of his pistol at Samples, one bull
| let taking effect in Samples shoulder.
Samples returned the fire with a shot
gun, emptying one barrel of the gun
into Bakers legs.
Killed in OkIahoma.-E. F. Lawton,
son of w. A. Lawton, of Americas,
was killed while attempting to board
young man had been working in the
harvest fields in Oklahoma and was
returning to his home in Americas.
He attempted to climb on a moving
train and in some manner was thrown
under the wheels. Papers found on
the body led to his Identification, and
his father was Immediately notified
Case is Not Lost. = The fact that
Judge Pollock, of the federal court,
overruled the demurrer in the grain
| inspection case, does not mean that
the law as adopted by the legislature
of Kansas has been declared uncOn.
stitutional, as has been reported in
many papers. The decision simply
means that the demurrer filed by the
states attorneys was not sustained
and that the attorneys can go on with
the case, even if they did ask that it
be thrown out of court
Cheney Building Up. = Cheney is
making a very satisfactory growth
this year and is keeping pace with
the rest Of the Sedgwick county
towns. Among the new things for the
town is the Cheney Mill & Elevator
Company's new mill and elevator just
completed. Both are we'll equipped
and a credit to the town. The mill has
a capacity of $50 barrels of -four a
day The first -four was ground yes
terday. The fine new building being
erected by the Citizens State bank
and the Odd Fellows lodge of Cheney
will be completed in about three
weeks This building is of buff brick
and is 5Ox1OO feet, two stories high.
HoIton's Fair Success. = Holton
closed a four-day street fair. A
flower parade was the feature, thirty
decorated floats and carriages being
in line
Rebuilding Turon. = The little city
of Turon, in southwest Reno, has the
proper grit. Recently the town had a
$4,000 fire which swept one block
of business houses clean. Already
contracts have been let for building
two brick buildings on the ground
burned over and it is understood that
plans are on foot for building the en-
tire block solid with brick buildings
one or two of them to be two stories
in height.
Thorough Cultivation Pays. = John
H. Kakison, Franklin county farmer
has demonstrated that thorough cult
walton of corn pays. With view OF
competing in the corn contest, he Sc
lected a patch containing IA hills
one shock-and gave it careful atten
ton. The patch has yielded twelve
bushels of fine corn. This is at the
rate of 800 bushels to the acre. Many
of the stalks bore three ears and sew
! eral had as many as five.
Leavenworth County Apples. -
Leavenworth county has more large
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