Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-09-30
KANSAS COMMENT

miles west of Cummings. Atchison
county. was struck by fast Santa Fe
stock train and Instantly killed. He
train rounded a sharp curve and
caught him.
Frats Drop Behind.-An investiga-
ton of school records at Lawrence
shows that members of the high
school fraternities are inferior in
scholarship to those who are not mem
bers. This is the basis for the fight
the teachers are making to abolish
high school frats.
Suicide Smashed Furniture. = Jas.
Dougherty, a laborer. broke into a
physicians Office at Newton and took
a quantity OF atropine. He was found
in a dying condition after he had de-
molished nearly all the furniture in
his struggles No cause for the sui
eide is known.
Frats Drop Behind.-An investiga-
tion of school records at Lawrence
shows that members of the high
school fraternities are inferior in
scholarship to those who are not
members. This is the basis for the
fight the teachers are making to
abolish high school frats.
Objection to Oiled Roads.-The eX-
pertinent of an oil road through the
sand hills of Finney county has not
proved 4 complete success. Wagon
wheels cut through. A wide tire law
might solve the trouble. but it would
cost more to convert Western wagons
into wide tires than to maeadamiZe
the sand hill roads.
Arkansas City Reunion. = There
were over $4,000 people in attendance
at the reunion here. Congressman p.
p. Campbell delivered the address
and was heard by one of the largest
crowds he ever addressed. In the
morning Congressman Campbell visit
ed the Chilocco Indian school with a
party of business men of this city and
made thorough inspection of that in
stitution.
Salt Water Cuisines In.-At Junct on
deep. At that point the drill punctur-
ed the strongest vein of salt water
that has been struck since the well
was started. The water came into the
well in such a great volume that the
work of drilling had to be stopped
until it could be determined what
means should be employed in shutting
II off,
Build New Cement Plant.-George
f. Nicholson. president and general
manager of the Kansas Portland Ce-
ment Company, of lola, announced
that arrangements had been complet-
ed for the building of plant at indie
pendence. This plant, together with
the lola plant of the Kansas Portland
Cement Company. will give a com
bined output of $500 to 5000 barrels
daily. The capital stock of the indie
pendence plant will be $1,0OO,O0O.
Surplus of Binder Irvine. = The
prison Irvine plant has about 100000
pounds of binding Irvine on hand. II
was unable to sell all of it's product
this year. Ex-Warden Jewett says
several things contributed to the mat
ter One was the advance in the
price of Irvine. The trust gave very
liberal terms and the farmers bought
more of it than usual. Another was
that more farmers used headers this
year. Still another was that the
board refused to sell twine outside Of
the state. The plant is sure it viii
be able to dispose of the product mex
year without trouble
Drowned Herself in Cistern.-Mrs
Sartio. young Italian. living in Wes
Chicopee, a suburb of Pittshurg, com
mitted suicide by jumping into a els
tern in her husbands yard. The body
was recovered shortly after the ac
was committed, and it is thought tina
she had not been in the water more
than ten minutes. Mrs. Garlic wa:
the mother of child about weel
old and she was badly frightened by
a shooting affair that occurred il
West Chicopee. Since that time she
had been almost insane with fright
She slipped from her house unnotic
GU iAAtO lAiS OiSAClh NAiSi
contained about six feet of water
Attorney to Stand TriaI.-E. He'd
rick. county attorney of Steven:
county, has been arrested on the
charge of attempting to kill Eli Bow
err Inasmuch as Hedrick can't prose
cute himself. Attorney General Cole
man appointed A w. Laml1in. O
Hugoton. to sign the complaint anC
prosecute the case If Hedrick i,
found guilty his Office becomes va
cant. He will be tried next month by
Judge w. oE. Hutchinson.
Power Of the Pass. = Secretary O
State J. r. Burrow has the thing
sized up about right. He says an Off
cial who would allow himself TO bt
influenced by a railroad pass would
sell his influence cheap for cash if h,
had no pass.
But That's Different. = George "
Martin, of the historical society. WIKI
took a two months vacation on ful
pay, is kicking because the SITS -
house janitors and elevator men ar,
given Saturday afternoons off durin:
the summer months.