Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-01-07

On january 4I-lo-- he meeting Will
open on the afternoon of January IL
with a business session. The Kan
sas Improved Stock Breeders associa-
ton will hold its regular annual meet
ing in the Capitol building the same
week as the state board of agricul
ture, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, January 8, 10 and IL; the Kan
Sas Swine Breeders Association Will
be in session January GIL; the State
Veterinary Medical Association. Janu-
airy 10; the State Be-Keepers' asso-
citation, January 10-11 and the state
poultry association will be holding its
annual poultry show during the en-
tire week Secretary II. a Heath,
Topeka, will furnish program for, and
| information about the stOck-breeders'
| meeting; Secretary c. NJ Irwin,
Wichita, about the swine breeders
meeting; Secretary j. H Maxwell. Sa-
lima. about the veterinarians meet
ing; Secretary o. A. Keene, Topeka,
| about the bee keepers meeting and
Secretary j. w. F. Hughes about the
Poultry associations meeting and
show. All Kansas railroads have
granted for these meetings an open
rate of one fare plus so cents to ev-
erybody for round trip tickets, and no
receipts or certificates will be neces-
sary. Tickets will be on sale Janu-
airy TO IA, inclusive, and be good for
return passage until and including
Monday, January &c.
Take Warning.-Charles E. Fetch
all has brought suit in the district
court against Morrill, township, Brown
county, for $4,000 damages on &C
count of the death CT his son, Leon
ard E. FIetchall. The poor condition
of the public road was the cause of
the boys death, and Fletchall will try
to hold the trustees of the township
responsible for the accident. The boy
was driving a horse hitched to
buggy to Morrill, He came to a bridge
on the main road and in attempting
to get across an approach, which had
been partly washed away. he went too
far TO the other side of the road,
where a deep gully had been washed.
The buggy tipped over and catching
the boy underneath held him down in
the mud and water until he was
smothered. The case will spur on the
good roads movement no matter
which way it is decided
Ask Pardon For Finch.-Ex-Repre
sentative E. A. Enright, Of Kansas
City. Kas., has interviewed Governor
Bailey on a pardon for George inch,
who is serving a hang sentence for
murder in the first degree. Finch was
butcher on the Frisco road. He
was convicted of killing Frank Swof-
ford, of Paola, at Fort Scott. The
damaging evidence was given by
Burt Dixon, who claimed to be an &C
complete. Dixon was not prosecuted
| The relatives of the murdered man
do not believe that Finch did the kill
Ing, and have joined in a request for
his pardon. The governor has taken
the case under advisement. y
Ice House Burned.-W C. Fithian
filed suit in the district court against
! the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
road for $4,000 damages and costs for
/ the destruction of his ice house in
| Emporia, November %. He alleges
in his petition that the Katy" sec
| ton boss ordered his men to set fire
| to the grass along the track and that
! it got away from them and set fire to
| the ice house. Fithian has been in
! the ice business for thirty years.
| Second Offence.-John Beyers, who
| owns a grocery store in Emporia. was
! fined 5000 and given a Jail sentence
! for running joint in connection with
| the store. Beyers is a retired farm
er and has plenty of money. The po-
lice raided his place a few weeks
ago and found considerable bottled
beer. This is the second time he has
! been fined in the last two months on
! the same sort of charge.
Wichita Poultry Show. - Secretary
| H. w. Schopf, of the Wichita Poultry
and Pet Stock association. assures
you that the big show which will be
held at Wichita January 2 TO Z, will
surely eclipse anything before held.
The breeders of Kansas are enthusi-
astic. and from present indications
more breeders will be personally pres
/ ent than ever before This is one of
| the big shows of the west. A prize
won here means something. The
secretary will be glad TO mail prem
! ium list to all who apply.
National Banks OPsn.-A certificate
| has been issued authorizing the fol-
/ lowing national banks to begin bust
ness: Peoples National bank, of
/ Sedan, Kas., capital. $4,000. ]. X.
Tullis. president; w. H. Study, vice
! president; Otto ID. Stallard, cashier.
Contest Case Decided. The con-
test case over the office of sheriff of
Bourbon county was decided by the
contest board in favor of c. L. Rood
house, the Republican candidate. He
had 50 majority by the returns, the
recount increasing it TO sc.
i Man Under Bed. = T. ]. Scheune-
man, a blacksmith of Seneca, fired
three shots from a 32-caliber revolver
into the body of John Grollmes when
he found him under his bed. The two