Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-28

fever He was about 40 years Of age
and unmarried He belonged to the
Elks club and was a prominent Cath.
Ollie.
Big Gas Well Brought ina gas com
pany has brought in big we'll seven
miles northwest of Coffeyville. It's
flow is estimated at 30 million cubic
feet day. 1t is next to the largest IN
the field. The largest in this field and
in the world is 81 million foot well
which belongs to the Kansas Natural
Gas company.
Lift Quarantine Nov. is. = There
have been a number. of inquiries as
to when the quarantine on the terri
tory cattle would be lifted. j. Nc
Fall. state cattle inspector, in speak
ing of the quarantine, said that it
would be lifted November Is. The
inspector for this point has not yet
been appointed
X. NJ. C. Regiment EIects.-Captain
H. w. Koeneke of Wichita was elect
ed major in the Second regiment,
K. n. G., here over Major T. r. Camp
bell of Hutchinson, whose term had
expired. and who was up for re-elec-
ton. Major E. W. Wellington of ELS
worth was reelected junior major of
the regiment by unanimous vote
Fort Riley Contracts Let. : Con
tracts have been awarded at Fort
Riley for the construction of one
double set of non-commissioned staff
officers quarters. The construction
work will be done by Ziegler Dalton
of Junction City. GRADER Bros. of Law
renee got the contract for plumbing
and Newberry & Co. of ST. Louis the
electric wiring. The contract was also
let for underground electric lighting
wires for the hospital
Bankers Must Pay BiII.-At Wichita
Judge Wilson has an order in the dis
trict court against the Kansas Bank
ers' association for $3.50, costs in a
case in which the police of the city
arrested a man who afterwards was
turned loose because the association
would not prosecute him. The costs
were charged first to the chief of po
lice, Mr.. Cubbon, who refused to pay
them. A test case is to be made if
the association refuses to pay the
COSTS
Zinc Ore Off $3.50 More.-The high
est price reported as having been paid
for zinc ore in the MiSsouri-Kansas
district was $3.50 per ton. This price
represents a reduction of $3.50 from
that paid last week. In two weeks the
price has been cut $3.50 per ton Many
Of the largest producers have decid,
ed to hold their ore for basis price
of $50 for 60 per cent ore, claiming
that the price of spelter is high
enough to justify them in taking this
position.
Masterson at Wichita.-"Bat'' Mas
terson of New York City, a deputy
United States marshal, who was a
terror to bad men when Wichita was
COW town, is here visiting his broth
er-in-law, James Cairns. Masterson
came here first in 1859 and camped
with Bob" Carson on the Little Ar
kansas river when a log cabin was
| the only house on the townsite and
I before there was such a place as
| Wichita.
Kansas Pastor Ousted.-The mem
bers of the First Baptist church at
Sabetha have excluded their former
pastor Rev. c. L. Taylor, from their
fellowship, have deposed him from the
Baptist ministry and demanded his
papers of ordination. In a printed
statement issued by the church clerk
he is charged with lying, threatening
| to shoot and kill and giving a worth
less check to the church for indebt-
edness amounting to $695.37 The
church members claim that the action
| of their pastor has left the church with
an Indebtedness of $4,000 and mort
! gage on the church property OF
$1,000.
Wichita Church Raises $11,142. -
Since the first meeting in the new
ST. Paul's M. E. church last Sunday
! Sill has been raised. The mag
nificent sum of $4,000 was raised by
a public donation of the congregation
at the evening service. This sum has
grown since the meeting, the most OF
which has been given by the mem
bers of the church and all of which
will be paid the first of the year
Three thousand dollars more will
! place the church entirely out of debt
and this amount is expected to be
forthcoming before the first of the
year.
Not EhrenfeId's Body. = William
Ehrenfeld, of Whiting, supposed tc
have been murdered on Pixies Peak
three years ago. returned to Whiting
this week. The body of a man with
bullet in his head and his pockets
wrong side out was identified as thai
/ of Ehrenfeld. Ehrenfeld, who has
consumption, has been in the noun
tains of Mexico three years trying e
regain his health. He left Colorado
shortly before the dead man was
found.
Two Humboldt Raids.-Two joints
at Humboldt were raided by Marshal:
Gilbert and Eenson, and a quantity o
| hOOza taken The restaurant of D 2