Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-11-25


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Strawberries Frostbitten. E. H
Brown, of Morrowville, has kick
coming on the recent frosts. They
have killed a portion of his second
crop of strawberries. However, he
harvested the bulk of the second crop
before the vines were laid low by Jack
Frost.
Murdered in a Box Car. = An I'M
known negro was found murdered at
Fort Scott in a box car loaded with
ties in the Frisco yards. His throat
had been cut, his head was mashed
with coupling pin and there was a
bullet wound through the back of his
head.
Trial of Alleged Murderer. ThS
second trial of Chase Catlin, charged
with numbering O. Blackford in July,
1904, was commenced in the district
court. Catlin and Blackford were
carpenters living here and had quar-
relied over the contract for building
a school house at Winfield.
Farm Lands Sell Well. Four hun
dred acres of farm land in Ridge town
ship, Dickinson county, sold for &c.,
500. A. K. Ruse sold 160 acres north
east of Abilene for $4,000 cash More
land buyers are in central Kansas
than ever before and land prices con-
tinue high with farms in good de-
mand.
Reduction in Rates Promised.-The
railroads have promised the Topeka
Commercial Club that they will soon
reduce the rates on lump coal from
the Pittsburg district to Topeka They
don't say how much of a reduction
they will grant him, but claim it will
be material one. The present rate
on lump is $1.40 ton.
The Way to Get inf you are con-
templating a visit to the Atchison
county Jail you will have to postpone
it for awhile. The sheriff has posted
notice that no visitors will be adj
mitted there until the smallpox scare
subsidies. This quarantine, however,
doesn't apply to people charged with
crime. They will be admitted any
old time, regardless of smallpox or
any other pest.
Gave Telephone Socials. - A new
social function has been invented by
the farmers of Dickinson county, a
telephone social When the telephone
owners south of the river wished to
build a line to connect with the line
north of the river they gave a box so
cial instead of making an assessment.
They cleared $40 and built the line.
The farmers have over 1000 tele-
phones in operation in this county.
Sues Railroad Company.-Miss Vio-
let Rosedale Cavell, vaudeville ar
fist, brought suit in the Shawnee dis
trict court against the Santa Fe rail-
road for $4,000 damages for person
al injuries. Her home is in New York
and before she got hurt she claims
to have been earning 5000 a week. She
was hurt in a wreck at Newton last
September, and charges that her in
juries have incapacitated her from
ever following her avocation again.
Plague of Diphthera. - The state
board of health has taken charge of
the diphtheria epidemic that has
Yates Center in it's grasp. Physicians
and medicines have been sent there
to combat the disease and it is hoped
to stop the further spreading of it. AL
ready the local physicians have for
hidden any public gatherings and adj
vised against any private parties or
gatherings of any kind, until the dis
ease has been checked Six deaths
have resulted since it first started, a
week ago.
Looking After CattIemen. - A. R.
Greene, special agent of the interior
department, will not only investigate
land frauds in connection with home
stead entries, but will also find out
how many cattlemen in Western Kan
sas are fencing up government land.
! This fence business used to be look
ed after by Colonel A. H. Burtis, but
he has been transferred to North Da-
kota.
| No Kansas Material Used. = Some
time ago there was some talk that
/ the Panama canal would be a great
boon for the brick and cement indus
tries of Kansas, which were expected
to supply great quantities of material
! for the canal. 1t seems, however, to
have been an optimistic talk to arouse
enthusiasm for nothing has been
/ heard of it of recent months, and
there is a suspicion that nothing far
Their will be said.
Coleman Requisition Honored. -
Governor Hoch honored a requisition
issued by the governor OF Colorado
for the return of John H Coleman
wanted at Denver for embezzlement
He is accused of making away with
/ sos. He is under arrest at Atchison
Wichita May Get Woodmen.-J. E
Fitzgerald. of Kansas City, was in this
city with A. L. Manchester, of Lincoln
Neb., to consider Wichita as a candi
date for the 100000 office building
the WoOdmen of the World will erect
! if driven from Omaha by being forced