Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
Death of AGED wichita Man. :

Hcru FACTORY Burns. - me feru
lamp globe factory at Peru. little
town twelve miles west of Caney. was
destroyed by fire from the smoke
stack.
cowIey's Rolling Ad.-Cowley coun-
ty proposes to send an exhibit car
through the East. 1t will contain
sample of everything Cowley count"
produces. :
Hopeless Lot. = Smith county mer-
chants have blacklisIed 119 deadbeats.
If this thing keeps up il the land of
the free and the home of the brave,
what will become of the deadbeats,
anyway? They are one outfit that can
not be reformed.
Held Winning Hand.-Sheriff Davis.
OF Rice county, played an important
hand in a game of poker at Geneseo
the other night. He not only raked
in all the chips, but captured the
kitty" cards and other paraphernalia
and took the players to Jail.
They do" Pay.-Dan Stone of Bar
Der county has settled the do hogs
pay" question for all time. He made
two large shipments this summer, the
last of which was yesterday and they
made him $3.100, with enough left to
stock Re ranch for next year
SeedIess Melons. w. c. King.
farmer in Scott county. has discover
ed how to grow seedless watermelons.
pile some. dirt over the young vine
about a foot from the root" says he.
The vine will root again under this
dirt. and when it does, cut off the orig
inal root. The melons have no
seeds
Shot Farmer-An old man named
Barck came to independence and gave
himself up to the officers. He got in
to a quarrel with another farmer
named PEBBLES and shot the latter
twice with a pistol, perhaps fatally
wounding him. The families of the
two men have been living in the same
house on a farm in Cherry town
ship.
Went to Sleep at Party.-Miss Kit
tie Ives. junior at the Wesleyan uni
versity, fell asleep at a social func-
ton at the university, and despite the
efforts of physicians, was not awaken
ed for SO hours. Miss Ives has just
recovered from a severe attack of ap-
pendicitis, and has been doing some
hard work in her studies. The physi-
clans state that the sleep was natural
and needed.
Fatally Shot Her Friend. - At AK
tell Mrs. Norman Cone, wife of a
druggist, was attempting to unload a
revolver when the weapon was acct
dentally discharged. The bullet pass.
ed through Mrs. Cones hand and
struck Miss Emma Eighleman, who
was standing nearby, in the side Miss
Eighleman was mortally wounded and
lived only forty minutes She was "a
years old and was Mrs. Cones COM
| panion and friend.
Killed by Crane.-A peculiar rail
road accident occurred on the Frisco,
near Oswego. one day last week. A
! crew was at work repairing bridge
across the NeoshO, when a large crane
used on a car to lift heavy timbers
was toppled into the river by the
weight of an iron beam which was
! being swung into place. The car and
several workmen went with the crane
into the river. and a bridge carpenter
named Floyd Yarbough was killed.
May Shut OFF Winfield Gas. - The
Bourdette Development Company, a
local concern, has begun suit in the
district court for the recovery of gas
royalties and for a receiver for the
Winfield Gas Company. Mismanage
ment OF the gas company's interests
is the alleged grounds. Bourdette
owns the natural gas which the gas
company distributes through its
mains and it is feared the suit may
deprive the city of it's supply.
To Meet in Topeka. = Announce
ments have been issued regarding the
annual stockholders meeting of the
Rock Island which is to be held in To
peka October 3. The terms of sew
eral members of the board of direc
tors expire at this time but all Of
them will probably be reelected. 9th
er matters OF importance VIII come
up for consideration at the meeting g
among them the proposition to dis
pose of the line. either by. lease Oh
sale, II the Atchison, Topeka & Sants
Fe.
Ottawa Mans Observation-Disclosures
e. Z. Mendenhall. of the Ottawa mills
has in operation an improvement t.
the lubricator used in the engine anC
for cutting the scales in the boilers
The attachment is an invention of Mr.
Mendenhall's and it's use results in
great saving. The ordinary lubrica
tor uses about one gallon per day o
lubricating oil that costs 40 cents pc
gallon. and in the same time six gal
Ions Of compound Oil that is equal,
expensive. Mr.. Mendenhall's appli
ance permits the substitution of crud,
petroleum for both purposes at a tota
cost of % cents per week.
The First Frost.-Syracuse report,
the first frost of the season. 1t wa
very light and did growing vegetatio,