Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-27

Poor Farm Dividend. = Kansas IS
the only state in the Union where
poor farms pay dividends. a bunch
OF hogs from the Mitchell county
poor farm brought $3.50 the other
day.
Found Only Dead Man.-After raid
ing two gambling houses at Parsons
the police broke into the Eagles nall.
They were dumbfounded when they
found the room empty. save for the
body of dead man lying in state
Enlarge Hutchinson Hospital. =
Twelve Hutchinson physicians have
purchased the Stewart Hospital Asso-
citation and Training School for
Nurses. The capital stock is $2O.-
goo. The building will be doubled in
size.
Quail for DeIaware.-A thousand
live young Kansas quail have been
shipped To Delaware and released on
the game preserve of Frank Thomp-
son, noted Philadelphia hunter. The
quail cost Mr. Thompson 81 each, laid
down
Water MII at EImdaIe Burns. =
The large water power grist mill of
w. H. Roberts & Co. at Elmdale,
caught fir and was entirely destroy
ed, together with about 500 bushels
of wheat. 500 bushels of corn. 500
bushels of kaffir corn and 4 car loads
of -four Cause of fire unknown.
$4,000
Express Companies Fined. = The
Topeka managers of the three ex-
press companies were fined $1OO
each ii police court for refusal to pay
the license tax levied against express
companies by the city. They will ap-
peal their cases to test the law. They
claim they are exempt from such a
license
More Tank Capacity.-At Paola the
Standard Oil Company is putting UP
two S0O-barrel tanks in the Rantoul
field from where il will run a four
inch pipe to the Dickinson farm, a
mile north of Osawatomie, where the
oil will be run into the company s
twelve-inch pipe line instead of TO the
receiving station at Paola. The pres
ent line from Rantoul to Paola cannot
handle the amount of oil produced.
One Gambling Place Closed.-What
may result in the closing of all the
gambling rooms in Wichita be-
gun by the issuance of an injunction
ordering the closing Of one of the
more prominent places. The injunc-
ton was issued by Judge Thomas T.
Wilson, of the district court. Infor-
nation was filed by Detective Harry
Sutton, an eX-member of the city po-
lice force. Tie cheriff was ordered
to seize the gambling devices in the
house.
Santa Re Wants Us Coal. - The
Santa Fee Company has asked Referee
Loomis, of the Devlin estate, to order
the trustees TO turn over % 1t about
100000 worth o. coal Tor money ad-
vanced to c. j. Eevlin Just before his
failure. IT, C~lpany claims it ad
vanced the money in order that Dew
lin could meet his pay roll and that
it had verbal contract with him
that it should receive coal for the
money. He died without carrying
out the contract and now the com
pany wants its coal.
LinCr1ent Exploded. H D. Hal
and H. NJ. Hall. druggists of Lincoln
have been sued for $4,000 by H. T
Brann, "A farmer near that town
Erann went to the Hall drug store
for liniment composed Of one ounce
of aqua forts and one ounce of tur
pentine compounded. The linament
was prepared and Brann started
home. He had not gone far until the
bottle exploded in his pocket and
pieces of glass and part of the com
pound struck him in one eye, causing
him to lose the sight. In his petit
ton Brann alleges that the proper
way to mix the compound is to place
both ingredients over a fire in ar
open vessel until the gases escape
This. he alleges, the druggists should
have known.
Caught Between DraWheSds.-Jame:
Mcdonald, a switchman employed b!
the NJ. X. & T. railroad company a
Parsons, was caught between The
Drawbacks of switch engine and /;
freight car in the yards and crushed
SO that he died three hours later. Nc
! Donald was about so years of age. un
married, and his only known relative
! is his mother. who lives in Richmond
! ILL., He came to this place in Marcel
/ from Kansas City.
: MARRIAGE May Cost His Job.-Be
! cause OF his secret marriage, which
( was in Chicago June 30. last year, ant
! which became known only this week
/ DIR. e. Stanton Hymer house physi
! clan at st. Francis hospital at Wich
( tia, may lose his position. DR.. Hyme
/ became associated with the hospita
| less than a year ago. The rules o
| the hospital provide that the physi
/ clans there shall not be married. Thi.
! rule APPARENTLY had little effect on tn,
| young physician, for soon after h,
/ began work he went to Chicago ant
! there married Miss Helen Richardson
! Mrs. Hymer remained in Chicago ant
! DR.. Hymer returned here. He re
! sumed his hospital work and all wa!
! going well until frequent letters in tn,
! Same handwriting started an iuoI,iY-v