Free press., 1906-05-26

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pects were never better in this vicin-
| ity.
Concordia Is Gaining.-City Asses
sor Peperall completed his census of
the city and finds the population to
oe 1928, gain of POI over last year.
scarcity of houses drove many away
curing the year
Oonnscated Liquor.-The sheriff at
Lyons, Kan, made raid on joint in
the Interstate hotel. seizing twenty
iour cases Of beer and boxes of whis-
Key, all of which were confscated
with great deal of enthusiasm.
Tame Hay Suffering.-Unless rain
comes soon, the tame" hay crop in
Southeastern Kansas will be consid-
erably reduced from what had been
first expected. Glover, timothy and
alfalfa already are cut a little short 6
! Injured by Pianos FaIl.-Clarence
Cushman, drayman, was fatally in
Jured in runaway at Manhattan. He
was unloading a piano. His team be-
came frightened and ran away, let
ting the piano fall on his head and
chest
MysteriousIy Disappears. Ollie
| Jones a foreman at ne Edgar Zinc
smelter of Cherryvale, left his home
and has not been heard of since. No
motive can be assigned for his mys-
| terious disappearance. He leaves a
wife and two children. Mr.. Jones
drew out $1,000 from one of the local
banks and it is supposed he took it
with him.
University at Quindaro.-The West
ern university here is preparing to
have its annual closing exercises.
| This has been the most successful
/ year in the history of the institution.
! The capacity of the school has been
doubled by reason of the erection of
a large dOrmitory, Ward hall, in
which are domiciled the young wo-
men and girls of the institution.
Good News for Convicts. - The
| state pardon board reported to Gov
ernor Hoch a number of recommCn-
datlons fer paroles. The prisoners
who have been recommended by the
b ard have served the minimum SEN
tence for which they were convicted
and the paroles will give them a
c--ance to get started right in the
world while they are waiting for their
| sentences to expire
Shows Satisfactory Gain.-The first
report of population statistics to F. d.
Coburn, secretary of the board of
agriculture, has come from Sheridan
county. The report shows that the
county's population has increased Is
per cent since March l, 1905. Until
year ago Hoxie was the only in
corporated city in the county. Since
that time Selden, with a population
of 429, has been incorporated.
Inspection at the Fort. - Brigadier
General T. ]. Wint, commander of the
| Department of the Missouri is expect
ed at Leavenworth to make the annu-
al inspection of the post. He
will spend several days examining
the barracks, equipment and the like.
There will be an inspection and re-
view of all the troops of the command
while General Wint is here. Lieuten-
ant c. c. Allen, aide de camp, will ac-
company General Wint
Leavenworth Y. M. c. A. Home. -
Colonel Hall has received the latest
plans of the Army Y. NJ. G. A.
building to be constructed at the post
at a cost of about $4,000 from the
architect. Theodore c. Link of ST.
Louis. The architect was very anx-
ious to make this structure a model
in every respect and for this reason
prepared several different sets of
plans to be considered by Miss Helen
Gould, who supplied the money for
the construction of the building. The
front of the building is to be the most
beautiful portion. 1t will face the in
fantry barracks, and is to be 126 feet
long and - feet wide and two stories
high, with a basement.
"Attornsy Against Board."-It was
necessary recently for the board OF
railroad commissioners to have some
new stationery. The old stationery
bears at the head the names of the
commissioners and the name of Carr
w. Taylor as attorney for the board
Mr.. Taylcr has been having a great
deal of trouble and many quarrels
with the members of the board since
the last stationery was printed, and
in order to show the relations be-
tween the beard and the attorney the
stationery heading has been changed
Instead of attorney for the board af
ter the rNElc of Carr Taylor appear
the words. attorney against the
board" State Printer McNeal prob
ably will not print the new stationery
in this way and the board is expect
ed to c7untermand the order and
amend TIE heading at the next meet
i: z.
No Change in Zinc Prices.-In the
Missouri-Kansas mining district the
price of zinc ore was unchanged, the
basis price of 60 cent ore being $41
with highest grades selling at S44 a
ton. The weeks production will be
about CISCO tons.
Hutchinson After Factory. - w. A.
Schurmana, the owner and operator
Of the Barkley Manufacturing Coz