Free press., 1906-09-29

OUR WEEKLY oIsT OF CONDENSED ITEMS

lied at Hutchinson in one day, bring
ing in about $4,000 in fees to the dis
trict clerks office.
Kansas Horses For cuba.-A juno
ton City horse buyer has received an
order for several car loads of small
horses which are to be shipped as
soon as possible to Kansas City. He
says the order comes from the Cuban
government and that about fifteen
hundred of these horses will be
bought in the state.
Monument to a Late Employe.-The
Long-Bell Lumber Company, of Kan
sas City. has erected a splendid monu-
ment in Oak Hill cemetery at Bald
win. in memory of the late Edwin S.
| Hackett. The monument rests on a
| foundation of concrete. has three sec
tions and represents an expenditure
of $3.50. Mr.. Hackett held RESPONSE
bic position with his company, though
but % years of age.
Jointists Found Guilty. The Dis
trict court at Abilene concluded the
joint cases with fifteen convictions
or the defendants pleaded guilty. Only
one case was dismissed. a case e. in
which the wrong man was arrested.
One was put under bond The others
will 90 to Jail and pay fines. J. K.
Codding. attorney for the State Tenn
perance Union, assisted in the prose
cution.
Cigarettes His Undoing. = Frank
| Nf will ho
sent to an asylum for the benefit of
the insane as the result of an inquiry
made by a jury before the probate
judge of Kingman county. Prominent
doctors testified that Mr.. Brown was
losing his mind. and stated that the
! probable cause was excessive cigar.
cite smoking. Mr.. Brown is married
and has been living at Kingman sew i.
eral months.
Premature Explosion kiIls.-Thom-
as Lewis, a miner employed at No.
mine of the Pittsburg and Cherokee
Coal Mining Company near Chicko-
pee, was instantly killed by the ex
| plosion of shot in his room. He was
29 years old a native of Wales, and
was a veteran of the Boer war and
had a number of medals from the
English army for valiant service. His
brother, William Lewis. is living in
Kansas City.
Forty Inch Vein of Coal. = Al
inch vein of coal has been reached in
the shaft of the Girard Coal company
which is located about a mile east
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low the present vein which is being
worked and is said to be a splendid
quality of coal with a good roof and
will be easily worked. 1t is the in
tention of the company to open it up
and work the new vein instead of the
one they are working now. The pres
ent vein is % inches. while the new
one is almost double and 297 feet be-
low the surface.
Burned For Five Weeks-At juno
ton City about six weeks ago the
Union Pacific Railroad Company stor-
ed over 10000 tons of coal in it's yards
for use on the Kansas division of the
road. One pile of the coal, contain
ing more than 5000 tons. caught fire
in many places from spontaneous
combustion and has been burning for
about five weeks. Streams of water
have been playing on the burning
pile night and day for several weeks
but the fire cannot be stopped. All
of the coal is practically destroyed
and the cinders are being hauled
away and used as ballast.
Electric Lights For Little Town.
The town of Chapman, which. by
the way, is credited with less than
thousand population, is making ar
rangements to install electric lights.
Ia Is year franchise was granted by
the Chapman city council to Arthur
| Williamson and he will use a mill
dam for power. Chapman is greatly
excited and it has reason to be. The
East can brag of few cities of less
than 1000 population using electric
lights, save where they are suburbs of
large cites.
Mcpherson Ladies to Entertain. =
The City Federation of Women's
Clubs of Mcpherson is making big
preparations to entertain the district
federation which will hold it's annual
mSSIl0S IH6T0 OH OClOD0T ., lO ana
II. The club ladies of Mcpherson
have a strong federation and will do
their best to entertain the visiting
club ladies royalty. 1t is expected
that at least one hundred delegates
will BE- there. Mrs John D. Mila1aen
has offered her elegant home for a
place in which to hold the reception.
The other sessions will be held in the
Congregational church.
Enjoin Bond Issue Park. = The
$4,000 park bonds to issue which
Abilene voted last spring are to be
tested in court. Rev E. r. Brown and
Jacob Schopp who own buildings on
the proposed site, the city hall block.
have brought suit to enjoin the city
from issuing the bonds.
Escaped Prisoners Arrested.-C. H.
Haskell, an officer of the federal peni-
tentiary at Leavenworth, arrested
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