Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-04-13

John Williams, negro. o. Leayen-
worth, was shot and fatally wound
ed by Curiey Owsley, a Creek. Indian
| woman. The shooting was the re-
suit OF a quarrel over the election
Fatally Burned BY Coal Oil. =
| Mrs. Maud Dreasher, who lives ten
miles southeast of Emporia, was Ia
tally burned. She was killing mites
in a chicken house with a lighted
| swab saturated with coal oil, when
| a ave-gallon can Of coal oil caught
! fire and exploded. Her husband
was badly burned about the hands
| in trying to put out the fire.
kansan Commands the Kansas. -
| In response to a letter received
from Gov. Hoch relative to the date
| and place for the presentation OF
| the silver service by the state of
| Kansas to the new battleship Kan
sas. Senator Long announces that
the vessel will be turned over to the
| government by the contractor on
April 1, and Immediately commits
officers. The naval officers have
ship to be taken to Galveston to re-
ceive the silver service, as was the
desire of Gov. Hoch Arrangements
have been agreed upon to have it
sent to League Island. near Phiia-
delphia, some time between June I
and 20 to receive the silver gift
Captain E. Vreeland, a Kansan. and
recently an aide to the secretary of
the navy. has been ordered to as
sumo command Of the Kansas in
the Camden. N. j., shipyards.
Nineteen New Towns. = The new
1907 official railroad map of Kansas
as prepared by the, state board of
railroad commissioners will show
nineteen new towns in the state and
only two stations now shown will
disappear. The proof for the new
map has been made up and forward
ed to New York for printing The
new stations on Union Pacific lines
are Riggs, in Trego county; Balta
and Homer, in Russell county;
Marydell, in Saline county; Vros-
seau, Cloud county; Sand Springs,
Dickinson county; Gatesville, Clay
county; Midland and Bismarck
Grove, in Douglas county, and Fruit
land, in Leavenworth county On
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
way the new towns are Downing, in
Morris county; Carmen. IN Coffey
county; Lorton, Nard and Petrolia,
in Allen county. On the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient railway. Clon-
nell and Chute appear just west of
Wichita, and South Chelsea and
Cassaday in Butler county north of
Eldorado. The two towns to be
omitted from the map are Warner in
Thomas county and Brittsviile in
Cloud county both on the Union
Pacific. The map will show two
new proposed railroads The Gar
den City, Gulf & Northern, running
from Plains. in Meade county, to
Haigler. Neb.. through Garden City,
Scott City. Winona. God1and and ST.
Garden City to Ness City. The
Cherryvale, Oklahoma & Texas be-
gins at Cherryvale, touches indie
pendence and passes into the terri
tory just south of Caney. In the
map issued by the board last year
sixty stations were wiped off the
map because of rural routes caus-
ing the discontinuance of that num-
Der of postoficss. Part of these
points where postoffices were Iocat-
ed were abandoned by the railroads
as soon as the government abandon
ed its Offices.
A $4,000 Fire at Oswego. = A
5000 fire at Oswego burned w. A.
Kirkendahl's restaurant. R. w.
Wright's drug store, l. H. Cottey's
restaurant and the ticket Office of
the new Grand theater. just finished,
and damaged the Oswego hotel sam
pie room. The fire started in Kirk
endah1s restaurant.
Green Bugs in Cowley. = Fear of
damage by green bugs to the wheat
fields of this part of the state seems
to be growing. A representative of
New York commission firms has
been making an investigation of the
fields OF this part OF the state and |
has found that nearly every field |
has been affected. He thinks that
the damage as yet is slight. but
fears for the future He found bugs
in practically every field. There is
a possibility of a parasite. deadly |
enemy OF the green bug. putting a |
stop to the work of the pest. A |
representative of a Texas milling |
company. who investigated in this |
part of Kansas, said that the fields |
looked exactly as did those of Texas
SIX weeks ago and the Texas fields |
are now a total loss.
four food inspectors. but the drug |
inspector will cover the entire state.
Some time will necessarily elapse