Free press., 1907-06-08

that 21,322 purchases of liquor were
made and signed for at forty-fiTe To
peka drug stores. This surpasses
the record-breaking number of last
month by 10931 sales.
Hoisington to West Point - Ed
ward G. Hoisington, of Newton, has
been notified by the war department
of his appointment to cadetship in
the United States military academy
at West Point. He has passed the
entrance examination and is ordered
to report at the academy June Is.
Hoisington has been attending Kan
sas university at Lawrence the past
winter. He is the son of Colonel P.
NJ. Hoisington, Second infantry, K.
N. G.
Kansas Furnishes Another Cadet
Carl ]. Ballinger, a Coffey county
boy. has received Official notification
that he has passed the physical ex-
animation for admission to the mili-
tary academy at West Point and that
he is to report at the academy June
10. He took the examination at FIT.
Leavenworth, May 1, and he an
nounced at that time that there was
practically no doubt of his passage
He was appointed by Congressman
Miller. taking the place of Carl
Duehn, of Council Grove, resign
| ed.
Must Accept c. o. D: Whisky. =
Judge Pollock has granted manda-
| tory injunction compelling the Wells
| Fargo and Pacific Express Com
! panies to accept and deliver in Kan
sas c. o. D. liquor shipments. Judge
Pollock holds that prohibition or To-
cal option laws cannot affect inter
| state shipments, and that since un-
| der the constitution an express COM
| pany cannot be stopped from MAX
| ing deliveries in a prohibition state,
it cannot refuse to accept such c. o.
| D. shipments in another state. ]. M.
Shoenheit, general attorney for the
distilling company, urged that that
discrimination could not be made
against liquor or any other class of
merchandise. Judge Pollock's tenn
porary order is to hold until June Is,
when he will give the matter a hear
ing.
Coolest in Forty Years. : The
weather report for May, 1907, pre-
pared by DR.. F. H. Snow, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, from observa-
tfons taken at Lawrence. says the
past month was the coldest May in
forty years record. There were five
white frosts during the month, the
last being on the 9th, the latest
spring frost on record. The rain
fall was nearly the normal amount.
The wind was below the average We
locity, and the cloudiness very much
above normal. The mean tempera-
ture was 59.05 degrees. which is 5.95
degrees below the May average. The
highest temperature was 87.5 de-
grees. on the 18th; the lowest was
33 degrees. on the Sd. The rainfall
was 4.06 inches, which is .55 inch be-
low the May average. The entire
rainfall for the five months of 1907
now completed has been 1868
inches, which is SO inch above the
average for the same months in the
thirtynine preceding years and
double the amount for the same
period in 1906. Rain in measurable
quantities on seven days. There
were three thunderstorms during the
month. The month was 5.97 per cent
cloudier than usual
Several to Receive Raise. - With
the publication of the session laws.
the superintendent of the Topeka,
Osawatomie and Parsons asylums
will draw $4,000 per year instead of
$500: the secretary of the state
historical society gets a similar
raise. the assistant newspaper clerk
in the same Office is raised from 5000
to 5000, the stenographer from $720
to $500, and the assistant librarian
from 5000 to $1,000.
Liquor Cases Disposed Of - The
last of the liquor cases against six
teen Of the Parsons druggists who
have been on trial at Oswego has
been disposed of. Eleven of them
confessed judgment and were taxed
up with the costs in their cases and
by attorney fees. Four of them went
| OA (llo1, Three Ol JnSIl OOlAS
guilty and one was acquitted The
two remaining cases were transfer
red to the June term of court.
In Hurry to Leave. = Samuel L.
Bonar, sent to the state penitentiary
for life from Washington county on
the charge of murder, has made ap-
plication for pardon, after serving
less than two and one-half years.
Negro to the Pen.-Andy Neal, OF
Hutchinson, a negro, who stole sew
eral hundred dollars worth of brass
from the Morton Salt Company re
Gently, was sentenced to the Ian
sing penitentiary after pleading
guilty.
Heavy Sentences For Jointists. =
Judge Simons, in the district court
at Ft Scott. gave Charley and Jose
Dunkerton 81 900 fine and SIX
months in Jail each for violating the
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