The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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Kills Laborer in Fog.-Profireo
Thermaissillo, Mexican laborer en-
ployed on the Frisco railroad, was run
over by a freight train at Arkansas
City and killed.
| Double the Hog Receipts.-The hog
receipts at the Wichita union stock
yards for the month Of October show
! a gain of more than 100 per cent
! over the same month last year. Dur
/ ing the month there have been re-
i ceived 1885 hogs, during October
/ last year, 3O,397 were received. The
! top price of hogs was $3.50, which
/ is twenty cents higher than the top
| a year ago.
Largest Vote in History.-Based on
the official returns from us precincts
out of 1925, the total vote in Kansas
last Tuesday will reach about $4,000,
| the largest in the history of the State.
The vote of the Republicans and
Democrats, combined, will total about
| 100000. It is estimated that the vote
for he Socialists, Prohibitionists and
Hearst ticket will be about 10000.
| the same as the vote of the Social
lists, Prohibitionists and Populists four
years ago. The Republican and Demo
cratic vote combined four years ago,
was 299,169, or $4,000 less than the
combined vote of those same two par
! ties this time.
Damages $4,000 a Day.-Five thous-
and dollars day was the remunera-
ton allowed Harry Hughes by jury
in Judge Brentano's court at Leaven-
worth for the time he spent in the
county Jail on what the jury decided
was a false charge of enlightenment.
The decision is against the Interstate
Shirt and Collar Company and J. o.
Eaton, its president. Eaton swore
out warrant for Hughes and the
latter was placed in jail two days in
default of bonds, and ultimately was
acquitted On the charge in Municipal
Judge Newcomers court. He sued for
$4,000, but the jury decided that
$4,000 was sufficient recon- eEse.
Guinea Pigs to Test Milk.-Prof. F.
H. Billings and Frank Agrelius of the
bacteriology department of the Uni
versity of Kansas have begun their
test of milk and butter. The expert
ments are under the direction Of Prof.
Billings and Mr.. Agrelius, and will
| be very complete in character. Sew
enty guinea pigs were inoculated with
the milk solution and turned over to
the care of G. N. White. who has
aged to furnish enough guinea pigs
to carry out the long series Of expert
ments. The guinea pigs will be kept
| by Mr.. White for two or three months,
when they will again be taken In
charge by the bacteriology depart
ment and inoculated with tuberculin.
If they die, it will be positive evidence
that the milk contained tuberculosis
germs On the other hand if they
remain healthy, the sample will Their
be proved free from containing the
germs. Not only is the milk of Law
renee to be tested in the experiments,
but samples of butter and ice cream
from all over the State must undergo
the careful scrutiny of the men in
charge of the work. The university
department has been planning this
series of experiments for some time,
but was delayed in getting the work
started, as they had not finished their
report on their summers work over
the State on the milk from the larger
towns. The samples for some Of the
first experiments were obtained from
some of the Lawrence dairies. The
milk was obtained by some one not
connected with the department SO
that none except those who are con-
nected with the department itself
know which dairies are being tested.
Scots to See Her Hatchet.-Carry
Nation will sail November 81 via the
Anchor line from New York City to
Scotland, where she has been invited
by the new Scottish Prohibition party
to conduct a campaign in the inter-
est of the temperance movement
Railroads Making Annual Report
The annual reports of the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific and the St
Louis & San Francisco railway COM
panies have been filed with the State
Board of Railroad Commissioners. The
reports refer almost entirely to con-
ditions OF the entire lines of the COM
panies. The reports for Kansas will
be submitted later as supplements.
The report of the Rock Island shows
). that the total number OF employees in
Kansas during the year was 6,301, the
number of days worked 1,871,712, the
total wages paid in the State. $4,226,-
363.59, and the average daily wage
1925. The report of the Frisco shows
the total number of employees in Kan
sas to be 1887. the total number of
days worked. 1894, the total wages
paid. s1,459,2 1882. and the average
daily wage. $2.2s-
Kansas Furnished Three Governors.
. Three Kansans were elected Gov
ernor of as many States in the recent
election. W. R. Stubs was elected
in Kansas, James H. Brady in Idaho
and H. S. Hadley in Missouri.
New Refinery For kansas.-A large
oil refinery has been located on the