The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

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along a while longer without a wire
less telegraph system. The ways and
means committee of the house has
killed the Phillips bill which est<b-
fishes a wireless station at Yelling
/ ton. The committee couldn't figure
| just what good the Wellington station
would be if there was not another
station somewhere in the state to re-
ceive or send messages. A wireless
station without means of communica-
ton with other wireless stations,
would be useless. Besides the COM
mittee could see no Kansas war loom
| ing up on the horizon.
Can't Recover For Loss by FIre-A
peculiar case from Barton county has
just been decided by the Supreme
court. The case is brought by Lille
NJ. Johnson against the McLane In
vestment company. 1t is charged in
the petition that the manager of the
ranch owned by the McLane Invest
ment company set fire to the barn on
that ranch, but the fire got away from
him and burned a barn belonging to
Mrs. Johnson. Soon after the confla-
grafton the manager admitted that he
had started the fire but when an at
tempt was made to collect damages he
denied it. The lower court held that
since the manager and his men had
attempted to put out the fire after it
was started and there was no evidence
to prove that he did set the fire the
McLane Investment company could
not be held for damages. The
Supreme court affirms this decision
might Riders" Case to be Tried
| The principal case at the March term
of the United States court, which be-
gins March Z, in Wichita, will be the
trial of the eight men who are charged
with might riding in Stevens coun-
ty. Assistant District Attorney J. a.
West said that there seemed to be
plenty of evidence to convict the men
under arrest, and said he believed
they would be sent to the peniten-
! tiary. According to the account of
the affair printed at the time, the
men under indictment gathered a
mob, went to the residence Of an old
negro known as Major Stokes, burned
his broom corn, destroyed his house,
| anu IdIGT Caught OIOhSS, WIZ NdS uOI
at home when his property was de-
stroyed, imprisoned him in jail on
false charge, persuaded him to sign
away his homestead, worth $500, for
500, and then compelled him to leave
the country The work of the mob is
said to be the outgrowth of the feel
ing against the negroes who have re-
Gently taken a number Of homesteads
in Stevens county.
Travelling Library a Success.-The
legislature ten years ago passed law
establishing the Kansas Travelling Lii
braries Commission and made an ap-
preparation for its support. The 5000
books and thirty-four cases accumu-
lated by the Social Science Fedora
ton were transferred to the commits
sion together with certain books Of
the state library. Today the commits
sions owns 435 trunks and 10000 vol
umes, about 10000 of which are now
in circulation in the state. No ap-
preparation which the legislature
makes reaches so many people in
every part of the state, as does this.
To those who are not familiar with
know that fifty books are furnished
for six months for 81 to cover ship
ping charges to and from destination.
Any school, club, church, Sunday
school or an organization of any de-
scription, or a few neighbors in any
part of the state may Secure the priv
ilege of the travelling library by adj
dressing the Kansas Travelling Libra
ries Commission, Topeka, Kan. 1
Suspect is ReIeased.-The case
against Cecil Wilson, who was arrest
ed at his home in Madison several
weeks ago on the charge of being i'm
plicated in the Olpe bank robbery,
was dismissed. The officers were I'M
able to secure evidence sufficient for
conviction.
Kansas Wants Federal Aid-Secre,
tary Wyant of the senate forwarded to
each member of the Kansas delegation
in congress a concurrent resolution
adopted by both branches of the Iegie-
lature, urging the congressman, and
directing the senators, to vote for a
bill in congress to prevent the feder-
al government from issuing liquor tax
IlCCuSSS III pI SldISS. Inc
resolution was offered by Senator
Robertson, Democrat, of Rawlins, and
was adopted by both branches by
unanimous vote. The resolution con
tinues: Be it further resolved, that it
is the sense of this legislature that
the law governing interstate com
merce should be so amended that no
common carrier can transport into the
state of Kansas any article or articles
prohibited to be kept or sold in this
state by the constitution thereof
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west of Valley. Center. The deal is
considered one of the most important
in farm property in this section of re-
cent date. The consideration is $72,-
500. 3
Fighting Bob" to Lecture.-Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans of the
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