Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-27
Kansas Events
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Gugeler, wealthy farmer, was 1OunC
liable for S923 damages in the district
court for injury done by a runaway
team handled by his hired man. Jones
drove up lane east of Enterprise and
left the team near the fence while he
went to help some wood choppers pull
down a tree. The tree fell and the
team ran away into buggy driven by
the plaintiff. smashing it and injuring
her severely. She was under doctors
care for weeks and brought suit
SHOT WHILE HUNTINe.-Thomas
Law, of the milling firm of Alexander
& Law Bros, of Brandon, and Miss
Sherwin social favorite, shot two
prairie chickens on the farm of L.
Rowe. This so enraged Rowe that he
fred twice at the hunters, shooting
Miss Sherwin in the stomach and Law
in the knee. Rowe ran home and
swallowed the contents Of bottle of
poison, dying in few minutes. Miss
Sherwin is not likely 70 recover.
POSTMASTER RoBBED.-R. j. Nor
rison, - years old, postmaster at Paw
nee, bourbon county, was murdered
and his store and postoffice robbed of
$500. The crime was not discovered
until morning and there is no clue to
the murderers MIR. Morrison had al
ways kept large sum of money in his
store and never had bank account
although the Frisco depot at that place
has been robbed twice within the last
few mon tbs.
KILLED A BABY.-Henry Lowery,
district court at Wellington of muir
dering an infant child May ?, 1901.
Lowery denied the paternity of the in
FAINT which was born about three
months after his marriage and accord
ing to the evidence accomplished it's
death by administering morphine. His
wife is still To be tried as accessory to
the crime.
WAS TO WE'D OCTOBER S.-Miss En-
ma Carrot, of Musllotah, was instantly
killed while returning from the night
performance of circus. The horses
were fractions and became hard to
manage. Miss Garrett jumped from
the buggy, striking on her head and
rupturing a blood vessel. She was to
have been married on October to a
Mr.. Mitchell, an Oklahoma editor, who
attended the funeral.
BASE BALL MAN Smor.-Spider Nc
quarters at Oswego, was shot and seri-
ously wounded by John Braine. night
clerk at the Oswego house. Spider
was intoxicated and got into an alter
cation with one of the dining room
girls at the hotel. Braine became in
volved and finally shot Spider in the
lower part OF the back.
\ MAIL WAGON PRIZE -Roy Arnold,
Il rural route carrier who works out of
Blue Rapids, will hereafter make his
trips in a specially built mail wagon,
which he secured by getting one hun
dred subscribers at one dollar each for
Il mechanical magazine.
ALL FROM PHHLIPs.-An three of
the nominees for congress in the Sixth
neutrality-suspicious. Democratic and
Socialist-are from Phillips county.
LAWRENCE SCHooLs.--The second
day of the public schools of Lawrence
shows an enrolment of 2,12O. The en-
rollment OF the high school is 40.
A COUNTY's Coal BILL-Shawnee
county buys on an average 800 tons of
coal year for use at county buildings.
HUMBOLDT OIL FIELDS --The Hum
boldt oil field is attracting good many
strangers. The town is filing up and
new wells of from 100 to zoo barrels
are being brought in every week.
Northup Bros, of lola, have bought
considerable land and the Beatty
Brothers of Beaumont fame, are now
looking for a chance to invest
AT HASKELL SHOPs.-Superinten
PEARS of the Lawrence Indian school
has received an order for 50 sets of
Haskell made harness. They will
be sent to western Indian agencies.
A JEALOUS RIvAL.-Titus Mauch re-
siding near Talmo, Republic county,
had spent Sunday evening with a
young lady. On his way home and
while crossing bridge, he was shot by
a man with a handkerchief over his
face. Arden Jewell has been arrested
as it was known that he was jealous of
Mauch's attentions to the woman.
TURNED FOLIAGE BLACK.-A light
frost fell over Clay county the morning
of the 18th, causing some vegetation to
turn black Corn is too far along to
be injured.
A You've RAILRoADER--R Ralph Moi
fat, of the Mo. Pac. railway, while re-
turning from Sunday picnic at Hays
vile, attempted to board a moving
train and his foot was crushed.
FED AT COUNCIL GRovE.-Seventeen
head of native steers, averaging /, 366
pounds, sold at Kansas City at So. 70,
which is the highest price for beef ever
received on that market The cattle
were sent by C. C. Slaughter of Dallas,
Texas. They were fed at Council
Grove, Kan, land in twenty months