Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-09-24
Overdose Of Aeonite.-Charles !

physician had given him two kinds /
of medicine with instructions to take |
three drops of one and a teaspoonful |
of the other. By mistake he took /
teaspoonful of the one of which he |
should have taken three drops. |
Though he discovered his mistake |
almost Immediately. he was so far
from the doctors Office that he was |
beyond relief by the time he was TAX |
en- there He was 62 years old and |
had been a rural mail carrier for two |
years.
Died in PhiIippines.-Word has |
been received of the death of a Kan |
sas boy in the Philippines |
P. Garst, of Altamont. He served |
three years in the Twentieth infantry |
and after getting his discharge he |
took a position in the commissary de- |
partment. He quit that job and came
home and stayed a year. Last March
he joined the Twenty-secOnd infan-
try and went back to the Philippines
where he remained until his death.
His body will be brought to Kansas
by the war department for intermenl
Impersonating Officer.-At Wichita
N. II. Baum was indicted before the
federal grand jury on charge of i'm
personating a federal officer. He was
sentenced to the penitentiary in de-
fault of $1,000 fine. Baum was ar
rested two months ago in Colorado
and taken to Topeka where he has
been confined awaiting trial. He trav
eled through western Kansas imper
sonating a revenue officer, but was
arrested before he had been able
to gather in any funds.
Beats K. C. Firm-A verdict for SS4
was given l.. NJ. Newberry, of Nor
way, Kas., who was sued in the dis
trict court by Elmore & Cooper,
of Kansas City, on a note for 81 300,
given by Newbury some years ago for
the purchase of feeders. The firm
afterward sold the cattle for Newbury
and he came out in debt to them on
the deal. He refused to pay the note,
claiming that his interests had not
been properly cared for.
Kidnapped His son.-Edgar Sipes,
of Nashville, Ind, kidnapped his own
2-year-Old-bOy from its mother. Mrs.
Sipes left her husband about five
months ago and came to Topeka to
live with her parents, bringing the
boy along, Sipes followed her and
while the mother was chatting with
a neighbor across the back fence, he
made away with the child. The au-
thorities have been unable to locate
him.
Rails in Kansas.-The rain fol
which Sedgwick county farmers have
been praying for a week or more ar
rived. 1t soaked the ground thor
oughly and left a lot of water in
ponds and bitches. 1t means that the
farmers will be able to continue their
fall blowing and that much wheat
will be sOwed this week. In Butler
county, farmers had quit blowing,
but this rain will set them to work
again.
Convict on TRIAL.. E. MARCEL,
the Highland, Kans., bank wrecker,
serving a term of thirty-five years in
the state penitentiary, was taken
back to his home town in charge of
Deputy Warden Dobson to appear in
! a civil action brought against him by
some of his creditors. MARCEL had
been in prison about four months.
To Presidential CIass.-The postof-
fees at Bucklin, Effingham and Nor
tonville will be advanced to the pres
! idential class on October l. They
will each receive a salary of $1,1OO.
! Cornerstone Laid.-At Baldwin the
cornerstone of the new Case library
hall of Baker university was laid. The
addresses of the day were delivered
! in the college chapel.
Appointed CIerk.-Miss Ray w.
Mooredhead. of Kingman, Kansas, has
been appointed clerk in the agricul-
tural department.
Lots of representations will ship
100000 baskets of grapes this season
AS a Missionary.-W A Revis, a
graduate of Southwest Kansas College
at Winfield, left for San Francisco,
where he will embark for Sitapur, In
dia, to take up the missionary work,
to which position he has been ap-
pointed by the missionary board of
the Methodist Episcopal conference
City Schools open.-The Belleville
public schools have opened with a
larger enrolment than usual. Miss
Dale is principal of the high school
Miss Arrasmith assistant principal
and Mr.. Vance principal of the high
grade building.
Embezzler Caught-Albert R.Graves
who was charged with embezzling So,
227 of Ramus DitricksOn's estate
pleaded guilty and was sentenced BY
Judge Stuart to the penitentiary fol
one year. Graves was appointed guar
dian for Ditrickson several yc-rs ago
and has never accounted for the
money.
College Doors Open-At Wichita
both Friends university and Fair
mount college have opened their door!
for the new school year. Each schoo
shows an increased attendance owe
last year.
Said to be DefauIter.-E. A. Fish
baugh, a leading merchant of Bel
mont, has been found defaulter b.
} a United States postoff1ce inspecto
to the amount of 5000. No report ha