Free press., 1904-12-24

per month for each new baby born in
! his family. In placing a premium
on babies said w E. Sterne, one of
| the commissioners, we are simply
carrying out the Republican policy of
encouragement 10 infant industries
and the Roosevelt idea of big fami-
lies" In case Of twins the clerk will
get a raise Of SO a month and if
| triplets, So. The county board has
no way of Offering a bounty 10 the
people generally as an inducement 10
raise big families" said Mr.. Sterne,
but il can reach clerks employed by
/ The county through salary Increase
and we propose 10 do it
Requisition Granted. - Governor
Bailey granted a requisition from Gov
ernOr Fardaman Of Mississippi, ask
ing for The return of William John
( son. now in Jail at Oswego, Kan. In
Z 1889 Johnson was arrested in Homes
! county. Miss. charged with murder.
/ He was convicted Of manslaughter
/ and sentenced TO nine years impris-
| onment. A few days later he escap-
/ ed and has Just been loicated.
! Cheney Is Confirmed. The ap-
! pointment OF o. A. Cheney as post
master at Fort Scott has been con-
| firmed by the United States senate.
! Cheney's appointment was demanded
/ by Senator Burton in return for work
done for him. Congressman Bower
| sock compromised the matter by di-
LIT -
! who was an applicant for reappoint-
ment and Mr.. Cheney.
! Auditorium Dedicated.-The $4,000
/ auditorium at the state agricultural
/ college was dedicated with apprO-
Jpriate exercises. Regent F. T. Fair
child, of Ellsworth, made the address
of welcome. President E. r. Nichols
! followed with address on aims and
needs of the college. President A. B.
| Storms, of State college at Ames, Ia,
made the dedication speech.
Child Lost in Cold.-The 5-year-old
son of George Lewis of jamestown,
near COncordia, wandered away from
/ home and could not be found for "a
hours. He had wandered all day and
night in a corn field north of town
with the thermometer 10 degrees
| above zero. He had waded the creek
in the night and his hands and feet
were badly frozen.
Should Be Encouraged.-W. r. Car
ter. superintendent of the Topeka
Industrial school, colored, wants the
Legislature to give his school $4,000
this time. 1t has been giving it 81 900.
He says that the institution is trying
to make useful citizens of the colOred
youth by teaching them how to do
things with their hands and that it
should be encouraged in this work
Locomotive Crew Injured.-Engi-
neer B. NJ. Myers and Fireman F. NJ.
DOlan, both of Herington, were slight
| ly injured in a wreck which happened
just inside the city limits of Wichita
on the Rock Island tracks. Both were
taken to the Wichita hospital, but
neither was injured, aside from few
slight cuts and a severe shaking up.
First White ChiId.-The funeral of
the late Colonel A. S. Johnson, the
first white child born in Kansas, took
place at the residence of his old
friend, George NJ. Noble in Topeka.
All of the state officers attended in a
body. Most of the prominent men of
Topeka were also there. The body
was inferred in a local cemetery.
On the MoVe-Another indication
fInf l<,
sas is the fact that the real estate
transfers in Barton county between
November 10 and December amount
TO $11S,00O. Very little of this land
has been purchased by people living
outside the county, the latter having
been outbid by home people.
Gasoline Stove ExpIoded-Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Myers were badly burn
ed by a gasoline explosion at their
home in Topeka. While preparing
breakfast the stove exploded and set
Mrs. Myers clothing on fire. Her
husband succeeded in putting out the
| flames, but both were badly burned
about the hands and arms.
Increased Population. Sedan
Chains Zy0OU lnnaDllantS. This is an
increase of about 1000 over last
years population. and due TO the oil
and gas development in Chautauuua
county.
Implement Men Meet.-Implement
and hardware dealers from all over
Kansas and Oklahoma. as well as
manufacturers from other parts of
the United States. are in Wichita to
attend the fifth annual convention of
the Southern Kansas and Oklahoma
Hardware and Implement Dealers
association.
Dropped Dead in Fieid.-E. E. Can
nady, farmer in Jefferson county.
near Dunav6nt. dropped dead of heart
disease in z corn field while huslling
corn. His body was not found for
several hours, and was frozen stiff
Shot BY Mistake-James OBrien. a
railroad lahorer, was killed at Pied
mont by the accidental discharge of a