Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-15

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has joined in the sugar rate war. The
rate has been cut from 80 cents to %
cents for Missouri river points from
New Orleans. and from 40 cents to
80 cents for Kansas jobbing points.
Run Down by Engine.-John Strieff.
about 20 years old, was run over by
a light engine on the ST. Louis and
San Francisco railroad near Paola
His right arm and leg were severed
and his condition is critical. His
home is in Kilburn City, Wis.
Stricken in Dentists chair.-Char
les L. Cross, a pioneer of Sedgwick
county, suffered a paralytic stroke
while having a tooth pulled by a den
fist of Wichita and died in a hospital
few hours afterward His home was
at Valley Center, a few miles north.
Pioneer Settler Dies.-Wesley An
krum, aged 20 years, che of the old
settlers of this section, is dead aI his
home, southeast of Pittsburg, near
Kniveton, of general debility. Mr.
Ankrum had resided in this section
for thirty-seven years, having come
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Penetrated His Lunq.-A. Nelson, q
harvest hand who came to Allen
county from Pawnee Rock, a short
time ago, was impaled on a pitchfork
when working with a threshing crew
at the farm of H. Busley, northeast
of La Harpe. The prong penetrated
= a lung. Nelson will live.
Killed by Lightning. During an
unusually severe electrical storm
Fred Joiner, son of w. L. Joiner, a
farmer living northwest of Galena,
was instantly killed by lightning. The
storm was accompanied by a heavy
rain, which was general throughout
this county, and Jasper county, Mo.
Prisoner Wants Release. = Thos.
Johnson. a prisoner in the Kansas
penitentiary from Labette county
filed a habeas corpus suit in the dis
trict court at Leavenworth. He al
legeS that he was sentenced under
the new indeterminate sentence law
before the law went into effect He
is serving a five year term for steal
ing set of harness.
To Spot Tax Dodgers-At Burling-
ton County Tax Ferret Wisman has
started a petition to get a grand jury
to meet in September The petition
states the principal reason for the
grand jury is to investigate the tax
dodgers. There has been much hard
feeling since the tax ferret was ap-
pointed a little over year ago. There
is not much doubt that many signers
will be secured to the petition.
Will Have Grand Jury. = Mayor
w. W. Rose says Wyandotte county
will have another grand jury. He
says the time has come when some
thing must be done and that right
soon. Matters relating to the for
mer administration and especially to
the old council, must be investigated.
Then, too, there is this gambling fuss
that has been Haunted lately, and
that must be looked into" said the
mayor
Plenty of Wet Goods.-"The move
ment over the state for the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law has made
SOAlC IltNlO ACaQWdJ III 1@dOCIlC SOllA-
ty," said Frank M. Brady, an Oswego
attorney. Several of the drug
gists, who have practically a monop-
oily on the business there, have been
arrested, and there has been some
thing of showing for REFORM but it
is hard to tell whether it will last very
long,
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the automatic cancelling machines
have been received at the postoffice
These machines are to replace the
cancelling machines now used. The
present machines are equipped with
the drop feed while the new machines
have an automatic feed. This enables
the clerk to handle the mail great
deal quicker. The machines are made
by the American Postal Machine Com
pany and are used in all of the large
Offices.
In Love With Horse-When Rob
ert Brooking was arrested at Atlanta
on a charge of stealing a horse. pre-
ferred by D. B. Kline of Haswen,
Colo, he broke down and cried, say
ing to the sheriff at whom he had
shot from a patch of weeds, that he
was in love with the horse. He was
working for Kline at the time of the
theft. Later when he was taken back
for prosecution, and while Kline was
identifying his horse at a stable,
young Brooking broke down again
and running up to the horse, threw his
arms about it's neck and cried like
a child. The horse is a beautiful
black
Vote Bonds for Road.-At the spe
cial bond election held at Arkansas
City to vote 5000 bonds for the
Midland Valley railroad only light
vote was cast. The bonds carried by
over 500 votes. The road is to be
built into Pawhuska in the Usage ma
ton and the grading is being done be-
tween that point and Silverdale,
Kan. The road will run from Silver
dale to Arkansas City. The objective
point is Wichita.