Free press., 1905-05-20

promise verdict could be reached.
Storm Appealed to the district court
Condemn Army Property. = Major
Nichols, inspector general of the
Northern division of the army arrived
at Junction City from the South. This
week he will make an inspection of
Fort Riley, and will condemn d con
siderable amount of old property
there.
Cigarmaker Killed by Train. Ec
Herberger, a cigarmaker of Wichita
Kan, fell from a Missouri Pacific
train in Parsons and was instantly
killed. the train passing over his body
A telegram from the cigarmakers
union of Wichita instructed that the
body be embalmed and sent there for
burial. Herberger was % years OF
age and unmarried
Big Brown County Families. = To
show that race suicide is a thing un-
known in Brown county. Judson Holt,
photographer, of Fairview, sent Presi-
dent Roosevelt four pictures of big
Brown county families. Three of the
families have thirteen members and
one has eleven. There are many 9TH
ers equally as large. In return the
president wrote letter thanking the
photographer.
Will Employ 400 Men.-At Hutchin-
son the plant of the National Pack
ing Company will be opened for bust
ness by tht first of July or sooner,
according to President S. A. MCLEAN,
of the company. When all the stock
is offered that can be used there will
be 1000 hogs and 200 cattle killed
daily. Four hundred men will be Civ
en- employment in a short time, and
at least 100 will be used from the
first.
4ao Licensed Saloons. = Special re-
ports have been received from forty
two Kansas counties regarding the
enforcement of the prohibitory law
OF these nineteen report the existence
of licensed saloons. Over 4S0 saloons
in Kansas are paying licenses to the
different city governments. The in
formation has been placed before
Governor HOch to form a basis for
his coming order to close all liquor
selling places in the state.
DooIey Caught in Arkansas.-Sher-
iff Myers, of Leavenworth, got a re-
quisition for the return of Knowles
Dooley, wanted in Leavenworth for
obtaining property under false pre-
lenses. 1t is alleged he pretended to
be horse dealer and bought a horse
of Charles DOhrn, a farmer, giving
him check for S125 on the Atchison
State Bank. 1t developed that Dooley
never had any money in that bank
He was located at Rogers, Ark, where
he is being held awaiting the arrival
of the sheriff
Urges Due SoIemnity. = In his
Decoration day proclamation, Depart
ment Commander Charles Harris, OF
the Kansas G. A. r., called upon the
people of Kansas to cut out all sport
on that day, and observe the day in a
solemn manner. His proclamation
follows: Let due solemnty char
acterize all your proceedings :let there
be no festivity, feasting or sports.
bu strive in all the hours of this sac
red day to observe and impress upon
others the central idea of the oc.
casiOn, that the honoring of the na.
tion's dead is the guaranty of the ma
tion's life -
To ObViate Flood Damage. = Al
Winfield the Santa Fe has completed
a 200 foot bridge west of the juno.
ton of the main lines and EIdorado
branch and the Southern Kansas
tracks. which it is believed will OBJ
viate the danger of floods. Last sum-
mer the water overflowed the Mis-
souri, Pacific bridge a short distance
above the Santa Fe and rushed down
to the Santa Fe fill. which formed a
dam. The new bridge will let the
water through The fill east of the
junction has been raised and high
water will follow the river
Broke All Records. = The county
commissioners of Cowley county have
released a tramp who stole a
vest few days ago. The tramp claim
ed to be a footracer. He told the
board he could run fifty yards in five
seconds and that body promised his
freedom if he could make good. He
left the major portion OF his clothing
at the starting point and made the
first fifty yards in five seconds. The
second fifty he made better time and
when he went out of sight over the
nearest hill he was smashing all run
ming records ever made in Cowley
county by any man or beast.
Will Use Motor Cars.-It is report
ed that the Missouri Pacific railroad
contemplates placing gasoline motor
cars in service between Topeka and
Fort Scott. Passenger service has
been discontinued on this line and the
citizens at the small towns along the
line as well as at Topeka have been
making a big kick to the Missouri
Pacific officials over the action. The
railroad men have attempted to quiet
the kicks by announcing that it was
intended to use gasoline motor cars
on this run
Maximum Rate Disregarded.-Two
complaints reached the railroad
board today which indicate that the
railroads are not living up strictly