Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-01
KANSAS COMMENT

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Boston in 1888 and came to Potta-
watomie county in 1854.
Killed by Gas. - Rolla Noel, en-
pIoyed by the Kansas Natural Gas
Company, was asphyxiated at the
regulator house of the company two
miles west of independence.
Wants New Trial. - Attorneys for
Florence Akers, convicted of murder
Ing Herbert Porter, in Chanute. Kan,
has asked for a new trial. The mo-
ton was set for argument.
Supposedly a Deserter.-Joe Voeh-
ringer. supposedly a deserter from
the United States army. was arrest
ed at Emporia He is about "a years
old and is well known TO the officers.3
Clerks Receive Blanks. - The ex-
pert accountants who are examining
the state treasury are sending blanks
tc county clerks. AS everything con-
nected with the examination is secret
the character of the information call
ed for is not known. Mr.. Morris. the
head accountant. had conference
with ex-State Treasurer Frank z.
Grimes.
Goes to Supreme Court.-The Kan
sas liquor law is to be tested in the
United States supreme court. The
case of Fritz DURAN, Fred Ross,
James Sheasley. Fred Simmons and
Newman Hoard has been appealed
convicted on a charge of selling liquor,
the Kansas supreme court upholding
the verdict. The appeal alleges the
law is unconstitutional.
Harvest in Geary.-The harvest OF
wheat commenced in many places in
Geary county. The indications on the
bottom land where most of the har-
vesting is now taking place, are that
the crop will yield from twenty-five
TO forty bushels of wheat per acre.
On the upland the wheat is thin.
Taken as a whole, the county's crop
Of wheat this year will be larger than
it has been for several years.
Chanute Wants Lawson.-Chanute
oil producers have extended an invi-
tation to Thomas w. Lawson, of Bos-
ton, to visit Chanute and the oil fields
when he comes to Kansas. Lawson
speaks at the Ottawa assembly July
8, and it is desired that he come to
Chanute before filling his next en-
gagement at Fairbury, Neb., July IL.
Several Chanute men have met Mr..
Lawson when on business trips to
Boston.
Fire in Kansas Mine.-A destructive
fire started from a spark from the
smoke stack in the roof of the boiler
house at Wear Coal companys mine
No at Pittsburg and destroyed all
of the outbuildings of the mine ex-
cept the blacksmith shop. The fire
also spread into the main shaft and
burned all of the cribbing and timber
in the bottom. The loss is estimated
at $4,000 with insurance of $4,000.
Ransacks County Offices. - While
the county officers of Douglas county
were at dinner the offices of the
county treasurer and the county clerk
were entered by a stranger and gen.
orally ransacked The cash was not
reached in the treasurer's office, but
in the county clerks office the gold
watch and SIS belonging to Mrs.
Julia Kerns, the deputy, were taken
from a private desk. 1t is thought
the theft was committed by several
white men who were seen about the
court house when the officials were
away.
Acid in His Face.-At Pittsburg an
unknown man called w. r. Scott, a
lumber merchant. to the latter's door
here and threw a pint of carbolic
acid in his face. Scott was burned
terribly about the face. neck and
shoulders. He may live but probably
will be blind. The assailant escap-
ed. No motive for the attack is
known
Society VIII Incorporate. With
Mrs. F. A. Parsons. formerly of the
Kansas City Humane Society at it's
head, society for Prevention of Cru
city to Children and Animals has
been organized at Chanute and will
soon incorporate. The organization
ity to children in this city, over
which the police had no control
Big Lumber Sale. The Butts
Brothers Lurber and Coal Company
with headquarters in Wichita. and
yards in Blackwell Hitchcock, King
fisher, Watonga, Okeene and Eagle
City, in Oklahoma; Wichita, Win
field. Douglass, Augusta and Rock in
Kansas, have sold out to the Long.
Bell Lumber Company The consid-
GRAFTON was about 100000.
Warner at Pittsburg. - The Pitts.
burg soldiers and sailors reunion
this year will be the last week OF
July. A feature will be the promin.
ent men who will address the veter
ans. Among them are United States
Senator William Warner, of Kansas
City.
Drowned in kaw. Private Eng
land. of the Twentieth battery of field
artillery at Fort Riley. was drowned
in the Kaw river at the post while
in bathing. His body was found al
the mouth of CIark's creek in the