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


Knaublach. a harvest hand, was
drowned in the Smoky Hill at Dor
rance while bathing. The body was
carried down the stream by the swoI-
len waters, and has not yet been dis
covered. Knaublach's home was in
Pueblo.
Killed by Lightning. = George w.
Stone, a farmer who lived at Hart
ford. II miles southeast of Emporia,
was killed by lightning Stone was
driven from the field where he had
been working by heavy rain storm.
AS he entered the barn to put his
team in, lightning struck the building.
The horses were not injured
Accepts New Call. = DR.. James
White. of Arkansas City, has receiv-
ed his third call from the United
Presbyterian church at Nortonville,
Kan, and will accept. He was once
pastor of the United Presbyterian
church in New York city, but for the
past six years has not been actively
employed in ministerial work.
Stop Train Jumping. = Several ar
rests have been made in Marysville
the past two days for violation of
city ordinance prohibiting jumping on
and off trains while in motion. The
ordinance has been on the ordinance
books for many years, but its enforce
ment has been completely neglected
until few knew that such law was
il existence
Picked up Giant cracker-Charles
Weir, s years old, picked up giant
hrecracker, which appeared to have
gone out" at his home in Burden
recently. The cracker exploded and
blew two fingers off the boys hand
and rendered the thumb a mass of
blackened flesh. which can hardly be
saved. The boy was brought to
Winfield hospital
New Road Chartered. = The Great
Bend & Gulf railroad was granted a
charter. 1t has capital of 1,500, 900.
1t proposes TO build line from Great
Bend to the south line of the state
now and later on extend to the Gulf.
Moses Bros. of Great Bend; j. T.
Pringle, of Burlingame and the Brin--
kermans, of Sterling and Great Bend
are directors of the new road
Pipe Line Runs for June. = The
Prairie Oil Company's statement of
pipe line runs for the month of June
shows an increased daily average over
the statement issued two weeks ago
for the half month. Daily average
for the entire month was about $4,000
barrels. over 1900 of which went
each day into tankage. The Prairie
has now in tankage over $500, 900 bar
rels of Kansas and Indian Territorv
oil
Santa Fe Files Answer-The Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad at
Sedan filed its answer in the suit
brought by the Kansas Oil Producers
association, charging the road with
conspiracy with the Standard Oil
Company to control freight rates on
oil. The road denies the contention
of the oil producers and sets up the
statute of Limitation as a further de-
Tense. Testimony in the case will be
heard early in August.
Baseball Fans Disappointed.-Fully
5000 excursionists were disappointed
at Wichita Sunday when the rain
made it necessary to postpone the
double-header between Leavenworth
and Wichita. An excursion from Ok
lahoma over the Rock Island brought
almost 1000 visitors. Several at
tempts were made to put the grounds
in shape but without success. 1t
would have been a cord-Dreaking at
tendance.
He Stole Chickens.-Nathan PEBBLE,
a 19-year-old boy, was convicted in
the district court at Lakin of stealing
chickens. His partner, James Hall,
turned states evidence after being
convicted himself and the jury
promptly concluded that these form
erly of Missouri citizens should be re-
lieved of citizenship in this county.
The boy has a mother living in this
county
Another Victim.-At Topeka Lester
Maze, a 14-year-old boy living at BIG
Kline street, is at Christ's hospital
suffering from a peculiar Fourth of
July accident. He was carrying a
number of "A calibre cartridges in a
paper sack when for some cause I'M
known one of them exploded. The
brass shell was blown into the feshy
part of his leg below the knee. The
bone was not injured and unless
blood poisoning sets in he is expect
ed to recover.
Wants the Costs Sustained. = City
Attorney John Marshall is having
trouble in getting papers served in in
junction suits against the joint keep
ers of Winfield. He lost one set of
injunction suits this week ecause of
a question of jurisdiction and brought
a new batch of suits last night. The
sheriff refused TO serve the papers
without the costs being guaranteed,
Marshall having brought the first
suits as private citizen. Today the
court ordered the sheriff to serve the
injunction papers but no witnesses
will be subpoenaed by the sheriff I'M
less the costs are insured
Goes to Rock Island.-F. L. Carson.