Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11
Two KiIIed- one InIured.


of Ration, N NJ, and an unknown man
were killed. Fireman Ed Quinlan, of
| Topeka, was badly injured. The en-
CINE is a complete wreck. The cause
Of the accident is unknown.
New Road to the Gulf.-A railroad
| to run from Kansas City through
Eastern Kansas counties. the Indian
! Territory and to Denison, Tex, has
! been chartered. The line will have
a branch to Joplin, Mo-, and another
| to Shreveport, La. The name OF the
company is the Missouri River &
| Gulf Railroad Company. The com
| pany is organized with a capital stock
Of 100000
Brought Back Specimens. = DR.. f
II. Snow and his party of bug hunt
ers from the University of Kansas
have returned from a trip to Mexico.
DR.. Snow brought back with him
$4,000 specimens for the museums.
Among the bugs were two or three
| species of q rare beetle which DR..
| Snow had ardently hoped to capture
| While away DR.. Snow was bitten by
! ella monster. but he suffered no III
effects from the wound. and brought
! the reptile home with him.
Killed With a Pocket Knife.-Wil-
| litm Merritt is charged with killing
| John Volger in fight by cutting his
| jugular vein with a pocket knife. The
| parties belonged to a threshing ma.
| chine gang twenty miles south Of Kin
sley, and were at supper when the
I IL
! tured after several miles chase and
is now in Jail at Kinsley. Volger's
relatives are said to live at Louis
vile, Ky. Merritt says his home is
! in Pueblo.
Kansans Are SsIected.-J H AT.
wood, Democratic national commit,
| teeman from Kansas, has been ap-
pointed to select ten Kansas Demo
| Gratis to attend the reception to w. J.
Bryan in New York, August so. He
| has selected the following: W. A
Harris, Lawrence; w. H. Ryan, Cir
ard; Thomas Morgan, Ottawa; David
! Overmyer, Topeka; Sam Amidon,
Wichita; Hugh Farrelly, Chanute;
w. w. Rhoder, Kansas City; w. P.
! Dimard, Fort Scott; Samuel Bishoff
Lawrence; E. E. Murphy, Leaven,
worth.
Kept His Name Secret.-James H
Reeder, judge of the Twenty-third jill.
dicial district, recently attempted tc
! obtain a pardon for Frank West, serv-
| ing a ten year sentence in the peni-
| Tertiary for burglary and the latter
refused to accept executive clemency
! because he did not want to tell his
real name. Because of his refusal to
disclose his identity he will have to
serve an additional year in the peni-
Tertiary. That indicated that he was
| going under an assumed name. He
| said his parents were well known and
respectable people in the state from
which he came and that he preferred
to keep his penitentiary record from
them.
Freak Pig Born Near Oswego. =
The greatest freak among swine is
male pig at the Deming ranch
| Oswego. This freak of nature is one
! of litter of six pigs 1t has hum IN
hands, three fingers and thumb;
the nails are as perfect as human
nails can be and are of a pretty pink
color The hands are lying on the
breast. The pig is jet black in
color, except the breast, arms and
hands. they being as white as can be-
The spot on the breast is hairless
and resembles the skin of a child.
The eyes are those of a frog, the nose
belongs to the bat family, the ears are
large and lie back on the shoulders
like those of an elephant. The freak
has no hind legs, the body is long
and round and tapers on the end like
a nice hoe handle. The tail has a
natural curl which will not uncurl
1t lived sometime after birth. There
was a birthmark on top of the skull
that resembles a mulberry.
Alleged Cattle Thief Appeals. =
Jacob Wolfey has appealed to the SUI
preme court from the decision of the
Meade county district court sentenc
ing him to a term in the penitentiary
for stealing six head of cattle.
Drowned Herself in a WeII.-Mrs.
Sandy Griffith of Xenia was missed
from her home and search resulted
in her dead body being found in the
well near the house. She had been
respondent on account of poor health
and probably drowned herself.
Irrigation Delegates. The names
of the delegates selected by Govern
or Hoch to represent the state at the
national irrigation congress to meet
in Boise, Ida. September to s, are:
Otis L. Benton, of Overlin; Victor
Murdoch, Of Wichita; w A Reeder.
of Logan; ]. F. farrell of Holton; /
L. Dsesem, of Garden City: j. H Mil
Ter. Of Manhattan; S. S. Ashbaugh, OF
Wichita; Henry Hatch, of Gridley; J.
L. Finley, of Dodge City; Henry
Block, of Syracuse; E. R. Moses, OF
Great Bend; Will Beck, of Holton; w
H. Kinnison, of Garden City; Erasmus
Haworth. of Lawrence, and E. B. Cow
gill; of Topeka.
Drowned in Walnut River.-Wa1tel
Rodenheimer of Erie, Kan, was
drowned in the Walnut river while il