Free press., 1906-10-13


and the keeper of the place was told
to quit business, which he promised
tc do.
Fight on Unlicensed Doctors. - A
determined fight is being made by the
| Association of Franklin County
Physicians against unlicensed prac-
titioners. O1e man has just been
found guilty and fined $50 for apply
ing the Baste treatment to cancer,
taking pay fer the service. It is an
nounced that several other arrests
will follow.
Confessed Murder.-Philip Jackson,
ehe 19-year-old boy who confessed to
the killing Of Louis Wamsley at Ne
odesha on the night Of September 10,
was tried in the district court at
Cherryvale and convicted OF man
slaughter, the punishment for which
| is not less than ten years imprison-
ment, at the discretion Of the presid-
lag Judge.
Goes to Highest Bidder. Judge
c. V. Ferguson of Wichita. referee in
| bankruptcy, has announced that the
properties of the G. P. Baden Produce
Company at Winfield would be sold at
public auction October Is. These
properties consist of a Touring mill,
an ice plant, a cold storage house and
other buildings estimated to be worth
an aggregate Of $4,000.
Want Bonds for New Court House.
- The county commissioners Of Sa-
line county have provided for an
| election on the proposition to create
a sinking fund for t erection Of
new court house. The resolution
designates that the buildin~ shall cost
! $4,000, the fund to be created Ey
levy of mills on the taxable prop
erty of the county. The vote will be
taken at the regular November cleo
ton. The present court house was
erected about thirty-five years ago.
inventor Kills Himself. - Stephen
B. HobsOn, for many years a resident
of Stafford, committed suicide by
| shooting himself with a small rifle.
He was an inventor of considerable
note and practiced a great deal be-
fore the patent Office for others as an
attorney. He had been acting in 4,
strange manner for several weeks
and there is no known cause for the
strange deed other than an unbal-
anced mind.
Women Reflect Officers Before
adjournment in seventh annual meet
ing, the Fifth District Federation Of
Women's Clubs, at Junction City, re-
elected the officers of the previous
! year. They are: Mrs. Catherine
Hoffman, Enterprise, president; Mrs
C. K Raber, Junction City, first vice
| president; Mrs. w. w. Story, Clay
Center, second vice president; Mrs.
H. w Greeley, Manhattan, recording
secretary: Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, Her
ington, treasurer; Miss Shorer. Clyde,
auditor.
Kansas Town Destroyed. - The
town of Willard, Shawnee county,
about 90 miles west of Topeka, On
the Rock Island road. was almost de-
stroyed by a fire. The fire is suppoS-
ed to have originated in the Willard
lumber yards The lumber yard. was
entirely destroyed and the fire spread
to the three or four stores of the
place which were also destroyed. One
dwelling was also burned. AS re-
suit there are now only few dwell
ings, the depot and one or two small
business buildings left in Willard.
Street Car Kills Charles WorraH.
Charles worrall, who had charge of
the printing establishment of the
IN
peka, was struck by an east-bound
street car at Tyler and died an hour
later at Christ hospital from the Sc
we're injuries he received.
Wanted For Bigamy. A telegram
has been received by the officers at
Oswego stating that Eugene c. Bag
well, wanted in Labette county on a
charge of bigamy, has been captured
in New York city, and that in at-a
tempting to elude the officers he fell
beneath a street car and, is seriously
injured. Bagwell is about 26 years
Of age, but has two wives, both of
whom he married in Labette county.
One of them lives at Vinita, /. T., at
present and he other in Morrilltown,
Ark. He has been a fugitive for three
years He was located once teaching
in a high sch Dol in Washington, and
left the night before the officers ar
rived, but was later captured In St
Louis He escaped again and was
traced to New York. He will be
brought to Labette county for trial if
his injuries do not prove fatal.
Present Quarters too Small. = Dur
ing the last session of congress an ap-
preparation of $4,000 was made for
an addition TO the federal building in
Wichita. The plans for this addition
are now about complete and VII! be
adopted within a short time.
Tramps Burn a Roundhouse.-The
roundhouse Of the Missouri Pacific
railroad at Arkansas City was burn
ed with its contents. The total loss is
$1,000. One locomotive. three car
loads Of coal and a fat car were de-
stroyed. The fire IS supposed to have
been started by tramps.
HORSE Kick Proved Fatai.-Rnbert