Free press., 1906-10-20

United Norkmen EMrn mortgage.

double brick block OF two stories. 1t
now owns the building clear. Over
100 members from town and 80 from
out Of town were present at the cele
bration. and 40 new members rode
the goat
Much Broom Corn. - TWENTY-FIVE.
cars of broomcorn arrived in Wich-
ita over the Santa Fe IN one day and
were stored at the Burton Car Works
by the American Warehouse Com
pany. The Orient railway also
brought in twelve cars of this com
modify. There seems to be no end
to broomcorn shipments this sea-
son.
None OF carneeie's Money. = At a
meeting of the board of regents of
the State University at Lawrence
proposition was presented by Chan
cellor Strong to ask Carnegie for
more money to build the fine arts
bl<:Iding The resolution was voted
down. It is said that the motion re-
jecting the idea was by William Al
len White who is a member of the
board.
Woman Gored by Vicious Cow. =
Mrs. Harry Wagner of Parsons was
badly injured by an attack of COW.
The animal had gotten loose in the
yard, and when Mrs. Wagner start
ed to drive her back into quarters
charged the woman at full speed. Mrs.
Wagner was knocked over by the
force of the blow. and one of the
cows horns pierced the skin under
her chin
Fell Into a Wei! and Was Drowned.
The little son of Judge and Mrs
Burr. residing near Dunlap, fell into
q well and was drowned. The accl-
dent was witnessed by a number OF
people, but they were unable to get
the child. which was nearly two years
old. out until life was instinct. The
child was playing with several other
children, when it stumbled and fell
into the well.
By a Blow in the Neck. Emil
Thomas was killed at Springiaie,
twenty miles southwest Of Pratt, by
Jim Johnston The row started over
the possession of some land and
Thomas, who was working for the
man that had rented the land from
Johnston, went to work, when john
ston ordered him off and in the hight
Thomas hit Johnston on the neck
with his fist, killing him instantly.
Thomas went to Pratt and gave him
self up and was allowed his freedom
by giving bail.
Kansas Soldiers to De Paid. = The
members of the four Spanish-Ameri-
can regiments from Kansas will soon
get their extra enlistment money. The
original claims filed against the gov
ernment were for s29. .345.57. The
auditor of the war department allow
ed $22 2,O96.13 and disallowed $7,249-44.
There was no record in the adjutant
generals office of the approved and
rejected claims. and it was necessary
to send to Washington to get copy
of the records showing how much
each man was entitled to.
pewey's One More Chance. -
Chauncey Dewey, Ed Mcbride and
Clyde Wilson, the alleged murderers
of the Berry family in the Rawlins
county feud, viii be given another
chance to clear their names. The su-
preme court has granted them a re-
hearing of their case brought to Sc
cure a dismissal with prejudice to
future action of the murder charges
hanging over them The supreme
court at a previous session refused
to order the case dismissed with
prejudice"
chewed Sophomors's Finger OF.
High school boys in Leavenworth
enga ed in a bloody fight the other
night The fight was the result OF
an attempt by the soDhomores to
haze a freshman. One OF the 1gaters
had the end of his finger bitten OF
and both OF the young men were
more or less t-9ised- A crowd OF
abo; fifty high school boys witness
ed the fight and not one interfered
until the freshman had chcwcd of
portion of a sophomore's finger.
An ofense of this Kind IS known in
law as mayhem. The penalty is from
Ave to ten years in the state peni-
tentiary.
Defeat Caused His Death.-Cieo d.
Burnettc. prominent young attor-
ney of Coz ley county, died at his
home in O; lord from the effects of a
paralytic scroke. For tie past two
years he h been nghting in. courts
an action tc disbar him from the
practice of law and the rendering last
spring of a final adverse decision By
the Supreme Court was a blow from
which he never recovered and has
been falling in kealt,i steadily since
that time
Dropped Dead. A de5tituted.
friendless and unknown man dropped
dead in the waiting room of the Rock
Island depot at Wichita. From his
weakened physical condition he ap-
parentiy was afflicted with consump-
ton.
His Feet Crushed by the Cars. =
Logan E. DiiIman. residing at Os-
borne, fell from a Central Branch
train at the depot and had his right