Free press., 1906-09-01
* From I'LL OUer Kansas *
Short Carefully Each Woeko the
Of The State -

had been acting strangely for several
days and was undoubtedly mentally
unbalanced.
insurance Solicitor Arrested. G.
Hardenburgh, solicitor of the State
Life Insurance company of Indiana,
was arrested at Concordia, charged
with emDezzling about $1,000 from
that concern.
Dissipation Causes Suicide. - Geo.
Wiltrout, of Fredonia, 80 years old
and unmarried, committed suicide by
shooting himself with shotgun. He
was despondent from the excessive
use of whiskey and cigarettes.
Red Cross to Help. - The Kans ~
branch of the National Red Cros )
Association has sent out an appeal to
all charitably disposed people of the
state to contribute toward the relief
of the sufferers from the Valparaiso
earthquake.
Big Car of Flour. - Probably the
biggest car of flour ever shipped in
the state was sent out by the West
ern Star Mill at Salina direct to Bel
300 sacks of -four each sack weighing
$50 pounds.
Horton Boys Body Found.-Ralph
Pierce. the 16-year-old son of w. r..
Pierce, of Horton, was found dead in
an alley back of his home. He had
been spending the evening at a neigh
bor's. He did not return and his faith
er went to search for him. There
were no marks of violence on the
body and it is supposed that he died
of heart disease.
Preparing For Big Wolf Hunt. -
Chickasha sportsmen and others in
terested are preparing to have the
biggest wolf hunt in several years,
beginning September 5. Dogs have
been ordered from Texas and towns
in the territory. None but fox hounds
will be allowed, as the hunt will last
five davs.
Asylums Are Crowded. - H c..
Bowman. member of the State Board
of Control of Charitable Institutions,
says the various counties over the
state must either build asylums for
the imbeciles and incurable insane as
is provided by the Kansas law or that
the state must add to her asylums.
The conditions in the several insti-
tutions of this nature in Kansas are
so congested that it is impossible to
care for the states insane properly.
Labor Scarce in Kansas. - 1t has
been many years since labor was so
scarce in Kansas as it is at present.
OF course there is always a scarcity
of men during the harvest season but
it is seldom that at this season of the
year there arc not enough men to fill
all vacancies in the state. T. B.
Gerow, agent for the Kansas Free
State Employment bureau, has re-
quests for at least 800 men and has
| been able to find only two men with
which to fill the vacancies.
Arrested as Soon as Released. -
-Four members of an outlaw gang
which terrorized Southern Missouri
and the northern portion of Indian
| Territory a few years ago. were re
| leased from the United States peni
| tentiary and were Immediately re
arrested by Sheriff Ball and three
deputies of Dent county. Mo-, where
they are wanted for a robbery com
mitted about six years ago. The
men are D. D. Kelly. James Black
burn, James Wallace and Nicholas
Gardner.
Forty Pound Cat Fish.-Three small
boys who weigh not much over fifty
pounds each, managed to pull forty
pound catfish out of the Neosho rive
near lola.
Will Suggest Several chanees.-H
c. Bowman, of the Kansas board o
control. has just returned from Il
linois, where he has been visiting
charitable institutions with a view Il
securing ideas for improving the sys
tenn of caring for public charges il
Kansas. Mr.. Bowman will suggest t.
the next legislature that the state in
dustrial school for boys at Topeka b.
utilized for an asylum for idiots or in
durable insane.
Some Postal Chanses.-L. o. Mont
gomery, postmaster at Danville, HaI
per county. Kan, has been remove,
for cause. The postmaster genera
appointed Lou Emma Saler as his sue
.cessor to the office. Alment Thoma
was also named for the postmaster
ship at Rala. Riley county. in tn
place of Mai Trudel. resigned. ne1
postofice has been established a
Beaverview. Rawlins county. Kan
Arthur E. Everett was named post
master.
jackson County Shipping Peaches
The Jackson County Peach Growers
Association has already shipped sey
en- cars of Elberta peaches to Mime
apolis. Chicago and other norther,
cities. The association realized $50
a car net on the shipments. F. "
Dixon, manager of the association
says there will be seven more cars.
Killed Man and Team. = During
storm at Concordia lightning struc
and killed Ostave Boisselle, also xii
ing the team he was driving. Josep
CoIlette. who was also in the Wagon
was not even stunned.