Free press., 1906-09-01

tance of forty feet, dislocating his
shoulder.
Elevator Destroyed by Fire.-Fire
completely destroyed P. NJ Kelley's
elevator at Hiawatha. The loss will
be something near $4,000, about two
thirds covered by insurance
Wealthy Kansan Kicked to Death.
-CharlSs Menser, one Of the veal
thiest farmers and stock raisers in
Sumner county, died at his home near
Anson, from the effect of a mules
kick, received a few days ago. He
was 60 years of age and unmarried.
Pensions to Home Veterans. = Ma
Jor Martin, treasurer of the Soldiers
home at Leavenworth, paid $114 900
in quarterly pensions to the veterans.
Of this amount $4,000 was paid in
cash and the remainder sent out in
checks. After the payment twenty
eight veterans took out transfers to
other soldiers homes and 10 left on
furloughs
The Gift of Helen could.-Ground
has been broken for the erection of a
large Y. NJ. c. A. building at Fort
Leavenworth. The building will cost
$4,000, the money for which is Civ
en- by Miss Helen Gould. Work on the
building will be pushed so as to have
it completed early next spring. Miss
Gould is expected to visit Fort Leav-
enworth at the time of the dedica-
ton, when a reception and special
military ceremonies will be arranged
for the occasion.
For Horse Bite SIS, ,IoO.-Dr. Robert
Burns of Wichita has been sued by
Mrs. Alma Funk for $500 damages
resulting from the bite of horse own
ed by the former. On the afternoon
of August IA, while passing along the
sidewalk near which the horse stood
the animal attacked and bit her on the
shoulder, inf1icting injuries which
were painful and which might prove
permanent.
One More Passes Away. Aunt"
Mahala Lewis, who was believed to
be the oldest person in Kansas, died
suddenly at Ottawa. She reokoned
her age at 120 years and insisted she
Ao0 AACt OOIA w dol1lASIOA anu AeAAoJ
ette She was born a slave near Rich
mond. Va, and told of visits to the
family by Lafayette and Washington.
Mrs. Lewis retained her mental facul
ties till the last.
Immense Tank Farm.-If the con-
templated plans of the Standard as to
storage capacity for oil at Caney are
carried out there will be over 1,20O
acres of land covered with tanks at
the Caney tank farm. They have al
ready secured over 500 acres of land
and are trying to close on 400 more.
A large force of men is building tanks
as fast as possible, but with all the
available force it will take many
months to cover the ground already
secured.
| Will Enlarge the Plant. - W. H.
Haskell. warden of the state peniten-
tiary, has been in consultation with
| Gov. Hoch on the subject Of the en-
largement of the state twine plant
Mr.. Haskell has a part of the machin-
cry necessary at the penitentiary and
says that he hopes to have plant
next year which will turn out 4,OOO,-
600 pounds of twine annually. The
present facilities of the plant admit
of the manufacture of only $500 000
pounds and that is not enough to fill
the demand.
Robbed a Wells, Fargo safe.-Gov.
Hoch has honored the requisition of
| Gov Folk for the return to Missouri
of four men now confined in the fed
eral penitentiary. They are Nicholas
Gardner, James Blackburn, James
Wallace and Daniel Kelly and are
! wanted in Dent county for robbing a
| Wells, Fargo safe in the Frisco depot
in February, 1901.
He Calls For Mail. = Mrs. Frank
Gray. Of Newton, has received let
ter from her husband written Aug
ust 10 and mailed at Omaha, which
puts at an end all the doubt as to
whether he is living or not He was
on his way from Wyoming to Kansas
City, where he expected to go to
work, and asked to have his mail sent
| there Mr.. Gray did not know any
thing about the letter his wife had
received saying he had gone and was
probably murdered by the Mexicans.
| The supposition is that the man who
wrote the letter to Mrs. Gray simply
knew he had left and thought that
was the probable cause of his disap-
pearance. 1t was a great relief to
! Mr. Gray's family to hear from him
and know he is alive and we'll
Negro Troopers Rob Women. -
While two women, wives of farmers
were crossing the post reservation
at FIT Leavenworth they were held up
and robbed by negro troopers. The
soldiers escaped
Another Soldier Drowned.-At the
camp of instruction at Junction City
David Henry. one of the Kansas ma
tiona1 guardsmen. was drowned in
the Kaw while bathing. The young
soldier was son of David K. Henry
Sr.. of Lecompton. and he belonged tc
Company A, First regiment. residing
in Topeka.