Free press., 1906-09-08


ita in a fall of 160 feet from a balloon
died the next morning. The woman
had been resident of Wichita seven
years. She answered an advertise
ment inserted in local paper for an
aeronaut. She had made three ascen-
sions, receiving So for each trip. She
was 50 years old
PenItentiary Guard Promoted. =
Samuel D. Sample, a guard at the
federal penitentiary, has accepted the
appointment to be deputy warden of
the New Mexico territorial prison at
Santa Fe. His resignation from duty
at Leavenworth will become effective
September 1 and he will enter upon
his new duties Immediately after
wards.
Piano Factory in Sight.-Ten thous-
and dollars, just one-third the requir-
ed amount, has been pledged to Sc
cure for Lawrence the Weber Bros.
Piano Company factory. The pro-
moters require a pledge of 100000,
but when $40 600 has been pledged
work on the factory will be begun.
do II Will lhSh bS SSILlCQ lAcl lAlC
entire sum can be raised.
Kills Two and Himself. Omar
Young, of Lacrosse. it is charged,
shot and killed Alexander Walker,
Jr., and Grant Pettyjohn. at McCrack-
en-. Young started for home at Alex
ander, eight miles south of McCrack-
en-, and shot himself when two miles
out of town. The killing was over the
settlement of an estate. Young was
a bachelor. Walker and Pettyjohn
were married men with families.
Fish and Game Car.-After Septem-
Der Is, Kansas will be equipped with
a fish and game car for the first time.
The car is under construction by the
Hicks Car Company in Chicago now,
and will be delivered to Del Travis,
fish and game warden, within the next
two or three weeks. The car is the
same size as the ordinary passenger
coach and has facilities for carrying
fifteen thousand live fish and several
hundred game birds.
Admits His Guilt. James Wade,
who was serving his second term as
treasurer of Cloud county, writing to
Commissioner Price at Concordia un-
der date of Colorado Springs, Col,
August 10. confesses the embezzle-
ment of about $4,000 of county funds.
and states that he will not return.
The county is amply secured with a
bond for $50 900. Later Wade return
ed to Concordia and was arrested.
Robbing the Blind. = One of the
boldest robberies on record was
perpetrated at the Soldier=' home
the other night. Six veterans were
the victims. four of whom are blind.
The blind veterans were members of
r barracks. If the person or persons
who committed the robberies are ap-
pretended it is certain that in case
of conviction severe punishment will
be meted out to them.
Counties Without Criminals. -
Eighteen Kansas counties have no
prisoners in the penitentiary. accord
ing to the report of the prison chap
lain filed with Gov. Hoch. All the
counties are in the western part of
the state. They are Cheyenne,
Comanche. Garfield, Grant, Gray,
Greeley. Haskell. HOdgeman, Kiowa,
Lane. Morton. Ness, Scott, Seward,
Sheridan. Stanton. Trego and Wich-
ita. Wyandotte county has the lar
gest humber, eighty-nine. and Leav-
enworth county is second, with fifty
three prisoners.
Oil Tanks Are Burned.-The tanks
of the retail station of the Uncle Sam
Oil Company at Atchison burned. A
tank car had just been unloaded and
seven or eight thousand gallons were
burned.
Off For the Ssagirt Shoot. = Major
A. L. Kitchens, battalion quartermas-
ter: c. c. Clark, battalion quarter.
master; c. o. Smith, Second Lieuten-
ant Frank Parmely and Sergeant J.
w. Sherwood. all of Coffey county
left for Sea Girt, N. j., to attend the
national shoot
Monster Petit.on.-The largest pc
tition ever filed in the Neosho county
district court. and. for that matter
probably the largest ever filed in any
court in that section of the state, is
that in the suit brought by A. N. AL
len. trustee against Fred Hetrick and
Eliza Hetrick, for the possession OF
the Hetrick theater. filed by Jones
Finley. The petition consists of 45C
causes of action. nearly 1900 pages
of typewriter manuscript and weighs
20 pounds or more. District Clerk
Null is making copy for Brown 6
Grigsby. attorneys for the defendants
and it will cost only $3.50.
A Pardon For William Dean.-Gov
Hoch pardoned William Dean, of Allen
county, who has been serving an in
determinate sentence in the peni
tentiary.
Killed BY Falling SIate.-John Grlz
zie. workman employed in the new
shaft of the Columbs Coal Company
at Pittsburg. was instantly killed The
shaft is nearly 125 feet deep and he
was working in the bottom. He had
sent a tub of slate to the top and z
piece of slate dropping from the tut
fell striking him on the head, crush
ing his skull.