Free press., 1906-09-08

way, miner was killed by Kansas
City Southern train in the yards at
| Fuller. while lying on the track asleep.
His home was in Frontenac. and he
had been in this district at intervals
OF five or six months at a time for the
past fifteen years. He was a mem
Der of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment and went with his regiment
1 through the Philippine war. He was
about so years of age.
Oil DriIIers Get Vein of Hot Milk
Drillers on the DoSbaugh farm in
Chautauqua county, struck vein of
hot water having temperature from
80 to 110 degrees. This water is
milky in appearance and is said to be
similar to water found in a well at
Claremore, l. T.. that is advertised
quite highly for its medical proper
ties and is called "radium water"
The depth of the well now is some
thing in the neighborhood of 1000
feet.
Would Enjoin EIdorado. = The city
of Eldorado owns the water plant and
is going to build a dam to secure
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road claims the putting in of the dam
is for boating and other sporting pur-
poses. and will raise the water so that.
during the floods the railroad prop
erty would be damaged. The COM
pany asks an injunction against the
city which Judge Aikman has refused.
The road filed notice of appeal.
Say Negro Has Confessed. = Rob
ert Mcdaniel. the negro employe of
the Santa Fe at Ottawa, charged with
the murder of Officer Bodley, con-
fessed to the crime after severe
sweating by Detective Germaine, of
the Santa Fe, and implicated two
white employees of the railroad. A. w.
Pearce and Jesse Bruce. The men
deny their guilt, but are under arrest.
The negro, Mcdaniel, was hurried
away to Garnett to prevent an at
tempt at lynching.
Charged With Murder-U. S. Mar
shall w. H. Mackey arrested Nell Barr
at Junction City on the charge of be-
ing implicated in murder of an old
man at BartIesville, l. T., in the spring
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at Vinita, l. T.. and was traced here
by secret service agent from Dallas.
1t is charged that she was aided by
three men who killed an aged farmer
and robbed him of about 5000. The
woman will be kept in the county
Jail until her trial comes up in the
federal court.
Consumption Leads. = The bulletin
for July to be issued by the State
Board of Health shows that the num-
Der of deaths in the state from con-
sumption during July was three times
greater than from any other disease.
There were 10 cases of consumption
and sixty-three deaths. There were
126 cases of typhoid fever. and only
19 deaths; 10 cases of diphtheria and
two deaths; SO cases of scarlet fever
and two deaths; 81 cases of smallpox
and no deaths; 3S cases of measles
and one death. The great increase in
the death rate resulting from con-
sumption has caused Secretary Crum-
bine to decide on making application
to the next legislature for sanitarium
for consumptives. Secretary Crum-
bine would locate the sanitarium at
some point in the western part of the
state. Other measures will be taken
at his suggestion to check the spread
of the disease. In July, one year ago,
there were 123 cases of consumption
in the state and only 54 deaths.
Ready For First Dividend. = The
first dividend to the creditors of a
Eevlin company has been declared.
This was dividend of so per cent
from the Marceline Mercantile Com
pany. The money for the dividend
comes from the sale of the stock of
the company TO the trustees of the
Devlin estate. 1t is thought probable
that the company will pay out in full
when its affairs are financially closed
out.
Kansas Boys Were It.-Gov Hoch
is enthusiastic over the Kansas na4
tional guard. He believes the troops
made an impression at Fort Riley
which will mark the beginning of al
broader policy of the government tol
ward the state military departments
The governor said: THE troops
were showered with compliments
and the compliments were sincerei
The general in command of the
maneuvers was very complimentary"
Adjutant General Hughes expressed
himself as delighted with the out
come of the maneuvers. "A high
officer in the regular army told the
governor that Kansas was to be con-
graduated on its troops"
DaVis-SuIphur Springs Branch. =
The Davis-Sulphur Springs branch of
the Santa Fe is completed Sulphur
Springs is a government reservation
and summer resort
Killed in AIishting From Train. =
While attempting to alight from a
rapidly moving freight train at To-
ronto, Edin KonoId, a Missouri Pa
cific employe, was thrown into a
stock guard and killed. He was a
young man who had been in the en-
ploy of the company but a short time
He was a son OF ]. c. Konold of To
ronto