Free press., 1907-10-12

Kansas in August and thirty-elght
resulted in deaths. In August, 1906,
there were 2e9 cases and thirty-two
| deaths Measles have taken a back
seat. What might have practically
been considered an epidemic of that
malady in July has dwindled down to
ten cases in August with no deaths.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever. smallpox
and tuberculosis are all on the wane
against reports for months earlier IN
the summer.
Jointist May Get 4 Years.-C. w.
Curtis, of Topeka, charged with Vio-
lating the prohibitory law on fifty
counts, was found guilty in the Shaw
nee county district court on forty
nine counts. Charles Rigby was
found guilty on sixteen counts and
Matt Cave exonerated. All three Of
the men were tried on fifty counts.
The punishment is $1G0 fine and
thirty days in jail on each count,
| which assessed against Curtis will
| mean a fine of $4,000 and four years
and one month in Jail. Rigby's sen
tence may be $1,000 and year and
four months in Jail.
Robbed TWO Safes. - Robbers
dynamited the safe at the postoffice
at Cheney and secured $35. The
building was wrecked and many valu-
able papers destroyed. About thirty
minutes before the postofice safe
was robbed the thieves dynamited the
safe at the Santa Fe railroad station
and secured $40. The charges we're
touched off in the midst of a heavy
| thunder storm and the people of the
town did not know of the depreda-
ton until four hours afterward. No
trace of the robbers has been discov-
cred. Cheney is located sixteen miles
west of Wichita and has a population
of 500
To AnaIyze the Drugs.-The state
| board of health has issued instruc-
tions to druggists regarding the sale
of proprietary medicines. the manu-
facturers of which have died or gone
out of business. Druggists have
many medicines of this kind on their
shelves. and do not know how to
label them to make them comply
with the food and drugs law. Secre-
tary Crumbine directed letter at
the druggists that he will get sam
pies of all such goods, analyZe them
and publish the results in the Oc-
tober bulletin. In the meantime they
may go ahead and sell these medi-
cines as they have done heretofore. +
$1,000 for Spanish War Vets. =
There is still $4,000 in the fund grant
ed by the federal government for ex-
| ira pay to the men in Kansas regi-
| ments who took part in the Spanish
American war. There are four of
these regiments and the total amount
| Of the fund was $4,000. This money
was turned over to Adjutant General
! J. w F. Hughes a year ago and he
has been distributing it as rapidly as
possible There were 1892 men to be
paid off originally and there are
| 900 of them left The adjutant gen
eraI has used every ordinary means
| to get this money distributed and will
| take a new tack now When these
men enlisted they were required to
leave the name and address Of their
nearest relative The adjutant gen
eral is preparing a circular letter,
copies of which will be sent to the
nearest relative of each CT the 1000
men who have not been paid All of
the amounts left are small. The lar
gest is $9,S8-
etorn Destroys Houses. The
western part OF the state was visited
by a severe storm last week. At Nc
AIester tornado ragged. tearing
down a number Of houses and uproot-
ing trees. At Greinfeld more than
two inches of rain fell. accompanied
! by a hard hail. heavy wind and Sc
we're ligatnin@ A number Of small
| houses were damaged at Salina.
The Wealth of Kansas. = Accord
| ing to the quarterly balance of the
| state treasury reported by Treasurer
| Mark TuIley, he is now custodian o.
| s17.GS3, ,771.50. On August 81 the bal
| ances in the various funds was
| S6So. o.31S3S For the past month the
receipts into these funds amounted
to $149.035.14; the disbursements,
SS42.21452. leaving balance on
| September so of s4S7.139. The bonds,
securities and cash of which the
| treasurer is cirtodian amounted tc
sI,935, 1921. A new record is being
| kept of the bond accounts, and all OF
the coupons are being checked up ac-
cording to a cooperative system de
vised between the Offices of the state
treasurer and the state accountant. 6
Million More for Schools. = Kan
sas will have spent something like a
million dollars for school houses and
school improvements by the end o1
the year according to the amount OF
board OF education bonds that have
been pur 'hased by the school fund
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