Free press., 1907-10-05


Kansan can ride on any Kansas rail
privilege of a seat in a Pullman for
one cent per miie additional.
Judge Dale Won't Accept. =
Judge D. NJ. Dale, who was offered
the place made vacant on the tax
commission board by the death of
Judge Humphreys, will not accept.
When asked about it he said he
would let Gov. Hoch make known
why he declines. 1t is understood.
however, that Judge Dale thinks he
would be making too big a sacrifice
financially.
conference between N H. Loomis, F.
Dumont Smith and Attorney General
Jackson it was decided to file a petit
tion in the United States supreme
court for rehearing on the Kansas
Colorado water suit. The only point
desired by the state of Kansas is
that it shall be clearly defined that
if damages accrue to Kansas inter
ests, redress can be had
Only One Youngster at Work. =
Wichita has been given a clean bill
of health with regard to child labor.
The department of labor has been in
vestigating conditions there and but
two instances were found, and these
Secretary Johnson declared to be
merely suspicious" Upon complete
examination he decided that one
child was under IA, while the other
was over that age, upon af1davits fur
nished by its parents.
Trying to Gust a Prosecutor. = C.
w. Whorrall and E. P. Rochester, Of
Scott City. appeared before Attorney
General Jackson, at Topeka. with a
petition signed by 100 Scott county
residents asking Mr.. Jackson to re-
move from Office L. S. Boyer. the
county attorney of Scott county. The
charges against Boyer are immoral
conduct and incompetency. Attorney
General Jackson said he will take
some action in the matter.
Brakeman Killed at Wichita. =
After having been crushed and man
gled between two box cars and spend
ing three hours in awful agony,
Claude c. feigley, a Rock Island
brakeman, died at st. Francis hos
pital, in Wichita. He was assisting
in the switching of cars il the yards
when the accident occurred. and, it
is thought was caught between two
bumpers. Feigley was about 35
years of age. @His headquarters were
at Herington.
Much Money in Kansas. = De
posits in Kansas banks have increas-
ed $20,00O,00O in the past year, ac-
cording to the official call" state
ment given out by Bank Commits
sioner Royce. Individual deposits,
which represent the deposits of indi-
viduals and not that of banking in
stitutions. cne year ago were: In
state banks, SG6,550, ,343.77; in nation
al banks. $58.2G7, ,SO5.69; total, $124,-
81S,149.46. At the present time indi-
vidual deposits are: In state banks,
S79,242, ,744.67; in national banks,
G4,977, ,744.O4; total $144,22O, ,51S.71,
showing an increase in one year of
$20.000,00O. The banks of Kansas
are not only able to care for ali local
demands for money. but are furnish
ing about S15O0O.0 900 to the CONNER
cial enterprises outside of the state.
Despite this unusual condition, the
legal reserve is well up. that OF state
banks being II per cent which rep
resents a large margin above the re-
quirements Of the law.
Petition for Commission. = Those
in charge Of the petition praying for
the government of Wichita by com
mission announce that they have a
large surplusage of names over the
required number, which is 1900. and
that the petitions are being collected
and will be presented within the
next week. The petitions will be
numbered and checked over and in
eligible signers eliminated before
this step is taken.
Robbed Two Safes. = Robbers
dynamited the. safe at the postofice
at Cheney and secured $35. The
building was wrecked and many valu-
able papers destroyed. About thirty
minutes before the postoff1ce safe
was robbed the thieves dynamited the
safe at the Santa Fe railroad station
and secured $40 The charges were
touched of 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 thef robbers has been discov-
cred. Cheney is located sixteen miles
west of Wichita and has population
of 500.
Million More for Schools. = Kan
sas will have spent something like a
million dollars for school houses and