Free press., 1907-05-18

huSOdHu dt NlCHIId. Ate
the shooting Burkridge. who is
negro preacher, ran away and sho
himself in the left side. He will re
cover. The woman died in the hos
pital.
Escaped Prisoners R.eaptureC -
Tom Bradley and Frank Smith. ne
gro prisoners, who escaped from
Fort Riley by overpowering thell
guards near the post where they had
been at work on a road and binding
him, We're retaken as they were at
tempting TO get OF the reservation
by crossing Republican river
bridge.
Will Close Up Three Companies
The trustees of the Devlin estate are
preparing to close up the affairs OF
three Devlin companies within forty
days. The three concerns are the
DeVlin-Miller Coal Company, the
Crawford County Coal Company and
the Mount Carmel Mercantile Com
pany. All assets of these concerns
are to be sold May 10.
Oerelict in Duty, Get No Pay
When Judge George ]. Barker be-
gan his term as mayor of Lawrence
he Immediately made requests of all
city officials for reports in writing of
the business in their charge. The
| mayor will make the leading theme
of his administration the insistence
that city officials do the duties re-
quired of them if they expect to
draw their pay.
Burton's Lecture Dates Arranged.
j. r. Burton has arranged to fill
the following lecture tour: Topeka,
May Is; ST. Joseph, May IA; Lincoln,
Neb., May 16; Leavenworth, May Is;
Lawrence, May 20; Emporia, May
| 21; Wichita, May %; Parsons, May
81; Chanute, May %; lola, May 20;
Pittsburg, May 80; Joplin, June 5;
Springfield, June 4; Sedalia, June 5.
Victory For the "Drys. The An
heuser-Busch Brewing Company, one
of the eleven concerns against which
Attorney General Fred Jackson
brought proceedings, has filed its an
o"CI III IHS SuPISh0 COuIly
admitting that suit of custer may
be entered against it forbidding it to
transact business of any sort or char
acter within the borders of the state
of Kansas, and expressed its willing
ness to withdraw.
Four Suicides in Week-Within
a week Pittsburg was the scene of
four suicides. as follows: April 29-
Mrs. Daisy Richardson, drank car
bolic acid; May 6-Mrs. Ida M King,
jumped into cistern; May miss
Zona Stanley, drank carbolic acid;
death of her father and sister in less
than a year, Miss Stanley, aged 21
years, drank carbolic acid and died
from the effects about three hours
afterwards.
Will Make Flour in Russia.-Isaac
A. Welk, miller at Haven, will |
leave soon for Southern Russia, |
where he will erect a -four mill and |
equip it with American machinery.
He will build it himself Mr.. Welk |
is Russian by birth, but has lived |
in America for years and has made |
money in the milling business He
sees far better opportunity, how
ever. to operate a mill in Russia,
with up-to-date American equip
ment.
Receivers Will Rent It.-Ten thou
sand dollars worth of property be-
longing to the Val Blatz and Pabst
Brewery Companies was taken pos
session of by Receivers Carver and
Whitcomb when they visited Wich-
ita. They put signs on the building
and placed it in the hands of a local
real estate firm for rental purposes.
They found no liquor or bar fix
lures
Chicago Banker for Federal Prison
banker has joined the
force at the United States penitenti-
ary at Leavenworth. He is Charles
H. Thornton, former note teller of
the Hamilton National Bank of Chi
cago- who embezzled funds of the in
stitution amounting to ,$9,125 He
will serve five years.
Fatally Injured in a Runaway. -
Mrs. William Linn, aged co, was IA
tally injured in runaway Mr. and
Mrs. Linn had been to Emporia to
see the circus and were returning to
their home, two miles west Of town,
when the accident occurred Mi ;
Linn was rendered unconscious, but
he is out of danger.
New G. A. r. commander.-At the
meeting of the Grand Army at To-
oeka, R. A. Campbell, of Hutchinson.
vas elected commander. Kansas
yity, Kan, was chosen as the next
meeting place
Eleven Joints Are Raided. - Elev-
N Galena saloonmen who were op- 7
,rating upstairs joints in opposition
o County Attorney Mergan's recent
,rder to discontinue business were
lrrested by the attorney and q a
quad of Ga1ena policemen. A small