Free press., 1907-06-22

@o1S THSf1Cu tournament. - Z.
L. Bell. OF Clay Center, secretary of
the Kansas State Fireman's Associa-
dcn. has announced that the annual
tournament of the Firemen's Associa-
ton would this year be held at ELS
worth; September 3, and
Says Others Are Implicated. =
County Attorney Herrick, of Sumner
county, says he is in possession OF
sufficient evidence tn implicate other
parties than John w. Gray. now un-
der arrest. in the conspiracy to muir
der his son-in-law, Handler, whose
dead body was found on the railroad
tracks on the morning of March Z,
last. 1t is now believed that two men
were engaged in the sandbagging
and other arrests are expected in
few days.
Mine Inspector Names Deputies. =
Frank Gilday, of Scranton, state
mine inspector, has named the fol
lowing list of deputy mine inspectors
for Kansas: Thomas Morrissey,
Leavenworth, for Leavenworth coun-
ty; Joseph Ryan. Mineral, for Chero-
kee county; William Harvey, Peter
ton, for Usage county; John Halli-
day, Pittsburg for Crawford county;
John Gilday, Chicopee. for Crawford
and Cherokee counties; Miss Jane:
Bone, Pittsburg, stenographer.
After Eight Hours. - Eight hours
from the time of the commission of
a crime until he was sentenced and
was on his road to the penitentiary
was the record-breaking leap into
states prison by J. B. Smith, negro
stone mason, at Pittsburg. He rob-
bed the home of Mrs. Emma Kelly at
O'Clock in the morning. was arrest
ed at G:30, waived preliminary ex-
animation at $50 O'Clock and plead
ed guilty in the district court at /
o'clock
Big Damage Suit Filed. - The lar
gest damage suit ever brought in
Bourbon county was filed by billiard
& Padgett. as attorneys for Stout &
Tiernan. The suit which is against
the Chicago Life Insurance Company,
asks for 1892, 600 At the time of the
dissolution of the Chicago Life in
surance Company, last September,
Stout & TiernGn were its general
agents in the Southwest. The peti-
ton alleges that the plaintiffs enter
ed into contract with the company
for a given number of years and that
there is now due them on future
premiums which would, under the
contract not mature for nineteen
years over half a million dollars.
Since the dissolution of the Chicago
company, Stout & Tiernan organized
the Central Life Insurance Company
with Fort Scott as headquarters
"Kansas-Her Story" = Secretary
Coburn, of the State Board of Agri-
culture has just issued a report un-
der the title, kansas = Her Story
and Statistics" 1t covers the quar-
ter ending March. 1907 This re-
port is not intended for Kansas peo-
pie as much as it is for residents CT
the eastern stateS," said Mr.. Coburn.
''It will give outsiders information
regarding the state and at the same
time answer the purpose of a mirror
held up in front of Kansas that she
may learn something concerning, her
self" In the introduction Mr.. Co
burn makes a statement of what
Kansas is now and how she came to
be what she is. 1t contains agricul-
turaI history, statistical facts and in
teresting comparisons with other
states. 1t tells many things of a his
torical nature that are not told by
the so-cailed histories.
4,6oo Pounds of Plug.-It requires
just 1900 pounds of chewing tobacco
to keep the jaws of the states wards
in the charitable institutions going
for six months. This amount costs
the state $1,000 and the contract for
it was let by the State Board of Con-
troll to Theo. Poehler, of Lawrence.
This tobacco will go to the following
institutions: Topeka State Hospital,
1,S00 pounds; Osawatomie State Hos
pital, $500 pounds; Parsons Asylum.
250 pounds; School for Feeble Mind
ed Youths, at Winfield, 60 pounds.
The favorite brands are Horse
shoe,' y. T." and Star"
Building and Loan FIourishing. =
The forty-eight building and loan
associations in Kansas, according to
the annual report recently issued by
Bank Commissioner Royce, have in
creased their assets over half a mil
lion dollars during 1906. The total
assets at the close of 1905 were
sG,474, ,166:20, while at the close Of
1906 they show $7,O47,926.93. An in
crease of over half million shows
on real estate loans, while a marked
decrease in loans on stocks is appar-
ent.
S. W. Kansas Veterans Reunion.
Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the
house of representatives.; Senators
Long and Curtis. Herbert Hadley, At
torney General of Missouri; F. S.
Jackson, Attorney General of Kan
sas. Gov. Hoch, Past Department
Commander r. A. Campbell, George
CDrrv Gov Of Nou Mpyio0 Com