Free press., 1907-07-20


Ann Owens, negro. known TO be
more than 11S years old and resi-
dent OF Hutchinson twenty years.
died last week.
Large Time Peace Ready to Set
McPherson's new town clock, the lar
gest time piece in that part of the
country. has arrived. In all the time
piece will weigh considerable over
two tons.
smothered in Folding Bed.-The 3
yearoid son of Anderson Clark, q
fireman, was found smothered 20
death in foiding bed at Leaven-
worth The bed had closed with him
during the night.
Drowned in a cistern. = Alberta
Richards, the 4-year-old daughter OF
A. H. Richards, of lola, visiting
her grandparents at Salina with
her mother. fell into ten feet of wa
ter in a cistern and was drowned.
Shortage Found at Postoffice. =
Postofice inspectors have developed
shortages in the accounts of George
Hallenbeck. former postmaster at
Tonganoxie, amounting to $146.9S.
He has moved away from there, but
his father has made good the short
age. 1t is not known whether prose
cution will follow the discovery.
Engineer ScaIded in Wreck. = A
north-bound extra passenger train
on the Rock Island was ditched near
Peabody. The baggage and mail car
was overturned and the engine was
badly wrecked. Engineer Pat Lay
was scalded. but his recovery seems
certain. He was taken to his home
in Harrington.
Ham Succeeds AshbaUgh.-Govern-
or Hoch has appointed Representa-
tive w. b. Ham, of Stockton, Rocks
county. for the state board of rail-
road commissioners The place be-
came vacant by the appointment OF
S. S. Ashbaugh, of Wichita. who has
held the place since Carr Taylor's re-
tirement, to an assistant attorney
ship witbskthe department of justice
at Washington.
Game Warden Travels Much. = D.
S. Curtis, assistant state fish and
game warden, travelled 1900 miles on
Kansas streams during the past
three months. looking for violators of
the law Since April 20 Curtis has
been on the Smoky Hill, Solomon,
Saline, Big Blue. Mill creek, Repub-
lican and Kaw. In the past six
weeks he prosecuted twenty-nine
cases of Illegal fishing.
To Study Kansas Labor Laws. -
Kansas has been picked out by the
Carnegie institution as a representa-
tive Western state in which to make
study Of Western labor laws, and
Scott f. w. Bedford has been sent
to Topeka to write a 150-page book
on the subject. Bedford is a young
man from Usage City, Kan, who was
graduated from Baker, and then went
to the University of Chicago. where
for several years he has been at work
for a degree of Phi. D.
Is 1os Years OId.-The 10Srd birth
day anniversary of Mrs. Mary Ann
Boicourt was recently celebrated al
the home of her eldest daughter, Mrs
Caleb Carver, one mile northeast OF
Moline. She was born in 1904 in
Harrison county, Va. In 1928 she
married Thomas Boicourt, who diet
In Illinois in 1854, leaving her with
a large family to care for. ten child
rem having been born of the union
eight of whom lived to be men anC
women. OF these, three are now liv
ing.
EmbaImine Board Appointed. :
Governor Hoch has appointed thi:
embalming board: Joseph F. John
son, Osawatomie, for three years
w. H. johnson, of Hutchinson, fo
two years; G. w. Southern, of Ma:
haitian, one year.
MangIed by Moving Machine. =
little 4-year-old girl near Ottawa, thu
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Josepl
Jones, was terribly mangled by
moving machine driven by her faith
er. She ran in front OF the sickle ba
when the machine was in motion. l
the child lives both legs will have t
, be amputated.
Shows the Right Spirit.-The pro
clamation of Mayor Jacoby. of Dodg
City. was printed on handbills an
, distributed over the town. 1t fo
lows: proclamation = The matte
of saving the wheat crop is becom
ing serious from lack of labor.
therefore call upon the citizens q
Dodge City, of all classes. profe'
sions and occupations, for volur
teers to devote what time they ca
to assist the farmers of this count
in saving crops. Report to the cit
clerk Get busy
Shot by Intended Victim. = job
Harlow. negro was shot and kille
. by a Coffeyville citizen whom he q
tempted to hold up.
chineh Bugs Damage Corn :
, Farmers west of Arkansas City r.
port chinch bugs in their corn field
in great numbers and they fear dan
age OF serious nature will be don