Free press., 1907-09-28

TO the family anu plt(SH
three times. The animal kept up its
attack until it was beaten of by Mr.
Olson.
Nearly Hit the Governor. = Gov.
Hoch and Tax Commissioner Howe
came close to being knocked down by
a big touring car automobile as they
stepped out under the south archway
of the state house, and as result a
ukase was issued by the state execu-
tive council forbidding automobiles
the use of the state house drive
ways:
Alum an AduIterant. Alum has
been declared an adulterant when
used in pickles, according to a bulle
tin issued by the state board of
health. Pickles are declared to be
made indigestible and therefore dele
terious. But since a big stock of
such goods is on hand. dealers will be
permitted to dispose OF it by Decem-
Der 81 of this year.
Dragged to Death by Auto.-By the
breaking of the guide rod in August
Wilshusen's automobile, at Stafford
while running at great speed. the ma
chine turned over, caught the occu-
pants under it and dragged them
some distance. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilshu-
sen were badly bruised and their lit
tie daughter Mamie, years old. was
so badly injured that she died.
Carrie Nation in the Kitchen. =
Carrie Nation, in blue prison uni
form, will spend the next seventy
five days in the workhouse prison at
Washington, D. c., unless she
changes her mind. Judge Bundy,
who sentenced her, went to the work
house and pleaded with her to prom
ise to not hold street meetings so
that he could release her, but she re
fused
Woman browns in a Well.-MrS-
J. N. Reeves, wife of a farmer who
lives five miles southwest of Norton
walked out of her house and failed
to return. A niece went to look for
her and found her body floating in a
we'll in the yard No one knows
whether the drowning was an acci
dent or suicide, though the general
belief seems to be that it was the
| former.
An Angry Wichita Woman.-Mrs
Anna Young, of Wichita. who was ar
rested for running an alleged Joint,
attempted to horsewhip an Eagle
reporter, she mistaking him fol
| a secret service man in the EN-
ploy of the reform administration
She broke her whip over the report
er's shoulders before he told her o.
her mistake. She vowed she viii
horsewhip Mayor Graham on sight.
Train Hits Street Car. = AS re
suit of a collision between a Frisco
freight train and Cleveland avenue
street car on Douglas avenue, ir
Wichita, three persons were injured
Those hurt are E. T. Ratliff, 1922
East Central avenue, bruised and cu
about the face by broken glass;
Jesse Clinesmit 1918 North Topeka
avenue. bruised and cut over the
eye; Mrs. Jesse Clinesmith, shaker
up and suffering from severe nervous
shock. The passengers were takeI
from the car and the injured, after
they had been attended by physi
clans, were sent home in ambul
ances- The car was No. 100, the one
that plunged into Chisholm creel
several years ago. injuring thirteer
people It has been in other acci
dents since and is considered the
hoodoo Of the line.
Topekan Killed i'm Chicago. -
Samuel Lakin, a well known young
man of Topeka, and the son of D. L
Lakin, one of the early treasurers O
| Kansas, was run over and killed by {
| street car in Chicago
Wichita Wins Penant. = The base
ball season Of 1907 in the WesterI
| Association has closed and the rag
goes to wichita the champions %
1905. The association is composed
of Wichita, Hutchinson, Leavenwortl
and Topeka in Kansas; Joplin
Springfield and Webb City, in Mis-
souri,; and Oklahoma City. Thc
clubs finished in the following orde
named: Wichita, Oklahoma City
Hutchinson, Topeka, Joplin, Webb
City, Springfield. Leavenworth. Las
years penant went to Topeka.
Clay center's Strange Case a
most remarkable case is that of Miss
Elizabeth Klein, daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. J. Klein, who lives six miles
east OF Clay Center, from whose ap
pendix there was recently removed
an orange seed which had sproutet
and which had one root two inches
and six roots one-fourth of an incl
long.
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Farmer Dies Riding in Buggy. -
George B. Gloon. a widely known
business man of Franklin county and
for several years merchant at LIE