Free press., 1907-02-23

10 per cent annually of the sum
given. The city has a fine library
and g handsome site ready for a
building.
BoiIermakers Strike.-Five boiler
makers employed in the Missouri
Pacific rOundhouse at Wichita walk
ed out on a strike. They received q
telegram ordering them to quit work
and thus add their influence to a
general strike for higher wages.
There was no demonstration. The
helpers continued working.
Founder of salina Dead. = Alex
ander NJ Campben, one Of the
founders of Salina, met death by
falling down his cellar way Mr.
Campbell went to Salina in 1857, in
company with Col. w. ~ Phillips
and James Muir and the three men
had much to do with the founding
Of the city.
Rrows His Head Of. = Despond-
ent over the death of brother, John
Hammers, well known business
man of Clearwater, shot himself. He
used a double barrelled shot gun,
both barrels of which were exploded
at the same time! The muzzie OF
the gun had been placed in his
mouth and the top of his head was
blown off by the charge.
Fire at Bridgeport. - The little
town Of Bridgeport had fire which
entailed a loss of between $4,000
and $4,000, which was covered by
insurance in the sum of $4,000. The
building destroyed belonged to John
Shelberg. and it was occupied by
the owner, with a general merchan-
disc store, by the postoffice and the
long distance toll telephone office. 6
Wichita Man Orowns.-While fish
ing in the Arkansas River at Wich-
ita Charles Hurst fell from his boat
in fit. His body was found several
hours later. A fisherman found his
hat and empty boat floating down
the river sometime after the acci-
dent happened. Hurst was % years
old and had been subjected to fits
since he was kicked by a horse
twenty years ago.
Jury is Discharged. - At Paola
the jury in the case of Carl Baker,
% years old, charged with the mur-
der Of Eugene Vohs, wealthy
farmer. who lived near Louisburg,
failed to agree and were discharged.
VOhS was shot to death in his
wagon on the evening of November
"a. The evidence against Baker
was all of a circumstantial nature.
Six of the jury voted for acquittaI. 6
Saline County Farmer Drowned
John Cunningham was drowned on
his farm near Salina while attempt
ing to cross the Smoky Hill on a
foot log. Cunningham was alone
when the accident happened. His
brother, fearing that something had
happened to him, went in search
and found Johns hat on the ice and
hole in the ice near the foot log.
He secured help and later found the
body lodged in a drift under the ice.
Cunningham had broken through
the ice and failed to come up at the
right place. He was a prominent
farmer. but was single. He was
about SO years old.
Engine Blows Up. - Missouri Pa
ciffc engine No. 874O blew up in the
yards at Wichita No one happened
to be near the engine at the time SO
that the damage was confined to the
engine and a company pump house,
which was pierced by a heavy piece
OF iron casting. The engine had
been steaming up preparatory to
making its regular run to Yates
Center. The explosion was heard
for distance of three or four
miles.
Ends First Season. - The jubi-
liant footing of the mammoth whis-
tie at the sugar factory at Garden
City was mistaken by a number of
citizens for frantic fire alarm and
a crowd of them rushed to the
works, only to find that this waste
Of steam was in celebration of the
slicing of the final load of beets.
AS the last beet passed the grinders
the 10000 tons OF sugar beets be-
came matter of history. Ten days
more and the juices. syrups and mo-
lasses will be disposed of and the
initial campaign in Kansas will be
at an end.
Banner Week For crdahy. = The
Cudahy Packing Company at Wich-
ita last week killed $4,000 hogs and
ESQ head of cattle, which is the ban
Yer week in the history of the COM
pany's business there.
DIED in Dent SIS chair. Mrs.
E. Swingle. of Manhattan. died in a
dentists chair while under the in
fluence of an anesthetic administer
ed by a physician. After inhaling
chloroform death took place before
the dental operation had been per-
formed
Farmer Loses HIS Arm. = Elmer
Chrenister. a farmer living near
=.