Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-09-14
X A n s A s ITEM s
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

pioneer of Cloud county, hung him
self near Hollis because of grief over
the death OF his wife about year
ago. He was about Go years of age. 1
Widow of Ex-Governor Dies. =
Mrs. Ida Lewelling. widow of the
late Gov. Lewelling, died a. Roch-
ester, MINI. Mrs. Lewelling had
been at the hospital at that city only
a few days, and had undergone an
operation. The operation was a Sc
we're one and Mrs. Lewelling never
recovered from the shock. Inter
ment was at Maple Grove Cemetery,
at Wichita, beside her late hus4
band.
Arrested For Wife Murder. = Mil
ton Dixon, who's bride of three
! months was found dead as the, re-
suit of a gunshot wound in the head
at their home in Oakland, near Ash
| land, was arrested on the charge that
he murdered her. The prosecuting
attorney and coroner charge that
! Dixon slew his wife because she had
! berated him for having danced with
former sweetheart at a ball on the
night proceeding the murder. Dixon
declared that hiss wife, mad with
! jealousy. had shot herself
Kansas Labor Report Issued. =
State Labor Commissioner w. L. A
! Johnson has issued the twenty-sixth
annual report of the State Bureau of
Labor and Industry. The report is
for 1906 and covers the labor situa-
ton in Kansas for last year. 1t
shows that there was a total of forty
five strikes in the state last year and
that for forty-one OF the strikes re-
ported the total days of duration was
1924 The number of days lost dur
ing the year on account of strikes
was 37o,477 and the total amount OF
wages lost was 1892 ,89OO3.
Killed by Gas in Well. - R. \.
White lost his life in a well on his
farm, two miles north of Belleville,
from clamps" He had sent a boy
into the well to assist in cleaning it
when the boy was overcome by the
gases. Mr.. White went into the we'll
to the aid of the boy when he was
overcome. One physician went into
the well to rescue Mr.. White and the
boy and was also overcome by the
gases and was pulled out by a rope
unconscious. The boy was taken
from the well and revived, but Mr..
White never gained consciousness
Kansas Has the Money.-Capt w.
S. Albright, deputy bank examiner of
: the state bank commissioners office,
} in speaking of the f1oUrishing condi-
ton of the st"te OF Kansas at the
present time, called to mind some in
stances that show that Kansas is
looked upon as one of the richest
states in the Union. about ten
years ago some of the banks in the
. East held mortgages on Kansas
farms and seemed to be afraid they
;, would not get the interest Now
conditions are different The Eastern
! people are sending paper into Kan
. sas and offering as high as seven per
cent on it. They want Kansas money.
One bank that I recentlyS visited was
sent list of $450,00O worth of paper.
The mail of the Kansas banks nova
t days is heavy with paper listed and
e sent out here. But the Kansas bank
t ers are conservative and won't in
a vest unless they know what they are
: putting their money into" "The le-
s gal reserve in the Kansas banks is
e bigger than ever before. The news
l. papers often speak of Kansas need
e ing money to move it's crops; this can
e not be true because the banks have
g all the money they want. There are
$50 state banks in Kansas now"
It Fall Was FataI.-A. L. Keener, OF
e Cottonwood Falls, who was fatally
L injured Sby falling through a bridge
s over the Cottonwood river, while at
e tempting to cross over with his
e. threshing machine several weeks
s ago, has died from the effects of his
e injuries.
! House Mover EIectrocuted. - Wal
o ter Winegarner was killed almost in
y stantly by coming in contact with {
e live electric wire while at work NOV
e ing house in Wichita. He was in
the employ of ]. E. Tandy, house
J. mover, and was on top Of the house
i in order to raise some of the wires
If so that the building might pass un
o der them. 1t was while doing this
IT that he picked up an electric light
d wire in one hand and another wire
): in the other. A short circuit was
v formed and he fell as quickly as
e though he had been shot. A fellow
IS workman grabbed him and prevented
X him from falling to the ground, and
S. all that could be done to revive hin
st was done, but the shock had been toe
Of strong and the efforts of the physi
IF clans, who arrived almost immediate
ly, were futile
k at the University OF Kansas, wa
s. drowned in the KaM river near Law