The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings Of Week Condensed Into
Paragraph for Busy Readers

Football Player Injured.-Harry
Staley, a member of the College of
Emporia freshman football squad,
had his right leg broken between the
knee and the ankle, in practice. Tie
men were being taught how to tackle,
and Staley was tackled. while run
ming at agood clip. and in falling his
leg was doubled under him and
broken.
kansan Released from German
Army.-Through the efforts of the
Adolph Fahnauer, the Leavenworth
boy who was impressed into the Ger
mau Amy upon his landing in the
"Fatherland', with the intention of
visiting relatives, has been released
and the Kaiser is minus good Kan
sas corn fed soldier
Hussey Collected $2,721.6s.-State
Oil Inspector L. T. Hussey has filed
his report for the month of August
with State Auditor J. NJ. Nation. The
report shows that during the month
his department inspected 1881 bar
rels of kerosene and 22,592 barrels of
gasoline. The toal amount of the fees
collected during the month was 3d.
521.47, and the amount of the check
showing the net returns from the de-
partment was $2,721.69.
Dead Man Not Identified.-The in
quest of the coroner'S jury in the
case of the crippled stranger who was
found dead in a Missouri Pacific box
car at Arkansas City, the jury re-
turned a verdict that the stranger
came to his death by wound on the
head made with blunt instrument in
the hands of an unknown party, or
parties. 1t is quite likely now that
the real circumstances surrounding
the murder of the crippled stranger
Will never come to light.
Threw Herself in Well and
Drowned.-In a fit Of dependency,
Teresa Romersa, of Usage City, COM
mitted suicide by drowning. She was
about 90 years of age. With her
mother she came from Italy two years
ago. Her affianced, a young Italian,
left for his native land because of Ill
health. She was also suffering from
consumption. 1t is thought that in
her despair because she could not go
with him, she cast herself into a well
where She was found after several
hours search.
Did Big Business.-The Hutchinson
street railway officials have con-
valesced from the rush of the fair
week and are able to approximately
tell of the great business done. The
exact figures will not be known until
the end of the month, but the total
number of passengers carried during
the week, cash and tickets, is over
$4,000 and may be 10000. This is
nearly twice the business ever done
befor in any ore week. And it should
be said that the company and every
man connecte1 with it labored hard
best possible. The service was good
and 10000 people were carried with
out an accident.
School for Nurses.-A charter has
been taken ont with the secretary of
state for the Arkansas City Hos
pital Training School for Graduate
Nurses. The directors are: DR.. G.
NJ. Cover, Prof. John F. Bender, III.
Phillips and DR.. r. Claude Young, of
that city, and DR.. George H. Neimann
of Ponea City, Okla. The school IS
located at the Arkansas City hospital
on South B street, and the first an
nual commencement will be held dur
ing October. During the school term
the class receives lectures covering
eight hours a week, and has the bene-
fit of clinical experience during the
entire course. The course in the IN
stitution covers two full years.
Died of Lockjaw.-Fred Fleming,
the ten-year-old son of Charles Elem
ing, an engineer at the city water
plant in Concordia. died of lockjaw,
twenty-four hours after he had run
a large pine splinter in his heel while
at play. Physicians used $4,000 units
Of serum in the effort to save his life,
but the boy died in extreme agony.
Unknown Man kiIIed.-The body OF
an unknown boy was found by section
men on the Santa Fe track near Lebo.
The body was horribly mangled, the
head being entirely severed from the
body. The authorities were unable to
identify the body. AS nearly as could
be determined the boy was about IA
years old.
Treasurer Tu1ley Drew Out $751;
67e.-State Treasurer Mary Tulley
drew on the county treasurers for the
amount of states money in their
hands which will be needed for run
ming expenses for the month of Octo-
Der. The total amount of the draw
was $267,679. This is about the aver
age amount required for each months
expenses. The money is in the hands
of the county treasurers as a part of
the state taxes.
Independence Party to be on Ticket.
Edwin S. Waterbury, the chief
factotum of the independence party in
Kansas, has filed with the secretary