The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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Planning Big Wame-
go is planning a monster celebration
to be known as a Woodman log-ron
ing which will be an inter-county af-
fair in conjunction with Wabaunsee
county. The date will be Septem-
Der 17-1S.
Varnish Barrel ExpIodes.-Aloysius
Thiel. years old, was almost in
stantly killed at Leavenworth by the
explosion of an old varnish barrel to
which he applied a match. His head
was crushed and his body badly burn
ed in the fire which followed the ex-
plosion. The force of the explosion
was felt for several blocks.
Brakeman Shot by Tramps.-When
Elmer HeveIy of Argentine, Santa Fe
brakeman, attempted TO put two
tramps off of his train because they
were stealing a ride near Lebo, he
was shot and seiously wounded. He
was taken TO the Santa Fe hospital
in Topeka and is in a critical con-
dition. The tramps have not been
caught.
A Cyclone in Pratt. - A cyclone
struck near Coats in that county,
blowing down barns and trees. II
raised and struck again three miles
east of Pratt and took everything
in it's path. Large barns were COM
pletely blown away and trees four
teen to sixteen inches thick were
blown down. A stretch about three
hundred yards wide and eight miles
long was devastated.
Carried War Messages.-AIrs. EN-
lily Haines Harrison, aged 81 years,
who was an early settler in Saline
county, died at the Bickerdyke home
in Ellsworth. She was a nurse dur
ing the Civil war and frequently car
ried dispatches for the Union army
She settled in the late Sos on a farm
near Culver. but was driven from il
during the indian raid in which the
settlers were driven from their
homes.
Examine McCormick.-The supreme
court granted an extension of thirty
days on the application of Attorney
General Jackson to secure evidence
! to be used i'll the custer suit against
| the alleged harvester trust brought
under the state antitrust laws At
! tOrney General Jackson desires to Sc
secure testimony of Cyrus MeCor-
mick, head of the International Har-
vester company. So far he has been
unable but expects to succeed before
! the extension of time has expired.
Mrs. c. A. Stannard Dead - Mrs.
| Clarah Stannard wife of State Sena-
| tor G. A. Stannard, died at the Stan
nard home, Sunny Slope, three miles
northwest of Emporia. Mrs. Stan
nard had been i'll for two weeks with
typhoid fever. She was born in Corn
wall. England, August 81, 1868, and
came to America with her parents
when child. She was married TO
Mr.. Stannard November -, 1889, in
Dickinson county. Kansas Besides
her husband she leaves two daugh-
ters, Faye, Is years old, and May, 8.
A son, James, died last October The
funeral was held Sunday.
Company Gets Reduction. - The
state tax commission authorized a re
duction from $3O2,2S1 to $241,825 in
the assessed valuation of the Kansas
the Missouri river, which bridge is
leased by the Great Western railway.
The bridge is owned by the Leaven-
worth Terminal & Bridge company, Il
local organization, and it is claimed
that the property does not pay large
revenue. The company was able to
make such strong showing that the
tax commission decided that the local
assessors had fixed the value a little
too high. Last year the property was
assessed at s65 1000.
Trail of Chinaman.-The six China
men found sealed in a box car by q
brakeman at Harrington, Kan. were
taken to Topeka by Sheriff Favor of
Dickinson county for trial before Unit
ed States Commissioner Williams
Louis Adams will take the Cinnamon
to San Francisco in case a deporta-
ton order is issued. 1t is charged
the men were sealed in a car and
sent over the border from Mexico. 5
Drowned in Smoky William
A. Hinze, aged 81 years, Of Milwaukee
was drowned at Eenterprise while
bathing in the Smoky river. He was
an insurance man and was here with
three other men appraising
Has Built Dyke.-The Bowersock
Mill and Power company of Lawrence
is taking precautionary measures tC
prevent as far as possible loss by higI
water. It has built a concrete dyke
extending from the bridge pier OF
the south end of the Kaw river bridge
: | IF fH0
building. This dyke is seven feet higf
and one foot in thickness and JUS
tops the high water mark of the food
: of last spring. An eighteen inch ad
ditional height also has been giver
to the rOund-head at the north enc
of the flood gates