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Free press., 1908-02-01
They WERE
BLIND

Take one last look at baby's beau
tifui eyes, Chester said young Mrs.
Herrick, as they waited on the sta
ton platform for the train. IT'S
cruel to think that you will not see
her again for Whole week, but we
must remember ali the friends down
to BiXby who have never seen her
even once"
That's fact, Herrick agreed,
generously You write me every word
they say abo4t her. Bessie-especially
Uncle Doctor. i bet he'll be aston
ished to see such a fine, angelic baby .
Il know he will. The truth is, one
reason I'm so eager to take the baby
down there is that she's never had
any real appreciation outside of ours.
IT'S no wonder, in a big, selfish city
like Chicago, where every one is alb
sorbed III his own affairs. Why, even
the grocer's boy acts as if he were
doing me favor when | tell him he
may LOOK at her asleep in her baskets
I'm just going TO revel in seeing ia
ther and mother and all the Bixby
friends go wild over the little darling.
There's the train
The next morning, arrived at the
home Of her girlhood Mrs. Herrick
waited in futter of anticipation.
while her own mother cuddled the
wonderful baby.
You haven't once said how pretty
she is, mother" she complained at
last
The grandmother smiled. You
see, my babies all had dark hair and
a great deal OF it right from the start -
was her apologetic reply. She's 9
nice, healthy little girl, though, dear.
Don't you mind!"
Hello, there!" broke in a boyish
voice as Mrs. Herrick's young brother
bounced in at the door How do,
sis? Where's that kid? Gee, but
Dan, SIR
What are you thinking Of. Dan7
Your little niece is a girl"
''Oh, it's a girl, know" sheepishly.
Il wasn't thinking for minute
Wasn't Chester awful disappointed
cause it wasn't a boy %
''Of course noti We both wanted
a little blue-eyed. golden-haired daugh-
ter
Call this golden hair?" inquired
the baby's grandfather, whimsically,
as he bent and stroked the scanty
down. In my day we'd have called
that towhead."
Tow" echoed the ruffled little
mother. You ought to see the baby's
hair gleam and CLINT in the sunlight
This house is SO shaded with trees
that you can't half see her. Here,
I'll take her. mother. She's tired and
-e@S-dttIs Blessing! Do =
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my own old room !

my own old room3
From her own old room Mrs. Her
rick issued that afternoon proudly
bearing freshly dressed baby. On
the stairs she stopped to pull down
one of the petacoats, so that it's fine
lace and infinitesimal feather stitch
ing should peep from below the dainty
dress.
Nan Fielding was always so crazy
about pretty clothing that she'll ap-
preciate the work on that petticoat,"
she was thinking, as she hurried down
to the parlor, where one of the friends
of her recent girlhood was waiting to
see her.
well, we'll, Bess!" was Mans greet
ing. "Awfully glad to see you, if you.
do look like a ghost of yourself. So
this is the wonderful infant? Let
me get look at the little tike. Well,
! declare! Ny goodness! Did you
eyer."
/ With that Nan definitely dropped
the subject of the baby and began to
tell about the course Of study in the
literary club.
the visit of the married friend was a
tragedy.
What a mite!" she exclaimed. '1
suppose she looks so little to me
because my Harold was always so
big. And 1 don't think she's as strong
as she ought to be. Bess. At her age,
Harold would straighten himself right
up. But then, Harold had cut two
teeth when he was as cid as she is;
he's a sort OF prodigy. l can hardly
wait for you to see him.
The event of the day was still to
come Dear cid Uncleg Doctor, the
man who had officiated at the advent
of little Mrs. Herrick herself and who
had made a tremendous pet of her
ever since, was coming to view her
baby. She was especially eager to
hear what he would say.
When he walked in the first thing
he did was to pick up the child and
carry her to the window, where he
studied her at arms length for fully
a minute Then he turned to the
little mother, who stood, awaiting his
comment, her heart in her eyes.
to be perfectly symmetrical, except
that one eye is slightly strabismic.'
That evening, in her room alone,
Mrs Herrick sat down at a desk to
fulfil her husbands request, but a
lump swelled in her throat as the va
ricus comments on the baby crowded
into her mind AT last she laid down
her pen abruptly and tiptoed over to
The bed There lay the baby, wide
awake Regardless of rules. her moth
snatched her up and dropped into
a rocker
Let them be blind if they want
TO- she Whispered to the soft little
Eeck. Your mother knows that
you're the beautsfuiest, IoveIiest baby
ins the world-you nicey picey, geody-
poody. sweety-tweety
After that she felt much better
Chicago Daily News.
Free press., 1908-02-01
LOCAL NEWS.

s0e0sOs0s0sGs0s0s0s0s0sose
Business in Hays has been rather
quiet this week.
Typewriter paper on sale at this of
flee, 25c per 100 sheets.
E. D. Yost went to Denver Tuesday
night on business for the Yost Milling
Co.
w. L. Baker, formerly editor of the
Wakeeney Independent is in the city
OH business.
Very little wheat has been marketed
at Hays this week on account of the
drop in prices.
J. E. Basgall asks that The FREE
PRESS be sent to him at Bison, Kansas
during the coming year.
Special every Saturday at Hardness {:
Funke's Unique Chocolates 40 cents
per pound. 12-tf
Prof Light reports nearly fifty stu
dents absent from the Hays Public
Schools on account of sickness this
week. Grippe is the predominating
sickness.
Leonard Wolfe returned to Lynndyl,
Utah this Friday evening. He holds a
lucrative position with the San Pedro
Railroad. Leonard expects to attend
K. u. next year.
Frank Byers, a student at the Nor
NAL, suffered a broken ankle while
vaulting in the Normal gym Tuesday.
DR.. Middlekauff was called and reset
the bone and the boy is doing nicely.
Geo. Forester, a brother of Mrs
w. j. Haddock, was kicked in the
head by horse at his farm last Mon
day morning and is in very critical
condition. DR.. Loutzenhiser is in at
tendance.
j. H. Spratt now has the finest book
and stationery store between Salina
and Denver. Mr.. Spratt is a very
pleasant man to deal with and will re-
ceive liberal support at the hands of
Hays people.
Paderewski, the worid-renown Ger
man composer and pianist, will give a
concert in Salina next Monday evening.
Music lovers from all over the state
will go to hear him, as it is very sell
dom so noted a musician plays in a
small city.
We were in error last week in stat
ing that MIR. Lewis Johnson, of the
new firm of johnson & Johnson, will
live in the Adkins property. We
were mis-informed on this point; Mr..
Johnson Will occupy the Banner pro-
perty on Laurel Hill.
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G.. w. LAMER

w. A. Smith has hought the house
and property opposite Schwaller's res
idence, now occupied by Henry Pestana.
The consideration was $1050.
We want every item of local inter
est we can get Our telephone num-
Der is IL. If you have any item of in
terest, call US up.
AT the meeting of the Maccabees
Lodge here last Saturday evening Carl
Barnes was made member, and this
evening they take in several more
members. Chas. Banner informs us
that the Maccabees are in flourishing
condition and their meetings are all
we'll attended.
Free press., 1908-02-01

Engraved visiting cards and steel die
embossing at the FREE PRESS office.
Court meets next Tuesday, and the
jury will report Wednesday morning.
Tuesday next is February 4th and
Pension voucher day for the old SOL
diers.
Albert Copeland and wife have re-
turned from their trip and work at
Colby.
The Republican County Committee
is to meet again to-day at Frank Nc
Lain's Office.
Congressman Reeder has recommend
ed Geo. E. Ward as the postmaster at
Sharon Springs in Wallace County.
1. M. Yost is getting in car of
Texas red oats and car of seed bar
ley. Come in aud get your seed. 12-tf
Matthias Rohr, our old Russian farm
er in Wheatland township, had two
young men relatives arrive last Satur-
day direct from Russia. They will
probably locate here.
A heavy wind and snow storm struck
this vicinity Friday morning and a fierce
gale, accompanied by light flurries of
snow, is blowing as we go to press.
T. E. Mendenhall of Central, Iowa,
brother of Austin Mendenhall of Turk
vile has bought the Sam Haddock
farm in north Buckeye and will move
here in the Spring.
A letter from our former farmer in
Pleasant Hill township, Gustave Brown,
now of Douglas county, tells that he
and his wife are doing nicely and want
to be remembered to their many old
friends and neighbors here. He has
passed the 66-year mark.
Mr.. Jackson of Niles post-office was
in the city on Thursday. He says that
his daughter, Miss May, who was
awarded the piano in the recent SUBJ
scription contest of the Plainville Ga
zette, is very much pleased with her
instrument. Miss jackson out-dis-
tanced her competitors by nearly 200
600 votes and won three prizes.
Free press., 1908-02-01

When answering an advertisement
always be sure to mention this paper.
1t pays to advertise whether it be
a small want al of house to rent or
a large display calling attention to
new shipment Of goods or special
sale. Ask for FREE PRESS rate
card.
Free press., 1908-02-01

D. E. Barnes returned last week
from Salina where he has been looking
after the manufacturing of his patent
sash-lock. The Ideal Sash-Lock. !"
as Mr.. Barnes patent is known, is one
of the cleverist and handiest inventions
ever yet patented for holding win
dow sash at any height desired and at
the same time keeping out the wind
and dust. Mr.. Barnes will, no doubt,
realize considerable from his patent
after he has had it thoroughly adver-
tised over the country. Several travel
ing men viii handle the sash-lock as a
side line.
Free press., 1908-02-01

for the purpose Of buying horses, and mues all kinds
them in. Now the time get the highest market price
to buy MAKE Hay While the Sun Shines" want tn
| am Buyer; you a Seller?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
The NECK INQUIRY PROCEEDS
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HEARS
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
A Startling Statement is Made by
Woman Who Claims a School Ex-
aminer lnsulted Her.

Columbus, ON the investi-
cation Monday of the charges pre-
ferred by State Senator Neck before
the legislative investigating commit
tee, Prof. A. ]. Stutzman of Kent, o.,
testified that in 1906, w. S. Robinson,
state manager of the Macmillan Co.,
called on him and asked that their
books be placed in the schools of Kent.
Mr.. Stutzman, who was superintendent
of the schools, said that he refused
and he said that friends told him that
Robinson said he would get his books
in or get Stutzman out.
A sensation was created when DIR.
Guy Benton, president of Miami uni
versity at oxford, testified that Sena-
tor Neck asked him to withdraw can
didate of his for delegate to the
Methodist general conference at Balti-
more, as he wanted to go himself,
'and," continued the witness, "he said
II did not he would fight our appro-
priations to -- and back this win
ter before the legislature These were
the exact words Senator Meek used"
Senator Neck denied using the
words quoted.
Mary Bertha Ferguson Dollinger,
wife of Lee Dollinger, principal of the
high school Mt Sidney, who made the
sealed affidavit which Senator Neck
delivered to the investigating commit
tee, was also a witness. She testi-
fed that she came to Columbus in
June, 1907, to take the examination
for state certificate and that at that
time, S. P. Humphreys of Ironton, o.,
member of the state board of school
examiners, made an alleged insulting
remark to her at the Southern hotel.
She admitted that she failed to get
certificate at that time. The witness
was subjected to a severe examination
and denied a number of questions re-
lating to her personal conduct on sew
eral occasions.
Mr.. Humphreys was not placed on
the stand, but gave out state
ment in which he denied emphatically
that he had insulted Mrs. Dollinger,
or that he had used the language she
had attributed to him. Mr.. Humphreys
will be called later.
Otis James of Delaware denied that
he had told Senator Neck he had posi-
tive knowledge that institute work
was being traded for state school GER
tificates
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
CONVICTION WAS ILLEGAL.
California Supreme Court Decides in
Favor of ex-Mayor Schmitz of
San Francisco.

San Francisco, Cal-That eX.
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was unlaw.
fully convicted of extortion and sen.
fenced to five years in prison was
reaffirmed Monday when the state
supreme court unanimously refused to
grant a rehearing of the case before
the district court of appeals, which
several weeks ago reversed the judg-
ment and order of the trial court,
and ordered the discharge of the de-
fendant on the ground that under the
law no offense had been committed.
The court of appeals held that even
though Schmitz had accepted money
from French restauranteurs, he had
not obtained it by threat and was,
therefore, not guilty of extortion un-
der the statutes.
Schmitz has been held in Jail ever
since his conviction, as there are sew
eral other indictments standing against
him.
Abraham Ruef, who was jointly in
dicted with Schmitz, pleaded guilty,
and his sentence is now pending. The
decision of the supreme court also
applies to him. 1t is believed that
Schmitz will Immediately apply for
release from the county Jail and Ruef
may do likewise.
The prosecution purposes at once to
bring to trial some of the many other
charges preferred against them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
PUTS BLAME ON ENGINEERS
Report of Commission that Investi-
gated Collapse of Quebec Bridge,
Causing Loss of 80 Lives.

Ottawa, Ont.-The report of
the royal commission on the col.
lapse of the Quebec bridge in which
so lives were lost, was presented to
parliament Monday. The commission
finds that the collapse was due to de-
fects in design and that the parts
of the bridge which first gave way
were the low chords in the anchor
arm near the main pier.
The design for the chords that failed
was made by p. l.. Szlapka, the de-
signing engineer of the Phoenix Bridge
Co. This design was examined and Of
ficially approved by Theodore Cooper,
consulting engineer of the Quebec
Bridge & Railway Co.
The failure cannot be attributed di
rectly to any cause other than errors
in judgment on the part of these two
engineers, the report declares.
The report then continues: "These
errors in judgments cannot be at.
tributed either to lack of common pro-
fessional knowledge, to neglect of duty
or to desire to economize. The abil.
ity of the two engineers was tried in
one of the most difficult problems of
the day and proved insufficient.
"A grave error was made in assum.
ing the dead load for the calculations
at too low value, and not afterwards
revising this assumption"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
PICKED UP IN BUCKEYEDOM
NEWS cuLLEp ESPECIALLY FOR
OHIO READERS.
Happenings Of Importance In Nearly
Every City and Town In the
State chronicled.
Steamer Wrecked a Bridge.

Toledo, O.-The big steel steamer
Yuma was torn from her moor
ings by the rush of ice and water
in the Maumee river Friday and
crashed into the bridge connecting the
two sections of the city, tearing out
span and carrying it into the river.
Harbor Master Page was on the span
and was thrown into the river Boats
were sent out manned by expert oars
men and they rescued Page. Two
other men were caught in the crash
and one of them was seriously injured.
The bridge is the main artery connect
ing the east and west sides of the city
and was used by street cars as well
as vehicles and foot passengers. 1t is
1900 feet long.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13

Cleveland.-That a can of kero-
sene was kept in closet in the base
ment of the Collinwood school was
one of the salient points brought out
by Coroner Burke, Monday, in his
examination of witnesses of the fire.
The statement was made by Janitor
Hirter. The man also said that rail-
ing which surrounded the furnace in
the basement was blistered by heat
early in this term of school, but he
had not mentioned the matter to the
board of education. He fatty contra
dicted the testimony of Mrs. julius
Dietrich, who said that HirteT was at
his home 10 or Is minutes before the
fire started
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Ice Trust Men are Freed.

Toledo, O.-Judge Brough, in
the common pleas court Monday, is
sued an order releasing from jail. B.
c. Lennon, b. A Beard and Joseph
Miller, the ice men sentenced to six
months Imprisonment for violation of
the antitrust laws. The men had
served 81 days. The motion for sus-
pension of sentence was made last
week and there was presented to the
court large petition asking that the
men be given their freedom. Counsel
for the prisoners and the prosecuting
attorney agreed that court had au-
thority to suspend sentence if it was
thought the ends of justice had been
served
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
ODD WEDDING RITES
MANY STRANGE AND CURIOUS
CUSTOMS OBSERVED.
Unique Assyrian Marriage Ceremony
Takes Place in Mllwaukee-Bride
Must Be Silent for Three
Days After Wedding.

For three days Lizzie Herra, an AS
syrian bride, surrounded by hundreds
of relatives and friends, has not
spoken word, says the Milwaukee,
Journal.
Bedecked in her bridal gown of blue
satin brought from far-off Assyria, she
sits like a throned queen, an attend
ant on either side, receiving her
guests, but saying nothing. Silence
for three days after the wedding Is
one of the laws of the Assyrian re-
ligion.
The wedding, one of the few Assyri-
an weddings that has ever been held
in Milwaukee, has been in progress
for one week at the brides home ON
Fifth street, between Wells and Cedar
All the strange customs of the mother
country have been observed. Assyri-
ans from Chicago, Escanaba, Mari
nette and other cities came to Milwau-
kee for the ceremony. over 200 guests
were present.
The bridegroom is Richard Frenn-
The wedding ceremony, lasting
three-quarters OF an hour, was per-
formed Sunday at two. Half an hour
formed by an Assyrian Catholic priest
from Chicago. For three days before
the ceremony the women of the we'd
ding party, with the bride, stayed in
one house, smoking, dancing, talking.
In another house were the men, also
smoking and dancing. According to-
the Assyrian custom, they must not
mingle. In each house there was
feasting and merrymaking.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed Sunday at two. Half an hour
before it the wedding guests were
allowed to enter the same house to-
gether. But the women remained i'm
one room, the men in another. As the
bride entered the house of the bride
groom, she was showered with
strange flowers and confetti.
Then came the weird Assyrian Gus
tom of the handkerchief throwing. Be
fore she could be married Lizzie Her
ra, the bride, must throw her hand
kerchief, filled with flowers, to the cell
Ing. And she must continue throwing
it until it clings to the ceiling of the
room. And all this time the guests
were showering her with flowers, rice
and confetti.
Again and again and again she
threw the bit of linen, only to see 10
fiutter to the floor When it finally
did remain fluttering from the ceiling
the bride quietly tainted from the ex-
ertion and anxiety. But she was soon
revived, and the ceremony went on.
Following the wedding there was n
wedding banquet, at which only for
eign dishes were served. There were
chicken and rice, cooked after the
fashion of the country, and eggplant,
followed out, stuffed with mutton, the
chopped meat OF the eggplant and 9TH
er vegetables, and baked, but no
bread, cakes or sweets, as these are
forbidden at wedding dinners. No
knives, forks, spoons or plates were
used
Oriental pipes, with their long tubes
and queer mouthpieces, were smoked,
and only the purest Assyrian leaf to-
bacco was used. After the wedding
supper came the dancing, but the
women danced alone in one room, the
men In another.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Meek Calls More Witnesses.

Columbus, O.-Senator Neck on
Friday issued subpoenas for a
number of witnesses to appear be-
fore the joint committee investigating
his charges against the state board of
school examiners and the state school
commissioners office next Monday.
1t is said the woman teacher whose
affidavit Senator Neck promised to de-
liver to the committee will be called
next week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Found Exits Barred and Doors Locked

Toledo, O.-The board of public
safety and the building inspectors
department are jointly making an in
vestigation of the school buildings of
the city. In several instances they
found exits barred, doors locked and
piles of rubbish in Easements. Some
of the buildings are not provided with
fire eXtinguishers and the doors of one
large building opened in instead of
out, as the law directs. Officials will
compel changes at once.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Unsafe School House is Closed

Wellsville, O.-The large public
school at Empire, eight miles
from here, has been closed by the di-
rection of Mayor Griffith until the
board of education has made altera-
tions for the safety of the school chill
dren. Necessary stairways will have
to be constructed and the building
improved in many ways before the mu-
nicipal authorities will permit the
building to be used for school pur-
poses again.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Women Not Fit to Run Autos.

Cincinnati-No woman is physi-
cally fit TO run an automobile,
according to the statement of Mayor
Markbreit in a recommendation sent
to the city council in favor of the ap-
pointment of a city commission for
examination of all who seek to man
age automobiles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Jury to Try Ala is Secured.

Denver, Colo.-A jury was secured
here Monday to try Giuseppe
Ala, charged with the murder OF
Father Leo Heinrichs, who was shot
to death at the altar of st. Elizabeth's
Roman Catholic church February 23,
while administering the holy sacra.
ment to ALA.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Portion of Monument is DlsintearatIns

Columbus, O.-trank Delong, super
intendent of the state house ground,
created sensation on Friday by
the statement that the granite forming
the base and approach to the bronze
statue of Mckinley at the west front
of the state house is disintegrating
and will be in ruins in ten years. The
statue was dedicated year ago last
fall and the entire structure cost $780,
600.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
venszueIan soldlsra Mutlnlsd.

Caracas.-An uprising occurred
recently in barracks here,
the soldiers killing their commander,
Gen. Mesa, The mutiny was quelIed
only after a number of soldiers bad
boeu shot.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Cement Plants Resume Operations.

Sandusky, O.-To meet the de.
mands of incoming orders, indicative
of general resumption of building
operations, the plant of the Sandusky
Portland Cement Co. at Bay Bridge re-
sumed work Friday with a full force
The plant was closed early in Decem
ber, owing to the financial stringency
The Castalia Portland Cement Co.'S
plant at Castalia, o., also re-opened
Friday.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Platform lnsnsotor,a Theft

Court dresses, hams, costumes, Gig
ars, cameras and cheese were among
some of the articles alleged to have
been stolen by William F. Eggleston,
a Great Northern railway platform in.
spector, who was remanded at Retford.
England
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-13
Unidentlfled Dead are Buried.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES small, white
caskets lay side by side in a great,
wide grave at Lakeview cemetery,
when the unidentified victims of the
Collinwood school fire were buried
Monday. Nineteen were nameless.
The others were identified at the last
hour.