The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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Tom Richardson. who grew up in
Wellington. is TO get 100000 for the
next three years, beginning January
]. 1910, for boosting the any advant--
a5es of Canada. In a letter to Wei
lington friend Tom says three Cana
dams of Winnipeg had visited him
and made a proposition TO further
their interests in public ways.
Insane Man swIms kaw.-David
peka asylum. escared and the Off
GERS pursued him. Rather than to be
taken he jumped into the Kaw river
and swan to the opposite shore. The
water so benumbed him that he was
easily captured by a farmer and held
until an ambulance could be called.
He was sent to the asylum from En-
poria.
Three Men Were Injured.-In pre-
mature explosion in the Frazier rock
quarry near FL Dorado, H. C oonk, the
foreman, a negro and a Mexican en-
| ployed in the quarry were seriously
/ injured Croonks eyes were blown
out and part of his face blown away.
! 1t is not believed he will live. The
negro is also believed to be injured
fatally The Mexican's injuries are
! not serious.
Blue Rapids Boy to AIaska.-Ar-
thur Groesbeck, a Blue Rapids hoy.
who graduated from the electrical en-
cheering school of the University of
| Kansas in February, has just left for
| Valdez, Alaska, where he is to have
a responsible position with the Alas
| ka Electric, Water and Telephone
company. Mr. Groesbeck will receive
a salary of $500 and in addition he
will be furnished with quarters.
Haskell Honors Reqti-ition.-Gov-
ernor Haskell has honored a requisi-
ton for S. S. Loring, alias w. R. King
wanted in Jackson county, Kan, fcI
| obtaining money under fal~e pre-
/ lenses from Mrs. Stella KnauSer
Loring has been serving time in the
Oklahoma penitentiary at McAlestei
and when his sentence there expired
he was rearrested immediately and
taken back to answer to the Kansas
charge.
Gov. hppcsa Lard Commissioners
j. c. Starr, Scott City; Robert
Eadie, Syracuse; Frank Lockard
Goodland, have been named as stat;
land commissioners bv Governor
Stubs. About two mo-tHs ago con
gress passed law grating to tn:
Kansas Agricultural CcHeve 7,6S:
acres of government land to be sc
lected from any government lands il
the state. These three men are to dC
this work
$4,000 for Paving at Newton
The city council of Newton ha:
awarded the contract for paving Mair
street from First to Eei~hth, a dis
lance of eight blocks. The job viii
amount to approximately 5000 AM
it is expected that work will com
mence within the revt fsw weeks ant
be completed by late in the summer
as the Specifications require that i
shall be finished inside of ore hundred
working days.
His Skull Was Crush ed.-Williar
Hill, an employe at the Santa F
shops at Newton, was insta7 thy killed
He was assisting the stationary en-
gineer in starting the air compresso
and had piece of heavy iron place
between the spokes of the compressor
when the machine started UP sudden
ly. The pipe struck Hill under tn
jaw. throwing him AGAINST the bricl
wall of the building, crushing hi
skull. Hills home was at Melverl
Kan
Uncle Sam Gil Company Fre.-
Judge Palrh e. Camp. of tie Unit
States district court of Oklahoma. ha
ordered the DISCHARGE of the Uncl
Sam Oil company from bankruptcy.
Concordia Brewery Torn Down.
The Renards of Cor cordia are tearin
down the Coucorda bre very, whic
was built nearly forty years ago b
Mr.. Lenoue. Strangely enough Nj
dore Lanoue is doing the work
tearing it down, and it was he WI
when a boy hauled the stone for h
father when it was erected. Ore of I?
stones was broken in removing it az
out of the center rolled we'll DR.
served though petrified wall ut.
Was He Thrown from Trai ?-E.
Pay, a wealthy Winfield prcdut
dealer, was thrown bodily from ia
senger train No. 8, one mile west
Florence. His face and hands we
completely skinned ard part of Il
flesh removed by the balla t. 9th
produce dealers are said to have lie
on the train and ii is declared to
evident that murder was irtende
The Santa Fe crew will be asked
explain why the car door was n
locked between stations, as Ray w
| put in a big claim for damages.
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Kansas SwindIer Caaght.-After
two-year's cha-e, during which he WI
traced over almost ever state in Il
urion. ty government detectives, NJ
, Shult-. a former photogr apher fro
Fall River. Kansas, is now under g
? rest at Los Angeles. California. on