davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
HOMELESS CARED FOR
PROMPT ACTION TAKEN TO CARE
FOR THE STRICKEN ONES.
LIFE LOSS ESTIMATED At 1000
IN Stricken City Few Have Been.
Permitted to Go Hungry.
Soup Kitchens Es-
tablished.

Laredo, Tex-While conditions are
| gradually being brought back to nor
NAL as fast as willing workers can
| bring about results, it may be many
days before Monterey will resume it's
wonted tranquility
The various organized relief corps
are busily engaged. Committees are
| endeavoring to secure Identification
Of the dead bodies as they are brought
in by searchers, while other commit
tees are charged with the duty of
seeing to the sheltering and feeding
of the thousands of homeless. Hun
1reds of the victims wander dis
tractedly about the scene of the
flood, hoping against hope that they
may be able to encounter missing rel
atives or at least recover their bodies
and give them a Christian burial.
Prompt measures taken to house
and feed the homeless have proved
effective and very few, if any, have
| been permitted to go hungry. Soup
kitchens have been established at
four different places throughout the
city, where food and coffee are doled
out to the needy.
While the poor are the greatest suf-
ferers, the flooded district principally
| having been located on the flats along
the east banks of the Santa Catarina
river, they are are not alone in their
losses, for the rich as well were more
or less Inconvenience, and wer'
| compelled to leave their residences.
They did not suffer the loss of fur
niture, as did the poorer elements.
OF the four hundred or more bodies
| thus far recovered, about 30 per cent
have been identified and were inferred
| yesterday. The balance will be in
tered by the city authorities today il
not identified by friends or relatives.
| Press reports have estimated the
loss of life at anywhere from 400 to
| 1900 lives, but private individuals
venture figures even more astonish-
! ing. A prominent capitalist and BUSH
hess man of Monterey has hazarded
the assertion that the death roll will
eventually reach 1000. However, it
| is thought this estimate may be ex-
aggerated, owing to the excitement
and chaotic conditions existing in
Monterey.
There are several small villages
containing from fifty to one hundred
| inhabitants, located along the banks
of the river to the south OF Monterey,
and it is reported that they have been
completely wiped out and the inhabi-
tants drowned.
1t is on this ground that Mr.. Ire
vino. the capitalist, places his esti-
mate of the loss of life at a higher
figure than has yet been stated.
While no American lives were lost
in the catastrophe, several Americans
| suffered loss of property.
| The city remains in darkness.
| When nightfall comes there is a mot
ley crowd vending it's way in the di-
rection of the scene of the flood,
which seems to exercise a deep fas-
| cination over them.
The bursted water mains have not
yet been repaired, but officers of the
company state that they expect to be
able partially to resume the water sup
ply tomorrow.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
wrinht reats Aeronlane.

Berlin-Orville Wright tested his
German-built aeroplane in a fifteen
minute flight about the Tempelhof
parade ground. No anHoun cement
was made, as Mr.. Wright desired to
see how the machine worked before
giving his public exhibition next
Thursday. The aeronaut is generally
satisfied with the way the craft be-
haved. A battalion of the guards
using the ground for drill purposes
ceased their maneuvers to observe the
strange sight of the aerop1ane cir
cling swiftly over the field.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Rides In Auto; insane.

Wichita. Q. Cook, of this
city, grew violently insane Saturday
evening. He was removed to a ward
ia the county jail and adjudged in
sane in the probate court. Mr.. Cook
is Al years old. He was employed as
a machinist by the Hart Parr Press
ing Machine company of this city. It
is said that the condition of Mr.. Cook s
mind was brought on by hard work
and exposure to the sun. His work
consisted of setting up gasoline en-.
gines. For the past few days he has
been working in fields in the hot sun
Last Friday he drove about 200 miles
in an automobile bareheaded
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
BUSINESS BLOCK is
DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Chapman.-The two story frame
building on the corner of Marshal and
Grant streets, known as the Russell
and Fancher buildings, burned to the
ground. The store was occupied by
C. P. Lowe as a grocery and confec-
tionery store. The adjoining room was
used by c. NJ Clark az a storage for
furniture
The second floor was used by Lon
don Bros. for storage. The. Fancher
building was owned by H. G. Bates.
London Bros building, worth $1,000,
covered by insurance; c. NJ. Clark,
loss $50, no insurance; c. P. Lowe,
loss $500, no insurance; H. G. Bates,
building $1,000, covered by insurance
nothing saved but his desk with most
of his papers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Sells Blue Grass Seed.

Wellsville.-J. R. Houpt, agent for
the Mangelsdorf Bros. Agency, of
Atchison, paid D. F. Luellen $1S63 90
for the blue grass crop from forty
acres Of land. Besides the $50 bush
els sold, Mr.. Luellen has II bushels
reserved for seed. His entire crop of
592 bushels will net him $45.60 per
acre after the seed is cleaned. 1t
tested seven per cent, which is con-
sidered very good test this year. The
blue grass was raised on the E. Wolf
ley farm, east of Wellsville. In 1901
Mr.. Wolfley received $51 an acre from
seed sold from the same farm.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Special Dates for Cream Tests.

Manhattan.-Prof. J. c. Kendall
head of the dairy department of the
Kansas Agricultural College, has re
ceived so many requests for instruc
tons in cream testing at the college
that he has offered a series of courses
in this subject on alternate weeks, be-
ginning September Z, 1909. Below are
the dates so far selected: September
Z to II, inclusive; September 81 to 25,
inclusive; October 3 to 3, inclusive;
October 10 to %, inclusive; Novem
Der 16 to 20, inclusive; November sc
to December 4, inclusive: December
IA to IS, inclusive; December % to
January 1, inclusive.
A laboratory and registration fee of
81 will be charged.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
OPPOSES ANY REDUCTION.
Leavenworth Commandant Wants
Post Kept on War Footing.

Leavenworth.-Colo r. H. R.
Loughborough, commandant of Fort
Leavenworth, received a communica-
ton from the war department asking
for his recommendation in regard to
a proposed reduction of the strength
Of the garrison by 10 per cent. Colo
mel Loughborough in his reply stout
ly opposed the idea
The military organization of Fort
Leavenworth are on a war footing. A
strong garrison is demanded here be-
cause of the extensive nature of the
duties required, particularly in con-
nection with the army service
schools
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Struck a Big Vein of Ore.

Baxter Springs-The Youse drill,
which has been searching for hidden
wealth, went through seven feet of
lead ore at depth of Is feet, on the
Straading farm, one mile north of this
city, and the cuttings are of the rich
est kind. This is what all have been
hoping for in this section. It Is a fact
that the underlay OF mineral is all
around US but has never been found
to the north previous to this late
strike, and now there is no doubt that
prospecting will begin in earnest.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
PLANNING More Auto Races.

New York.-Despite the tragedies
of the recent motor races at Indiana
polls and at Brighton Beach race
track last week. statement from the
Motor Racing association announces
that another 24-hour speed carnival
Will be held at Brighton Beach this
fall and that ME makers and dealers
have promised to enter cars. The as
ISOLATION regrets the recent adverse
criticism of automobile racing, and
declares that sthe accidents at Brigh.
ION were not due to any flaw in the
track"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

William Muldoon, the professional
athlete and trainer, declares that col
lege athletics are all wrong, and that
It is a wonder more young college
men do not succumb to the strain. He
says this strain is as bad for the
mind as it is for the heart, as it with
draws vitality from the brain to other
parts OF the body-that athletics
should be second, not first, in a col
Iege course. This sounds sensible
so sensible that it is somewhat odd
that it is a professional athlete, not
the college professors themselves,
who is championing the superior
claims of intellect over football and
rowing teams.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
MINERAL WELLS NEAR HAYS.
Banker j. n. Ward to Boom Locality
as Health Resort.

Hays.-A health resort in western
Kansas is the dream of a banker of
Hays who owns an artesian well of
mineral water near the Smoky Hill
river, twelve miles south of here
j. H. Ward, president of the Cit
liens State bank of Hays, bought the
land and sent a bottle of the water
to Prof E. H. Bailey. head of the
chemistry department at the Univer-
sity of Kansas, who made an analy-
sis. The report of this analysis shows
that the ingredients of the water are
such as to make it valuable for it's
medicinal qualities
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
MRS. STELLA BARCLAY
FURNISHES BIG BOMB.
Foster Mother of the "Incubator Baby"
Is Free While Private Detec-
tives Remain Jailed


Is Free While Private Detec-
tives Remain Jailed.
Topeka, Kan.-After arraignment
in the city court here and furnishing
bond in the sum of $4,000. Mrs. Stel-
la Barclay, foster mother of the lin.
cubator baby" left for Kansas City.
She declined to say where she will
spend the time which will elapse be-
fore her preliminary hearing, which
is now set for September 8. J. N,
Gentry, the detective who assisted
her in securing possession of the
child, is still in jail here, and has lit
tie hopes of securing bail.
In fixing the bail, Judge Simon said
he had agreed. to fix the bail at $4,000
for each offense for each prisoner in
case they came to Topeka voluntar-
lily. This agreement was made last
week. The bond was furnished by
the Maryland Fidelity & Trust COM
pany, through its local agent.
Mrs. Barclay declined to make any
statement until after she had seen
John Atwood, her attorney, in Kansas
City.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

The American Society for the Pre-
Vention of Cruelty to Animals is op
posing in New York the annual sale of
chameleons for ornaments, on the
ground that most Of the purchasers are
ignorant as to the needs of the little
creatures, and quickly cause death by
starvation. Chameleons have been
cold in many cities by street vendors.
but admirers of the pretty creatures
have in most instances been able tt
keep them alive only a short time,
even with the greatest of care.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
GIRL FOUND VALUABLE PEARL
Fresh Water MusseI Gave Up Gem
of Rare Beauty.


Charlottesville Miss Leona Phil
lips was searching among mussel
shells in the Neosho river, she came
upon an especially fine pearl. 1t is
quite large and of excellent luster.
Her father, DR.. ]. w. Phillips, who
is a jeweler, pronounces the pearl
worth not less than SIS or SIS. 9th
ers who have seen it say it may be
worth from $50 to $780,
The find was made at Bacon's ford,
four miles north of the city. DR.. Phil
lips, Miss Leona and Mr.. and Mrs. T..
j. Landlord had gone there for an
outing. 1t is one of Miss Leona's
practices when she is along the river,
to be examining mussel shells in the
hope of finding pearls. She has dis
covered a number of such gems, but
never before did she find one so large
and valuable.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Marshall at Wichita.

Wichita.-John Marshall, assistant
attorney general for the state of Kan
sas, is here to investigate the week of
carnival which followed the removal of
the lid last Monday. Apparently
every joint closed out it's stock by
Saturday night, for none was operat-
ing when an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of imitation beer in less than gal
Ion quantities went into effect and
restored the lid. Mr. Marshall is I'M
able to say now whether he will start
prosecution or not.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAXES

Office of County Treasurer OF
Ellis County, Kansas, July 20. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that the tax
es for the year 1908 on the following
tracts Of land and town lots situated
in the county OF Ellis and State of
Kansas are now due and unpaid and
that unless the same are paid on or
before the first Tuesday in Septem-
Der, 1909, to wit:
Tuesday September the 7th, 1909.
will on that day and the next sue
ceeding days until all of said tracts
of land and town lots are sold, pro-
coed to sell at public sale at my of
flee in Hays City, Kansas, 30 much
of each tract of land and town lot as
h necessary to pay the taxes Of the
year 1908 and the penalties and costa
thereon
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

A force of cavalry has been en-
gagged for some time in fighting a for
est fire in Yosemite valley which orig
mated from a camp fire that was neg
lected by careless fishermen. Heavy
damage was done by the fire in the
gorge between Glacier Point cliffs,
Panoramic cliff, and Half Dome. If
the truth could be established in the
cases of forest fires in all parts Of
the country, carelessness would figure
conspicuously as the primary cause.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED
For This Reason Canton Man Will
Use Clutches for Awhile.

Canton.-Rex Bunnen of this city
was accidentally shot through the calf
of the leg with revolver while Wait
ing at the home of a friend, Eli La
gree, in Moundridge. 1t was another
case of didn't know it was loaded"
Mr.. Lagree was showing him a young
arsenal which he had purchased to be
used on Canadian hunt, when the ac-
cident happened. Rex is getting along
all right and will soon recover.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

The new liberal government in
Persia is getting very busy with prep
arations for a general election, Great
ing a police organization modelled
after European systems and arranging
to give the constitutional method
big boost. 1t looks as though the
progressive Persians and their neigh
bors the Young Turks are engaged in
a Marathon race to see which can
bring about the most constitutional
ism within a given time
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

A ship sailing from New York the
other day carried $S,OOO,OO0 in gold
to Buenos Ayres, Argentina. That
makes a large addition to the sums
sent previously, and the money is put
to good use. Argentina is paying ma
turing obligations and expanding COM
mercially, and much if not mosA of
the gold sent from the United States
will return directly or indirectly in
the shape of investments that will
be profitable all round.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
nsA Corn Brings go Cents.

Coffeyville-The first field corn OF
the season was brought to Coffeyyille
by J. d. Harkins, a farmer living tvs
miles north of this city. He sold 8
wagon load to Ferguson brothers fdc
so cents bushel Mr.. HaFkins has a
field Of 160 acres which he says VIII
average fifty bushels to the acre. 1he
corn was planted exceptionally carly
and was fully matured before hot Wen,
her visited this section. Neibkbors
of Ma Garkins win not fare so well.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Accused Boy is Silent.

Lyons.-Ora Turner, held in the
county Jail on the charge of murder
ing Roy Snider, near Raymond, some
weeks ago, sits in his cell here with
out saying anything a good share of
the time. He has not confessed and
the chances are that he will not do
so before his case Is tried
The officers are accommodating evil
dence against him and a strong string
of circumstances go to prove that he
is the man wanted for the crime
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Incidentally it may be remarked
that the Monroe doctrine is working
pretty we'll even though quietly. Does
any one doubt that in the earlier
days, before the United States had
proclaimed the doctrine and had
shown she meant it, a disturbed con-
dition in South America, like that now
existing, would have proved a strong
temptation to some foreign powers to
tory?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
A GIRL CHASED A NEGRO.
Surprised Him Attempting to Gain En-
trance to the House

Coffeyville. Katherine Ausburn, a
is year old girl, surprised negro at
work trying to enter the house. Arm
ed with a revolver she gave him a
chase of block, firing repeatedly.
Miss Ausburn was awakened from
her sleep by the noise of some one
trying to open the screen window.
She secured a revolver from under the
pillow of her sleeping mother and
slipped out the side door and gave
chase. James Smith, negro, was ar
rested, charged with attempted house
breaking
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Flock of Alfalfa Mills.

Abilene-Four alfalfa mills are pro-
jected for this county. One is to pc
at Enterprise, one at Abilene, one at
Hope and one st Solomon. The far
mers are raising great deal of this
crop and are seeking a better market
for it than through selling II as hay.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
New S. o. offices in saIina.

Salina.-The Standard Oil company
announces that plans and specifica-
lions were out for new office and
warehouse building to be erected in
Salina this fall at a cost of $4,000
Other extensive Improvements are
promised.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

A suit for divorce has been brought
In New Jersey because in a married
life of four years one or the parties
has never talked. 1t is needless, per
haps, to add that the party suing Il
the wife. No husband would ever
try to escape from such a domestic
silence paradise.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Early Blaze Burns Americas Store

Americus.-An early morning fire
destroyed s. E. Winters drug store.
For a time it was believed the main
business block of the town would be
burned. The drug stock was valued
at $4,000 and the building at $1,000.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
WILL CHECK NEMAHA FLOODS.
Farmers In the River Valley to Spend
sz5o,ooo fer Levees.

Stchis1p-Eess sails City, Neb., a
drainage system, n cost u million
dollars, will be constructed to reclaim
the lowland farms from the annual
overflow of the Nemaha river. Sur
veys of the proposed drainage district
are now benfg made and the work of
deepening the river bed and building
Ievees viii start soon
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

How the hberty-loving Briton will
take to the proposed compulsory mill
tary service law remains to be seen.
Evidently the recent war scare has
not had the desired effect of whole
sale eniistments.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

While Turkey and Persia are fight
ing for constitutional government
Russia Is about to start sanitary re-
forms to kill on the epidemic of chol
ara. Civilization and orientalism seem
to be reversing places.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

When the doctors tell you that the
chances of long life are greatly i'm
proved by the removal of the large in
testine, you should remember that it
Is with the proviso that you survive
the operation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

A man from the west went lately to
New York and tried to sell a gold
brick there. He failed. for the simple
reason that it was a real gold brick,
actually worth all the money he asked
for it. Had 1t been the traditional
kind. he could have disposed of it
1t premium. and the moral thereof
La too self-evident for formal state
ment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Travelling at a terrific rate of speed
m the wrong side of the street. an
other chauffeur has killed a woman
and fed with all speed from his dead
victim. Now let us have an enforce
ment of the law.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
a PROFESSOR RESIGNS.
H. L. Kent Leaves to Accept Position
in East

=. Z. Kent Leaves to Accept Position
in East.
Hays.-One of the members of the
faculty of the Western State Normal
school is to leave Kansas. Professor
Harry l. Kent of the Natural Science
department has resigned to take the
department of Agriculture and Ma
ture Study in the newly established
State Normal School in Keene, New
Hampshire. He has been in the school
at Hays since graduating in the EN-
poria Normal school
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Now a Partisan scientist claims to
have discovered the germ of old age,
and asserts that the ravages of time
can be stopped by this germs ex-
dnction
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Both Germany and England will
be represented by battleships at the
Hudson-Fulton celebration, but there
will be no test of naval strength be-
tween them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
RENO COUNTY LAND SOLD WELL

Quarter section Four Miles From
Town Brought $4,000.
Hutchinson.-Reale estate men made
sale of quarter section OF land.
four miles southeast of town, for c.
A. Williams The farm was bought
by Jacob Brehm and the price paid
was $50 an acre, or $14,4OO. for the
quarter It is q fine farm and Il
brought about what it was worth.
This shows that Kansas farms III this
-c6unty are worth great deaf of
money.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Forgiving fathers and mothers are
much in demand among Nhe runaway
brides and bridegrooms whom Cupid
has convinced they cannot wait,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
Tracks Washed Out.

Railway, telephone and telegraph
communication is either out of COM
mission or so badly crippled that it
is practically useless
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Despite that not-forgotten wave OF
torridity earlier in the season, no one
Is tempted to deny that the weather
man is still a man of ideals.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Evidently the people of Barcelona
are satisfied with what their ances-
tors did to the Moors.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Sky plots viii soon be in demand
for the airships.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

When an aeroplane breaks down,
where are you? But when a submar-
tne goes wrong, there you are!
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04
whsatlaad Township

In witness whereof I have hereur
to set my hand and affixed my offici
a seal this 10th day Of july. 1903
B. n BRE1LTgG,
County Treasures.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-04

Count Zeppelin's fights amount al
most to migrations.