The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
PIP. ELDER DIES AT OTTAWA
nentIy Identified with Kansas
Affairs for Many Years.

Affairs for Many Years.
Peter Percival Elder, known by all
| the generations of Kansas as Cover
nor Elder" although he was never
| governor, died at the home of his son,
A. P. Elder, at Ottawa, the other
morning. He had been confined to his
room for the last five years, having
been practically inactive for consider
ably longer than that time. His re-
| markable physique withstood the most
: strenuous days of rugged Kansas,
kept him many times from the end
which seemed imminent. At so years
| he was still a robust man. He was
! past 81 at his death.
! P. P. Elder was born at New Port
land, Me, September 80, 1928. Both
his grandfathers were Revolutionary
soldiers. Equipped as a lawyer and
! an ardent anti-sIavery man, he came
to Kansas in 1857 and at once took
part in the struggles of the territory.
At the organization of Franklin county
he became a county commissioner and
in 1859 he was a delegate to the Osa-
watomie convention which organized
the Republican party in Kansas.
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Wealthy Kansan Dies.-John NJ
| Cooper, who came to Baxter Springs
from Illinois in 1868, died recently. He
leaves an estate estimated to be worth
a million dollars, mostly in bonds,
| lands and mining property.
/ Iii Ar
kansas Valley Development Society
was organized at Oxford recently with
P. H. Albright of Winfield, president;
c. G. Roseberry, Arkansas City, secre-
tary; Charles Alter, Belle Ford, treas
urer. The object of the society is to
influence Belgians to come to Kansas
and settle along the Arkansas river.
Baby Burns to Death.-Entangle in
the chains which held three dogs
which she had been playing with,
Grace Allen, years old, of Scranton,
was burned to death with her pets.
The dogs were tied in a shed and the
child went in to play with them. The
barking of the dogs called attention
to the fire, the origin of which is IN
known.
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BeIIeViIIe TO Aid.-At a mass meet
ing residents of Belleville, in less
than thirty minutes, perfected plans
for the shipment of a caroad of Belle.
vile flour to the relief of the Bel
gians. The car was, within forty
eight hours, consigned to the commit
tee at Topeka
Dogs Bark Led to Body.-The bark
of dog that had been his companion
led to the discovery of the body OF
o. NJ. BoIen, son of farmer near
Stafford. The body was in a pasture
A bull had trampled the boy.
K. u. Students Liberal.-Students
at the University of Kansas have con
tributed $2,96925 for the relief of Eu
| ropean war sufferers, it was announced
recently Of this s2,2S6 was given tc
the White Cross and S6S3.25 to the
Red Cross.
Quits SaIina JournaI.-Announce
ment is made in the SaIina Evening
Journal, Senator Bristow's paper. that
Paul c. Rankin, three years the editor
will retire December 1 and will be
succeeded by Lester F. Wilson OF the
Topeka Capital.
CivaI War Veteran Dies-Thomas
o. Oliver, 20 years old, and for thirty
! years a resident of Emporia. is deaC
at his home there. He served through
out the Civil War and for ten months
) was in the Confederate prison at Ty
} Ter, Texas.
Robbed Towns Stores.-Thieve:
robbed the entire business section o
= Piqua, a village seven miles west o
5 lola, the other night. The postoffice
!, bank, L. c. Neiman's general mar
t chandise store and the Wilson hard
ware store, were entered.
{ Leavenworth Hall Burned.-Chick
: ering Hall and its annex, built twenty
5 five years ago by Carl Hoffman ant
: the late Fred Harvey at cost of $50
j 900, were destroyed by fire the othe
: day. The buildings we're occupied b,
4 the Moose order. The origin of tn,
2 fire is unknown.
Atchison Pioneer Dies--Peter Beck
4 er. u years old, resident of Atchi
: son since 1859, died there recently
D Mr.. Becker was a retired business
5 man and served through the Civil Wa
with an Ohio regiment.