The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
TRAIN KILLS Fl. SCOTT GIRL
Mary sIickhamer. and Her Mother
Knocked from Missouri Pacific
Bridge by Engine.

MISSOURI racine halfway, near Fort
Scott, Miss Mary Slickhamer, Is years
old, was killed and her mother fatally
| injured by being struck by an engine.
The two women were knocked from
the bridge to the bed of the stream,
more than thirty feet below. The
! mother was injured internally, her
head crushed and both hips broken.
At the time this accident occurred
message was awaiting them at the
telegraph Office announcing the death
at Joplin, Mo-, of a brothef of Mrs
| SIickhamer.
Church CeIebrates.-The semi cen
tennial week of the First Baptist
| church of Ottawa, was held recently.
All the former pastors Of the church,
who are still living, were brought to
Ottawa for the celebration. Three OF
the seventeen charter members of the
church are living Thy are: L NJ Kali
loch Of San Francisco, Mrs. Nancy
S. Filson of Guthrie, Okla, and Mrs.
S. A. Resting of Ottawa. The latter
was the only charter member present
at the semi-centenniaI.
English Writer to * U.-English
newspaper men will be represented at
the National Newspaper Conference
which will be held at the University
of Kansas, May IL to IA, by Percy
BulIen, of the London Daily Tele-
graph. Mr.. Bullen will bring messases
| from the English editors and probably
| will speak to the conference on Eng
lish newspaper work.
Boosting Dry Farmins.-R. H. Fax
on of Wichita and John NJ. Pile Of
Newton were speakers before the
Mound Ridge Commercial Club ban
quet recently. Mr.. Faxon is working
up enthusiasm for the International
October.
Boy Killed in Runaway.-Robert,
the 4-year-old son of Guy D. Gould of
ArgoniS, was killed. when a team of
horses ran away with a wagon load
of corn and crushed him.
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| Texas Cattle Arrive.-The incoming
| shipments of Texas and western cat
tie for the grazing season have begun
in Chase county. The first train load
of Texas stock to arrive and go di-
rectly on pasture included seventeen
cars belonging to Fred Nation of En-
poria, which were unloaded at Bazaar.
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: Lightning Injuries GirI.-While Fan
ME Reed, 9-year-old daughter of
Charles Reed, was playing in barn
at the Reed home in Wichita, light
ming struck the barn, killed two of
the horses and threw the girl across
the stable against a manger.
End to Newton Merchants. V.
Shelf, formerly manager of a dry
goods store at Kansas City, but for
| the last five years vice president of
| a mercantile company of Newton, is
dead after an illness of several
months.
Kansas Teacher TO GaFy.-Miss Min
ME E. Porter, instructor in English in
the high school department of the
Empora State Normal School, has
been elected instructor in English for
the Emerson School of Gary, Ind.
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United Brethren in Conferences
The Neosho branch of the United
Brethren church held its thirty-frst
annual session at independence re
Gently District Superintendent G. E.
Bertsch of Pittsburg was in charge.
Mrs. Spore, a missionary to China, is
one of the features of the program.
Doctor King of Emporia Dies.-Dr.
Robert King, for thirty years resi-.
dent of Emporia, is dead at his home.
He was born in Seneca, Y. Y, seven
ty-five years ago. His wife and =
daughter survive