McPherson Freeman from McPherson, Kansas • 1

i ta ii jiii s. fj-rs tr-v -v tz" em, tr NO 43 McPherson Kansas, Friday, December SO, 1910 Vol 33 Ruilt Mansion as a Surprise I Got the Pony For Husband. GIFTS FOR 2,500 IMMIGRANTS NO TRAIN TO HUTCHINSON. THE SECRET IS OUT Democrats Plan to JSIock Progressive Legislation SANTA FE BARS STUBBS Books That It Had Not Been Intended Should Be Opened Were Being Gone Into Union Pacific Can't Be rompell ed to Ilnu Through A Christmas at Ellis Island Slay Be Their Last in America. Mies Esther Simonson was the successful contestant for the pony which was given away by Lind-bloom fe Roseberg.

For some time past this firm has been carrying on a contest The child which sold the most number of pounds of coffee wad to receive on Christmas Eve, either the Shetland pony or $50 in money. The contest has been a very spirited one between Frank Warnett and Esther Simonson. The former Washington, Dec. 25. Could a woman plan, build and furnish a one fourth million dollar house for a Christmas gift for her hus-Dand and keep her secret from him until she invited him into it Christmas eve? Mrs.

Franklin MacYeagh, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, is prepared to say it is and the Secretary would have to admit' it, for Mrs. MacYeagh has by the Governor's Expert. Topeka, Dec. 24 The investigation which Governor Stubbs had started into the affairs of the Atchinson, Toptka Santa Fe sold about 3G8 pounds and the lat llailroad Company came to a sud The Hutchinson Gazette says: The agreement which caused the Union Pacific to run trains from McPherson to Hutchinson -does not exist. The agreement did exist at one time but can not' be found.

It was not: an agreement between the McPherson, Texas fc Gulf and the commissioners of Reno county, bnt'it was an agreement between the McPherson, Texas fc Gulf and the Union Paci fic railroad companies. The information was given out yesterday by Wm. Muirhead, who ter 500 pounds of coffee. den end today when the governor's representative, W. H.

Koons, was "just made him such a gitt. Although the secretary has passed the handsome new house many times since it began to rise on the Sixteenth street hill a vear aero. The little girl spared no efforts to win the prize and thoroughly canvassed the city and immediate asked by the company to stop his work. Mr. Koons; an expert accountant, was examining the books of the company to determine the he did not know until tonight that' correctness of certain figures E.

New York, Dec. 21. A Christ-mas celebration of mixed joy and sadness was held at Ellis Island today tthere twenty-five hundred immigrants are awaiting verdicts as to whether they shall be deport ed. Twenty-three religious and charitable societies joined in ing the immigrants, many of whom -were children, such a Christmas as they probably rever enjoyed in their native land, but over the joyr that came from the huge tree lade with presents for all was the shadow of their possible deportation. The men each received a bag containing a pair of socks, a handkerchief, an apple, an orange, cakes, three cigars and a cake of soap.

Similar bags were given to the women, except that stockings were substituted for socks and the cigars omitted. Each child received candy and a toy. Many of those who have been marked for deportation wept and pleaded that their gifts be exchanged for the right to become American citizens. P. liipley, president of the company, had given out as to the profits and expenses of the Santa Pe, its capital stock and the cost of Topka, Dec.

23 Much interest i being taken just now in what the Democrats are going to do in the corning of the legislature, borne of the Democrats are stating their positions but others are not and the indications seem to be that the politicians of the party are trying to line up the en-tiro membership of the house with the standpat element of the Republican party and thus control the business of that body. The senate is already controlled by the standpat crowd and it seems to be the expressed intention of a good many of these fellows to block every possible item of progressive legislation that is advocated in the Ilepublican platform by Gov. JStubbs. Just how strong this combina tion is going to be is not known. Henderson Martin, chairman, and V.

II. Pepperill, secretary of the state central committee, wore in Kansas City last week expecting to meet some of the Ilepublican leaders and there make up a work ing plan for the legislators. The meeting wis called off, because the news of the meeting got out before it was held. According to the gossip about the state house the plan seems to be to try to elect the speaker from tlie standpat llepublicanc rowd in flu house, feome of the regulars have said that they wonld vote for v. Democrat before they would vote for either IJucKman or Stone, both progressives.

There is considerable talk of not having a speaker construction. This investigation was begun at the instance of President Ripley, who challenged Governor Stubbs to disprove the correctness of the railroad man's William H. George Jr. Dead. William H.

George son of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. George died this (Monday) morning at 11:30 at the home of his parents on south Main street age 30 years.

Funeral services will be held at Canton tomorrow. No services will be held here as he was not much known. Interment will be made in the family lot at Canton. The young man has been very sick for some time and his death was not unexpected. The family has the sympathy of a large circle of friends here as well as of their former home, Canton.

is working under instructions from John Dawson, the attorney for the board of railroad commissioners and attorney general elect, and securing information concerning the question as to whether the Union Pacific can be forced to run trains from McPherson to Hutchinson over the Rock Island lices. In the interview, Mr. Miiirhead said that any agreement between the McPherson, Texas Gulf, which later became the Hutcnin-son Southern, and the board of commissioners of Reno county did never exist, but that such an agree ment between the McPherson, Texas Gulf and the Union Pacific was made in 1889, but does not exist at the present time. Mr. Muirhead has found per fiuures.

The whole affair is a result of the controversy that has been in progress between the governor and Mr. Ripley. HO IT WAS CALLED OFF The expert got into some books it belonged to him. Mre MacVeagh took only two persons in the secret the architect and her banker. The plans for the housa were drawn under Mrs.

MacVeagh's own supervision she selected the site and for a year has directed the work of construction. She personally ordered the furniture and saw it installed, "and her stipulation that the work should be finished and the key to the building turned over to her today was met by the architect and contractors without the delay of an hour. The house is a handsome four story structure of light brick and limestone. It contains thirty rooms. Not even the cabinet women knew of the surprise Mrs.

MacVeagh was planning for her husband, and some of the wives of United otates senators, who are intimate with Mrs. MacVeagh and who pride themselves on being able to find out all that goes on in executive sessions of the Senate, aie inclined to admit that in keeping a secret she has all Washington beaten. that the railroad officials did not 300 FNT0MBED Teachers Get Certificates IN MINE believe should be investigated and that did not have any bearing on the confirmation of the Ripley figures, so he was asked today to withdraw to await the president's further orders. Rescuers Rurjiedas 'they Try to ag (Jut Bodies of Miners The- State Board of Education presented many school teachers with Christmas gifts in the shape of state certificates. The following in McPherson Co.

were in the list: C. W. Cline, five year Institute Conductor's Certificate, Gustaf Lund. Lindsborg three year; Chas Hjerpe of McPherson and J. J.

Yoder of Canton, each received one year Institute Thought Horse Was Stolen Saturday evening W. A. Cona-way's horse was taken from the hitch post near the Grand and when the young ladies wrho were driving it returned from the Christmas entertarnment to get their horse it was missing. Some time in the night the horse returned home. It is thought someone made use of it and later abandoned it.

Taken to the Penitentiary Boston. England, Dec. 21. Three hundred coal miners were entombed today in the ilutton colliery by a tetrilic explosion. Only one ptrsoa escaped and he declared every man in the mme would die.

The mine caught fire from the explosion and great gusts of Fiames and smoke made rescue work difficult. The explosion occurred just after the night force left the workings and all volunteered as rescuers. Eight hours after the disaster the rescuers brought out one dead body, and seven still alive, but so badly burned and wounded they cannot live. The rescuers' clothiLg was burned and their hair singed off. Pitiful scenes occur about the mouth of the mine as relatives tried to identify the viciims Special relief trains, doctors and nurses have been rushed to the scene.

A temporary hospital morgue has been established. Three dead and lifteen alive but in bad shape, were taken from the mine today. It is believed nearly all of the three hundred and nineteen men remaining in the mine are dead. Got the Stove sons who knew of the agreement between tho two rail road companies but they assert that no such agree ment ever existed between the railroad company and the Reno county officers. This agreement was supposed to have been made between the officers of the railroad company and the county officers by which the county commissioners agreed to accept that the trains were to Jruu over the Rock Island lines from McPherson to Hutchinson as an equivalent to the track which the railroad company had agreed to build.

Mr. Wm. Potter, who was then the chairman of the board of commissioners, asserts that there was an under 3tauding but doesn't know whether any formal agreement had been written and signed. Mr. Muirhead asserts that there never was a written agreement of any character that was made with the county officers.

Farther than that, he asserts, the bonds, amount ing to $92,000, were issued illegally and that the McPherson. Texas Gulf did not comply with the agreement stipulated in the election proclamation and have not complied with it up to the present day. An Old Dutch Wind-mill ship caucus, but get out the votes after the sessiou begins. In this way the combination of democrats and regular republicans can be worked. If the democrats or the republicans of the standpat strips win the speakership, it is said that NoetTort will be made to take from tho speaker the power of appointing committees.

But if the progressives should win the speakership it is certain that tho stand pat republicans will force the committee appointments into the hands of a house committee by a combination with the democrats. The progressive could not oppose this scheme and probably will not do ho, as the congressional right was waged on the appointing power of the speaker in congress. But if the regular republicans win they have no intention of removing this power from the speaker, J. as the arrangements of the committee can do much to hinder or help legislation. Revival Meetings Wiegand who plead guilty to embezzlement was sentenced to from one to years in the penitentiary and has already been taken to Lansing.

His wife and three small children will stay with her parents during his absence. Those who are familiar with the case regret to eee Wiegand go to the pen as it seems to have been a case deserving of leniency. An effort may be made by his friends to secure executive clemency. $13,632 to Print the Balinger Whitewash. Little Loretta Poe, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Po 3 former residents of McPherson was successful in clipping the greatest number of ads from one of the papers of Hutchinson and was awarded the prize. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Bowker of this city, and will be remembered as the little tot who was so dangerously sick for such a long time.

Pantaloons Succeeded Hobbles? Laying: Pipe Runaway Caused by Auto 20 Years Ago. Lindsborg, Dec. 25. A Linds-borg man claims the honor of having caused the first runaway in Kansas with an automobile. The incident happened just twenty years ago, the automobile in question being a home-made one, the invention of William Hagstrom, who, by the way, is now president of Hagstrom Mfg.

company The "car" was of the roadster type with 36-inch cultivator wheels, and quick detachable tires. With the addition of a carbureter magneto, transmission, motor, and several other minor details, it would have possibly conformed to the SeldSn patent, the fuel used being elbow grease instead of gaso line. On a down grade, this car could negotiate at least four miles an hour possibly half that speed on a level road. And it was on one of these down-hill occasions when this historic runaway occurred. The machine had hardly attained its maximum of speed, when a team and wagon hove in sight.

Now here was a predicament, there being no brakes to check the mad career of the arid no system had been provided for steering the thing out of the road. However, this was. unnecessary, for the very second those unsophisticated horses got a glimpse of the freakish craft, they politely gave all of the road, and also promptly vacated the township. The wagon and harness was reduced to a heap of wreckage, but that Hagstrom roadster kept right on to the end of its run, making a The Christmas entertainment at the Presbyterian church was greatly enjoyed this year. An old Washington, Dec 25, Many thousands of copies of the report and hear ing of the committee that conducted the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation will be distributed throughout the country.

It is estimated the cost will be $13,632, according to Representa tive Cosper of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House committee on printing. Mr. Cooper and members of bis committee favored getting out a large edition to meet the wide-spread de raand for information on the subject firs. Joe McClain Dead Mrs. Joe MeClain e3 Thursday cf paralysis at the home of her son Herbert McClain, The funeral will be held Saturday at eleven o'clock from tha home and interment will be made in McPherson cjmetery.

Mrs. McClain is one of the early settlers and had many friends in this community. Paris, Dec 25 It is announced here that the successor to the hob-ble skirt has arrived, and that it is an exact reproduction of the dress worn by Turkish womn, minus the veil. Loose fitting pantaloons fashioned as elegantly as possible will be fastened close to the ankles Paris dressmakers who will handle the costumes say the petticoat is doomed. fashioned Dutch wind mill was set up and when Santa Claus was The pipe for conveying the waste steam from the city power plant to the New School building is being laid.

This plan for heating was decided upon juat recently and they have not been long in perfecting it. When once installed it will settle the heat proposition for the High Sehooh for all time to come. At Santa Fe The Santa Fe school had a Christmas Tree and entertainment at their school house last night. The program was a gosd one and a larg crowd was in attendance. All received a generous lot of presents.

There was a large attendance of yonng people from town. The Revival Meetings being held over the Alliauce store continue with increasing interest and liev. Meudell is preaching the truth fearlessly and with power. Tho attendance last evening was better than expected on account of it being Monday. Mr.

W. Morris has very kindly proffered the use of his otlice which adjoins the hall should more room be needed, And thi9 bids fair to be the case. If you are uot attending these meetings you ere the loser. ready, the big wheel began to revolve slowly and enough presents for the entire Sunday School were soon ground out. It was a novel departure from the customary Stores Close Christmas Tree and it was much enjoyed by all.

Rebels KilL Col. Durante? Most of the stores in the city are closed today in order to enable To Canton Good Results Always Follow the clerks to enjoy Christmas. The El Paso, Tex It is reported here that Colonel Durante was killed in a fUht with revolutionists near Ojina- For the next three week, I will sell trunks, suitcases at cost, and fancy gloves at cost. In, order to reduce my big stock. Oil cloth, suits and rain will go at the same price W.

C. Wille Christmas spirit his manifested itself very strongly this year and the clerks who have been unusually busy are very grateful for the holiday. ga. xne Mexican iroops were repuis The use of Foley Kidney rills. They are upbuilding, strengthening and soothing.

Tonic in action, quick in res dts. The remains of Wm. 3eorge were ken to Canton today where lie runeral was heicl and interment was made ed and San Carlos was captured. The inaurrectors captured many prisoners..