Free press., 1904-11-26


Taylor, a blacksmith at Fulton, ten
miles north of Fort Scott. was
brought to Mercy hospital in Topeka
suffering from a gunshot wound re
ceived in a peculiar manner. Bur
glars had been stealing tools from his
shop and he fixed a loaded shotgun
so that the opening of the door would
discharge the gun. The next morn
ing when he went to his shop he had
forgotten about the gun and when
he pushed open the door received the
entire charge in his hip. He will re-
cover.
Heir to $1oo,ooo.-Joe Freegard,
formerly a cook in one CT the Har
vey eating houses, but now an odd
job man, has just received letter
from his brother-in-law in Er~'and
telling him that he is heir to 100000
sterling, bequeathed him by his
father. The elder Freegard died Oc-
tober "a, and made his will just
week before he passed away. Joe
Freegard came to this country
twenty-five years ago and settled in
Sedgwick county.
Will Plead neutrality-suspicious.
are now being taken in the case of
the State VS.. Norman Rupe, who on
the night of August 1, 1904, shot and
fatally wounded Sergeant Wesley
Reynolds, of the Kansas City, Kan,
police force, during the packing house
strike. The case will probably come
up at this term of the common pleas
court, and it is said that Rupe will
enter plea of insanity.
A New Road.-There was a meet
ing at Winfield of the directors of the
Winfield & Southern Railroad com
pany, a proposed railway south into
the Usage country. The directors
decided to move at once towards the
building of the road, having every
thing in readiness from now on.
Electric Bell System.-The electric
bell signal system in the Santa Fe
yards at Wichita has been completed
but will not be installed until the
new rails are laid. The rails now in
use are &C pounds and the new 76
pound rails are to be laid in about
month.
Postoffice Discontinued.-The post
Office at Palermo in Doniphan county
was discontinued last week. 1t was
one of the oldest postoffices in the
state, having been established before
the war. Patrons will get their mai
over rural routes.
Too HiIarious.-The Iowa Indians,
located near White Cloud, received
the first payment in fourteen months
a few days ago. Although it
amounted to less than $40 apiece it
was enough to put several of them
in Jail.
200 Mile March.-The twenty-fifth
Battery of field artillery at Fort Riley
was ordered to make a practice
march of about 200 miles, and it is
expected to return to the post with
in fourteen days.
Promptly Answered-The wealthy
Horton widower who advertised for
a wife was answered by his three
daughters and his niece, indicating
that 'batty" streak ran through the
whole family.
Would Not Worry.-It would cost
over one hundred thousand dollars to
equip the state with voting machines,
but they would save in one year a
million dollars worth of sleep and
mental anguish.
Injured by Train.-1van Simonton,
district manager of the Bankers, Re
serve Life insurance company, was
seriously injured while trying to
board a train at Geneseo.
Hiding Out.-The demand for grips
and travelling bags has been greatly
increased in Wichita by petitions
calling for a grand jury to investi-
gate county affairs.
Fire at Latham.-On November 16
Isaac Jones livery barn and ]. L..
McFall's vehicle store were destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4,000, with no insur-
ance.
To Locate Road.-R. w. Richard
son, special agent for the Middle
Western division of public roads in
| quiries of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and D. G. Haire,
! government engineer, have arrived at
| Arkansas City to locate the road upon
which the object lesson model road is
! to be built by the government.
Pumping Plant Burned. = Fire
caused by broken gas connections
| completely destroyed the pumping
! plant of the Springfield Oil Company,
: out on the Patent farm near COffey-
+ vile. The loss is about $4,000.
Standard Oil Storage.-At the pres
| ent time the Standard Oil company
has about 100000 barrels of oil
stored in Kansas and the Indian Ter
ritory. There are lat storage tanks
up and most of them are full. Nearly
all of them have a capacity of $4,000
barrels or over. The Coffeyville oil
! goes to the tanks at Neodesha. The
Tyro and Deering oil goes to the Ca.
ney tank farm.
At The Fair.-No school was helo
at Sedgwick the past week. The
teachers were all attending the world S
fair.
For Model Roads.-Arkansas City