Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-01-14

county high school There were 933
votes cast for president Only AGA
votes We're cast in favor of the high
school, while eli were cast against it.
The authorities didn't knox whether
the proposition carried. The attorney
general rendered an opinion that it
took only majority OF the votes cast
on the proposition and that il had car
ried.
Husband Gets Damages. = In the
So ,000 damage and attachment suit
in which Con Johnson sued Frank
Warner for alleged alienation of his
wife's affections, undue worry, loss
of children and household property,
the jury in the district court at Man
haitian returned a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff, allowing him the full
amount of damages asked and assess
ing costs TO the defendant.
To Drill For Gas. = An ordinance
granting H G. Brown a franchise to
bore for natural gas and minerals on
a. tract on the Missouri levec at Kansas
City, Kansas, was passed by the coun-
Gil Brown agrees to pay TO the city
20 per cent of the proceeds of the sale
of natural gas, 10 per cent on the sale
Of oil, IA cents per ton on coal and
10 per cent of the money derived from
the sale of any other minerals.
Married Fifty Years. = Mr.. ana
Mrs. August Plamann, for many
years residents of Brown county,
celebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary at their Hiawatha home In
all. about fifty children, grandchild-
rem and great-grandchildren were
present, and the family reunion was
a most happy one. The aged bride
and groom are still in the best of
health. They received many fine
presents.
Secures Glass Plant. - Among the
new industries that Chanute has Sc
cured is a glass plant, to be installed
by West Virginia syndicate. Sever
al months ago a large tract of land
was purchased north of town. Drill
ing was commenced. resulting in the
bringing of a big gasser and then the
intention of putting in the plant was
made known. The plant will start
with fifty employees.
Gave Baby AWay.-Mrs. Lizzie Tip
ton, of st. Louis, gave away her little
baby to the Topeka Orphans Home
without a sign of reluctance. She
came here to look for a runaway hus-
band, and couldn't locate him. She
was out of funds and applied for help.
The orphans home offered to relieve
her of the baby if she would give a
fee simple" title to it. This she
did.
Struck Two Caves. = At Arkansas
Gas Company received news of an
other freak we'll on their Chautauqua
county lease. When the drill was
down about 700 feet it struck a cave,
going down 100 feet more. After drill
ing a short distance the drill struck
what appears to be another cavity,
but which contains OIL
Engine Starts Fire. = An old-fash.
toned prairie fire caused a great deal
OF excitement near MedOra, in Reno
county. 1t was started by a Frisco
engine and swept over parts of three
farms before it was checked, doing an
unusual amount of damage to crops
stacked in the fields 1t was finally
stopped by blowing.
Shipped Three cars.-One hundred
and eighty-seven wagons loaded with
chickens lined up along the Santa F'e
tracks at Ottawa to unload their car
goes. The Shipment of this quantity
. twenty-fOur thousand pounds =
three car loads-is Franklin county's
offering to the appetites of the cpl
cures of New York city.
Unlicensed Doctor Jailed. = C. w.
Knox has been convicted in Labette
medicine without a license and fined
$50 and costs. He has refused to pay
the fine and is in Jail. The principal
against him was Dr. John
ston, secretary of the state medical
board.
Negro Fatally Burned. = George
Hodges, a negro workman from the
lola Portland cement plant. was burn
ed TO death. He was living alone in a
small shanty some distance from the
works. He had left the gas fire turn
ed on too strongly when he went to
bed, and when the gas came up dur
ing the night it set fire to the dry
floor. The fire was discovered by the
night Waterman in Bassett. a suburb,
but before Hodges could be aroused
he was burned so badly that he died
soon after staggering from the bald
ing.
Burned to Death. join Victor IS
years of age and for fifty years resi-
dent of Olathe, was burned TO death
at the residence of his son-in-law,
James Hoover. Hoover and his wife
were away from home and the old
man, il is supposed, tried TO start a
fire and used the gasoline can in
stead OF the coal oil can. Neighbors
that the inside of the
house was aflame. Victor ran for the
door, broke it down and fell outside
on the porch, where he died in a few
minutes. His clothes burned off and
he was charred from head to foot
Fears Foul Play. = J. G. Galloway,
for thirteen years a Santa Fe opera
tor, left Blue Rapids, Kan. six weeks