Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-02-18


action against the city oFLawrence to
recover 100000 due on delinquent
bonds held by the school fund. Law
renee issued these bonds as a bonus
to secure the location of the state uni
versity. The bonds were placed in the
state school fund. Later Lawrence
lobbied law through the legislature
providing that when il had paid inter
est equal in amount TO the face of the
bonds ii should be relieved of paying
the principal. 1t paid 100000 in in
terest and then quit, claiming it had
complied with the law. The bonds are
still held by the school fund.
Pay Price Raid Scrip.-At the regu-
lar meeting of Hiawatha post G. a. R.
the following resolution was offered,
and after some discussion, unani-
mously adopted: Whereas, sKansas
in her early days was heroic and hon
est. though poor, and, whereas. she is
now rich and prosperous and ought to
be rich and honest; therefore, be it re
solved. that we petition the Legislature
of Kansas, now in session, to take such
action as will, without further I'M
necessary delay, make just and equit-
able settlement with the holders OF
the Price raid script.
Snow Extinguished Flames. = Mag
gle Linn was badly burned at her
home at Fort Scott. She was in the
cellar examining the water pipes,
which were frozen, when the candle
| which she carried set fire TO some
papers. In attempting to extinguish
the flames her clothing caught fire.
She ran into the yard and-buried her
self in a snowbank to put out the
flames. She was badly burned about
the chest and is in a critical condi-
ton
Knocked Him 80 Feet.-George ID.
Vaughn. Santa Fe brakeman, had
a miraculous escape from instant
death in the railroad yards at Wei
! lington. To avoid an approaching
passenger train he stepped on what
he supposed was clear track, but
which proved to be the one on which
the train was coming. The pilot
knocked him thirty feet. breaking
one leg and inficting other serious
injuries.
New Way to Collect. A Cloud
county merchant has purchased
| camera and is making some good col
lections by threatening to take pict-
ures of his delinquent customers and
hang them up in his store labeled.
Bond Issue Carries. At Garnett
the bond proposition carried and
$4,000 viii now be spent in enlarg-
ing the present city water works
plant and running a pipe TO Cedar
creek, three miles west.
To Aid Refinery. - Petitions have
been sent from Cloud county to Sena-
asking them to give their support to
the project for the establishment of
state oil refinery.
Prominent Man Dies. Judge
George w. Nimocks, mayor. OF this
city in the early days, judge of the
district court and county attorney
for two terms, died at his Great Bend
home.
Good and Observation-Disclosures is
advertising for occupants for both its
Jail and the county poor farm. They
are both vacant and the keepers are
likely to lose their jobs.
Too Many Explosions. = Cowan. of
Cherokee, wants the legislature to
investigate the causes of so many
mine explosions, and, if possible, find
legal remedy for them.
Fire at concordia. = The residence
of A. F. Colson, proprietor Of the new
Colson hotel, burned at Concordia. to-
gether with all of it's contents. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000
Room For Divorce.-A Beattie man
makes a plea for divorce on the
ground that prunes and bacon is good
enough for him while the wife in
sists on angel food.
A Good Law.-The house live stock
committee has recommended for pas
sage bill giving farmers the right to
kill sheep-hlling dogs without con
sent of the owners of the dogs.
Cleaned Up Calendar. = The house
omnibused forty local bills on one roll
call. This cleaned up the local calen-
dar. The Waggener bill ceding the
states ownership of coal under the
Missouri river 10 the Atchison Coal
Mining Company was in the local list
but was not passed. 1t was placed
under general bills and must run the
gauntlet of separate roll call.
Whole Train Deraiied. - Chicago,
Rock Island G Pacific passenger train
No. C. east-bound. was wrecked two
miles west of Labanon. Running for
ty-five miles an hour, the engine left
the track and the full train of eight
cars followed. One car turned over,
but no one was dangerously injured.
Twelve persons were slightly bruis-
ed.
A Pioneer Dead. = Philip Bowers
died at Perry Kan. of paralysis. at
, the age OF - years. He had been i'll
about year. He was one of Kansas
pioneer settlers.
After Pool Rooms.-Senator Brewer
is after the pool room and race track
betting stands. He introduced q bill
,,,al,iuD II unlawful tn OOprafR Such