Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-08


building was insured. A drenching
rain helped save adjoining build
ings.
Will Have Sewer System. Nc
Pherson City is to have a sewer sys
tenn. The necessity for a perfect sys-
tenn of sewerage from the city, has be-
come so manifest that the candidates
of the election on the city council this
spring have recognized the demand
of it and every instance have pledged
themselves to vote for it.
Farmers Body Found.-John Wohl-
forth farmer living in airmount
township, in Leavenworth county,
was found dead in a creek on his
premises. The water was four feet
deep where his body was found and
the indications pointed to suicide.
Mr.. Wohlforth has been in i'll health
for several years He was 6S years
old and lived there twenty-four years.
He owned half a section of the best
farm land in the county.
High School Dedicated.-The Chero-
kee County High School was dedicat-
ed at Columbus under most favorable
conditions. The crowd was estimat-
ed from four to eight thousand. Chan
cellor Frank Strong of the state uni
versity; Prof. Frank r. Dyer, assist
ant state superintendent; Prof. r. A.
Russ, superintendent of the Manual
Training School at Pittsburg, were
among the prominent men who spoke
upon the sweet of education. Gov
ernor HOch was expected to be pres
ent but failed.
Fort Riley Building Bids.-The pro-
posals for the construction of a veter-
mary hospital and a subsistence
store house at Fort Riley were open
ed. Zeigler & Dalton, of Junction
City, proposed to erect the building
for $16.S66. Zeigler & Zeigler, of
Junction City, are to build the sub
sistance store house. $14,774. GRADER
Bros. of Lawrence. Kan, got the
plumbing. heating and electric wiring
at $4.432. 1t will be ten days be-
fore the contracts are awarded from
Washington.
Heavy Hail at Wichita.-On March
81 Wichita was visited by a fierce
rain and hail storm. The storm come
from the southwest and a great deal
of damage resulted from the heavy
hail. Five greenhouses sustained
great damage and many windows in
the city were broken. The rainfall
was 100 inches. The rain and hail
cal storm. Two homes were struck
by lightning and one badly damaged
by fire. The velocity of the wind was
thirty-five miles an hour.
Escaped From Reformatory. = Otto
Koontz, sent up from Wyandotte
county three years ago for grand lar
ceny; Cleve Culberson. sent from
Dickinson county three years ago for
burglary, and Roy Harvey, sent from
Gray county last November for rob-
from the reformatory at Hutchinson
and were recaptured just after noon
in an abandoned salt plant across the
Arkansas river. They were taken
back, and Koontz may have to spend
his remaining two years of confne
ment in the Lansing penitentiary.
Orders Against Farmers. Judge
Pollock of the United States district
court, has granted II more restrain
ing orders against farmers who were
seeking to prevent the construction of
the Kansas City-Topeka line of the
Union Pacific, making A restraining
orders now in effect. The date for
hearing the cases is May 1. This will
give the road good chance to get the
grading completed before having its
legal rights settled. The work will
proceed as rapidly as possible and as
another line is needed on account Of
the large amount of Rock Island traf-
fic going over the Union Pacific
lines.
Shot Negro Desperado.-A desper
ate encounter took place in the
county Jail at Wellington, in which
Under Sheriff D. E. Halliday came
near losing his life at the hands of a
negro desperate named Johnson.
Halliday had gone into the cell room
to give the prisoners their supper,
when Johnson leaped upon his back
and struck him several times over the
head with an iron bar. Halliday man.
aging to draw his revolver and fired
three shots into the Negroes body,
causing him to release his hold. Halli-
day is seriously injured, and the
negro will probably die.
Captain Cuts His Throat.-No rea-
son is known for the attempted sui
eide of George w. Coleman. of Sa-
betha. at his home in that town. AT
ter building the kitchen fire he de-
liberately cut his throat number of
times with a razor. Surgeons man
aged to check the loss of blood, but
it is thought his life cannot be saved.
He fought the surgeons and tore the
bandages from his throat. Coleman
is % years old. He is captain of
Company G, Kansas national guards.
which is to be inspected by Colonel
Wilder S. Metcalf, First regiment, K.
N G.. and two army officers.
Horse Shows For kansas.-A num-
Der of stockmen interested in horses
met at the Brettun hotel in Winfield
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