Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-21


Guilty of Murder. = Mrs. ZoeIla
Younger, a negress, was found guilty
of murder in the fourth degree by a
jury at Leavenworth. She shot and
killed her husband August s as he
was entering the kitchen of her
home.
Wholesalers File InterpIea. = hide
pendence and CoffeyvilIe wholesale
grocers have filed an interplea in the
wholesale grocery case started against
the railroads by the interior grocery
iobberS of the state The interplead-
ers want rates in their section of the
state scaled down. The case is set
for trial before the railroad board
on November 3.
After the Frats at Topeka-Anoth-
er step was taken by the high school
officers of Topeka to wipe out high
school fraternities. Members of all
the frats and sororities were forbid
den to wear their club colors in
school. The pupils are up in arms
and have employed attorneys to test
the question. They claim they have
a right to wear what they please.
Lawrence Negro in TroubIe.-Floyd
Walker, a negro, who claims to live
in Lawrence, was arrested at Usage
City. charged with assault with in
tent to kill. He stuck a blunt, dull
pocket knife blade into the throat of
woman who claims to be his wife.
They were engaged in a fight. The
wound is not dangerous. Both were
taken to Jail at Lyndon this after
noon.
Not to Prosecute Adkin. Mayor
Muir of Harper, who was shot by ]. ].
Akin, shooting gallery proprietor,
was brought to a hospital at Wichita.
1t was found that a 22-caliber bullet
had penetrated his body just above
the groin, but the surgeons do not
consider the wound dangerous. AL
though Akin is under arrest, Mayor
Muir said that he would not prose
cute him
Cut Out of Jail.-George Durbin and
Joseph Clouse escaped from the Har-
vey county Jail at Newton, and have
not been recaptured. The sheriff's
uoNASohISl 1CLb lAS I1oOI1CIS q udICASl
with which to chop kindling and with
this tool they cut a hole in the wall
of the jail through which they escap-
ed, lowering themselves to the ground
with blankets. The opportunity to
escape was refused by three other
prisoners in the jail.
Scottish Rite Reunion. = The Scot
fish Rite bodies of Topeka will hold
their fall reunion October "a to &c,
inclusive. A large class, made up
of Masons from all parts of Kansas
will receive the degrees. During the
reunion banquet will be given in
honor of the class and several prom
inent Masons will be on the program
for speeches. Before the next re-
union the stage in the Masonic lodge
room is to be enlarged and improve
ments made in the room.
Toronto Wants Pipe Line.-Local
oil men feel confident that pipeline
will be secured to the Toronto oil
fields, which now have more than
twenty producing wells. James
ONeil, president of the Kansas Nat
ural Gas Company, is securing leases
here through a local representative
and expects to file on 10000 acres of
Verdigris valley land. More than
one-ffth of the amount was secured.
O'Neil expects to commence opera
lions here as soon as rigs can be put
in the fields.
Fewer Sumner Co. Routes. At
Wellington Postmaster Ferguson has
received notice that eleven of the
fifty-seven rural free delivery routes
in this country are to be abolished
and one new one established out of
this city, a net reduction of ten. The
existing routes will be extended to
cover the same territory. The post
Office at Blackstone is to be abolish
ed. The new order becomes effec-
tive November l. 1t is claimed as
good service will be given it as by
the old arrangement, and at a very
material reduction in expense
Fire at Geuda Springs. = Nelson &
Tipler's grain elevator, containing
10000 bushels of wheat, was destroy
ed by fire. The fire also destroyed
! three empty box cars belonging to
| the Kansas Southwestern road, one
car loaded with wheat, the Kansas
| Southwestern depot, elevator Office
and two cribs containing 5000 bushels
! of corn. The loss will be $25, 900
| partially covered by insurance.
| Met Horrible Death. = At yelling
| ton Mrs. Martha ]. Gardner, aged SO
| years, wife of an old soldier, met with
horrible death through the gasoline
| from leaky stove which she was en-
deavoring to light, catching fire, en-
| veloping her in flames She was
dragged by neighbors out of the blaz-
ing house, but was so terribly burn
| ed that she died few hours later.
Cancer Sufferer Suicide.-Aaron
Kinney, "A years old, farmer near
Carbonate, killed himself at Topeka
He was suffering with an incurable
cancer and had been under treatment
! here for some time. He found that
| he couldn't be cured. so he shot him
| self with a revolver