Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-11-04


is being held for Oklahoma authori-
J ties. Redman is wanted in Fairfax
and Blackwell, Okla. The charge
against him at both places is obtain
ing money under false pretenses by
means OF worthless drafts.
Killed Man With Fist.-Edward T..
Sismolik, a soldier of the Eighteenth
infantry. was tried at Leavenworth
| on a charge of manslaughter. and ac-
| quilted Sismolik killed a coal miner
named David Pogue, and the testi-
mony tended to show that the killing
was accidental, the blow being with
the naked fist. Sismolik claimed that
| Pogue had insulted woman in his
| presence
Goes to Oregon ACCOMPLISHMENTS
tendent o. C. Edwards, for several
| years past agent in Brown county, has
been transferred to the Indian agency
at Amitilla, Ore, and has moved there
with his family. Indian Agent
! Charles Ziebach, from North Dakota,
/ is his successor here. He has moved
his family into the new home recent
ly built for the agent on the Kicka-
| poo reservation near Germantown.
One Year Wasted-Sam Workman
! spent nearly 81 900 that he made here
and years time, says the st. Fran
els Herald, looking up better place
! to live than Western Kansas, and at
| ter travelling from the golden shores
! of California to his native state OF
Kentucky, he is now thoroughly salts
fed to remain in Cheyenne county the
remainder of his life. and own as
much real estate as he can get hold
! of
! Sends Proxy to Cleveiand.-Captain
J. G. Waters, of Topeka, a policyholder
| in the Mutual Life Insurance Com
| pany, has sent his proxy as a stock
holder to ex-President Cleveland, with
Instructions to represent him at the
stockholders meetings. Captain Wa
tiers says that all other policyhOlders,
who by virtue of that fact are stock
holders in the concern, should send
their proxies to Cleveland, as he would
see that they got a square deal.
Violated Fish Law-Charles Sallee,
! Is years of age, the youngest game
warden in the state Of Kansas, who
lives at Mapleton, has made the first
arrest for violation of the fish laws.
He secured a conviction, too. He dis
covered William Leslie, Grover Hen
derson and Noah Henderson fishing
unlawfully iii the Usage river near
Mapleton and placed the men under
arrest They pleaded guilty and paid
fine and costs, amounting to $27.25.
Big Money for Farm Land. = The
Burlington Railroad Company has
paid Edward Olvis the sum of $4,000
for a trifie less than fifty acres of land
lying between Beverly and East Leav-
enworth, the highest price ever paid
for farm land in this section of the
country The land is in a strip two
miles long and the Burlington wants
it for the new track which will COM
plete the cutoff between Waldron and
, Beverly. The rest of the land for the
cutoff was secured from other parties
for $3.50 an acre, just half as much as
the road paid Olvis for his land.
Plan for Peace ToWer.-James Weir
Croydon, of London, Eng, has writ
ten to Gov. Hoch suggesting that a
contribution be taken up in the civil
lied countries of the world for a
Roosevelt peace tower. Croydon sug-
gests that it be 1850 feet high and be
erected in the center of the United
| mi, L
apolis, Kan Gov. Hoch thinks that
Kansas would chip in very literally
on the proposition if the tower came
to Kansas for a permanent home.
Greydon's idea is to do something to
commemorate President Roosevelt's
action in bringing Japan and Russia
to peace terms.
Death of Pioneer Settler. - George
F. Brown is dead at his home at Man
, haitian and burial followed in Man
haitian cemetery. Mr.. Brown was one
; of the pioneers of Kansas, settling al
Manhattan in 1855, and has been con
nected with the industrial and mer
| camille interests of the state for many
years. From st. Louis the trip tC
thence by team to Topeka and thence
: by boat to Manhattan. Upon reach
I ing Manhattan he found but two
: houses and those built of logs. There
t were but few settlers anywhere in the
: county.
: Kansas In Need of Rain.-Kansc
: is in need of rain. Reports from sew
eral counties scattered over the state
e show that the ground is dr. and tina
! moisture is badly needed, not only OF
the new wheat, but also for pastures
/ In several counties the wheat plant
a ed in September hasn't even sprout
e ed and may not come up now unit
d spring. In others it has been so DIR.
g that all of the wheat has not yet beer
d sown. Unless moisture comes within
l. short time now there will be no fur
Their wheat sowing this year.
e Fire at LeaVeaWorth. - The Leav
l. enworth Laundry company's plant a
L POI Delaware street was destroyed b.
fro hn in