Free press., 1906-04-07

already and certified their nOmlna-
tfons to the county clerk Township
officers are usually nominated in Sep
tember.
Frank Howard Acquitted. = Frank
Toward, OF LaCygne, was in the dis
trict court acquitted of the charge of
murder in the first degree. Howard
shot his brother-in-law, George Hud-
son. to death IL the streets of that
town last August.
Ask for Sealed Proposals. - The
secretary of the interior is asking for
sealed proposals for furnishing and
installing near Garden City, Kan, in
connection with the Garden City irri-
cation projects, an electric power
plant of $50 kilowat.
Two General Prisoners Escape. =
Two general prisoners, in confinement
for long terms at Fort Riley, escaped
from sentry at the post They were
Privates Chaff and Hail. The former
was one of sixteen general prisoners
that were to be taken to Fort Leaven-
worth to be placed in the prison
there
Young Woman Hangs Herself =
Miss Anna Rubner. whose mother
committed suicide by drowning her
self in the citern at her home at
NetaWaka about two weeks ago, hang
ed herself in the corn crib at the
home of her uncle, George C. Clark,
three and one-half miles south of Wet
more.
Oil Revival at Paola.-Interest in
the Paola oil and gas field is not
dead. Although little development
mas been made. the wells are
nearly all under pump every day,
the Standard and the PaoIa refinery
receiving the oil. The Paola refinery
is busy day and night and finds a
ready market for all it's products.
Not Enough johnson. = Ole Jan
son, for whom the town of Olsburg
was named, has asked the district
court of Pottawatomie county to
change his name to Ole Johnson. His
name when he came to America was
Johnson, but when he took out his
naturalization papers the clerk IN
derstOod him to say Janson, and Jan
son has been his legal name, if not
his actual name, ever since he be,
came a citizen
Had Faith and Pitched In. = J. r.
Blythe, who lives four miles south of
White City, added another section of
land to his holdings, making 5000
acres that he now owns. Mr.. Blythe
landed in Morris county twenty years
ago without any money to speak Of
but at the present time can count up
his possessions thusly: Three thous-
and acres of land. 400 head of cattle,
thousands of bushels of corn and
wheat, scads of money in the bank
and he doesn't know how many hogs
If anyone wants to know how he
made all this they will tell you he
had faith in himself and in Kansas,
pulled off his coat and pitched in.
Bowman's Shortage $4,000. = The
defalcations of C. w. Bowman, for
merly county clerk of Phillips coun-
ty, will amount to more than $4,000,
according to the report made to the
county commissioners of that county
by the expert accountant who has
been going over the books. The faith
er of the defaulting officer paid $6,473
to the county several months ago and
the money yet unaccounted for is
shown by the report to be $24 ,354. II.
About $500 was taken from the funds
belonging to the school districts, and
the remainder was embezzled from
other funds. The largest single
amount is $1O,711.O7, which was taken
from the county taxes. Bowman's s
books showed that the county had on
deposit $4,000 in the fiscal agency
in New York, but the report of the
accountant shows that there is only
$4,000 due the county from the
agency.
Brought Territory Prisoners. =
Twenty-eight prisoners we're
brought in one bunch to the federal
penitentiary by United States Mar
shall Pritchard and several deputies
from Durant, Indian Territory This
is the first big bunch of prisoners that
| has been received at the prison since
| the authorities have moved into the
new institution.
For 2-Cent Railroad Fare. = r. A.
Rosenthal, president of the National
| Commercial Traveners', League, is in
! Topeka to organize branch among
| travelling men who make Topeka
their headquarters. The object of the
| league is to arouse sentiment in favor
of 2-cent railroad fare and a law re
| quiring railroads to carry $50 pounds
of baggage free.
! He Swallowed the Watch-Two IN
| dians named Dear Lead and Swift
Horse had a fight on the Pottawato-
ME reservation about a small silver
watch. Dear Head, who lad the
watch. put it in his mouth for con
venience. and swallowed it. Swift
| Horse claims tha watch. and has had
Dear Head arrested. The defendant
| still has the watch
Plan to Drain Swamp Lands. = IL
| linois capitalists are buying up a
large tract of the Neosho river bot
tom lands southeast of Oswego and
| plan to dig a drainage canal with feed