Free press., 1906-04-21
KANSAS COMMENT

were received at the military PRISON
at Fort Leavenworth.
Holton Votes Bonds. = The people
of Holton have declared in favor OF
issuing $4,000 bonds for a water
works system by vote of 3SS to 221.
BY 4O5 to 1872 they also voted $4,000
bonds for an electric light plant.
Sues Abilene for S11, ,3e7. = In the
district court Miss Marion McInerney
fled suit against the city of Abilene
asking for $11,397 damages for in
iuries received while walking on Null
berry street between North Third and
North Second street.
Got II at Shiloh. d. McFall, OF
Wichita, has just had half of a grape
shot removed from his right leg. The
ball entered his limb at the battle of
Shiloh. April 6, 1S62-nearly forty
four years ago. The ball was split in
two at the time il entered his leg and
1t weighed nearly pound. After
carrying this shot around for nearly
forty-four years, it began to hurt him
for the first time recently.
Turner's at LeaVenworth.-The first
annual turnfest of the Kansas-Mis-
souri-Nebraska turning societies
which will be held /. Leavenworth
June 23, "a and %. possibly longer,
will be the chief event of attraction
TO local Germans and to those emanat-
ing from the Fatherland, in all parts
of the Missouri valley. The event
promises to be the biggest attraction
Of the kind ever planned by western
Turner's.
Farmer Davis Found Guilty.. B.
Davis, a farmer living near Hamilton,
in the north part of Greenwood coun-
~ and who was arrested last Novem-
her on a charge of assault with intent
TO kill. was tried before Judge AK
man and the jury returned a verdict
of guilty of assault and battery.
Davis shot Sam Arnold. farmer who
lived on an adjoining place, as a re-
suit of a dispute over the division of
n corn crop.
Bank Suso Dead Man.-The Allen
County State bank has filed suit
against Gabriel Warren and others.
Gabriel Warren has been dead for
several weeks and at first sight the
idea of suing Il dead man seems
strange. But the purpose of the suit
is to clear up the title to several
pieces of property which the bank
held as security for money loaned to
Warren. The claim of the bank is
for about $500.
To be Welded in Yokohama.-The
romance of Kansas girl and a Ten
nessee man, which began in the Phil
ippines, will have its logical consum
nation next month in Yokohama
Japan. The bride-to-be is Miss Mel
lie Mae kellogg, daughter of DR.. ant
Mrs. p. S. Kellogg of Wichita. The
prospective groom is Arthur S. EN-
cry. government treasurer of the prov
ince of Cavite. Philippine Islands
whose home was in Clarksville, Tenn
The young people met in Cavite dur
ing the Spanish-American war. Mr.
Emerys duties required his services
in the islands, and Miss Kellogg wen
there to visit her father, who wa
then a major surgeon in the Unite'
States army Miss kellogg, who is
graduate of the University of Michi
gan, is now in Europe. Mr. Emer,
came here last week to ask the paI
ents sof Miss Kellogg for their daught
er's hand. The consent was obtaine
and the wedding will occur in an oil
Japanese temple in Yokohama.
Complaint Against Prairie. = TIL
first meeting of the state board c
railroad. telephone and pipeline a:
SCISSORS for the present year, was hel
at Topeka. A, H. Thornberg, of Hun
boldt. appeared before the board, an
lodged complaint against the Prairi
Oil and Gas Company. Mr.. Thor
berg charged that the company di
not list all of it's Allen county proI
erty for taxation last year. Th
board will investigate. Z. A. Palme
representing the Missouri and Kar
sas Telephone Company. asked tha
the company's assessment be T,
duced.
Investigating Land Frauds. = Th
federal grand jury commenced its d.
alterations towards ferreting OF. Ian
frauds in this state in Topeka o
April 8. One hundred and forty wi
nesses have been summoned to Al
pear Just very small per cent {
the jurys work is other than Ian
Investigations. Judge Pollock in hi
charge from the bench dwelt exhau
lively upon the point that each ind
vidual juryman must let nothing {
the proceedings escape hirs either b
action or word OF mouth.
New Road to Coal Field. - c. 7
Perry, a prominent ranchman OF El
glewood, says a gang of surveyors
running a line west from Englewoo
through Liberal TO Trinidad, Col
There were ten men in the party an
they stated that they were maxim
the survey for a party of Trinda
= capitalists who were seeking an on
let for their coal into tl.is part of th
country.
Spring Time Is Sure Here.-Kal
sas can truly say that spring is heI
and with it are every indication
good crops and prosuerity