Free press., 1906-03-31


UP the furnace with coal. The
gloves saturated with gasoline ignit-
ed and before help could be secured
Sutton's clothes caught fire and he
was badly burned
Brought Territory Prisoners. =
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.
The Best Eggs. - The Kansas hen
lays eggs that sell for about 2 cents
more on the dozen than the product
of her Dixie sister The big produce
firms claim that the Southern eggs are
smaller and inferior keepers when
compared to the Northern offerings.
In summer the farmers wives living
in the Southern states can hardly find
a market for eggs at any price.
First Flour Over Midland. - The
Arkansas City Milling Company ship
ped out the first car of flour over the
Midland Valley road. The car was
a Midland Valley No. 100. 1t was con-
signed TO Mclaughlin & Farrar at
Pawhuska. Thus it begins to show
what advantage the new road is TO
the city. Our Wholesale houses. mills
and packing houses are sending
freight to this country, part of which
is new to our houses.
Dragged TO Death by Pony. = Al
most in sight Of his schoolmates little
Eddie Chambers was dragged to
death at Wellsville by the pony
which he had ridden to school each
day this winter The horse fell on
the snow and the boys foot caught
in the stirrup in such a manner that
he was unable to release himself. The
pony dragged him by the stirrup for
800 yards and when his foot finally
was released from the stirrup he had
been so badly beaten that death oc-
CURED in a few minutes. The boy
was about 10 years old.
Sue Kearrey County.-The state is
preparing to bring suit against Kearny
county to collect on an issue of coun-
ty bonds il the state school fund and
alleged to be fraudulent by the coun-
ty commissioners. The suit will be
brought for $4,000 and accrued inter
est bringing the total to about $13, 600
The fault with the bonds, according
10 the contentious of the county, is
that they were issued within six
months of the organization of the
county which is contrary to law.
Cherokee County Conve ention.-The
Republican county central committee
met at Columbus and fixed April 25
ton to select delegates to the state
convention. The committee adopted
resolutions indorsing the candidacy
Of Hon. G. w. Wheatly for renomina-
ton for railroad commissioner The
twenty-nine delegates to the congress
siOnal convention to be held at Sedan,
April 5, are unanimous for Hon. p P.
Campbell to succeed himself in con-
gress.
Will be Bumper Crop. - Kansas
millers are preparing to take care of
the largest wheat crop the state has
ever produced" said F. D. Stevens,
secretary of the Southwestern Kansas
Millers' Association. "A stock COM
pany in Wichita has started the erec-
tion of a / 900, ,000-bushel elevator and
others arc now building n 200-barrel
mill and a 50O,OOO-bushel elevator.
The outlook is great, and the last
snow has added a few finishing
touches. The grainmen of Wichita
have organized a board of trade, with
membership limited to fifty, and
costing $3.50 each. Forty-three of the
fifty memberships have been sold.
The Kansas millers and grain deal
ers will hold q joint meeting in Wich-
ita On May s.
Famous Eecidents. Doniphan
county has had some noted citizens
in the past. Jim Lane was once a
resident of Doniphan and DR.. Gatling,
the famous inventor of the Gatling
gun, was once a resident of White
Cloud. He and his brother were once
members of the town company which
organized that city.
kanozs Boys Advancement. -'Bion
Bierer, n few years ago Hiawatha
boy, worked his way to the Annap-
oils naval academy and has advanced
rapidly since graduating from there.
Although only in his sos. he has just
Eeen appointed lieutenant command
err in the navy, and win have vessel
Of his own.
Crusade Imminent at Wichit-. -
temperance crusade may be precipi-
t2ted here as the result of an appli-
cation for an Injunction against a sa-
loon Attorney John Marshall. chief
counsel for the State Temperance
Union. is in the city to take part in
the trial to determine whether or not
the temporary injunction shall be
made permanent If the salocn loses
| 4 crusade may be ineugurated.
H:t With Hitch Weight. = In a
drunken brawl at roadhouse near
Topeka Shorty Place. a hack driver,
struck Bert Sutherland. a young man
with n r,OIico record Over. the head