Free press., 1906-03-24

recently Inc valuation OF building
and furniture was $1,000; insurance,
$4,000. Origin of fire unknown.
New Bank at Talmaoe. - A new
bank was opened at Talmage, eight
enthal of Kansas City IS president and
c. B. Hoffman is interested in IT, w.
Z. Fulton, a former merchant, is man
ager
Storm Injuries Live Stock. - 1t has
been a week since the sun shone at
Mound City, and during that time one
of the worst rain, sleet and snow
storms has prevailed. Live stock
men say the injury to cattle has been
severe.
Farmers Pleased With Snow.-The
skies cleared and there is prospect
of warm weather. Farmers are anx-
ious TO return to work. The snow
has put wheat ground in fine condi
ton and makes the outlook for spring
very favorable.
Coal Men Breaking Even.-Topeka
coal dealers are complaining of a coal
famine and probably will take ad
vantage of the sudden recurrence of
winter to even up with their custom
ers for The small demand during the
past three months.
Winfield Has Militia.-Winfield is
to have a company of the National
Guard. Advice from the governor has
been received to the effect. John H.
O'Connor Will be captain of the or
ganization; Dr. E. G. Thompson, first
lieutenant; Ellis Rosecrans, second
lieutenant
Buy Site for Power House. = The
directors Of the Hutchinson Interur-
ban Railway Company bought a site
for power house and car barns.
Work is to start at once on the con-
struction of the city electric line to
be extended later both east and west
to the country.
Arnold Makes Confession.-William
Arnold, who was found with his throat
cut and his wife dead at Herington,
two weeks ago, made full confession.
He says his wife was unfaithful to
him and he killed her. Then attempt
ed suicide. The couple came recent
ly from Sherrard, Ill.
Increases Mill Capacity.-New ma
chinery which is being installed by
the Ottawa Milling Company will give
its plant capacity of $50 barrels of
flour a day, making it one of the lar
gest mills in the state. Three large
gyrators are being put in. A gyrator
is a boiling machine, which takes the
place of the old dresser and reel AT
ter the wheat is ground it is run into
the gyrators and by their rapidly NOV
ing selves is in a short time sifted to
the desired fineness.
Crooks Handy Palm. - A smooth
crook has worked one or two banks
in Central Kansas by asking the bank
ers to give him some bills for gold
coin. AT one bank he produced $500
in gold. The cashier gave him paper
for it. In the exchange the crook
"palmed" eight or ten of the $40 gold
pieces. AT the First National Bank
OF Manhattan he ''palmed" ten but
they discovered their loss before he
could get out of town and made him
dig up $500 in cash under threats of
a prosecution. The State Bankers
Association has notified all its mem
bers TO beware of the crook.
Accounts for Money Received. =
State accountant Gafford has submit
ted his report on the condition CT the
secretary of states Office covering
the entire administration of J. r. Bur
row. 1t shows that the secretary of
state has collected since January,
1903, the sum of s213, ,G66.19 and ac-
counted for it. There was an error
of $50 in the charter account. On
February 2S, last. s25 was turned in
to the treasury on a charter fee The
amount should have been $50. The
mistake was not discovered until the
books were closed that night. The
next day the other SIS was turned
in.
Lecompton Church Burned. The
pretty little church building belong
ing to the United Brethren (radical)
at Lecompton, was totally destroyed
by fire. Loss $4,000; insurance 1,5OO
The origin of the fire is unknown The
snow which covered everything, and
the direction of the wind. saved
many other buildings.
Dornitory for Seminary.-Rev Mr.
Newlin. president of the Collegiate In
stitute, one of the educational insti-
tutions of Fort Scott that is OF great
value. announces officially that the
board of directors have decided to
build an up-to-date dormitory for the
lady students on the college site. The
expenditure will be in the neighbor
hood of s1O,GOO
Barefoot Prisoner Escapes.-A pris-
oler named Copeland escaped from
the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth by scaling the wall. He had
been in the hospital and took advan-
tage of the liberties allowed to sick
prisoners. Copeland is % years of
age. has dark complexion and weighs
800 pounds. He was clad in a light
blue shirt and canvas overalls and
wore no shoes.
To Recuperate at Ft- Riley. - The
Second squadron, nine officers and
149 enlisted men of the Second cav