Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-02-17

Former Kansan Dead.-C. H. Lee
bold, for many years mayor OF Abb
lene and president of the Lebold-
Fisher bank, which failed in 1889,
died Of heart disease at Seattle He
was one of central Kansas leading
capitalists for many years.
To Revive ireland Case.-The State
Society of Labor, the central organi-
zation of all the labor unions of Kan
sas. will make an effort to induce
Gov. Hoch to pardon Arthur E. Ire
land, the labor agitator. who is serv-
ing six months jail sentence at Win
field for assaulting a non-union ma
chinist.
Reward For Horse Thieves. = Ne
osho county is going to be very I'M
healthy for horse and mule thieves.
In response TO a request of the Ne
osho County Anti-HorseThief Associa-
ton. the county commissioners voted
to offer q reward of $50 for the arrest
and conviction of any horse or mule
thief
Becomes an American.-Joseph W.
del Alamo. a native of Spain, has ia
ken out final naturalization papers in
the district court at Leavenworth re-
nouncing allegiance to King Alfonso
XIII, in order to apply. for a commits
sion in the regular army. Del Alamo
is % years old. He is a corporal in
the engineer battalion of the army
Abilene Votes School Bonds.-Abi-
lene declared for better schools when
a special election was held to decide
whether the city should issue bonds
for $50, 600 for the erection of a new
high school and an additional ward
school building. Much interest was
taken in the election and the propo-
sition carried by vote of 893 10 195
Sanitarum for Consumptives. - At
Wichita Prof. H. Samuels in negotiat-
ing for the purpose of erecting SAM
tarium on College Hill, to be devoted
entirely to the treatment of patients
suffering from consumption. He al
ready has selected the site for the
sanitarium and is now waiting to hear
from parties in the east who are in
terested in the venture.
Winfield Architecture. w. W.
unique house. The cellar and first
story are perfectly round The wood
work, window frames and window
glass are built on the curve. The sec
ond story is an octangle. The build
ing is thirty-two feet in diameter and
is surrounded by a circular porch 1t
is the only house of the kind in the
country.
Head Offices at Humboldt. = The
Prairie Oil and Gas Company will es-
tablish head Offices at Humboldt and
the company is planning the erection
of building several stories high to
take the place of the temporary Offices
that have been secured in different
parts of the city. The head Office will
be moved from Neodesha and the
branch office in the territory will be
consolidated with the Humboldt
office
Let's Pleads GuiIty.-M. NJ. Let's,
who. while agent and operator for the
Santa Fe railway at Princeton, Kan,
of tickets and then set fire to the de-
pot to hide the robbery, pleaded gull
ty in the criminal court at Kansas
City, and was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. Two years ago
Let's made a sensational escape. He
was arrested a month ago at Panama
and brought back to the United
States.
Shooting Over a Debt. - At Linds-
borg, Kan. J. w Nelson and August
Finney quarreled over a sum of
money said to be due Nelson. Nelson
had gone to Finney's home to collect
the money and in a dispute which fol-
lowed Finney claims Nelson assault
ed him, when Finney drew his reyol-
yer and shot, the ball taking effect in
the thigh The wound is a serious
one. Finney was at once arrested on
the charge of assault with intent to
kill and was held in $1,000 bond and
his preliminary trial was set for Feb
ruary 81.
View With Compiacency. - The
natural gas using towns of Kansas,
which by April / will include most of
the towns in the eastern fourth of the
state, are not worrying much over the
| threatened coal miners strike. If the
strike does come. by the time it is
over gas will be so generally install
| ed that there will be no future market
| in those towns for coal.
Jackrabbit MiIlons.-The new edi.
tor of the Caldwell Advance has been
counting the jackrabbits and makes
the following report: There are s.
600, 900 jackrabbits in the state OF
Kansas. A full grown Jack" can do
several dollars damage to young corn
and other vegetables during season
| They are usually very choice in their
eating and always take the best.
Americas Man Suicide. = After
drinking two ounces of carbolic acid
John c. McCabe staggered out of his
blacksmith shop and fell dead a few
seconds later on the main street OF
the village McCabe's wife died two
years ago, and constant mourninfs fOr
her is thought to have unbalanced his
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