Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-04-13
Reward For Arrest of SLAYER.


Gov Hoch in the name Ct the state
has offered reward OF $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the muir.
derar or murderers of John r. Kand-
Ter, u Wellington, on the night Of
March 6.
Hoeh's Lecture Engagements. -
Gov. Hoch will begin his Chautau-
qua lecture course in June. The
terms of his contract are not made
public but he probably gets the
usual amount for governors 500
per lecture.
To Have = Japanese Colony. -
Iwenty-four Japs arrived in WITCH
lta They are the vanguard OF a
large number who will come there
and colonize in the north end of the
city near the stockyards. The men
were brought there to work in the
Cudahy packing plant and most of
them began Immediately at that
place. They will receive $1.75 per
day and live on the cooperative
plan. which will cost them about so
cents per day,
Bank Cashier Found Dead. = w.
H. Dwight. cashier of the State
Bank of Goddard. was found dead
beside the railroad track a mile east
o. Goddard. From all appearances
death had resulted instantly from a
wound in the right temple A re-
Volver lying close to the body point
ed to suicide. The deceased left his
home early in the morning. He had
been in poor health for some time
and was respondent When the
Dank was opened several letters
were found. one to Mr. Dwight's
wife. the. contents of which are kept
secret, and another to the directors,
stating that the time lock on the
vault was set to open Saturday
morning.
School Fund Statistics.-The state
school fund commission in its re-
port for the first quarter of this year
shows that it has purchased bonds
worth $245,829 for the various funds
OF which it has charge. The state
ment just issued shows the invest
ment for the different funds as fol-
lows: Permanent school fund,
$l90,O25; university permanent fund
$4,000; agricultural college, s48,-
C54.91; Thorpe trust fund. $500 The
commission has purchased bonds
worth more than one hundred thou
sand dollars but the final arrange
ments have not been completed SO
the warrants have not been drawn.
The commission has on hand 1904
OO1.37 to be invested in Kansas Sc
curities. Most of the bonds pur-
chased are those issued by cities
and school boards.
True Love Doctrine.-The famous
Bledsoe divorce and damage case
that has been discussed and talked
about SO much in Kansas for the
last two or three years has reached
the supreme court on the appeal
of Mrs. Bledsoe. Mrs. Laura ] Bled-
soc sued Eta L. Seaman for $40. 600
damages for alternating her hus-
bands affections. Bledsoe was
minister of the Christian church,
at Clay Center and Dick
inson when he met Eta L. Seaman.
who was Spiritualist lecturer. 1t
was claimed by Mrs Bledsoe that
Mrs. Seaman taught her husband the
doctrine of true love and got him to
go to South Dakota and procure
divorce from his wife. At the trial
it was claimed that the divorce Sc
cured was illegal. but the Kansas
court held that the divorce could
not be attacked in Kansas. Mrs.
Bledsoe sued Mrs. Seaman for 500
900 damages, but the court refused
to allow her any part of this
amount.
Kansas SentUrian.-Mrs. Laura
Goff Smith. a resident of Clay Cen
ter, was one hundred years old last
week, She was married when if
teen years old and gave birth 20
eight children. Her husband has
been dead just fifty years.
Threshermen Elect Officers. -
The Threshermen's Association of
the Southwest concluded three
days convention at Wichita. Over
1000 members attended. The old
officers were reelected. as follows:
President, J. NJ Manning. Mountain
Park, .. T. secretary and treas
urer. Tim Payne. Oskaloosa. Kan.
Wichita was chosen for the next
convention in April. 1907
90 Deaths From Consumption. -
The great white plague" continues
to reap an increasingly great annual
harvest. The monthly bulletin OF
the State Board of Health issued re-
Gently by Secretary Crumbine
shows that during the month of
February there were 100 cases and
GS deaths in Kansas from tuber-
culosis or consumption During the
same month a year ago there were
but 81 cases and 81 deaths
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Murder Charge Dismissed. The
Franklin county prosecutor has dis
missed the charges against Frank
Schneck and surrendered him to
the sheriff of douglas county, who
took him to Lawrence to stand trial
on charge of stealing hogs.
Schnsck has been in Jail since Feb
ruary 4. suspected of having MUIR
dered his wife and two children,
whose hOdiaS with fhrOafS SloShod