Free press., 1907-01-26

twenty-one routes in the county
Hit Gas at Depth of 736 Feet. =
The first well TO be drilled by the
Home Development Company at Ar
kansas City struck gas at depth of
736 feet on a tract OF land north of
the city. 1t is estimated that the
well will yield 100000 cubic feet of
gas a day.
Disastrous Fire at irving.-Bry-
anth's drug store and John Moore's
general merchandise store at Irving
were destroyed by f.re The hotel
was badly scorched and was fired
| several times. The contents OF the
two stores are total loss. 1t was
partly covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is not known
Gold Watch For D. j. Hanna. =
The senate presented D. J. Hanna.
ex-lieutenant governor, with
handsome gold watch. Senator
Noftzger made the presentation
| speech. It was the intention of the
senators to give Mr.. Hanna the
watch on the last day he presided
| over the senate. but it was neces-
sary to have the case engraved and
| that caused the delay
Cold Deal For Ottawa. = Ottawa
ate a cold supper and went to bed
shivering in the dark the other
night. The Kansas Natural Gas
| Company's Ottawa. Lawrence and
Topeka pipe line went out at the
| Pottawatomie creek crossing near
| Garnett The failure disabled the
electric light and water plant for
lack of fuel. and practically every
| house in town was without heat or
| light.
Trickett is Reappointed. The
| first official act of Fred S. Jackson.
the newly elected attorney general
| OF Kansas, was the re-appointment
! Of c. ". Trickett as assistant attor-
ney general for Wyandotte county,
| in which Kansas City, Kan, the lar
gest city in the state, is located.
| Mr.. Trickett is the man who a few
months ago permanently closed ev-
| cry saloon and joint in Wyandotte
| county.
Names HIS Office Force-C. ".
Barnes, superintendent of insur-
! ance, has announced the names of
the members of his Office force. l.
| S. Lewis, who has been chief clerk
| in the Office under Superintendent
i Luling, has been promoted to the
position OF assistant. Jay Smith
of Mcpherson is to be chief clerk,
J. L. Hersch of Abilene, book-keep-
err, L. w Fulton of CarbondaIe,
bond clerk and Miss Nellie Tutcher,
| stenograpker.
A Nest of Chambers. = DR.. f. S.
Schoenleber, State veterinarian, Wis
| tied Atchison and found a bad nest
of glanders among the horses. He
| ordered the following horses fcill-
ed: Jim Conway, colored, three;
]. H. Barney, one mule: Heheln
kaemper Bros, one; Tom Sawyer,
coiored, one; Ben Jackson, colored,
one; Newland. cOlored, one Be
sdies these, several other horses
are under quarantine. and may be
ordered killed within few days. 3
Tragedy at Wichita. = s. c.. Nc
Clure, a telephone lineman, shot
twice at his divorced wife, Myrtle
J. LaFOrce, on Douglas avenue, in
Wichita, and then fled, believing he
had killed her. a couple of hours
later his dead body was found in a
barn. he had rented. He had taken
dose of carbolic acid and had shot
himself twice, once just above the
heart and once through the head.
Domestic trouble which ended in a
separation was the cause The lad
was not seriously injured.
Pursued by the Flames. = The
Kansas natural gas pipe line from
the Bolton fields to Joplin broke un-
der the pressure of the gas at a
point three miles west of Liberty
in the yard of Clint Ingraham, and
within ten feet of his house. The
escaping gas ignited from the stove
in the house and a tremendous eX
plosion followed. Mr.. Ingraham and
family fled for their lives. They had
to run 200 yards before they passed
beyond the limits of the flames from
the escaping gas. which was plainly
visible in Cofeyville, eight miles
away The house and contents aad
fences and Outbuildings and barn o.
Mr.. Ingraham were consumed.
ChST9SS against q OltJ EHSsHOS'
w w Gilmore, a sewer contract
or of Topeka. made charges agains
James McCabe. city engineer. lie
claims that McCabe forced him Il
pay S2,G25 for one job of sewer con
struction in thesFifth ward and say:
that the city engineer held up con
tractors for about $4,000 annually
The city council has suspended Nc
Cabe pending an investigation o
the charges.
Santa re Brakeman Killed. =
E. r. Roth of Emporia. Z Santa F,
brakeman. was killed at Mission
Siding. six miles west OF Newton.
Tried to Rob Bank.-Three me:
made an unsuccessful attempt t'
rob the Andale State Bank. cat An
dale. Sedgwick county. Locks OF
the doors to the bank building were
} | picked. the vault door battered ant
the brick vault partly destroyed witt