Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
KANSAS

The gas well at the Osawatomie hos
pital for the insane gives pressure of
1875 pounds.
Wichita has thirty-three passenger
trains daily and all of them are usually
full of people.
X. Loofburrow. of Baker University,
won first place at the interstate ora
torical contest at Des Moincs, Iowa.
The Union Pacific has built a round
house at Mcpherson and finished lay
ing 7O-pound rails from Mcpherson to
Salina.
The trial of Jessie Morrison is the
first on the docket of the term of court
in Ell Dorado. which commences on
June II.
Ed Ell1ins, Charlie Howard and Her
bert McCarret, broke Jail in Great
Bend. They are chaged with robbing
country store.
A pair of Kansas jack rabbits have
been sent TO Alaska to be placed on an
island where it is believed they will
thrive and multiply.
John Scott, a farmer of Coffey coun-
ty, was out killing crows. While
crawling through fence his rifle was
discharged and he received the bullet
in his stomach The wound was con
sidered fatal.
Senator Harris, of Kansas, is one of
a congressional delegation which will
start late in June to look into the con-
dition of the Philippines. Besides Wis
iting in those islands, a visit is planned
TO other outlying territories.
Members of the G. a. Il. in Kansas
are renewing their complaints against
making Memorial day a general holi.
day given over to frivolity. They say
this is their last protest and if it is
not needed Memorial day will be done
away with.
Stephen Balch, a vineyardist of Sedg-
wick comfy, says that the Baltimore
Oriole is the worst enemy to grape
growers in Kansas. He complains
about the state law which fixes pen
atty of SO for killing one of these
grape thieves. The oriole comes along
from the south just in time to picl,
green peas out of the hull, and returns
from the north just as Concord grapes
begin to ripen. and destroys large
quantities of both.
The w. c. T. Z. of Wichita have
come to the conclusion that Mrs. Ma.
ton is insane and that something
ought to be done for her. The last in
cident inducing the belief in her in
sanity was that of her whipping the
iailor and trusty, giving them both
strong desire to get away from her.
The criminal case against Mrs. Nation
was passed over when dates were fixed
for trials and it is believed that this
indicates a trial of her mental condition
instead.
John T. Morton, pioneer states
man, editor and iurist, died last week
in Topeka at the age of 81. He was
member of the territorial legislature
of Iowa in 1910; an editor at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, for two years, and
from 1850 to 1861, part owner and ed
itor of the Quincy, Ill, Wing. He
came to Kansas in 1861, having been
appointed clerk of the U. S. courts of
the Kansas district In 1864 he was
secretary of the Kansas senate. He
served one term as probate Judge of
Shawnee county and fourteen years
as judge of the Thrill judicial district.
Frank Clark. who is charged with
criminally assaulting his l5-year-old
sister, in Sumner county, was brought
back to the Sedgwick county Jail for
safe keeping, as there were indications |
of lynching party being formed at
Wellington.
j. B. Hoy, an old soldier of Eureka
was a candidate for street commissioner
and has sued the mayor under the new |
law, because the place was not given |
to him. Others who wish the law test
ed have promised to. see the case |
through the supreme court.
The principals of the county high
schools met at Chapman and formed a
permanent organization.
n. A. Stull, of Doniphan county,
teaches school, has preaching appoint
ments somewhere every Sunday, has
delivered lectures in every town in that
part of the state. writes for uewspa-
pers, plays the piano, can do any kind
of work including saw filing, and is
always ready for call for any of his
accomplishments. He does all sorts of
things except sitting in the sun whit
Ting on pine stick.
A tramp shot at Conductor Al Powell
of the Rock Island, near Perth. He
was soon arrested and taken to the
Jail at Wellington.
Samuel R. Hutchison, a prominent
figure in the county seat war. years
ago, in Western Kansas, has been ar
rested at Hutchinson. charged with
bigamy.
A party of Wichita millers took
days drive through the wheat fields
and came back enthusiastic over the
wheat prospect. They did not see any
green bugs.
An assessor of Barton county found
one farmer whose sworn statement
tells that he plowed and sowed $50
acres of wheat with a two horse team.
ALI the railroads entering Wichita
are needing more storage capacity and
more yard room. The railroad yards
are frequently congested with loaded
cars.
Ex-Governor Leedy, with his entire
family has left Seattle and sailed for |