Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-10-09
KANSAS COMMENT.

To SUCCEED JUDGE ELLIs.-The Re-
publican central committee named r.
A. Burch, of Salina, for associate JUS
tice of the supreme court, in place of
the nominee, Judge Abram II. Ellis,
deceased. Governor Stanley has also
appointed Mr. Burch to fill out Judge
Ellis unexpired term
MATERIAL FOR FLooR.-Orders
have been placed for 90 carloads of
lola Portland cement, 100 cars of sand
and so of broken stone to be used for
making the flooring of the new ma
chine and boiler shops of the Santa Fe
at Topeka. On top of the foundation
which will be manufactured from this
will be an oak floor upon which the
men will work
On. IN Usage COUNTY,. w. jesse,
who lives on the Marias des Cygnes,
three miles west of Olivet, has discov-
cred what he thinks TO be unmistak-
able evidences of oil on his farm. A
deep well on his place near the river
contains water that is nearly always
covered with film of oil, and at vari-
GUS places along the river indications
of oil have been found.
DEMAND FOR WoRRERs.-An order
was placed with the free employment
agency in Topeka for $50 quarrymen
and laborers for work either at Bene-
dict, Kansas, or BlaclSwater Mo.
Wages of Sl,75 and S1.5O are offered.
More farm hands are wanted at the
agency, as heavy run of calls for help
has been on for the past few days and
as yet there has been no supply to draw
from.
FIRST REGIMENT BAND.-The lila
svatha band was mustered in as the
First Regiment band of the Kansas
National Guard by Adjutant General
Fox. 1t takes the place of the Ottawa
band, which was dishonorably dis
charged from the state militia for re-
fusal to attend the Fort Riley maneu-
vers. The Hiawatha band went imme-
diately to Fort Riley along with the
Kansas troops
A. o. y. w. DISTRICT CONVENTION
The Southeast Kansas district conven-
ton of the A. o. U. w. met at Column
bus and IL very large crowd gathered
from all counties in the district. Webb
McNall, supreme master worlkmen; D.
Cole, grand chief of honor, and others
addressed the meeting. Several bands
were present and took part in the cere-
monies of the day, while hundreds of
people marched in the parade.
DEATH OF A PIoNEER.-Judge c. L.
Worley died suddenly at his home of
an attack of heart trouble. Judge
Morley was elected to the office of pro-
bate judge in 1896 and reelected two
years later. He has figured quite ex-
tensively in local politics and was well
known in southern Kansas. He settled
on farm in Greenwood county more
than so years ago and was one of the
early settlers of the country. He was
20 years old.
diocesan invention, held at Atchison,
elected as diocesan trustees: Bishop
Millspaugh, Topeka; A. G. Otis, Atch-
ison; Dean Kaye, Topeka. Archdeacon
Crawford, Topeka, and d. W. Inveri-
ETY., Oskaloosa. Archdeacon Crawford,
NJ. H. Wells, NJ. D., of Coffeyville, and
Judge William Holt, of Kansas City,
Kas., were elected to represent the
diocese in the missionary council to be
held shortly in Philadelphia
A $50, 900 BLoCK.-The Kansas Chill
dren's Home Society, of Topeka will
soon have IA $50. 900 business block, the
income from which will go to help
support the society. The ways and
means for raising this sum will be
through donation. Three hundred
people are to pledge themselves to give
800 each. The scheme is that those
who are to give the 500 will be as
sured it will not be asked for until the
entire sum of $40, 900 is assured. The
The money will then be called in quar-
terly installments of s95.
MCCLURE MADE TRAINMAsrER-L.
E. Mcclure, chief dispatcher at Chan
ute, has been appointed trainmaster OF
the Middle division of the Santa Fe in
place of L. E. Ives, who was killed by
a switch engine. The appointment
takes effect at once. Mr.. Mcclure has
been chief train dispatcher at Chanute
for great many years. He was Sc
lected for the position by General SUI
perintendent j. E. Hurley.
FEEDING 1000 SAEEP.-H. A. Hodc-
ms, of Topeka, is feeding thousand
head of sheep near Seabrook.
PIONEER METHODIST DEAD.-Rev. Fl.
f. Koenicl1e, who was a member of the
society which built the first German
Methodist church in America, and the
son of one of the founders of Methodism
in Germany is dead at Wichita aged II
years He was for Sc years ii minister
ARKANSAS VALLEY FRUIr-Mrs. j.
H. Gates brought to the Office of the
Syracuse Journal two of the finest OF
pears, % purple plums on a seven inch
twig. and some Rhode Island Greening
apples Syracuse is away out in west.
ern Kansas.
ORCHARD OF WINEsAPs.-Colonel 7.
w. Harrison has sold the apples in his
Winesap orchard at Mission Center fol
$3.50 on the trees, which are very heav.
lily loaded and the limbs are dropping
to the ground with the great weight OF
fruit. The orchard is a wonderful