Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-09

Kas-, is expected to be completed by
June 1. 1902.
Mcpherson county broom corn raisers
are said to be holding about $50 tons of
their last crop of broom corn.
w. E. Cochran, who formerly lived
in Topeka. is chief inspector in the
United States postoffice department.
During the holiday trade Emporia
merchants suffered much loss by shop
lifters. Eight of them were arrested.
The safe in the county treasurer's
office at Atwood, Rawlins county, was
blown to pieces and the office wrecked.
There was 81, 75O taken.
Alexander Sherman of Stockton, and
Carl Bieber, farmer near town, have
received money from estates in Ger
many; s13, 900 and $40, 900, respectively.
Temporary quarters are to be built
at the LeaveDworth federal prison for
Indian prisoners who have consump-
ton. The prison is overcrowded and
there are several sick Indians.
General Passenger Agent Hughes, of
the Frisco, proposes to cause to be pub
lished in 800 papers, scattered over
the country, a statement of the re-
sources and opportunities of Wichita.
Santa Fe detectives believe they have
to certainty fixed the killing of De-
tective Montgomery, at Winfield, upon
o. w. Coffelt, an employee of ranch
'1O1" near Bliss, o. T., and nave To-
Gated him
Samuel Lowler, an elevator boy in
the Portsmouth building in Kansas
City, Kas., hung Christmas box in the
elevator with sign on it. When he
took it down at the close of his days
work it had $50. so in it.
The Santa Fe has contracted for 500
tons of ice to be taken from Lake Con-
trary, above Atchison in the river bot
toms of Missouri, one third of the ice
to go into their Atchison ice house and
1000 tons shipped to Topeka.
DIR. John p. Wood of Coffeyville is
almost certainly the Oldest practicing
physician in the world. He reached 100
years on January 4, 1902. The good
ladies of Coffeyville got up an elaborate
dinner and reception in his honor.
The demand for broom corn is ex-
pected to raise the current price paid
in Kansas, which is from 500 to sos
a ton. The general crop is short and
the manufacturers say that they can
not get enough for their seasons work.
E. C. Kennedy married a widow of
Sedgwick county, three or four years
ago. She had five children. She died
and left a valuable farm in Oklahoma
and the question arose as to what in
terest her husband had in the farm.
Mr.. Kennedy settled the matter by
giving quit claim deed to the chill
dren, saying that they would need it
while he was able to rustic for himself.
He undoubtedly had a lawful right
either to life interest in the property
or to one third of it.
Seven of the nine district Judges ap-
pointed by Governor Stanley got to-
gether and decided upon a plan for get
ting the offices from the old judges
who claim that they are entitled to
hold over during the year of vacancy
in their places caused by the biennial
election law. They will go ahead and
attempt to take their offices, and, if the
old judges try to prevent them from
doing so, then the old judges will be
placed in the attitude of trying to up
set the law. The old judges had de-
cided to force the new men to bring
quo warranto proceedings.
James Haynes, of Powhattan, while
seuffiing with a boy over a small rifle,
was instantly killed by bullet from
the gun.
Colonel w. T, Cody has supplied the
place of the $50 horses that were killed
in the wreck of his wild west show, by
buying horses at the Bismarlz Grove
stables at Lawrence.
lamp in bus exploded as the bus
was going to the Medicine Lodge depot
stopped just as it was about to enter
the stable. The bus was consumed.
At the close of the state university
for the Christmas holidays the enroll
ment was 1,15o, nearly 100 more than
at the same time last year.
Sterling Methodists will dedicate a
magnificent $4,000 Kimban pipe organ
this month. w. F. Roehr, Topeka's
best organist will take part in the con-
cert
John Mcdonald, who knows more
about teachers associations than any
one else in Kansas, says the one just
closed was the most successful one ever
held in the state.
Mike Sutton says he has earned his
living in his law business while he was
revenue collector and has saved the
$1,000 he got out of that job.
Lawrence is to raise money for the
associated charities with a fiddling
contest, for which Congressman Bow
ersock donates the use of his opera
house. 8. =
Jas. Martin, of Sedg wick. county, has
a six acre orchard of Missouri pippins
from which he has sold 5000 worth of
apples this season and had plenty for.
his family left.
A Y. NJ. c. A. building at Lexington
is assured by the raising of 81 900 and
the Rock Island railway will assist in
the construction.
F F. P. Scraper, of Topeka, has invent