Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-11-20
KANSAS COMMENT.

IN WINTER QUARTERs.-The train
bearing the Sells circus pulled into
Topeka and unloaded the circus para
phernalia at the fair grounds. The
circus will winter there.
APPOINTS His SEcRETARY.-Congress-
man-elect Phil Campbell has appointed
R. P. Ritter, of Galena, his private
secretary. Mr.. Ritter is a young man,
the son of ex-senator ]. N Ritter.
A HUNDRED TO FoUB.-In one town
ship in Mitchell county where hum
dred votes were cast against the ameud-
ment providing for increased pay for
members of the legislature, but four
votes were cast in favor oft.
WAGON MAKER MIssINe.-Louis Alt,
a wagon maker of Salina, has mysteri-
ously disappeared and there is not the
slightest clue to his whereabouts He
had good business and there seems to
be no cause for his departure.
TEACHERS MEET AT CLAY CENTER
About GOO teachers, comprising the
North Central Kansas Teachers asso-
citation, will meet in Clay Center No
vember 81 and rs. This is said to be
the largest association in the state.
THAT mo NOMINATION" LINE.-The
greater part of the defective ballots in
Kansas were those on which the voter
had marked in the square opposite mo
nomination" There was no sense in
putting a square opposite those lines.
CURTIS MAJoRITIEs.-It is found by
returns that Charles Curtis got the big
gest majority in Shawnee county this
year that was ever given any Republi-
can candidate for any Office there. He
also got more votes in Nemaha county
than w. ]. Bailey did and more in
Doniphan than Cyrus Leland did.
HAD A BANK BooK.-A drunk who
was arrested in Topeka, had with him
a bank book showing that his deposits
in Topeka bank were Sc, 900 and re-
ceipt showed that his county taxes
were $3.50. 1t is seldom that such plu-
tocrats get caught by the police and
they hate to let them go for the GUS
tomary sum of So.
ASSISTANT STATE TREAsURER.-T.T T.
Kelly, state treasurer-elect, has offered
the position of assistant state treasurer
to State Senator Frank Sponable, of
johnson county. If Senator Sponable
accepts the position, which pays $4,000
year, it is probable he will not begin
the duties of the Office until after the
close of the legislature.
SEVEN CONTESTED SEATs.-The gen.
tiemen named below, all Republicans,
propose to contest for their seats in the
lower house of the legislature: o. 3.
Stark, Barton county; N. B. Sharpless,
Atchison; P. F. PococlS, Wyandotte; J.
D. Miller, Lincoln; A. A. Sharpe, Paw
nee; II. II. Wolcott, Leavenworth, and
E. H. Nixon, of Barber county.
DATES TO REMEMBER.-W. J. Bailey
will be installed as governor on Jan
nary -, and the Legislature will meet
the following day. On January 20 the
nOuoC ouO bCAdIC VIII III JOlh'
session and elect state printer. just
one week later, on January 81, the two
houses will again meet in joint session
and select United States senator
Two WILLS TO SAME EsTATE.-It i:
seldom that the husband dies ant
leaves will and his wife dies SO soor
after and leaves a will for the same
property and there are two admins
traitors for the same property at the
same time. This state of affairs exist.
in Sedgwicls county. The condition o
the estate is in such shape that Their,
is likely to be no difficulty in closing
its affairs.
BURLINGTON SCHOOLS PAcKED.-Th,
most important question before tn,
people of Burlington now is to obtain
more school room. Every room i
packed to it's utmost and this in spit,
of the fact that many younger children
are not allowed to go to school.
SAFE BREAKERS ARREsTED.-Tw,
men who are supposed to have blown
open the Rock Island depot safe at Alb
ilene and the Tampa bank safe las
week, have been arrested at Salina.
revolver taken from them tends to i'm
plicate them in the robbery.
DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. 1t exists a
Maple Hill, Wabaunsee county. Their
were fifteen cases when a doctor VIII
was called from Topeka reached Mapl
Hill, some of them malignant. TIL
schools are closed and strict quaran
tine maintained.
HAS EnoUGH.-Judge Hazen of tn
Shawnee county district court ha
nearly rounded out twelve years i
that position. He declines to be car
didate for another reelection, sayin
that he has received enough of criticisr
and abuse.
BAGGAGE CARS CRowDED.-Theo the
day hundred trunks belonging to e1
cursionists who had passed on othe
trains were put off at Emporia. TIL
wires We're kept hot but the trunk
could not be forwarded until baggag
car came along which had room fo
them.
Six YEAR TERMs.-Some wise men {
Kansas have inst begun to find out, Q
they think, that hereafter county con
inissioners will be elected for six yea
terms; one to be elected at each bier
NAL election. Is this true?
A TEACHER FOR CoNvIcTs.
]. D. McBrian, of the Kansas penitel
tiary, has the administration intereste
in a plan to employ teacher for til