Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

According to assessors reports the
population of Leavenworth is 81, 500.
There has not been a prisoner in the
Haskell county Jail since the year 1887.
The Santa Fe railroad company has
bought the Harvey hotel at Florence.
On Jan. l, 1903, Justice w. A, John
ston becomes chief justice of the SUI
prone court.
Several carloads of doors and win
dows have arrived for the new Santa
Fe shops in Topeka.
During the downpour of rain light
ming shattered the steeple of the court
house at Mound City.
Entire orchards in Leavenworth
county have been stripped of their TO-
liage by canker worms.
The meeting of the State Sunday
School convention at Salina opened
with 600 delegates present.
During the thunderstorm of May 10
at Mcpherson Ed Williams, young
farmer, was killed by lightning.
The late heavy rain took out a bridge
at Onaga, and train from Leaven-
worth was tied up. No one was hurt.
The railroad Y. NJ. C. A. has moved
back to its old quarters in Topeka,
damages from the fire having been re-
paired.
Forty people of Dickinson county
left in a special car to attend the an
nual Dunkard conference in Pennsyl-
vania.
Carrie Nation has just been jailed
for 80 days and fined S1OO for her con-
duct in one case in February, 1901, in
Topeka.
During the last year no travelling
man of Kansas or Oklahoma has been
killed in an accident and only four
have been injured.
The Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
of northwestern Kansas will hold their
fourth annual log rolling at Hill City
on September Oil.
The $4,000 Carnegie library build
ing at Leavenworth has been finally
opened. The building is of the Grecian
style of architecture.
The state board of charities has
planted orchards at all of the state in
situations except those for the blind
and for the deaf and dumb.
Concordia had three-inch rainfall
The streets were flooded, cellars filled.
culverts washed out and much damage
done to railroad tracks and sidewalks
Reports to the Kansas Sunday school
convention at Salina show that the
state has 4,2s9 Sunday schools, with
PCS, sos scholars and 32,2O6 teachers.
One hundred counties reported s, $50
conversions.
T b. Gerow, state employment agent,
thinks an injury has been done by
sending out reports that from Is, 600
to 10000 harvest hands from outside
the state will be needed this year.
There is, he thinks, full quota in the
state.
Rains affected the track on the Lin
coin branch, out in Sheridan county,
causing an engine to be tipped over.
Geo. Rugier was pinned between the
tender and the boiler. He died. The
engineer and two bral1emen were badly
scalded.
Some foolish, fiendish fellow took the
taps from one hind wheel of each of
three carriages in which Baker univer-
sity girls rode to a party in the coun-
try. Three girls were severely injured,
one of them dangerously, when the
wheels came off
Major E. R. Powell an old and much
respected citizen of Wichita, died six
hours after being injured in runaway
accident. Mr.. Powell would have been
- years old in June of this year.
Eggleston post of the e. A. R. at
Wichita, has bought an eighty-two
foot flag pole to erect on its lot at High
land cemetery. Surmounting the flag
pole will be a bronze eagle with out
stretched wings. The pole, which is
made of galvanized iron, was erected
under the direction of the Ladies of
the G. A. R.
j. +. Enterline and Fl. D. Washburn.
of Downs, have returned from their
trip around the world. Their expenses
during the four months of their absence
was about 81 geo each.
John Fry, farmer near Neosho
Falls, has invested SO, 900 in a traction
engine of 1s-horse power, and gang
of eight 16-inch plows. With this COM
bination he can pillow from 80 to 35
acres day at less cost than in the
old way; besides the advantage of turn
ing over a field just when the soil is in
the best condition for it.
DR.. Eva Harding, of Topeka, has
started in gathering pictures for the
play rooms at the state reform school.
Chas. X. Holiday was the first con-
tributor, giving two dozen pictures.
The state superintendent, Mr.. Mel
son, has announced that examinations
will be held in Topeka, Ottawa, Law
renee. Emporia, Holton, Salina, Lee
compton, Wichita, Winfield, Niclzerson,
Manhattan, Baldwin and Lindsborg,
May 81 and 90. for graduates of the
colleges of those places who desire to
obtain state teachers certificates
Abilene people are doing much build
ing. The city council is completing
arrangements for sewerage.
Chief Clerk Reed, of the railway mail