Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-06-25

Arkansas City Milling company are
totally destroyed by fire and one en-
ploye, Tom Yount. was so badly burned
caused by the spontaneous combustion
OF bin of -four. Major c. Fl. Seaver-
ing, presiden: of the milling company,
was severely but not dangerously
burned. The plant was valued at
500. 600 and the loss is complete.
/ LIKE SAM WooD>CAsE.-ltse seems pos
sible that Chauncey Dewey and his
cowboys may never be tried. The
people of Cheyenne county are divided
and every man is a partisan of ono OF.
the other side, so that an impartial
| jury cannot be had in the county. The
state cannot take change of venue.
Everybody will remember that the
slayer of Sam Wood went free under
the same circumstances.
| BLUE HAS New CHATSEJ.--The new
channel made by the Big Blue river at
Blue Rapids leaves the rapids and dam
to one side. ''If." says the Marysville
| News, "this channel cannot be con-
trolled and the river turned back into
its old course, the splendid water power
| which has been the pride of Blue
Rapids ard the motive power for near
| ly all the mills and factories, is thing
of the past"
| LARGE CONTEST SETrLED.-The liti-
| CATION which has been pending for the
! past two years in the state and federal
| courts between L. L. Watkins Il Sons,
siocltmen OF Council Grove, and the
| -Flato Commission company, of
| Kansas City, Mo-, has been compro.
missed to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned. These cases involved cattle
| interests in Kansas and Colorado APP
proXimating 81. 100000
ANTHONY SALT WoRKs-The Orient
salt plant at Anthony has been shut
| down for several weeks for repairs and
| improvements. All the salt on hand
in the enormous storage rooms has been
! sold and orders are now coming in at
! such rate that the plant will be taxed
to its greatest capacity to keep up with
them.
| RELIEF FROM GOVERNMENT CLERKS.
-kansans employed in the depart
ments at Washington raised upon first
| effort Ss37 for relief in Kansas OF
! this Pension Commissioner Ware con-
! tributed $500.
| For 6. A. R.-Commander-in-c
| Stewart has sent ont circular letters
from general headquarters asking that
| contributions be sent to comrades in
| Kansas who nave suffered from the
! floods.
| NEW RIFLEs.-The war department
has notified Adjutant General Kelsey
that as soon as they can be manufac-
tured the Kansas National Guard will
! be supplied with new Krag-Jorgensen
| rifles.
CRAwFoRD's FLooD DEMENT'S
NJ. Crawford has raised for the benefit
of the food sufferers 81, go. 65 with the
benefit performances he has given on
the Crawford circuit of theaters.
A SINGLE CONTRIBUTIoN.-The Rev.
| Charles NJ. Sheldon received 81 900
from Fl. NJ. Weston of Roxbury, Mass.
This was secured through Mr.. Sheldon's
| appeal in the Christian Herald.
WANTED TO HELP.-A game of ball
was played at Fort Scott for the bene-
Fl of the food sufferers. There was n
creature on two legs who wanted TO
get in on his season ticket.
HARVEST HAS BEGUN.-In Sumner
county May wheat has been cut and
work has commenced on the hard
wheat and the promise is for an excep-
tionally good yield.
KANSAS THREE TINES LAReER-Ser-
via. where the king and queen were
killed the other day, has 19.O5O square
miles. Kansas has sl.1OO square
! miles.
SOME FLOUR SAVED. cleaning up
| the flooded mills of North Topeka it
was found that the sacked -four was
hOb u 0Coet AOSS. III Vic lholNiG Vi GdCh
sack coating of paste formed which
kept the rest of the -four dry. The
crust of paste is about an incn thick.
WILL BREAK RECORDS. Wheat in
Smith county is in the finest possible
condition. Secretary of State Boyle,
vino has been there and saw it, says:
There's not a bad acre of wheat from
Smith county 20 the Colorado line in
the northern tier of counties.
KANSAS G. A. R--kansas will soon
receive SCI, PAL So as her share of the
$4,000 allotted the various states
under the dick bill passed at the last
session of congress. This is the bill
that makes the national guard re-
serve to the regular army.
TEAINLoAD OF SAND.-Sand bumpers
are shipping from Wichita u trainload
OF sand every day. The recent high
water has cut off the supply from the
| Missouri river and all eastern Kansas
| and part of Missouri are now getting
sand from Wichita.
LYON COUNTY 1sIpRoyING.--The as
SCISSORS returns show that the valua-
ton of improvements in farm property
of the county during the past year is
nearly So, 900, 900, and the increase in
farm implements was $50, 900 during
the same period.
DROWNED IN BATHING Poo1.-Paul
White and Willie Kramer. ages and 9
years respectively, were riding Il plank
on the water in the bathing pool in tine
basement of the railroad Y NJ. c. A.
building at Topeka. The plank rolled
over aud the two were drowned.