Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-01-01
KANSAS COMMENT.


KILLED AT SALT MISE.-At the Bar
ton salt mine at Hutchinson, C. C.
Miner fell IA feet and struck on the
back of his head and died almost in
stantly.
CLAIMS A MILLION. Attorney Gen
eral GODDARD puts conservative esti-
mate of the damage Colorado has done
to Kansas by nabbing the Arkansas
river at $40, O0O, 900.
DowN 1000 FEET.-The gas well ex-
pertinent at Harrington has been aban-
doned after going down about 1, 600 feet
and the machinery moved away. Later
the digging may be resumed.
BURGLARS CAUeuT.-Two of them
robbed store at Abilene of clothing,
furs and silks, worth 81. 500. They hid
their booty in an ice house and barn.
They are bound over for trial
SUED FOR RAILROAD FARE. = The
Santa Fe company filed suit against the
Gideon minstrel company, which
showed in Topeka, to collect s67 car
box Office receipts
WAITED A REcoRD.-John A. Daily,
of Topeka, applied for pension and
received pension certificate No 1,O49,-
955. Daily then wrote to Commission
er Ware that his object in making the
application was to have proof that he
was entitled to a pension, but that he
did not want the money, and asked that
his name be taken from the pension
rolls.
NoTARY's REcoRDs.-Under the pres
emit law notaries public are not required
to keep record of their official acts
nor can they be compelled TO furnish
copy of any particular record to any
one. Representative Gale, of McPher-
son, will try and get law through
compelling notaries to keep records and
to furnish certified copies of affidavits
and the like upon the presentation of
proper fee to be fixed by the law.
Poor ORPHANS BECOME HEIRs.-Gus-
tave Won Berger, the son of German
nobleman, killed his wife and COM
mitted suicide in Topeka in 1881, leav-
ing three children. For eleven years
the children have been living in puv.
erty. A portion of the time they have
been in an orphans home in Iowa
Now they have fallen heir to $40, OoO
Attorney Fred Slater, of Topeka, has
got the details all closed up whereby
the children will come into possession
of the money in few weeks.
WORK OF r. r. CoMMnssIoN.-The
annual report of that board shows that
since its organization two years ago
202 cases have been docketed, aside
from a large number of minor cases
which were disposed of by correspond
ence. OF the ZOE cases I52 have been
settled by trial, 13 dismissed for want
of jurisdiction, were not prosecuted
and 30 are still pending OF the 152
cases tried LOG were decided in favor of
the compliments add 46 in favor of the
railroads. There has been no appeals
taken.
PLANS FOR ST. LOUIS BUILDINGS
4 plans to the Kansas commissioners to
the worlds fair for the building to be
= erected there. A plain envelope con-
tanning the name of the architect was
with each set of plans The plans and
envelopes were numbered and the lat
ter left with the governor When the
award is made the number on the win
ming plan will be given to the governor
and he will open the envelope bearing
the same number. The first prize is
employment as supervising architect of
the building.
RICH VEIN OF LEAD.-A big cavein
occurred on the New York Zinc Co. IS
ground at Galena in which is exposed
rich vein of lead heretofore undiscov-
cred. The vein is about twenty feet in
thickness and is exposed about three
fourths of the way around the entire
circle. Millions of pounds of lead are
in sight.
DIED On TRAIN.-Mrs. Frank Boggs,
of Hutchinson, who was bringing the
body of her husband from California,
was taken sick on the train and died at
Ogden, Utah.
New CHURCH AT WINFIELD. = The
Methodists of College Hill who have
been attending church in Southwestern
Kansas college chapel have decided to
build church at cost of S., 900 in the
near future. Part of the money has
MI dv-1 cub ha1 -
board has authorized the purchase of Il
lot
WRECK NEAR RANTouL-lThe Mis-.
souri Pacific flyer left the track near
Rantoul. Four coaches left the track
and rolled into the ditch, yet no one
was seriously hurt.
CHICKENS For CoNvIcTs-Warden
Jewett found turkeys too high priced
for the Christmas dinner at the peni-
Tertiary and purchased l, 200 pounds of
chickens as a substitute A vaude-
vile performance will be given in the
prison chapel.
FOUND SULPHUR WATER.-The peo-
pie at oswego bored for oil or gas
They got neither, but their work de-
veloped an artesian well which flows
200 barrels of sulphur water every day
and they are puzzled to know what TO
do with it.
LOST IN KANSAS CITY.-Dr Samuel
Kellum, of La Harpe, went to Kansas
City to attend a medical college. He
had $500 with him and his wife
has not heard from him since he left
home. She has written to physicians
in Kansas Cit1. asking aid in loca tinn